Best action films 1941 – 1950 - Charts
Best action films 1941 – 1950
2. Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille
Cast: Ray Milland, John Wayne
3. Red River (1948)
USA, Western / Adventure
Directed by: Howard Hawks, Arthur Rosson
Cast: John Wayne, Montgomery Clift
4. High Sierra (1941)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Ida Lupino, Humphrey Bogart
5. Battleground (1949)
USA, Action / War
Directed by: William A. Wellman
Cast: Van Johnson, John Hodiak
8. Scott of the Antarctic (1948)
UK, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Charles Frend
Cast: John Mills, Diana Churchill
10. Across the Pacific (1942)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Vincent Sherman, John Huston
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor
13. Sanshiro Sugata (1943)
Japan, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: 黒澤明, Yasumi Mikamoto
Cast: Susumu Fujita, Denjirō Ōkōchi
14. Tarzan and the Huntress (1947)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Kurt Neumann
Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Brenda Joyce
15. Jungle Book (1942)
USA / UK, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Zoltan Korda
Cast: Sabu, Joseph Calleia
16. Tarzan and the Mermaids (1948)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Robert Florey
Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Brenda Joyce
17. All Through the Night (1941)
USA, Action / Comedy
Directed by: Vincent Sherman
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Conrad Veidt
19. Tarzan and the Amazons (1945)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Kurt Neumann
Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Brenda Joyce
20. Desperate Journey (1942)
USA, War / Action
Directed by: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Errol Flynn, Ronald Reagan
21. Tarzan and the Slave Girl (1950)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Lee Sholem
Cast: Lex Barker, Vanessa Brown
22. Tarzan's Magic Fountain (1949)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Lee Sholem
Cast: Lex Barker, Brenda Joyce
23. Tarzan and the Leopard Woman (1946)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Kurt Neumann
Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Brenda Joyce
24. December 7th (1943)
USA, Action / War
Directed by: John Ford, Gregg Toland
Cast: Walter Huston, Harry Davenport
25. Wake of the Red Witch (1948)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Edward Ludwig
Cast: John Wayne, Gail Russell
26. The Fighting Seabees (1944)
USA, Action / Drama
Directed by: Edward Ludwig
Cast: John Wayne, Susan Hayward
28. Tarzan's Desert Mystery (1943)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Wilhelm Thiele
Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Nancy Kelly
29. The Blue Lamp (1950)
UK, Action / Crime
Directed by: Basil Dearden
Cast: Jack Warner, Jimmy Hanley
30. Blood on the Sun (1945)
USA, Action / Drama
Directed by: Frank Lloyd
Cast: James Cagney, Sylvia Sidney
31. Sanshiro Sugata II (1945)
Japan, Action / Adventure
Directed by: 黒澤明
Cast: Susumu Fujita, Denjirō Ōkōchi
33. Flying Tigers (1942)
USA, Action / Drama
Directed by: David Miller
Cast: John Wayne, John Carroll
35. The Three Musketeers (1948)
USA, Action / Drama
Directed by: George Sidney
Cast: Lana Turner, Gene Kelly
36. Chain Lightning (1950)
USA, Drama / Action
Directed by: Stuart Heisler
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Eleanor Parker
37. Singapore (1947)
USA, Adventure / Action
Directed by: John Brahm
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Ava Gardner
38. G.P.U. (1942)
German Empire, Action / Drama
Directed by: Karl Ritter
Cast: Laura Solari, Will Quadflieg
39. The Batman (1943)
USA, Adventure / Crime
Directed by: Lambert Hillyer
Cast: Lewis Wilson, Douglas Croft
40. Batman and Robin (1949)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Spencer Gordon Bennet
Cast: Robert Lowery, Lyle Talbot