Top Action Hero Movies & TV Shows

Cast

Colin Farrell

Angelina Jolie

Val Kilmer

Jared Leto

Alexander (2004)

6.0 3.5K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama

Country: France, Germany

Duration: 176 min.

Audience: R

Story: Alexander, the King of Macedonia, leads his legions against the giant Persian Empire. After defeating the Persians, he leads his army across the then known world, venturing farther than any westerner had ever gone, all the way to India.

Plot: elephant, aristotle, persia, emperor, campaign, alexander the great, sword fight, royalty, ...

Time: antiquity

Place: egypt, greece

Cast

Sylvester Stallone

Sharon Stone

James Woods

Rod Steiger

The Specialist (1994)

5.9 1.5K votes

Genre: Action, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 110 min.

Audience: R

Story: May Munro is a woman obsessed with getting revenge on the people who murdered her parents when she was still a girl. She hires Ray Quick, a retired explosives expert, to kill her parents' killers. When Ned Trent, embittered ex-partner of Quick's, is assigned to protect one of Quick's potential victims, a deadly game of cat and mouse ensues.

Plot: based on novel or book, explosive, fistfight, revenge, organized crime, urban setting, explosives expert, neo-noir, ...

Cast

Robin Shou

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

Linden Ashby

Bridgette Wilson

Mortal Kombat (1995)

5.9 2.6K votes

Genre: Action, Fantasy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 101 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: For nine generations an evil sorcerer has been victorious in hand-to-hand battle against his mortal enemies. If he wins a tenth Mortal Kombat tournament, desolation and evil will reign over the multiverse forever. To save Earth, three warriors must overcome seemingly insurmountable odds, their own inner demons, and superhuman foes.

Style: nostalgic

Plot: island, martial arts, monster, saving the world, magic, villain, gore, god, ...

Cast

Steven Seagal

Eric Bogosian

Katherine Heigl

Morris Chestnut

Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)

5.9 1.0K votes

Genre: Action, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 99 min.

Audience: R

Story: A passenger train has been hijacked by an electronics expert and turned into an untraceable command center for a weapons satellite. He has planned to blow up Washington DC and only one man can stop him, former Navy SEAL Casey Ryback.

Plot: race against time, pentagon, u.s. air force, satellite, u.s. navy seal, terrorism, hand to hand combat, cyber terrorism, ...

Cast

Sylvester Stallone

Diane Lane

Armand Assante

Rob Schneider

Judge Dredd (1995)

5.9 2.8K votes

Genre: Action, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America, United Kingdom

Duration: 96 min.

Audience: R

Story: In a dystopian future where Judges maintain law and order by acting as judge, jury, and executioner, Dredd fights to prove his innocence after being falsely accused of murder.

Plot: corruption, judge, dystopia, superhero, post-apocalyptic future, villain, trial, based on comic, ...

Young Hercules (1998) TV Show

5.8 51 votes

Genre: Action, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America, New Zealand

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 50

Audience: TV-Y7

Story: The adventures of the ancient hero in his youth.

Plot: martial arts, hero, greek mythology, training camp, god, spin off, ares, adventurer, ...

V/H/S/85 (2023)

5.7 173 votes

Genre: Horror, Thriller

Country: Mexico, United States of America

Duration: 111 min.

Audience: NR

Story: Unveiled through a made-for-TV documentary, five chilling tales of found footage horror emerge to take viewers on a gore-filled journey through the grim underbelly of the forgotten 1980s.

Plot: lake, sacrifice, police, camping, gore, cult, anthology, sequel, ...

Time: 1980s, 1990s

Saaho (2019)

5.7 114 votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller

Country: India

Duration: 171 min.

Audience: NR

Story: A battle for power ensues as warring gangters thrive to gain possession of a "black box" that can make them richer than they already are, and an undercover cop intervenes with the help of his sharp intellect and an instinct to kill.

