Best British Action Movies

This page is updated regularly. Subscribe, so you don't miss new recommendations. The list of "Best British Action Movies" contains films with the following parameters. Style: exciting, cult classic, psychotronic, suspense, epic and surprise ending. Plot: fight, murder, violence, death, danger, explosion, chase, ambush, live action and revenge. Genre: Action, Adventure and Sci-Fi. Country: USA and UK.
Best British Action Movies
Best British Action Movies
TOP Movies: Wrath of Man (2021), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Avatar (2009), Wonder Woman 1984 (2020), Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021), The Mummy (1999), Eternals (2021), Inception (2010), Spy (2015), The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021), Tenet (2020), No Time To Die (2021), Gravity (2013), The Dark Knight (2008), The Gentlemen (2019), Hitmen (2023), Halloween Kills (2021), Enola Holmes (2020), Avengement (2019).

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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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Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
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, epic, atmospheric, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, manly, family friendly, date night ...
Plot: treasure hunt, archaeologist, indiana jones, treasure, adventurer, archaeology, nazi, artifact, chase, villain, desert, escapades ...
Time: 1930s, year 1936, 20th century, 90s, year 1981
Place: egypt, south america, nepal, africa, himalaya ...
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 7.9
 1.4M
Avatar (2009)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 162 min.
Story: In the 22nd century, a paraplegic Marine is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission, but becomes torn between following orders and protecting an alien civilization.
Style: futuristic, breathtaking, exciting, captivating, serious ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids, chick flick, girls' night ...
Plot: alien, fantasy world, ecology, culture clash, creature, beautiful scenery, battles, space and aliens, alien life-form, alien planet, space travel, alien encounter ...
Time: future, 2000s, 20th century, year 2009, 22nd century
Place: iran, space western
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Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 151 min.
Story: Wonder Woman comes into conflict with the Soviet Union during the Cold War in the 1980s and finds a formidable foe by the name of the Cheetah.
Style: intense, entertaining, suspense, emotional, action adventure ...
Audience: kids, chick flick, adult
Plot: female protagonist, superhero, female warrior, superheroine, woman fights a man, female fighter, heroes, amazon, super powers, amazon tribe, wonder woman, superhuman powers ...
Time: 2020s, 80s, year 1984
Place: hawaii, los angeles, washington d.c., russia, egypt ...
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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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 7.1
 458K
The Mummy (1999)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Dashing legionnaire Rick O'Connell and his companion, Beni stumble upon the hidden ruins of Hamunaptra while in the midst of a battle in 1923, 3,000 years after Imhotep has suffered a fate worse than death – his body will remain undead for ...
Style: scary, exciting, entertaining, funny, suspense ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, kids, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot: mummy, treasure hunt, archaeology, adventurer, desert, monster, supernatural, ancient egypt, tomb, treasure, archaeologist, deadly creature ...
Time: 90s, year 1999, future, jurassic, 1920s ...
Place: egypt, africa, south africa, middle east, north africa ...
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 6.3
 382K
Eternals (2021)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 156 min.
Story: The story of a race of immortal beings who lived on Earth and shaped its history and civilizations.
Style: exciting, captivating, contemplative, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience: chick flick, kids, adult
Plot: superhero, alien race, alien attack, evil alien, space and aliens, suicide, alien encounter, sex scene, artifact, supernatural, gay, superpower ...
Time: 1940s, 16th century, 2020s, year 1945, 21st century
Place: hiroshima japan, usa, london, south dakota, india ...
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 8.8
 2.5M
Inception (2010)
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, clever, cerebral, surreal ...
Audience: teens, date night, adult
Plot: dream, virtual reality, memory, alternate reality, twists and turns, imagination, subconscious, philosophy, existentialism, fictional reality, heist, puzzle ...
Time: year 2010, future, 2000s, 2010s, near future
Place: paris france, japan, los angeles, iran, tokyo ...
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 7.0
 258K
Spy (2015)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A desk-bound CIA analyst volunteers to go undercover to infiltrate the world of a deadly arms dealer, and prevent diabolical global disaster.
Style: funny, parody, humorous, action comedy, spoof ...
Audience: chick flick, kids, teens, adult
Plot: spy, espionage, undercover agent, female spy, cia agent, cia, assassin, undercover, female protagonist, female killer, female agent, secret service ...
Time: year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
Place: italy, paris france, rome italy, bulgaria, budapest ...
