What about Bullit??? That's my number one. Followed by Die Hard. I saw Raiders long enough ago that I don't remember anything about it. The rest of your list I haven't seen. Fascinating video though. 😊
Omg, I LOVE Highlander!! Great movie, EPIC soundtrack! No, don’t subject yourself to the show. It’s absolutely not worth it. My husband and I can’t fathom how they think they’re going to remake this any better than the original. You can’t replace that cast.
Great list! I commented my feelings on GrammaticusBook's vid that "Rules scmools. Of course Raiders of the Lost Ark is the greatest action movie." It's not open for debate. 🤣 I also mentioned that I would have included, or at least mentioned Raid 2 and 1. I really enjoyed the topic. Well done good sir.
That is a great list! I guess I never thought about when the shift from mostly real stunts to mostly CGI took place. Although clearly from CGI era, but I would consider adding The Dark Knight to the list.
Without a doubt Michael, I think your picks are much better that those other guys. (Sorry Grammaticus and Steve). They shouldn't have set up those rules either. Who needs stinking rules? 🤣🤣🤣
Highlander is Epic!! I'd be interested in hearing what your opinions are on the 10 greatest novel to film adaptations, or your top 10 greatest comic book adaptations.
Wow. This is such a difficult category to narrow down to 10. Some of your choices are on my top list: Raiders of the Lost Ark, Rambo Series, Road Warrior. I have a had time narrowing down series of movies I like to a specific one: * The Denzel Washington Equalizer Series (and I haven't seen #3 yet) * * Braveheart * * The Bourne Trilogy * * The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Series (Swedish Extended Version - perhaps the greatest movie series of all time; don't bother with the American version of the first novel- idiots changed the ending so it made no sense) * * Saving Private Ryan * Gunga Din (1939) * * The Guns of Navarone * Where Eagles Dare * The Dirty Dozen Not saying I am right, but these should be considered and check them out of you haven't seen them. I starred all the stuff I watch over and over.
Michael I have to say, although you're pimarily a booktuber (and my biggest inspiration for starting my own book reviews on my own channel here on UA-cam), I have LOVED seeing your views on movies with all these recent top 10 lists. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that sometime in the future you'll grace us with what your top favorite movies of all time petiod are, as well tv shows as I've previously said since knowing you're a big Star Trek fan I don't douvt you have other great picks for favorites. Keep up the great work!
Wow, excellent! You should do more film videos! Glad to see you started off with Jackie Chan. My first exposure to Raiders was Harrison Ford's appearance on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. They showed the golden idol, boulder and plane scene.
Glad to find someone else who likes "Highlander." "The Road Warrior" is GREAT. (Agree that "Beyond Thunderdome" is a turkey.) "RoboCop" holds up extremely well. (See "Flesh + Blood," Verhoeven's first English-language film. A crazy Medieval adventure.) Agree that "The Terminator" is better than "Terminator 2." (At least, that is the "appropriate response.") And I do have that "Action!" book about BLAM -- Big Loud Action Movies. It's great. Very enjoyable.
Great list. Can not argue with the top three. I would have Lethal Weapon also in my top ten. Top Two Christmas Action movies. #2: Lethal Weapon #1: Die Hard
Jackie Chan...action movie gold! Highlander, I so wanted to put that in my list...but you know, rules! Die Hard a Christmas movie??? NOOooooo! (but my wife agrees with you). Good stuff Michael!
Amazing! I am excited to watch this video. Greetings from Ukraine, Michael. Ps. After watching I would say this is a Great list! I would add maybe The Rock, The Raid.
Not enough Jackie Chan or Mission Impossible on that list. I may need to start browsing my own shelves for the correct list 😂 Another fun video as always. I love when you struggle to keep a straight face. Have a great day!
Both The Husband and I are over-the-top book-crazies, but we also are big movie fans. Bring on movies whenever you feel like it. You are still in our world. I love The Highlander movie. If you don't mind some changes, watch The Highlander series. The part of the young punk he takes under his wing is miscast, but the series has a lot of humor as well as action. There are some very interesting recurring characters as well. I like Robocop. The rest on the list, that I know, are good. I do not know The Killer. We open the Christmas movie season with Die Hard #1 every year.(The sequels got one viewing each). Teminator 2 is good, but I hate what they did to Sarah, but for sheer terror, yeah. #2. Raiders was such a phenom, an elderly priest commented on how great it was at mass, I kid you not.
