Favorite Action Films: 1990-1991

Directed by: Simon Wincer
Produced by; Jere Henslaw, Missy Alpertn, Don Michael Paul, and Donald L. West
Written by: Don Michael Paul
Cinematography: David Eggby
Edited by: Corky Ehlers
Music by: Basil Poledouris

Distributed by: MGM/UA

Directed by: Richard Stanley
Produced by: JoAnne Sellar and Paul Trybits
Written by: Richard Stanley
Based on the comic story "SHOK!" by: Steve MacManus and Kevin O'Neill
Cinematography: Steven Chivers
Edited by: Derek Trigg
Music by: Simon Boswell

Distributed by: Phase 4 Films and Miramax Pictures

Directed by: John McTiernan
Produced by: Mace Neufeld, Jerry Sherlock, and Larry De Wayy
Written by: Larry Ferguson and Donald E. Stewart
Based on the novel by: Tom Clancy
Cinematography: Jan de Bont
Edited by: Dennis Virkler and John Wright
Music by: Basil Poledouris

Distributed by: Paramount Pictures

Directed by: Sheldon Letich
Produced by: Eric Karson and Ash R. Shah
Written by: S. N. Warren, Jean Claude Van Damme, and Sheldon Lettich
Cinematography: Robert C. New
Edited by: Mark Conte
Music by: John Scott

Distributed by: Universal Pictures

Directed by: Mark L. Lester
Produced by: Lawrence Kasanoff, Mark L. Lester, and Ellen Steloff
Written by: C. Courtney Joyner, Mark L. Lester, and John Skipp
Cinematography: Mark Irwin
Edited by: Scott Conrad
Music by: Michael Hoening

Distributed by: Taurus Entertainment Company

Directed by: Richard Franklin
Produced by: Dodi Fayed and Jack Wiener
Based on characters created by: Gregory Fleeman and
Robert T. Meggins
Written by: Bill Condon
Cinematography: Victor J. Kemper
Edited by: Andrew London
Music by: Lalo Schifrin

Distributed by: Orion Pictures

Directed by: Roland Emmerich
Produced by: Dean Heyde, Carsten H.W. Lorenz, Michael Scordino, Roland Emmerich, and Ute Emmerich
Written by: Oliver Eberle, Dean Heyde, P.J. Mitchell, and Roland Emmerich
Cinematography: Karl Walter Lindenlaub
Edited by: Tomy Wigand
Music by: Joel Goldsmith

Distributed by: Kinowelt Home Entertainment, Malofilms, and Live Home Entertainment

Directed by: Joe Johnson
Produced by: Charles Gordon, Lawrence Gordon, and Lloyd Levin
Written by: Danny Bilson, Paul DeMeo, and William Dear
Based on characters created by: Dave Stevens
Cinematography: Hiro Narita
Edited by: Arthur Schmidt
Music by: James Horner

Distributed by: Walt Disney Pictures

Directed by: Craig R. Baxley
Produced by: Yoram Ben Ami, Rick Bieber, Moshe Diamant, Walter Doniger, Michael Douglas, and Nick Grillo
Written by: Walter Doniger
Cinematography: Alexander Gruszynski
Edited by: Larry Bock, Mark Helfrich, and Edward A. Warschilka
Music by: Sylvester Levay

Distributed by: Columbia Pictures

Directed by: Randall Kleiser
Produced by: Andrew Bergman, Mike Lobell, Jim Kouf, Lynn Kouf, and Marykay Powell
Written by: Jeaanne Rosenberg, Nick Thiel, and David Fallon
Based on the book series by: Jack London Cinematography: Tony Pierce Roberts
Edited by: Lisa Day
Music by: Basil Poledouris and Hans Zimmer

Distributed by: Walt Disney Pictures"

Directed by: Donald Petrie, Jr.
Produced by: Mark Burg, Jack E. Freedman, Patricia Herskovic, Wayne S. Williams, and Chip Zarpas
Written by: Donald Petrie, Jr. and David Koepp
Based on the novel by: William P. Kennedy
Cinematography: Thomas Burstyn
Edited by: Michael Kahn
Music by: Robert Folk

Distributed by: TriStar Pictures

Directed by: Dwight H. Little
Produced by: Michael Grais, Peter Macgregor-Scott, Steven Seagel, and Mark Victor
Written by: Michael Grais and Mark Victor
Cinematography: Ric Waite
Edited by: O. Nicholas Brown
Music by: James Newton Howard

