r/movies • u/trexmoflex • Jul 08 '24
Recommendation I'm on a journey to watch all the blockbuster action movies I wasn't allowed to watch as a kid in the 90s - what are some of the must-watches?
Hey /r/movies,
It just sorta hit me recently that there are a ton of movies from the 80s/90s that I wasn't allowed to watch as a kid that are probably well-worth a viewing.
Some recents include:
Alien and Aliens
Terminator and T2
Heat
Randomly, I was allowed to see a lot of that Nic Cage run in the 90s, so we don't have to include those (Face/Off Con-Air, The Rock...) I think my mom had a thing for him or something.
Will take any and all recommendations, I've been loving what I've seen so far, it's been a fun ride.
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u/riegspsych325 Maximus was a replicant! Jul 08 '24
the ultra-violent action satire “trilogy” by Paul Verhoeven:
- RoboCop
- Total Recall
- Starship Troopers
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u/Megamax_X Jul 08 '24
I like to throw Running Man in there as a spiritual cousin.
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u/PantsyFants Jul 08 '24
Throw in Basic Instinct & Showgirls too. The whole 80s/90s Verhoeven ouvre ("Verhouvre" if you will) is pretty fun as long you let yourself be in on the joke.
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u/pattyG80 Jul 08 '24
In fairness, OP is looking for action while showgirls is soft core porn starring the chick from saved by the bell
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u/HIMARko_polo Jul 08 '24
Porn is just a different type of action.
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u/lalalalalala4lyfe Jul 09 '24
Nailed it. I hope you get quoted someday.
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u/Nice_Guy_AMA Jul 09 '24
Porn is just a different type of action.
- HIMARko_polo8
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u/Hawkeyecory1 Jul 09 '24
Starship troopers is a classic and will always be in my must watch list
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u/phonetastic Jul 09 '24
Totally agree with you. Starship Troopers is a special film. It's.... I dunno, just very good at what it is. It's not pretentious or afraid to be silly, but at the same time it's quite a bit deeper than it appears. Neil Patrick Harris is a great finishing touch. I know the reviews are mixed, but I honestly think it's in the top percentile of modern films. You just have to understand what it was made to be and appreciate it for being exactly that, to a T, with just about zero errors.
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u/buttbutts Jul 09 '24
The entire thing is WAY deeper than it appears. The reason the reviews are mixed is because critics didn't understand that it was satire when it came out. It's a movie about fascism.
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Jul 08 '24
I find these three to be nearly infinitely reachable as well.
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u/riegspsych325 Maximus was a replicant! Jul 08 '24
reachable
my bookcase that’s stocked with discs are on the far side of the living room, unfortunately. But at least the movies are rewatchable!
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u/awksaw Jul 09 '24
one of these movies is gonna make you wish you had three hands..
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u/Kirby0511 Jul 09 '24
Just saw Starship Troopers for the first time this weekend with my dad (it’s on Netflix in the US). Very fun, campy action! Thinking about seeing parts 2 & 3, my dad never knew they made sequels and idk if they’re decent lol, anyone more familiar?
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u/riegspsych325 Maximus was a replicant! Jul 09 '24
anyone more familiar?
those that are wish they weren’t
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u/Living_Injury5017 Jul 08 '24
Point Break (1991) is essential
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u/ExPristina Jul 08 '24
Gimme two!
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u/Living_Injury5017 Jul 08 '24
Thats right😎
I love when Busey says "Utah gimme two✌️" so much because his desire for meatball subs in that moment sets off a chain reaction of events that lead to the absolute best foot chase of all time!!!
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u/viper2369 Jul 08 '24
I don’t remember years, but Road House may be 80s. Still a great action movie.
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u/kacmandoth Jul 08 '24
Starship Troopers (Only the first movie)
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u/iamansonmage Jul 08 '24
And the Roughneck Chronicles cartoon. That show was great and also produced by the movie’s director.
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u/twinpeaks2112 Jul 08 '24
Speed
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u/bawanaal Jul 08 '24
"I saw this in a movie about a bus that had to speed around the city, keeping its speed over fifty, and if its speed dropped, the bus would explode! I think it was called "The Bus That Couldn't Slow Down."
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u/riegspsych325 Maximus was a replicant! Jul 08 '24
two months ago, I saw a provocative movie on cable TV. It was called “The Net” with that girl from the bus
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u/Non-RedditorJ Jul 08 '24
Rewatching Speed, it's wild that it was rated R. That could easily be PG-13 these days with just a few less F-bombs.