Plot: truck, gunfight, motorcycle chase, action hero, sujeeth cinematic universe

The Tuxedo (2002)

5.7 2.2K votes

Genre: Action, Comedy, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Duration: 99 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Cabbie-turned-chauffeur Jimmy Tong learns there is really only one rule when you work for playboy millionaire Clark Devlin : Never touch Devlin's prized tuxedo. But when Devlin is temporarily put out of commission in an explosive accident, Jimmy puts on the tux and soon discovers that this extraordinary suit may be more black belt than black tie. Paired with a partner as inexperienced as he is, Jimmy becomes an unwitting secret agent.

Plot: new york city, martial arts, chauffeur, bomb, spy, intelligence, wound, secret agent, ...

Cast

Chuck Norris

Billy Drago

John P. Ryan

Richard Jaeckel

Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection (1990)

5.6 251 votes

Genre: Action

Country: United States of America

Duration: 110 min.

Audience: R

Story: When DEA agents are taken captive by a ruthless South American kingpin, the Delta Force is reunited to rescue them in this sequel to the 1986 film.

Plot: rescue, martial arts, undercover agent, secret mission, revenge, organized crime, delta force, drug cartel, ...

Cast

Dwayne Johnson

Steven Brand

Michael Clarke Duncan

Kelly Hu

The Scorpion King (2002)

5.6 3.4K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Country: United States of America, Germany

Duration: 92 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: In ancient Egypt, peasant Mathayus is hired to exact revenge on the powerful Memnon and the sorceress Cassandra, who are ready to overtake Balthazar's village. Amid betrayals, thieves, abductions and more, Mathayus strives to bring justice to his complicated world.

Plot: temple, magic, sword fight, prequel, battlefield, fictional war, spin off, desert, ...

Place: egypt

Cast

Sasha Mitchell

Dennis Chan Kwok-San

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

Michel Qissi

Kickboxer 2: The Road Back (1991)

5.5 205 votes

Genre: Action, Adventure

Country: United States of America

Duration: 91 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: In this rousing sequel to Kickboxer, Tong Po broods about his defeat at the hands of Kurt Sloan. Po and his managers resort to drastic measures to goad Kurt's brother into the ring for a rematch.

Plot: martial arts, showdown, sports, fight, sequel, revenge, action hero

Cast

Daniel Bernhardt

John Rhys-Davies

James Hong

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Nicholas R. Oleson

Bloodsport III (1996)

5.5 104 votes

Genre: Action, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 91 min.

Audience: R

Story: Bloodsport III brings us back to the world of Alex Cardo. This time he must battle in a fight to end all fights - The Kumite, the most vicious warrior alive - Beast. He must not only battle for his own honor, but also avenge the death of Sun, his mentor, teacher, and spiritual "father", when Sun is spitefully killed by crime boss Duvalier. In order to defeat Beast, destroy Duvalier, and avenge Sun's death, Alex turns to Leung to whom he was indebted in Bloodsport II. Leung directs him to the great shaman, Makato "the Judge", to whom Alex must turn for guidance. The judge teaches him to fully channel the energy in his mind and body in order to rout the Beast in the Kumite...

Plot: martial arts, sports, fistfight, mixed martial arts (mma), kumite, tournament, underground fighting, action hero

Cast

Daniel Bernhardt

Pat Morita

Donald Gibb

James Hong

Bloodsport II (1996)

5.5 144 votes

Genre: Action, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 90 min.

Audience: R

Story: After thief Alex Cardo gets caught while stealing an ancient katana in East Asia, he soon finds himself imprisoned and beaten up by the crowd there. One of the guards, Demon, feels upset by Alex appearance and tortures him as often as he gets the opportunity. Alex finds a friend and mentor in the jailhouse, Master Sun, who teaches him a superior fighting style called Iron Hand. When a 'best of the best kumite' is to take place, Demon gets an invitation. Now Master Sun and Alex need to find a way to let Alex take part in the kumite too.

Plot: martial arts, sports, fistfight, mixed martial arts (mma), kumite, tournament, chop socky, underground fighting, ...

Cast

Bruce Willis

Jai Courtney

Sebastian Koch

Yuliya Snigir

A Good Day to Die Hard (2013)

5.3 6.8K votes

Genre: Action, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 98 min.

