Best action movies of all time filmaffinity
In the following page, you will see a ranking of the best action movies of all time. We have gathered the ratings of Imdb, Metacritic, Filmaffinity and crafted our own algorithm and generated the following ratings.
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1. Seven Samurai (1954)
A poor village under attack by bandits recruits seven unemployed samurai to help them defend themselves. read more
Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama
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8.9
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2. The General (1926)
After being rejected by the Confederate military, not realizing it was due to his crucial civilian role, an engineer must single-handedly recapture his beloved locomotive after it is seized by Union spies and return it through enemy lines. read more
Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy
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3. Sherlock Jr. (1924)
A film projectionist longs to be a detective, and puts his meagre skills to work when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend's father's pocketwatch. read more
Genres: Action, Comedy, Romance
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4. The Dark Knight (2008)
When the menace known as the Joker wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, Batman must accept one of the greatest psychological and physical tests of his ability to fight injustice. read more
Genres: Action, Crime, Drama
8.1
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84
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8.5
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5. Ran (1985)
In Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will corrupt them and cause them to turn on each other...and him. read more
Genres: Action, Drama, War
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96
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6. Blade Runner (1982)
A blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space, and have returned to Earth to find their creator. read more
Genres: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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84
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8.2
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7. Inception (2010)
A thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a C.E.O., but his tragic past may doom the project and his team to disaster. read more
Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
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74
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8.1
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8. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
A meek Hobbit from the Shire and eight companions set out on a journey to destroy the powerful One Ring and save Middle-earth from the Dark Lord Sauron. read more
Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama
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92
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8.7
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9. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
While Frodo and Sam edge closer to Mordor with the help of the shifty Gollum, the divided fellowship makes a stand against Sauron's new ally, Saruman, and his hordes of Isengard. read more
Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama
8.0
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87
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8.5
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10. Princess Mononoke (1997)
On a journey to find the cure for a Tatarigami's curse, Ashitaka finds himself in the middle of a war between the forest gods and Tatara, a mining colony. In this quest he also meets San, the Mononoke Hime. read more
Genres: Action, Adventure, Animation
8.0
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76
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8.0
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11. Yojimbo (1961)
A crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town. read more
Genres: Action, Drama, Thriller
8.0
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93
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8.5
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12. Rio Bravo (1959)
A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a disabled man, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy. read more
Genres: Action, Drama, Western
8.0
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93
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8.0
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8.4
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13. The Wild Bunch (1969)
An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them. read more
Genres: Action, Adventure, Western
8.0
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97
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8.5
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14. The Matrix (1999)
When a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence. read more
Genres: Action, Sci-Fi
7.9
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73
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8.0
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15. Gladiator (2000)
A former Roman General sets out to exact vengeance against the corrupt emperor who murdered his family and sent him into slavery. read more
Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama
7.9
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67
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8.5
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16. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
After a daring mission to rescue Han Solo from Jabba the Hutt, the Rebels dispatch to Endor to destroy the second Death Star. Meanwhile, Luke struggles to help Darth Vader back from the dark side without falling into the Emperor's trap. read more
Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
7.9
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58
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17. Oldboy (2003)
After being kidnapped and imprisoned for fifteen years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must find his captor in five days. read more
Genres: Action, Drama, Mystery
7.8
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77
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8.4
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8.0
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18. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
In 1938, after his father Professor Henry Jones, Sr. goes missing while pursuing the Holy Grail, Professor Henry "Indiana" Jones, Jr. finds himself up against Adolf Hitler's Nazis again to stop them from obtaining its powers. read more
Genres: Action, Adventure
7.8
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65
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7.5
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19. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
Eddy persuades his three pals to pool money for a vital poker game against a powerful local mobster, Hatchet Harry. Eddy loses, after which Harry gives him a week to pay back 500,000 pounds. read more
Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime
7.8
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66
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7.5
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20. 1917 (2019)
April 6th, 1917. As a regiment assembles to wage war deep in enemy territory, two soldiers are assigned to race against time and deliver a message that will stop 1,600 men from walking straight into a deadly trap. read more
Genres: Action, Drama, War
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78
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