Top Action Movies


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

201. Assault on Precinct 13

Year of Release: 1976
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Carpenter
Actors: Austin Stoker, Darwin Joston, Laurie Zimmer, Martin West, Tony Burton, Charles Cyphers
Plot: A police precinct in a less than desirable part of L.A. is shutting down, so there is only a skeleton crew on duty... they find themselves under siege by a gang, and must fight to survive the night.

202. Rescue Dawn

Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Werner Herzog
Actors: Christian Bale, Jeremy Davies, Zach Grenier, Pat Healy, Toby Huss
Plot: A Vietnam Fighter Pilot is shot down over Laos during the Vietnam War and he struggles to survive.

203. Enemy of the State

Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Tony Scott
Actors: Will Smith, Gene Hackman, Jon Voight, Lisa Bonet, Regina King, Stuart Wilson
Plot: Robert Clayton Dean is a lawyer and family man but a chance encounter with an old friend leaves him with evidence of a politically-motivated murder. On the run from a corrupt NSA official and his lackeys, his only hope to stay alive is an ex-government operative and surveillance specialist.

204. Death Wish

Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Winner
Actors: Charles Bronson, Hope Lange, Vincent Gardenia, Steven Keats, William Redfield, Stuart Margolin
Plot: While New York City architect Paul Kersey is away from home, drug addicts break into his house and brutally murder his wife and rape his daughter until she's comatose. Once wary of guns, Kersey takes matters into his own hands, seeking vigilante justice against not only the culprits, but other wrongdoers as well.

205. Lord of War

Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Andrew Niccol
Actors: Nicolas Cage, Bridget Moynahan, Jared Leto, Ethan Hawke, Jared Burke, Eric Uys
Plot: See the rise and fall of Ukrainian arms dealer Yuri Orlov (Cage). Yuri wants money and success and justifies his lifestyle of selling weapons to mobsters and dictators in order to live with himself.

206. Jason and the Argonauts

Year of Release: 1963
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Don Chaffey
Actors: Todd Armstrong, Nancy Kovack, Gary Raymond, Laurence Naismith, Michael Gwynn, Jack Gwillim
Plot: In order to claim the throne of Thessaly, Jason must bring back the legendary Golden Fleece. Knowing he will face many trials, he assembles a equally legendary crew, including Hercules, to help him. With the goddess Hera's protection, Jason sets sail on a grand adventure.

207. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2

Year of Release: 2013
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, Michael Emerson, David Selby, Mark Valley, Paget Brewster
Plot: After 10 years, Batman has returned, but his presence is seemingly not welcomed: the Gotham police want him arrested,a familiar foe is looking for a reunion and The Man of Tomorrow has the support of the Feds to put him down.

208. Unstoppable

Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Tony Scott
Actors: Denzel Washington, Chris Pine, Rosario Dawson, Kevin Dunn, Jessy Schram, Victor Gojcaj
Plot: A runaway train full of highly toxic and combustible material is on a collision course with a small town unless an intrepid engineer and conductor can stop it in time.

209. Point Break

Year of Release: 1991
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Actors: Patrick Swayze, Keanu Reeves, Gary Busey, Lori Petty, John C. McGinley, James LeGros
Plot: A stream of bank robberies by a gang called the ex-presidents has the FBI on alert. Believing the robbers to also be surfers, they send in young agent Johnny Utah to infiltrate the group.

210. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: David Zucker
Actors: Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, Ricardo Montalban, George Kennedy, O.J. Simpson, Nancy Marchand
Plot: After Lieutenant Frank Drebin's partner is nearly murdered, he uncovers a
nefarious plot by a well-respected businessman to assassinate Queen
Elizabeth II using mind control.

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