1. The Dark Knight
Batman has been keeping a tight control on crime in Gotham City with the help of Lieutenant James Gordon, and District Attorney Harvey Dent. Then a vile psychopath comes to the spotlight who calls himself ‘The Joker’. He throws Gotham City into chaos. Batman struggles to keep up against him and it becomes personal. They attack each other as the story goes on.
Director: Christopher Nolan
Producer: Emma Thomas, Charles Roven, Christopher Nolan
Writer: Christopher Nolan, David S. Goyer, Jonathan Nolan
Starring: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Heath Ledger, Gary Oldman, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Morgan Freeman
2. The Matrix
By day Neo is an average computer programmer but by night he is a hacker known as Neo who believes that Morpheus is the most dangerous man alive. Neo thinks only he can answer the question — What is the Matrix? He is then acquainted with Trinity who helps him enter into an underworld where he meets Morpheus. They fight a brutal battle for their lives.
Director: The Wachowskis
Producer: Joel Silver
Writer: The Wachowskis
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, Joe Pantoliano, Jada Pinkett Smith, Gloria Foster
3. Mission Impossible
When U.S. government operative Ethan Hunt and his mentor, Jim Phelps , go on a covert assignment that takes a disastrous turn, Jim is killed, and Ethan becomes the prime murder suspect. Now a fugitive, Hunt recruits brilliant hacker Luther Stickell and maverick pilot Franz Krieger to help him sneak into a heavily guarded CIA building to retrieve a confidential computer file that will prove his innocence.
Director: Brian De Palma(MI-1), John Woo(MI-2), J. J. Abrams(MI-3), Brad Bird(MI-4), Christopher McQuarrie(MI-5)
Producer: Tom Cruise, Paula Wagner, J. J. Abrams, Bryan Burk, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Don Granger
Writer: David Koepp(MI-1), Steven Zaillian(MI-1), Robert Towne(MI-1), Ronald D. Moore(MI-2), Brannon Braga(MI-2), Alex Kurtzman(MI-3), Roberto Orci(MI-3), J. J. Abrams(MI-3), Josh Appelbaum(MI-4), André Nemec(MI-4), Christopher McQuarrie(MI-5), Drew Pearce(MI-5)
Starring: Tom Cruise, Jon Voight, Henry Czerny, Emmanuelle Béart, Jean Reno, Ving Rhames, Kristin Scott Thomas, Vanessa Redgrave, Emilio Estevez
4. The Bourne Film Series
A former CIA assassin continues his quest to fill in memory gaps. When a `Guardian’ reporter stumbles onto his trail, the man spies his chance to blow the Blackbriar black-ops brigade wide open. With some very powerful people intent on keeping their skeletons buried, he is in more danger than ever before, as his former paymasters send a series of elite killers after their reformed ex-colleague.
Director: Doug Liman (1), Paul Greengrass (2–3, 5), Tony Gilroy (4)
Producer: Doug Liman, Patrick Crowley, Richard N. Gladstein, Frank Marshall, Paul L. Sandberg, Jeffrey M. Weiner, Ben Smith, Paul Greengrass, Matt Damon, Gregory Goodman
Writer: Robert Ludlum, Tony Gilroy, Christopher Rouse
Starring: Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Chris Cooper, Clive Owen, Brian Cox, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Julia Stiles, Karl Urban, Gabriel Mann, Joan Allen, David Strathairn, Scott Glenn, Paddy Considine, Édgar Ramírez, Albert Finney, Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton, Stacey Keach, Oscar Isaac, Tommy Lee Jones, Alicia Vikander, Vincent Cassel, Riz Ahmed
5. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 & Vol. 2
A former assassin, known simply as The Bride, wakes from a coma four years after her jealous ex-lover Bill attempts to murder her on her wedding day. Fueled by an insatiable desire for revenge, she vows to get even with every person who contributed to the loss of her unborn child, her entire wedding party, and four years of her life. After devising a hit list, The Bride sets off on her quest, enduring unspeakable injury and unscrupulous enemies.
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Producer: Lawrence Bender
Writer: Quentin Tarantino
Starring: Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox, Michael Madsen, Daryl Hannah, David Carradine, Sonny Chiba, Julie Dreyfus, Chiaki Kuriyama, Gordon Liu, Michael Parks
6. John Wick
Legendary assassin John Wick retired from his violent career after marrying the love of his life. Her sudden death leaves John in deep mourning. When sadistic mobster Iosef Tarasov and his thugs steal John’s prized car and kill the puppy that was a last gift from his wife, John unleashes the remorseless killing machine within and seeks vengeance. Meanwhile, Joseph’s father, John’s former colleague puts a huge bounty on John’s head.
