Top Action Movies


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

91. Kung Fu Hustle

Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Stephen Chow
Actors: Stephen Chow, Wah Yuen, Kwok-Kwan Chan, Chi Chung Lam
Plot: Canton, China, 1940: A young man aspires to join the notorious Axe Gang but gets more than he bargained for after attacking the small community of Pig-Sty Alley.

92. RoboCop

Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Actors: Peter Weller, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smith, Nancy Allen
Plot: The future Detroit is plagued by crime and the police are threatening to strike. When an officer is brutally shot down, a corporation steps in to create the ultimate in law enforcement: part man, part machine: Robocop.

93. Iron Man 2

Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jon Favreau
Actors: Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Scarlett Johansson, Mickey Rourke
Plot: Now that Tony Stark has reveled himself to be Iron Man, he faces threats from both new enemies and his own government, who wants his technology to create an army.

94. Fast Five

Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Justin Lin
Actors: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Jordana Brewster
Plot: Ex cop Brian O'Conner and ex-con Dominic Toretto along with Mia Toretto have managed to keep one step ahead of their pursuers, finally ending up Rio de Janeiro where they are faced with only one choice: confront the man who wants them dead and end things once and for all. They gather an elite team of racers, but they will have to elude a hard-nosed Agent Hobbs to pull off their daring plan.

95. The Raid 2

Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Other
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Gareth Evans
Actors: Iko Uwais, Yayan Ruhian, Raiden Integra, Donny Alamsyah
Plot: Taking place immediately following the events of The Raid: Rama finds himself having to go undercover with a dangerous Jakarta gang in order to take on the syndicate and rampant corruption in his own police force.

96. Mission: Impossible - Fallout

Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Christopher McQuarrie
Actors: Tom Cruise, Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby, Henry Cavill
Plot: Ethan Hunt and his IMF team once again find themselves racing against the clock after a botched mission puts all their lives, as well as the fate of the world, in danger.

97. Lone Survivor

Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Peter Berg
Actors: Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Ludwig, Emile Hirsch
Plot: On June 28, 2005 "Operation Red Wings" went into effect. Four elite SEAL Team 10 members were sent to take down Taliban leader Ahmad Shahd when things went wrong. At the end of the day only Marcus Luttrell walked out alive.

98. Black Panther

Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Ryan Coogler
Actors: Chadwick Boseman, Lupita Nyong'o, Michael B. Jordan, Danai Gurira
Plot: Following the death of his father, T'Challa returns home to the advanced nation of Wakanda in order to take the throne and rule his land. But he soon finds that forces from both outside and within his country conspire to bring ruin and drag Wakanda in to a new world war. But with the power of the Black Panther, along with help from CIA agent Everett K. Ross and the Dora Milaje - Wakanda's special forces, T'Challa will stop at nothing from saving his homeland - and his father's legacy.

99. The Transformers

Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Michael Bay
Actors: Jon Voight, Shia LaBeouf, Josh Duhamel, Megan Fox
Plot: Two Robotic races, the Autobots and the evil Decepticons, crash onto earth. As the Decepticons search for the Allspark so they can take over the world and kill all the humans, the Autobots are working with a boy to save the human race and return peace to the world.

100. Beverly Hills Cop

Year of Release: 1984
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Martin Brest
Actors: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Lisa Eilbacher
Plot: A Detroit cop (Eddie Murphy) takes a leave of absence to look into the murder of a troubled old friend. The trail leads to Beverly Hills, where the irreverent Murphy investigates his friend's former employer (Steven Berkoff). Improvising his way through Beverly Hills, Murphy's "bad cop" approach rubs the local "good cops" (John Ashton, Judge Reinhold, Ronny Cox) the wrong way... until his investigation actually turns up some real evidence.

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