Top Action Movies


The Top Action Movies List is calculated by overall movie ratings and members' "Top Action List". Lists are calculated daily.

191. The Gentlemen

Year of Release: 2020
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Guy Ritchie
Actors: Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Michelle Dockery, Jeremy Strong, Colin Farrell, Hugh Grant
Plot: An American expat has set up a lucrative marijuana empire in London. But as all good things must come to an end, he looks to get out of the business - which sets in motion a series of plots and schemes as his underlings look to gain control before he can sell it off.

192. Enemy of the State

Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Tony Scott
Actors: Will Smith, Gene Hackman, Jon Voight, Lisa Bonet, Regina King, Stuart Wilson
Plot: Robert Clayton Dean is a lawyer and family man but a chance encounter with an old friend leaves him with evidence of a politically-motivated murder. On the run from a corrupt NSA official and his lackeys, his only hope to stay alive is an ex-government operative and surveillance specialist.

193. Drunken Master ( Jui kuen )

Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Woo-ping Yuen
Actors: Jackie Chan, Siu Tien Yuen, Jang Lee Hwang, Ging Man Fung, Shun-Yee Yuen, Hsia Hsu
Plot: An undisciplined boy must learn Drunken Fist Kung Fu in order to stop an assassin.

194. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: David Zucker
Actors: Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, Ricardo Montalban, George Kennedy, O.J. Simpson, Nancy Marchand
Plot: After Lieutenant Frank Drebin's partner is nearly murdered, he uncovers a nefarious plot by a well-respected businessman to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II using mind control.

195. Rambo

Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Sylvester Stallone
Actors: Sylvester Stallone, Julie Benz, Matthew Marsden, Graham McTavish, Jake La Botz, Reynaldo Gallegos
Plot: Rambo is back again for this action packed thriller. Taking place in Thailand, Stallone (Rambo) picks his own mercenaries this time - all to help him rescue workers that have gone missing.

196. Ninja Scroll ( Jûbei ninpûchô )

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Kevin Seymour
Actors: Richard Barnes, Dean Elliott, Richard Cansino, Richard Epcar, Wendee Lee, Dougary Grant
Plot: A traveling ninja for hire fights demons and their henchmen.

197. Desperado

Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Actors: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Joaquim de Almeida, Cheech Marin, Steve Buscemi, Carlos Gómez
Plot: A traveling musician is once again mistaken for a hit man and gets
embroiled in web of drugs, violence and saving a beautiful woman. The
bullets will fly leading to the ultimate one-on-one showdown.

198. Ant-Man

Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Peyton Reed
Actors: Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Evangeline Lilly, Corey Stoll, Bobby Cannavale, Michael Peña
Plot: Scott Lang has worked alongside his friend and mentor Dr. Hank Pym but has never truly asserted himself. Now, armed with a suit that shrinks him in size but greatly increases his strength, Lang, now dubbed Ant-Man, will have to find the hero inside himself in order to pull off a heist that may very well be the key to saving the world.

199. Tarzan

Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Action
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Chris Buck, Kevin Lima
Actors: Tony Goldwyn, Minnie Driver, Glenn Close, Lance Henriksen, Wayne Knight, Brian Blessed
Plot: Tarzan tries to fit in with his adopted ape family and then has to save them and Jane from villainous poacher Clayton.

200. Unstoppable

Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Tony Scott
Actors: Denzel Washington, Chris Pine, Rosario Dawson, Kevin Dunn, Jessy Schram, Victor Gojcaj
Plot: A runaway train full of highly toxic and combustible material is on a collision course with a small town unless an intrepid engineer and conductor can stop it in time.

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