Top Action Movies


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

201. Jason and the Argonauts

Year of Release: 1963
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Don Chaffey
Actors: Todd Armstrong, Nancy Kovack, Gary Raymond, Laurence Naismith, Michael Gwynn, Jack Gwillim
Plot: In order to claim the throne of Thessaly, Jason must bring back the legendary Golden Fleece. Knowing he will face many trials, he assembles a equally legendary crew, including Hercules, to help him. With the goddess Hera's protection, Jason sets sail on a grand adventure.

202. Unstoppable

Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Tony Scott
Actors: Denzel Washington, Chris Pine, Rosario Dawson, Kevin Dunn, Jessy Schram, Victor Gojcaj
Plot: A runaway train full of highly toxic and combustible material is on a collision course with a small town unless an intrepid engineer and conductor can stop it in time.

203. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: David Zucker
Actors: Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, Ricardo Montalban, George Kennedy, O.J. Simpson, Nancy Marchand
Plot: After Lieutenant Frank Drebin's partner is nearly murdered, he uncovers a
nefarious plot by a well-respected businessman to assassinate Queen
Elizabeth II using mind control.

204. Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning - Part One

Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Christopher McQuarrie
Actors: Tom Cruise, Vanessa Kirby, Hayley Atwell, Rebecca Ferguson, Angela Bassett, Simon Pegg
Plot: A rogue computer programs has infiltrated the world's intelligence
agencies, financial intuitions, military and more. Named The Entity, it
has the power to control everything - including what constitutes the
truth itself for the future and every nation wants to have this power
for themselves. A special key - made up of two parts - can open the door
to this power, but only if one knows what it unlocks. Ethan Hunt is once
again called upon as the fate of the world hangs in the balance with old
friends, new faces and one unexpected enemy going along on the most
important mission yet.

205. Boy and the Beast, The ( Bakemono no ko )

Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Mamoru Hosoda
Actors: Shôta Sometani, Kôji Yakusho, Aoi Miyazaki, Suzu Hirose, Sumire Morohoshi, Mamoru Miyano

206. Air Force One

Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Actors: Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Glenn Close, Xander Berkeley, Wendy Crewson, Jürgen Prochnow
Plot: When Russian terrorists take over Air Force One, the President (Harrison Ford) fakes his own escape in order to strike from hiding and save his family.

207. Death Wish

Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Winner
Actors: Charles Bronson, Hope Lange, Vincent Gardenia, Steven Keats, William Redfield, Stuart Margolin
Plot: While New York City architect Paul Kersey is away from home, drug addicts break into his house and brutally murder his wife and rape his daughter until she's comatose. Once wary of guns, Kersey takes matters into his own hands, seeking vigilante justice against not only the culprits, but other wrongdoers as well.

208. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2

Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jay Oliva
Actors: Peter Weller, Ariel Winter, Michael Emerson, David Selby, Mark Valley, Paget Brewster
Plot: After 10 years, Batman has returned, but his presence is seemingly not welcomed: the Gotham police want him arrested,a familiar foe is looking for a reunion and The Man of Tomorrow has the support of the Feds to put him down.

209. Point Break

Year of Release: 1991
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Actors: Patrick Swayze, Keanu Reeves, Gary Busey, Lori Petty, John C. McGinley, James LeGros
Plot: A stream of bank robberies by a gang called the ex-presidents has the FBI on alert. Believing the robbers to also be surfers, they send in young agent Johnny Utah to infiltrate the group.

210. Host, The ( Gwoemul )

Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Horror/Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Joon-ho Bong
Actors: Hie-bong Byeon, Hae-il Park, Kang-ho Song, Ah-sung Ko, David Joseph Anselmo, Du-na Bae
Plot: Years after dumping formaldehyde into Seoul's Han River, a deadly creature emerges to terrorize the river bank. The Park family is devastated when their youngest member is taken and presumed dead. However, a late-night phone call changes everything, and they will do anything to get her back.

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