Top Action Movies


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

431. Sisu

Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Finnish
Genre: Action/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jalmari Helander
Actors: Jorma Tommila, Aksel Hennie, Jack Doolan, Mimosa Willamo, Onni Tommila, Arttu Kapulainen
Plot: In the waning days of WWII, a Finnish prospector comes across a wealth of gold only to have it stolen by a brutal SS officer. But this is no ordinary man and the Nazis soon realize that even though the odds may seem in their favor this one-man army will wage a bloody battle to the bitter end to get his gold back.

432. Machine Gun Preacher

Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Biography
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Marc Forster
Actors: Gerard Butler, Michelle Monaghan, Michael Shannon, Madeline Carroll, Kathy Baker, Barbara Coven
Plot: Sam Childers spent his life as a drug-dealing biker until he found God. He found a way to put his faith and former life to use by taking on the task of coming to the aid of Sudanese children forced to become soldiers.

433. 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.

434. The Man with the Golden Gun

Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 2.6 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.

435. 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.

436. Clash of the Titans

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Action
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Desmond Davis
Actors: Laurence Olivier, Maggie Smith, Ursula Andress, Harry Hamlin, Jack Gwillim, Claire Bloom
Plot: Perseus, the favored son of Zeus, wants to marry the beautiful Andromeda. However, after managing to win her hand in marriage, he has to contend with the angry sea goddess Thetis, who wants nothing more than to end Perseus' happiness by claiming either his life or his love.

437. Top Secret!

Year of Release: 1984
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Action
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker
Actors: Val Kilmer, Christopher Villiers, Lucy Gutteridge, Jeremy Kemp, Warren Clarke, Harry Ditson
Plot: A wildly popular teen pop idol tours East Germany where he falls in love
with a woman and becomes tangled up with a French resistance group.

438. Tarzan the Ape Man

Year of Release: 1932
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: W.S. Van Dyke
Actors: Johnny Weissmuller, Neil Hamilton, Maureen O'Sullivan, C. Aubrey Smith, Doris Lloyd, Forrester Harvey
Plot: In deepest Africa, a trader and his daughter search for a legendary
elephant graveyard but instead discover a wild man raised by apes.

439. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1

Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Francis Lawrence
Actors: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Donald Sutherland, Julianne Moore, Woody Harrelson
Plot: Katniss Everdeen along with Peeta Mellark, and a handful of other survivors, have successfully escaped the Quarterquell thanks to helps from Haymitch Abernathy and former gamemaster Plutarch Heavensbee. But escaping is just the start, as Katniss finds herself having to embrace the symbol she has become to the people of Panem - a symbol of rebellion against President Snow and the autocratic Capitol.

440. 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.

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