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John Wick

John Wick is a 2014 American action thriller film directed by Chad Stahelski and David Leitch. Starring Keanu Reeves, Michael Nyqvist, Alfie Allen, Adrianne Palicki, Bridget Moynahan, Dean Winters, Ian McShane, John Leguizamo, and Willem Dafoe, the film stars Reeves as John Wick. Stahelski and Leitch, both of 87Eleven Productions, directed the film together, though Leitch was uncredited. The film was written by Derek Kolstad, who completed the screenplay in 2012 and further developed it for Thunder Road Pictures.

The Best Movies of the Decade

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Sure there are the Oscars, Golden Globes, and a number of other award ceremonies that hand out trophies to movies that are voted on as the best of 2014, but we want to know which 2014 movies that fans like you thought were the absolute best. Everyone has their own rankings of the top films of the year, and this is your chance to weigh in on which ones you loved the most. &nbsp; It's time for you to enter into this hotly contested debate and vote for the best movies of 2014. While it does depend on personal taste, the movies on this list received great reviews, captured the attention of the audience, and earned a place in cinema history. These include films like Interstellar, Boyhood, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Whiplash. For more 2014 movie lists, check out Ranker's lists of the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/funniest-movies-of-2013/ranker-film"></a><a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/funniest-movies-2014/ranker-film">funniest movies of 2014</a>&nbsp;and the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-horror-movies-2014/ranker-film">best horror films of 2014</a>.

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The Best Movies of 2014

The 100+ Best Movies From 2014, Ranked By Fans

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Entertainment

Need some movie ideas? Check out this&nbsp;list of the best epic films of all time, which encompasses some of the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-best-movies-of-all-time">best movies of all time</a>&nbsp;that Hollywood has to offer. These are movies with incredible stories and characters, and whose mere existence have enriched the world of cinema in some way. From historical war films to <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-superheroes-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">the best superhero</a> flicks, these are hands down some seriously epic flicks.&nbsp;Take <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/avatar-cast-and-actors-in-this-movie/reference">James Cameron&#39;s Avatar</a> whose imagined planet and humanity are now the stuff of Oscar legend and whose cast was catapulted to fame. Or <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/batman-begins-cast-and-actors-in-this-movie/reference">Batman Begins</a> which simultaneously reinvented the superhero movie and the Batman franchise. These are some of the biggest, most important movies ever. But which one deserves the top spot?

What are the best epic movies of all time? What makes a great modern day epic movie? By definition, epic movies have a larger than life storyline, take place over a span of time, and has a plot that carries out some kind of heroic deed or epic adventure. Every epic movie listed can be sorted by actor, director, and title and every epic film on this list is more epic than the last. What&#39;s the best epic movie? That&#39;s for you to decide! Enjoy this list of the greatest epic movies and use it as a starting point for your own epic movie list. Whichever you choose as your favorite, these epics are definitely worth adding to your must-watch list.

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

The Greatest Epic Movies Ever Made

The Best Epic Movies Of All Time, Ranked By Fans

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Lists for every cinephile and "movie guy" on your virtual trivia team.

Film Buff Stuff

Over the last couple of decades, filmgoers have had to get used to movies with crazy concepts filling up the theater&nbsp;marquee. Films based on childhood toys, theme park rides, or even (in one incredibly ill-advised case) emojis&nbsp;have been springing up with greater frequency each passing year. Executives have learned that IP and nostalgia sell. And similarly, just like marketers after the Old Spice ads, they&#39;ve learned that flat-out weird can sometimes sell, too.&nbsp;

There is a certain freedom in a bad film premise. Unlike the flip side (<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/great-premise-terrible-movie/justin-andress" target="_blank">a great premise</a>), there&#39;s nothing to live up to. The movie can be as weird and wild as it wants. Because, at the end of the day, The Lego&nbsp;Movie was expected to be bad anyway. So, the best thing to do&nbsp;is embrace that freedom and weirdness and make something unlike anyone&#39;s ever seen before. Normally, that&#39;s probably not going to turn into a standout movie. But occasionally, it might actually be pretty great. This is a list of films&nbsp;that defied the odds and turned bad ideas into legit movies. Remember to vote up your favorites.

14 Movies That Sounded Like Terrible Ideas But Somehow Turned Out Great

Movies With Weird Concepts That Somehow Turned Out Great

Jake Williams

Lists about the people behind the cameras of your favorite (and least favorite) movies.

And... Action!

Believe it or not, some of the greatest films of all time&nbsp;were also some of the greatest directorial debuts to date. It's not too often a director's first go at overseeing an entire production ends up on a <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-best-movies-of-all-time" target="_blank">list of the best movies</a>, but it does happen. Considering this, we've probably all seen an awesome movie and thought, &quot;What a great job by the director&quot; without even realizing it was the director's first movie. Regardless of what thoughts you might have had, below you'll find a list of who are now&nbsp;famous directors' first movies. Just consider that next time you watch one of these top flicks of the past.From <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-funniest-movies-of-all-time" target="_blank">hilarious comedies</a> to full-on thrillers, these debut films from <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-most-oscar-worthy-directors-of-all-time" target="_blank">top directors</a> would be impressive even if they weren't the directors first. Just take a look at some of the great movies on the list. Does the classic Reservoir Dogs ring a bell? Yep, that was Quentin Tarantino's directorial debut. How about the 2018 hit Get Out? Sure enough, Jordan Peele of Key &amp; Peele nailed it on his first crack at directing.&nbsp;And that's only the start of a long list of incredible debuts.&nbsp;While you may find many of them surprising, check out the list of directorial debuts below and vote up the films&nbsp;you find most impressive.&nbsp;

The Greatest Directorial Debuts Of All Time

The 50+ Best Directorial Debuts Of All Time, Ranked By Fans

Lists that rank some of cinema's most delightful productions: musicals.