Director: Chad Stahelski
Producer: Basil Iwanyk, David Leitch, Eva Longoria and Michael Witherill, Erica Lee
Writer: Derek Kolstad
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Michael Nyqvist, Alfie Allen, Adrianne Palicki, Bridget Moynahan, Dean Winters, Ian McShane, John Leguizamo, Willem Dafoe, Laurence Fishburne, Riccardo Scamarcio, Ruby Rose, Lance Reddick, Peter Stormare, Bridget Moynahan, Franco Nero, John Leguizamo, Ian McShane, Halle Berry, Mark Dacascos, Asia Kate Dillon, Lance Reddick, Anjelica Huston
7. Die Hard
New York City policeman John McClane is visiting his estranged wife and two daughters on Christmas Eve. He joins her at a holiday party in the headquarters of the Japanese-owned business she works for. But the festivities are interrupted by a group of terrorists who take over the exclusive high-rise, and everyone in it. Very soon McClane realizes that there’s no one to save the hostages but him.
Director: John McTiernan
Producer: Lawrence Gordon, Joel Silver
Writer: Roderick Thorp, Jeb Stuart, Steven E. de Souza
Starring: Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Alexander Godunov, Bonnie Bedelia
8. Aliens
After floating in space for 57 years, Lt. Ripley’s shuttle is found by a deep space salvage team. Upon arriving at LV-426, the marines find only one survivor, a nine year old girl named Newt. But even these battle-hardened marines with all the latest weaponry are no match for the hundreds of aliens that have invaded the colony.
Director: John McTiernan
Producer: Lawrence Gordon, Joel Silver
Writer: Roderick Thorp, Jeb Stuart, Steven E. de Souza
Starring: Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Alexander Godunov, Bonnie Bedelia
9. The Avengers
When Thor’s evil brother, Loki, gains access to the unlimited power of the energy cube called the Tesseract, Nick Fury , director of S.H.I.E.L.D., initiates a superhero recruitment effort to defeat the unprecedented threat to Earth. Joining Fury’s “dream team” are Iron Man , Captain America, the Hulk, Thor, the Black Widow and Hawkeye.
Director: Joss Whedon
Producer: Kevin Feige
Writer: Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Zak Penn, Joss Whedon
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Tom Hiddleston, Clark Gregg, Cobie Smulders, Stellan Skarsgård, Samuel L. Jackson
10. Casino Royale
After receiving a license to kill, British Secret Service agent James Bond heads to Madagascar, where he uncovers a link to Le Chiffre, a man who finances terrorist organizations. Learning that Le Chiffre plans to raise money in a high-stakes poker game, MI6 sends Bond to play against him, gambling that their newest “00” operative will topple the man’s organization.
Director: Martin Campbell
Producer: Michael G. Wilson, Barbara Broccoli
Writer: Ian Fleming, Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, Paul Haggis
Starring: Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Mads Mikkelsen, Jeffrey Wright, Judi Dench
11. Léon: The Professional
Mathilda is only 12 years old, but is already familiar with the dark side of life: her abusive father stores drugs for corrupt police officers, and her mother neglects her. Léon , who lives down the hall, tends to his houseplants and works as a hired hitman for mobster Tony. When her family is murdered by crooked DEA agent Stansfield, Mathilda joins forces with a reluctant Léon to learn his deadly trade and avenge her family’s deaths.
Director: Martin Campbell
Producer: Michael G. Wilson, Barbara Broccoli
Writer: Ian Fleming, Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, Paul Haggis
Starring: Jean Reno, Gary Oldman, Natalie Portman, Danny Aiello
12. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
In this sequel set eleven years after “The Terminator,” young John Connor, the key to civilization’s victory over a future robot uprising, is the target of the shape-shifting T-1000, a Terminator sent from the future to kill him. Another Terminator, the revamped T-800, has been sent back to protect the boy. As John and his mother go on the run with the T-800, the boy forms an unexpected bond with the robot.
Director: James Cameron
Producer: James Cameron
Writer: James Cameron, William Wisher
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Robert Patrick.
13. Taken
Bryan Mills, a former government operative, is trying to reconnect with his daughter, Kim. Then his worst fears become real when sex slavers abduct Kim and her friend shortly after they arrive in Paris for vacation. With just four days until Kim will be auctioned off, Bryan must call on every skill he learned in black ops to rescue her.
Director: Pierre Morel
Producer: Luc Besson
Writer: Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen
Starring: Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Leland Orser, Jon Gries, David Warshofsky, Katie Cassidy, Holly Valance, Famke Janssen
14. Iron Man
A billionaire industrialist and genius inventor, Tony Stark, is conducting weapons tests overseas, but terrorists kidnap him to force him to build a devastating weapon. Instead, he builds an armored suit and upends his captors. Returning to America, Stark refines the suit and uses it to combat crime and terrorism.