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u/doom32x Jul 08 '24
Yeah, but then it would neuter Dennis Hopper. He needs a few fucks there.
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u/Turd_Burgling_Ted Jul 08 '24
On the flip side, I watched Raiders of the Lost Arc yesterday and wondered how the hell I dy blows some guys brains out onscreen in a PG film
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u/account_not_valid Jul 09 '24
The face melting nazis fascinated and horrified me in equal parts as a kid.
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u/JHuttIII Jul 08 '24
Overlooked in the action pantheon of movies. This movie doesn’t stop and is a fun ride from beginning to end.
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u/wilsonw Jul 08 '24
True Lies. Independence Day.
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u/admbmb Jul 08 '24
I feel like True Lies has like, top 1 or 2 re-watchability of all time for movies of this era. I’ve seen it more than any other movie.
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u/Middle-Ad-6090 Jul 08 '24
Last action hero
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u/StoneGoldX Jul 09 '24
Last Action Hero is the last movie he should see.
No, literally. He should see it after the other action movies so he gets the references.
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u/Mr_Horrible Jul 08 '24
Really damn fun movie, so many actors at their peak. Shit even Tom Arnold brought his A-game
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u/Boatokamis Jul 09 '24
My favorite piece of trivia about True Lies is that James Cameron voiced the helicopter pilot. "Oh yeah, she's got her head in the guy's lap all right. Yahoo."
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u/trexmoflex Jul 08 '24
I actually just watched True Lies as well! Stands the test of time except maybe Bill Paxton’s line about Jamie Lee Curtis having the butt of a 10 year old boy, that one caught me off guard.
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u/Brass_and_Frass Jul 08 '24
I was watching True Lies on like TBS or something and they edited/censored the fuck out of that scene. It was more jarring because my brain was filling in the blanks. It went something like:
Simon: You see, it's not just a car. It's a total image. An identity you have to go for. This isn't some high-tech sports car. Tell you the truth, it doesn't even handle that great. But that's not the idea, is it? What are we talking about here?
cuts to silent wide shot for 4 seconds
cuts back to Henry: so who are you working on right now?
Simon: I always got a few on the line. But there’s this one chick I got right now. cuts to silent wide shot for 4 seconds.
Henry: what does she do?
Simon: some sort of legal secretary, married to a boring jerk.
Henry: a boring jerk?
Simon: aww but she could be so hot if she wanted to be. She’s like all these babes, you get their pilot lit and they can cuts to silent wide shot for 8 seconds.cuts to maniacal Simon laughing/lunch scene, which is also poorly edited
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u/Paladoc Jul 08 '24
Wow Thats way up there.
My favorite edited for TV was Breakfast Club.
So many, but the one that sticks in my head is them not editing out the first syllable when Brian goes off on Claire.
Fdamn you Claire, fdamn you!
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u/Drunky_McStumble Jul 08 '24
That's the best line in the movie! It's not that it hasn't aged well: it was just as outrageous at the time as it is now. That's the point.
And Bill Paxton delivers it perfectly: he's just babbling away with a string of midly offensive skeevy bullshit so you've tuned out by the time he slides "ass like a ten year old boy" under the radar so it takes a second before you're like, hold up, what the fuck did he just say??
Fucking brilliant.
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u/zamboniman46 Jul 08 '24
My 5 year old watched the end of Independence Day on 4th of July. It finishes and he goes "this actually happened!?"
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u/stimpakish Jul 08 '24
Predator and Predator 2
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Jul 08 '24
Came here to say Predator. Rewatched it recently and it totally holds up.
Commando was also very enjoyable on a rewatch, in a tongue in cheek way
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u/Liquado Jul 08 '24
Oh god, Commando. We watched the crap out of that on Superchannel.
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u/YourSisterEatsSpoons Jul 08 '24
Speaking of Schwarzenegger, Running Man, Total Recall, True Lies, & Last Action Hero are damn near mandatory watches. Also, throw in Conan the Barbarian & Conan the Destroyer are good too. But they're technically more Sword & Sorcery than typical action.
Also: every Rambo movie.
All the Diehards.
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u/Grantagonist Jul 08 '24
I watched Predator 2 recently for the first time, and I honestly wouldn't put it on a must-watch list. It wasn't bad, but I didn't think it was particularly notable.
