Tony Scott’s high-flying action classic Top Gun is getting a 3D release on theatrical screens and home video this week, which was originally intended to pave the way for a Top Gun sequel before Scott’s tragic death last year. Fans of 3D were no doubt excited for this bit of three-dimensional nostalgia, which now feels more like a kind of cinematic appetizer for the re-release of Steven Spielberg’s jaw-dropper Jurassic Park later this year.

Now that Hollywood is starting to turn away from transforming any and every upcoming blockbuster into a bad ass 3D experience starting to fizzle out, studios and filmmakers are starting to look at the technology on a film-by-film basis. Specifically, industry insiders are aiming their dimensionalization wand at movies that makes the most sense for the format, both past and present.

With the home video market now opening up its eyes to the option of releasing films in 3D — as Fox did last year with I, Robot– Celebuzz has assembled a wish list of classic titles that would look amazing if transformed using the technology.

Admittedly, our selections include a lot of films featuring complex visuals and elaborate production design — all of which has looked terrific in more recent 3D projects. But Celebuzz went all of the way back to 1961 for the earliest film on our list, and we include a real cross-section of great movies whose fans would flip out at the chance to fall into their world.

Click here to launch Celebuzz list of classic movies that 3D would make more awesome. And then let us know in the comments section below — what movie would you most like to see converted into 3D?

Sylvester Stallone has maintained a remarkable career not just as he’s gotten older, but literally out of the process of getting old.

Like 1980s action alums Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger, he’s embraced his advancing age, bringing the genre — and the audiences that love it — along for a familiar but provocatively unique sort of ride: after creating new installments for the two series that helped make him a star, Rocky and Rambo, he created the Expendables franchise, in which he and his contemporaries prove definitively they’re not too old to kick ass, even if they are, well, not quite as spry as they used to be.

By all accounts, Stallone’s latest, Bullet to the Head, seems to follow this now-proven formula: the film pits the sexagenarian against up-and-coming whippersnapper Jason Momoa in a battle for biggest bad ass, directed by another ’80s icon, Walter Hill. But whether the film revives Stallone and the genre in general or turns up dead on arrival, its release inspired Celebuzz to take a look back at some of the great ’80s movies that, well, still kick ass even today.

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Truly “great” action movies must hit a few sweet spots in order to hold fans’ attention — they have to feature larger-than-life heroes, inventive stories, and of course, white-knuckle, pulse-pounding set pieces. In fact, many of the movies on our list don’t merely possess all three, they literally wrote the book on how to accomplish them in the best possible way.

Which action movies from the 1980s and ’90s do you love best? Watch the trailer for Bullet to the Head, and then let us know in the comments section below — what’s your favorite kick-ass movie?

Remember how just a few years ago Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger would barely acknowledge that he’d seen an R-rated movie, let alone starred in dozens? A beacon of responsible citizenship and good, sound, electable morals, Ahnuld did his very best to distance himself from whatever mercenary/robot/solider/barbarian/super-villain he might have portrayed in the past.

Until, of course, his term ended and he immediately signed on to about 35 high-body-count action flicks.

Having appeared briefly in last year’s sequel to The Expendables, Schwarzenegger’s first major starring role hits screens this month with The Last Stand. And to prepare for the return of everybody’s favorite aging death machine, we’ve put together a list of Arnold’s must-see films.

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Everyone seems to have a favorite Schwarzenegger movie, or at least a favorite role; we admit we doubled-up on his Terminator character by targeting the second film in the series, Judgment Day. But he’s had so many interesting movie challenges, even if he tackled many of them in a similar way. From Terminators to “not a tumor”s, check out our list of favorite Schwarzenegger roles.

Which of these roles is your favorite? Or if none of them are, what character of his do you love the most? Let us know in the comments section below, after watching the theatrical trailer for The Last Stand.