Best Action Movies of 2021

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Best Action Movies of 2021
Best Action Movies of 2021
TOP Movies: Wrath of Man (2021), Jolt (2021), Nobody (2021), Fast & Furious 9 (2021), Jungle Cruise (2021), The Virtuoso (2021), Black Widow (2021), Free Guy (2021), Tom Clancy's Without Remorse (2021), Dune (2021), The Marksman (2021), Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021), No Time To Die (2021), The Vault (2021), Red Notice (2021), The Suicide Squad (2021), Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (2021), The Protege (2021), Infinite (2021), V2. Escape from Hell (2021).

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 7.1
 204K
Wrath of Man (2021)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A cold and mysterious new security guard for a Los Angeles cash truck company surprises his co-workers when he unleashes precision skills during a heist. The crew is left wondering who he is and where he came from. Soon, the marksman's ultimate ...
Style: suspense, humorous, action thriller, hood, crime drama ...
Plot: revenge, heist, crime boss, lone hero, fighting crime, security guard, working undercover, robbery, criminal gang, gang, father son relationship, fight ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, north america
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 5.6
 35K
Jolt (2021)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Lindy is an acid-tongued woman with rage issues who controls her temper by shocking herself with an electrode vest. One day she makes a connection with Justin, who gives her a glimmer of hope for a shock-free future, but when he’s murdered she ...
Style: captivating, tense, exciting, smart, perverse ...
Plot: female vigilante, female assassin, anger management, cia, murder, female protagonist, strong female lead, revenge, murder mystery, chase, anger, fight ...
Time: 2020s
Place: new york
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 7.4
 320K
Nobody (2021)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan, China
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Hutch Mansell, a suburban dad, overlooked husband, nothing neighbor — a "nobody." When two thieves break into his home one night, Hutch's unknown long-simmering rage is ignited and propels him on a brutal path that will uncover dark ...
Style: brutal, suspense, action thriller, entertaining, funny ...
Audience: adult
Plot: one man army, tough guy, martial arts, retribution, secret identity, home invasion, revenge, one against many, twists and turns, secret organization, vigilante, vengeance ...
Time: 2020s
Place: america, usa, pentagon
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Fast & Furious 9 (2021)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story: The next installment in the franchise.
Style: suspense, ambiguous ending, saga, anamorphic, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: chases and races, car, woman kills a man, car chase, street racing, brother brother relationship, family relations, terrorist plot, cia agent, ak 47, chase, carsploitation ...
Time: 2020s, year 1989, 90s, 80s, 21st century
Place: georgia, las vegas, jamaica, tokyo, edinburgh scotland ...
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 6.6
 211K
Jungle Cruise (2021)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, UK, Hungary, Thailand, Italy, Czech Republic
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Disney’s live-action adaptation of its iconic theme park ride.
Style: scenic, captivating, funny, light, colorful ...
Audience: family outing, teens, kids, family friendly
Plot: jungle, treasure, amazon river, myth, snake, amazon jungle, danger, dangerous animal, artifact, expedition, amazon rainforest, explorer ...
Time: 1910s, 2020s, future, year 1916, 16th century ...
Place: brazil, london, spain, europe, south america
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 5.0
 9K
The Virtuoso (2021)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A lonesome stranger with nerves of steel must track down and kill a rogue hitman to satisfy an outstanding debt. But the only information he's been given is a time and location where to find his quarry. No name. No description. Nothing.
Style: captivating, tense, suspense
Plot: hitman, mysterious character, hunt down, murder, murder mystery, criminal, mission, secret identity, murderer, life risking, killer, lonely ...
Time: 2020s
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 6.7
 422K
Black Widow (2021)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Natasha Romanoff, on the run from the government following her disobedience to the Sokovia Accords and for aiding Steve Rogers, finds herself on her own and is forced to deal with some of the red in her ledger.
Style: suspense, anamorphic, epic, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience: kids, chick flick, adult
Plot: heroes, female assassin, female protagonist, female spy, superheroine, superhero, female agent, one woman army, strong female lead, spy, one against many, female killer ...
Time: future, 2010s, year 1995, 90s, year 2016 ...
Place: morocco, budapest, ohio, russia, cuba
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 7.1
 420K
Free Guy (2021)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A bank teller realizes he's a background character in an open world action game.
Style: entertaining, humorous, exciting, feel good, heroic ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, family friendly, kids, adult
Plot: virtual reality, video game, game, gamer, changing lives, career change, heroes, fantasy world, bank teller, code, programmer, altering history ...
Time: 2020s, future, 21st century
Place: new york, seattle, tokyo
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Tom Clancy's Without Remorse (2021)
Genre: Action, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 109 min.
Story: An elite Navy SEAL uncovers an international conspiracy while seeking justice for the murder of his pregnant wife.
Style: suspense, exciting, captivating, suspenseful, contemplative ...
Plot: cia, one man army, terrorism, murder, soldier, navy, diver, police, mission, revenge, prison, swat team ...
