Top Action Movies


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

371. Tomorrow Never Dies

Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Actors: Pierce Brosnan, Jonathan Pryce, Teri Hatcher, Michelle Yeoh, Vincent Schiavelli, Judi Dench
Plot: A media tycoon, Elliott Carver, plans to complete his empire by starting a war between China and the UK. James Bond is on the case, along with a Chinese agent Wai Lin, but a former lover (and Carver's current wife) complicates matters.

372. The Long Kiss Goodnight

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Renny Harlin
Actors: Geena Davis, Samuel L. Jackson, Yvonne Zima, Craig Bierko, Tom Amandes, Brian Cox
Plot: A woman with amnesia begins recalling her adventurous past.

373. 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.

374. Blade II

Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Actors: Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson, Ron Perlman, Leonor Varela, Norman Reedus, Thomas Kretschmann
Plot: A new mutant breed of vampires is discovered and Blade finds himself
playing both sides to save the humans and the vampires.

375. Alive

Year of Release: 1993
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Frank Marshall
Actors: Ethan Hawke, Vincent Spano, Josh Hamilton, Bruce Ramsay, John Newton, Illeana Douglas
Plot: Based on a true story: When a plane carrying a Uruguayan rugby team crashes in the Andes mountains, the survivors find a will to survive amongst the freezing cold and meager rations.

376. Police Story 2 ( Ging chaat goo si juk jaap )

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jackie Chan
Actors: Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, Kwok-Hung Lam, Bill Tung, Charlie Cho, Yuen Chor
Plot: After being demoted from detective to traffic cop, a highly successful officer finds himself the target of a Triad member seeking revenge against him and his girlfriend.

377. 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.

378. 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.

379. Bloodsport

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sport
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Newt Arnold
Actors: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Donald Gibb, Leah Ayres, Norman Burton, Forest Whitaker, Roy Chiao
Plot: Based on a true, an American, Frank Dux is set to fight in the Kumite, a
secret, underground martial arts tournament.

380. The Gods Must Be Crazy

Year of Release: 1984
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Jamie Uys
Actors: Marius Weyers, Sandra Prinsloo, N!xau, Louw Verwey, Michael Thys, Nic De Jager
Plot: When a Coke bottle is introduced to the Sho tribe in the Kalahari desert
it is used for many tasks, but when arguments begin over the strange
object Xixo, who found the object, takes it with him in hopes of giving
the gods back this disruptive object.

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