Music on the Big Screen

A memorable movie theme song is an underrated crucial element that helps turn a great movie into an iconic one. At its core, a movie score is supposed to capture the mood and set the tone of what&#39;s going on in a particular scene. But the theme song if done right, can be as iconic as the film itself. Many <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/film-score-bands-and-musicians/reference?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">film score composers</a> set out to write a theme that fully encapsulates what a film is going for, but only a handful have become the greatest.

Perhaps the most famous film composer is John Williams, who is well represented on this list. Williams is the musical mind behind some of the greatest movie themes like Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones, Superman, Jaws and the Star Wars movies. These film scores are as memorable and iconic as the films.

Great movie themes are often instrumentals that when played, can be easily recognized. Themes from Rocky, Batman, The Godfather franchise, 2001: A Space Odyssey, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and Psycho are among the most recognizable songs and have long since established their place in pop culture. You can hear these songs on commercials and often times at sporting events as well.

The key element to remember as you vote on your favorite theme song is that we are only voting on the theme, not the entire score or soundtrack. This is the Ultimate List specifically for theme songs, so vote on what you think is the greatest movie them of all time. If you think a movie theme is missing, feel free to add it.

To vote on the movies with the best &quot;mix tape&quot; style soundtracks, not scores, check out <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/movies-with-the-best-soundtracks/ranker-film">Movies with the Best Soundtracks</a>. For best all-around sound, vote on <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-greatest-soundtracks-of-all-time">The Greatest Soundtracks in Film History</a>.

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Star Wars

The Greatest Movie Themes

Best Movie Theme Music | Top Themes & Scores in Film

A closer look at the greatest performances by some of the best, most versatile, most unforgettable actors on the big and small screens.

Master Classes

Some A-list Hollywood stars succeed by playing variations of one character throughout their entire career. Some examples would be John &quot;I&#39;m always an American Tough Guy&quot;&nbsp;Wayne, Jason &quot;I&#39;m always a British Tough Guy&quot;&nbsp;Statham, and Seth &quot;Whoa, I&#39;m a totally stoned guy&quot;&nbsp;Rogen. Then there are the skilled thespians who can inhabit just about any role you throw at them. Willem Dafoe, over his long and illustrious career, has shown himself to be a venerable member of the latter category.

Here are some of the parts he&#39;s played that prove he can deftly handle every genre and be believable in every role, from tropical fish to the almighty Son of God. Vote up your favorite Dafoe performances.

The Weirdest Willem Dafoe Performances That Prove He's Great In Everything

Willem Dafoe's Weird Performances Prove He's Great In Everything

E. Reid Ross

Ranking the best fight scenes featuring the action stars you love to watch tear through cans of whoop-butt.

This Is My Fight Song

The final fight scene in movies is often the most anticipated part of the film. After watching hours of building tension, viewers assume the culminating conflict between the hero and the&nbsp;biggest adversary will blow every previous encounter out of the water. But that isn&#39;t always the case. Sometimes all that mounting tension leads to a battle that&#39;s more than a little underwhelming.&nbsp;

Some movies use the disappointment to their advantage. The final fight in&nbsp;Kill Bill&nbsp;is made to be anticlimactic, as the quick end to the skirmish feels true to the nature of the characters - and, indeed, the conversation between the two former lovers seems like the main event. Other movies, however, fail to create a scene that feels at all compelling. Are we truly meant to believe that John Wick struggles to take down a single Russian man after slaying hordes of his henchmen throughout the film? We&#39;re not buying.&nbsp;

Whether it&#39;s the ineptitude of the filmmakers, or a deliberate choice on the part of the creators, anticlimactic final fights give us plenty to talk about.

The Most Anticlimactic 'Final Fights' In Movies

The Most Anticlimactic “Final Fights” In Movies

Jessica Bedewi

Ranking the best of everything of the last 10 years.

2010s: A Decade in Review

The Best of the 2010s

What makes a movie quotable? Is it the broad appeal of the script&#39;s jokes - like <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/bridesmaids-quotes/nicoleireland" target="_blank">every line in&nbsp;Bridesmaids</a>?&nbsp;Or is it how easily they can be morphed and remixed into a myriad of memes, like with the over-the-top&nbsp;gravitas&nbsp;of Mad Max: Fury Road? Or is it because these <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-greatest-movie-quotes-of-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">iconic movie quotes</a> from the 2010s came from the decade&#39;s defining franchises, such as the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Star Wars?

The <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/most-quotable-movies-of-all-time" target="_blank">most quotable movies</a> of the 2010s don&#39;t stick to any certain genre or type. Some of the most quoted movies of the 2010s don&#39;t even get credited for some lines that have permanently etched their way into the 21st-century zeitgeist. Many&nbsp;of these quotes from 2010 movies have become so ubiquitous that they&#39;ve been separated from their original context, taking on entirely new meanings when quoted. Other memorable lines in 2010 films might not be something we quote verbatim&nbsp;but used in other modes of communication, like in memes and GIF reactions.

