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My Top 10 Action Films


Braveheart ( 1995 )

1. Braveheart (1995)

Best Picture & Best Director for a reason.... One of Mel Gibson's finest performances, on and off the screen. Based on the legend of Scotland's William Wallace who is said to have almost single-handedly defeated England and it's King.


2. Escape From Alcatraz (1979)

The true story of Frank Morris (Clint Eastwood), a convict who was sent to Alcatraz, the most feared prison in the world. Eastwood pulls this one off beautifully.

Escape From Alcatraz ( 1979 )

The Poseidon Adventure ( 1972 )

3. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

At midnight on New Years Eve the S.S. Poseidon is struck by a 90' tidal wave and is capsized. The Reverend Frank Scott (Gene Hackman) leads nine survivors (Ernest Borgnine, Red Buttons, Roddy McDowall and Stella Stevens to name a few) from the grand ballroom struggling through steam, fire and rising water in the up-side-down ship to reach the bottom (the propeller shaft), now the top.


4. Man with the Golden Gun (1974)

When a golden bullet arrives at the headquarters of British intelligence with "007" engraved on it, the British believe that James Bond (Roger Moore) is the next target for international assassin Scaramanga (Christopher Lee).

The Man with the Golden Gun  ( 1974 )

A Knight's Tale ( 2001 )

5. A Knight's Tale (2001)

Heath Ledger portrays William, a young squire who takes up his Lord, Sir Ecter's (Nick Brimble) lance when he suddenly dies. A wonderful mix of the modern and medieval. Great use of modern music as a soundtrack.


6. In The Line of Fire (1993)

Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan (Clint Eastwood) couldn't save Kennedy, but he's determined not to let a clever assassin (John Malkovich) take out this president. Look for Rene Russo as Eastwood's partner.

In The Line of Fire ( 1993 )

True Lies ( 1994 )

7. True Lies (1994)

Harry Tasker (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is the United States' top secret agent - so secret that even his wife doesn't know his occupation; she thinks he is a computer salesman. Jamie Lee Curtis looks her absolute best in this thriller.


8. Twister (1996)

When Bill (Bill Paxton) goes to have Jo (Helen Hunt) sign the divorce papers so he can marry his new girl, Melissa (Jami Gertz), Jo finds a collection of record breaking tornados and Bill follows along, soon his duties shift from divorcing Jo to helping her with record breaking technology to create a better warning system.

Melissa: "We've got cows!"

Twister ( 1996 )

Ladyhawke ( 1985 )

9. Ladyhawke (1985)

Captain Etienne Navarre (Rutger Hauer) is a man on whose shoulders lie a cruel curse. Punished for loving each other, Navarre must become a wolf by night whilst his lover, Lady Isabeau (Michelle Pfeiffer), takes the form of a hawk by day. Together, with thief Philippe "the Mouse" Gaston (Matthew Broderick), they must try to confront the corrupt Bishop (John Wood) as man and woman and in doing so break the spell.


10. Goldfinger (1964)

Quite possibly Sean Connery's greatest Bond ever. Auric Goldfinger (Gert Fröbe), Oddjob (Harold Sakata), Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman) and the painted lady make this one to see over and over and over again.

Bond : Do you expect me to talk, Goldfinger?
Goldfinger : No, Mr. Bond. I expect you to die!

Goldfinger ( 1964 )

Best Picture

Nominated : Winner :

 

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