Top Action Movies


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

471. Frantic

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Roman Polanski
Actors: Harrison Ford, Betty Buckley, Emmanuelle Seigner, Djiby Soumare, Dominique Virton, Gérard Klein

472. Pacific Rim

Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Actors: Idris Elba, Charlie Hunnam, Rinko Kikuchi, Ron Perlman, Charlie Day, Clifton Collins Jr.
Plot: When monstrous creatures from the sea dubbed Kaiju attack, it pushes the human race to the edge of annihilation. Countering the force with massive robots known as Jaegers, two human pilots linked by a neural bridge take on the Kaiju. Yet even this force seems to be no match, and after years of fighting it comes down to a washed-up pilot, an untested rookie and an aged Jaeger to stand up for humanity.

473. Batman: Assault on Arkham

Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jay Oliva, Ethan Spaulding
Actors: Kevin Conroy, Neal McDonough, Hynden Walch, Matthew Gray Gubler, Troy Baker, Giancarlo Esposito
Plot: Agent Waller and her secret agenda government operation has gathered together a rag tag group of assassins, called the Suicide Squad to break into the Arkham Asylum for the criminally insane, and acquire important information. Things go awry, and the Batman and Joker add a kink to their plans.

474. The Magnificent Seven

Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Western
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Actors: Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, Haley Bennett, Byung-hun Lee
Plot: A modern take on the classic western. When the town of Rose Creek finds itself under the thumb of ruthless industrialist Bartholomew Bogue they set out to hire seven men to men to protect them. Gamblers, cons, outcasts, bounty hunters, hired guns - seven mercenaries find themselves facing a superior force but will not back down from the showdown they know is coming.

475. Redemption

Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Steven Knight
Actors: Jason Statham, Lee Asquith-Coe, Vicky McClure, Ian Pirie, Benedict Wong, Siobhan Hewlett
Plot: An ex-special forces agent, homeless and trying to avoid a court martial, navigates London's criminal underworld. When he comes upon an opportunity to assume a new identity - it allows him to be reborn - and become an avenging angel in the process.

476. Into the White ( Cross of Honour )

Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Petter Næss
Actors: Florian Lukas, David Kross, Stig Henrik Hoff, Rupert Grint, Lachlan Nieboer, Sondre Krogtoft Larsen
Plot: During WWII a German and British pilot shoot each other down. They both survive and find themselves in the same cabin during the brutal Norwegian winter. In order to brave this ordeal, the two men will have to work together, forming a most unlikely friendship.

477. Omkara

Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Hindi
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Vishal Bhardwaj
Actors: Ajay Devgan, Kareena Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan, Konkona Sen Sharma, Vivek Oberoi, Bipasha Basu

478. The Spiderwick Chronicles

Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Mark Waters
Actors: Sarah Bolger, Freddie Highmore, David Strathairn, Nick Nolte, Mary-Louise Parker, Joan Plowright

479. Machete

Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ethan Maniquis, Robert Rodriguez
Actors: Danny Trejo, Michelle Rodriguez, Jeff Fahey, Robert De Niro, Lindsay Lohan, Jessica Alba
Plot: Federale Machete is hired for an assassination but is betrayed. Surviving a bullet, he goes on a rampage of revenge and won't stop until everyone has paid.

480. Colossal

Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Nacho Vigalondo
Actors: Dan Stevens, Anne Hathaway, Jason Sudeikis, Tim Blake Nelson, Austin Stowell, Rukiya Bernard
Plot: Gloria spends most of her time drinking - a fact that has caused her boyfriend to break up with her, forcing her out and in to a house left vacant by her parents. While she struggles with a mental breakdown, she becomes convinced she is the cause of a series of catastrophic events.

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