Top Action Movies


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

211. 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, Paget Brewster, Michael Emerson
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?

212. The Guns of Navarone

Year of Release: 1961
Overall Rating: 2.9 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.

213. Silverado

Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western/Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Actors: Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Kevin Costner, Danny Glover, John Cleese, Todd Allen
Plot: Four cowboys join forces to fight a corrupt sheriff and racer in the town
of Silverado

214. Face/Off

Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Woo
Actors: John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Joan Allen, Alessandro Nivola, Gina Gershon, Dominique Swain
Plot: A new surgical technique allows an under cover agent to take the appearance and voice of a crime boss allowing him to infiltrate the organization.

215. The Amazing Spider-Man

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Marc Webb
Actors: Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Martin Sheen, Sally Field, Embeth Davidtz
Plot: On one hand, Peter Parker is your average high school student - dealing with his crush on Gwen Stacy and the direction of his life. On the other hand, Parker must also deal with his alter-ego, Spider-Man and when he discovers a briefcase that may lead to the answer behind his parents' disappearance, it leads to Dr. Curt Connors of Oscorp, who hides an alter-ego of his own.

216. Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End

Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Gore Verbinski
Actors: Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley, Orlando Bloom, Geoffrey Rush, Jonathan Pryce, Bill Nighy
Plot: They crew must sail off the edge of the map, in treacherous waters and people to make their final stand in a battle that will test alliances.

217. Fast & Furious 6

Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Justin Lin
Actors: Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, Luke Evans, Gina Carano
Plot: Following their $100 million heist, Dom and his crew have found wealth, but they can never return to their homes. But there is hope to return to normality when Agent Hobbs offers them a deal - if the assembled crew can help topple a team of mercenary drivers whose crimes span 12 countries, their records will be cleared and past crimes pardoned. Dom agrees - but what will the personal cost be when he learns that one of the members he has to take down is Letty - the love of his life he thought dead?

218. Romancing the Stone

Year of Release: 1984
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Actors: Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito, Zack Norman, Alfonso Arau, Manuel Ojeda
Plot: A romance writer receives a treasure map in the mail and is soon headed to Columbia to save her sister from kidnappers, dodge a corrupt cop and maybe fall in love with a rogue soldier-of-fortune.

219. Host, The ( Gwoemul )

Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Horror/Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Joon-ho Bong
Actors: Hie-bong Byeon, Hae-il Park, Kang-ho Song, Ah-sung Ko, David Joseph Anselmo, Du-na Bae
Plot: Years after dumping formaldehyde into Seoul's Han River, a deadly creature emerges to terrorize the river bank. The Park family is devastated when their youngest member is taken and presumed dead. However, a late-night phone call changes everything, and they will do anything to get her back.

220. Spider-Man: Far From Home

Year of Release: 2019
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jon Watts
Actors: Tom Holland, Jake Gyllenhaal, Zendaya, Marisa Tomei, Samuel L. Jackson, Cobie Smulders
Plot: While on vacation in Europe with his friend, friendly-neighborhood Spider-Man Peter Parker is ready to unwind and leave the hero behind - but when he's approached by Nick Fury, he gets serious, trying to stop a series of elemental attack and coming face-to-face with a new, dangerous foe, Mysterio.

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