The Most Quotable Movies Of The 2010s

The Most Quotable Movies Of The 2010s, Ranked

Maggie Clancy

Running in slo-mo at the top action movies, scene, stunts, characters, chases, explosions, etc., ranked.

High Octane Action Thrillers

A rallying cry for&nbsp;bullet-crazed readers: guns up statues down! Classic action flicks over forgotten Best Picture winners for life. See, the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-action-movies">Hollywood action movie</a> style that has dominated since the 1980s &ndash; one characterized by excessive and cartoonish violence, excessive and cartoonish writing, and what appears, on the surface, to be a total lack of morality &ndash; is not often associated with the best things cinema has to offer. However, time has been kind to these movies; the most unique&nbsp;films of the genre have become separated from the pack;&nbsp;many&nbsp;are regarded as subversive and cutting edge. Others have a mythic quality to them that demonstrates Hollywood&rsquo;s image factory operating at full strength. These movies wear their age much better than than <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/greatest-academy-award-winners-for-best-picture">Oscar-winning movies</a> that haven&#39;t gotten old with grace, pictures like Rain Man and Driving Miss Daisy.&nbsp;

A remarkable quality of&nbsp;the modern Hollywood action movie is its habit of involving supreme artistic talents such as&nbsp;John Carpenter, Paul Verhoeven, Michael Mann, Tony Scott, John Woo, and numerous others. Ignoring that the majority of action movies are varying degrees of forgettable, you can bank on at least a couple of the most enjoyable and thought-provoking movies every year being found among&nbsp;unpretentious multiplex fare.

In a similar vein, you can rely on the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science to enshrine some of Hollywood&rsquo;s biggest clunkers on a yearly basis. The Best Picture award has proven as adept at this feat as the action movie is at finding real artists. The worst Oscar winners, not too hard to choose with hindsight, were once critically lauded movies, and might still be, if you can believe it. Blame the supremacy of bourgeoisie aesthetic, if you need a scapegoat.&nbsp;

Of course, there&#39;s no shortage of <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/donnie-yen-badass-beatdowns/jacob-shelton">action excellence from film industries overseas</a>. This list is not meant to force them out, or to ignore the reality that American action movies can be <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/worst-action-scenes-in-film/anncasano">unspeakably poor or ludicrous by every measure</a>. But if you look at the best&nbsp;American action cinema has&nbsp;to offer and what the Academy deems&nbsp;the best&nbsp;American cinema had to offer, the difference in quality and cultural impact is striking. What follows is a side-by-side comparison of 20 of the best action movies and the last 35 dismal years of Oscars for Best Picture. No&nbsp;one&#39;s here&nbsp;to beat&nbsp;up on Best Picture winners like Gandhi&nbsp;or Titanic, but rather, to see how they square up to the likes of John Wick and Mad Max: Fury Road.

Point Break Outlasts Silence Of The Lambs By Virtue Of Its Melancholic View Of The Impermanence Of All Things

20 Action Movies That Are Way Better Than The Oscar Winners That Beat Them

20 Action Movies That Were Better Than Oscar Winners

Nate Fisher

Lists about that dark, stylish, dramatic, hard-to-define but know-it-when-you-see-it genre that boomed in the 1940s and '50s and still influences moody films and TV series of today.

Notorious Noir

In appreciation of the action thriller franchise that follows a deadly assassin who comes out of retirement to seek [highly justified] personal revenge. 

Wick... John Wick

When you think &quot;noir,&quot; you&#39;re likely to conjure images of movies from the 1940s. But plenty of newer films put their own spin on the genre, from forbidden love affairs to deadly conspiracies. The best new noir films feature brooding detectives, amateur crime-solvers, and sneaky criminals lurking at every turn. This is a list of the top recent noir movies including everything from Inception to Minority Report to Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.

What films will you find on this list of the top recent noir movies?&nbsp;You won&#39;t be surprised to find&nbsp;Pulp Fiction here. Vincent Vega (John Travolta) and Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson) are classic antihero archetypes as they lie, cheat, and kill within the boundaries of their own criminal code. Sin City is another great new noir film that features classic elements of the genre, such as voice over and shadowy lighting techniques. David Lynch&#39;s Mulholland Drive is full of many <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/list-of-all-neo-noir-movies/reference" target="_blank">neo noir</a> elements, but it breaks from tradition by placing women in the lead roles. Other good films included on this best new noir movies list include Fargo, The Prestige, and Shutter Island.

Which new noir movie do you think deserves the top spot on this list? Give your favorites a thumbs up to move them towards number one, and add any flicks that are missing.

A Simple Plan

The Very Best New Noir Movies

Best New Noir Movies | List of Newer Films in the Noir Genre

Lists about the immortal actor who is, by all accounts, just as great as he seems.

Keanu Reeves

Action

Whether you think he&#39;s the quintessential big-screen&nbsp;idol or one of the worst actors in the world, you have to admit that Keanu Reeves has been a part of some pretty amazing action scenes. Even in his less-than-stellar&nbsp;movies, the action sequences are often impressive, which is a testament to both the filmmakers&#39; skills and Reeves&#39;s ability to expertly&nbsp;navigate the scenes and make complex movements look effortless.