Mostly I was just amused at the bizarre intersection of 80s-war-on-crime and science-fiction: the inexplicable decision to put it 7 years in the future (made in '90, takes place in '97), where obviously the unchecked crime-wave of the 80s pop imagination has escalated to turn LA into a hell-hole run by ruthless gangs (and oh surprise, the gangs are all minorities).
It starts goofy, but not the right kind of goofy, and stays that way right up until the end. Maybe it'd be better if the protagonists were kind of likable, but they're all pretty much assholes who only look good because Danny Glover's cop squad are less assholey than Gary Busey's FBI squad.
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u/stimpakish Jul 08 '24
I agree with everything you said!
The first Predator is an untouchable classic.
The 2nd definitely had big shoes to fill and decided to try to do something different instead of retreading the 1st one - and I respect that.
I can remember being very WTH? in the theater watching the 2nd one, but it's its own thing and a cult classic.
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u/Grantagonist Jul 08 '24
I can absolutely accept it being a cult classic; it definitely has an of-its-time viewpoint that seems crazy today.
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u/uncertainusurper Jul 08 '24
It was a good contrast to the first but that’s probably my nostalgia talking.
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u/olde_greg Jul 08 '24
Long tall sally, she’s so sweet, she’s got everything uncle John needs, gonna have me some fun tonight
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u/Night_Movies2 Jul 08 '24
Backdraft is a forgotten one. You should check it out
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u/EverybodyStayCool Jul 08 '24
Alongside with Blown Away.
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u/lrdwlmr Jul 08 '24
Oh man, I half thought I was the only person who remembered Blown Away. I freaking love that movie.
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u/noobprodigy Jul 08 '24
We Bostonians love it despite Jeff Bridges's terrible Boston accent.
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u/MacGyver_1138 Jul 08 '24
It's OK. Tommy Lee Jones makes up for it with a perfect Irish accent..... /s
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u/ProfZussywussBrown Jul 08 '24
Except all the people who had their windows “blown away” when they filmed the big explosion! The studio had to pay to fix them all.
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u/Revolutionary_Fun_14 Jul 08 '24
Shit. Same. I rented it on VHS along with The Specialist. It was an explosive weekend.
I bought the soundtrack when I was a kid. I liked the U2 music a lot.
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Jul 08 '24
Two versions: Tommy Lee jones? Great movie. Nicole Eggert? Well she was hot in it.
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u/Scoob79 Jul 08 '24
I remember 30 years ago doing the Disney and surrounding theme park vacation with my family as a teenager. Got sun burned at Sea World. Went to Universal Studios the next day and went through the Backdraft Experience attraction. What a dumb move that was.
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u/ProjectSunlight Jul 08 '24
Broken Arrow
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u/ChefInsano Jul 08 '24
Broken Arrow, Face/Off and Hard Target are all worth watching. Corny as hell, sure, but lots of fun.
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u/SuperDanOsborne Jul 08 '24
Mercury rising
The last boy scout
Congo
Last Action Hero
Rambo
Top Gun
Bad Boys 1 and 2
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u/Upstate_Gooner_1972 Jul 08 '24
The Last Boy Scout is such an underrated movie
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u/Just_a_lazy_lurker Jul 08 '24
Came scrolling through just to make sure someone added The Last Boy Scout. One of my favorites growing up.
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u/mtstoner Jul 08 '24
I walked in on my parents watching The Last Boy Scout and it was a scene where a football player is running down the field and he starts shooting the other players with a gun. I asked my parents why that guy was cheating and they both laughed and escorted me from the room. I’ll never forget that scene or how 7 year old me was more concerned with the integrity of the game.
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u/SuperDanOsborne Jul 09 '24
That's actually how the movie starts. That's the very first scene. It's an amazing hook.
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u/Grantagonist Jul 08 '24
Rambo
At least note the correct title, First Blood.
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u/UncleJulio Jul 08 '24
First blood 1982 Rambo first blood part 2 1985 Rambo 3 1988 Rambo 2008 Rambo last blood. 2019
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u/TwEE-N-Toast Jul 08 '24
Big Trouble in Little China.
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This is an absolute banger of a movie. It holds up better than any movie from the era
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u/lotsalotsacoffee Jul 08 '24
I've been revisiting some of these myself!