Distributed by: 20th Century Fox

Directed by: Lewis Teague
Produced by: Michael Jaffe and Branko Lustig
Written by: Broderick Miller
Cinematograph: Dietrich Lohmann
Edited by: Carl Kress
Music by: Richard Gibbs

Distributed by: HBO Films and 20th Century Fox Home Video

Directed by: Mario Van Peebles
Produced by: George Jackson, Doug McHenry, Preston L. Holmes, Dwight Williams, Suzanne Broderick, and Fab 5 Freddy
Written by: Thomas Lee Wright and Barry Michael Cooper
Cinematography: Francis Kenny
Edited by: Steven Kemper
Music by: Michel Colombier

Distributed by: Warner Bros.

Directed by: Tony Scott
Produced by: Jerry Bruckheimer, Gerald R. Molen. and Don Simpson
Written by: Tom Cruise and Robert Towne
Cinematography: Ward Russell
Edited by: Billy Webber and Chris Lebenzon
Music by: Hans Zimmer

Distributed by: Paramount Pictures

Directed by: Kathryn Bigelow
Produced by: Robert L. Levy, Peter Abrams, and James Cameron
Written by: Rick King and W. Peter Illif
Cinematography: Donald Peterman
Edited by: Howard E. Smith
Music by: Mark Isham

Distributed by: 20th Century Fox

Directed by: Russell Mulcahy
Produced by: Barry Josephson, Suzanne Todd, Joel Silver, and Michael Levy
Written by: Fred Dekker, Menno Meyjes, and Steven E. de Souza
Cinematography: Peter Levy
Edited by: Peter Horness
Music by: Alan Silvesti

Distributed by: Warner Bros.

Directed by: Kathryn Bigelow
Produced by: Oliver Stone, Lawrence Kasanoff, and Lawrence R. Pressman
Written by: Eric Red and Kathryn Bigelow
Cinematography: Amir Mokri
Music by: Lee Percy

Distributed by: MGM/UA

Directed by: Luc Besson
Produced by: Luc Besson and Claude Besson
Written by: Luc Besson
Cinematography: Thierry Arbogast
Edited by: Olivier Mauffroy
Music by: Eric Serrea

Distributed by: Gaumont Pictures

Directed by: Lewis Teague
Produced by: Brenda Faigen and Bernard Williams
Written by: Gary Goldman and Chuck Pfarrer
Cinematography: John A. Alonzo
Edited by: Don Zimmerman
Music by: Slyvester Levay

Distributed by: Orion Pictures

Directed by: Tony Scott
Produced by: Joel Silver, Barry Stephenson, Michael Levy, and Steve Perry
Written by: Shane Black and Greg Hicks
Cinematography: Ward Russell
Edited by: Stuart Baird, Mark Goldblatt, and Mark Helfrich
Music by: Michael Kamen
Song and lyrics by: Steve Dorff and John Bettis

Distributed by: Warner Bros.

Directed by: Geoff Murphy
Produced by: Joe Roth, James G. Robinson, Paul Schiff, and David Nicksay
Written by: John Fusco
Cinematography: Dean Semler
Edited by: Bruce Green
Music by: Alan Silvesti
Songs and lyics by: Jon Bon Jovi

Distributed by: 20th Century Fox

Directed by: Richard Benjamin
Produced by: Gale Anne Hurd and Charles H. Maguire, and Nat Mauldin
Written by: Nat Mauldin
Cinematography: Richard H. Kline
Edited by: Jacquelin Cambas and Brian L. Chambers
Music by: Alan Silvestri

Distributed by: MGM/UA

Directed by: John Milius
Produced by: Brian E. Frankish, Mace Neufield, Lis Kern, and Robert Rehme, and Ralph Winter
Written by: Robert Dillon and David Shaber
Based on the novel by: Stephen Coonts
Cinematography: Fred J. Koenekamp
Edited by: C. Timothy O'Meara, Peck Prior, and Steve Mirkovich
Music by: Basil Poledouris

Distributed by: Paramount Pictures

Directed by: Mark DiSalle
Produced by: Mark DiSalle, Ralph Winter, Mary Hornstein, and Pierre David
Written by: David C. Wilson
Cinematography: Russell Carpenter
Edited by: Wayne Wahrman
Music by: Gary Chung

