Top Action Movies


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

331. The Lost City of Z

Year of Release: 2017
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Biography
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: James Gray
Actors: Charlie Hunnam, Tom Holland, Robert Pattinson, Sienna Miller, Angus Macfadyen, Daniel Huttlestone
Plot: Based on the true story of British explorer Percy Fawcett who, at the dawn of the 20th century, comes across what he believes is a previously unknown ancient, advanced civilization deep within the Amazon. Despite being ridiculed by the scientific community, Fawcett, along with the support of his aide de camp and wife, returns to the Amazon time and time again to prove his case up until his mysterious disappearance in 1925.

332. Contagion

Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Actors: Gwyneth Paltrow, Matt Damon, Jude Law, Kate Winslet, Marion Cotillard, Laurence Fishburne
Plot: As a deadly, fast-moving airborne virus rapidly spreads, an international team of medical experts works to find a cure before society collapses around them.

333. The Grey

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Joe Carnahan
Actors: Liam Neeson, Dermot Mulroney, James Badge Dale, Joe Anderson, Frank Grillo, Dallas Roberts
Plot: A plane crash strands a team of oil drillers in the Alaskan wilderness.
They must struggle to survive against the elements and a vicious pack of
wolves who view these new entities as intruders.

334. Point Blank

Year of Release: 1967
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Boorman
Actors: Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, Keenan Wynn, Carroll O'Connor, John Vernon, Michael Strong
Plot: A crook gets double crossed and left for dead during a robbery. He returns
to demand his share but to get this he must mow his way up the corporate
ladder.

335. Deepwater Horizon

Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Peter Berg
Actors: Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell, Dylan O'Brien, Kate Hudson, Gina Rodriguez, John Malkovich
Plot: The story about the offshore drilling platform Deepwater Horizon, which suffered an explosion in April of 2010 leading to the worst oil spill in U.S. history.

336. RocknRolla

Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Guy Ritchie
Actors: Gerard Butler, Thandie Newton, Tom Wilkinson, Mark Strong, Toby Kebbell, Idris Elba
Plot: When a Russian mobster sets up a real estate scam that generates millions of pounds, various members of London's criminal underworld pursue their share of the fortune. Various shady characters, including Mr One-Two, Stella the accountant, and Johnny Quid, a druggie rock-star, try to claim their slice...

337. Headhunters ( Hodejegerne )

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Norwegian
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Morten Tyldum
Actors: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Julie R. Ølgaard, Aksel Hennie, Synnøve Macody Lund, Baard Owe, Joachim Rafaelsen
Plot: A headhunter who moonlights as an art thief gets more than he bargains for when he targets a priceless work of art owned by a former mercenary.

338. mariachi, El

Year of Release: 1993
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Actors: Carlos Gallardo, Consuelo Gómez, Jaime de Hoyos, Peter Marquardt, Reinol Martinez, Ramiro Gómez
Plot: A wandering man known as El Mariachi is mistaken for a hardened killer who carries his guns in a guitar case and is pursued by a drug lord and his henchmen.

339. 2 Guns

Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Baltasar Kormákur
Actors: Mark Wahlberg, Denzel Washington, James Marsden, Paula Patton, Bill Paxton, Edward James Olmos
Plot: A DEA agent and an undercover naval officer find themselves investigating each other only to find it is a setup by the mob - the organization each man believes they have been stealing from.

340. 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Bay
Actors: Pablo Schreiber, John Krasinski, Toby Stephens, James Badge Dale, Max Martini, Dominic Fumusa
Plot: At a Libyan compound, an American ambassador is killed. With chaos running rampant following the attack, a security team scrambles to discover the truth.

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