Top Action Movies


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

261. Dead Presidents

Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes
Actors: Larenz Tate, Keith David, Chris Tucker, Freddy Rodríguez, Rose Jackson, N'Bushe Wright
Plot: A black Vietnam War veteran returns home and struggles to adapt to life back home. He eventually turns to a life of crime when all else fails.

262. Dog Soldiers

Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Neil Marshall
Actors: Sean Pertwee, Kevin McKidd, Emma Cleasby, Liam Cunningham, Thomas Lockyer, Leslie Simpson
Plot: A band of soldiers is dispatched for participation in war games. Upon
arrival they discover another band deep in the woods who have been
massacred as well as a surviving soldier who claims the team was taken out
by werewolves.

263. The Incredible Hulk

Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Fantasy/Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Louis Leterrier
Actors: Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, William Hurt, Tim Roth, Tim Blake Nelson, Ty Burrell
Plot: In this comic book movie based off of the same name of the Marvel hero (and a new version to the 2001 release) a scientist whose experiment goes wrong is forced to try to cope with his anger and the mysterious after affects of what he has become and what he can become. He must try to control his anger but use it wisely enough to destroy a more deadly, out of control version of himself.

264. Thunderball

Year of Release: 1965
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Terence Young
Actors: Sean Connery, Claudine Auger, Lois Maxwell, Desmond Llewelyn, Guy Doleman, Adolfo Celi
Plot: An evil organization named SPECTRE plans on bribing NATO in exchange for
bombs to use for destroying parts of the US and UK. James Bond tries to
stop Emilio Largo (SPECTRE No. 2) in destroying Miami Beach. A mysterious
mistress assists Largo... or maybe even James Bond.

265. Highlander

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Russell Mulcahy
Actors: Christopher Lambert, Roxanne Hart, Clancy Brown, Sean Connery, Jon Polito, Beatie Edney
Plot: As he tries to keep one step ahead of the New York City police, who believe him to be a suspect in a murder in the parking garage of Madison Square Garden, a man born in the 1500's battles another immortal who tried to kill him centuries ago.

266. Bronson

Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
Actors: Tom Hardy, Terry Stone, Matt King, Hugh Ross, Kelly Adams, Edward Bennett-Coles
Plot: Bronson follows the life of notorious prisoner Michael Gordon Peterson, who was re-named Charles Bronson by his fight promoter. Born into a respectable middle-class family, Peterson would nevertheless become one of the UK's most dangerous criminals, and is known for having spent almost his entire adult life in solitary confinement.

267. Clear and Present Danger

Year of Release: 1994
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Phillip Noyce
Actors: Harrison Ford, Willem Dafoe, Anne Archer, Joaquim de Almeida, Henry Czerny, Benjamin Bratt
Plot: An adaptation of the novel of the same title.

268. My Darling Clementine

Year of Release: 1946
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: G
Director: John Ford
Actors: Henry Fonda, Linda Darnell, Victor Mature, Cathy Downs, Walter Brennan, Tim Holt
Plot: The famous story of the feud between Wyatt Earp and the Clantons, and their showdown at the OK Corral, is masterfully retold by John Ford in this classic western.

269. Magnum Force

Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ted Post
Actors: Clint Eastwood, Hal Holbrook, Mitch Ryan, David Soul, Tim Matheson, Robert Urich
Plot: A wayward cop is enforcing vigilante justice by assassinating several criminals who manage to escape punishment by slipping through legal loopholes and "Dirty" Harry Callahan is on the case.

270. X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Gavin Hood
Actors: Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Danny Huston, Will i Am, Lynn Collins, Taylor Kitsch
Plot: Before the events of X-Men, the life of Wolverine intertwines romance and violence. Seeking revenge, he joins the Weapon X program in order to track down Victor Creed (Sabertooth) and meets many mutants, some familiar, some new, along the way.

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