Top Action Movies


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

411. Cop Land

Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: James Mangold
Actors: Sylvester Stallone, Harvey Keitel, Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Peter Berg, Janeane Garofalo
Plot: A small-town sheriff comes up against some big city cops who may or may not have connections to the mob.

412. Strange Days

Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Actors: Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett, Juliette Lewis, Tom Sizemore, Michael Wincott, Vincent D'Onofrio
Plot: In 1999 L.A. and ex-cop, Lenny Nero, ekes out a living by selling 'squid' recordings - literally letting people experience another life. When a hooker friend is brutally raped and murdered, he is sent a recording of the event and vows to track down the one responsible.

413. Red Eye

Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Wes Craven
Actors: Rachel McAdams, Cillian Murphy, Brian Cox, Jayma Mays
Plot: Lisa Reisert (Rachel McAdams) is kidnapped on a flight and is ordered to help her assist in a terrorist's plan.

414. Atlantis: The Lost Empire

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Action
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Kirk Wise, Gary Trousdale
Actors: Michael J. Fox, Corey Burton, Claudia Christian, James Garner, John Mahoney, Leonard Nimoy
Plot: A professor that is terribly infatuated with the myth of Atlantis seeks funding for an expedition to find it. When he receives the funding and a top-notch team to aid him they set off to discover Atlantis. That's when everything goes wrong!

415. Lucy

Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Luc Besson
Actors: Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Min-sik Choi, Amr Waked, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Analeigh Tipton
Plot: A woman in Taipei finds herself an unwilling drug mule - but the drugs
start leaking into her system and she suddenly finds herself with
incredible powers - and she's looking for revenge.

416. Red Dawn

Year of Release: 1984
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: John Milius
Actors: Patrick Swayze, Charlie Sheen, C. Thomas Howell, Lea Thompson, Darren Dalton, Jennifer Grey
Plot: World War III has started - Soviet and Cuban forces have began their assault and in a small Colorado town a group of teenagers bands together to fight the invading forces. With inferior weapons, they must use their wits and the lay of the land to survive the winter and defeat the soldiers.

417. Predators

Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Nimród Antal
Actors: Topher Grace, Adrien Brody, Danny Trejo, Laurence Fishburne, Alice Braga, Derek Mears
Plot: Mercenaries, criminals, cold-blooded killers - a group find themselves on alien planet where they find the predators have become the prey and they must come together if they have any hope of survival.

418. Shazam!

Year of Release: 2019
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: David F. Sandberg
Actors: Zachary Levi, Asher Angel, Jack Dylan Grazer, Djimon Hounsou, Asher Angel, Grace Fulton
Plot: Streetwise foster kid Billy Batson, like many teens, has always dreamed of being a superhero. But thanks to a run-in with a wizard, and a little magic, Billy just has to utter the word Shazam! and finds himself transformed into an adult superhero - and must decide how best to use this newfound power.

419. Defender, The ( Zhong Nan Hai bao biao )

Year of Release: 1994
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Action
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Kazuya Konaka, Corey Yuen
Actors: Jet Li, Collin Chou, Christy Chung, William Chu, Kent Cheng, Wai-Kwok Ng
Plot: A woman with close ties to the Chinese government witnesses a murder by a corrupt businessman and, before she can testify, it is decided to put her in protective custody of the police and a bodyguard. But while protecting her, the defender finds himself falling for her.

420. The Running Man

Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Paul Michael Glaser
Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Conchita Alonso, Yaphet Kotto, Jim Brown, Jesse Ventura, Erland van Lidth
Plot: A wrongfully-accused man breaks out of a max-prison facility only to be caught again and forced to participate in the hit reality TV show "The Running Man" where he will be forced to fight or flee from sadistic killers.

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