Time: 2020s, 70s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: syria, usa, pentagon, washington d.c., north carolina ...
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 8.0
 785K
Dune (2021)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 155 min.
Story: A mythic and emotionally charged hero’s journey, “Dune” tells the story of Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure ...
Style: epic, suspense, captivating, tense, action adventure ...
Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: desert, space opera, alien planet, messiah, prophecy, destiny, outer space, premonition, water shortage, politics, adaptation, survival ...
Time: future, distant future, 2020s
Place: space western
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 5.7
 43K
The Marksman (2021)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Jim Hanson’s quiet life is suddenly disturbed by two people crossing the US/Mexico border – a woman and her young son – desperate to flee a Mexican cartel. After a shootout leaves the mother dead, Jim becomes the boy’s reluctant defender. He ...
Style: suspense, road movie, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot: life is a bitch, u.s. mexico border, murder, mafia, boy, drug cartel, sheriff, desert, pistol, border, ranch, old man ...
Time: 2020s, future, 21st century
Place: usa, chicago, mexico, arizona, iowa ...
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Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 242 min.
Story: Zack Snyder's definitive director's cut of Justice League (2017).
Style: tense, exciting, cult classic, saga, suspense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: superhero, batman, superheroine, female warrior, justice league, heroes, superhero team, team, kingdom, superman, villain, time travel ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s
Place: usa, london, tower bridge london, iceland, russia ...
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 7.3
 441K
No Time To Die (2021)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 163 min.
Story: James Bond is retired and living a peaceful life, but after a visit from Felix Leiter, Bond must follow the trail of a dangerous new villain with never before seen technology.
Style: exciting, epic, suspense, thrilling, saga ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot: james bond, spy, agent, espionage, 007, cia, cia agent, secret service, british intelligence, master criminal, british secret service, infection ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s
Place: jamaica, london, havana cuba, italy, england ...
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 6.4
 30K
The Vault (2021)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 118 min.
Story: When an engineer learns of a mysterious, impenetrable fortress hidden under The Bank of Spain, he joins a crew of master thieves who plan to steal the legendary lost treasure locked inside while the whole country is distracted by Spain's World ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, tense, anamorphic ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: heist, bank, master criminal, bank robbery, perfect crime, criminal heroes, danger, chase, plan, engineer, partner, violence ...
Time: 2020s, year 2010, year 2012, year 2009, 2010s ...
Place: spain, london, madrid
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 6.3
 315K
Red Notice (2021)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: An Interpol-issued Red Notice is a global alert to hunt and capture the world's most wanted. But when a daring heist brings together the FBI's top profiler and two rival criminals, there's no telling what will happen.
Style: funny, exciting, tense, anamorphic, action comedy ...
Audience: chick flick, boys' night, girls' night
Plot: heist, thief, interpol, mission, ruse, criminal, wanted, buddy cop, art thief, money, agent, chase ...
Time: 2020s, future, 21st century
Place: argentina, valencia spain, england, russia, spain ...
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The Suicide Squad (2021)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: The continuing escapades of the Suicide Squad.
Style: entertaining, funny, laugh out loud, intense, dark comedy ...
Audience: adult
Plot: superhero, fight scenes, supernatural ability, super villain, female warrior, villain turns good, violence, extreme violence, alien creature, graphic violence, giant monster, evil genius ...
Time: 2020s
Place: usa, washington d.c., america, south america, louisiana
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Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (2021)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Sweden, Bulgaria, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The world’s most lethal odd couple – bodyguard Michael Bryce and hitman Darius Kincaid – are back on another life-threatening mission. Still unlicensed and under scrutiny, Bryce is forced into action by Darius's even more volatile wife, ...
Style: buddy comedy, exciting, action comedy, captivating, funny ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: hitman, terrorism, buddies, mission, bodyguard, woman with a gun, female agent, nun, killer, agent, torture chamber, mob boss ...
Time: 2020s, future, 1950s, 50s
Place: russia, italy, europe, eastern europe, athens greece ...
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 6.1
 38K
The Protege (2021)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Rescued as a child by the legendary assassin Moody and trained in the family business, Anna is the world’s most skilled contract killer. When Moody, the man who was like a father to her and taught her everything she needs to know about trust and ...
Style: suspense, captivating, tense, perverse, cult classic ...
Plot: female assassin, female killer, revenge, assassin, murder, vengeance, hitman, female warrior, drone, seduction, female protagonist, chase ...
Time: future, year 1991, 90s, 2020s, 21st century
Place: bucharest, vietnam, london
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 5.5
 60K
Infinite (2021)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Evan McCauley has skills he never learned and memories of places he has never visited. Self-medicated and on the brink of a mental breakdown, a secret group that call themselves “Infinites” come to his rescue, revealing that his memories are ...
Style: suspense, spiritual, captivating, tense, philosophical ...
Plot: reincarnation, schizophrenia, struggle, final battle, destruction, russian roulette, secret, back from the dead, final showdown, anti heroine, dark hero, jet plane ...
