Top Action Movies


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

411. Hombre

Year of Release: 1967
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Martin Ritt
Actors: Paul Newman, Fredric March, Richard Boone, Diane Cilento, Margaret Blye, Val Avery
Plot: A white boy, raised by Apaches, goes out into the real world and finds a purpose in defending a stagecoach from an ambush by a gang of thugs.

412. Atlantis: The Lost Empire

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Action
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Kirk Wise, Gary Trousdale
Actors: Michael J. Fox, Corey Burton, Claudia Christian, James Garner, John Mahoney, Leonard Nimoy
Plot: A professor that is terribly infatuated with the myth of Atlantis seeks funding for an expedition to find it. When he receives the funding and a top-notch team to aid him they set off to discover Atlantis. That's when everything goes wrong!

413. The Fast and the Furious

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Rob Cohen
Actors: Paul Walker, Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Ja Rule, Noel Gugliemi
Plot: An undercover cop tries to catch a criminal by becoming part of the underground racing circuit.

414. The Recruit

Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Roger Donaldson
Actors: Al Pacino, Colin Farrell, Bridget Moynahan, Gabriel Macht, Kenneth Mitchell, Mike Realba
Plot: Fresh CIA recruit James Clayton is on the fast track to become a top agent thanks to his quick thinking, unconventional methods and mentor, veteran agent Walter Burke. As Clayton begins to question his trust, Burke assigns him the task of rooting out a mole in the agency.

415. Wave, The ( Bølgen )

Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Norwegian
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Roar Uthaug
Actors: Kristoffer Joner, Thomas Bo Larsen, Ane Dahl Torp, Fridtjov Såheim, Jonas Hoff Oftebro, Edith Haagenrud-Sande
Plot: It is taken as fact that the mountain pass of Åkneset, located above the Norwegian fjord Geiranger will one day fall, resulting in a massive tsunami. But for one geologist, just about to leave his post for a new position, the day arrives much too quickly and he must scramble to save those he loves from disaster.

416. Gone in 60 Seconds

Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Dominic Sena
Actors: Nicolas Cage, Angelina Jolie, Giovanni Ribisi, Chi McBride, Delroy Lindo, Vinnie Jones
Plot: Randall "Memphis" Raines comes back to Long Beach to save his brother Kip from a mess he got himself into. What he doesn't know is that he is going to have to steal 50 exotic cars in 24 hours.

417. Terminator Salvation

Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: McG
Actors: Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Anton Yelchin, Common, Bryce Dallas Howard, Moon Bloodgood
Plot: The future is now: Skynet has devastated the world with a nuclear holocaust and now a band of humans, led by John Connor, must survive against a merciless army of machines bent on wiping out the last remnants of mankind.

418. Cop Land

Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: James Mangold
Actors: Sylvester Stallone, Harvey Keitel, Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Peter Berg, Janeane Garofalo
Plot: A small-town sheriff comes up against some big city cops who may or may not have connections to the mob.

419. Courage Under Fire

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Edward Zwick
Actors: Denzel Washington, Meg Ryan, Lou Diamond Phillips, Michael Moriarty, Matt Damon, Bronson Pinchot
Plot: Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Serling is investigating the case of Captain Karen Walden, and helicopter pilot and the first woman who would be awarded the Medal of Honor. Conflicting reports from survivors of a crash in which she saved the crew shed doubt in Serling's mind as he wrestles with his own conscience.

420. A Knight's Tale

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Brian Helgeland
Actors: Heath Ledger, Rufus Sewell, Shannyn Sossamon, Paul Bettany, Laura Fraser, Alan Tudyk
Plot: A young squire by the name of Will Thatcher poses as a knight to win glory
and fame (and hopefully the heart of the beautiful Jocelyn) with the help
of Wot, Roland and his herald, none other than Chaucer himself. Comedy and
adventure ensue.

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