Top Action Movies


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

471. Oblivion

Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Joseph Kosinski
Actors: Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Olga Kurylenko, Andrea Riseborough, Melissa Leo
Plot: After devastating war that brought Earth on the brink of extinction, the remaining people are assigned to protect the last useful sources of energy. That is until a technician on the ground discovers something that changes everything he has been told.

472. The Enforcer

Year of Release: 1976
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: James Fargo
Actors: Clint Eastwood, Tyne Daly, Harry Guardino, Bradford Dillman, John Mitchum, DeVeren Bookwalter
Plot: Harry and his new distaff partner, Inspector Kate Moore, must track down a group of tree-hugging terrorists who've kidnapped the city's mayor and are demanding a $2 million ransom. Harry and Kate discover that the mayor is being held on Alcatraz Island and it's only a matter of time before the showdown begins.

473. 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

474. 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.

475. 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.

476. 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.

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. To Live and Die in L.A.

Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: William Friedkin
Actors: William Petersen, Willem Dafoe, John Turturro, John Pankow, Dean Stockwell, Robert Downey Sr.
Plot: A pair of L.A. cops are on the trail of a master counterfeiter. When one of them is killed, his partner swears revenge, no matter the cost, and finds the law he once swore to uphold fall apart as he will do anything to avenge his partner.

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