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20. Transformers Series( Transformers,Revenge of Fallen, Dark of the Moon)
Director – Michael Bay
Cast – Anthony Anderson, Shia LaBeouf, Rachael Taylor, Tyrese Gibson, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel,
IMDB Rating – 7.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 58%
Release Date – July 4, 2007
Box Office – $709.7 million
Genre – Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Awards – None
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19. Pirates of the Caribbean Series(Curse of Black Pearl,Dead Man’s Chest, At World’s End, Stranger on Tides)
Director – Gore Verbinski
Cast – Geoffrey Rush, Keira Knightley, Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom
IMDB Rating – 8
Rotten Tomatoes – 79%
Release Date – July 9, 2003
Box Office – $654.3 million
Genre – Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Awards – None
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18. Alien Anthology
Director – Ridley Scott
Cast – Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Tom Skerritt, Harry Dean Stanton
IMDB Rating – 8.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 94%
Release Date – June 22, 1979
Box Office – $104.9–203.6 million
Genre – Horror, Sci-Fi
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
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17. Batman Trilogy (With Michael Keaton)
Director – Tim Burton
Cast – Michael Keaton, Robert Wuhl, Billy Dee Williams, Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger, Pat Hingle
IMDB Rating – 7.5
Rotten Tomatoes – 71%
Release Date – June 23, 1989
Box Office – $411.5 million
Genre – Action, Adventure
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
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16. Spiderman Series
Director – Sam Raimi
Cast – Kirsten Dunst, Tobey Maguire, Cliff Robertson, Willem Dafoe, James Franco
IMDB Rating – 7.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 90%
Release Date – May 3, 2002
Box Office – $821.7 million
Genre – Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Awards – None
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15. Superman Series
Director – Richard Donner
Cast – Gene Hackman, Ned Beatty, Glenn Ford, Margot Kidder, Marlon Brando, Christopher Reeve, Jackie Cooper
IMDB Rating – 7.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 94%
Release Date – December 15, 1978
Box Office – $300.5 million
Genre – Action, Adventure, Drama
Awards – None
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14. Star Wars Saga (A New Hope,Empire Strikes Back,Return of Jedi, The Phantom Menace, Attack of Clones, Revenge of Sith)
Director – George Lucas
Cast – Carrie Fisher, Alec Guinness, Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford
IMDB Rating – 8.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 93%
Release Date – May 25, 1977
Box Office – $775.4 million
Genre – Documentary
Awards – None
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13. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (Fellowship of the Ring,Return of the King,The Two Towers)
Director – Peter Jackson
Cast – Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, John Rhys-Davies, Ian McKellen, Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Billy Boyd, Orlando Bloom
IMDB Rating – 8.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 91%
Release Date – 19 December 2001
Box Office – $871.5 million
Genre – Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Awards – Won 4 Oscars
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12. Ironman Trilogy
Director – Jon Favreau
Cast – Terrence Howard, Robert Downey Jr., Shaun Toub, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeff Bridges
IMDB Rating – 7.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 93%
Release Date – May 2, 2008
Box Office – $585.2 million
Genre – Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Awards – None
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11. Mission Impossible Series
Director – Brian De Palma
Cast – Henry Czerny, Jon Voight, Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Emmanuelle Béart, Jean Reno
IMDB Rating – 7.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 63%
Release Date – 22 May 1996
Box Office – $457.7 million
Genre – Action, Adventure, Thriller
Awards – None
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10. Fast and Furious Series
Director – Rob Cohen
Cast – Jordana Brewster, Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Paul Walker, Chad Lindberg, Rick Yune
IMDB Rating – 6.8
Rotten Tomatoes – 53%
Release Date – 18 June 2001
Box Office – $207.3 million
Genre – Action, Crime, Thriller
Awards – None
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9. X Men Series (X-men,X2,The Last Stand, Wolverine,First Class)
Director – Bryan Singer
Cast – Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, James Marsden, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Famke Janssen, Ray Park
IMDB Rating – 7.4
Rotten Tomatoes – 81%
Release Date – 13 July 2000
Box Office – $296.3 million
Genre – Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Awards – None
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8. The Bourne Series (The Bourne Identity,The Bourne Supermacy,The Bourne Ultimatum,The Bourne Legacy)
Director – Doug Liman
Cast – Clive Owen, Matt Damon, Brian Cox, Matt Damon, Chris Cooper, Franka Potente,
IMDB Rating – 7.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 83%
Release Date – 6 June 2002
Box Office – $214 million
Genre – Action, Mystery, Thriller
Awards – None
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7. Kill Bill: Volume 1 and 2
Director – Quentin Tarantino
Cast – Michael Madsen, Uma Thurman, Vivica A. Fox, Julie Dreyfus, Lucy Liu, Daryl Hannah
IMDB Rating – 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 85%
Release Date – 4 February 2003
Box Office – $180.9 million
Genre – Action, Crime, Thriller
Awards – None
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6. The Dark Knight Trilogy (Batman Begins,The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises)
Director – Christopher Nolan
Cast – Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Christian Bale, Heath Ledger
IMDB Rating – 9
Rotten Tomatoes – 94%
Release Date – July 25, 2008
Box Office – $1.005 billion
Genre – Action, Crime, Drama
Awards – Won 2 Oscars
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5. Indiana Jones Series (Raiders of Lost Ark, The Lost Crusade, Temple of Doom, Kingdom of Crystal Skull)
Director – Steven Spielberg
Cast – Kate Capshaw, Roshan Seth, Ke Huy Quan, Harrison Ford, Amrish Puri, Philip Stone
IMDB Rating – 7.6
Rotten Tomatoes – 85%
Release Date – 8 May 1984
Box Office – $333.1 million
Genre – Action, Adventure
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
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4. Die Hard Series (Die Hard, Die Hard 2, Die Hard With a Vengeance,Live free or Die Hard, A Good Day to Die Hard)
Director – John McTiernan
Cast – Alexander Godunov, Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, Alan Rickman
IMDB Rating – 8.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 93%
Release Date – 12 July 1988
Box Office – $140.8 million
Genre – Action, Thriller
Awards – None
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3. Terminator Series (The Terminator, Terminator:Judgment Day,Terminator 3:Rise of Machines, Terminator Salvation)
Director – James Cameron
Cast – Michael Biehn, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Paul Winfield, Linda Hamilton
IMDB Rating – 6
Rotten Tomatoes – 100%
Release Date – 26 October 1984
Box Office – $78.3 million
Genre – Action, Sci-Fi
Awards – None
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2. James Bond Series
Director – Terence Young
Cast – Joseph Wiseman, Sean Connery, Jack Lord, Ursula Andress
IMDB Rating – 7.3
Rotten Tomatoes – 96%
Release Date – 5 October 1962
Box Office – $59.5 million
Genre – Action, Adventure, Thriller
Awards – None
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1. The Matrix Trilogy (The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded,The Matrix Revolutions)
Director – Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski
Cast – Laurence Fishburne, Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, Hugo Weaving
IMDB Rating – 8.7
Rotten Tomatoes – 88%
Release Date – 31 March 1999
Box Office – $463.5 million
Genre – Action, Sci-Fi
Awards – Won 4 Oscars
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