Sightlines · a concept

action image

qualities/powers actualized in real milieus; characters act and react.

On screen: the sensory-motor circuit at full power; situation ↔ action.

94 films in the collection register this concept · in the glossary

Across the collection

The General1926His Girl Friday1940Gaslight1944Notorious1946Ace in the Hole1951Rififi1955Rio Bravo1959Some Like It Hot1959The Magnificent Seven1960The Great Escape1963Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb1964The Killers1964Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid1969The Italian Job1969Le Cercle Rouge1970Shaft1971The French Connection1971The Day of the Jackal1973The Onion Field1979The Gods Must Be Crazy1980The Killing Fields1984The Terminator1984Police Story1985Aliens1986Good Morning, Vietnam1987Raising Arizona1987Shallow Grave1987Colors1988GoodFellas1990Total Recall1990JFK1991Once Upon a Time in China1991My Cousin Vinny1992The Fugitive1993Léon: The Professional1994Pulp Fiction1994Apollo 131995Get Shorty1995Johnny Mnemonic1995Liar Liar1997Godzilla1998Ronin1998Run Lola Run1998Go1999October Sky1999The Hurricane1999The Matrix1999Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon2000Jurassic Park III2001Ocean's Eleven2001Catch Me If You Can2002Kill Bill: Vol. 12003Memories of Murder2003Million Dollar Baby2004The Bourne Supremacy2004Apocalypto2006Cars20063:10 to Yuma2007Charlie Wilson's War2007The Bourne Ultimatum2007Frost/Nixon2008Green Zone2010Outrage2010The Town2010Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol2011The Darkest Hour2011Confession of Murder2012Jack Reacher2012Playing for Keeps2012Skyfall2012The Raid2012The Attorney2013The Berlin File2013A Hard Day2014American Sniper2014Edge of Tomorrow2014John Wick2014Whiplash2014Mad Max: Fury Road2015The Martian2015Jason Bourne2016A Taxi Driver2017Baby Driver2017The Post2017A Quiet Place2018Bohemian Rhapsody2018The Resistance Banker2018Ford v Ferrari2019Boiling Point2021Escape from Mogadishu2021Ambulance2022Emily the Criminal2022Anora2024Rebel Ridge2024