what are your top 3 greatest action films of all time?

[RennerSage]

I will be making a series out of this, the question will always be what your top 3 movies are, and they won't just be limited to the 21st century.

What are your top 3 greatest action films of all time

 

[Prolepro]

Been a lotta lists lately...

Idk if I can do just 3 but T2, Predator, and Die Hard are probably the holy trinity. Id add The Raid (1 or 2) to that.

 

[Conkersbadfurday]

Probably Aliens, Mad Max: Fury Road, and The Raid. Though the first John Wick is a strong contender too.

 

[Deleted member 9971]

Terminator 2
Awesome movie and one on the first Arnold movies i saw as a kid it was pure awesomeness. A robot arnold protecting a kids life against a even stronger robot.

Die Hard the one with the german bad guy.
My real name is Bruce and i am named after Bruce Willis, saw this movie as a kid and it was awesome as heck. I don't mind my parents named me after him he is a fantastic actor and i love the Die Hard movies but that one is my favorite.

Rambo 1
Also saw this as a kid and that was just a pure awesome action movie Stallone was the perfect cast for that movie. Lets be honest this is one of the most manly action movies there is. The first one is my favorite but honestly they all are epic imo.

 

[Fancy Clown]

Raiders of the Lost Ark
Die Hard
Mad Max: Fury Road

And Hardboiled is right on their tails.

 

[Deleted member 8257]

1. Mad Max: Fury Road
2. T2
3. The Raid

Runners up:
The Matrix, Predator, Die Hard, First Blood

 

[StuBurns]

Terminator 2
The Daddy, in every sense. It's the best action film in the pure sense of capturing the kinetic feeling of action, but it's also a step above its peers in telling a meaningful story and telling it well. It's not a masterpiece or anything, but it is the best action film ever made.

The Matrix
For a certainly generation, Star Wars was 'their' film, for another, Indiana Jones, for my generation, I feel like The Matrix was that film. I say that, to indicate I may not be really objective about this film, it has a lot of nostalgic weight to me. It is so so good though.

Die Hard
The best protagonist in any action film, and the best antagonist. Should have been left well alone, the sequels are all terrible.

 

[Zukkoyaki]

Predator, The Road Warrior and John Wick (seriously) are my 3 favorites.

Predator, T2 and Die Hard I agree are probably the closest to an "objective" top 3.

 

[Lurcharound]

Three? No can do.

Terminator 2
Die Hard
Aliens
Predator
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Hard Boiled
Mad Max 2 & Fury Road

 

[Deleted member 10612]

1. Predator (imo, no other action movie has that kind of god tier pacing/flow)
2. Terminator 2
3. Die Hard/ Rambo

I don't consider Matrix to be an action movie in the same way that Predator etc is, its science fiction to me, especially the first (and only good one).

 

[Strafer]

Commando
True Lies
Terminator 2

 

[Pein]

Bad boys 2
John Wick
Taken

 

[Deleted member 11093]

Sorry I can't list a top 3... I'm gonna mention what comes to my mind since I love them all equally:

The Raid, Mad Max Fury Road, Predator, Aliens (2), John Wick, Kingsman, Kill Bill.

I've watched A LOT of *action movies and these are easily the GOAT imo.

 

[JayCB64]

Commando
Commando
Commando

 

[Smurf]

In no particular order

The Dark Knight
The Matrix
Terminator 2

 

[Code Artisan]

It's really hard to only pick three but this one is definitively one of my favorites.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104684/

My favorite scene is when the mailbox explode. The movie inspired a game: Stranglehold (77 on metacritics)

 

[SupremeWu]

Die Hard
Predator
Aliens

.. an oddly, easy list.

 

[Aselith]

Terminator 2
Saving Private Ryan
Heat

 

[Hecht]

Please don't make list threads.