Highest Rated Action
Weighted toward critics
- 1
Seven Samurai
1954 · Akira Kurosawa
93.28/8 sources
- 2
Sherlock Jr.
1924 · Buster Keaton
92.76/8 sources
- 3
Ran
1985 · Akira Kurosawa
91.48/8 sources
- 4
The General
1926 · Clyde Bruckman
90.07/8 sources
- 4
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003 · Peter Jackson
90.08/8 sources
- 6
Harakiri
1962 · Masaki Kobayashi
88.78/8 sources
- 7
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001 · Peter Jackson
88.48/8 sources
- 8
Star Wars
1977 · George Lucas
88.38/8 sources
- 8
The Dark Knight
2008 · Christopher Nolan
88.38/8 sources
- 10
The Empire Strikes Back
1980 · Irvin Kershner
87.58/8 sources
- 11
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
2018 · Bob Persichetti
87.48/8 sources
- 12
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002 · Peter Jackson
87.38/8 sources
- 12
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2000 · Ang Lee
87.38/8 sources
- 14
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2023 · Kemp Powers
87.18/8 sources
- 14
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938 · William Keighley
87.17/8 sources
- 16
Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981 · Steven Spielberg
86.68/8 sources
- 17
Mad Max: Fury Road
2015 · George Miller
86.08/8 sources
- 18
Steamboat Bill, Jr.
1928 · Charles Reisner
85.76/8 sources
- 19
Aliens
1986 · James Cameron
85.37/8 sources
- 20
The Hidden Fortress
1958 · Akira Kurosawa
85.27/8 sources
- 20
The French Connection
1971 · William Friedkin
85.28/8 sources
- 22
Platoon
1986 · Oliver Stone
85.18/8 sources
- 23
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
2021 · Kazuya Tsurumaki
84.96/8 sources
- 24
Samurai Rebellion
1967 · Masaki Kobayashi
84.57/8 sources
- 25
Sanjuro
1962 · Akira Kurosawa
84.17/8 sources
- 25
The Incredibles
2004 · Brad Bird
84.18/8 sources
- 27
The Killer
1989 · John Woo
83.87/8 sources
- 27
RRR
2022 · S. S. Rajamouli
83.87/8 sources
- 29
Dunkirk
2017 · Christopher Nolan
83.68/8 sources
- 30
Letters from Iwo Jima
2006 · Clint Eastwood
83.48/8 sources
- 30
A Night to Remember
1958 · Roy Ward Baker
83.46/8 sources
- 32
Children of Men
2006 · Alfonso Cuarón
83.38/8 sources
- 33
Sinners
2025 · Ryan Coogler
83.28/8 sources
- 34
Scarface
1932 · Howard Hawks
83.18/8 sources
- 35
Kagemusha
1980 · Akira Kurosawa
82.98/8 sources
- 35
Inception
2010 · Christopher Nolan
82.98/8 sources
- 37
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
2018 · Christopher McQuarrie
82.68/8 sources
- 37
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1991 · James Cameron
82.68/8 sources
- 37
A Touch of Zen
1970 · King Hu
82.66/8 sources
- 37
Everything Everywhere All at Once
2022 · Daniel Scheinert
82.68/8 sources
- 41
No Man's Land
2001 · Danis Tanović
82.47/8 sources
- 41
Oldboy
2003 · Park Chan-wook
82.48/8 sources
- 43
Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc
2025 · Tatsuya Yoshihara
82.36/8 sources
- 43
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
2004 · Quentin Tarantino
82.38/8 sources
- 45
Godzilla Minus One
2023 · Takashi Yamazaki
82.08/8 sources
- 45
United 93
2006 · Paul Greengrass
82.08/8 sources
- 45
Hundreds of Beavers
