Top Action Movies


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

231. Danny the Dog ( Unleashed )

Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Louis Leterrier
Actors: Jet Li, Morgan Freeman, Bob Hoskins, Kerry Condon, Vincent Regan, Dylan Brown
Plot: Danny is a man that has been raised like a dog to become the ultimate fighting machine for his extortionist owner, Bart. After an accident leaves Bart in a coma, Danny is found by a kindly blind piano tuner and his daughter who gradually return his humanity, but his past won't let him go that easily.

232. The Covenant

Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Guy Ritchie
Actors: Emily Beecham, Jake Gyllenhaal, Antony Starr, Alexander Ludwig, Bobby Schofield, Dar Salim
Plot: On his last tour in Afghanistan, Sergeant John Kinley and his team are ambushed leaving Kinley and local interpreter, Ahmed as the only survivors. At great risk, Ahmed carried a wounded Kinley across dangerous terrain and with enemies in pursuit. After recovering at home, Kinley learns that Ahmed and his families Visa has been denied and he returns to the war zone in order to protect the man who saved his life.

233. Underworld: Evolution

Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Len Wiseman
Actors: Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Tony Curran, Shane Brolly, Bill Nighy, Derek Jacobi
Plot: Working together to expose the truth about their bloodlines, vampire
warrior Selene and werewolf hybrid Michael learn the backstory to the
ongoing conflict between the patrician Death Dealers and the barbarous
Lycans.

234. Crimson Tide

Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Tony Scott
Actors: Denzel Washington, Gene Hackman, Matt Craven, George Dzundza, Viggo Mortensen, James Gandolfini
Plot: Hackman vs Washington: a showdown hundreds of feet beneath the ocean. Ordered to unleash their nuclear payload onto a former Soviet army base, two principled men fight for what they believe is the right thing to do.

235. King Kong

Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Peter Jackson
Actors: Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Colin Hanks, Andy Serkis
Plot: During the depression in 1930s New York, a down-on-her-luck actress runs into an ambitious film director whose plan to film on a remote island takes on unexpected dangers.

236. Troy

Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Wolfgang Peterson
Actors: Brad Pitt, Brian Cox, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom, Brendan Gleeson, Peter O'Toole
Plot: Paris, a Trojan prince, has stolen Helen, the Queen of Sparta. The Greeks unite and send a massive fleet and army, led by their greatest warrior Achilles, to defend their honor.

237. Spider-Man: Far From Home

Year of Release: 2019
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jon Watts
Actors: Tom Holland, Jake Gyllenhaal, Zendaya, Marisa Tomei, Samuel L. Jackson, Cobie Smulders
Plot: While on vacation in Europe with his friend, friendly-neighborhood Spider-Man Peter Parker is ready to unwind and leave the hero behind - but when he's approached by Nick Fury, he gets serious, trying to stop a series of elemental attack and coming face-to-face with a new, dangerous foe, Mysterio.

238. Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

Year of Release: 1993
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Action
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Eric Radomski, Bruce W. Timm
Actors: Kevin Conroy, Dana Delany, Hart Bochner, Stacy Keach, Abe Vigoda, Mark Hamill
Plot: As Gotham's crime lords begin showing up dead Bruce Wayne finds love, but must continue to protect Gotham as the new menace, Phantasm, also stalks the night. Things get even more problematic when Phantasm attracts the Joker's attention.

239. Young Guns

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western/Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Christopher Cain
Actors: Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Charlie Sheen, Dermot Mulroney, Casey Siemaszko
Plot: Follows the life of Billy the Kid and his gang of outlaws.

240. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: James Gunn
Actors: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Bradley Cooper, Vin Diesel, Kurt Russell
Plot: Fire up the Awesome Mixtape Vol. 2 - because the Guardians are back! Peter Quill is on the trail of his father, Gamora looks to make amends with her sister Nebula, Rocket finds a new friend in Yondu, Drax puts his revenge on hold as he connects with Mantis and Baby Groot may be the most mature of them all. What could possibly go wrong?

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