Director: Jon Favreau
Producer: Avi Arad, Kevin Feige
Writer: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, Don Heck, Jack Kirby, Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, Art Marcum, Matt Holloway
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges, Shaun Toub, Gwyneth Paltrow
15. Mad Max: Fury Road
Years after the collapse of civilization, the tyrannical Immortan Joe enslaves apocalypse survivors inside the desert fortress the Citadel. When the warrior Imperator Furiosa leads the despot’s five wives in a daring escape, she forges an alliance with Max Rockatansky , a loner and former captive. Fortified in the massive, armored truck the War Rig, they try to outrun the ruthless warlord and his henchmen in a deadly high-speed chase through the Wasteland.
Director: George Miller
Producer: Doug Mitchell, George Miller, PJ Voeten
Writer: George Miller, Brendan McCarthy, Nico Lathouris
Starring: Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Riley Keough, Zoë Kravitz, Abbey Lee, Courtney Eaton
16. Kingsman
Gary “Eggsy” Unwin, whose late father secretly worked for a spy organization, lives in a South London housing estate and seems headed for a life behind bars. However, dapper agent Harry Hart recognizes potential in the youth and recruits him to be a trainee in the secret service. Meanwhile, villainous Richmond Valentine launches a diabolical plan to solve the problem of climate change via a worldwide killing spree.
Director: Matthew Vaughn
Producer: Matthew Vaughn, David Reid, Adam Bohling
Writer: Matthew Vaughn, Jane Goldman
Starring: Colin Firth, Samuel L. Jackson, Mark Strong, Taron Egerton, Michael Caine
17. The Transporter
Ex-Special Forces operator Frank Martin lives what seems to be a quiet life along the French Mediterranean, hiring himself out as a mercenary transporter who moves goods – human or otherwise – from one place to another. No questions asked. Dangerous complications ensue when he is hired to kidnap the feisty daughter of a lethal Chinese crime lord who’s smuggling his fellow countrymen into France.
Director: Corey Yuen, Louis Leterrier
Producer: Luc Besson, Stephen Chasman
Writer: Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen
Starring: Jason Statham, Shu Qi, François Berléand, Matt Schulze
18. The Expendables
A group of mercenaries is double-crossed during a mission and are approached by Church to overthrow the ruthless dictator of a South American country. It isn’t long before the men realise things aren’t quite as they appear, finding themselves caught in a dangerous web of betrayal. Although their mission is compromised and an innocent is in danger, soldier of fortune Barney and his comrades decide to get the job done.
Director: Sylvester Stallone
Producer: Avi Lerner, John Thompson, Kevin King-Templeton
Writer: David Callaham, Sylvester Stallone
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Eric Roberts, Randy Couture, Steve Austin, David Zayas, Giselle Itié, Charisma Carpenter, Gary Daniels, Terry Crews, Mickey Rourke
19. Fast & Furious
Dominic Toretto enjoys the adrenaline of street car racing and his fans treat him like a rock star. After a blazing encounter with the ruthless Johnny Tran, Dom decides to take Brian, a newcomer to street racing, under his wing. Dom’s sister Mia sees something she likes in Brian, too. Trouble is, neither of them realize he’s an undercover cop, and Dominic and his rival Johnny Tran are both the prime suspects in a case involving dirty money and big-rig hijacking.
Director: Vin Diesel, Justin Lin, Philip Atwell, John Singleton, David Leitch, James Wan, F. Gary Gray, Rob Cohen
Producer: Neal H. Moritz, Vin Diesel, Michael Fottrell, Clayton Townsend
Writer: Gary Scott Thompson, Michael Brandt, Derek Haas, Chris Morgan
Starring: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Jason Statham, Tyrese Gibson, Ludacris, Gal Gadot, Sung Kang
20. The A-Team
A man who loves when a plan comes together, Hannibal Smith leads a close-knit team of elite operatives. Framed for a terrible crime, Smith and his men go rogue, using their special talents to clear their names and find the perpetrator. Hot on their trail is Charissa Sosa, who was once involved with a member of Smith’s team and has sworn to capture them, no matter what it takes.
Director: Joe Carnahan
Producer: Stephen J. Cannell, Tony Scott, Spike Seldin, Jules Daly, Alex Young, Iain Smith
Writer: Stephen J. Cannell, Frank Lupo, Joe Carnahan, Brian Bloom, Skip Woods
Starring: Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper, Jessica Biel, Quinton Jackson, Sharlto Copley, Patrick Wilson
