Best action films 1991 – 2000 - Charts
Best action films 1991 – 2000
2. The Matrix (1999)
USA, Action / Sci-fi
Directed by: Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne
3. Gladiator (2000)
USA / UK, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Ridley Scott
Cast: Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix
5. The Fugitive (1993)
USA, Action / Thriller
Directed by: Andrew Davis
Cast: Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones
6. The Last Boy Scout (1991)
USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Tony Scott
Cast: Bruce Willis, Damon Wayans
8. The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Michael Mann
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe
9. Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)
USA, Action / Comedy
Directed by: Jim Abrahams
Cast: Charlie Sheen, Lloyd Bridges
11. Enemy of the State (1998)
USA, Drama / Action
Directed by: Tony Scott
Cast: Will Smith, Gene Hackman
12. Knockin' on Heaven's Door (1997)
Germany / Netherlands, Action / Crime
Directed by: Thomas Jahn
Cast: Til Schweiger, Jan Josef Liefers
14. The Fifth Element (1997)
France, Sci-fi / Action
Directed by: Luc Besson
Cast: Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman
16. Ninja Scroll (1993)
Japan, Animation / Action
Directed by: Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Cast: Kōichi Yamadera, Takeshi Aono
17. Ghost in the Shell (1995)
Japan, Animation / Action
Directed by: Mamoru Oshii
Cast: Akio Ōtsuka, Atsuko Tanaka
18. Star Trek VIII: First Contact (1996)
USA, Sci-fi / Adventure
Directed by: Jonathan Frakes
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes
19. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
USA / France, Action / Drama
Directed by: Jim Jarmusch
Cast: Forest Whitaker, John Tormey
20. Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)
USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Richard Donner
Cast: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover
21. The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear (1991)
USA, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: David Zucker
Cast: Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley
23. Drunken Master II (1994)
Hong Kong, Action / Comedy
Directed by: Chia-Liang Liu, Jackie Chan
Cast: Jackie Chan, Anita Mui
24. X-Men (2000)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Bryan Singer
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart
25. Hard Boiled (1992)
Hong Kong, Action / Drama
Directed by: John Woo
Cast: Yun-fat Chow, Tony Chiu-wai Leung
27. Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997)
Japan, Animation / Action
Directed by: Hideaki Anno
28. Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)
USA, Action / Thriller
Directed by: John McTiernan
Cast: Bruce Willis, Jeremy Irons
29. The Negotiator (1998)
USA / Germany, Action / Drama
Directed by: F. Gary Gray
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey
30. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
Taiwan / China, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Ang Lee
Cast: Yun-fat Chow, Michelle Yeoh
31. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Kevin Reynolds
Cast: Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman
32. Desperado (1995)
USA / Mexico, Action / Thriller
Directed by: Robert Rodriguez
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek
33. Men in Black (1997)
USA, Comedy / Sci-fi
Directed by: Barry Sonnenfeld
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith
34. Police Story 3: Supercop (1992)
Hong Kong, Action / Thriller
Directed by: Stanley Tong
Cast: Jackie Chan, Michelle Yeoh
37. Heaven & Earth (1993)
USA / France, Drama / War
Directed by: Oliver Stone
Cast: Hiep Thi Le, Tommy Lee Jones
38. The Boondock Saints (1999)
Canada / USA, Crime / Action
Directed by: Troy Duffy
Cast: Willem Dafoe, Sean Patrick Flanery
39. GoldenEye (1995)
UK / USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Martin Campbell
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean
40. Iron Monkey (1993)
Hong Kong, Action / Comedy
Directed by: Woo-ping Yuen
Cast: Ringo Yu, Donnie Yen
41. The Tai-Chi Master (1993)
Hong Kong, Action
Directed by: Woo-ping Yuen
Cast: Jet Li, Michelle Yeoh
42. Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994)
USA, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Peter Segal
Cast: Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley
43. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
USA, Sci-fi / Fantasy
Directed by: George Lucas
Cast: Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor
44. Demolition Man (1993)
USA, Action / Comedy
Directed by: Marco Brambilla
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes
46. The Mummy (1999)
USA, Fantasy / Action
Directed by: Stephen Sommers
Cast: Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz
47. The Thin Red Line (1998)
USA, War / Drama
Directed by: Terrence Malick
Cast: Sean Penn, Adrien Brody
50. Once Upon a Time in China II (1992)
