Vincent Spano in The Double McGuffin (1979)

Ernest Borgnine, George Kennedy, Vincent Spano, Greg Hodges, Dion Pride, Elke Sommer, and Lisa Whelchel in The Double McGuffin (1979)

Kyle MacLachlan and Sofia Helin in Atlantic Crossing (2020)

Top 130 Network/Dog Day Afternoon Type Films

Samuel L. Jackson and Kevin Spacey in The Negotiator (1998)

Any media that is rather similar to the Jack Ryan films/books or that have similar gung ho type warfare and espionage.

Denzel Washington and Gene Hackman in Crimson Tide (1995)

While some of movies nowadays are routine mash-ups of The Bourne Identity, Home Alone, James Bond, D.O.A., Key Largo, Assault on Precinct 13, Dog Day Afternoon, High Noon, Rio Bravo, Taken, The Fugitive, Earthquake, The Towering Inferno, Day of the Wolves, Escape from New York, Nick of Time, Aliens, Nighthawks, The Desperate Hours, various Tom Clancy adaptations and so forth. 

These respective formulas owe much to the original Die Hard let alone the screenwriting and producer's earlier hit action film Commando. 

Since no one will ever agree on which is the best Die Hard sequels and since so many movies have executed that formula far better, it's best to take a look into the ones that are worth seeking out.

Top 300 Die Hard Scenario Films and TV Shows

Leonardo DiCaprio, Jamie Foxx, and Christoph Waltz in Django Unchained (2012)

2 different types of political subgenres that are must-sees.

Top 300 The West Wing/Manchurian Candidate/Hunt for Red October Type Films & Shows

TV shows, both upcoming and long since passed, that I'd like to watch. Or at least see an episode or two.

Is there a show not listed that you love? Pop over to my other list: "Bad Surge's TV (& such) That's Good" If you don't see your favorite show there either, feel free to berate me in the comment section. 

Have you seen one of the shows on this list? Tell me what you thought about it!

I recommend a bunch of shows that lasted multiple seasons, still have tons of relevance and which mostly leave a positive impression/don’t lost most of their positive traits overtime.

Obviously tons of shows will be missing either because I feel they haven’t dated well, their last few seasons undid all the positives or because they got cancelled prematurely. But if they have two or more mostly solid seasons they can be contenders.



I also decided to have this be an alternative for the IMDb 250 Top Ranked TV Shows list currently in place.

Lauren Ambrose, Freddy Rodríguez, Frances Conroy, Rachel Griffiths, Michael C. Hall, Peter Krause, and Mathew St. Patrick in Six Feet Under (2001)

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