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Discover popular and highly rated action movies. This page focuses on useful, popular choices for viewers in the United States.
Updated 2026-08-05 · Ratings from TMDB
Eligible titles are ranked using TMDB popularity, audience rating, and vote count. Streaming availability and ratings can change over time.
1996 · TMDB 5.8/10 · 1,225 votes
At the University of Chicago, a research team that includes brilliant student machinist Eddie Kasalivich experiences a breakthrough: a stable form of fusion that may lead to a waste-free energy source. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1997 · TMDB 6.6/10 · 722 votes
Advertising executive Nick Beame learns that his wife is sleeping with his employer. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2012 · TMDB 6.2/10 · 909 votes
Asian Hawk leads a mercenary team to recover several lost artifacts from the Old Summer Palace, the bronze heads of the twelve Chinese Zodiac animals which were sacked by the French and British armies from the imperial Summer Palace in Beijing in 1860. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2022 · TMDB 6.3/10 · 531 votes
A case of mistaken identity forces a bumbling entrepreneur to team up with a notorious assassin known as The Man from Toronto in hopes of staying alive. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1993 · TMDB 7.6/10 · 621 votes
It has been thirteen years since the Androids began their killing rampage and Son Gohan is the only person fighting back. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2023 · TMDB 6.4/10 · 521 votes
Two years after she escaped a violent attack on her family, 16-year-old Becky attempts to rebuild her life in the care of an older woman -- a kindred spirit named Elena. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1990 · TMDB 7.6/10 · 782 votes
Bardock, Son Goku's father, is a low-ranking Saiyan soldier who was given the power to see into the future by the last remaining alien on a planet he just destroyed. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2016 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 277 votes
A former special forces operative struggling to contain the destructive impulses of his past goes on a rampage against a squad of ruthless assassins. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2004 · TMDB 6.6/10 · 4,571 votes
After years of outrunning ruthless bounty hunters, escaped convict Riddick suddenly finds himself caught between opposing forces in a fight for the future of the human race. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2024 · TMDB 6.2/10 · 1,133 votes
Characters from different backgrounds are thrown together when the plane they're travelling on crashes into the Pacific Ocean. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2025 · TMDB 6.1/10 · 137 votes
When their boat sinks while crossing the Timor Sea during World War II, a troop of young Australian soldiers must find a way to survive the harsh seas on a quickly shrinking raft. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1995 · TMDB 6.5/10 · 1,741 votes
Assassin Robert Rath arrives at a funeral to kill a prominent mobster, only to witness a rival hired gun complete the job for him -- with grisly results. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2005 · TMDB 6.3/10 · 1,169 votes
In Seattle, detective Quentin Conners is unfairly suspended and his partner Jason York leaves the police force after a tragic shooting on Pearl Street Bridge, when the hostage and the criminal die. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2016 · TMDB 6.6/10 · 1,774 votes
The Coast Guard makes a daring rescue attempt off the coast of Cape Cod after a pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a blizzard in 1952. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2012 · TMDB 5.7/10 · 1,814 votes
In the last moments of World War II, a secret Nazi space program evaded destruction by fleeing to the Dark Side of the Moon. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2003 · TMDB 5.7/10 · 1,190 votes
A group of archaeological students become trapped in the past when they go there to retrieve their professor. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2012 · TMDB 6.4/10 · 2,354 votes
In Manhattan, a bike messenger picks up an envelope that attracts the interest of a dirty cop, who pursues the cyclist throughout the city. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1995 · TMDB 6.0/10 · 827 votes
When a man's daughter is suddenly taken during a championship hockey game – with the captors demanding a billion dollars by game's end – he frantically sets a plan in motion to rescue her and abort an impending explosion before the final buzzer. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2017 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 4,584 votes
A young girl named Mija risks everything to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnapping her best friend - a massive animal named Okja. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2024 · TMDB 6.2/10 · 519 votes
Top level CIA agent Avery Graves is blackmailed by terrorists into betraying her own country to save her kidnapped husband. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.