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The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 164 min.
Story: Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman ...
Style: exciting, suspense, thrilling, visually stunning, atmospheric ...
Audience: teens, manly, date night, chick flick, boys' night
Plot: superhero, batman, heroes, good versus evil, secret identity, double life, chaos and mayhem, terrorism, villainess, self sacrifice, terrorist plot, revenge ...
Time: year 2012, future, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, pittsburgh, london, italy, pentagon
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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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The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die (2023)
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story: In the wake of King Edward's death, Uhtred of Bebbanburg and his comrades adventure across a fractured kingdom in the hopes of uniting England at last.
Style: epic, captivating, tense, suspenseful, exciting ...
Plot: viking, kingdom, battles, king, warrior, exploration, medieval, war, sword fight, battlefield, epic battle, mortal combat ...
Time: 10th century, medieval times
Place: england, wales
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 7.3
 584K
Tenet (2020)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 150 min.
Story: Plot unknown. The project is described as an action epic revolving around international espionage.
Style: unusual plot structure, suspense, twist ending, mind blowing, mind bending ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, adult
Plot: time paradox, time travel, time, time loop, cia agent, alternate timeline, quantum physics, terrorism, save the world, espionage, propaganda, time traveler ...
Time: future, 2020s, 2010s
Place: mumbai india, los angeles, india, vietnam, london ...
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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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 7.7
 860K
Gravity (2013)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Dr. Ryan Stone, a brilliant medical engineer on her first Shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky in command of his last flight before retiring. But on a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. The Shuttle is destroyed, leaving ...
Style: atmospheric, suspenseful, scenic, suspense, minimal cast ...
Audience: teens, kids, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot: isolation, survival, space travel, space, astronaut, outer space, space station, loneliness, disaster, sole survivor, catastrophe, survivor ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place: los angeles, persia, seattle, houston texas
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 9.0
 2.8M
The Dark Knight (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 152 min.
Story: Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but ...
Style: suspense, neo noir, exciting, atmospheric, epic ...
Audience: manly, date night, kids, chick flick, boys' night ...
Plot: superhero, batman, heroes, secret identity, tragic hero, psychopath, moral dilemma, corruption, organized crime, joker, double life, villain ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, future, 21st century
Place: usa, london, hong kong
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Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: The epic saga continues as Luke Skywalker, in hopes of defeating the evil Galactic Empire, learns the ways of the Jedi from aging master Yoda. But Darth Vader is more determined than ever to capture Luke. Meanwhile, rebel leader Princess Leia, cocky ...
Style: futuristic, saga, dark, visually stunning, epic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, chick flick, family friendly, boys' night ...
Plot: star wars, space opera, outer space, sword fight, space travel, space and aliens, creature, space battle, good versus evil, jedi, alien, training ...
Time: future, 20th century, year 1980, 80s
Place: space western
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 7.8
 386K
The Gentlemen (2019)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A drug lord tries to sell off his highly profitable empire.
Style: dark comedy, stylized, realistic, neo noir, black comedy ...
Audience: boys' night, family friendly
Plot: gangster, organized crime, marijuana, gang, crime boss, money, british, criminal underworld, tough guy, criminal, swearing, gang war ...
Time: 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place: london, england, united kingdom
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 4.9
 2K
Hitmen (2023)
Genre: Action
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Michael Hero, a powerful CEO, seeks vengeance for the murder of his grandson by offering a one-million-dollar bounty for the assassination of his grandson's accidental killers, attracting the world's leading assassins to the task at hand.
Style: harsh, tense, serious, exciting, captivating ...
Plot: murder, revenge, hitman, handgun, killer, hired killer, shooting, gunfight, murderer, avenge, revenge motive, revenge killing ...
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Halloween Kills (2021)
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: The saga of Michael Myers and Laurie Strode continues in the next thrilling chapter of the Halloween series.
Style: slasher, scary, suspense, slasher horror, atmospheric ...
Plot: serial killer, masked killer, murder, killing spree, psycho, halloween, evil, gory, violence, holiday horror, maniac, psycho killer ...
Time: 2020s, 70s, 2010s, year 1978, 21st century
Place: illinois, usa
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 6.6
 216K
Enola Holmes (2020)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 123 min.
Story: While searching for her missing mother, intrepid teen Enola Holmes uses her sleuthing skills to outsmart big brother Sherlock and help a runaway lord.
