What is the best action movie sequel of all time?

Action sequels have raised the bar for spectacle, stunts, and storytelling. From Terminator 2's groundbreaking CGI to Top Gun: Maverick's practical flight sequences, which sequel delivered the ultimate action experience?

1

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

James Cameron's 1991 blockbuster raised the bar for action sequels with groundbreaking CGI and emotional depth.

1000pts

2

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

The 1989 adventure sequel featuring Sean Connery as Indy's father and the franchise's most satisfying conclusion.

728pts

3

Mission: Impossible – Fallout

The 2018 sixth installment featuring the greatest practical-stunt action sequences in franchise history.

660pts

4

Die Hard with a Vengeance

The 1995 third installment sending John McClane across New York City in a bomb-threat treasure hunt.

629pts

5

Mad Max: Fury Road

George Miller's 2015 return to the Wasteland — two hours of relentless practical-effects action cinema.

566pts

6

Beverly Hills Cop II

The 1987 sequel returning Eddie Murphy's Axel Foley to Beverly Hills for more fish-out-of-water action-comedy.

566pts

7

Top Gun: Maverick

The 2022 legacy sequel surpassing the original with visceral flight sequences and crowd-pleasing emotional beats.

424pts

8

Lethal Weapon 2

The 1989 buddy-cop sequel that deepened Riggs and Murtaugh's chemistry while raising the action stakes.

424pts

9

The Dark Knight

Christopher Nolan's 2008 superhero action sequel elevated by Heath Ledger's Joker into a crime epic.

424pts

10

The Road Warrior

George Miller's 1981 post-apocalyptic sequel that defined the aesthetic of dystopian action cinema.

323pts

11

John Wick: Chapter 2

The 2017 sequel that expanded the Continental mythology and delivered even more virtuosic gun-fu.

323pts

12

Fast Five

The 2011 fifth installment that rebooted the franchise as a heist-action epic with the safe-drag finale.

188pts

13

Kill Bill: Volume 2

Tarantino's 2004 martial-arts sequel slowing down to explore the Bride's revenge with chamber-drama intensity.

188pts