In the interest of keeping the Essential Movies as tight and pure as possible, we excluded the genres of war, sports, Western, and samurai. These are the badass movies that make audiences feel cooler from having seen them. They spawned franchises, pushed back against time, defined and even expanded the genre. These are the action movies whose influence can be seen in the films that followed.
Internationally, we reach as far as Hong Kong ( Police Story, Hard-Boiled), Australia ( The Road Warrior), England ( Kingsman: The Secret Service), France ( La Femme Nikita), Indonesia ( The Raid: Redemption), Korea ( The Villainess), and beyond. Not to mention some action genre crossovers: sci-fi ( Equilibrium), horror ( They Live), and, of course, comedy ( Beverly Hills Cop). We have the classics ( Die Hard, The French Connection), modern fan favorites ( Hardcore Henry, John Wick), superhero blockbusters ( Captain America: The Winter Soldier), and plenty from the macho ’80s ( Commando, First Blood). Which sounds like a lot, but when you’re considering thousands of action movies, it’s only the most thrilling, the most exciting, the most brutal, and the influential who make the cut!Īction is a wide-open genre and term, and we endeavored to include something from every era, style, and movement of action movies.
From Top Gun: Maverick to the Black Panther film, here are the new action movies that came out in 2022.Welcome to our guide to the most Essential Action Movies! Where everyone enters…and only 140 leave. But there are also some different genres too (think: horror, comedy, historical fiction, animation, romance) and in each case, there's enough "people punching each other" or "thrilling race against the clock" or "mind games with some punching thrown in there too" to satisfy all your action-y needs.Įven better? You can stream many of these movies right now. As always, there are lots of superheroes. This year's new slate brings us everything from assassins on a train, to Santa Claus in a hostage situation, to a cat in knee-high boots (the Puss in Boots sequel, naturally). The point is: Action movies are exciting, and sometimes they're just what you need. Or *checks this year's list of movies* drive an ambulance really fast.? Even if you go into the theater feeling bummed out, when you exit one of these films, you'll feel ready to take down a stereotypical supervillain.
If you really want pure movie escapism, one of the best genres you can choose is action.
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