Style: detective, costume drama, period piece, suspense, romantic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot: sherlock holmes, strong female lead, victorian england, feminism, amateur detective, female detective, female protagonist, teenage protagonist, private detective, fight, runaway teen, obsessive quest ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, 2020s, edwardian era, future
Place: london, england, scotland yard
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 6.6
 20K
Avengement (2019)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story: While on a prison furlough, a lowly criminal evades his guards and returns to his old stomping ground to take revenge on the people who turned him into a cold blooded killer.
Style: suspense, tense, hood, cult classic, action thriller ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, revenge, organized crime, betrayal, danger, gang, violent, death, greed, rivalry, life is a bitch, vengeance ...
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 8.2
 1.6M
Batman Begins (2005)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 140 min.
Story: Driven by tragedy, billionaire Bruce Wayne dedicates his life to uncovering and defeating the corruption that plagues his home, Gotham City. Unable to work within the system, he instead creates a new identity, a symbol of fear for the criminal ...
Style: suspense, dark, exciting, action packed, harsh ...
Audience: teens, manly, chick flick, kids, boys' night
Plot: superhero, batman, heroes, secret identity, double life, corruption, disguise, martial arts, good versus evil, social decay, justice, vigilante ...
Time: 2000s, year 2005, 20th century, 80s, 90s ...
Place: usa, himalaya, africa, tibet
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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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Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: The story of an ancient war that is reignited when a young farmhand unwittingly opens a gateway between our world and a fearsome race of giants. Unleashed on the Earth for the first time in centuries, the giants strive to reclaim the land they once ...
Style: fairy tale, exciting, stylized, enigmatic, captivating ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot: giant, magic, imaginary kingdom, heroic mission, princess, save the princess, youth, mythology, good versus evil, heroes, legends and myths, sword and sorcery ...
Time: year 2013, middle ages, 2010s
Place: seattle, tower bridge london, london, england
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 3.8
 4K
400 Bullets (2021)
Genre: Action
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story: One cold winter night in Afghanistan is about to get a whole lot worse for Rana Rae, a Gurkha soldier left to guard a British military outpost, when Captain Noah Brandt arrives looking for refuge from a group of rogue special ops and a cell of ...
Style: exciting, suspense, disturbing, tense, suspenseful
Plot: war, gunfight, soldier, danger, murder, graphic violence, violence, brutality, military officer, blood, combat, death ...
Time: 2020s
Place: afghanistan, europe
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 6.4
 317K
Alien³ (1992)
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: After escaping with Newt and Hicks from the alien planet, Ripley crash lands on Fiorina 161, a prison planet and host to a correctional facility. Unfortunately, although Newt and Hicks do not survive the crash, a more unwelcome visitor does. The ...
Style: bleak, suspenseful, atmospheric, suspense, bad ending ...
Audience: kids
Plot: alien, evil alien, outer space, prison, deadly creature, space travel, survival, human versus alien, cryogenics, monster, creature, alien invasion ...
Time: future, 90s, 22nd century
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I Am Vengeance (2018)
Genre: Action
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story: When ex-soldier turned mercenary, John Gold, learns of the murder of his best friend, he sets off on a mission to find out what happened. What he discovers is a sinister conspiracy and he sets about taking down those responsible one by one.
Style: tense, suspense, disturbing, captivating, exciting
Plot: conspiracy, murder, vigilante, revenge, hitman, killings, soldier, elimination, criminal, assassination plot, political conspiracy, vengeance ...
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 8.1
 918K
The Terminator (1984)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st century mechanical ...
Style: tech noir, suspenseful, neo noir, serious, breathtaking ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, teens, kids, date night ...
Plot: time travel, cyborgs, cyberpunk, man versus machine, dystopia, good versus evil, terminator, androids, artificial intelligence, androids and robots, gunfight, car chase ...
Time: 80s, future, 20th century, near future, year 1984 ...
Place: los angeles, usa, mexico
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X-Men: First Class (2011)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 131 min.
Story: Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were arch-enemies, they were closest of friends, working together with other mutants ...
Style: exciting, humorous, intense, serious, stylized ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, kids, boys' night, adult
Plot: superhero, mutant, supernatural ability, supernatural power, superhuman powers, vengeance, vigilante, x men, comic book, superhuman, supernatural, genetics ...
Time: year 2011, 60s, future, 2010s, 1940s ...
Place: poland, turkey, eastern europe, usa, new york ...
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