Lights, Camera, Action.

Kill Bill Volumes 1&2starUma Thurmanas the instantly iconic for both design and demeanor, Bride.

in 1989’sThe Abyssthe director continued his experimentation with full CGI characters, to mixed results.

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By the tail end of the 1980s, action movies had somewhat lost their luster and respect.

Martial arts movies deliver action in possibly its purest form.

The espionage thrillerNorth by Northwestis simply put, one of the most homaged and referenced films of all time.

Max strapped to the front of a vehicle with mask on in Mad Max: Fury Road (2015).

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The film’smost known and action-packed set-piece sees Grant pursued through a field by an airplane.

There is DNA ofThe Great Train Robberyin nearly every action movie that follows it.

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Uma Thurman as the bride, holding her katana defensively across her face in Kill Bill.

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Artistic rendering of The Bourne Identity’s one sheet featuring Matt Damon as Jason Bourne

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Terminator 2_ Judgment Day - 1991

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Bruce Willis as John McClane crawling down a vent while holding a lighter in Die Hard.

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Bruce Lee as Lee in Enter the Dragon

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Clint Eastwood’s nameless protagonist smokes a cigarette while standing in a dry, arid landscape.

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Cary Grant as Roger Thornhill, wearing a suit and running away from a crop duster plane in North by Northwest

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The Great Train Robbery (1903)

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