20 Action movies that live up to the saying "old is gold"

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Cary Grant in North By Northwest| Image via Warner Bros. Pictures — Cary Grant in North By Northwest | Image via Warner Bros. Pictures

8) The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)

Lee Van Cleef in The Good, The Bad and The Ugly | Image via Amazon MGM Studios

Sergio Leone's epic Spaghetti Western redefined the genre with The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: three gunslingers, played by Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, and Eli Wallach, make their way through a treacherous Southwest plowed by the Civil War. Great directing, memorable characters, and an iconic score make this, by many measures, One of the Greatest Westerns of All Time.