It’s not easy to keep a movie series running for several entries or more.

Because of these challenges, a great action movie series that runs for multiple installments is worth celebrating.

The following film series all fit within the action genre and have proven capable of enduring for years.

Long-Running Action Series

10’John Wick' (2014-2023)

By action movie standards, theJohn Wickseries had fairly humble beginnings.

Its first film in 2014 also sowed seeds that would later be explored inincreasingly explosive and over-the-top sequels.

It’s remarkable how good all six movies are, as they were released between 1972 and 1974.

Keanu Reeves in John Wick 3 (2019)

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6’The Matrix' (1999-2021)

Action/sci-fi movies changed forever with the release ofThe Matrixin 1999.

It was a creative and spectacular film unlike any other seen in mainstream cinema.

Harry tackles a new case in each movie.

Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt darts around a corner on a motorbike in Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger as T800 firing a minigun in Terminator 2: Judgment Day

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Lone Wolf and Cub - 1972

The Matrix Reloaded (2003) (1)

A War Boy leaps from car to car in Mad Max: Fury Road

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Zatoichi Fire Festival

Clint Eastwood as “Dirty” Harry Callahan in 1971’s ‘Dirty Harry’

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Ke Huy Quan, Kate Capshaw, and Harrison Ford crouching down behind rocks in a cave slightly looking up in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

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