Best American Action Movies
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Best American Action Movies
TOP Movies: Shooter (2007), Law Abiding Citizen (2009), The Equalizer 2 (2018), The Equalizer (2014), The Accountant (2016), Die Hard (1988), Top Gun: Maverick (2022), Felon (2008), Speed (1994), Black Widow (2021), Deadpool (2016), Enemy of the State (1998), Men in Black (1997), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), xXx (2002), Deadpool & Wolverine (2024), Crawl (2019), Con Air (1997), Red Notice (2021).
List of Best Movies
374K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A marksman living in exile is coaxed back into action after learning of a plot to kill the president. Ultimately double-crossed and framed for the attempt, he goes on the run to track the real killer and find out who exactly set him up, and why.
Style:
intense, action packed, exciting, action thriller, suspense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
sniper, conspiracy, fbi, one man army, on the run, assassination, corruption, revenge, manhunt, military, cover up, false accusation ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
montana, philadelphia, virginia, usa, baltimore ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family's killers free. He targets not only the killer but also the district attorney and others involved in the deal.
Style:
twist ending, suspense, psychological, surprise ending, tense ...
Audience:
manly, adult
Plot:
vengeance, vigilantism, justice, prison, vigilante, revenge, master criminal, lawyer, retribution, fighting the system, twists and turns, murder ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
philadelphia, usa
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Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Robert McCall returns to deliver his special brand of vigilante justice -- but how far will he go when it's someone he loves?
Style:
action thriller, action adventure, suspense, retro, bloody ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
revenge, vigilante, cia, one against many, one man army, tough guy, martial arts, vigilantism, ex military, kidnapping, slutty attitude, woman fights a man ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
boston, istanbul turkey, turkey, europe, north america ...
Is relevant?
461K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
In The Equalizer, Denzel Washington plays McCall, a man who believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when McCall meets Teri (Chloë Grace Moretz), a young girl under the control of ...
Style:
serious, exciting, suspense, brutal, breathtaking ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
vigilante, vigilantism, corruption, hitman, assassin, one man army, gunfight, justice, lone hero, violence, loner, revenge ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
boston, moscow russia, massachusetts, usa, russia
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
As a math savant uncooks the books for a new client, the Treasury Department closes in on his activities and the body count starts to rise.
Style:
suspense, surprise ending, tense, suspenseful, action thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
autism, accountant, assassin, mathematics, lone hero, organized crime, twists and turns, vigilante, justice, hitman, violence, gunfight ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, year 1989, 2000s, year 2006 ...
Place:
washington d.c., chicago, illinois, new hampshire, germany ...
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1.0M
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
NYPD cop, John McClane's plan to reconcile with his estranged wife is thrown for a serious loop when minutes after he arrives at her office, the entire building is overtaken by a group of terrorists. With little help from the LAPD, wisecracking ...
Style:
intense, christmas special, clever, action packed, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, date night, teens, chick flick ...
Plot:
hostage, one man army, gunfight, heist, tough guy, christmas, police, terrorism, terrorist, skyscraper, robbery, police officer ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 2016, year 1988
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Set in the world of drone technology and fifth generation fighters, this sequel will explore the end of the era of dogfighting.
Style:
realistic, saga, entertaining, emotional, intellectual ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
fighter pilot, fighter plane, warplane, aircraft carrier, u.s. military, u.s. navy, aerial combat, fighter jet, test pilot, aviation, desert, leadership ...
Time:
2020s, 60s, year 1986, 80s, year 1969 ...
Place:
usa, los angeles, california, mojave desert, san diego california
Is relevant?
88K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A family man convicted of killing an intruder must cope with life afterward in the violent penal system.
Style:
brutal, realistic, tense, emotional, serious ...
Audience:
date night, boys' night
Plot:
prison, prison life, convict, prison riot, jail, aryan brotherhood, prison gang, fighting the system, male nudity, brutality, court, organized crime ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
usa, california
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420K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Los Angeles SWAT cop Jack Traven is up against bomb expert Howard Payne, who's after major ransom money. First it's a rigged elevator in a very tall building. Then it's a rigged bus--if it slows, it will blow, bad enough any day, but ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, exciting, fast, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
hostage, bomb, twists and turns, danger, bus, terrorist, terrorism, police officer, trapped, unlikely partners, save the day, bomb squad ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1994, 80s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Is relevant?
472K
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, saga, anamorphic, epic, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids, adult
Plot:
female spy, female assassin, female agent, heroes, female protagonist, superheroine, superhero, one woman army, strong female lead, heroine, master warrior, spy ...
Time:
2010s, future, year 2016, 90s, year 1995 ...
Place:
morocco, budapest, ohio, russia, cuba
Is relevant?
