Top Action Movies


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

151. The Impossible

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Juan Antonio Bayona
Actors: Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts, Geraldine Chaplin, Marta Etura
Plot: Based on the 2004 tsunami that hit Thailand, a family is caught up in the chaos of the aftermath with tens of thousands of other people as their sons go missing following the devastating natural disaster.

152. Way of the Dragon, The ( Meng long guo jiang )

Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Bruce Lee
Actors: Bruce Lee, Nora Miao, Chuck Norris, Ping-Ao Wei
Plot: Bruce Lee's character is sent to protect a man and his restaurant in Rome. As he shows his skill to the rest of the team, the mafia try to kill him. With little success, they bring in the ultimate fighter, Chuck Norris!

153. Pale Rider

Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Western
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Clint Eastwood
Actors: Clint Eastwood, Michael Moriarty, Chris Penn, Carrie Snodgress
Plot: A greedy landowner has his sites set on a gold-mining town but a mysterious preacher shows up to work on behalf of the besieged people and stop the landowner from his plot.

154. Spider-Man: Homecoming

Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jon Watts
Actors: Tom Holland, Michael Keaton, Robert Downey Jr., Jon Favreau
Plot: After helping out The Avengers during the events of Civil War, young Peter Parker returns to New York, now under the tutelage of Tony Stark, and finds that returning to a normal life is difficult when you're also Spider-Man. Yet as he comes to terms with being a teen and being a hero, a new villain called Vulture threatens to destroy all he holds dear.

155. The Warriors

Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Walter Hill
Actors: Michael Beck, Dorsey Wright, David Harris, James Remar
Plot: A popular leader attempts to unite all the gangs in New York City. At a huge rally he is killed and The Warriors gang is fingered for the hit. They must make their way back to their home turf of Coney Island while dodging rival gangs.

156. '71

Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Yann Demange
Actors: Jack O'Connell, Sam Reid, Sean Harris, Charlie Murphy
Plot: Following deadly riots on the streets of Belfast, a young British soldier gets separated from his unit. Alone and disoriented, he must navigate the deadly streets, survive the night and somehow get out alive.

157. The Batman

Year of Release: 2022
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Matt Reeves
Actors: Robert Pattinson, Colin Farrell, Zoë Kravitz, Andy Serkis
Plot: It has been two years since Bruce Wayne took on the alter ego of Batman in order to protect Gotham City. But now he faces something he could never foresee - corruption at the highest echelons that lead back to his own family as well as taking on a deranged serial killer known as The Riddler.

158. Lethal Weapon 2

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Richard Donner
Actors: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Joss Ackland
Plot: Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh stumble across a trunk full of Krugerrands. They follow the trail to a South African diplomat who's using his immunity to conceal a smuggling operation.

159. Watchmen

Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Fantasy/Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Zack Snyder
Actors: Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Malin Akerman, Jackie Earle Haley, Carla Gugino
Plot: Based on the graphic novel, Watchmen takes place in an alternate 1985, where costumed vigilantes have been outlawed except those working for the government. When a masked veteran is murdered, heroes unite to find the killer, but as the truth is revealed a far more sinister plot is uncovered.

160. Captain Blood

Year of Release: 1935
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Michael Curtiz
Actors: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Lionel Atwill, Basil Rathbone
Plot: Dr. Peter Blood is falsely accused of treason and sold into slavery. In Port Royale, the governor's daughter purchases him to spite her father - but when he proves to be a capable doctor, he finds himself in the medical service. But when opportunity presents itself he and his friends take over a Spanish ship and become the most feared pirates on the water.

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