Best Shooter Movies of All Time

Id have to say either Heat or The Town... two of the best shootout scenes ever in my opinion.

I forgot about Mr and Mrs Smith, that had a pretty good shootout scene when they were in their house. I hope that movies on netflix I want to watch it again.

Ya that was a pretty sweet scene. Blackhawk Down is also another good movie.

HEAT.   The best.    De Niro and Kilmer Rock.    

I'm going to go ahead and add the new Dredd movie to the list, although I don't think it is the best shooter of all time, it is definitely one of the bloodiest and most graphic, I thought it was pretty cool.

Django was pretty cool!

The Christmas Story


When Ralphie shoots the bad guys in his backyard with his red rider pump bb gun.  Best shoot out scene ever.

Shooter was good.

Shoot'em Up is awesome.

The most emotional shoot out movie has to be "In the Line of Duty". This is a recreation of the 1986 FBI shoot out in Miami. Very emotional because you know that the movie is true to life with two FBI agents killed and 5 wounded.

Frank



Edited by FrankW - 16 Mar 2015 at 10:06am

As a big movie fan, more old movies than new movies, I am not sure what you mean by shooter movies.

You mention Usual Suspects. I would call that neo noir

Now as you mention shooter, I suggest the movie "Shooter". Unrealistic sniper action movie. I find it very entertaining.

Goto the 80s for a lot of gunplay and explosions, but movies are often silly. I love Commando SO much, realizing how stupid it is, but fun. Cobra with Stallone is a great 80s type action movie

My favorite cop/action movie is Dirty Harry. It's a masterpiece on so many levels. Especially the lovely San Francisco photography and score by the legendary Lalo Shifrin.

If you like noir with some shooting, perhaps try Blood Simple, a Cohen brothers movie. Cohen brothers are really interesting

You must see the movie Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. It's not optional for fans of so called "gritty" crime dramas, but it's also sort of a dark comedy. Not to be missed. Snatch, I think also a Guy Ritchie movie is almost as good

Hot Fuzz is a must see. I laugh so hard during it, I have tears coming down, yet it's quite violent.

If you like the noir elements of a movie, like are very present in Usual Suspects I have to recommend Jackie Brown. Pam Grier turns in a great performance ( she was a big star in the era of blaxploitation movies.) There's definitely guns, but it's more about the complex plot.

Here are a few of my favorite "shoot out movies".  

Last Man Standing - might be my favorite shooter of all time.

Gangster Squad - All the Bourne Identity movies - Savages - The Boondock Saints I & II - and this one that is just fun to watch, Bangkok Dangerous

Kind of surprised to not see this one mentioned, but I would have to mention Equilibrium. It was a lower budget, lower profile movie, but it treated gunplay as a martial art (Gun Kata). There are a bunch of really crazy shootout scenes in the movie that while not realistic, are pretty cool.

End of Watch, last part of movie, the best shooting scene.

If I'm feeling old school shooter, good old RoboCop lol

It's gotta be John Wick.

I loved movie Dredd for its apocalyptic approach and dystopian world. I feel it was much better than the Judgement Day :)

How about hell or high water? There was some pretty good gun play in that movie when they were robbing the banks, but the best part was at the end when they had the brother surrounded in the hills mountain top area. He got him with a nice kill shot from a distance, didn't even see it coming.