1.2M
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Deadpool tells the origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopts the alter ego Deadpool. Armed with his new ...
Style:
exciting, stylized, entertaining, parody, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, chick flick, girls' night, manly ...
Plot:
superhero, revenge, fight scenes, comic book, superhuman powers, immortality, anti hero, invulnerability, dark hero, regeneration, sarcasm, mutant ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016, 21st century
Place:
america, usa, new york
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Hotshot Washington lawyer, Robert Dean becomes a victim of high-tech identity theft when a hacker slips an incriminating video into his pocket. Soon, a rogue National Security agent sets out to recover the tape – and destroy Dean.
Style:
suspense, clever, tense, political thriller, sexy ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night, manly, kids
Plot:
surveillance, conspiracy, cia, on the run, espionage, political conspiracy, intelligence, violence, murder, manhunt, fighting the system, uncover truth ...
Time:
year 1998, 20th century, 90s
Place:
washington d.c., baltimore, iraq, maryland, afghanistan ...
Is relevant?
658K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After a police chase with an otherworldly being, a New York City cop is recruited as an agent in a top-secret organization established to monitor and police alien activity on Earth: the Men in Black. Agent Kay and new recruit Agent Jay find ...
Style:
entertaining, exciting, humorous, funny, saga ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids, family friendly, teens, adult
Plot:
alien, buddy, government agency, ufo, buddy cop, space and aliens, flying saucer, alien encounter, intergalactic, invasion, creature, woman with a gun ...
Time:
jurassic, year 1997, 20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, new jersey, persia, usa, north america ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, France
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Nearly 10 years have passed since Sarah Connor was targeted for termination by a cyborg from the future. Now her son, John, the future leader of the resistance, is the target for a newer, more deadly terminator. Once again, the resistance has ...
Style:
exciting, apocalyptic, suspenseful, suspense, futuristic ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, kids, adult
Plot:
artificial intelligence, terminator, time travel, robot, man versus machine, cyborgs, dystopia, apocalypse, androids and robots, cyberpunk, chase, time traveler ...
Time:
future, 20th century, 90s, near future, year 1997 ...
Place:
california, los angeles, persia, america, usa ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and most everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world exist two rebels on the run who just might be ...
Style:
visually appealing, visually stunning, road movie, apocalyptic, breathtaking ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, family friendly, teens, adult
Plot:
post apocalypse, car, desert, apocalypse, survival, post apocalyptic, chase, on the run, dystopia, car chase, distopia, tough guy ...
Time:
future, year 2015, year 2016, near future, distant future ...
Place:
australia, los angeles
Is relevant?
193K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Xander Cage is your standard adrenaline junkie with no fear and a lousy attitude. When the US Government "recruits" him to go on a mission, he's not exactly thrilled. His mission: to gather information on an organization that may just ...
Style:
sexy, action packed, spy action, suspense, predictable ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, kids, girls' night, teens
Plot:
undercover, secret agent, chase, gunfight, heroic mission, extreme sport, spy hero, avenger, espionage, agent, terrorist plot, tough heroes ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
prague, washington d.c., europe, california, czech republic ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Third entry in the "Deadpool" franchise. Plot TBA.
Style:
buddy comedy, raunchy comedy, entertaining, psychotronic, action packed ...
Plot:
multiverse, x men, avenger, masked hero, final battle, regeneration, epic battle, redemption, mind reading, vulgar language, heroes, bald woman ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s
Place:
north dakota, new york, canada, north america
Is relevant?
102K
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
While struggling to save her father during a Category 5 hurricane, a young woman finds herself trapped inside a flooding house and fighting for her life against Florida’s most savage and feared predators.
Style:
suspense, natural horror, slasher, scary, psychotronic ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
animal attack, trapped, disaster, survival, flood, alligator, creature feature, natural disaster, hurricane, survival horror, crocodile, killer animal ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
florida
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337K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
When the government puts all its rotten criminal eggs in one airborne basket, it's asking for trouble. Before you can say, "Pass the barf bag," the crooks control the plane, led by creepy Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom. Watching ...
Style:
action packed, exciting, serious, intense, realistic ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
airplane, hijacking, master criminal, prison escape, convict, law enforcement, fugitives, tough heroes, violent, die hard, confined, redemption ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
las vegas, usa, utah, nevada, north america ...
Is relevant?
351K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA, Italy
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, interpol, ruse, art thief, buddy cop, wanted, thief, agent, criminal, mission, money, caper ...
Time:
2020s, future, 21st century
Place:
valencia spain, paris france, spain, argentina, england ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
When Dr. Indiana Jones – the tweed-suited professor who just happens to be a celebrated archaeologist – is hired by the government to locate the legendary Ark of the Covenant, he finds himself up against the entire Nazi regime.
