Top Action Movies


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

221. Top Gun

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Tony Scott
Actors: Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Anthony Edwards, Val Kilmer, Michael Ironside, Tom Skerritt
Plot: A hot shot Naval Officer lands a role in the top flyin school in the country. He meets competition along the way as well as tragedy and love.

222. National Treasure

Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Action
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Jon Turteltaub
Actors: Nicolas Cage, Sean Bean, Diane Kruger, Jon Voight, Harvey Keitel, Justin Bartha
Plot: A treasure hunter explores the possibility of a clues that the dollar bill leads to wealth passed down centuries ago.

223. I, Robot

Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Alex Proyas
Actors: Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan, Alan Tudyk, Chi McBride, Bruce Greenwood, Angela Moore
Plot: In 2035 the world is a vastly different place. Robots are now common place among humans, they help and serve people and even act as companions. U.S. Robotics company is about to release a new model of robots that are so real that they almost have a life of their own.

224. 10 Cloverfield Lane

Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Dan Trachtenberg
Actors: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Goodman, John Gallagher Jr., Suzanne Cryer, Bradley Cooper, Douglas M. Griffin
Plot: Following a car accident, a young woman wakes up in a strange place. The man keeping her in his basement claims a chemical attack has left the outside world uninhabitable.

225. Three Kings

Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David O. Russell
Actors: George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube, Spike Jonze, Cliff Curtis, Nora Dunn
Plot: At the conclusion of the Persian Gulf War a group of American soldiers
find a map detailing the location of gold hidden near their base. Deciding
to plunder the loot for themselves, they soon become involved with a moral
crisis after finding out a group of Iraqi civilians face certain death at
the hands of the Iraqi army if they don't intervene.

226. The Mummy

Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Stephen Sommers
Actors: Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, Arnold Vosloo, Oded Fehr, Kevin J. O'Connor, Jonathan Hyde
Plot: In ancient Egypt high priest Imhotep was cursed for crimes against the pharoah. In 1923 an archeological dig unearths the priest and his vengeance will be felt.

227. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jay Oliva
Actors: Peter Weller, Ariel Winter, David Selby, Wade Williams, Paget Brewster, Michael Emerson
Plot: In this animated adaptation of Frank Miller's graphic novel, 55-year-old Bruce Wayne comes out of retirement to protect Gotham and face both the Joker and a battalion of new foes. But does he still have what it takes to be the Caped Crusader?

228. Zatôichi

Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Takeshi Kitano
Actors: Takeshi Kitano, Tadanobu Asano, Michiyo Ookusu, Gadarukanaru Taka, Daigorô Tachibana, Yuuko Daike

229. Big Jake

Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western/Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: George Sherman
Actors: John Wayne, Richard Boone, Patrick Wayne, Christopher Mitchum, Bruce Cabot, Bobby Vinton
Plot: The McCandles ranch is run over by a gang of cutthroats led by the evil John Fain. They kidnap little Jacob McCandles and hold him for a million dollar ransom. There is only one man who is brave enough and smart enough to bring him back, and that man is Big Jake.

230. Batman Returns

Year of Release: 1992
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Tim Burton
Actors: Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Christopher Walken, Michelle Pfeiffer, Vincent Schiavelli, Paul Reubens
Plot: Batman must find a way to clear his name of terrible crimes while putting an end to Pengiun and the corrupt business man Max Shreck. A new masked outsider appears in a leather suit. Could it be Catwoman?

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