Top Action Movies


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

291. The Karate Kid

Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Harald Zwart
Actors: Jackie Chan, Jaden Smith, Taraji P. Henson, Rongguang Yu, Wenwen Han, Zhenwei Wang
Plot: A man (Jackie Chan) helps and little kid in a karate competition.

292. All is Lost

Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: J.C. Chandor
Actors: Robert Redford
Plot: A lone sailor is forced to put all his skills and resourcefulness to the test after a collision with a shipping container and a looming storm, threaten his life.

293. Henry V

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Actors: Derek Jacobi, Kenneth Branagh, Ian Holm, Robbie Coltrane, Emma Thompson, Judi Dench
Plot: A great cast of Englishmen execute Shakespeare's history, leading up to Kenneth Branagh's elegant Saint Crispin's Day speech.

294. The Mechanic

Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Simon West
Actors: Jason Statham, Ben Foster, Donald Sutherland, Jeff Chase, Christa Campbell, J.D. Evermore
Plot: A seasoned veteran takes an aspiring hit-man under his wing, but things really heat up when someone betrays them.

295. Where Eagles Dare

Year of Release: 1969
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/War
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Brian G. Hutton
Actors: Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood, Mary Ure, Donald Houston, Patrick Wymark, Michael Hordern
Plot: A group of soldiers must rescue a important General held in a German
Castle but all is not what it seems.

296. Tarzan and His Mate

Year of Release: 1934
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Cedric Gibbons
Actors: Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Neil Hamilton, Paul Cavanagh, Forrester Harvey, Nathan Curry
Plot: The perfect life of Tarzan and Jane is challenged when men on safari,
seeking ivory, seek Jane out as well.

297. Sword of Doom, The ( Dai-bosatsu tôge )

Year of Release: 1966
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kihachi Okamoto
Actors: Tatsuya Nakadai, Yuzo Kayama, Michiyo Aratama, Toshirô Mifune, Yôko Naito, Tadao Nakamaru
Plot: A talented but remorseless samurai kills without feeling - but the brother of a man murdered in a duel vows revenge as the samurai succumbs to madness.

298. Safe House

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Daniel Espinosa
Actors: Ryan Reynolds, Denzel Washington, Vera Farmiga, Joel Kinnaman, Brendan Gleeson, Robert Patrick
Plot: A house under the protection of the CIA becomes a target and it is up to the facility's house sitter to extract the criminal in hiding and take him to a secure location.

299. Starship Troopers

Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Actors: Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer, Denise Richards, Patrick Muldoon, Jake Busey, Neil Patrick Harris
Plot: Intergalactic bugs aim to destroy the human race in this futuristic sci-fi, action packed film.

300. Star Trek Beyond

Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Justin Lin
Actors: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, Idris Elba
Plot: The USS Enterprise begins the first leg of its five year mission. Reaching the edge of uncharted space, the ship is nearly destroyed and strands Kirk and the crew on a remote planet with no communication. With everyone scattered, it will test the crew, and Kirk, like never before.

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