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The Best Action Movie From Every Year in the 2000s (opens the original)
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Much like earlier decades, the 2000s had plenty of movies and characters that became household names and defined genres. The differentiator for the action genre here, though, came down to certain movies that didn’t want to be as “actiony” as the others, but were more grounded and had a greater focus on thrilling storytelling. But that doesn't mean this decade lacked your usual blockbusters. The Lord of the Rings, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Mission: Impossible all became major franchises. But
The Best Action Movie From Every Year in the 1990s (opens the original)
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The 1990s were a great decade for action movies. The best movies of this era include grounded crime thrillers, spy movies, experimental sci-fi, and even action films from outside Hollywood. At this time, Arnold Schwarzenegger could still carry a movie, but so could Bruce Willis, Keanu Reeves, Tom Cruise, or Jackie Chan. The decade gave action fans a little bit of everything, with both big-budget blockbusters and some lower-budget movies, both of which are equally represented in this list. Pickin
8 Summer Blockbusters From the 1990s That Still Hold Up (opens the original)
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The 1980s surely helped define the modern summer blockbuster, but the 1990s showed how much bigger the genre could become. There were still pretty much all the same ingredients that made audiences line up every summer, like big stars, memorable characters, and high-concept stories, but advances in visual effects and filmmaking now made almost anything possible. But even with all that new and shiny tech, the best blockbusters from the '90s never really relied on spectacle alone. They still needed
5 Summer Camp Horror Movies From the '80s in Need of a Revisit (opens the original)
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Everyone knows that the 1980s had a lot of slasher movies, but summer camp horror became its own little corner of the genre during this decade, and it's not hard to see why. A remote camp (often full of teenagers) with not a lot of people around where things start to go wrong—it’s a nice and fun setup for horror. After the first Friday the 13th movie became a massive hit when it was released in 1980, both big studios and indie filmmakers rushed to try and make their own versions, hoping to captu
7 Summer Blockbusters From the 1980s That Still Hold Up (opens the original)
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The concept of the summer blockbuster may have emerged in the ‘70s, but these movies truly found their identities in the ‘80s. Studios came to realize that audiences would happily line up for big, crowd-pleasing movies that took them on adventures, particularly when they contained memorable characters and fast-paced storytelling. ‘80s summer blockbusters were a sweet spot for filmmaking. Computer-generated effects were still somewhat in their infancy, so directors often had to rely on practical
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