I'd like to give a shout out to one of THE craziest action movies ever made: "SHOOT 'EM UP" starring Clive Owen and Paul Giamatti (2007). It's f***ing inSANE.
That’s a great list! Can’t really argue with any of the movies you present. The order for me changes a bit depending on my mood but definitely in the same ballpark.
This list is much closer to my own. I’m not sure which Police Story I would have chosen though the original is probably the better movie. I would have had A Better Tomorrow over The Killer. I would also have had The Road Warrior and Raiders of the Lost Ark too. The Terminator over Terminator 2. I have to say that the absence of They Live and Big Trouble in Little China is scandalous!
Yes, you need to watch Highlander the TV show. There's a character introduced in Season 3 that I think may become a favorite character of all time for you.
Mad Max: Fury Road deserved a place on the list, I think. Also, while it is not an action movie, the single greatest action sequence in a movie is, in my opinion, the chariot race from Ben-Hur.
Mad Max: Fury Road (possibly the greatest action film ever made, imho), Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One and all other MI films (which got exponentially better over time), any James Bond film starring Daniel Craig True Lies Aliens and basically your list, mostly (though I haven't seen all of them).
**screams** Just lost a fairly long comment I was in the middle of writing. Basically, 1) 300 was shit, however you classify it; 2) Any list like this I might make would be mostly made up of Hong Kong action/wu xia from the 70s/80s (The Killer would probably be at the top of the list); 3) I prefer the original Mad Max to its sequels, but can't disagree too much with your top 3. I'm afraid you'll have to imagine the other insights I had to offer, cos I can't be bothered retyping them.
Nice list, but... no Aliens???!!! WHAAAAAT???!!! Also appreciate you having a Jackie Chan movie on here, but his best is The Legend of Drunken Master (Drunken Master 2). Just sayin'...
Well you got some correct not all.😂 10 Shogun Assasin 9 Predator 8 Commando 7 Flash Gorden 6 Terminator 5 Robocop 4 Enter the Dragon 3 Rocky III 2 First Blood 1 Clash of the Titans
Hmmm controversial as ever. It's a great list but 3 of your choices are scifi movies aren't they? (T2, The Road Warrior, Robocop). To para-quote Rambo: "Vaughan - I'm coming to get you". Yes these lists have smoked me out. All 3 of you are hopelessly wrong, I must do one in retaliation.
If CGI makes an action film less of an action film (and I agree with that), stop-motion SFX do too. Especially so for Robocop with its terrible stop-motion robots.
Since your list was all 20th century movies will throw out some of my favorite/most rewatched 21st century movies so I don't feel like a cranky get off my lawn kind of guy or those are all marital art/comic book movies. *Oldboy (2003 japanese original) *Girl Who Played With Fire (my pick for a sequel had better action but first movie better overall movie) *Dredd (so mad we never got sequels like other comic book movies) *Kill Bill duology (so much more than that one battle) *Crank duology (live action cartoon fun) *The Incredibles (best cartoon actioner and possibly closest we'll ever get to a good Fantastic Four movie) edit: I failed still very much martial arts/comic book movies so throw in 'Battle Royale' and 'Inception'
Oh, I need to see Face/Off again! I remember loving it at the time. Gross though it was. I was going through my Nicolas Cage obsession. Don't judge me!
@@Yesica1993LOL. No judgement from me. I do recommend both the Raid movies, if the incredibly over the top violence is in your comfort zone. The fight scenes are balletic in their movement.
