Top Action Movies


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

221. Top Gun

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Tony Scott
Actors: Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Anthony Edwards, Val Kilmer
Plot: A hot shot Naval Officer lands a role in the top flyin school in the country. He meets competition along the way as well as tragedy and love.

222. Zatôichi

Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Takeshi Kitano
Actors: Takeshi Kitano, Tadanobu Asano, Michiyo Ookusu, Gadarukanaru Taka

223. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: James Gunn
Actors: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Will Poulter
Plot: The Guardians have faces many trials, but the loss of Gamora still affects them all - and the alternate replacement can't heal the scars left behind. But a new threat emerges in the form of The High Evolutionary - who seeks his own perfect world no matter the cost - and who has a connection of Rocket's past. They also must contend with The Sovereign, whose artificial being, Adam Warlock, has finally been released. Between the two, the Guardians may finally find themselves going their separate ways - provided they can survive.

224. Hellboy

Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Actors: Ron Perlman, John Hurt, Selma Blair, Rupert Evans
Plot: During the waning years of WWII the Nazis used black magic to conjure up a demon, but he is rescued by a group of allies and grows to be a champion of justice but evil forces conspire to bring out his dark side once again.

225. Batman Returns

Year of Release: 1992
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Tim Burton
Actors: Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Christopher Walken, Michelle Pfeiffer
Plot: Batman must find a way to clear his name of terrible crimes while putting an end to Pengiun and the corrupt business man Max Shreck. A new masked outsider appears in a leather suit. Could it be Catwoman?

226. The Mummy

Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Stephen Sommers
Actors: Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, Arnold Vosloo, Oded Fehr
Plot: In ancient Egypt high priest Imhotep was cursed for crimes against the pharoah. In 1923 an archeological dig unearths the priest and his vengeance will be felt.

227. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jay Oliva
Actors: Peter Weller, Ariel Winter, David Selby, Wade Williams
Plot: In this animated adaptation of Frank Miller's graphic novel, 55-year-old Bruce Wayne comes out of retirement to protect Gotham and face both the Joker and a battalion of new foes. But does he still have what it takes to be the Caped Crusader?

228. Train to Busan ( Busanhaeng )

Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Action/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Sang-ho Yeon
Actors: Yoo Gong, Dong-seok Ma, Woo-sik Choi, Yu-mi Jeong
Plot: A father who spends more time with his work than with his daughter honors her birthday wish to visit her mother, and his ex-wife. But boarding the high-speed KTX train turns in to a fight for survival when a zombie outbreak cripples South Korea and an infected passenger soon threatens everyone on board.

229. King of New York

Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Abel Ferrara
Actors: Christopher Walken, David Caruso, Laurence Fishburne, Victor Argo
Plot: It's Robin Hood with a gritty, urban twist - a drug lord has fallen but after prison he returns home determined to wipe out the competition and spread the wealth to poorer citizens.

230. Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

Year of Release: 1993
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Action
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Eric Radomski, Bruce W. Timm
Actors: Kevin Conroy, Dana Delany, Hart Bochner, Stacy Keach
Plot: As Gotham's crime lords begin showing up dead Bruce Wayne finds love, but must continue to protect Gotham as the new menace, Phantasm, also stalks the night. Things get even more problematic when Phantasm attracts the Joker's attention.

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