Top Action Movies


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

341. Better Tomorrow, A ( Ying hung boon sik )

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Woo
Actors: Lung Ti, Leslie Cheung, Yun-Fat Chow, Kenneth Tsang, John Woo, Emily Chu

342. The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Guy Ritchie
Actors: Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Hugh Grant, Alicia Vikander, Jared Harris, Elizabeth Debicki
Plot: In the early 60s a CIA operation and a KGB agent join forces to take down
a mysterious organization seeking to profit on nuclear proliferation.

343. This is the End

Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen
Actors: James Franco, Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, Danny McBride, Emma Watson
Plot: While attending a party at James Franco's house, a group of celebrities (including Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel and Danny McBride amongst others) must cope with an impending apocalypse.

344. Free Guy

Year of Release: 2021
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Shawn Levy
Actors: Ryan Reynolds, Taika Waititi, Lil Rel Howery, Joe Keery, Jodie Comer, Utkarsh Ambudkar
Plot: When an ordinary bank teller finds out he is actually just a background character in a massive open-world video game, he decides to write his own story and becomes the hero, not just any guy.

345. The Northman

Year of Release: 2022
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robert Eggers
Actors: Alexander Skarsgård, Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe
Plot: A Viking prince will push himself to the edge - and beyond - in order to avenge the death of his father.

346. Tarzan and His Mate

Year of Release: 1934
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Cedric Gibbons
Actors: Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Neil Hamilton, Paul Cavanagh, Forrester Harvey, Nathan Curry
Plot: The perfect life of Tarzan and Jane is challenged when men on safari,
seeking ivory, seek Jane out as well.

347. Resident Evil

Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Paul Anderson
Actors: Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriquez, Eric Mabius, James Purefoy, Martin Crewes, Colin Salmon
Plot: A special task force must fight their way through zombies and try to escape from a facility called "the hive"

348. Underworld: Rise of the Lycans

Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Patrick Tatopoulos
Actors: Rhona Mitra, Bill Nighy, Michael Sheen, Kevin Grevioux, Steven Mackintosh, Craig Parker
Plot: Prequel to the Underworld films, showing the relationship or the aristocratic vampires, the Death Dealers, and their Lycan slaves. A young Lycan will rally his werewolf kin and strike back against their cruel masters.

349. Wave, The ( Bølgen )

Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Norwegian
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Roar Uthaug
Actors: Kristoffer Joner, Thomas Bo Larsen, Ane Dahl Torp, Fridtjov Såheim, Jonas Hoff Oftebro, Edith Haagenrud-Sande
Plot: It is taken as fact that the mountain pass of Åkneset, located above the Norwegian fjord Geiranger will one day fall, resulting in a massive tsunami. But for one geologist, just about to leave his post for a new position, the day arrives much too quickly and he must scramble to save those he loves from disaster.

350. Kingdom of Heaven

Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ridley Scott
Actors: Orlando Bloom, Liam Neeson, Michael Sheen, Eriq Ebouaney, Marton Csokas, Alexander Siddig
Plot: Taking place during the early Crusades, a man travels to the ever
important village of Jerusalem as he must be stronger than he has been in
the past to protect it's people from murders, savages, and kings.

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