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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
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