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Top 100 Classic Action Movies

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RankTitleCastScore
1 . North by Northwest (1959)Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie Royce Landis score
2 . The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Claude Rains score
3 . Ben-Hur (1959)Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet, Stephen Boyd score
4 . All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)Louis Wolheim, Lew Ayres, John Wray, Ben Alexander score
5 . The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa score
6 . The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt, Bruce Bennett score
7 . Batman (1966)Adam West, Burt Ward, Cesar Romero, Burgess Meredith score
8 . The Black Swan (1942)Tyrone Power, Maureen O'Hara, Laird Cregar, Thomas Mitchell score
9 . Gunga Din (1939)Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Sam Jaffe score
10 . Lawrence of Arabia (1962)Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins score
11 . Bullitt (1968)Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, Simon Oakland, Norman Fell score
12 . The Searchers (1956)John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Ward Bond score
13 . Spartacus (1960)Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton score
14 . The General (1926)Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glen Cavender, Frank Hagney score
15 . Captain Blood (1935)Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Lionel Atwill, Basil Rathbone score
16 . The Great Race (1965)Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Peter Falk score
17 . The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)John Wayne, James Stewart, Vera Miles, Lee Marvin score
18 . Barbarella (1968)Jane Fonda, John Phillip Law, Marcel Marceau, David Hemmings score
19 . Action in the North Atlantic (1943)Humphrey Bogart, Raymond Massey, Ruth Gordon, Sam Levene score
20 . Union Pacific (1939)Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Akim Tamiroff, Robert Preston score
21 . Blood and Sand (1941)Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Rita Hayworth, Alla Nazimova score
22 . Wings (1927)Clara Bow, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Richard Arlen, Jobyna Ralston score
23 . The Public Enemy (1931)James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Edward Woods, Joan Blondell score
24 . Ivanhoe (1952)Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders score
25 . Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)Charles Laughton, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone, Herbert Mundin score
26 . Titanic (1953)Clifton Webb, Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Wagner, Audrey Dalton score
27 . Above and Beyond (1952)Robert Taylor, Eleanor Parker, James Whitmore, Larry Keating score
28 . Beau Geste (1939)Gary Cooper, Ray Milland, Robert Preston, Brian Donlevy score
29 . And Then There Were None (1945)Barry Fitzgerald, Walter Huston, Louis Hayward, Roland Young score
30 . Air Force (1943)John Ridgely, Gig Young, Arthur Kennedy, Charles Drake score
31 . The Mark of Zorro (1940)Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Basil Rathbone, Gale Sondergaard score
32 . The Prince and the Pauper (1937)Errol Flynn, Claude Rains, Henry Stephenson, Barton MacLane score
33 . Knights of the Round Table (1953)Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, Mel Ferrer, Stanley Baker score
34 . Battleground (1949)Van Johnson, John Hodiak, Ricardo Montalban, George Murphy score
35 . Bend of the River (1952)James Stewart, Arthur Kennedy, Rock Hudson, Jay C. Flippen score
36 . Adventures of Don Juan (1948)Errol Flynn, Viveca Lindfors, Robert Douglas, Alan Hale Sr. score
37 . In Old Chicago (1937)Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Alice Brady score
38 . Beau Brummel (1924)John Barrymore, Mary Astor, Carmel Myers, Irene Rich score
39 . The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)Doris Day, Rod Taylor, Arthur Godfrey, John McGiver score
40 . Only Angels Have Wings (1939)Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Richard Barthelmess, Rita Hayworth score
41 . Arabesque (1966)Gregory Peck, Sophia Loren, John Merivale, George Coulouris score
42 . Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)Ramon Novarro, Francis X. Bushman, May McAvoy, Betty Bronson score
43 . Against All Flags (1952)Errol Flynn, Maureen O'Hara, Anthony Quinn, Mildred Natwick score
44 . Back to Bataan (1945)John Wayne, Anthony Quinn, Beulah Bondi, Philip Ahn score
45 . The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)Louis Hayward, Joan Bennett, Warren William, Joseph Schildkraut score
46 . Allegheny Uprising (1939)Claire Trevor, John Wayne, George Sanders, Brian Donlevy score
47 . Sergeant York (1941)Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Joan Leslie, George Tobias score
48 . Battle of the Bulge (1965)Henry Fonda, Robert Shaw, Robert Ryan, Dana Andrews score
49 . Arabian Nights (1942)Sabu Dastagir, Jon Hall, Maria Montez, Billy Gilbert score