Distributed by: Paramount Pictures

Directed by: Roger Spottiswoode
Produced by: Mario Kassar, Andrew G. Vadjna, and Daniel Melnick
Written by: John Eskow and Richard Rush
Based on the book by: Christopher Robbins
Cinematography: Roger Deakins
Edited by: John Bloom and Lois Freeman Fox
Music by: Charles Gross

Distributed by: TriStar Pictures

Directed by: Sheldon Lettich
Produced by: Ashok Amritraj, Jean Claude Van Damme, Michael Douglas, Moshe Diamant, Sheldon Lettich, and Rick Nathanson
Written by: Sheldon Lettich, Jean Claude Van Damme, Steve Meerson, and Peter Krikes
Cinematography: Richard H. Kline
Edited by: Mark Conte
Music by: Arthur Kempel

Distributed by: Columbia Pictures

Directed by: Ron Howard
Produced by: Raffaella De Laurentiis, Pen Densham, Larry De Wayy, Richard Barton Lewis, Brian Grazer, and John Watson
Written by: Gregory Widen
Cinematography: Mikeal Salomon
Edited by: Daniel P. Hanley and Mike Hill
Music by: Hans Zimmer
Songs and lyics by: Bruce Hornsby and John Hornsby

Distributed by: Universal Pictures

Directed by: Deran Sarafian
Produced by: Alan Ladd, Jr., Menaham Golan, Yoram Globus, and Mark Di Salle
Written by: David S. Goyer
Cinematography: Russell Carpenter
Edited by: John A. Barton and G. Gregg McLaughlin
Music by: Gary Chung

Distributed by: MGM/UA

Directed by: Bruce Malmuth
Produced by: Gary Adelson, Steven McKay, Michael Rachmil, Lee Rich, Bill Toddman, Jr., and Joel Simon
Written by: Steven McKay
Cinematography: Matthew F. Leonetti
Edited by: John Link
Music by: David Michael Frank

Distributed by: Warner Bros.

Directed by: James Cameron
Produced by: Stephanie Austin, James Cameron, Gale Anne Hurd, Mario Kassr, and B.J. Rack
Written by: James Cameron and William Wisher
Cinematography: Adam Greenberg
Edited by: Conrad Buff, Dody Dorn, Mark Goldblatt, and Richard A. Harris
Music by: Brad Fiedel

Distributed by: Tri-Star and Caroloco Pictures

Directed by: George Armitage
Produced by: Jonathan Demme, Fred Ward, Kenneth Utt, Ron Bozman, Gary Goetzman, and Edward Saxon
Written by: George Armitage
Based on the novel by: Charles Willeford
Cinematography: Tak Fujimoto
Edited by: Craig McKay
Music by: Gary Chung

Distributed by: Orion Pictures

Directed by: Mark L. Lester
Produced by: Martin E. Caan and Mark L. Lester
Written by: Caliope Brattlestreet and Stephen Glantz
Cinematography: Mark Irwin
Edited by: Stephen Kemper, Michael Eliot, Robert A. Firetti, and Stuart Baird
Music by: David Michael Frank

Distributed by: Warner Bros.

Directed by: Renny Harlin
Produced by: Suzanne Todd, Joel Silver, Charles, Gordon, and Lawrence Gordon
Written by: Steven de Souza and Doug Richardson
Based on the novel, "88 Minutes" by: Waler Wagnerinematography: Oliver Wood
Edited by: Stuart Baird and Robert A. Ferretti
Music by: Michael Kamen

Distributed by: 20th Century Fox

Directed by: John Badham
Produced by: D.J. Caruso, Rob Cohen, and William Sackheim
Written by: Daniel Pyne, Lem Dobbs, and Michael Pozell
Cinematography: Donald McAlpine
Edited by: Frank Morris
Music by; Arthur B. Rubinstein

Distributed by: Universal Pictures

Directed by: Philip Noyce
Produced by: Tim Matheson, David Madden, David Gradnick, Robert W. Cort, and Charles Robert Carner
Written by: Charles Robert Carner
Based on the story by: Ryozo Kasahara
Cinematography: Don Burgess
Edited by: David A. Simmons
Music by: J. Peter Robinson

Distributed by: Columbia Pictures

Directed by: Sidney J. Furie
Produced by: Graham Henderson and Rick Finklestein
Written by: Rick Natkin, David Fuller, David J. Burke, and Sidney J. Furie
Cinematography: Frenk E. Johnson
Edited by: Antony Gibbs
Music by: Jan Hammer