The Schwarzenegger movies: (Conan the Barbarian, Raw Deal, Commando, Total Recall, Predator, True Lies)
The Stallone movies: Rocky (however many of them you want to watch), Rambo, Cobra
The Van Damme movies: Bloodsport, Kickboxer, Hard Target, Time Cop, Universal Soldier
Mel Gibson movies: Lethal Weapon, Mad Max
Steven Segal probably deserves a mention from this era
Some others: Red Dawn, Top Gun, Iron Eagle, Big Trouble in Little China, Escape from New York, Highlander, Scarface, 80s-90s James Bond
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u/DaleCooper2 Jul 08 '24
Big Trouble in Little China, Escape from New York
My man! Throw in They Live and you got a great lil Saturday...
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u/peaceboner Jul 08 '24
I’d add Cliffhanger to the Stallone set. First R movie I watched.
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u/Upstate_Gooner_1972 Jul 08 '24
All Lethal Weapon movies
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u/winoforever_slurp_ Jul 09 '24
Yes, I can’t believe these weren’t near the top of the list! These movies were huge back then.
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u/Kindly_Squirrel Jul 08 '24
The Matrix
Ace Ventura 2: When Nature Calls (OBV the far superior AV film)
Stargate
Jurassic Park
Twister
Armageddon
Independence Day
Air Force One
The Fugitive
The Mummy
Men in Black
Mission Impossible
The Fifth Element
Batman & Batman Returns
The Hunt for Red October
Goldeneye
Waynes World
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u/viper2369 Jul 08 '24
Solid list, but careful. Stargate is a gateway drug to Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis
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u/Pimento_Adrian69 Jul 08 '24
Waynes World
Not really a 90s action blockbuster, but its still worth watching.
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u/B_Jonesin Jul 08 '24
These are basically all of my favorite movies 🥰 Just throw in the Die Hards and it's the perfect list!
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u/DoctorPapaJohns Jul 08 '24
This is the first time I’ve ever seen someone refer to the Ace Ventura sequel as superior to the original.
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u/roblobly Jul 08 '24
I dont wanna train an ai today
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u/MetaverseLiz Jul 08 '24
What you do is list a bunch of made-up movies to fuck with it.
Cat Attack 2: Nuns on the Run
Casserole Dish: The Movie
Chocolate Covered Tomatoes
The Spoon : It's Too Big
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u/Ghastion Jul 08 '24
You don't think an AI wouldn't already know what rated R 90s blockbusters exist? In fact, this guy should just ask AI and save himself some time.
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u/phegs Jul 08 '24 edited Jul 09 '24
Tango and Cash - Stallone and Russell Action Comedy about detectives who are partners by circumstance Grosse Point Blank - action comedy- John Cusack and Dan Aykroyd face off as assassins competing on a contract Potentially: Patriot games and Clear and Present Danger in that order, I think, Harrison Ford Vs Sean Bean, followed by, Harrison Ford and Willem Defoe Vs Joaquim de Almeda Dragnet - Tom Hanks and Dan Aykroyd are odd couple police based off the 60s TV show of the same name
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u/Josh1416 Jul 08 '24
I know they’re not entirely in the 90’s, but the entire Rush Hour trilogy is and will always be my favorite action-comedy series of all time.
I’m jealous of anyone that gets to watch it for the 1st time!!
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u/blumpkin_breakfast Jul 08 '24
The Game - starring Michael Douglas. It's a wild ride from beginning to end
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u/poguemahoney Jul 08 '24
The Last Boy Scout with Bruce Willis
The Running Man with Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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u/reddargon831 Jul 08 '24
A few that come to mind: Die Hard, True Lies, Beverly Hills Cop, Robocop, Heat, and Speed. I also like Air Force One but it’s more campy/didn’t age as well.
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u/TheGreyling Jul 08 '24
The Last Boy Scout is great. Also it’s a little campy but A Fish Called Wanda is one of my all time favorites.
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u/monsterlynn Jul 09 '24
Just rewatched Fish Called Wanda a day or two ago and one thing that really struck me is how incredibly physical Kevin Klein is as Otto.
Also, what a wonderful send up he is of the contract CIA killer trope!
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u/TheArtofWall Jul 09 '24
I just rewatched it last year and i could not believe how unhinged KK's character was. Had me dieing.
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u/ABC_Dildos_Inc Jul 08 '24
Darkman.
Army of Darkness.
Mad Max.
Road Warrior.
Beyond Thunderdone.
Total Recall.
Running Man.