In <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/keanu-reeves-movies-and-films-and-filmography/reference" target="_blank">Reeves&#39;s most excellent movies</a>, these scenes only add further color, texture, and excitement to the overall story, often becoming the&nbsp;climactic moments of already-thrilling tales. In most&nbsp;scenarios, Reeves&#39;s character walks away victorious,&nbsp;so it&#39;s hard to watch him work without saying,&nbsp;&quot;Yes, sometimes the good guy really does win.&quot;

Keanu Reeves's Coolest Action Movie Moments

Keanu Reeves's 15 Coolest Action Movie Moments

Donn Saylor

While it may be surprising, some of the best films released since 2010 were directorial debuts. Sure, every <a href="/list/best-directorial-debut/anncasano" target="_blank">famous director has their first film</a>, but how many of these first films turn out to be some of the best movies of their time? Well, there are&nbsp;actually quite a few recent directorial debuts that stand up to&nbsp;top films from seasoned directors. In fact, you may not even realize some of the movies here were the directors' first crack at directing.&nbsp;From hit action flicks to hilarious comedies, these first-time directors have brought us some great movies since 2010. Moreover, you may notice a number of these debuts come from established actors like Joseph Gordon-Levitt with Don Jon, as well as Jordan Peele with his hit horror film, Get Out. Even the ever-popular Deadpool&nbsp;was a directorial debut. Of all these great&nbsp;films, which&nbsp;do you think are the <a href="/list/best-directorial-debuts/ranker-film" target="_blank">best directorial debut movies</a> since 2010?&nbsp;Take a look at the list below and vote up your favorites from these first-time directors. You may even find one of your favorites!

The Best Directorial Debuts Since 2010, Ranked

The 50+ Best Directorial Debuts Since 2010, Ranked

As anyone in Hollywood will tell you, a character should become a better or worse version of his or herself over the course of a film. This primarily satisfying story pattern has kept audiences coming back year after year, no matter how clich&eacute; it becomes. If&nbsp;you&#39;re an astute cinephile, you&#39;ve surely noticed countless movies where the hero doesn&#39;t grow - they have no arc. And maybe you&#39;ve also noticed that a lot of films where the hero stays the same are made by great filmmakers.&nbsp;

So what gives? Are good movies with no character development (at least not on the part of the protagonist) an aberration? Is there something wrong with static film heroes, or are these characters drawn by filmmakers skilled enough to disregard rules and still come away with a fantastic product? What is a hero, really? Is the protagonist of every&nbsp;film <a href="/list/movie-heroes-who-are-actually-villains/anncasano" target="_blank">necessarily heroic</a>?&nbsp;

Great Movies Where The Hero Doesn't Change Or Grow At All

24 Great Movies Where The Hero Doesn't Change Or Grow At All

Alex Benedon

Stay Home

It&#39;s fair to say that 2020 got off to a rocky start. With the COVID-19 pandemic forcing people to stay inside or keep six feet away from each other in public, the general mood is grim. However, it&#39;s also inspired graphic artists like <a href="https://www.instagram.com/bosslogic/" target="_blank">Bosslogic</a> (AKA Kode Abdo) to imagine how our favorite movie and TV heroes would deal with the crisis.&nbsp;

These photoshopped images can help lighten your mood during these dark days, and answer the question, &quot;How would <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/movie-characters-social-distancing/chris-bellamy" target="_blank">movie characters practice social distancing</a>?&quot; Enjoy this roundup of premium Bosslogic art.&nbsp;

One Artist Illustrates How Pop Culture Icons Are Responding To The Pandemic

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Damon Davis

Look: There are hundred of thousands of movies out there for you to watch. All we're saying is that these are the ones you should put at the top of your list.

Greatest and Favorite Movies

Lists that rank the best, worst, and most underrated movies, actors, and filmmakers of the 2010s. Get votin' to make your opinion heard.

2010s:  A Decade at the Movies

You have a very important task ahead of you - voting for the best movies of the 2010s. While that may sound easy on the surface, it&#39;s actually going to be somewhat difficult. That&#39;s because there were so many great films during the past decade. When you look at the list of titles below, we guarantee you&#39;ll be impressed by just how many exemplary movies came out over the course of the last ten years.

What&#39;s even more impressive is how many different genres produced all-time classics. Drama, comedy, horror, science fiction, animation, horror, documentary - all are accounted for here. Aside from determining the top 100 movies of the 2010s, this list is intended to be&nbsp;an excellent resource for anyone in search of a really good movie to rent. No matter which genre you like the most, it has a presence. The odds are that you haven&#39;t seen all the titles on the&nbsp;list. Make it a project to catch every single one of them. Share the list with your friends, too, so they can discover their next obsession.&nbsp;

Vote up your choices for the top movies of the last decade. Don&#39;t forget to check back later on to see how your pick fares, and to find out which movie makes it to the top spot.&nbsp;

The Greatest Movies Of The 2010s, Ranked

The 100+ Best Movies Of The 2010s Decade, Ranked By Fans

Jason Bancroft

This is a list of the best <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/the-7-greatest-_true_-keanu-reeves-stories-ever-told/joanne?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Keanu Reeves</a> movies, ranked best to worst - with movie trailers when available. &nbsp;His highest grossing movies have received a lot of accolades over the years, but&nbsp;Keanu Reeves is best known for his performance as Neo in The Matrix series. Still,&nbsp;his filmography contains a wide range of dramas, comedies and action movies, like&nbsp;Speed, Point Break, My Own Private Idaho,&nbsp;and&nbsp;The Devil&#39;s Advocate.&nbsp;The order of this&nbsp;top Keanu Reeves movies list is decided by how many votes each film receives, so only his most highly rated movies will be at the top of the list.&nbsp;

This list answers the questions, &quot;What are the best Keanu Reeves movies?,&quot; &quot;What are the greatest Keanu Reeves roles of all time?,&quot; and &quot;Are Keanu Reeve&#39;s most recent movies as good as his early ones?&quot; If you think the most worthy Keanu Reeves role isn&#39;t at the top, then upvote it so it has the chance to become number one.&nbsp;

And if you are a fan of Keanu Reeves&#39; action films, you might also like our list of best <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/laurence-fishburne-movies-and-films-and-filmography/reference?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Laurence Fishburne movies</a> and <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/sandra-bullock-movies-and-films-and-filmography/reference?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">best Sandra Bullock movies</a>.

