20 of the Best Action Scenes in Movie History

Action movies are decried as mindless backdrops for eating popcorn, but a good action scene can do just as much to move the story forward as a boring conversation. It can reveal character, change relationships, and it can make you shout, “Oh, hell, yeah!” Sometimes, things explode. It rules. Also, listen, it would be super weird to just get together to eat popcorn with your bros.

When it comes to the best action scenes in movie history, “for me, it would have to be (The) Dark Knight Rises introduction scene, just by the sheer adrenaline I get every time that I watch the movie in general,” Redditor Alive-Ad-4164 told r/Movies. ”And the other thing is that the score in that specific scene is the one I keep going back (to).”

They then asked, “What is the greatest action scene that you (have) ever seen?” and their fellow Redditors proceeded to bring all kinds of action to the table.