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Ahnold's Oeuvre:
Hercules in New York (1969) - Ahnold's debut is one of the worst films ever made!
Stay Hungry (1976) - He redeems himself in this, a 70s art film of sorts directed by Bob Rafelson, with Jeff Bridges and Sally Field. He got positive reviews that enabled him to launch an acting career.
Pumping Iron (1977) - lauded documentary on weighlifting; Ahnold confirms his star potential.
Conan the Barbarian (1982) - Hollywood's resident Zen Fascist John Milius directed and co-authored (with Oliver Stone) Ahnold's iconic launch into international super-stardom; the film launched the "sword & sorcery" sub-genre.
Conan the Destroyer (1984) - this more comical sequel nearly buried the genre.
The Terminator (1984) - from anti-hero to outright villain, Ahnold as a murderous robot was type-casting in this brilliant SF actioner from James Cameron.
Red Sonja (1985) - A supporting role in a terrible S&S Conan spinoff.
Commando (1985) - surprisingly solid contemporary actioner; Ahnold is a retired black ops guy going in and destroying a dictator's regime to save his daughter.
Raw Deal (1986) - a lesser actioner; Ahnold as a sheriff going undercover for the FBI.
Predator (1987) - Best since TERMINATOR; Ahnold vs a sport-killing Alien in the jungle.
The Running Man (1987) - Disappointing dystopian SF with Ahnold as wrongly convicted man trying to survive death by "TV execution gauntlet". He's not convincing as an "everyman".
Red Heat (1988) - Buddy cop movie with Jim Belushi, with filmmaker Walter Hill already on a career slide. Need i go on?
Twins (1988) - After much success as action hero, Ahnold goes the comedy route with Danny Devito, directed by Ivan Reitman. A hit, but pretty lame.
Total Recall (1990) - Now THIS is more like it; edgy filmmaker Paul Verhoeven adapts a classic Phillip K. Dick short story with Ahnold kicking ass on Mars.
Kindergarten Cop (1990) - another stupid comedy with Ivan Reitman ("It's not a toomah")
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) - Ahnold is back, this time as the good robot, in Cameron's terrific sequel.
Last Action Hero (1993) - Ahnold attempts to spoof his action hero persona in a action/fantasy/comedy mashup of ideas that doesn't even work the slightest little bit.
True Lies (1994) - Cameron is back in this fun, sexy actioner with Ahnold as a superspy married to Jamie Lee Curtis.
Junior (1994) - Ahnold's "trilogy of terror" concludes with this 3rd Reitman comedy, again with DeVito.
Eraser (1996) - ties with RAW DEAL as the worst of his contemporary cop action movies.
Jingle All the Way (1996) - family holiday comedy too painful to endure.
Batman & Robin (1997) - Ahnold plays Mr. Freeze as a comical villain in the worst BATMAN film since the 1940s serials.
End of Days (1999) - Ahnold vs Satan at the end of the millenium. Horror/action from Peter Hyams is at least trying for something, despite falling woefully short. Ahnold dies for the only time (other than as a terminator) on film.
The 6th Day (2000) - Ahnold vs clones; SF actioner doesn't make a lick of sense and flops accordingly.
Collateral Damage (2002) - Ahnold goes after Columbian terrorists who killed his family, continuing the crapfest since TRUE LIES.
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) - Cameron didn't direct this one, but Ahnold came back for Chapter 3, an underrated SF/actioner with high degree of Clair Danes content!
Ahnold then became governor of CA, in one of his worst performances to date. But after cameos in Stallone's EXPENDABLES movies, he's now got 3 new movies scheduled for release in the next 1-2 years. So it's just like he said: "I'll be back."
top 10 (in order):
TERMINATOR
CONAN THE BARBARIAN
TERMINATOR 2
TOTAL RECALL
TERMINATOR 3
TRUE LIES
PREDATOR
STAY HUNGRY
PUMPING IRON
COMMANDO
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