50 . The Pirate (1948)Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Walter Slezak, Gladys Cooper score
51 . The Assassination Bureau (1969)Oliver Reed, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas, Vernon Dobtcheff score
52 . Dr. No (1962)Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, Joseph Wiseman, Jack Lord score
53 . The Silencers (1966)Dean Martin, Stella Stevens, Victor Buono, Arthur O'Connell score
54 . Big Jim McLain (1952)John Wayne, Nancy Olson, James Arness, Alan Napier score
55 . The Time Machine (1960)Rod Taylor, Sebastian Cabot, Tom Helmore, Whit Bissell score
56 . Rio Bravo (1959)John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Angie Dickinson score
57 . The Dirty Dozen (1967)Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, John Cassavetes score
58 . Metropolis (1927)Brigitte Helm score
59 . All Through the Night (1941)Humphrey Bogart, Conrad Veidt, Kaaren Verne, Jane Darwell score
60 . Assault on a Queen (1966)Frank Sinatra, Virna Lisi, Anthony Franciosa, Richard Conte score
61 . Twelve O'Clock High (1949)Gregory Peck, Hugh Marlowe, Gary Merrill, Millard Mitchell score
62 . Goldfinger (1964)Sean Connery, Honor Blackman, Harold Sakata, Bernard Lee score
63 . 3:10 to Yuma (1957)Glenn Ford, Van Heflin, Felicia Farr, Henry Jones score
64 . The War of the Worlds (1953)Gene Barry, Les Tremayne, Paul Frees, Henry Brandon score
65 . Red River (1948)John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Joanne Dru, Walter Brennan score
66 . Hondo (1953)John Wayne, Geraldine Page, Ward Bond, Michael Pate score
67 . Fighting 69th (1940)James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, George Brent, Jeffrey Lynn score
68 . Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942)Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Virginia Grey, Charles Bickford score
69 . Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951)Gregory Peck, Virginia Mayo, Robert Beatty, Moultrie Kelsall score
70 . Rope of Sand (1948)Burt Lancaster, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Peter Lorre score
71 . A Yank in the RAF (1941)Tyrone Power, Betty Grable, Reginald Gardiner, Ralph Byrd score
72 . The Desperadoes (1943)Randolph Scott, Claire Trevor, Glenn Ford, Evelyn Keyes score
73 . The Sand Pebbles (1966)Steve McQueen, Candice Bergen, Richard Attenborough, Richard Crenna score
74 . My Favorite Spy (1951)Bob Hope, Hedy Lamarr, Francis L. Sullivan, Arnold Moss score
75 . You Only Live Twice (1967)Sean Connery, Mie Hama, Donald Pleasence, Bernard Lee score
76 . A Tale of Two Cities (1935)Ronald Colman, Elizabeth Allan, Edna May Oliver, Reginald Owen score
77 . The Alamo (1960)John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey, Frankie Avalon score
78 . The Great Escape (1963)Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, James Donald score
79 . Between Heaven and Hell (1956)Robert Wagner, Terry Moore, Broderick Crawford, Buddy Ebsen score
80 . The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954)William Holden, Grace Kelly, Fredric March, Mickey Rooney score
81 . Torrid Zone (1940)James Cagney, Ann Sheridan, Pat O'Brien, Andy Devine score
82 . Hang 'Em High (1968)Clint Eastwood, Pat Hingle, Ben Johnson, Charles McGraw score
83 . Sahara (1943) score
84 . 'G' Men (1935)James Cagney, Margaret Lindsay, Ann Dvorak, Robert Armstrong score
85 . Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957)Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum score
86 . Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)John Wayne, John Agar, Adele Mara, Forrest Tucker score
87 . Speedy (1928)Harold Lloyd, Babe Ruth, Ernie Adams, Sam Lufkin score
88 . To Hell and Back (1955)Audie Murphy, Marshall Thompson, Charles Drake, Gregg Palmer score
89 . The Dawn Patrol (1938)Errol Flynn, Basil Rathbone, David Niven, Donald Crisp score
90 . On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)George Lazenby, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas, Bernard Lee score
91 . The Professionals (1966)Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan, Woody Strode score
92 . The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Patric Knowles, Henry Stephenson score
93 . The Eagle and the Hawk (1933)Fredric March, Cary Grant, Jack Oakie, Carole Lombard score
94 . Jesse James (1939)Tyrone Power, Henry Fonda, Nancy Kelly, Randolph Scott score
95 . A Fistful of Dollars (1964)Clint Eastwood, Joseph Egger, Mario Brega, Aldo Sambrell score
96 . To Please a Lady (1950)Clark Gable, Barbara Stanwyck, Adolphe Menjou, Will Geer score
97 . Jungle Book (1942)Sabu Dastagir, Joseph Calleia, John Qualen, Frank Puglia score
98 . From Russia with Love (1963)Sean Connery, Daniela Bianchi, Lotte Lenya, Robert Shaw score
99 . The Sea Hawk (1940)Errol Flynn, Brenda Marshall, Claude Rains, Donald Crisp score
100 . How the West Was Won (1962)James Stewart, John Wayne, Gregory Peck, Henry Fonda score

This chart uses a weighted rating based on the average rating per film and the number of votes per film.