The 10 Best Old Person Fight Scenes in Movies

Featuring more wrinkles than a cheap tux, these brawls prove that you should respect your elders' ass-kicking abilities.

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Who doesn’t enjoy a good brawl? Whether it’s two bums fighting over a ham steak, two women slapping at each other inside of a pool of Jell-O, or a couple of dudes wailing on each other inside of a cage, violence is just a way of life in this country. But there is one type of fight that is head-and-shoulders above them all. Of course, we’re talking about fights involving seniors.

Most people think of the elderly as forgetful old coots who sit around drooling into their pint of Metamucil; however, don’t let their wrinkled appearance fool you, because some of these senior citizens can pack a mean punch. Nowhere is that more apparent than The Debt, director John Madden's new dramatic thriller out Friday.

In the movie, beautiful 66-year-old Helen Mirren plays a Mossad Agent who was, in her youth, tasked with taking down a Nazi doctor (played by Jesper Christensen) in East Berlin and has an unfortunate secret she's living with. Without spoiling the movie, let's just say that her days of trading blows with vile Nazis are not over. And it's a good thing, because she and her fists represent quite nicely in their advanced age. To celebrate Helen Mirren’s unforgettable knockdown, drag-out brawl, we’re showing respect to our elders with a countdown of The 10 Best Old Person Fight Scenes in Movies. Time for some action, whippersnappers!

10. AL PACINO VS. ROBERT DE NIRO IN RIGHTEOUS KILL (2008)

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9. HARRISON FORD FIGHTS EVERYONE IN INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL (2007)

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8. GANDALF VS. SARUMAN IN LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (2001)

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7. HELEN MIRREN HANDLES AN UZI IN RED (2010)

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6. WALTER MATTHAU VS. JACK LEMMON IN GRUMPY OLD MEN (1993)

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5. ROCK BALBOA VS. MASON "THE LINE" DIXON IN ROCKY BALBOA (2006)

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4. COUNT DOOKU VS. YODA IN STAR WARS: EPISODE II: ATTACK OF THE CLONES (2002)

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3. CLINT EASTWOOD VS. THE YOUTH OF AMERICA IN GRAN TORINO (2008)

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2. BOB BARKER VS. ADAM SANDLER IN HAPPY GILMORE (1996)

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1. SIMON PEGG AGAINST THE ELDERLY IN HOT FUZZ (2007)

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