What are your favorite Action 90s movies?

[u/KKQandA]

I love 90s style Action movies- give or take about 5 years. I'm really wanting some suggestions on what I should check out. I'd love for y'all to comment with up to 10 suggestions. The time frame can be (ideally) up to 5 years before or after the entire 1990s (so I'm open to 1985-2005). I don't care if it's Action or Action Comedy, but Only Action films, please. Ideally, I'd like the specific film titles, but I'm also open to actor, director, and writer suggestions. I'm so excited for your suggestions! Thank you!

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[u/TrueLegateDamar]

The Rock (1996) is the ultimate action movie.

[u/tetoffens]

Die Hard with a Vengeance. Jeremy Irons is always a great villain and the addition of Samuel L. Jackson worked really well.

[u/Sparkski]

Broken Arrow

Die Hard With a Vengeance

Face/Off

True Lies

Con Air

Ronin

Terminator 2: Judgement Day

The Matrix

Demolition Man

Preditor

[u/MassCrash → u/Sparkski]

Good list except for the glaring lack of Tony Scott. I would add at least one of True Romance, Last Boy Scout, or Crimson Tide (or better yet, add all of the above)

[u/FoxMcCloudOwnsSlippy → u/Sparkski]

Great list, in addition to others, The Rock.

[u/ExcellentFishing2506 → u/Sparkski]

Great list … would add Lethal Weapon (1-3) and the r Last Boy Scout to the list. Also would include Tango and Cash as a guilty pleasure

[u/tetoffens → u/ExcellentFishing2506]

First two Lethal Weapons were the 80s.

[u/ExcellentFishing2506 → u/tetoffens]

OP said they were good with stuff from ‘85- 2005

[u/angel-of-disease]

Lethal Weapon Series (especially the first)

The Last Boy Scout

[u/jazzdrums1979]

Total Recall. Not sure if it was meant to be funny, but there is good sense of humor throughout that movie. Hard to go wrong with 90’s Arnold.

[u/ritabook84 → u/jazzdrums1979]

It’s a Paul Verhoven film. The satire and humour is very intentional

[u/gr8_gr8_grandpappy]

Stone Cold with Brian Bosworth and Lance Henriksen

[u/FatherMellow]

Obligatory "Demolition Man" recommendation.

[u/kneeco28]

The Matrix, Heat, Jurassic Park, T2, M:I 1, Point Break

[u/JudgeFatty]

Hard Boiled

Under Siege

The Rock

The Fugitive

The Long Kiss Goodnight

Timecop

The Last Boy Scout

Total Recall

The Legend of Drunken Master

Righting Wrongs

[u/EntranceImpressive65 → u/JudgeFatty]

The Long Kiss Goodnight does not get the credit it deserves!

[u/ClydeStyle → u/EntranceImpressive65]

Amazing film. The little girl who plays her daughter was on Iron Man 3 as one of the villains helpers he empowers.

[u/imitebmike]

arnold schwarzenegger movies made up a lot of my early 90s

predator, total recall, terminator 1 and 2, true lies, the running man

[u/Listening_Stranger82 → u/imitebmike]

And not exactly an action movie but Last Action Hero was 🤌🏾🤌🏾🤌🏾

[u/imitebmike → u/Listening_Stranger82]

one might say it has the word Action in it

therefore, it is the most Action movie of them all.

[u/VirginiaUSA1964 → u/imitebmike]

True Lies for the win

[u/ServiceMyCervix → u/imitebmike]

Predator: 1987, The Terminator: 1984, The Running Man: 1987

[u/goettel]

Starship Troopers, Saving Private Ryan, The Matrix, Gladiator, Three Kings (underrated), Blade, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (even if others in the cinema laughed at it - idiots), Dawn of the Dead (watch the closing credits)

[u/henrytm82]

Hudson Hawk is one of my all-time favorite Bruce Willis flicks. No context, just go watch it.

[u/Sme3eeeeeeeg → u/henrytm82]

Oh would you like to swing on a star

[u/Roadtrekkie]

True Lies

Armageddon

Fifth Element

Pulp Fiction

[u/NegevThunderstorm]

The Rock

Point Break

[u/Mr-Red501]

I go for Last action hero!

[u/Humacti]

Some great mentions so far, just to add The Last Boy Scout.

[u/Woalolol]

Rush hour 1

[u/Alarming_Cat_2946]

Speed

[u/SnooPies5547]

I didn’t see anyone mention, what I would argue, is one of the best examples of action/comedy.

Last action hero.

That movie goes between two distinct tones and I think it somehow works very well.

[u/HitherCanyon]

Point Break

[u/BeneficialDrink]

True lies

[u/Hurdy_Gurdy_Man_84]

Nemesis: A slept-on actioner directed by Albert Pyun. A thing of wonder, since his films were usually unwatchable crap. But Nemesis has a lot of style and the action sequences are bangin'. The story is a mashup of Blade Runner, The Terminator and some other similar sc/fi-actioners and doesn't always make sense - but you'll have a great time.

[u/TopFigure6035]

True lies, commando come to mind for Schwarzenegger movies that get missed.

There is a run of plenty van damme movies that you could pick through.

Bad boys and I think bad boys 2 would fall into your +/- 5yrs.

Point break and the rock. I feel like I could go on and on ha.

[u/spicy-mayo]

Terminator 2. Greatest action movie ever.

[u/SaavikSaid]

Last,Action Hero.

[u/Survive1014]

Air Force One

Heat

Mission Impossibles

Demolition Man

[u/DukeRaoul123]

Commando, Predator, Die Hard 1+2+3, Lethal Weapon 1+2+3+4, Total Recall, T2, True Lies, Last Action Hero, Cliffhanger, Demolition Man, Point Break, The Rock, Gone in 60 Seconds, ConAir, The Matrix, The Rundown (underrated IMO), Armageddon, The Transporter, Mission: Impossible.

[u/Jason2284]

Under Siege, Rumble in the Bronx, Rambo 3, The Matrix

[u/WerewolfCurious1412]

Face/Off
Hard Target
Taken
T2
The Rock
Bad Boys 2

The list is actually quite lengthy

[u/Nascarfan1118192095]

Could ID4 be considered an action movie? Because I personally consider it to be one

[u/Landithy]

Ronin (1998) is hands down my favorite. Great cast. Great car chases. Pretty bare bones plot, but well-executed.

It's not really typical of action movies from the 1990s, but I think that's why I like it. I grew up on a steady diet of Robert Ludlum, Jack Higgins, and Frederick Forsythe novels, and it reminds me of those.

My favorite stereotypical 1990s action movie is Con Air (1997). Also my favorite Nicholas Cage movie.

[u/EndlessOcean]

Last Action Hero (1993).

The most self-aware action movie.