Top Action Movies


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

291. All is Lost

Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: J.C. Chandor
Actors: Robert Redford
Plot: A lone sailor is forced to put all his skills and resourcefulness to the test after a collision with a shipping container and a looming storm, threaten his life.

292. The Mechanic

Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Simon West
Actors: Jason Statham, Ben Foster, Donald Sutherland, Jeff Chase, Christa Campbell, J.D. Evermore
Plot: A seasoned veteran takes an aspiring hit-man under his wing, but things really heat up when someone betrays them.

293. Star Trek Beyond

Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Justin Lin
Actors: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, Idris Elba
Plot: The USS Enterprise begins the first leg of its five year mission. Reaching the edge of uncharted space, the ship is nearly destroyed and strands Kirk and the crew on a remote planet with no communication. With everyone scattered, it will test the crew, and Kirk, like never before.

294. Henry V

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Actors: Derek Jacobi, Kenneth Branagh, Ian Holm, Robbie Coltrane, Emma Thompson, Judi Dench
Plot: A great cast of Englishmen execute Shakespeare's history, leading up to Kenneth Branagh's elegant Saint Crispin's Day speech.

295. Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning - Part One

Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Christopher McQuarrie
Actors: Tom Cruise, Vanessa Kirby, Hayley Atwell, Rebecca Ferguson, Angela Bassett, Simon Pegg
Plot: A rogue computer programs has infiltrated the world's intelligence agencies, financial intuitions, military and more. Named The Entity, it has the power to control everything - including what constitutes the truth itself for the future and every nation wants to have this power for themselves. A special key - made up of two parts - can open the door to this power, but only if one knows what it unlocks. Ethan Hunt is once again called upon as the fate of the world hangs in the balance with old friends, new faces and one unexpected enemy going along on the most important mission yet.

296. Starship Troopers

Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Actors: Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer, Denise Richards, Patrick Muldoon, Jake Busey, Neil Patrick Harris
Plot: Intergalactic bugs aim to destroy the human race in this futuristic sci-fi, action packed film.

297. Where Eagles Dare

Year of Release: 1969
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/War
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Brian G. Hutton
Actors: Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood, Mary Ure, Donald Houston, Patrick Wymark, Michael Hordern
Plot: A group of soldiers must rescue a important General held in a German Castle but all is not what it seems.

298. Safe House

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Daniel Espinosa
Actors: Ryan Reynolds, Denzel Washington, Vera Farmiga, Joel Kinnaman, Brendan Gleeson, Robert Patrick
Plot: A house under the protection of the CIA becomes a target and it is up to the facility's house sitter to extract the criminal in hiding and take him to a secure location.

299. Ant-Man and the Wasp

Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Peyton Reed
Actors: Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Douglas, Laurence Fishburne, Michelle Pfeiffer, Judy Greer
Plot: Scott Lang is doing his best to balance being a hero with being a good husband and father. Professor Pim and his daughter, Hope, have been on the run, aided by their tech and a new enhanced suit. Their paths will cross when an urgent new missions arises, one that will uncover secrets from both their pasts.

300. The Spy Who Loved Me

Year of Release: 1977
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Actors: Roger Moore, Barbara Bach, Richard Kiel, Curd Jürgens, Michael Billington , Vernon Dobtcheff
Plot: Bond is on the case when a British submarine carrying nuclear warheads goes missing. He finds himself teaming up with a KGB agent - one whose lover he killed.

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