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*New additions are indicated with an asterisk.
Action movies are typically among the most popular films available on DVD, VOD, and streaming services.
People love to tune in, tune out, and escape while watching beautiful people doing impossible things.
Ben Affleck is good here, but its Jon Bernthals movie (even more true about the sequel).
Its an incredibly fun film with a reputation that has only grown over the last four decades.
Die Hard
Year:1988Runtime:2h 6mDirector:John McTiernan
Finally!
Its held up perfectly, as entertaining today as when it came out.
Do yourself a favor and dont watch it on your phone.
And turn it up loud.
Clint Eastwood plays The Good, Lee Van Cleef plays The Bad, and Eli Wallach plays The Ugly.
Its even better than you remember.
ThenHardcore Henryis the one for you.
At its peak, its got some adrenalin-pumping lunacy thats admirable.
As buzz builds around 2025sRebirth, go back to the one that restarted it all a decade ago.
One of the main reasons for that is the cast.
Note: The first four films in the franchise are on Prime Video, including the greatGhost Protocol.
It has influenced too many action films since to count them all.
Starship Troopers
Year:1997Runtime:2h 9mDirector:Paul Verhoeven
The bugs!
No one else but the director ofRobocopcould have made this unforgettable sci-fi/action epic about giant bugs from outer space.
On the surface, its a wildly entertaining action movie about young soldiers trying to stop an unimaginable force.
Dig deeper and youll find richly rewarding satirical levels about the military complex and even fascism.
However you enjoy it, just enjoy it while you’ve got the option to.
