Top Action Movies


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

421. The Mask of Zorro

Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Martin Campbell
Actors: Antonio Banderas, Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Stuart Wilson, William Marquez, Tony Amendola
Plot: An elderly Zorro comes out of retirement to apprentice a young upstart, and avenge the death of his wife and liberate his daughter, who has been raised by the man responsible for his 20-year imprisonment.

422. Predators

Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Nimród Antal
Actors: Topher Grace, Adrien Brody, Danny Trejo, Laurence Fishburne, Alice Braga, Derek Mears
Plot: Mercenaries, criminals, cold-blooded killers - a group find themselves on alien planet where they find the predators have become the prey and they must come together if they have any hope of survival.

423. 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.

424. 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.

425. The Guardian

Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Andrew Davis
Actors: Kevin Costner, Ashton Kutcher, Sela Ward, Melissa Sagemiller, Clancy Brown, Omari Hardwick

426. Get the Gringo

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Adrian Grunberg
Actors: Mel Gibson, Peter Stormare, Dean Norris, Bob Gunton, Scott Cohen, Kevin Hernandez
Plot: A criminal with a long rap sheet finds himself in over his head when Mexican authorities send him to an infamous prison. In order to survive, he will have to make the right friends, including one important 9-year-old boy.

427. Dredd

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Pete Travis
Actors: Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby, Lena Headey, Domhnall Gleeson, Deobia Oparei, Langley Kirkwood
Plot: The future is now - police have been given the authority to act as judge,
jury and executioner and a veteran cop partners with a trainee in order to
take down a deadly gang that has introduced a new drug, SLO-MO, that
alters reality.

428. Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem

Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Anime/Action
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kazuhisa Takenôchi
Actors: Romanthony, Thomas Bangalter
Plot: The Animated film adaptation to the Daft Punk album Discovery. The story line follows a group of Musicians from an alien planet who are kidnapped by a big name record company CEO from Earth so he may exploit their talents for his own personal game. He soon over-books and over-works them tiring them.

429. Shoot 'Em Up

Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Davis
Actors: Clive Owen, Monica Bellucci, Paul Giamatti, Chris Jericho, Ramona Pringle, Dru Viergever
Plot: Mr. Smith becomes a reluctant father and protector of a baby delivered during a late-night shoot out that takes the life of the child's mother. After meeting up with a lactating hooker, the implausible family searches for an answer while dodging bullets and dealing death.

430. Shogun Assassin

Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robert Houston
Actors: Tomisaburo Wakayama, Kayo Matsuo, Akihiro Tomikawa, Minoru Ohki, Sandra Bernhard, Lamont Johnson

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