2022 · Mike Cheslik
82.07/8 sources
- 48
Goldfinger
1964 · Guy Hamilton
81.97/8 sources
- 49
Love Exposure
2008 · Sion Sono
81.87/8 sources
- 50
Heat
1995 · Michael Mann
81.78/8 sources
- 51
Hero
2002 · Zhang Yimou
81.68/8 sources
- 52
The Fugitive
1993 · Andrew Davis
81.58/8 sources
- 53
Ford v Ferrari
2019 · James Mangold
81.48/8 sources
- 54
Castle in the Sky
1986 · Hayao Miyazaki
81.38/8 sources
- 54
Top Gun: Maverick
2022 · Joseph Kosinski
81.38/8 sources
- 56
Bāhubali 2: The Conclusion
2017 · S. S. Rajamouli
81.17/8 sources
- 57
Hard Boiled
1992 · John Woo
81.06/8 sources
- 58
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
1954 · Hiroshi Inagaki
80.96/8 sources
- 59
Dirty Harry
1971 · Don Siegel
80.87/8 sources
- 59
Die Hard
1988 · John McTiernan
80.88/8 sources
- 61
The Terminator
1984 · James Cameron
80.78/8 sources
- 61
Logan
2017 · James Mangold
80.78/8 sources
- 63
Spider-Man 2
2004 · Sam Raimi
80.68/8 sources
- 63
Sicario
2015 · Denis Villeneuve
80.68/8 sources
- 65
The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion
2018 · Park Hoon-jung
80.56/8 sources
- 66
Casino Royale
2006 · Martin Campbell
80.48/8 sources
- 66
Skyfall
2012 · Sam Mendes
80.48/8 sources
- 66
Avengers: Endgame
2019 · Joe Russo
80.48/8 sources
- 69
The Bourne Ultimatum
2007 · Paul Greengrass
80.38/8 sources
- 70
Lady Snowblood
1973 · Toshiya Fujita
80.27/8 sources
- 71
Branded to Kill
1967 · Seijun Suzuki
80.16/8 sources
- 71
Foreign Correspondent
1940 · Alfred Hitchcock
80.17/8 sources
- 73
Akira
1988 · Katsuhiro Otomo
80.07/8 sources
- 73
Hot Fuzz
2007 · Edgar Wright
80.08/8 sources
- 75
House of Flying Daggers
2004 · Zhang Yimou
79.98/8 sources
- 75
Bob le Flambeur
1956 · Jean-Pierre Melville
79.97/8 sources
- 75
The Day of the Jackal
1973 · Fred Zinnemann
79.97/8 sources
- 75
Diva
1981 · Jean-Jacques Beineix
79.96/8 sources
- 75
Ghost in the Shell
1995 · Mamoru Oshii
79.97/8 sources
- 80
Assault on Precinct 13
1976 · John Carpenter
79.87/8 sources
- 80
13 Assassins
2010 · Takashi Miike
79.87/8 sources
- 80
Captain Phillips
2013 · Paul Greengrass
79.88/8 sources
- 83
Avatar
2009 · James Cameron
79.78/8 sources
- 83
The Promised Land
2023 · Nikolaj Arcel
79.77/8 sources
- 83
Bullet in the Head
1990 · John Woo
79.76/8 sources
- 83
Enter the Dragon
1973 · Robert Clouse
79.77/8 sources
- 87
The Mark of Zorro
1940 · Rouben Mamoulian
79.66/8 sources
- 87
Planet of the Apes
1968 · Franklin J. Schaffner
79.68/8 sources
- 89
Sholay
1975 · Ramesh Sippy
79.57/8 sources
- 89
The Dark Knight Rises
2012 · Christopher Nolan
79.58/8 sources
- 89
Kung Fu Hustle
2004 · Stephen Chow
79.58/8 sources
- 92
The Matrix
1999 · Lana Wachowski
79.48/8 sources
- 92
Infernal Affairs
2002 · Alan Mak Siu-Fai
79.48/8 sources
- 94
The Count of Monte Cristo
2024 · Alexandre de La Patellière
79.38/8 sources
- 94
Riders of Justice
2020 · Anders Thomas Jensen
79.37/8 sources
- 94
Minority Report
2002 · Steven Spielberg
79.38/8 sources
- 97
John Wick: Chapter 4
2023 · Chad Stahelski
79.28/8 sources
- 97
Star Trek
2009 · J.J. Abrams
79.28/8 sources
- 99
Baby Driver
2017 · Edgar Wright
79.18/8 sources
- 100
Superman
1978 · Richard Donner
79.07/8 sources