Constantine

<a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/movies-and-films-directed-by-ron-howard/reference?ref=internalCrossLinking_tag">Ron Howard</a> and Brian Robbins have both worked with Keanu Reeves over the years, as have plenty of other well-known directors. If Keanu Reeves movies are your thing, then check out the greatest movies by <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/adam-sandler-movies-and-films-and-filmography/reference?ref=internalCrossLinking_tag">Adam Sandler</a> and <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/kate-beckinsale-movies-and-films-and-filmography/reference?ref=internalCrossLinking_tag">Kate Beckinsale</a> too.

The Best Keanu Reeves Movies

Keanu Reeves Movies List: Best to Worst

Best Movies

The greatest epic action movies ever made&nbsp;have some of the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-action-stars/johnwarner">best action stars</a> to have ever fought on screen. Good Hollywood action movies tend to be the ones where we get a little substance to go along with the shooting; a little banter along with the battles. This list has some of the most awesome action films of all time, and it&#39;s now up to Ranker users to vote on which of these are truly the top action movies of all time. If you&#39;re looking for some of the greatest action movies of all time that are streaming on Netflix or Amazon, check out <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/the-best-action-movies-on-netflix-instant/polkadotking">The Best Action Movies on Netflix</a>&nbsp;and <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-action-movies-on-amazon-prime/ranker-film">The Best Action Movies On Amazon Prime</a>.&nbsp;

The list of popular action movies ever has famous action films with a mix of one man renegades (Die Hard), supernatural thrills (Alien), and science fiction dreams brought to reality on the big screen (Terminator, Jurassic Park). You&#39;ll even find some great comedic performances among the gun fights, smack talking, and explosions. Heck, you could probably fill a New Jersey size dump with all the stuff that gets blown up in these action films. The list covers a broad time range as well with nearly as many classic action movies making the list as newer, big budget CGI action-fest. Other good action movies to watch include The Matrix Trilogy, the John Wick movies, and The Bourne Series.&nbsp;

This is a fan ranked list and that means you can rerank this list&nbsp;so everyone can know that the biggest action movie of all time was actually...(this is where you fill in what you think the coolest action movie ever is). Make your voice heard and don&#39;t forget, these are action films so you&#39;re gonna have to be loud. And, if you love action movies, you might want to&nbsp;check out this list of the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-current-action-tv-series/ranker-tv" target="_blank">best action shows</a>.

The Avengers

The Greatest Action Movies Of All Time

The Best Action Movies Of All Time, Ranked By Fans

Buckle up, because it&#39;s time to vote for the top&nbsp;2010s action movies. This has been an extraordinary decade for action cinema. Advancements in stuntwork, camerawork, and CGI have made it possible for filmmakers to come up with previously unimaginable action sequences that deliver top-notch&nbsp;thrills. As such, good action scenes in movies have both a dash&nbsp;realism and an intensity unlike what audiences have seen&nbsp;in previous decades. It&#39;s no exaggeration to say that the genre is more vibrant now than ever before.

The greatest action&nbsp;films of the&nbsp;2010s are as diverse as they are exciting. There are traditional spy/cop/secret agent pictures like the Mission: Impossible series or Skyfall. There are also, of course,&nbsp;superhero movies,&nbsp;The Avengers, Logan, and Black Panther are three prime examples. Others take the traditional action format and ratchet it up to new levels. The John Wick trilogy emphasizes that. And then there are the game-changers -- the ones that write their own rules. Mad Max: Fury Road, considered by many to be&nbsp;the best of the best 2010s action movies, is in a class by itself.&nbsp;

Vote up your favorites&nbsp;on this list of 2010s action movies. Don&#39;t forget to check back later on to see how your picks are faring and feel free to add any action movies that you feel are missing.

The Best Action Movies Of The 2010s, Ranked

The Best Action Movies Of The 2010s Decade, Ranked By Fans

Ready to marathon the best R-rated action movies? You do? Great! But now you have to decide which R-rated action movies qualify as being the best. To help you, action movie fans have ranked decades of R-rated action movies from best to worst. This list takes the best R-Rated action movies and pits them against each other to see once and for all which one is top dog.&nbsp;Add to the discussion yourself by voting on the movies you like.&nbsp;Movie trailers are included when available, so you can get a preview of these action flicks. You'll also find details such as top billed cast, director, year of release, and more. Prepare for excitement, as these top rated-R action movies feature plenty of gratuitous violence, explosions, sexual content, and are generally just over-the-top with awesomeness.If you are searching for a specific movie, &nbsp;you can use the search box at the top of the list to find what you're looking for. Don't see a movie you think should be on there? Feel free to add it and let others vote on it.Generally, you'll find movies such as Saving Private Ryan and Gladiator on this list. And while we'll never get to see General Maximus face off against John McClane on screen, we can see which movie audiences prefer. Aside from those movies mentioned above, there are plenty of other R-rated action movies that deserve a spot in the top ten.Use this list if you're looking for some new action movies that are rated R.&nbsp;If you plan on streaming these movies and similar movies, then you'll also want to check out the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-action-movies">Best Action Movies of All Time</a>, <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/the-best-action-movies-on-netflix-instant/polkadotking">Best Action Movies on Netflix Instant</a> and the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-action-movies-on-amazon-prime/ranker-film">Best Action Movies Amazon Prime</a>. Between <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-movies-on-netflix-instant/polkadotking">Netflix</a>, <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-action-movies-on-amazon-prime/ranker-film">Amazon Prime</a>, and other services, there are thousands of great action movies rated R, so get out there and start watching.