Hong Kong, Action
Directed by: Hark Tsui
Cast: Donnie Yen, Jet Li
51. Armour of God 2 (1991)
Hong Kong, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Jackie Chan
Cast: Jackie Chan, Carol Cheng
53. Ronin (1998)
UK / France, Action / Crime
Directed by: John Frankenheimer
Cast: Robert De Niro, Jean Reno
55. Pigs (1992)
Poland, Action / Crime
Directed by: Wladyslaw Pasikowski
Cast: Boguslaw Linda, Marek Kondrat
56. Sonatine (1993)
Japan, Action / Drama
Directed by: Takeshi Kitano
Cast: Takeshi Kitano, Susumu Terajima
57. Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Richard Donner
Cast: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover
58. The Edge (1997)
USA, Drama / Action
Directed by: Lee Tamahori
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Alec Baldwin
59. Batman Returns (1992)
USA / UK, Action / Crime
Directed by: Tim Burton
Cast: Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito
60. In the Line of Fire (1993)
USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Wolfgang Petersen
Cast: Clint Eastwood, John Malkovich
62. Taxi (1998)
France, Action / Comedy
Directed by: Gérard Pirès
Cast: Samy Naceri, Frédéric Diefenthal
63. Flickering Lights (2000)
Denmark / Sweden, Comedy / Action
Directed by: Anders Thomas Jensen
Cast: Søren Pilmark, Ulrich Thomsen
64. The World Is Not Enough (1999)
UK / USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Michael Apted
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Sophie Marceau
65. Starship Troopers (1997)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Paul Verhoeven
Cast: Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer
66. Stargate (1994)
USA / France, Sci-fi / Adventure
Directed by: Roland Emmerich
Cast: Kurt Russell, James Spader
67. Sara (1997)
Poland, Action / Romance
Directed by: Maciej Ślesicki
Cast: Boguslaw Linda, Cezary Pazura
69. Boys Don't Cry (2000)
Poland, Comedy / Action
Directed by: Olaf Lubaszenko
Cast: Maciej Stuhr, Cezary Pazura
71. The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Trenches of Hell (1999)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Simon Wincer
72. Tai Chi Master 2 (1996)
Hong Kong, Action / Comedy
Directed by: Yam-Yin Cheung, Woo-ping Yuen
Cast: Jacky Wu, Christy Chung
73. Point Break (1991)
USA / Japan, Action / Crime
Directed by: Kathryn Bigelow
Cast: Patrick Swayze, Keanu Reeves
74. Conspiracy Theory (1997)
USA, Action / Mystery
Directed by: Richard Donner
Cast: Mel Gibson, Julia Roberts
75. Cliffhanger (1993)
USA / Italy, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Renny Harlin
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, John Lithgow
76. The Twin Dragons (1992)
Hong Kong, Action / Comedy
Directed by: Hark Tsui, Ringo Lam
Cast: Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung
77. A Chinese Odyssey Part 1 - Pandora's Box (1995)
Hong Kong / China, Fantasy / Romance
Directed by: Jeffrey Lau
Cast: Stephen Chow, Karen Mok
78. Nothing to Lose (1997)
USA, Comedy / Adventure
Directed by: Steve Oedekerk
Cast: Martin Lawrence, Tim Robbins
79. Battle Royale (2000)
Japan, Action / Drama
Directed by: Kinji Fukasaku
Cast: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda
80. Spider-Man: Sins of the Fathers (1996)
USA, Animation / Action
Directed by: Bob Richardson
Cast: Edward Albert, Edward Asner
81. From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
USA, Action / Horror
Directed by: Robert Rodriguez
Cast: George Clooney, Quentin Tarantino
82. Pitch Black (2000)
USA, Sci-fi / Action
Directed by: David Twohy
Cast: Vin Diesel, Radha Mitchell
85. Blade (1998)
USA, Action / Fantasy
Directed by: Stephen Norrington
Cast: Wesley Snipes, Stephen Dorff
86. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
USA, Sci-fi / Adventure
Directed by: Nicholas Meyer
Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy
87. Natural Born Killers (1994)
USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Oliver Stone
Cast: Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis
88. Armageddon (1998)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Michael Bay
Cast: Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton
90. Samurai X: The Motion Picture (1997)
Japan, Animation / Action
Directed by: Hatsuki Tsuji
Cast: Mayo Suzukaze, Miina Tominaga
91. Independence Day (1996)
USA, Sci-fi / Action
Directed by: Roland Emmerich
Cast: Will Smith, Jeff Goldblum
92. Mobile Police Patlabor 2: The Movie (1993)
Japan, Animation / Action
Directed by: Mamoru Oshii
Cast: Miina Tominaga, Naoto Takenaka
95. Jackie Chan's First Strike (1996)
Hong Kong / USA, Action / Thriller
Directed by: Stanley Tong
Cast: Jackie Chan, Annie Wu
96. Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
USA, Action / Fantasy
Directed by: Bruce Timm, Eric Radomski
Cast: Kevin Conroy, Dana Delany
97. Mission: Impossible (1996)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Brian De Palma
Cast: Tom Cruise, Jon Voight
100. The Mask (1994)
USA, Fantasy / Action
Directed by: Chuck Russell
Cast: Jim Carrey, Peter Riegert