50 Greatest Action Movies Of All Time

30. The Wild Bunch (1969)

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Warner Bros.

Sam Peckinpah's violent Western is one of the greatest movies ever made, and arguably the director's best, packed with pioneering cinematic techniques, immaculately-staged shootouts and no shortage of poignant social commentary.

The director's use of slow motion, rapid-fire editing and multi-camera setups were revolutionary at the time, and give the movie a sense of raw immediacy. While the excessive violence was criticised at the time, The Wild Bunch's action scenes still hold up today, with the bridge explosion and climactic gun battle the undoubted highlights.

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