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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
1992 L.A. freeway scene
 — Terminator 2: Judgment Day ( 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)
1993 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)
1994 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)
1995 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)
1996 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)
1997 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)
1998 Speedboat chase
 — Face/Off ( John Woo) [3]		 T-Rex attacks San Diego - The Lost World: Jurassic Park ( Steven Spielberg)
Bug attacks fortress - Starship Troopers ( Paul Verhoeven)
Ship sinks - Titanic ( James Cameron)
Motorcycle/helicopter chase - Tomorrow Never Dies ( Roger Spottiswoode)
1999 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)
2000 The Pod Race
 — Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace ( George Lucas) [4]		 End sequence - The Blair Witch Project ( Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez)
Rooftop/Helicopter scene - The Matrix ( The Wachowskis) [a]
Sand monster scene - The Mummy ( Stephen Sommers)
2001 Motorcycle chase
 — Mission: Impossible 2 ( 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)
2002 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 - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring ( Peter Jackson)
2003 Battle for Helm's Deep
 — The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers ( Peter Jackson)		 Collision on Highway 23 - Final Destination 2 ( David R. Ellis)
The Escape - Minority Report ( Steven Spielberg)
Arena Conflict - Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones ( George Lucas)
2004 Battle at Gondor
 — The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ( Peter Jackson)		 Intercoastal Freeway Pursuit - Bad Boys II ( Michael Bay)
Escape from Mongolia - Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle ( McG)
Champion Crane Chase - Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines ( Jonathan Mostow)
2005 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 - Team America: World Police ( Trey Parker)

Notes

  1. ^ Credited as The Wachowski Brothers.

References

  1. ^ "MTV Movie Awards - Winners by Category". MTV. Retrieved 2010-11-08.
  2. ^ Industrial Light & Magic on Facebook: "20-years ago today Jan de Bont's 'Twister' hit theaters. ILM's contribution to the film was honored with an Oscar nomination, a BAFTA Award for Best Special Visual Effects and an MTV Movie Award for Best Action Sequence."
  3. ^ On Film: John Woo hits Chicago - Chicago Reader
  4. ^ MTV Movie & TV Award winners that have aged the worst|Yardbarker
  5. ^ Visual and Special Effects Film Milestones - filmsite.org
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