I'm aware this was done largely with tongue in cheek, but it's more annoying than anything else. It's not just Grammiticus and Donohoe who shouldn't do this nonsense. All of you are just making yourself look foolish. You should just STOP. You did better than the other guys with Australian and HK movies in there, but NO JAPANESE MOVIES! What are you doing? By the by, the Highlander TV show had the best sword fighting on TV ever, by quite a margin. Unfortunately, it had almost nothing else.
indepance days and aliens great action movies. for arnold best action true lies or last action hero. last action hero very crazy movie more crazy than terminator. another great action movie jurassic park 2 lost world. trex on city make that movie godzilla like action and island action was good too. the latest great action movie feel like those movies ı think district 9. ı dont pick termianotr 2 best action bcouse the future battle on start ı think way better than rest of movie. too bad cameron not make movie about future wars smilar to terminator salvation. the first batman movie can be on list too. empire stikes back also great action movie. new hope and return of jedi goes more slow there is no stop on empire. ı think fellow ship of the ring also great action. other two movies feels more slow. matrix reloaded great action. men in black 12 can be too. it true that after 99 things not same. best example of this star wars eposde 1 come 99 still have good action. other 2 movie on 2000s feels very off. even in same trilogy you can feel episode 1 have 90s shine. ı dont consider the thing good action ı chose evil dead 2 amry of dead or peter jakson braindead over that. thing like first alien movie. best action for books for me chose you own adventure series books bcouse you can die in books. espcially themed egypt and time travel and dinasours or space ones. they usualy edward packard books but Mummy's Tomb by Stephanie Spinner my favorite. ı wish conan have book that in serie. that will be great. star wars or some sci fi movies also chose your adventure books.
A top ten action movie video from Michael? I’d buy that for a dollar!
What about Bullit??? That's my number one. Followed by Die Hard. I saw Raiders long enough ago that I don't remember anything about it. The rest of your list I haven't seen. Fascinating video though. 😊
Omg, I LOVE Highlander!! Great movie, EPIC soundtrack! No, don’t subject yourself to the show. It’s absolutely not worth it. My husband and I can’t fathom how they think they’re going to remake this any better than the original. You can’t replace that cast.
Great list! I commented my feelings on GrammaticusBook's vid that "Rules scmools. Of course Raiders of the Lost Ark is the greatest action movie." It's not open for debate. 🤣 I also mentioned that I would have included, or at least mentioned Raid 2 and 1. I really enjoyed the topic. Well done good sir.
1. Rambo II
2. Predator
3. T2
4. Cobra
5. Die Hard
6. Commando
7. Bloodsport
8. True Lies
9. Lethal Weapon
10. Point Break
If there are no rules, I'd have to put Saving Private Ryan and maybe some other war films on the list as well.
Predator. Predator. Predator.
That is a great list! I guess I never thought about when the shift from mostly real stunts to mostly CGI took place. Although clearly from CGI era, but I would consider adding The Dark Knight to the list.
❤ for the Hong Kong movies. I think i would have chosen Hard Boiled over The Killer but it could depend on what day it is. Great list
Without a doubt Michael, I think your picks are much better that those other guys. (Sorry Grammaticus and Steve). They shouldn't have set up those rules either. Who needs stinking rules? 🤣🤣🤣
You'd mentioned 'First Blood', which I agree is great. Just wanted to point out the book by David Morrell is also excellent.
But … but what about my ballet reviews? They’re GEMS!
Those are perfect.
Highlander is Epic!! I'd be interested in hearing what your opinions are on the 10 greatest novel to film adaptations, or your top 10 greatest comic book adaptations.
Happy to see John Rambo get some love!
This is the definitive list. All other film lists are merely commentary.
Wow. This is such a difficult category to narrow down to 10. Some of your choices are on my top list: Raiders of the Lost Ark, Rambo Series, Road Warrior.
I have a had time narrowing down series of movies I like to a specific one:
* The Denzel Washington Equalizer Series (and I haven't seen #3 yet) *
* Braveheart *
* The Bourne Trilogy *
* The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Series (Swedish Extended Version - perhaps the greatest movie series of all time; don't bother with the American version of the first novel- idiots changed the ending so it made no sense) *
* Saving Private Ryan
* Gunga Din (1939) *
* The Guns of Navarone
* Where Eagles Dare
* The Dirty Dozen
Not saying I am right, but these should be considered and check them out of you haven't seen them. I starred all the stuff I watch over and over.
