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What are some good action movies to recommend?

What are some good action movies to recommend?

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The Rock starring Nicolas Cage and Sean Connery
Fast & Furious
James Bond
Men In Black: International
Original post by Amin7
What are some good action movies to recommend?

the rock
con air
die hard 1-2-3
face off
under siege 1-2
fast furious 1-3
cliffhanger
john wick 1-3


alot of those are 90s films but i like that era best lol
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Extraction (on Netflix)
John Wick 1-3
Matrix 1-3
Nobody
All the Fast & Furious movies
Blade 1-3 (the Wesley Snipes ones from 1998 to 2004)
Passenger 57
Executive Decision
Training Day
Baby Driver
Atomic Blonde
The Old Guard (on Netflix)
Skyscraper
GI Joe 1 and 2
San Andreas
Rampage
Godzilla from 1998
Legendary/WB Monsters universe: Godzilla from 2014, King of the Monsters (2019), Kong Skull Island and Godzilla Vs. Kong
All the Daniel Craig and Pierce Brosnan Bond movies (the most action-heavy of the series)
Mission Impossible 1-6
Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy
Bourne 1-5
Rambo 1-5
Dirty Harry 1-5
Expendables 1-3
Mercury Rising
Mad Max - Fury Road
Scarface
Carlito's Way
Bronson
Taken 1-3
Unknown (2011)
The Commuter
The Negotiator
Layer Cake
300
Gamer
Lethal Weapon 1-4
The first RoboCop film from 1987 and the remake from 2014
Triple Frontier (on Netflix)
Triple 9
Sin City
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse (on Amazon Prime)
Bad Boys 1-3
Green Street (only the first one)
Mean Machine

The best Jet Li movies: Romeo Must Die, Cradle 2 The Grave, The One, Kiss Of The Dragon
The best Jason Statham movies: Transporter 1-3, Crank 1 and 2, Mechanic 1 and 2, War, Homefront
The best Quentin Tarantino movies: Kill Bill 1 and 2, Pulp Fiction, Inglorious Basterds, Django Unchained, Hateful Eight, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
The best Guy Ritchie gangster movies: Snatch, Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels, Sherlock Holmes 1 and 2, RocknRolla
Robert De Niro movies: too many to name but look at Goodfellas, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Casino, Cape Fear, The Irishman, Heat, Midnight Run, Mean Streets, The Godfather Part II

Not forgetting all the Marvel Cinematic Universe and DC Universe films over the last 15 years or so. Add Star Wars if you're a sci-fi fan.
(edited 2 years ago)
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Original post by Wise Goldie
the rock
con air
die hard 1-2-3
face off
under siege 1-2
fast furious 1-3
cliffhanger
john wick 1-3


alot of those are 90s films but i like that era best lol


There are 5 more Fast & Furious movies, plus one spin-off (Hobbs & Shaw) and number 9 coming out in a few weeks. All much better than the first 3 when arguably the franchise was still finding its feet. I'd say these 7 movies deserve to be recommended above the first 3 for taking the action to new levels every time, and making the franchise the huge success it is today.

I'd also argue that Die Hard 4 is worth a watch and has some great action, almost as good as the first 3. It's only number 5 that I really disliked - only watched it once because it's Die Hard, but I wouldn't watch it again like I do with the first 4.
Original post by Amin7
What are some good action movies to recommend?

Spy, the meg, transporter and mission impossible
Original post by asif007
There are 5 more Fast & Furious movies, plus one spin-off (Hobbs & Shaw) and number 9 coming out in a few weeks. All much better than the first 3 when arguably the franchise was still finding its feet. I'd say these 7 movies deserve to be recommended above the first 3 for taking the action to new levels every time, and making the franchise the huge success it is today.

I'd also argue that Die Hard 4 is worth a watch and has some great action, almost as good as the first 3. It's only number 5 that I really disliked - only watched it once because it's Die Hard, but I wouldn't watch it again like I do with the first 4.

no i dont like many new films and most of the new fast furious films i did not like that much i prefer action pre 2010 imo

90s action is the best imo and yeh die hard 4 is ok i agree:u:
Edge of Tomorrow.
Every Mission Impossible movie other than the second one (3,4 and 5 are some of my favourite action movies of all time).
Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and The World's End if you want comedy.

My favourite genre by far though is crime movies so if you ever want some recommendations there I have many many more.
John Wick 1-3
Kingsman: The Secret Service (You can watch the sequel Golden Circle if you wish, but be prepared for a downgrade)
Deadpool 1 + 2
Mission: Impossible 1-5 (Later ones are better)
Wonder Woman
Zack Snyder’s Justice League
Shazam!
Logan
MCU movies (focus on Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Thor: Ragnarok + Infinity War)
Star Wars Episodes 4-6
Terminator 1 + 2
in live action venom 2 justice league and spiderman no way home.
in the animated versions i will reccomend injustice, superman redson and spiderman into the spiderverse
If you are an action movie fan than there is a wide range of DC and Marvel movies than are fun to watch
star warsss
Original post by Amin7
What are some good action movies to recommend?

fast and furious movies
Original post by asif07
There are 5 more Fast & Furious movies, plus one spin-off (Hobbs & Shaw) and number 9 coming out in a few weeks. All much better than the first 3 when arguably the franchise was still finding its feet. I'd say these 7 movies deserve to be recommended above the first 3 for taking the action to new levels every time, and making the franchise the huge success it is today. The only problem I had was the big logo in the lower right corner but this helped me fix it.

I'd also argue that Die Hard 4 is worth a watch and has some great action, almost as good as the first 3. It's only number 5 that I really disliked - only watched it once because it's Die Hard, but I wouldn't watch it again like I do with the first 4.

Die Hard is awesome! Only the 5th part is rubbish :smile:

The Phone Booth.
An old film with Colin Farrell but it is still worth watching.
(edited 2 years ago)
Original post by Wise Goldie
no i dont like many new films and most of the new fast furious films i did not like that much i prefer action pre 2010 imo

90s action is the best imo and yeh die hard 4 is ok i agree:u:


That's fair. The current action movies are not to everyone's taste.

Speaking of 90's action movies, Sylvester Stallone made some of the best action movies of the 80's and 90's (apart from Rambo and Rocky). I forgot to mention all of these above:

Cliffhanger
Daylight
Cobra
Tango & Cash
Lock Up
Demolition Man
The Specialist
Assassins
Original post by asif007
That's fair. The current action movies are not to everyone's taste.

Speaking of 90's action movies, Sylvester Stallone made some of the best action movies of the 80's and 90's (apart from Rambo and Rocky). I forgot to mention all of these above:

Cliffhanger
Daylight
Cobra
Tango & Cash
Lock Up
Demolition Man
The Specialist
Assassins


did you know that the specialist was gonna be seagal and stallone was gonna do on deadly ground but they swapped films i read that somewhere i remember


also cliffhanger is being remade with a woman in stallone part i think if you type cliffhanger remade on google it will say
Original post by Wise Goldie
did you know that the specialist was gonna be seagal and stallone was gonna do on deadly ground but they swapped films i read that somewhere i remember


also cliffhanger is being remade with a woman in stallone part i think if you type cliffhanger remade on google it will say


I had no idea about any of this. Thanks for sharing! I will check online. :smile:
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Hard Target 1993

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