THE BADASS 100
2006 revised editionWELCOME to the 2006 revised edition of the BADASS 100 LIST. The original Badass 100 was created in the late '90s as a response to the AFI's list of the supposed greatest movies of all time. In the summer of 2006, the informal World Badass Committee re-formed to vote again and create an even more powerful list of the greatest Badass pictures in Cinema so far.
The revised list was voted on by 43 volunteer Badass Cinema scholars from 11 countries. Scroll down to the bottom to see a list of participants and links to further statistics and discussion.
LEGEND: TITLES IN GREY are new to the revised list. The name in parentheses is the Badass Auteur or lead badass of the picture. The number immediately following the "=" is the average Badass rating between 1 and 10. The last number is the amount of World Badass Committe voters who rated that movie.
1. The MAN WITH NO NAME trilogy (Clint) = 9.4272727 out of 33
separate ratings:
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (ensemble) = 9.185 out of 40
For a Few Dollars More (Clint) = 8.7764706 out of 34
A Fistful of Dollars (Clint) = 8.5685714 out of 35 REVIEW
2. The LONE WOLF AND CUB series (Tomisaburo Wakayama) = 9.24 out of 15
(Sword of Vengeance, Baby Cart at the River Styx, Baby Cart to Hades, Baby Cart in Peril, Baby Cart in the Land of Demons, White Heaven in Hell)
separate rating:
Baby Cart in Peril (Kinya Kitaoji) = 8.5416667 out of 12
3. YOJIMBO (Toshiro Mifune) = 9.1333333 out of 30 REVIEW
4. UNFORGIVEN (Clint) = 9.01375 out of 40 REVIEW
5. DIE HARD (Bruce) = 8.9717391 out of 46 REVIEW
6. 36th CHAMBER OF SHAOLIN aka SHAOLIN MASTER KILLER (Gordon Liu) = 8.9642857 out of 14 REVIEW
7. SEVEN SAMURAI (ensemble) = 8.8909091 out of 33
8. SANJURO (Toshiro Mifune) = 8.852381 out of 21
9. RED RIVER (John Wayne) = 8.85 out of 10
10. HARD BOILED (Chow Yun Fat) = 8.8407895 out of 38 REVIEW
11. THE WILD BUNCH (ensemble) = 8.8241935 out of 31
12. THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES (Clint) = 8.8217391 out of 23
13. MAD MAX 2 aka THE ROAD WARRIOR (Mel Gibson) = 8.7717949 out of 39
(related rating: Mad Max trilogy (Mel Gibson) = 7.8171429 out of 35 REVIEW
14. ENTER THE DRAGON (Bruce) = 8.7647059 out of 34 REVIEW
15. POINT BLANK (Lee Marvin) = 8.76 out of 25 REVIEW
16. BRANDED TO KILL (Jo Shishido) = 8.7272727 out of 11
17. THE LIMEY (Terence Stamp) = 8.7057143 out of 35
18. DIRTY HARRY (Clint) = 8.6628571 out of 35 REVIEW
19. CHOPPER (Eric Bana) = 8.652 out of 25 REVIEW
20. OUT OF THE PAST (Robert Mitchum) = 8.5833333 out of 12
21. THE KILLER (Chow Yun Fat) = 8.516129 out of 31
22. LE SAMOURAI (Alain Delon) = 8.5 out of 14
23. THE STREET FIGHTER (Sonny Chiba) = 8.4294118 out of 17 REVIEW
24. RIO BRAVO (John Wayne) = 8.4264706 out of 17 REVIEW
25. ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST (ensemble) = 8.4230769 out of 26
26. HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER (Clint Eastwood) = 8.4111111 out of 18
27. WHERE EAGLES DARE (Clint motherfucking Eastwood) = 8.4 out of 10
28. HANA-BI aka FIREWORKS (Takeshi Kitano) = 8.375 out of 16
29. THE DIRTY DOZEN (ensemble) = 8.3608696 out of 23
30. WHITE HEAT (James Cagney) = 8.3571429 out of 14
31. KILL BILL VOLUMES 1-2 (ensemble) = 8.3256098 out of 41
separate ratings:
Kill Bill Volume 1 = 8.3732558 out of 43
Kill Bill Volume 2 = 7.8476744 out of 43 REVIEW
32. GET CARTER (Michael Caine) = 8.25 out of 23
33. TIE: FIVE DEADLY VENOMS (ensemble of five) = 8.25 out of 10 & ZULU (ensemble) = 8.25 out of 10
34. ALIENS (ensemble) = 8.2363636 out of 44 REVIEW
35. ZATOICHI series (Shintaro Katsu) = 8.216667 out of 12
36. MASTER OF THE FLYING GUILLOTINE (ensemble) = 8.2 out of 13
37. PULP FICTION (ensemble) = 8.19375 out of 48 REVIEW
38. THE BIG SLEEP (Humphrey Bogart)= 8.1904762 out of 21
39. SONATINE (Beat Takeshi) = 8.1818182 out of 22
40. FIST OF LEGEND (Jet Li) = 8.1571429 out of 14
41. ROLLING THUNDER (William Devane, Tommy Lee Jones) = 8.1538462 out of 13 REVIEW
42. RESERVOIR DOGS (ensemble) = 8.15 out of 46
