IMDb Fan List Ranks Die Hard, Hard Boiled, John Wick Among Top 10 Action Films
An IMDb user list curated by juliusyeung95, attracting more than 14,000 views, showcases the top 10 action films. Among them, Die Hard (1988, directed by John McTiernan, 2h12m) features Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, and Alan Rickman. Hard Boiled (1992, John Woo, 2h8m) includes performances by Chow Yun-fat and Tony Leung Chiu-wai. The Killer (1989, also by John Woo, 1h51m) stars Chow alongside Sally Yeh. Jackie Chan's Police Story (1985, 1h39m) received the Best Film accolade at the Hong Kong Film Awards. Bruce Lee is highlighted in Enter the Dragon (1973, Robert Clouse). Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000, Ang Lee, 2h) garnered four Oscars. Additional titles are Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003), The Raid: Redemption (2011), John Wick (2014), and The Bourne Ultimatum (2007).
Key facts
- The ranking comes from a single IMDb user list by juliusyeung95 with more than 14,000 visits, not an editorial or vote-aggregated chart
- Die Hard (1988) tops the list; it runs 2h12m and adapts Roderick Thorp's 1979 novel Nothing Lasts Forever
- Hard Boiled (1992) was John Woo's final Hong Kong film before moving to Hollywood
- The Killer (1989) was remade in English in 2024 with Nathalie Emmanuel
- Police Story (1985) won Best Film at the Hong Kong Film Awards
- Enter the Dragon (1973) was Bruce Lee's last completed film before his death on July 20, 1973
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) won four Academy Awards, including Best Foreign Language Film
- The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) won three Academy Awards: film editing, sound editing and sound mixing
Entities
Artists
- John McTiernan
- Bruce Willis
- Bonnie Bedelia
- Alan Rickman
- Roderick Thorp
- Frank Sinatra
- John Woo
- Chow Yun-fat
- Tony Leung Chiu-wai
- Teresa Mo
- Anthony Wong Chau-sang
- Sally Yeh
- Danny Lee
- Jean-Pierre Melville
- Nathalie Emmanuel
- Jackie Chan
- Maggie Cheung
- Brigitte Lin
- Robert Clouse
- Bruce Lee
- John Saxon
- Jim Kelly
- Shih Kien
- Raymond Chow
- Sammo Hung
- Lalo Schifrin
- Ang Lee
- Michelle Yeoh
- Zhang Ziyi
- Cheng Pei-pei
- Yuen Woo-ping
- Peter Pau
- Tim Yip
- Tan Dun
- Yo-Yo Ma
- Wang Dulu
- Quentin Tarantino
- Uma Thurman
- David Carradine
- Daryl Hannah
- Sonny Chiba
- Nancy Sinatra
- Gareth Evans
- Iko Uwais
- Ananda George
- Ray Sahetapy
- Yayan Ruhian
- Chad Stahelski
- Keanu Reeves
- David Leitch
- Michael Nyqvist
- Alfie Allen
- Ian McShane
- Willem Dafoe
- Lance Reddick
- Paul Greengrass
- Matt Damon
- Edgar Ramírez
- Joan Allen
- Doug Liman
- juliusyeung95
Institutions
- IMDb
- Warner Bros.
- Golden Harvest
- Shaw Brothers
- Production I.G
- 87Eleven
- Toronto International Film Festival
- Hong Kong Film Awards
- Academy Awards
- The 5.6.7.8's
- Quartz
Locations
- Century City
- Los Angeles
- New York City
- Hong Kong
- Indonesia
- Jakarta
- Beijing
- London
- Madrid
- Tangier
- United States
- China
- Taiwan
Sources
- Quartz —