The arthouse action genre is an emerging film genre in contemporary cinema that traces its roots back to Asian and European films.[1][2] Characteristics of arthouse action films include stylized action, an arthouse atmosphere, and a disjointed, fragmented narrative with more complexity than the typical action flick. These come together to create a sense of "dreamy surrealism." [1][2]
Contents[]
- 1List of films
- 2Notable directors
- 3See also
- 4References
- 5External links
List of films[edit][]
- The Wages of Fear (Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1953)[3]
- Seven Samurai (Akira Kurosawa, 1954)[1]
- Yojimbo (Akira Kurosawa, 1961)[4]
- Sanjuro (Akira Kurosawa, 1962)[5]
- Django (Sergio Corbucci, 1966)[1]
- Branded to Kill (Seijun Suzuki, 1967)[6]
- Point Blank (John Boorman, 1967)[7]
- On Her Majesty's Secret Service (Peter R. Hunt, 1969)[7]
- Trial of the Road (Aleksei German, 1971)[8]
- Sorcerer (William Friedkin, 1977) [9]
- The Exterminator (James Glickenhaus, 1980) [10]
- Gloria (John Cassavetes, 1980)[1]
- The Soldier (James Glickenhaus, 1982)[10]
- Runaway Train (Andrei Konchalovsky, 1985) [11][12]
- Batman (Tim Burton, 1989)[1][13][14]
- The Killer (John Woo, 1989) [15]
- El Mariachi (Robert Rodriguez, 1992) [15]
- Léon: The Professional (Luc Besson, 1994) [15]
- Starship Troopers (Paul Verhoeven, 1997)[7]
- Run Lola Run (Tom Tykwer, 1998) [15]
- Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (Jim Jarmusch, 1999)[1]
- The Bourne Identity (Doug Liman, 2002)[16][17]
- Kill Bill: Volume 1 (Quentin Tarantino, 2003)[18]
- Oldboy (Park Chan-wook, 2003)[13]
- Miami Vice (Michael Mann, 2006)[19][7]
- Apocalypto (Mel Gibson, 2006)[20]
- The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, 2008)[21][22]
- Inception (Christopher Nolan, 2010)[23][24]
- Drive (Nicolas Winding Refn, 2011) [25][7][26]
- Hanna (Joe Wright, 2011) [27]
- Haywire (Steven Soderbergh, 2011) [28]
- Looper (Rian Johnson, 2012) [29][13]
- The Grandmaster (Wong Kar-Wai, 2013)[30]
- Only God Forgives (Nicolas Winding Refn, 2013)[31]
- Snowpiercer (Bong Joon-ho, 2013)[13]
- Justice League (Zack Snyder, 2017/2021)[32][33][34]
Notable directors[edit][]
- Seijun Suzuki[35][36]
- Akira Kurosawa[37]
- Kathryn Bigelow[21]
- James Glickenhaus[10]
- Nicolas Winding Refn[2]
- Steven Soderbergh[38]
- Joe Wright[39]
- Quentin Tarantino[40]
See also[edit][]
- Social thriller
- Cannon Films
- Art film
- Vulgar auteurism
- Neo-noir
- New Hollywood
- Film noir
- Midnight movie
- Synthwave
- Extreme cinema
- French New Wave
- Cinéma du look
- Maximalist film