Top Action Movies


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

181. The Amazing Adventures of the Living Corpse

Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Justin Paul Ritter
Actors: Marshal Hilton, Maria Olsen, Michael Villar, Ben L. McCain, Conroe Brooks, Ryan McGivern
Plot: A zombie with an actual mind of his own tries to keep his shambling, ravenous brethren from destroying humanity.

182. The Transporter

Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Louis Leterrier, Corey Yuen
Actors: Jason Statham, Qi Shu, Matt Schulze, François Berléand, Ric Young, Doug Rand
Plot: A loner, ex-soldier works as a "transporter" delivering any package, person or cargo, no questions asked. Abiding by a strict set of rules, he's about to find that breaking the rules leads to more trouble than he could ever imagine.

183. Hard Boiled ( Lat sau san taam )

Year of Release: 1993
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Woo
Actors: Yun-Fat Chow, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Teresa Mo, Philip Chan, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Hoi-Shan Kwan
Plot: As the mob smuggles guns into China, a daring raid leaves an ace detective
without his partner. While the smugglers fight internally over territory,
the detective works with an insider to bring down the entire operation.

184. Drunken Master ( Jui kuen )

Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Woo-ping Yuen
Actors: Jackie Chan, Siu Tien Yuen, Jang Lee Hwang, Ging Man Fung, Shun-Yee Yuen, Hsia Hsu
Plot: An undisciplined boy must learn Drunken Fist Kung Fu in order to stop an assassin.

185. Con Air

Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Simon West
Actors: Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich, Ving Rhames, Nick Chinlund, Steve Buscemi
Plot: The Jailbird is transporting the nation's worst criminals to a new maximum
security prison. When they revolt, it's up to an army ranger and a
trusting FBI agent to stop them from pulling off their plan.

186. You Only Live Twice

Year of Release: 1967
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Actors: Sean Connery, Akiko Wakabayashi, Donald Pleasence, Lois Maxwell, Mie Hama, Akiko Wakabayashi
Plot: When an American space capsule goes missing, it nearly sparks WWIII
between the U.S. and Russia. But it's not a government behind the theft,
but S.P.E.C.T.R.E. and 007 must travel to Japan to figure out where the
capsule has gone and the real motivation for stealing the craft.

187. '71

Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 3.0 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, Paul Anderson, Sam Hazeldine
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.

188. Bullet Train

Year of Release: 2022
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Leitch
Actors: Brad Pitt, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Brian Tyree Henry, Joey King, Andrew Koji, Hiroyuki Sanada
Plot: Five assassins finds themselves aboard the same fast-moving train - and soon find out their missions all share something in common.

189. The Guns of Navarone

Year of Release: 1961
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Actors: Gregory Peck, David Niven, Anthony Quinn, Stanley Baker, Richard Harris, Anthony Quayle
Plot: A combined British and Greek is sent to take out a key German gun emplacement on the island of Navarone, which threatens British troops. Air support is out of the questions and the dangerous mission is made even more so as it appears the Germans may have support of their own.

190. Goldeneye

Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Martin Campbell
Actors: Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean, Izabella Scorupco, Famke Janssen, Judi Dench, Robbie Coltrane
Plot: James Bond tries to stop the stealing of a nuclear space weapon.

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