Top Action Movies


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

151. Pale Rider

Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Western
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Clint Eastwood
Actors: Clint Eastwood, Michael Moriarty, Chris Penn, Carrie Snodgress, Richard Dysart, Sydney Penny
Plot: A greedy landowner has his sites set on a gold-mining town but a
mysterious preacher shows up to work on behalf of the besieged people and
stop the landowner from his plot.

152. The Avengers: Age of Ultron

Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Joss Whedon
Actors: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johansson, James Spader
Plot: The Avengers are obsolete - the US government has created the ultimate force, Ultron, to protect them. Yet when Ultron turns on his creators and threatens humanity itself, once again The Avengers assemble to face their greatest challenge yet.

153. The Warriors

Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Walter Hill
Actors: Michael Beck, Dorsey Wright, David Harris, James Remar, David Patrick Kelly, Tom McKitterick
Plot: A popular leader attempts to unite all the gangs in New York City. At a huge rally he is killed and The Warriors gang is fingered for the hit. They must make their way back to their home turf of Coney Island while dodging rival gangs.

154. Lethal Weapon 2

Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Richard Donner
Actors: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Joss Ackland, Derrick O'Connor, Patsy Kensit
Plot: Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh stumble across a trunk full of Krugerrands. They follow the trail to a South African diplomat who's using his immunity to conceal a smuggling operation.

155. Big Trouble in Little China

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: John Carpenter
Actors: Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall, Dennis Dun, James Hong, Chao Li Chi, Donald Li
Plot: When his best freind's finacee is kidnapped by an ancient sorcerer and a trio of demons in Chinatown, it's up to tough-talking truck driver Jack Burton (Kurt Russell) to save the day.

156. Watchmen

Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Fantasy/Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Zack Snyder
Actors: Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Malin Akerman, Jackie Earle Haley, Carla Gugino, Billy Crudup, Patrick Wilson
Plot: Based on the graphic novel, Watchmen takes place in an alternate 1985, where costumed vigilantes have been outlawed except those working for the government. When a masked veteran is murdered, heroes unite to find the killer, but as the truth is revealed a far more sinister plot is uncovered.

157. Captain Blood

Year of Release: 1935
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Michael Curtiz
Actors: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Lionel Atwill, Basil Rathbone, Ross Alexander, Guy Kibbee
Plot: Dr. Peter Blood is falsely accused of treason and sold into slavery. In
Port Royale, the governor's daughter purchases him to spite her father -
but when he proves to be a capable doctor, he finds himself in the medical
service. But when opportunity presents itself he and his friends take over
a Spanish ship and become the most feared pirates on the water.

158. Why Don't You Play in Hell? ( Jigoku de naze warui )

Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.4 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Shion Sono
Actors: Jun Kunimura, Fumi Nikaidô, Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Hiroki Hasegawa, Gen Hoshino, Tomochika
Plot: A renegade film crew, dubbed The F*%k Bombers, finally realizes their decades-long passion to make a film - as long as they don't mind being embroiled in Yakuza clan feud where several parties will surely wind up dead.

159. Grindhouse

Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino
Actors: Rose McGowan, Kurt Russell, Freddy Rodríguez, Rosario Dawson, Michael Biehn, Marley Shelton
Plot: A double feature representing the 70's and 80's Grindhouse feature films with bad dialog, gore, and action. Fake trailers were placed between the two feature films to try to complete the experience of a true Grindhouse.

160. Train to Busan ( Busanhaeng )

Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Action/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Sang-ho Yeon
Actors: Yoo Gong, Dong-seok Ma, Woo-sik Choi, Yu-mi Jeong, Sohee, Kim Soo-ahn
Plot: A father who spends more time with his work than with his daughter honors
her birthday wish to visit her mother, and his ex-wife. But boarding the
high-speed KTX train turns in to a fight for survival when a zombie
outbreak cripples South Korea and an infected passenger soon threatens
everyone on board.

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