Audience: R

Story: Iconoclastic, take-no-prisoners cop John McClane, finds himself for the first time on foreign soil after traveling to Moscow to help his wayward son Jack - unaware that Jack is really a highly-trained CIA operative out to stop a nuclear weapons heist. With the Russian underworld in pursuit, and battling a countdown to war, the two McClanes discover that their opposing methods make them unstoppable heroes.

Plot: central intelligence agency (cia), undercover agent, escape, bomb, plutonium, sequel, shootout, police detective, ...

Doom (2005)

5.2 2.5K votes

Genre: Action, Horror, Science Fiction

Country: Czech Republic, Germany

Duration: 105 min.

Audience: R

Story: A team of space marines known as the Rapid Response Tactical Squad, led by Sarge, is sent to a science facility on Mars after somebody reports a security breach. There, they learn that the alert came after a test subject, a mass murderer purposefully injected with alien DNA, broke free and began killing people. Dr. Grimm, who is related to team member Reaper, informs them all that the chromosome can mutate humans into monsters -- and is highly infectious.

Plot: martial arts, monster, teleportation, fight, superhuman, creature, special forces, commando, ...

Time: 2040s

Cast

Sasha Mitchell

Dennis Chan Kwok-San

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Richard Comar

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Alethu00e9a Miranda

Kickboxer 3: The Art of War (1992)

5.0 127 votes

Genre: Action, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 92 min.

Audience: R

Story: Kick-box champion David Sloan arrives in Rio de Janeiro for an exhibition fight. He and mentor Xian take pity on Brazilian rascal Marcos Coasta, an urchin who offers guide services but routinely steals from tourists for himself and his older sister Isabella. David is shocked when he sees how his Argentinian opponent Marcelo needlessly abuses a courteous local sparing partner. That's the doing of his evil US manager, Lane. He has nasty plans to force David to cheat and runs a white slavery racket.

Plot: martial arts, showdown, sports, fight, action hero

Cast

Mark Dacascos

James Ryan

Geoff Meed

Tony Caprari

The Redemption: Kickboxer 5 (1995)

4.9 97 votes

Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 87 min.

Audience: R

Story: Kickboxing champion Matt Reeves witnesses the murder of his friend Johnny. While investigating the crime, he learns that a Mr. Negaal in South Africa has founded a new kickboxing association and does not leave international champions much of a chance. Johnny had to pay with his life when he did not want to join. Neegal seems to kill everybody who is in his way especially David Sloan from the previous Kickboxer films. Matt is on his own now, but suddenly finds an unexpected ally.

Plot: martial arts, showdown, sports, fight, vigilante, terrorism, woman director, action hero, ...

Cast

Daniel Bernhardt

Lisa Stothard

Ivan Ivanov

Stefan Valdobrev

Bloodsport: The Dark Kumite (1999)

4.9 85 votes

Genre: Action, Thriller

Country: Belgium

Duration: 100 min.

Audience: R

Story: Agent John Keller goes undercover into the tough prison known as Fuego Penal to find out about the corpses of prisoners disappearing without a trace. There he gets involved in a dangerous tournament arranged by a man named Justin Caesar, where the prisoners are forced fight to death.

Plot: martial arts, sports, fistfight, mixed martial arts (mma), tournament, underground fighting, action hero

Cast

Christopher Lambert

Adrian Paul

Bruce Payne

Lisa Barbuscia

Highlander: Endgame (2000)

4.8 465 votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Duration: 87 min.

Audience: R

Story: Immortals Connor and Duncan Macleod join forces against a man from Connor's distant past in the highlands of Scotland, Kell, an immensely powerful immortal who leads an army of equally powerful and deadly immortal swordsmen and assassins. No immortal alive has been able to defeat Kell yet, and neither Connor nor Duncan are skilled enough themselves to take him on and live. The two of them eventually come to one inevitable conclusion; one of them must die so that the combined power of both the Highlanders can bring down Kell for good. There can be only one... the question is, who will it be?

Plot: new york city, martial arts, immortality, loss of loved one, secret society, antiquary, loss of powers, sword fight, ...

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