Top Action Movies


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

421. 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.

422. The Rundown

Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Peter Berg
Actors: Dwayne Johnson, Seann William Scott, Rosario Dawson, Christopher Walken, Ewen Bremner, Jon Gries
Plot: In order to settle a debt a Chef-turned-bounty travels to Brazil to
capture his quarry, a wannabe archaeologist on a quest for a gold idol and
both become caught up with a ruthless mine operator with plans of his own.

423. Alexander Nevsky ( Aleksandr Nevskiy )

Year of Release: 1939
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Russian
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Sergei M. Eisenstein, Dmitri Vasilyev
Actors: Nikolai Cherkasov, Nikolai Okhlopkov, Andrei Abrikosov, Dmitri Orlov, Vasili Novikov, Sergei Blinnikov

424. Ghostbusters: Afterlife

Year of Release: 2021
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jason Reitman
Actors: Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, Sigourney Weaver, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace, Bill Murray
Plot: When a mother and two children move to the old family countryside home, they discover a secret their grandfather left behind - and with the help of an expert on the "Ghostbusters", discover a family legacy - just in time to stop a new paranormal uprising.

425. 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.

426. Smokin' Aces

Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Joe Carnahan
Actors: Ryan Reynolds, Jeremy Piven, Ray Liotta, Ben Affleck, Andy Garcia, Alicia Keys
Plot: A group of unrelated and unknowing bounty hunters and FBI agents try to take down a performer turned rat, they all clash at the same place at the same time, exploding in action, revenge and murder.

427. Lucy

Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Luc Besson
Actors: Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Min-sik Choi, Amr Waked, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Analeigh Tipton
Plot: A woman in Taipei finds herself an unwilling drug mule - but the drugs
start leaking into her system and she suddenly finds herself with
incredible powers - and she's looking for revenge.

428. Red Eye

Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Wes Craven
Actors: Rachel McAdams, Cillian Murphy, Brian Cox, Jayma Mays
Plot: Lisa Reisert (Rachel McAdams) is kidnapped on a flight and is ordered to help her assist in a terrorist's plan.

429. 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!

430. Red Dawn

Year of Release: 1984
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: John Milius
Actors: Patrick Swayze, Charlie Sheen, C. Thomas Howell, Lea Thompson, Darren Dalton, Jennifer Grey
Plot: World War III has started - Soviet and Cuban forces have began their assault and in a small Colorado town a group of teenagers bands together to fight the invading forces. With inferior weapons, they must use their wits and the lay of the land to survive the winter and defeat the soldiers.

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