The action movie genre is probably one of the most purely entertaining of them all.

InThe Way of Water, she’s a fearless mother willing to do anything for her family.

She’s a constant scene-stealer who elevates every dramatic moment, and shines in every action sequence.

Collage with images from ‘Batman Returns’, ‘The Dark Knight’, and ‘Seven Samurai’

The result is a riveting cat-and-mouse game that’s impossible to look away from.

In the far superiorThe Suicide Squad, she shines just as well.

The lateAlan Rickmansteals the show in the role of this moustache-twirling, yet surprisingly nuanced villain.

Philip Seymour Hoffman in ‘Mission Impossible III’, being escorted by troopers to a helicopter

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Jamie Lee Curtis as Helen in True Lies

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a cop in ‘The Fugitive’, wet and raising his hands in defeat

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Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn aiming two guns in each hand in The Suicide Squad

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Alan Rickman as Hans Gruber in ‘Die Hard’ (1988)

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Catwoman on top of Batman in Batman Returns (1992)

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Toshirō Mifune as Kikuchiyo charging at a person offscreen in ‘Seven Samurai’

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The Joker in an interrogation room in The Dark Knight

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Harrison Ford as Han Solo, pointing his blaster in Star Wars

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