Top Action Movies


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

371. The Public Enemy

Year of Release: 1931
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: William A. Wellman
Actors: James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Edward Woods, Joan Blondell, Donald Cook, Leslie Fenton
Plot: Two friends grow up doing jobs for gangsters, and so they become gangsters
themselves.

372. The Bourne Legacy

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Tony Gilroy
Actors: Jeremy Renner, Edward Norton, Rachel Weisz, Joan Allen, Oscar Isaac, Scott Glenn
Plot: Following events of the Bourne Ultimatum, CIA operative Aaron Cross must deal with the consequences of Jason Bourne's actions as he comes to realize the plot goes much deeper than just one man.

373. Baader Meinhof Complex, The ( Baader Meinhof Komplex, Der )

Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Action/Biography
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Uli Edel
Actors: Martina Gedeck, Moritz Bleibtreu, Johanna Wokalek, Nadja Uhl, Jan Josef Liefers, Stipe Erceg
Plot: The roots of the infamous German terrorist group, the Red Army Faction, are traced to the turbulent events of the late 1960s. When a political riot leaves a protester dead and an assassination attempt is made on a left-wing leader, student radicals Andreas Baader and Gudrun Ensslin join forces with journalist Ulrike Meinhof to form a violent faction that turns to bombings, kidnappings, and murder to achieve its goals.

374. The Italian Job

Year of Release: 1969
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Peter Collinson
Actors: Michael Caine, Noel Coward, Benny Hill, Margaret Blye, Raf Vallone, Tony Beckley
Plot: A man fresh out of prison is more than happy to help his friends with a
little "job" - but after they get pinched, he has to take over - with the
Mafia breathing down his neck. Nothing a trio of Minis, a bus and a couple
of Jaguars can't accomplish.

375. Twelve O'Clock High

Year of Release: 1949
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Henry King
Actors: Gregory Peck, Hugh Marlowe, Sam Edwards, Gary Merrill, Millard Mitchell, Dean Jagger
Plot: A bomber unit suffering from low morale due to heavy losses comes under the command of hard-nosed General Frank Savage who makes it his mission to turn his crew around and get them back into fighting shape.

376. The Animatrix

Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Multiple
Actors: Akio Ôtsuka, Clayton Watson, Olivia d'Abo, Kevin Michael Richardson, Tara Strong, Keanu Reeves
Plot: A collection of animated shorts that deals with some of the characters in
The Matrix films as well as the history behind the fall of man and
creation of The Matrix.

377. Ivanhoe

Year of Release: 1951
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Richard Thorpe
Actors: Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders, Robert Douglas, Norman Wooland
Plot: Ivanhoe returns from the Crusades only to learn that his king - Richard the Lionheart - has been improsoned in Austria. With the wicket Prince John and his cronies enjoying the spoils of ruling the land - he finds no other option than to join with Robin Hood. At the same time he works to mend the relationship between him and his father.

378. Grandmaster, The ( Yi dai zong shi )

Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Action/Biography
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Kar Wai Wong
Actors: Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Ziyi Zhang, Chen Chang, Cung Le, Hye-kyo Song, Siu-Lung Leung
Plot: A biography of the great martial arts master Ip Man - the legendary man who would train and mentor Bruce Lee.

379. Bad Boys

Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Bay
Actors: Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Joe Pantoliano, Téa Leoni, Tchéky Karyo, Theresa Randle
Plot: A pair of "good cop bad cop" police officers are put in charge of protecting a witness while at the same time on a drug bust trail.

380. Diamonds Are Forever

Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Guy Hamilton
Actors: Sean Connery, Lana Wood, Jill St. John, Charles Gray, Bruce Glover, Bruce Cabot
Plot: James Bond finds himself in Las Vegas on the trail of a diamond smuggling
operation that is headed by his old nemesis, Blofeld.

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