Top Action Movies


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

431. The Man with the Golden Gun

Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Guy Hamilton
Actors: Roger Moore, Christopher Lee, Maud Adams, Britt Ekland, Hervé Villechaize, Clifton James
Plot: After a scientist working on a solar cell winds up dead, Bond investigates the murder and finds it leading to $1 million hitman Scaramanga. But Bond also makes himself a target for the deadly assassin who holds a healthy respect for Bond, but doesn't mean he won't take down the spy.

432. 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 TakenĂ´chi
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.

433. U.S. Marshals

Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Stuart Baird
Actors: Tommy Lee Jones, Wesley Snipes, Robert Downey Jr., Joe Pantoliano, Daniel Roebuck, Tom Wood
Plot: Crack U.S. Marshal Sam Gerard and his crew are on the case when a planeload of convicts goes down and Mark Sheridan escapes. They soon realize Sheridan is no ordinary criminal and his incrimination may be part of an elaborate set up.

434. 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.

435. 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.

436. 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

437. 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.

438. 36th Chamber of Shaolin, The ( Shao Lin san shi liu fang )

Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Chia-Liang Liu
Actors: Chia Hui Liu, Lieh Lo, Chia Yung Liu, Norman Chu, John Cheung, Hang-Sheng Wu
Plot: After a corrupt general occupies his village and terrorizes his family, San Te (Chia Hui Liu) vows revenge and leaves home to study the ancient fighting arts. He becomes a monk at the mythical Shaolin Temple, where he learns the secrets of all 35 chambers over a seven-year period, but is cast out when he proposes a 36th chamber.

439. On Her Majesty's Secret Service

Year of Release: 1969
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Peter R. Hunt
Actors: George Lazenby, Telly Savalas, Diana Rigg, Ilse Steppat, Gabriele Ferzetti, Lois Maxwell
Plot: George Lazenby steps into the role of James Bond. Blofeld plans to spread a deadly virus across the world. Bond teams up with an Italian gangster to thwart SPECTRE. In the end, Bond loses his wife.

440. Savage Streets

Year of Release: 1984
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Danny Steinmann
Actors: Linda Blair, John Vernon, Robert Dryer, Johnny Venocur, Sal Landi, Scott Mayer

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