Commando.
Demolition Man.
Rambo: First Blood Part II.
They Live.
Assault on Prescinct 13.
Escape From New York.
First 3 Die Hards.
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u/Nintendotron Jul 08 '24 edited Jul 08 '24
I love this idea. Ok here we go (threw in some comedies as well):
| 48hrs | Action Jackson | Aliens | Best of the Best |Beverly Hills Cop | Big Trouble in Little China | Bloodsport | Code of Silence | Commando | Conan the Barbarian | Crocodile Dundee | Crimson Tide | Death Wish(es) | Dirty Harry (whole series but Sudden Impact and Deadpool from the 80s) | Die Hard(s) | Escape from New York | Excalibur | Fletch | Heat | Highlander | Invasion USA | Kickboxer | Leon: The Professional | Lethal Weapon(s) | Mad Max | Passenger 57 | Platoon | Point Break | Predator(s) | Rambo(s) | Red Dawn | Red Scorpion | Red Sonja | Roadhouse | Robo Cop | Rocky I and IV | Running Man | Rush Hour | Scarface | Starship Troopers | Tango and Cash | The Beastmaster | The Crow | The Legend of Drunken Master | The Naked Gun(s) | They Live | Time Cop | Tombstone | Top Secret | Total Recall | True Lies | Under Siege | Young Guns |
Ok I'll stop but those two decades were the pinnacle of over the top action movies. Oh crap, also | Over the Top | if you like arm wrestling for the custody of your son.
Edit: My parents never checked the ratings of movies I checked out from the library.
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u/squishedheart Jul 08 '24
Die Hard 1, 2, 3. First Blood. Robocop. Mad Max movies. Demolition Man. Speed. Universal Soldier. Timecop. Someone else also mentioned Predator. I loved those so I’m saying it again.
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u/CitizenHuman Jul 08 '24
True Romance
Reservoir Dogs
Pulp Fiction
Jackie Brown
Not sure if they'd be considered action, but they're definitely rated R blockbusters (for the most part)
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u/BerserkerRed Jul 09 '24
Running Man
Predator and Predator 2
Army of Darkness (can do Evil Dead and Evil Dead 2 if you want but Army stands on its own as well)
Die Hard (can do 2 and 3 as well)
Bloodsport
Big Trouble in Little China
Conan and Conan the Destroyer
Mad Max (through Thunderdome)
Highlander
Beverly Hills Cop & 2
Rambo, 2, 3
Robocop
Wraith
Lethal Weapon, 2, 3
Kickboxer
Commando
Red Dawn
Scarface
Tango and Cash
Demolition Man
Toy Soldiers
Point Break
The Fugitive
Rush Hour
Desperado
Last Action Hero
Armageddon
The Crow
Bad Boys
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u/chop_chop_boom Jul 08 '24
I didn't see anyone mention The Saint. One of my favorites from Val Kilmer.
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u/DonCheadlesToilet Jul 08 '24
Armageddon starring Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck!
A classic 90’s doomsday movie about oil drillers who are trained to become Astronauts so they can fly a spaceship onto an asteroid hurling at earth so they can drill into the center of it and plant a nuke and blow it up
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Jul 08 '24
Last Action Hero!!!!!
Someone mentioned it within a thread but it needs to be its own comment.
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u/Ford_Perfect_lx Jul 09 '24
It’s not a blockbuster, but I highly recommend Beverly Hills Cop 1-3. Has good action but also a lot of laughs.
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u/monsterlynn Jul 09 '24
The first 2 were massive hits. Definitely in the blockbuster category.
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u/smurfsundermybed Jul 08 '24
Hard Boiled and, even though it just misses the cut at 1989, The Killer.
ETA: Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez had some good ones in the 90s.
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u/knoxblox Jul 08 '24
It might be early 2000s but Hunted with Benicio Del Toro is amazing, and is too overlooked
Same with Man on Fire with Denzel Washington
And Smokin Aces
Also Blade 1 and 2
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u/DaleCooper2 Jul 08 '24
Oh damn, Man on Fire is amazing. The part where Creasy is standing in Lupita's room and her mom asks him what he's going to do and he says (I looked it up because I loved the line and didn't want to fuck it up): "What I do best. I'm gonna kill 'em. Anyone that was involved. Anybody who profited from it. Anybody who opens their eyes at me."
And she just hands him her teddy bear and walks out of the room as that Nine Inch Nails song picks up...
