20 Greatest Summer Blockbusters Ever Made

19. The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)

RottenTomatoes Score: 93% (8/10)

Box Office: $442.8 million

Why It's Awesome: Paul Greengrass and Matt Damon re-teamed to deliver the smartest and most thrilling entry into the Bourne trilogy (because who counts the Jeremy Renner one, right?). This is unarguably one of the tightest spy thrillers ever made, scripted for maximum efficiency and directed with Greengrass' ever-steady hand.

Damon delivers his best work as the title character, though that's hardly surprising given how high the stakes are this time, and there are also some fine parts here for the likes of David Strathairn, Joan Allen and Julia Stiles in particular.

If you ever wanted to see a guy beat another guy up with a phone book and then choke him to death with a tea-towel, then this is the movie for you. Though there's some worry that the upcoming fourth Damon-starring Bourne film will undo Ultimatum's superbly satisfying ending, even a dud sequel can do little to ruin the mastery on display here.