Michael I have to say, although you're pimarily a booktuber (and my biggest inspiration for starting my own book reviews on my own channel here on UA-cam), I have LOVED seeing your views on movies with all these recent top 10 lists. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that sometime in the future you'll grace us with what your top favorite movies of all time petiod are, as well tv shows as I've previously said since knowing you're a big Star Trek fan I don't douvt you have other great picks for favorites. Keep up the great work!
I’m surprised to not see the 1982 Arnold classic, conan the barbarian.
Your list is definitive. Not only are the movies the greatest action movies ever, but they are all foundational to the genre. Great job.
Wow, excellent! You should do more film videos! Glad to see you started off with Jackie Chan. My first exposure to Raiders was Harrison Ford's appearance on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. They showed the golden idol, boulder and plane scene.
A well-considered list! Very proper that Hong Kong flicks appeared twice, they once really knew how to make them.
Glad to find someone else who likes "Highlander."
"The Road Warrior" is GREAT. (Agree that "Beyond Thunderdome" is a turkey.)
"RoboCop" holds up extremely well. (See "Flesh + Blood," Verhoeven's first English-language film. A crazy Medieval adventure.)
Agree that "The Terminator" is better than "Terminator 2." (At least, that is the "appropriate response.")
And I do have that "Action!" book about BLAM -- Big Loud Action Movies. It's great. Very enjoyable.
A couple of my favorites are the Bourne movies and Gladiator. Are you not entertained?
Great list, Michael. Robocop and Highlander are definitely two of my favourites as well.
Great video, as usual ,Michael. Your Choice of movies Is Second to none.
Your “Kitchen of Adventure” looks remarkably similar to my “Scullery of Escapades”! Uncanny!
I was hoping someone would pick Police Story and a John Woo movie.
I am so into "Action Kitchen"! I think all it's missing is MiniRoger. Or, maybe you can just bring his skull with you? Or maybe just his lower jaw?
Great list. Can not argue with the top three. I would have Lethal Weapon also in my top ten.
Top Two Christmas Action movies.
#2: Lethal Weapon
#1: Die Hard
Jackie Chan...action movie gold! Highlander, I so wanted to put that in my list...but you know, rules! Die Hard a Christmas movie??? NOOooooo! (but my wife agrees with you). Good stuff Michael!
‘Police Story’! Good shout out.
I'm not a huge action fan, but I suddenly have a Woo/Killer shaped hole in my brain. Must track it down.
Greatest action movie, hands down, to come out of Hollywood is Alien 2.
great list, mine would be 10 jackie chan films!
The way I understood it, special effects = practical effects like makeup and wire harness. Visual effects = CGI.
Amazing! I am excited to watch this video.
Greetings from Ukraine, Michael.
Ps. After watching I would say this is a Great list! I would add maybe The Rock, The Raid.
Not enough Jackie Chan or Mission Impossible on that list. I may need to start browsing my own shelves for the correct list 😂 Another fun video as always. I love when you struggle to keep a straight face. Have a great day!
Both The Husband and I are over-the-top book-crazies, but we also are big movie fans. Bring on movies whenever you feel like it. You are still in our world.
I love The Highlander movie. If you don't mind some changes,
watch The Highlander series. The part of the young punk he takes under his wing is miscast, but the series has a lot of humor as well as action. There are some very interesting recurring characters as well.
I like Robocop. The rest on the list, that I know, are good. I do not know The Killer. We open the Christmas movie season with Die Hard #1 every year.(The sequels got one viewing each).
Teminator 2 is good, but I hate what they did to Sarah, but for sheer terror, yeah. #2.
Raiders was such a phenom, an elderly priest commented on how great it was at mass, I kid you not.
No Steve McQueen?
Bullet, Magnificent Seven, Great Escape, the Sand Pebbles.
I’d also put in “Aliens” as an Honorable Mention.
This movie is making a comeback right now everyone seems to be mentioning it
The greatest action movies starred Terence hill and Bud spencer.
I'd like to give a shout out to one of THE craziest action movies ever made: "SHOOT 'EM UP" starring Clive Owen and Paul Giamatti (2007). It's f***ing inSANE.