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The Best R-Rated Action Movies of All Time, Ranked

The best <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/famous-catch-phrases-from-action-movies/jacob-shelton?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">action movie quotes</a> of all time have a way of pulling you into the film&#39;s world. Action movies are supposed to get your adrenaline pumping, so when the hero lets loose an awesome one-liner, it&#39;s a great way to get the audience on their feet cheering. You will find all kinds of great action film quotes on this list from the last few decades of action movies.&nbsp;

Action movie puns and one-liners alike have been gathered together on one list from both heroes and villains. Which one do you think is the coolest? Vote for your favorites so that the top action movie quote of all time reigns supreme.&nbsp;

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Starship Troopers, Road House, Robocop...&nbsp;it&#39;s likely these films don&rsquo;t bring to mind the phrase &quot;deadpan satire,&quot;&nbsp;but they should. Some of the most brilliant <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/satire-movies-and-films/reference" target="_blank">satirical films</a> of the last five decades aren&#39;t the kind of pictures audiences view as&nbsp;intellectual think pieces, because any&nbsp;writer&nbsp;and director worth her salt knows satire is not broad comedy, like parody, but rather an act of becoming the thing you wish to critique&nbsp;and taking it apart from the inside. Many of these movies are couched in the language of tentpole productions, as a way to quietly communicate with the masses.

Some of these films work better than others, but&nbsp;that&rsquo;s not to say any are bad; some were simply trying to do too much too soon. For instance, 1974&rsquo;s Death Race 2000 predicted the 21st century&rsquo;s preoccupation with audiences voting for the onscreen pain of contestants, but we&rsquo;re just now figuring out how accurate and insightful those predictions are, from a film many dismiss as exploitative nonsense. With others, it&#39;s possible the&nbsp;people making them didn&#39;t even realize their brilliant meta commentaries themselves. &nbsp;

The best self-aware movie satires barely even acknowledge that they&#39;re satires, instead choosing to lean into their genre and let the audience figure it out. Directors like Paul Verhoeven and Brian De Palma have made entire careers out of making films that perfectly play into their audience&rsquo;s sensibilities, while also saying something about the people who paid to see the film and the world around them. Those two maestros have plenty of thoughtful contemporaries in horror, a genre full of movies that <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/horror-movies-with-deeper-meanings/orrin-grey" target="_blank">aren&#39;t about what they seem to be about</a> on the surface.

If you&#39;re confused about&nbsp;what all this means, take a look at this collection of movies you thought were <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/top-stupid-comedy-movies/skyler-hanrath" target="_blank">stupid but are secretly brilliant</a>, films that are trying to do something more than&nbsp;genre trappings will allow.

18 Movies You Thought Were Stupid That Are Secretly Brilliant Satires

18 Movies You Thought Were Stupid But Are Secretly Brilliant Satires

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While some see action movies as a genre only of interest to macho frat boys, they are dead wrong. There are some essential action movies&nbsp;that appeal to people across a wide array of interests and professions, meaning they're films everyone should watch regardless of preconceived notions about the genre.&nbsp;It's no secret&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/fan-theories-about-fast-and-the-furious/jacob-shelton" target="_blank">The Fast and the Furious</a>&nbsp;franchise made a huge fan out of critically acclaimed author Roxane Gay and Mad Max: Fury Road&nbsp;earned a slew of Oscar nominations in 2016. If you've been wary to give action flicks a shot, consider this an intro to action movies.&nbsp;Some of the most famous - not to mention popular - franchises of all time fall into the action genre. The&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/weird-die-hard-facts/jacob-shelton" target="_blank">Die Hard</a>&nbsp;series has been going strong since 2008 and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/mission-impossible-trivia-facts/coy-jandreau" target="_blank">Mission Impossible</a>&nbsp;films have been a box office staple since 1996. These and other action films for beginners will help you understand the appeal of explosions, fast cars, and adventure in general.&nbsp;Check out some of these must-see action movies listed below. Then, vote up the films you think are most influential to the genre.&nbsp;

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Lists of the best movies to watch when all you want to do is wrap yourself in a blanket burrito, flop over sideways, and feel terrible about the world and everything in it.

Sad Movies to Bum You Out

This list contains information on the best films about grief, ranked from best to worst by user votes. The best films about grief come in many forms. Some movies about grieving death are about losing a spouse while other good movies about grief are about the death of a child. Many of the best grief movies feature award-winning actors. What films will you find on this top movies about grief list? Ghost has to be near the top. Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze star as a couple whose afterlife romance inspired movie-goers in 1990. Whoopi Goldberg even won an Academy Award for her performance as the match-making medium in the film. Ordinary People is another good movie about grief. In the Bedroom examines how grief can quickly turn into revenge. Other good films about grieving death include The Door in the Floor, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, and The Lovely Bones. Do you have a favorite movie about grief? Give the best films a thumbs up and please add any good features we may have missed.

