The following is a list of the MTV Movie Award winners and nominees for Best Action Sequence. This award was last given out in 2005.[1]
Year | Action scene Movie | Nominees | |
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L.A. freeway scene — (James Cameron) | Burning building/Escape through old tunnel - Backdraft (Ron Howard) Roof scene - The Hard Way (John Badham) Helicopter blades sequence - The Last Boy Scout (Tony Scott) Second jump from the plane - Point Break (Kathryn Bigelow) | ||
Mel Gibson's motorcycle crash —Lethal Weapon 3 (Richard Donner) | Aliens chase through tunnel - Alien 3 (David Fincher) Plane crash - Alive (Frank Marshall) Oklahoma land race - Far and Away (Ron Howard) Helicopter explosion - Under Siege (Andrew Davis) | ||
Train wreck —The Fugitive (Andrew Davis) | Opening catwalk sequence - Cliffhanger (Renny Harlin) Motorcycle scene - Hard Target (John Woo) T-Rex/Jeep scene - Jurassic Park (Steven Spielberg) Lena Olin handcuffed in backseat of a car - Romeo is Bleeding (Peter Medak) | ||
Bus escape/Airplane explosion —Speed (Jan de Bont) | Escape from exploding ship - Blown Away (Stephen Hopkins) Ambush of CIA convoy - Clear and Present Danger (Phillip Noyce) Bridge explosion/Limo rescue - True Lies (James Cameron) | ||
Battle scene —Braveheart (Mel Gibson) | Airplane hangar shootout - Bad Boys (Michael Bay) Underground shootout/explosion - Broken Arrow (John Woo) Drive through NYC/Subway explosion and derailment - Die Hard with a Vengeance (John McTiernan) | ||
Truck drives through farm equipment —Twister (Jan de Bont)[2] | Arnold Schwarzenegger freefalls - Eraser (Chuck Russell) Aliens blowup cities - Independence Day (Roland Emmerich) Train/Helicopter chase - Mission: Impossible (Brian De Palma) Ferrari chase through San Francisco - The Rock (Michael Bay) | ||
Speedboat chase —Face/Off (John Woo)[3] | T-Rex attacks San Diego - (Steven Spielberg) Bug attacks fortress - Starship Troopers (Paul Verhoeven) Ship sinks - Titanic (James Cameron) Motorcycle/helicopter chase - Tomorrow Never Dies (Roger Spottiswoode) | ||
Asteroid destroys New York City —Armageddon (Michael Bay) | Gibson/Glover car chase on freeway and through building - Lethal Weapon 4 (Richard Donner) Car chase in France with Robert De Niro pursuing Natascha McElhone - Ronin (John Frankenheimer) Tom Hanks and company land on Normandy Beach - Saving Private Ryan (Steven Spielberg) | ||
The Pod Race — (George Lucas)[4] | End sequence -The Blair Witch Project (Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez) Rooftop/Helicopter scene - The Matrix (The Wachowskis) Sand monster scene - The Mummy (Stephen Sommers) | ||
Motorcycle chase — (John Woo) | Plane crash - Cast Away (Robert Zemeckis) Roman army vs. Germanic horde - Gladiator (Ridley Scott) Car chase through construction site - Gone in 60 Seconds (Dominic Sena) | ||
Japanese attack scene —Pearl Harbor (Michael Bay)[5] | First helicopter crash - Black Hawk Down (Ridley Scott) Final race - The Fast and the Furious (Rob Cohen) Cave tomb battle - (Peter Jackson) | ||
Battle for Helm's Deep — (Peter Jackson) | Collision on Highway 23 - Final Destination 2 (David R. Ellis) The Escape - Minority Report (Steven Spielberg) Arena Conflict - (George Lucas) | ||
Battle at Gondor — (Peter Jackson) | Intercoastal Freeway Pursuit - Bad Boys II (Michael Bay) Escape from Mongolia - (McG) Champion Crane Chase - (Jonathan Mostow) | ||
Destruction of Los Angeles —The Day After Tomorrow (Roland Emmerich) | Beverly Hills plane crash - The Aviator (Martin Scorsese) Moscow car chase - The Bourne Supremacy (Paul Greengrass) Subway battle - Spider-Man 2 (Sam Raimi) Desert Terrorist Assault - (Trey Parker) |