Top Action Movies


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

381. Diamonds Are Forever

Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Guy Hamilton
Actors: Sean Connery, Lana Wood, Jill St. John, Charles Gray, Bruce Glover, Bruce Cabot
Plot: James Bond finds himself in Las Vegas on the trail of a diamond smuggling operation that is headed by his old nemesis, Blofeld.

382. The Wolverine

Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: James Mangold
Actors: Hugh Jackman, Tao Okamoto, Hiroyuki Sanada, Rila Fukushima, Brian Tee, Svetlana Khodchenkova
Plot: Wolverine travels to Japan, searching for answers and guidance. Adamantium meets Samurai steel when a mysterious figure from his past shows up, leading to an epic battle that will forever change his path.

383. Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

Year of Release: 1984
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Leonard Nimoy
Actors: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Walter Koenig
Plot: Kirk heads back to the forbidden planet Genesis in order to save Spock's soul.

384. 36th Chamber of Shaolin, The ( Shao Lin san shi liu fang )

Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Chia-Liang Liu
Actors: Chia Hui Liu, Lieh Lo, Chia Yung Liu, Norman Chu, John Cheung, Hang-Sheng Wu
Plot: After a corrupt general occupies his village and terrorizes his family, San Te (Chia Hui Liu) vows revenge and leaves home to study the ancient fighting arts. He becomes a monk at the mythical Shaolin Temple, where he learns the secrets of all 35 chambers over a seven-year period, but is cast out when he proposes a 36th chamber.

385. Ivanhoe

Year of Release: 1951
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Richard Thorpe
Actors: Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders, Robert Douglas, Norman Wooland
Plot: Ivanhoe returns from the Crusades only to learn that his king - Richard the Lionheart - has been improsoned in Austria. With the wicket Prince John and his cronies enjoying the spoils of ruling the land - he finds no other option than to join with Robin Hood. At the same time he works to mend the relationship between him and his father.

386. Grandmaster, The ( Yi dai zong shi )

Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Action/Biography
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Kar Wai Wong
Actors: Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Ziyi Zhang, Chen Chang, Cung Le, Hye-kyo Song, Siu-Lung Leung
Plot: A biography of the great martial arts master Ip Man - the legendary man who would train and mentor Bruce Lee.

387. The Italian Job

Year of Release: 1969
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Peter Collinson
Actors: Michael Caine, Noel Coward, Benny Hill, Margaret Blye, Raf Vallone, Tony Beckley
Plot: A man fresh out of prison is more than happy to help his friends with a
little "job" - but after they get pinched, he has to take over - with the
Mafia breathing down his neck. Nothing a trio of Minis, a bus and a couple
of Jaguars can't accomplish.

388. Rocky IV

Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Sylvester Stallone
Actors: Sylvester Stallone, Dolph Lundgren, Brigitte Nielsen, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers
Plot: Rocky Challenges the Soviet who killed his Friend Apollo Creed even though he appears out matched by a cheater.

389. Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass ( Inuyasha - Kagami no naka no mugenjou )

Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Action
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Toshiya Shinohara
Actors: Kappei Yamaguchi, Satsuki Yukino, Kôji Tsujitani, Houko Kuwashima, Kumiko Watanabe, Noriko Hidaka

390. 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.

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