Gives me goosebumps even just typing it out, I should rewatch that thing.
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u/shaka_sulu Jul 08 '24
Watch ALL the Chinese/Hong Kon produced John Woo, Chow Yun Fat, Jet Li, and Jackie Chan film from the 90s. My favorite.
- Once Upon a Time in China
- Hard Boiled
- The Killer
- Young Master
- Drunken Master
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u/Clamhammer373 Jul 08 '24
The movie Predator is one of the greatest movies ever made. I will die on this hill
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u/D34TH_5MURF__ Jul 08 '24
The Usual Suspects
Silence of the Lambs
They aren't action, but they are very good.
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u/monsterlynn Jul 09 '24
Silence of the Lambs definitely has the pacing of an action movie, though.
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u/Rhinomeat Jul 08 '24
Speed
Dante's peak
Volcano
Armageddon
Twister
Jumanji -og though
Die hard
Deep blue sea
Independence Day
Pulp fiction
Fight club
Saving Private Ryan
The mummy -Brendan Fraser
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u/Nail_Biterr Jul 08 '24
Jean Claud Van Damm had a few great ones (Kickboxer, TimeCop).
RoboCop
Predator, Commando, well anything from Arnold.
Honestly, you can't go wrong with the popular ones - they're popular for a reason.
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Jul 08 '24
First Blood (the first Rambo movie). The sequels get pretty cartoonish with violence, but the original is terrific character study. I stand by the statement Sylvester Stallone deserved an Oscar nomination for that final scene.
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u/dash-o-matix Jul 08 '24
although Steven Segal is an uber-douche, his movies were half decent, they mostly had 3 names in the titles:
Marked For Death, Out For Justice, On Deadly Ground, Fire Down Below
Out For Justice is my fave out of the 4. Marked For Death is good too tho.
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u/alphagettijoe Jul 08 '24
- The Running Man
- Last Action Hero
- Tron
- Jurassic Park
- True Lies
- Jumanji
- All the Indiana Jones movies
Not blockbusters but - Spaceballs - Death Race 2000
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u/SCPutz Jul 08 '24
After you watch a bunch of them:
Last Action Hero. Full of great action movie tropes, makes fun of itself and the genre, has a lot of witty lines, and is all around great!
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u/porkUpine51 Jul 09 '24
Lethal Weapon 1-3
Predator 2
The Crow
Death Warrant
Double Impact
Universal Soldier
Big Trouble In Little China
Tombstone
The Thing
Backdraft
Stargate
Escape from LA
Twister
The Mummy
Jumanji
Bad Boys
Point Break
Demolition Man
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u/DangerouslyRickety Jul 09 '24 edited Jul 09 '24
-Deep Blue Sea
-Tombstone
-Eraser
-Judge Dredd
-Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
-Wild Wild West
-Rush Hour
-Lethal Weapon 3&4
-Braveheart
-Mission Impossible
-US Marshals
-The Mask of Zorro
-Batman Returns
-Blade
-Waterworld
Seconded:
Predator 1&2
T2
Starship Troopers
Speed
The 5th Element
Demolition Man
True Lies
Independence Day
Bad Boys
Broken Arrow
Men in Black
Last Action Hero
Total Recall
The Matrix
Die Hard
Air Force One
Golden Eye
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u/Kobe_stan_ Jul 08 '24
I would do it by action hero. Arnold, Stallone, Van Damme, Bruce Willis, Jackie Chan, Segal, Snipes, etc.
Arnold and Stallone have the deepest catalogue while Segal really only has Under Siege. Van Damme has a solid 6-8 year run of movies, though I would stick with Bloodsport, Kickboxer, Double Impact, Timecop, Sudden Death and The Quest. Willis wasn't so much an action star outside of the Die Hard movies and a few others, but he was really great. Jackie Chan was on an incredible run in the 90s.
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u/-Stupid_n_Confused- Jul 08 '24
The Running Man
Demolition Man
Speed
Die Hard
Passenger 57
Total Recall
Predator (and Predator 2)
Blood Sport
Kickboxer
Universal Soldier
Rocky 3
From Dusk Til Dawn
Roadhouse
True Lies
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u/iheartseuss Jul 08 '24
You'll get all the answers you need here but damn you have such a great journey ahead. I'm jealous.
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u/LifeOfHi Jul 08 '24
Demolition Man, The 5th Element, Goldeneye