Top Action Movies


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

321. The Getaway

Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Actors: Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw, Ben Johnson, Sally Struthers, Al Lettieri, Slim Pickens
Plot: Master thief Carter "Doc" McCoy gets bailed out of prison by his wife,
Carol, on the condition that the two pull off a bank heist for a corrupt
politician. But Doc learns that things aren't on the level and he and
Carol escape with the loot. With nothing but the money and each other, Doc
and Carol flee from a crew of criminals with vengeance on their mind.

322. Alpha

Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Albert Hughes
Actors: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Natassia Malthe, Leonor Varela, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, Mercedes de la Zerda, Jens Hultén
Plot: Taking place 20,000 years in the past, during the last Ice Age, a hunter becomes separated from his clan following a disastrous hunt. Alone in an unforgiving environment and surrounded by predators, he finds himself befriending a wolf, which could be a means to survive or lead to a quick death.

323. Furious 7

Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: James Wan
Actors: Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Paul Walker, Tyrese Gibson, Michelle Rodriguez
Plot: Following the death of his brother at the hands of Dominic Toretto and his eclectic crew, the cold, calculated Ian Shaw vows vengeance - and no one is safe from his reach.

324. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Year of Release: 2021
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Destin Daniel Cretton
Actors: Simu Liu, Tony Chiu-Wai Leung, Awkwafina, Fala Chen, Ben Kingsley, Meng'er Zhang
Plot: Having been raised to be a human weapon for the family business of high-profile assassination, instead Shang-Chi has left behind that life for some sense of normalcy on the streets of San Francisco. But an inevitable family reunion from his father means he will have to face his past and put his training to the ultimate test.

325. Contagion

Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Actors: Gwyneth Paltrow, Matt Damon, Jude Law, Kate Winslet, Marion Cotillard, Laurence Fishburne
Plot: As a deadly, fast-moving airborne virus rapidly spreads, an international team of medical experts works to find a cure before society collapses around them.

326. La Femme Nikita

Year of Release: 1991
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Thriller/Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Luc Besson
Actors: Anne Parillaud, Marc Duret, Patrick Fontana, Alain Lathière, Laura Chéron, Jacques Boudet
Plot: Section One, a clandestine anti-terrorist organization, fakes the death of a jailed, convicted murderer and make her a valuable new operative. They train her with all the necessary skills but find her to be resistant to the job.

327. RocknRolla

Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Guy Ritchie
Actors: Gerard Butler, Thandie Newton, Tom Wilkinson, Mark Strong, Toby Kebbell, Idris Elba
Plot: When a Russian mobster sets up a real estate scam that generates millions of pounds, various members of London's criminal underworld pursue their share of the fortune. Various shady characters, including Mr One-Two, Stella the accountant, and Johnny Quid, a druggie rock-star, try to claim their slice...

328. mariachi, El

Year of Release: 1993
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Actors: Carlos Gallardo, Consuelo Gómez, Jaime de Hoyos, Peter Marquardt, Reinol Martinez, Ramiro Gómez
Plot: A wandering man known as El Mariachi is mistaken for a hardened killer who carries his guns in a guitar case and is pursued by a drug lord and his henchmen.

329. Woman at War ( Kona fer í stríð )

Year of Release: 2019
Overall Rating: 3.4 out of 4 stars
Language: Other
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Benedikt Erlingsson
Actors: Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir, Jóhann Sigurðarson, Juan Camillo Roman Estrada, Jörundur Ragnarsson, Vala Kristin Eiriksdottir, Jón Gnarr

330. The Lost City of Z

Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Biography
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: James Gray
Actors: Charlie Hunnam, Tom Holland, Robert Pattinson, Sienna Miller, Angus Macfadyen, Daniel Huttlestone
Plot: Based on the true story of British explorer Percy Fawcett who, at the dawn of the 20th century, comes across what he believes is a previously unknown ancient, advanced civilization deep within the Amazon. Despite being ridiculed by the scientific community, Fawcett, along with the support of his aide de camp and wife, returns to the Amazon time and time again to prove his case up until his mysterious disappearance in 1925.

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