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"Revenge is the act of passion; vengeance of justice." -Samuel Johnson

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They say revenge is a dish best served cold, but that&#39;s not the only saying about revenge. Another is that if you plan on seeking revenge, dig two graves. Both sayings are poignant reminders about the dangers and desire of seeking revenge on the people who wronged you and thankfully, movies and shows about revenge share some amazing tales of people seeking such in the bloodiest and most conniving ways. The genre can revolve around conflicts in war or simply plots to embarrass a rival in school, which means both TV shows and movies about getting revenge can span a range of genres.

The very best of revenge plots in movies and television extend back decades, but this list focuses on some of the more recent additions to the genre. Shows like&nbsp;Taboo&nbsp;explore a revenge plot that involves some seriously disturbing background information while <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/the-best-revenge-movies/all-genre-movies-lists" target="_blank">top revenge films</a> like&nbsp;Kill Bill Vol I&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;II, track the revenge plot of a female assassin who was turned on by the people she trusted... and feared the most. Whatever your interest in revenge plots, be they on the small screen or emblazoned on the big screen in theaters, there are plenty of options to choose from.

What are the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/the-best-revenge-movies/ranker-film?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">best revenge movies</a> and shows? Check out the list&nbsp;below and give your favorites a vote up, while voting others down accordingly. If you see any good series or movies are missing from the list, feel free to add them.

The Very Best Shows &amp; Movies About Revenge

Best Movies & TV Shows About Revenge, Ranked by Votes

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Hanna kept viewers on the edge of their seats with life and death situations, so it&#39;s no surprise that you&rsquo;d be on the hunt for similar shows to watch after bingeing the entire series. Well, search no more, because this list has some of the best recommendations for movies and&nbsp;TV shows similar to Hanna.

Deciding <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/what-to-watch-if-you-love-ozark/watchworthy?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">what to watch after</a> Hanna really depends on your mood, but if you&rsquo;re looking for more secret agent thrillers,&nbsp;Nikita&nbsp;is an action drama that you&rsquo;ll almost certainly love if you like Hanna.

Some other movies and&nbsp;TV shows like Hanna in this list are movies like L&eacute;on: The Professional, which follows a young girl being trained by a hitman.&nbsp;Alias&nbsp;is&nbsp;another good TV series that follows a CIA agent going undercover in a worldwide criminal organization. Other good TV recommended for Hanna fans include Dollhouse, Dark Angel, and Counterpart.

With more than 40 million people visiting Ranker every month, we are able to offer you data-driven recommendations based on voting across thousands of TV polls.

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We compiled the best club fight scenes in movies. From Hollywood action movies to foreign films, the greatest fight scenes in nightclubs feature martial arts, badass characters, and bloody violence. What’s your favorite club fight scene in a movie?&nbsp;Including movies like&nbsp;Blade&nbsp;and&nbsp;The Terminator, this list of movie fight scenes in clubs&nbsp;comes with videos, so you can watch your favorite <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-action-stars?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">action movie stars</a>, like Tom Cruise, Keanu Reeves, and Dwayne Johnson,&nbsp;fight in a club.&nbsp;Here are the best club fight scenes in movies. Vote for your favorite fight scenes in cinematic history and let us know in the comments if any good club fights are missing from the list.

Best Club Fight Scenes in Movies

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Cobra Kai is an action comedy-drama that garnered the love and affection of hordes of fans thanks to its humorous look at beloved Karate Kid characters, but if you’ve finished watching the series, there’s no need for despair. There are plenty of movies and <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-tv-shows-to-binge-watch/ranker-tv?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">TV shows to watch</a> if you like Cobra Kai and we’ve compiled the best ones for you right here!TV shows similar to Cobra Kai often feature martial arts rivalries and competitions. If you’re looking for more reboots and re-imaginings, The Boys is sure to fill the void. The show is a&nbsp;dark action comedy that shows the seedy underbelly of superhero life. And if you think there aren’t also some good movies like Cobra Kai, then think again, because we’ve found quite a few that are sure to tickle the fancies of even the hardest-to-please fans. Take the Karate Kid&nbsp;franchise, for instance. This movie is the prequel of&nbsp;Cobra Kai&nbsp;and is a great choice for any fighting fan.But you don’t have to take our word for it - some of Cobra Kai’s biggest fans have chimed in and cast their votes for the best movies and TV shows like Cobra Kai, and once you’ve watched, you can cast your votes too!So what are your favorite movies and TV series like Cobra Kai? Vote your favorite programs up to the top of the list.

What To Watch If You Love 'Cobra Kai'

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There&#39;s nothing more Internet than watching a condensed version of a fantastic movie as a stranger rips it apart and tells you why it sucks. It seems that the Internet was designed to find faults with everything and start arguments between everyone,&nbsp;which is why&nbsp;CinemaSins Movie Sins&nbsp;on YouTube is the perfect series when you want to go down a rabbit-hole of nitpicking. From&nbsp;Titanic&nbsp;to&nbsp;Avengers&nbsp;to&nbsp;Baby Driver, CinemaSins takes no prisoners when it comes to counting the &#39;sins&#39; of countless moves, <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/critically-acclaimed-movies-that-really-suck" target="_blank">whether they&#39;re considered classics or not</a>.

