Top Action Movies


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

411. Sicario: Day of the Soldado

Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Stefano Sollima
Actors: Isabela Moner, Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro, Matthew Modine, Catherine Keener, Jeffrey Donovan
Plot: The drug war on the U.S.-Mexican border has never been deadlier. As cartels rule by fear and violence, they begin to traffic terrorists across the border. In order to stem this tide, federal agent Matt Graver re-teams with the unconventional Alejandro in hopes of making a difference.

412. Terminator Salvation

Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: McG
Actors: Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Anton Yelchin, Common, Bryce Dallas Howard, Moon Bloodgood
Plot: The future is now: Skynet has devastated the world with a nuclear holocaust and now a band of humans, led by John Connor, must survive against a merciless army of machines bent on wiping out the last remnants of mankind.

413. Hombre

Year of Release: 1967
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Martin Ritt
Actors: Paul Newman, Fredric March, Richard Boone, Diane Cilento, Margaret Blye, Val Avery
Plot: A white boy, raised by Apaches, goes out into the real world and finds a purpose in defending a stagecoach from an ambush by a gang of thugs.

414. A Knight's Tale

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Brian Helgeland
Actors: Heath Ledger, Rufus Sewell, Shannyn Sossamon, Paul Bettany, Laura Fraser, Alan Tudyk
Plot: A young squire by the name of Will Thatcher poses as a knight to win glory
and fame (and hopefully the heart of the beautiful Jocelyn) with the help
of Wot, Roland and his herald, none other than Chaucer himself. Comedy and
adventure ensue.

415. Cop Land

Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: James Mangold
Actors: Sylvester Stallone, Harvey Keitel, Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Peter Berg, Janeane Garofalo
Plot: A small-town sheriff comes up against some big city cops who may or may not have connections to the mob.

416. Rambo: First Blood Part 2

Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: R
Director: George P. Cosmatos
Actors: Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Charles Napier, Steven Berkoff, Martin Kove, George Cheung
Plot: Rambo is needed to take pictures of a POW camp, so that the POW's can eventually be rescued. But, he ends up trying to rescue them himself.

417. Courage Under Fire

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Edward Zwick
Actors: Denzel Washington, Meg Ryan, Lou Diamond Phillips, Michael Moriarty, Matt Damon, Bronson Pinchot
Plot: Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Serling is investigating the case of Captain Karen Walden, and helicopter pilot and the first woman who would be awarded the Medal of Honor. Conflicting reports from survivors of a crash in which she saved the crew shed doubt in Serling's mind as he wrestles with his own conscience.

418. Wave, The ( Bølgen )

Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Norwegian
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Roar Uthaug
Actors: Kristoffer Joner, Thomas Bo Larsen, Ane Dahl Torp, Fridtjov Såheim, Jonas Hoff Oftebro, Edith Haagenrud-Sande
Plot: It is taken as fact that the mountain pass of Åkneset, located above the Norwegian fjord Geiranger will one day fall, resulting in a massive tsunami. But for one geologist, just about to leave his post for a new position, the day arrives much too quickly and he must scramble to save those he loves from disaster.

419. The Mask of Zorro

Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Martin Campbell
Actors: Antonio Banderas, Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Stuart Wilson, William Marquez, Tony Amendola
Plot: An elderly Zorro comes out of retirement to apprentice a young upstart, and avenge the death of his wife and liberate his daughter, who has been raised by the man responsible for his 20-year imprisonment.

420. Predators

Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Nimród Antal
Actors: Topher Grace, Adrien Brody, Danny Trejo, Laurence Fishburne, Alice Braga, Derek Mears
Plot: Mercenaries, criminals, cold-blooded killers - a group find themselves on alien planet where they find the predators have become the prey and they must come together if they have any hope of survival.

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