Awesome list! 10 out of 10! 💥
That’s a great list! Can’t really argue with any of the movies you present. The order for me changes a bit depending on my mood but definitely in the same ballpark.
This list is much closer to my own. I’m not sure which Police Story I would have chosen though the original is probably the better movie. I would have had A Better Tomorrow over The Killer. I would also have had The Road Warrior and Raiders of the Lost Ark too. The Terminator over Terminator 2. I have to say that the absence of They Live and Big Trouble in Little China is scandalous!
Does action just mean fighting and guns, or can it mean "Action"?😉
Yes, you need to watch Highlander the TV show. There's a character introduced in Season 3 that I think may become a favorite character of all time for you.
Interesting that three of the most universally acknowledged great action films are sequels: Rambo II, T2, and Aliens.
Oh, four, because the Road Warrior.
Mad Max: Fury Road deserved a place on the list, I think. Also, while it is not an action movie, the single greatest action sequence in a movie is, in my opinion, the chariot race from Ben-Hur.
Darnit, I still have not ever watched Ben-Hur!
What is this Civilian hideout you go to periodically? I need to know the lore?
Mad Max: Fury Road (possibly the greatest action film ever made, imho),
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One and all other MI films (which got exponentially better over time),
any James Bond film starring Daniel Craig
True Lies
Aliens
and basically your list, mostly (though I haven't seen all of them).
Awesome List! Would be fun to create my own.
Gee, I guess _It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World_ (1963) just barely missed the list. 😉😀
Barely!
A Force of One only got a gun and a half!? It's got Chuck Norris AND Bill 'Superfoot' Wallace! So, err,...yeah.
**screams**
Just lost a fairly long comment I was in the middle of writing. Basically,
1) 300 was shit, however you classify it;
2) Any list like this I might make would be mostly made up of Hong Kong action/wu xia from the 70s/80s (The Killer would probably be at the top of the list);
3) I prefer the original Mad Max to its sequels, but can't disagree too much with your top 3.
I'm afraid you'll have to imagine the other insights I had to offer, cos I can't be bothered retyping them.
I didn't manage to get through all of 300, I thought it was meant to be some sort of joke. Absolutely awful.
We don't need no stinkin' rules. :P Thunderdome is cool tho.
Not a bad stab at it but ditch Woo for Aliens and you're getting closer.
Nice list, but... no Aliens???!!! WHAAAAAT???!!!
Also appreciate you having a Jackie Chan movie on here, but his best is The Legend of Drunken Master (Drunken Master 2). Just sayin'...
Yeah, that was a good one!
Mad Max 2: Gasoline Dream
Well you got some correct not all.😂 10 Shogun Assasin
9 Predator
8 Commando
7 Flash Gorden
6 Terminator
5 Robocop
4 Enter the Dragon
3 Rocky III
2 First Blood
1 Clash of the Titans
Wait… old or new Clash of the Titans?
Definitely the old Clash of the Titans, staying in the realm of the Golden era of action films. 😂
I like A Better Tomorrow better than The Killer and Project A Pt2 better than Police Story they’re all great though.
This list is wrong because it is missing The Raid: Redemption.
Yes !!! And Ong Bak.
I guess it’s time for you to make a top 10 action movie video!
@@michaelk.vaughan8617 Well then, I guess you’d better read The Anubis Gates! …… Oh….
pls do more movie videos!
BTW. Michael, do you have a PO Box?
No. Just a Manor house with a killer mummy.
Where is Roger??
Don't do Steve!! Keep your kids off Steve!!
I didnt even know #1 could be classified as an action movie. I mean, I'll take it.
action jackson
Excellent film!
Hmmm controversial as ever. It's a great list but 3 of your choices are scifi movies aren't they? (T2, The Road Warrior, Robocop). To para-quote Rambo: "Vaughan - I'm coming to get you". Yes these lists have smoked me out. All 3 of you are hopelessly wrong, I must do one in retaliation.
I don’t care if they are sci fi, I’m not following the rules!