Style:
exciting, breathtaking, perverse, epic, saga ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, date night, family friendly, manly ...
Plot:
treasure hunt, indiana jones, archaeologist, treasure, adventurer, archaeology, artifact, nazi, desert, chase, escapades, jungle ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1936, 90s, year 1981
Place:
egypt, africa, nepal, south america, himalaya ...
Is relevant?
290K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Two young officers are marked for death after confiscating a small cache of money and firearms from the members of a notorious cartel during a routine traffic stop.
Style:
emotional, suspense, independent film, harsh, brutal ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
gunfight, latinos, gang member, cop, fighting crime, street gang, shooting, urban ghetto, police officer, police, police investigation, police protagonist ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, year 2011, 70s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, south central los angeles, south america, usa ...
Is relevant?
1.5M
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
When an unexpected enemy emerges and threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. ...
Style:
exciting, entertaining, heroic, epic, visually stunning ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, kids, chick flick, family outing ...
Plot:
superhero, heroes, alien invasion, superhuman powers, good versus evil, costumed hero, female assassin, monster, teamwork, super villain, imaginary, tony stark character ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
manhattan new york city, madagascar, pittsburgh, grand central station manhattan new york city, usa ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada, India, Australia
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Major Bill Cage is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously demoted and dropped into combat. Cage is killed within minutes, managing to take an alpha alien down with him. He awakens back at the beginning of the same ...
Style:
futuristic, mind bending, exciting, clever, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, family friendly, chick flick
Plot:
time loop, time travel, alien invasion, alien, invasion, battles, space and aliens, changing the past or future, evil alien, soldier, repeated event, foreknowledge ...
Time:
future, near future, year 2014, 2020s, 2010s ...
Place:
united kingdom, france, paris france, europe, big ben london ...
Is relevant?
126K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Tom Ludlow is a disillusioned L.A. Police Officer, rarely playing by the rules and haunted by the death of his wife. When evidence implicates him in the execution of a fellow officer, he is forced to go up against the cop culture he's been a ...
Style:
detective, neo noir, hood, harsh, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, dirty cop, police, corruption, twists and turns, gunfight, violence, police investigation, ghetto, undercover cop, gangster, vigilantism ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, south america, usa, california
Is relevant?
2.8M
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another ...
Style:
psychological, mind bending, cerebral, clever, twist ending ...
Audience:
date night, teens, adult
Plot:
dream, virtual reality, memory, alternate reality, teamwork, imagination, subconscious, philosophy, twists and turns, fictional reality, existentialism, lucid dream ...
Time:
year 2010, future, 2000s, 2010s, near future
Place:
japan, paris france, los angeles, iran, tokyo ...
Is relevant?
2.2M
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.
Style:
philosophical, thought provoking, cerebral, mind bending, surreal ...
Audience:
date night, manly, kids, chick flick, family friendly ...
Plot:
artificial intelligence, philosophy, dystopia, virtual reality, existentialism, distopia, cyberpunk, alternate reality, martial arts, gunfight, hacker, simulated reality ...
Time:
future, 20th century, year 1999, near future, 22nd century ...
Place:
persia, los angeles
Is relevant?
128K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A strait-laced professor discovers his hidden talent as a fake hit man. He meets his match in a client who steals his heart and ignites a powder keg of deception, delight, and mixed-up identities. Inspired by an unbelievable true story.
Style:
psychological, captivating, romantic comedy
Plot:
hitman, police, fake identity, forbidden love, homicide detective, disguise, sting operation, police investigation, uncover truth, crime investigation, police detective, crime solving ...
Place:
new orleans
Is relevant?
119K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Prominent gang leader Cyrus calls a meeting of New York's gangs to set aside their turf wars and take over the city. At the meeting, a rival leader kills Cyrus, but a Coney Island gang called the Warriors is wrongly blamed for Cyrus' ...
Style:
cult classic, neo noir, retro, grindhouse, grim ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
survival, street gang, gang, gang war, gang member, subway, violence, warrior, gangster, chase, murder, graffiti ...
Time:
future, 70s, year 1979, near future, 80s
Place:
new york, coney island brooklyn new york city, bronx new york city, usa, north america ...
Is relevant?
277K
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Bestowed with superhuman strength, a young mortal named Hercules sets out to prove himself a hero in the eyes of his father, the great god Zeus. Along with his friends Pegasus, a flying horse, and Phil, a personal trainer, Hercules is tricked by the ...
Style:
feel good, fairy tale, exciting, touching, epic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, girls' night, preschool
Plot:
hercules, mythology, good versus evil, legends and myths, love, heroic mission, cyclops, myth, teenager, centaur, transformation, titan ...
Time:
90s, year 1997
Place:
ancient greece, greece, europe, italy, rome italy
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