Action

Action is a film genre that focuses on excitement, fast-paced scenes, quirky dialogue and visual spectacle, usually with a large measure of violence. Explosions, car chases, gun fights, fist fights, sword fights... fights, fights, FIGHTS! That's what the action genre is all about: unending tableaus of smoke and flames and a hail of bullets that will keep one gripped to their seats until there's nothing left to do but to pick your jaw up off the floor. Wussies need not apply. Whereas romantic comedies have often been labeled as "chick flicks", action films serve as their immediate and direct counter balance and have earned themselves a place in movie cinema as "dude films". As with all film genres, there are different types of action films.

Buddy cop films

 * Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
 * Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)
 * Beverly Hills Cop III (1994)

Mob films

 * Pulp Fiction (1994)

Sci-fi films

 * Monolith (1993)

Spy films

 * Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
 * Ronin (1998)