The Top 10 Manhunt Movies!
10. First Blood (1982)
Who would’ve thought Sylvester Stallone would have this kind of success after Rocky III was released in 1982? Ted Kotcheff did, casting Stallone as the titular steely eyed Vietnam vet, hell-bent on taking down corrupt lawmen of this world. Stallone is forced to take to the forest with just a knife and compass in-tow to survive the police and a particularly formidable helicopter, giving First Blood the manhunt thumbs up.
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| I'm only number ten?! |
9. Catch Me If You Can (2002)
There are numerous Tom & Jerry remakes out there that are worthy of Manhunt attention - but few attract sympathy (and possess the charm) like Spielberg’s 2002 entry, Catch Me If You Can.
Unbelievable yet true, this (illegal) pursuit of the American Dream takes on a dramatic edge and will leave you contemplating whether crime pays... or why it is that the Yankees keep winning.
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| Leo... being Leo. |
8. Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
As a film based on the decade-long, Where’s Wally, search for Osama Bin Laden, Zero Dark Thirty delivers in action packed awe and troubling truths.
This bold entry, directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Mark Boal, combines a gritty (and realistic) script with a director who is known to rustle feathers and shoot action scenes as realistically as they come. You won’t regret the ride this movie delivers.
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| Aussie, Aussie, Aussie! |
7. Dirty Harry (1971)
Harry Callahan: I know what you're thinking. 'Did he fire six shots or only five?' Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself. But being as this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk?
- Clint speaks for himself.
6. North By Northwest (1959)
A New York ad exec somehow gets mistaken for a government agent and is then hunted down by “foreign spies”...
Get out of here!
No, no, this is the real deal – just ask The Master himself, Alfred Hitchcock.
In this one The Master utilizes the American countryside as he sends the original Mad Men man, Roger O. Thornhill (Cary Grant), across corn fields and then up to Mount Rushmore, in a heroic effort to evade the foreign agents.
It’s an instant manhunt classic.
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| Hauling ass to Mount Rushmore! |
5. Heat (1995)
Question: What’s the one thing you can’t afford to do when you rob a bank?
Answer: Leave a clue.
But when a clue is left after a heist in Michael Mann’s, Heat, the temperature, and tension, rises. By the time this brilliant (Pacino vs. De Niro) action-thriller ends, you'll feel about ready to be served alongside some potatoes and veggies.
4. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2012)
Once you get past Smiley’s obtuse persona and the dreary British weather in the opening thirty minutes of this stellar film, you’ll realise that this is the real (manhunt) deal. No, there isn’t a single Michael Bay explosion, nor Bond babes or elitist one-liners – this is the gloomy, quiet world of cold war politics and espionage. Yet behind all the abhorrent motherland accents, you’ll find a true manhunt film which gets your heart racing and mind spinning.
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| One day this picture will be hanging in my dining room. |
3. Silence of the Lambs (1991)
What is it with psychopathic serial killers and manhunts? Whether they are helping you catch another of their kind, Silence of the Lambs, or playing the heralded baddie, Se7en, they never cease to draw audiences and plaudits. But there’s something extra special about Thomas Harris’ Hannibal Lector – maybe it’s the way he’s able to eat Ray Liotta’s brain, and remain, in a weird way, classy...
This manhunt will play with your mind in a way that will leave you hoping you never meet another person who goes by the name Claricccccceeeeee.
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| Ray Liotta's brain is currently digesting in Hannibal's gut... |
2. The Bourne Identity (2002)
Doug Liman’s Bourne Identity blew the lid off Robert Ludlum’s conspiracy theory series, and catapulted Matt Damon into the Hollywood spotlight as an action movie star who can actually do more than run, jump and flex. Yet behind all the glitz and glamour surrounding this Bourne series is a good ol’ fashion manhunt plot-line (following in the Tom & Jerry fashion).
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| The Jason Bourne look. |
1. The Fugitive (1993)
Dr Richard Kimble (Harrison Ford) is unjustly accused of murdering his wife.
So – guess what happens next...
That’s right, Dr Kimble sets off on a whirlwind (redemption laden) adventure to find the real killer and clear his name. And while it sounds too cliché to be true, this movie works well. In fact, it was executed well enough to receive a Best Movie nomination at the Oscars in 1993 (alongside Schindler’s List, The Piano, In The Name of the Father, and The Remains of the Day).
Harrison Ford excels in this sort of role, doesn’t he? He handed in a similarly heroic role as the iconic Rick Deckard in the 1982 sci-fi/thriller Blade Runner.
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| The poster says it all... |
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