Top Action Movies


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

301. Sword of Doom, The ( Dai-bosatsu tôge )

Year of Release: 1966
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kihachi Okamoto
Actors: Tatsuya Nakadai, Yuzo Kayama, Michiyo Aratama, Toshirô Mifune, Yôko Naito, Tadao Nakamaru
Plot: A talented but remorseless samurai kills without feeling - but the brother of a man murdered in a duel vows revenge as the samurai succumbs to madness.

302. Legend of Drunken Master, The ( Jui kuen II )

Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Chia-Liang Liu
Actors: Jackie Chan, Lung Ti, Anita Mui, Felix Wong, Chia-Liang Liu, Ken Lo
Plot: To battle a group of smugglers, dutiful son Fei-Hung must use his patented "Drunken Boxing" fighting style, in which a swig of alcohol empowers him to defeat his foes.

303. Quantum of Solace

Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Marc Forster
Actors: Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric, Giancarlo Giannini, Gemma Arterton
Plot: After interrogating Mr. White, James Bond learns of a secret organization, Quantum, behind the blackmail and death of Vesper. Teaming up with a woman who has her own vendetta, Bond follows Dominic Greene a ruthless businessman with plans to control one of the world's most important natural resources no matter the cost.

304. Backdraft

Year of Release: 1991
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ron Howard
Actors: Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Robert De Niro, Donald Sutherland, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Scott Glenn
Plot: A rookie firefighter tries to earn the respect of his older brother and the rest of his squad while dealing with a string of arson/murders.

305. Daybreakers

Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig
Actors: Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Isabel Lucas, Sam Neill, Jay Laga'aia, Claudia Karvan
Plot: In 2019 most of the population has been transformed into vampires by a plague. With the blood supply dwindling, groups plot their survival while an underground group secretly works on a cure to reclaim humanity.

306. Ichi the Killer ( Koroshiya 1 )

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Takashi Miike
Actors: Tadanobu Asano, Nao Omori, Shinya Tsukamoto, Paulyn Sun, Susumu Terajima, Shun Sugata
Plot: A sadistic Yakuza gangster searches for the man responsible of killing his boss. An ex-cop has a deranged killer of his own and between the two, the streets will run red with blood.

307. Tremors

Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Horror
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Ron Underwood
Actors: Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Finn Carter, Michael Gross, Reba McEntire, Bobby Jacoby
Plot: The locals and a visiting geologist in a small town must fend for themselves after new, deadly creatures that can move underground and sense the slightest vibration appear.

308. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Mike Newell
Actors: Jake Gyllenhaal, Ben Kingsley, Gemma Arterton, Alfred Molina, Toby Kebbell, Reece Ritchie
Plot: Based on the video game: A street-urchin-turned prince controls a dagger that can turn back time. He must team up with a rival princess to stop a series of assassins and a man bent on unleashing a sandstorm that could destroy the world.

309. Naruto Shippuden: The Movie ( Gekijô-ban Naruto shippûden )

Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Action
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Hajime Kamegaki
Actors: Junko Takeuchi, Chie Nakamura, Masako Katsuki, Kazuhiko Inoue, Yoichi Masukawa, Kôichi Tôchika

310. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: James Gunn
Actors: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Will Poulter, Bradley Cooper, Karen Gillan
Plot: The Guardians have faces many trials, but the loss of Gamora still affects them all - and the alternate replacement can't heal the scars left behind. But a new threat emerges in the form of The High Evolutionary - who seeks his own perfect world no matter the cost - and who has a connection of Rocket's past. They also must contend with The Sovereign, whose artificial being, Adam Warlock, has finally been released. Between the two, the Guardians may finally find themselves going their separate ways - provided they can survive.

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