Top Action Movies


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

361. Twelve O'Clock High

Year of Release: 1949
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Henry King
Actors: Gregory Peck, Hugh Marlowe, Sam Edwards, Gary Merrill, Millard Mitchell, Dean Jagger
Plot: A bomber unit suffering from low morale due to heavy losses comes under the command of hard-nosed General Frank Savage who makes it his mission to turn his crew around and get them back into fighting shape.

362. The Public Enemy

Year of Release: 1931
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: William A. Wellman
Actors: James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Edward Woods, Joan Blondell, Donald Cook, Leslie Fenton
Plot: Two friends grow up doing jobs for gangsters, and so they become gangsters themselves.

363. Baader Meinhof Complex, The ( Baader Meinhof Komplex, Der )

Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Action/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Uli Edel
Actors: Martina Gedeck, Moritz Bleibtreu, Johanna Wokalek, Nadja Uhl, Jan Josef Liefers, Stipe Erceg
Plot: The roots of the infamous German terrorist group, the Red Army Faction, are traced to the turbulent events of the late 1960s. When a political riot leaves a protester dead and an assassination attempt is made on a left-wing leader, student radicals Andreas Baader and Gudrun Ensslin join forces with journalist Ulrike Meinhof to form a violent faction that turns to bombings, kidnappings, and murder to achieve its goals.

364. The Suicide Squad

Year of Release: 2021
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Family
MPAA Rating: R
Director: James Gunn
Actors: Margot Robbie, Idris Elba, Joel Kinnaman, Jai Courtney, Viola Davis, John Cena
Plot: The gang's back together... and they've added some new friends. Amanda Waller's shady Task Force X takes the baddest of the bad: Harley Quinn, Bloodsport, Peacemaker and a bevy of other VERY bad guys from Belle Reve prison for one reason: to send the cons on the most dangerous and probably death-inducing missions. This time the target is the heavily militarized island of island of Corto Maltese and it means a chance at redemption... if anyone can survive.

365. Bad Boys

Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Bay
Actors: Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Joe Pantoliano, Téa Leoni, Tchéky Karyo, Theresa Randle
Plot: A pair of "good cop bad cop" police officers are put in charge of protecting a witness while at the same time on a drug bust trail.

366. Captain Marvel

Year of Release: 2019
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck
Actors: Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Lee Pace, Gemma Chan, Annette Bening, Ben Mendelsohn
Plot: Air Force pilot Carol Danvers finds herself transformed into an incredibly powerful individual after an accident, rescued by an alien race, the Kree and imbued with their own power. Joining the elite warrior team, the Starforce, led by commander Mar-Vell, she returns to Earth when she finds out her home planet is in the middle of a war between the Kree and the shape-shifting Skrulls. Beyond fighting this war, she hopes to learn more about her past and she catches the attention of Nick Fury, a bureaucrat who will one day go on to become the director of S.H.I.E.L.D.

367. Brotherhood of the Wolf ( pacte des loups, Le )

Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Horror/Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Christophe Gans
Actors: Samuel Le Bihan, Vincent Cassel, Monica Bellucci, Émilie Dequenne, Jérémie Renier, Mark Dacascos
Plot: In 1765 strange killings were happening in France. The "beast" that was stalking people became so notorious that the King of France hired hunters to find and slay the beast.

368. The Bourne Legacy

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Tony Gilroy
Actors: Jeremy Renner, Edward Norton, Rachel Weisz, Joan Allen, Oscar Isaac, Scott Glenn
Plot: Following events of the Bourne Ultimatum, CIA operative Aaron Cross must deal with the consequences of Jason Bourne's actions as he comes to realize the plot goes much deeper than just one man.

369. Heartbreak Ridge

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Clint Eastwood
Actors: Clint Eastwood, Mario Van Peebles, Everett McGill, Moses Gunn, Boyd Gaines, Eileen Heckart

370. Upgrade

Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Leigh Whannell
Actors: Logan Marshall-Green, Simon Maiden, Betty Gabriel, Harrison Gilbertson, Melanie Vallejo, Benedict Hardie
Plot: In the near-future, technology is ingrained in all aspects of life. Grey Trace is a rare technophobe, but following a life-altering event, he will sacrifice his own humanity to gain his revenge as he is implanted with an AI chip called STEM.

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