The 100 Best Action Movies (TimeOut)

Adventure, Action, 1 hr 55 min
United States • Steven Spielberg

Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure, 2 hr 17 min
United States, France • James Cameron

Action, Crime, Thriller, 2 hr 8 min
Hong Kong • John Woo

Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure, 1 hr 36 min
Australia • George Miller

Action, Crime, Thriller, 1 hr 42 min
United States, Hong Kong • Robert Clouse

Action, Comedy, Crime, 1 hr 40 min
Hong Kong • Jackie Chan...

Action, Adventure, Drama, 2 hr 25 min
United States • Sam Peckinpah

Action, Drama, 3 hr 27 min
Japan • Akira Kurosawa

Horror, Sci-Fi, Action, 2 hr 17 min
United States, United Kingdom • James Cameron

Sci-Fi, Action, 2 hr 16 min
United States, Australia • Lana Wachowski...

Sci-Fi, Action, Crime, 1 hr 42 min
United States • Paul Verhoeven

Action, Adventure, Thriller, 1 hr 33 min
United States • Ted Kotcheff

Action, Adventure, Biography, 1 hr 53 min
Hong Kong • Hark Tsui

Action, Mystery, Thriller, 1 hr 55 min
United States, Germany, France • Paul Greengrass

Sci-Fi, Horror, Action, 1 hr 44 min
United States, Mexico • John McTiernan

Action, Crime, 1 hr 44 min
Thailand • Prachya Pinkaew

Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure, 1 hr 48 min
United States, United Kingdom • James Cameron

Sci-Fi, Action, Crime, 2 hr 18 min
United States • John Woo

Action, Crime, Drama, 1 hr 51 min
United States, China • Quentin Tarantino

Action, Adventure, Comedy, 1 hr 20 min
United States • Clyde Bruckman...

Action, Crime, Thriller, 1 hr 41 min
Indonesia, France, United States • Gareth Evans

Thriller, Crime, 1 hr 54 min
United States • Peter Yates

Action, Crime, Drama, 1 hr 51 min
Hong Kong • John Woo

Action, Crime, Thriller, 1 hr 50 min
United States • Richard Donner

Action, Adventure, Comedy, 1 hr 45 min
Hong Kong • Jackie Chan...

Action, Comedy, 1 hr 42 min
Hong Kong • Lau Kar-Leung...

Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2 hr 51 min
United States • Michael Mann

Action, Adventure, Drama, 1 hr 56 min
Hong Kong • Lau Kar-Leung

Western, Drama, Action, 2 hr 45 min
Italy, United States • Sergio Leone

Action, Crime, Thriller, 1 hr 57 min
United States, Japan • Kathryn Bigelow

Action, Crime, Drama, 1 hr 35 min
Hong Kong, United States • John Woo

Action, Adventure, Thriller, 1 hr 36 min
United States, Mexico • George P. Cosmatos

Action, Drama, Mystery, 2 hours
South Korea • Park Chan-wook

Action, Comedy, Romance, 1 hr 33 min
Hong Kong • Sammo Kam-Bo Hung...

Fantasy, Action, Adventure, 2 hours
China, Taiwan, Hong Kong • Ang Lee

Action, Adventure, Thriller, 1 hr 27 min
United States • Mark L. Lester

Action, Adventure, Romance, 1 hr 38 min
United States • Michael Curtiz...

Action, Drama, 1 hr 38 min
Hong Kong • Lau Kar-Leung

Action, Crime, Drama, 1 hr 44 min
United States • William Friedkin

Action, Mystery, Thriller, 1 hr 58 min
Germany, United States, Czechia • Doug Liman

Action, Crime, Drama, 2 hr 13 min
France, United States • Luc Besson

Action, 1 hr 45 min
Hong Kong, China • Hark Tsui

Action, Comedy, Thriller, 2 hr 21 min
United States • James Cameron

Adventure, Drama, 3 hr 32 min
United States • William Wyler

Action, Crime, Thriller, 1 hr 33 min
Hong Kong, Macao • Wilson Yip

Action, Adventure, Drama, 1 hr 57 min
United States • Richard Brooks

Action, Biography, Drama, 1 hr 46 min
Hong Kong, China • Wilson Yip

Action, Adventure, Thriller, 1 hr 50 min
United States, Czechia • Brian De Palma

Action, Comedy, Fantasy, 1 hr 39 min
China, Hong Kong, United States • Stephen Chow