From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
The tonal whiplash is the entire experience. From Dusk Till Dawn earns its 7 by being two completely different movies stapled together, and by the strange fact that the staple holds.
Genre: Action
Fast pacing, physical stakes, and characters who solve problems by moving. These are stories where something has to be outrun, outfought, or outlasted, and the clock is always running.
ActionRenfield (2023)
Nicolas Cage's gloriously unhinged Dracula anchors a comedy about escaping a toxic boss, undercut by an overstuffed plot. Reframe Dracula's servant Renfield as a man in a toxic codependent relationship with his narcissistic boss, and play it as a workplace…
ActionUnderworld Series (2003-2016)
The Underworld films turned the vampire into a leather-clad action hero across five entries. As a whole it is more than the sum of its uneven parts.
ActionVampires (1998)
John Carpenter turns vampire hunting into blue-collar work and James Woods carries the whole film. Not a calling, not a tragic destiny, not a brooding romance with the dark.
ActionLethal Weapon (1987)
A suicidal LAPD detective is partnered with a family-man veteran during a Christmas drug investigation that turns into open warfare. Lethal Weapon is Richard Donner's 1987 American action film about a suicidal Los Angeles Police Department narcotics detective who is…
ActionViolent Night (2022)
Violent Night is Tommy Wirkola's 2022 American action-comedy depicting Santa Claus, played as a disillusioned former Viking warrior, trapped inside a wealthy family's Connecticut compound as mercenaries take the family hostage on Christmas Eve, leading Santa to fight back with…
Action
ActionDante’s Peak (1997)
Roger Donaldson's 1997 volcano disaster. Pierce Brosnan as volcanologist.
ActionTwister (1996)
Jan de Bont's 1996 tornado-chase. Foundation for every storm-chasing production since.
ActionThree Kings (1999)
Russell's 1999 Gulf War heist. Clooney, Wahlberg, Ice Cube, Spike Jonze.
ActionBlack Hawk Down (2001)
Ridley Scott's 2001 Mogadishu battle. October 1993 Somalia raid gone wrong.
ActionRonin (1998)
John Frankenheimer's 1998 Cold War remnant action. Ronin is John Frankenheimer's 1998 American action thriller.