Top Action Movies


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

111. The Longest Day

Year of Release: 1962
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton
Actors: Eddie Albert, Paul Anka, Arletty, Red Buttons
Plot: The allied invasion of Normandy during WW II is covered on an epic scale, told with an all star cast, and brilliantly recreated historic events.

112. Looper

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Rian Johnson
Actors: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emily Blunt, Bruce Willis, Jeff Daniels
Plot: A man who works as a "looper" - a hitman sent targets from the mob in the future - realizes his latest hit is his future self.

113. Hidden Fortress, The ( Kakushi-toride no san-akunin )

Year of Release: 1958
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Actors: Toshirô Mifune, Misa Uehara, Minoru Chiaki, Kamatari Fujiwara
Plot: A princess and her top general travel in secret across enemy territory with a caravan of gold in hope of rebuilding her kingdom. Two greedy peasants, unaware of their origins, accompany them in hopes of getting some of their gold.

114. Raid: Redemption, The ( Serbuan maut )

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Other
Genre: Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Gareth Evans
Actors: Iko Uwais, Joe Taslim, Yayan Ruhian, Ananda George
Plot: It's one man versus an underworld army when a SWAT member finds himself alone in a tenement ran by a vicious mobster and his ruthless gang.

115. Kingsman: The Secret Service

Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Matthew Vaughn
Actors: Taron Egerton, Colin Firth, Samuel L. Jackson, Mark Strong
Plot: A street-wise punk with a set of fast hands (and a faster mouth), finds himself recruited by an underground spy agency. If he can pass their test, he will be one of the new initiated into their ranks - just a threat from a twisted tech genius threatens the world.

116. Minority Report

Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Steven Spielberg
Actors: Tom Cruise, Max von Sydow, Jessica Capshaw, Neal McDonough
Plot: In the future, the department of precrime arrest criminals before they commit a crime. When the head of the department is accused of a future crime, he sets out to prove his innocence.

117. Midnight Run

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Martin Brest
Actors: Robert De Niro, Charles Grodin, Yaphet Kotto, John Ashton
Plot: Jack Walsh (De Niro) works as a bounty hunter for a living. He gets an offer to catch 'the duke' and bring him back to L.A. But Jack Walsh isn't the only one who's chasing him. Soon FBI,Police and even the Mob are included. And Jack Walsh has to do whatever he can to beat them.

118. 21 Jump Street

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Phil Lord, Chris Miller
Actors: Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill, Brie Larson, Johnny Simmons
Plot: A group of young police officers control youth crime by going undercover as students in local high schools.

119. The Rock

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Bay
Actors: Sean Connery, Nicolas Cage, Ed Harris, John Spencer
Plot: When a group of home-grown terrorists take over Alcatraz with 15 chemical warheads it's up to a federal prisoner with intimate knowlege of the prison and a young chemical weapons expert to stop them from launching the deadly missiles.

120. Independence Day

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Roland Emmerich
Actors: Will Smith, Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman, Judd Hirsch
Plot: The world watches as alien ships hover over major cities world-wide - but their intentions are anything but peaceful.

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