What makes good action movies? What does it take to create the best adventure movies? Action adventure movies mean something different to everyone. Below, we’ve selected some of the best action movies, full of explosion-filled scenes and brilliantly choreographed fighting spectacles (we’ve even slipped in some with heroes who deliver cheesy one-liners just before the last rocket grenade is fired!). Shut your brain off and immerse yourself in the very best list of action films…
If you want to watch the best action movies, you’re in the right place. To some, “action” means violence, but good action movies give us something more, turning shootings and clobbering into something clever and – often – remarkable. Amongst our favourite action adventure movies, we’d recommend Die Hard, The Dark Knight, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Terminator to name just a few.
Want to immerse yourself in the best action movies of all time? Want to know a list of adventure films that offer more than just shootouts, blasts, and car races? Good action movies ultimately serve to get your pulse racing. Check out our action movies list…
We’ve pulled together a list of top action movies released this year or coming soon, an eclectic mix, from the most recent superhero adventures to the newest excursion into the Rambo franchise…
Actors: Gary Oldman, Olga Kurylenko, Dermot Mulroney
Directors: Zackary Adler
Runtime: DVD: 95 min; Blu-ray: 96 min
Actors: Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz
Directors: Todd Phillips
Runtime: DVD: 122 min; Blu-ray: 122 min; 4K Blu-ray: 122 min
Actors: Ron Perlman, Billy Zane, Edgar Damatian
Directors: Steven Luke
Runtime: DVD: 92 min
Actors: Sylvester Stallone, Paz Vega, Sergio Peris-Mencheta
Directors: Adrian Grunberg
Runtime: DVD: 86 min; Blu-ray: 89 min; 4K Blu-ray: 89 min
Actors: Tom Holland, Samuel L. Jackson, Jake Gyllenhaal
Directors: Jon Watts
Runtime: DVD: 124 min; Blu-ray: 129 min; Blu-ray 3D: 129 min; 4K Blu-ray: 129 min