Time: 2020s, year 1985, 80s
Place: north america, new york, scotland, himalaya, mexico city ...
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V2. Escape from Hell (2021)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Mikhail Devyatayev, a captured Soviet pilot who leads an escape from a German concentration camp by hijacking an aircraft.
Style: tense, captivating, suspense, patriotic
Plot: fighter pilot, wartime life, wartime, aviator, flying, airplane, escape plan, world war two, attempted escape, military, soldier, military life ...
Place: ussr, soviet union
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SAS: Red Notice (2021)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, Switzerland, Netherlands, Hungary
Duration: 124 min.
Story: An off-duty SAS soldier, Tom Buckingham, must thwart a terror attack on a train running through the Channel Tunnel. As the action escalates on the train, events transpire in the corridors of power that may make the difference as to whether ...
Style: suspense, captivating, exciting, tense, action thriller ...
Plot: swat team, terrorism, underground, female terrorist, hostile takeover, sniper, hostage situation, military, train, deception, terrorist, woman fights a man ...
Time: 2020s
Place: english channel, london, england, georgia, united kingdom ...
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Those Who Wish Me Dead (2021)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A young boy finds himself pursued by two assassins in the Montana wilderness with a survival expert determined to protecting him - and a forest fire threatening to consume them all. Download : ...
Style: suspense, captivating, cliffhanger, cult classic, grindhouse ...
Plot: female protagonist, murder witness, strong female lead, runaway, murder, home invasion, survival, assassin, waking up from a nightmare, on the run, female warrior, forest fire ...
Time: 2020s
Place: montana, florida
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Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Sequel to the box-office hit film "Venom."
Style: psychotronic, tense, captivating, exciting, suspense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: superhero, monster, villain, heroes, alien monster, revenge, fight, anti hero, experiment gone awry, human versus alien, creature, villainess ...
Time: year 1996, 2020s, 90s
Place: san francisco, california, north america, mexico
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 6.2
 70K
Kate (2021)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: After she's irreversibly poisoned, a ruthless criminal operative has less than 24 hours to exact revenge on her enemies and in the process forms an unexpected bond with the daughter of one of her past victims.
Style: suspense, cult classic, disturbing, tense, captivating ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: female assassin, murder, revenge, assassin, female protagonist, woman, yakuza, fight, poison, strong female lead, murderer, vengeance ...
Time: 2020s
Place: tokyo, japan, osaka japan
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Raya and the Last Dragon (2021)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Plot unknown.
Style: feel good, light, entertaining, anime, sincere ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, date night, toddlers
Plot: dragon, female warrior, female protagonist, tough girl, travel, kung fu, disney princess, imaginary kingdom, imaginary, creature, princess, magical creature ...
Time: 2020s, future
Place: asia, southeast asia, usa
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The Tomorrow War (2021)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story: An ordinary man is recruited by time travellers from 30 years in the future to fight in a war against deadly aliens.
Style: suspense, futuristic, exciting, anamorphic, action adventure ...
Audience: family friendly, adult
Plot: alien invasion, time travel, future war, alien, military, struggle for survival, soldier, final battle, evil alien, alien monster, alien encounter, father daughter relationship ...
Time: future
Place: bahamas, dominican republic, miami, russia, north america
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Trigger Point (2021)
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Nicolas Shaw is a retired U.S. special operative who becomes part of an elite 'invisible' team that quietly takes out the worst villains around the world.
Style: suspense, captivating, tense, action thriller, independent film ...
Plot: black ops, murder, cia agent, memory loss, secret agent, assassin, showdown, traitor, bodyguard, cia, secret mission, memory lapse ...
Time: 2020s
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Army of Thieves (2021)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: A prequel to Zack Snyder's upcoming Army of the Dead that is said to be 'international'.
Style: suspense, romantic, disturbing, captivating, funny ...
Plot: thief, zombie, safecracking, bank teller, safecracker, zombie outbreak, organized crime, heist, interpol, bank robbery, weapons, red herring ...
Time: 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place: europe, munich germany, berlin germany, prague, germany ...
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Gunpowder Milkshake (2021)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, Germany, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: In her turbulent life as a professional assassin, Sam has no choice but to go rogue to save the life of an innocent 8-year-old girl in the middle of the gang war she has unleashed.
Style: suspense, cult classic, captivating, tense, exciting ...
Plot: assassin, female killer, female assassin, female protagonist, strong female lead, murder, fight, female warrior, woman with a gun, family in danger, female secret agent, revenge ...
Time: 2020s
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 6.2
 38K
Copshop (2021)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: On the run from a lethal assassin, a wily con artist devises a scheme to hide out inside a small-town police station. However, when the hit man turns up at the precinct, an unsuspecting rookie cop finds herself caught in the crosshairs.
Style: suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot: jail cell, hitman, police, assassin, black cop, female warrior, gunfight, arrest, prison, murder, rookie, small town ...
Time: future
Place: nevada
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