The best episodes of&nbsp;CinemaSins Movie Sins&nbsp;are the ones that pull apart <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/good-bad-movies/jacob-shelton" target="_blank">genuinely bad movies</a> and explore exactly what sins made them so bad to begin with. The worst episodes are the ones that try to find faults with a classic simply to be controversial - but hey, it&#39;s the Internet and there&#39;s a place for that here.&nbsp;

So whether you want to feel stupid for liking an iconic classic like&nbsp;Lion King&nbsp;or you just want to know exactly why&nbsp;Transformers The Last Knight&nbsp;was so bad, its time to pop some popcorn and roast some Rotten Tomatoes, because we&#39;re ranking the best Movie Sins CinemaSins videos on YouTube.

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Choosing the best John Wick fight&nbsp;scenes is a difficult task, but we know you&#39;re up to it. The three movies&nbsp;in the series - John Wick, John Wick: Chapter 2, and John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum - have taken the action genre to new heights, thanks to their intricately-staged fight sequences. Perhaps even more impressively, the filmmakers&nbsp;keep coming up with new twists and fresh settings for those scenes. You&#39;d think that after three movies there would be nowhere left to go, but that simply isn&#39;t the case. The body counts continue to rise, John uses more guns, and&nbsp;dogs have started to play a bigger part&nbsp;in the movies with the introduction of Sofia (Halle Berry) and her two guard dogs. But which one of these is the best John Wick fight&nbsp;scene? Maybe it is the one where John fights with a pencil or is it a fight scene&nbsp;in the Continental Hotel. You get to help decide with your votes.

A big part of why John Wick fight scenes work so beautifully can be summed up in two words: Keanu Reeves. The actor trains intensely for the role, working closely with a fight choreographer so that he can do the majority of his own stunts. That allows&nbsp;director Chad Stahelski to use shots that are longer and/or closer, giving the audience a chance to see that it&#39;s no stunt double up on the screen. Watching&nbsp;Reeves do his thing cranks up the excitment level a couple of notches. He clearly loves the role, and since the movies have all been great&nbsp;hits, it&#39;s safe to say we&#39;ll be seeing more of this character in the future.

Vote up your picks&nbsp;for the best John Wick fight scenes in movies, no matter what the setting or which entry they appear in.&nbsp;

The Best 'John Wick' Fight Scenes

The 20 Best 'John Wick' Fight Scenes, Ranked by Fans

Are you a fan of John Wick? If so, you can find plenty of similar shows and movies you might like as well—though they may not all star Keanu Reeves.&nbsp;Not too long ago, you might not have thought of Keanu Reeves as an action star. Sure, he tried his luck playing roles in films like&nbsp;Point Break, but it wasn't until he landed a starring role in&nbsp;The Matrix&nbsp;before we could really see his action movie chops. While those films were more sci-fi than straight-up action, that didn't hold Reeves back, which is clearly evident if you have ever watched&nbsp;John Wick&nbsp;or its sequel. Now, if you want more action-packed entertainment like&nbsp;John Wick,&nbsp;you might try some of the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-best-assassin-movies" target="_blank">top assassin movies</a>&nbsp;or a show from the list below.&nbsp;Fortunately, there's a great deal&nbsp;of amazing films and TV series to choose from if you need to fill the void left while waiting for another entry in the&nbsp;John Wick&nbsp;franchise. Don't worry, this list has got you covered with suggestions including Luc Besson's&nbsp;Leon: The Professional&nbsp;and one of Hong Kong's action kings John Woo's best films,&nbsp;The Killer. Whether you like a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/the-best-revenge-movies/all-genre-movies-lists" target="_blank">good</a><a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/the-best-revenge-movies/all-genre-movies-lists" target="_blank"> revenge movie</a> or a <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/crime-fiction-tv-shows-and-series/reference" target="_blank">captivating crime series</a>, you'll find plenty to&nbsp;check out when it comes to movies and shows similar to&nbsp;John Wick.What recommendations do you have for fans of John Wick? Don't forget to give your favorites a thumbs up and add any you think would be fun for fans of John Wick.

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Movies & TV Shows Like John Wick All Fans Should Check Out

Five years after the original movie became a surprise hit,&nbsp;John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum&nbsp;hit theaters on May 17, and will be <a href="https://www.dvdsreleasedates.com/movies/8554/john-wick-chapter-3-parabellum" target="_blank">released on Blu-ray and DVD</a> on September 10 of this year. The first two John Wick&nbsp;movies have won the acclaim of both fans and critics around the world for their single-minded dedication to exciting and extreme&nbsp;fight&nbsp;scenes - the violence is often so over-the-top, in fact, that some believe&nbsp;the whole franchise is actually meant to be a <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/NoStupidQuestions/comments/7poy1l/is_john_wick_a_satire/" target="_blank">satire of violent action</a> movies. And&nbsp;<a href="https://www.gq.com/story/review-john-wick-chapter-3-parabellum" target="_blank">reviews of the third installment</a> confirm that&nbsp;Parabellum&nbsp;is the most explosive John Wick&nbsp;chapter yet.&nbsp;

But who are the people that make up&nbsp;the&nbsp;John Wick fanbase, and just how big is it? What will fans like most in&nbsp;Parabellum? What other movies are they guaranteed to love, and which movies should they stay away from? Armed with the powerful database in Ranker Insights, we&nbsp;set out to answer&nbsp;all these questions and more in these quick Ranker facts about&nbsp;John Wick.&nbsp;

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