Classic action films

I've been on a kick lately watching older movies and I'm really enjoying the classic action/drama genre. Watched All Quiet on the Western Front, Cimmaron,and Mutiny on the Bounty recently. I also like the older WWII films like Bridge on the River Kwai and The Great Escape.

Anyone else? Any favorites in this category?

How old is old? I'm thinking of the classic Arnie and Stallone movies. The Running Man, Terminator, First Blood, Commando, Predator, Cobra, etc.

Running Man was cool if for nothing other than the fact that you get to see Richard Dawson drop the F-bomb.

Yeah, those are all great!

dirty dozen
where eagles dare

If you like War films, I'd suggest Zulu.

Yeah, Running Man was tha s***.

Another 2 great Action Movies:

Guns of Navarone,
next of Kin.

Die hard

watch the Directors Cut of Commando its still cheesy in most places but the extra scenes are all worth it like the Robocop DC

Zulu is great. But Zulu Dawn was utter crap.

The Great Escape is an all time classic.
There is also Escape to Victory, The Colditz Story, and 633 Squadron are great films too.

would Highlander be a classic?

I've not watched Zulu Dawn, and I don't ever plan on. When I first joined the Royal Engineers everyone would bug us to watch Zulu.

And see, here's the thing...the cheesiness sort of makes them better in a way but only if they're from the 80s or earlier. Maybe it's because those are the movies I watched as a kid and thought they were great back then.

Kind of like the old A-Team series. I used to watch it every Tuesday night in the early 80s when it was first on and thought it was the coolest show. It's on Netflix instant view now and I tried watching it a few months ago...and it was one of the stupidest things I'd ever seen! But I still watched it.

Forgot Guns of Navarone....great flick

Don't forget the sequeal. Force 10 from Navarone.