In the whole history of cinema, there is only one film which is superior to "Raiders of the Lost Ark." It is "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom."
The CGI in Terminator 2: had a bigger impact on movies than the Matrix. Raiders is the least action filled action movie on your list 😂
If CGI makes an action film less of an action film (and I agree with that), stop-motion SFX do too. Especially so for Robocop with its terrible stop-motion robots.
Wait…you mean those weren’t real robots!? 😮
@@michaelk.vaughan8617 Oh, sorry. I should have said "Spoilers!". Love all your videos. Please make one about your visit to Cross Plains.
Raiders absolutely....and Die Hard 1 & 2 ,,best Xmas movies (my fav is 2) thanks
I like the action movies from the 60s better.
It's a good thing Roger eats his food raw otherwise that kitchen would be a bloody mess
You forgot to mention Missing in Action.
You forgot 'The Goonies'...obviously slipped your mind. 😂
Obviously!
Since your list was all 20th century movies will throw out some of my favorite/most rewatched 21st century movies so I don't feel like a cranky get off my lawn kind of guy or those are all marital art/comic book movies.
*Oldboy (2003 japanese original)
*Girl Who Played With Fire (my pick for a sequel had better action but first movie better overall movie)
*Dredd (so mad we never got sequels like other comic book movies)
*Kill Bill duology (so much more than that one battle)
*Crank duology (live action cartoon fun)
*The Incredibles (best cartoon actioner and possibly closest we'll ever get to a good Fantastic Four movie)
edit: I failed still very much martial arts/comic book movies so throw in 'Battle Royale' and 'Inception'
The 2012 (?) Dredd was fantastic.
I could hear my blu ray of Extreme Prejudice snickering thru most of this video 😂😂😂😂
I’m not sure your blue ray should be doing that. It may be defective.
Honorable mentions should be The Rock, Face-off, Bad Boys, The Raid 1 and 2 and last but not least Hard to Kill.
Oh, I need to see Face/Off again! I remember loving it at the time. Gross though it was. I was going through my Nicolas Cage obsession. Don't judge me!
@@Yesica1993LOL. No judgement from me. I do recommend both the Raid movies, if the incredibly over the top violence is in your comfort zone. The fight scenes are balletic in their movement.
I'm aware this was done largely with tongue in cheek, but it's more annoying than anything else. It's not just Grammiticus and Donohoe who shouldn't do this nonsense. All of you are just making yourself look foolish. You should just STOP.
You did better than the other guys with Australian and HK movies in there, but NO JAPANESE MOVIES! What are you doing?
By the by, the Highlander TV show had the best sword fighting on TV ever, by quite a margin. Unfortunately, it had almost nothing else.
Well, to be fair, making myself look foolish is kind of my thing.
What is action? PREDATOR / CONAN / Aliens / etc......not counting???
Well, they were numbers 11, 12, and 13 of course!
indepance days and aliens great action movies. for arnold best action true lies or last action hero. last action hero very crazy movie more crazy than terminator. another great action movie jurassic park 2 lost world. trex on city make that movie godzilla like action and island action was good too. the latest great action movie feel like those movies ı think district 9. ı dont pick termianotr 2 best action bcouse the future battle on start ı think way better than rest of movie. too bad cameron not make movie about future wars smilar to terminator salvation. the first batman movie can be on list too. empire stikes back also great action movie. new hope and return of jedi goes more slow there is no stop on empire. ı think fellow ship of the ring also great action. other two movies feels more slow. matrix reloaded great action. men in black 12 can be too. it true that after 99 things not same. best example of this star wars eposde 1 come 99 still have good action. other 2 movie on 2000s feels very off. even in same trilogy you can feel episode 1 have 90s shine. ı dont consider the thing good action ı chose evil dead 2 amry of dead or peter jakson braindead over that. thing like first alien movie. best action for books for me chose you own adventure series books bcouse you can die in books. espcially themed egypt and time travel and dinasours or space ones. they usualy edward packard books but Mummy's Tomb by Stephanie Spinner my favorite. ı wish conan have book that in serie. that will be great. star wars or some sci fi movies also chose your adventure books.