43. TIE: THE KILLERS (Lee Marvin) = 8.1166667 out of 12 & BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK (Spencer Tracy) = 8.1166667 out of 12 REVIEW
44. KISS ME DEADLY (Ralph Meeker) = 8.1071429 out of 14
45. WHEN WE WERE KINGS (Ali) = 8.056 out of 25
46. OLDBOY (Choi Min-sik) = 8.0302632 out of 38 REVIEW
47. SWEET SWEETBACK'S BADAASSSS SONG (Melvin Van Peebles) = 8 out of 10
48. THE GODFATHER (ensemble) = 7.9965116 out of 43 REVIEW
49. THE DRIVER (Ryan O’Neal) = 7.9583333 out of 12 REVIEW
50. TIE: KNIGHTRIDERS (Ed Harris) = 7.95 out of 10 REVIEW & WALKING TALL (Joe Don Baker) = 7.95 out of 10 REVIEW
51. GHOST DOG - THE WAY OF THE SAMURAI (Forrest Whitaker) = 7.9175 out of 40 REVIEW
52. PREDATOR (ensemble) = 7.9166667 out of 39 REVIEW
53. SCARFACE (Al Pacino) = 7.9146341 out of 41 REVIEW
54. BROTHER (Takeshi Kitano) = 7.9086957 out of 23 REVIEW
55. BULLET IN THE HEAD (Simon Yam, Toney Leung Chiu-wai) = 7.9076923 out of 13
56. ZATOICHI (Takeshi Kitano) = 7.9 out of 26 REVIEW
57. PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET (Richard Widmark) = 7.8846154 out of 13
58. DOLEMITE (R.R. Moore) = 7.875 out of 16
59. THE GETAWAY (Steve McQueen) = 7.8652174 out of 23 REVIEW
60. SUPERFLY (Ron O’Neal) = 7.8636364 out of 11
61. THE WAGES OF FEAR (Yves Montand) = 7.8625 out of 12
62. NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (Robert Mitchum) = 7.8619048 out of 21
63. THE WARRIORS (ensemble) = 7.8466667 out of 30 REVIEW
64. MAGNUM FORCE (Clint) = 7.8428571 out of 21
65. PAT GARRETT & BILLY THE KID (James Coburn & Kris Kristofferson) = 7.8416667 out of 12
66. ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK (Kurt Russell) = 7.8297297 out of 37 REVIEW
67. A BETTER TOMORROW 2 (Chow Yun Fat) = 7.8235294 out of 17
68. THE SEARCHERS (John Wayne) = 7.8157895 out of 19
69. TAXI DRIVER (Robert Deniro) = 7.8116279 out of 43
70. GOODFELLAS (ensemble) = 7.8023256 out of 43 REVIEW
71. SHAFT (Richard Roundtree) = 7.7863636 out of 22
72. LADY SNOWBLOOD (Meiko Kaji) = 7.75 out of 10
73. THE THING (ensemble) = 7.7 out of 36
74. STANDER (Tom Jane) = 7.7 out of 17 REVIEW
75. FIRST BLOOD (Sylvester Stallone) = 7.6852941 out of 34 REVIEW
76. THE TERMINATOR (Arnold Schwarzenegger) = 7.6695652 out of 46 REVIEW
related rating: Terminator trilogy (Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, others) = 7.5234375 out of 32
77. FIST OF FURY (Bruce) = 7.6428571 out of 21
78. THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY (Bob Hoskins) = 7.6428571 out of 14
79. ASSAULT PRECINCT 13 (Darwin Joston) = 7.6304348 out of 23
80. FIGHT CLUB (ensemble) = 7.6177778 out of 45 REVIEW
81. SEXY BEAST (Gandhi) = 7.5942857 out of 35 REVIEW
82. TIE: BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA (Warren Oates) = 7.5921053 out of 19 REVIEW & KING OF NEW YORK (Christopher Walken) = 7.5921053 out of 19 REVIEW
83. FRENCH CONNECTION II (Gene Hackman) = 7.5714286 out of 14
84. RAGING BULL (Robert Deniro) = 7.5666667 out of 36
85. SPARTAN (Val Kilmer) = 7.5555556 out of 18 REVIEW
86. SCARFACE aka SCARFACE, THE SHAME OF A NATION, 1932 (Paul Muni) = 7.55 out of 10
87. A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE (Viggo Mortensen) = 7.5447368 out of 38 REVIEW
88. LEON aka THE PROFESSIONAL (Jean Reno) = 7.5391892 out of 37
89. THEY LIVE (Roddy Piper) = 7.5318182 out of 33 REVIEW
90. TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A. (William Petersen, Willem Dafoe) = 7.5230769 out of 13 REVIEW
91. LE CERCLE ROUGE (Alain Delon) = 7.5133846 out of 13 REVIEW
92. THE GODFATHER PART 2 (ensemble) = 7.49 out of 40 REVIEW
93. PATTON (George C. Scott) = 7.4842105 out of 19
94. SIN CITY (Mickey Rourke OR ensemble) = 7.4744186 out of 43 REVIEW
95. IRON MONKEY (Donnie Yen) = 7.4722222 out of 18
96. MAD MAX (Mel Gibson) = 7.4536585 out of 41
97. GUN CRAZY (Peggy Cummins) = 7.45 out of 10
98. PATHS OF GLORY (Kirk Douglas) = 7.4380952 out of 21
99. THE MALTESE FALCON (Humphrey Bogart) = 7.404 out of 25
100. THE GREAT ESCAPE (ensemble) = 7.3958333 out of 24