Distributed by: Columbia Pictures

Directed by: Sam Raimi
Produced by: Robert Tapert
Written by: Sam Raimi
Cinematography: Bill Pope
Edited by: Bud S. Smith and David Stiven
Music by: Danny Elfman

Distributed by: Universal Pictures

Directed by: Steve Barron
Produced by: David Chan, Raymond Chow, Kim Dawson, and Simon Fields
Written by: Bobby Herbeck and Todd W. Langen
Based on characters created by: Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird Cinematography: John Fenner
Edited by: Sally Menke
Music by: John Du Prez

Distributed by: New Line Cinema

Directed by: Paul Verhoeven
Produced by: Buzz Feitshans, Mario Kassar, Andrew G. Vajna, and Ronald Shussett
Written by: Roland Shussett, Dan O'Bannon, Jon Povill, and Gary Goldman
Based on the short story, "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale", by Phillip K. Dick
Cinematography: Jost Vocano
Edited by: Frank J. Urioste
Music by: Jerry Goldsmith

Distributed by: Tri-Star Pictures and Carolco Pictures

Directed by: Nicholas Meyer
Produced by: Brooke Breton, Marty Hornstein, Leonard Nimoy, Steven Charles Jaffe, and Ralph Winter
Written by: Denny Martin Flynn, Nicholas Meyer, Mark Rosenthal, Leonard Nimoy
Based on characters created by: Gene Roddenberry
Cinematography: Hiro Naria
Edited by: Richard Roose and William Hoy
Music by: Cliff Eidelman

Distributed by: Paramount Pictures

Directed by: Craig R. Baxley
Produced by: Mark Damon, Rafael Eisenman, Ron Fury, David Saunders, Jon Turtle, Jeff Young, and Moshe Diamant
Written by: David Koeep and Jonathan Young
Cinematography: Mark Irwin
Edited by: Mark Helfrich
Music by: Jan Hammer

Distributed by: Triumph Releasing Corporation

Directed by: Warren Beatty
Produced by: Warren Beatty
Written by: Jim Cash and Jack Epps, Jr.
Based on characters created by: Chester Gould
Cinematography: Vittorio Storaro
Edited by: Richard Marks
Music by: Danny Elfman

Distributed by: Walt Disney Pictures

Directed by: Irvin Kershner
Produced by: Patrick Crowley, Jane Bartelme, Jon Davison, and Phil Tippett
Written by: Walon Green and Frank Miller
Based on characters created by: Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner
Cinematography: Mark Irwin
Edited by: Lee Smith
Music by: Leonard Rosenman

Distributed by: Orion Pictures

Directed by: Michael Pressman
Produced by: David Chan, Raymond Chow, Kim Dawson, Gary Propper, and Thomas Gray
Written by: Todd W. Langen
Based on characters created by: Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird
Cinematography: Shelly Johnson
Edited by: Steve Mirkovich and John Wright
Music by: John Du Prez

Distributed by: New Line Cinema

Directed by: Kevin Reynolds
Produced by: James G. Robinson, Gary Barber, Michael J. Kagan, Richard B. Lewis, David Nicksey, Pen Densham, John Watson, and Kevin Costner
Written by: Pen Densham and John Watson
Cinematography: Douglas Milsome
Edited by: Peter Boyle
Music by: Michael Kamen

Distributed by: Warner Bros.

Directed by: Stephen Hopkins
Produced by: Joel Silver, Lawrence Gordon, and John Davis
Written by: Jim Thomas and John Thomas
Based on characters created by: Jim Thomas and John Thomas
Cinematography: Peter Levy
Edited by: Mark Goldblatt
Music by: Alan Silvestri

Distributed by: 20th Century Fox

Directed by: Stuart Gordon
Produced by: Frank Hildebrand, Albert Band, and Charles Band Written by: Stuart Gordon and Joe Haiderman
Cinematography: Mac Ahlberg
Edited by: Lori Ball
Music by: Fredric Talgorn

Distributed by: Trans World Entertainment

Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Produced by: Howard Kazanjian, Steven Siebert, and David Valdes
Written by: Boaz Yakin and Scott Spiegel
Cinematography: Jack N. Green
Edited by: Joel Cox
Music by: Lennie Niehaus

Distributed by: Warner Bros.