Top Action Movies


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

321. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

Year of Release: 1991
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Kevin Reynolds
Actors: Kevin Costner, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Christian Slater, Morgan Freeman, Alan Rickman, Michael Wincott
Plot: Escaping from a Turkish prison, Robin Hood returns home with a Moorish companion to find his father murdered, his land taken and the land ruled by the corrupt Sheriff of Nottingham. Moving to Sherwood Forest, he starts a band of thieves to undermine the sheriff and bring an end to his corruption.

322. The Duellists

Year of Release: 1977
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/War
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Ridley Scott
Actors: Keith Carradine, Albert Finney, Harvey Keitel, Edward Fox, Cristina Raines, Robert Stephens
Plot: Two officers in Napoleon's army become entangled in a feud that lasts several decades an involves repeated -- increasingly violent -- duels in order to settle a matter of honor.

323. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Mike Newell
Actors: Jake Gyllenhaal, Ben Kingsley, Gemma Arterton, Alfred Molina, Toby Kebbell, Reece Ritchie
Plot: Based on the video game: A street-urchin-turned prince controls a dagger that can turn back time. He must team up with a rival princess to stop a series of assassins and a man bent on unleashing a sandstorm that could destroy the world.

324. Annihilation

Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alex Garland
Actors: Tessa Thompson, Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Oscar Isaac, Gina Rodriguez, Sonoya Mizuno
Plot: Seeking answers to the whereabouts of her husband, a biologist joins a group of women on a dangerous expedition to a place known only as Area X. Area X is like no other - surreal, beautiful and extremely dangerous, where the laws of nature no longer apply.

325. Woman at War ( Kona fer í stríð )

Year of Release: 2019
Overall Rating: 3.4 out of 4 stars
Language: Other
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Benedikt Erlingsson
Actors: Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir, Jóhann Sigurðarson, Juan Camillo Roman Estrada, Jörundur Ragnarsson, Vala Kristin Eiriksdottir, Jón Gnarr

326. Ice Road: Vengeance

Year of Release: 2025
Overall Rating: 3.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jonathan Hensleigh
Actors: Liam Neeson, Bingbing Fan, Mahesh Jadu, Grace O'Sullivan, Amelia Bishop, Bernard Curry

327. Ninja Assassin

Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: James McTeigue
Actors: Randall Duk Kim, Naomie Harris, Sung Kang, Rick Yune, Rain, Ben Miles
Plot: A European agent and ex-assassin must join forces to bring down the mythical Ozunu Clan of underground assassins.

328. Big Boss, The aka Fists of Fury ( Tang shan da xiong )

Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Wei Lo
Actors: Bruce Lee, Maria Yi, James Tien, Ying-Chieh Han, Malalene, Tony Liu
Plot: Bruce Lee stars as a man sworn to do no harm. As he helps his cousins in an ice factory, he discovers something that draws him to violence and his only choice is to act out against evil.

329. Deja Vu

Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Tony Scott
Actors: Denzel Washington, Val Kilmer, Paula Patton, James Caviezel, Elden Henson, Bruce Greenwood
Plot: A ferry in New Orleans is destroyed in a terrorist attack, killing over 500 people. ATF agent Doug Carlin arrives on scene and begins to piece together what happened. Impressed by his method, he's invited to join a FBI surveillance team who has new technology allowing them to look four days back in time. When a link between a local murdered woman and the terrorist is discovered, Carlin becomes convinced changing the past is the only way to save the future.

330. Colombiana

Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Olivier Megaton
Actors: Zoe Saldana, Graham McTavish, Callum Blue, Michael Vartan, Jordi Mollà, Lennie James
Plot: After witnessing her parents murder as a young child, Bogota resident Cataleya Restrepo's life is changed and she grows up to be an assassin. While she takes jobs from her uncle by day, at night she works as a vigilante, with the ultimate goal of tracking down, and killing, the people responsible for her parents' death.

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