Top Action Movies


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

441. Alexander Nevsky ( Aleksandr Nevskiy )

Year of Release: 1939
Overall Rating: 2.8 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

442. Tenet

Year of Release: 2020
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Christopher Nolan
Actors: Elizabeth Debicki, Robert Pattinson, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, John David Washington, Clémence Poésy, Michael Caine
Plot: An unnamed CIA operative dubbed The Protagonist finds himself recruited into the mysterious organization known as Tenet. Operating outside of the constraints of time itself, their goal is to stop Andrei Sator, a Russian oligarch with precognition abilities whose aim is to start World War III. Utilizing the art of "time inversion" Tenet will stop at nothing to counter this threat.

443. A Walk Among the Tombstones

Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Scott Frank
Actors: Liam Neeson, Boyd Holbrook, Dan Stevens, Whitney Able, Sebastian Roché, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson
Plot: A PI finds himself on a deadly assignment when a drug kingpin hires him to find out who is responsible for the kidnapping and murder of his wife.

444. Supercop ( Ging chaat goo si 3: Chiu kap ging chaat )

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Stanley Tong
Actors: Jackie Chan, Michelle Yeoh, Maggie Cheung, Kenneth Tsang, Bill Tung, Philip Chan
Plot: A Hong Kong police officer and Chinese agent team up to bring down a drug syndicate. When one of their sources is about to be executed, they plan a jailbreak to get the information they need.

445. The Lords of Dogtown

Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Biography
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Catherine Hardwicke
Actors: Emile Hirsch, Victor Rasuk, Rebecca De Mornay, Nikki Reed, Johnny Knoxville, Heath Ledger
Plot: Explores the advent of skateboarding in Venice, CA as a group of young men, dubbed the Z-Boys use vacant pools to pioneer a new sport.

446. The Last Castle

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Rod Lurie
Actors: Robert Redford, James Gandolfini, Mark Ruffalo, Steve Burton, Delroy Lindo, Paul Calderon
Plot: A Vietnam War veteran gets convicted of a crime and sent to prison, where he is constantly tested.

447. Premium Rush

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: David Koepp
Actors: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jamie Chung, Michael Shannon, Dania Ramirez, Aasif Mandvi, Nick Damici
Plot: A bike messenger suddenly finds himself on more than just a routine delivery when a corrupt cop begins pursuit after picking up a package.

448. Hancock

Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Peter Berg
Actors: Will Smith, Charlize Theron, Jason Bateman, Daeg Faerch, Lauren Hill, Darrell Foster
Plot: A cocky, looser like super hero who has been living under a rock lately finally brings himself back to reality when he starts dating the wife of his publicists. Much like like super man, he has super strength, super flying ability, and super intelligence. What he does not use is his heart. He has no motivation to continue to help the world until a special event happens.

449. X-Men: The Last Stand

Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Brett Ratner
Actors: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Halle Berry, Ian McKellen, Famke Janssen, Kelsey Grammer
Plot: When a cure for genetic mutation is announced, Professor Xavier must
contend with Magneto's Brotherhood, who will stop at nothing to eliminate
the source.

450. Sword of the Stranger ( Sutorejia: Mukô hadan )

Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Action
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Masahiro Andô
Actors: Yûki Chinen, Tomoya Nagase, Akio Ôtsuka, Naoto Takenaka, Kôichi Yamadera

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