Commando (1985)
First Blood (1982)
T2: Judgment Day (1991)
Sure, I've got a hard-on for Schwarzenegger... but he just makes great action movies.
Honorable mentions:
True Lies (1994)
Deadbeat at Dawn (1988) - The end fight is cool as fuck.
Predator (1987)
Black Dynamite (2009)
The Warriors (1979)
Last Action Hero (1993)
RoboCop (1987)
Die Hard 2 (1990)
The Punisher (2004)
John Wick (2014)
I love just about all the ones mentioned here so far but don't believe anyone has yet mentioned my top three:
1) Seven Samurai
2) Hard Boiled (1992)
3) The Wild Bunch
Other Greats: The Road Warrior, the HK films of Bruce Lee & Jackie Chan & Sammo Hung & Jet Li, Gone in Sixty Seconds (the original) & The Junkman, John Woo's Better Tomorrow 1 & 2 and Bullet in the Head and his unreleased cut of Hard Target, Point Break...
I'm not really that into them but Die Hard is a guilty pleasure of mine. Whenever I see it's playing on TV (which is quite often) I'll make sure I arrange my schedule around it.
Man that is tough. There are so many Sci-fi, Martial Arts, War, Western, Crime, Adventure etc. films that are also considered action. Sticking wth just pure testosterone filled action. I agree with you in Commando and Die Hard. 3rd I would probably say Road Warrior.
First Blood (1982)
T2: Judgment Day (1991)
Sure, I've got a hard-on for Schwarzenegger... but he just makes great action movies.
Honorable mentions:
True Lies (1994)
Deadbeat at Dawn (1988) - The end fight is cool as fuck.
Predator (1987)
Black Dynamite (2009)
The Warriors (1979)
Last Action Hero (1993)
RoboCop (1987)
Die Hard 2 (1990)
The Punisher (2004)
John Wick (2014)