Action
Genre. 211 film(s) in this sample, spanning 1977–2024.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Films in sample | 211 |
| Mean TMDB rating | 7.31 / 10 |
| Mean runtime | 131 min |
| Total votes | 3,087,762 |
Directors
Rating distribution
6.0–6.9 | ############### 63
7.0–7.9 | ############################## 129
8.0–8.9 | #### 19
Best-rated: The Dark Knight (2008) (8.53). Lowest-rated: Jurassic World - Fallen Kingdom (2018) (6.5).
Filmography
| Year | Film | Rating | Runtime | Directors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Star Wars (1977) | 8.21 | 121 min | George Lucas |
| 1980 | The Empire Strikes Back (1980) | 8.39 | 124 min | Irvin Kershner |
| 1981 | Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) | 7.93 | 115 min | Steven Spielberg |
| 1983 | Return of the Jedi (1983) | 7.91 | 132 min | Richard Marquand |
| 1983 | Scarface (1983) | 8.15 | 170 min | Brian De Palma |
| 1984 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) | 7.31 | 118 min | Steven Spielberg |
| 1984 | The Terminator (1984) | 7.69 | 108 min | James Cameron |
| 1986 | Aliens (1986) | 7.96 | 137 min | James Cameron |
| 1986 | Top Gun (1986) | 7.07 | 110 min | Tony Scott |
| 1987 | Predator (1987) | 7.58 | 107 min | John McTiernan |
| 1988 | Die Hard (1988) | 7.82 | 132 min | John McTiernan |
| 1989 | Batman (1989) | 7.23 | 126 min | Tim Burton |
| 1989 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) | 7.85 | 127 min | Steven Spielberg |
| 1991 | Terminator 2 - Judgment Day (1991) | 8.16 | 137 min | James Cameron |
| 1995 | Braveheart (1995) | 7.95 | 178 min | Mel Gibson |
| 1995 | Heat (1995) | 7.94 | 170 min | Michael Mann |
| 1996 | Independence Day (1996) | 6.92 | 145 min | Roland Emmerich |
| 1996 | Mission - Impossible (1996) | 7.03 | 111 min | Brian De Palma |
| 1997 | Men in Black (1997) | 7.23 | 98 min | Barry Sonnenfeld |
| 1997 | The Lost World - Jurassic Park (1997) | 6.57 | 129 min | Steven Spielberg |
| 1998 | Armageddon (1998) | 6.83 | 151 min | Michael Bay |
| 1999 | Star Wars - Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) | 6.58 | 136 min | George Lucas |
| 1999 | The Matrix (1999) | 8.26 | 136 min | Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski |
| 1999 | The Mummy (1999) | 6.99 | 124 min | Stephen Sommers |
| 2000 | Gladiator (2000) | 8.23 | 155 min | Ridley Scott |
| 2000 | X-Men (2000) | 7.02 | 104 min | Bryan Singer |
| 2001 | The Fast and the Furious (2001) | 7.01 | 106 min | Rob Cohen |
| 2001 | The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) | 8.44 | 179 min | Peter Jackson |
| 2002 | Minority Report (2002) | 7.36 | 145 min | Steven Spielberg |
| 2002 | Spider-Man (2002) | 7.35 | 121 min | Sam Raimi |
| 2002 | Star Wars - Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) | 6.6 | 142 min | George Lucas |
| 2002 | The Bourne Identity (2002) | 7.49 | 119 min | Doug Liman |
| 2002 | The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers (2002) | 8.43 | 179 min | Peter Jackson |
| 2003 | 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003) | 6.52 | 108 min | John Singleton |
| 2003 | Kill Bill - Vol. 1 (2003) | 7.97 | 111 min | Quentin Tarantino |
| 2003 | Pirates of the Caribbean - The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) | 7.83 | 143 min | Gore Verbinski |
| 2003 | The Last Samurai (2003) | 7.61 | 154 min | Edward Zwick |
| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King (2003) | 8.5 | 201 min | Peter Jackson |
| 2003 | The Matrix Reloaded (2003) | 7.08 | 138 min | Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski |
| 2003 | The Matrix Revolutions (2003) | 6.76 | 129 min | Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski |
| 2003 | X2 (2003) | 7.04 | 133 min | Bryan Singer |
| 2004 | I, Robot (2004) | 6.97 | 115 min | Alex Proyas |
| 2004 | Kill Bill - Vol. 2 (2004) | 7.88 | 136 min | Quentin Tarantino |
| 2004 | Spider-Man 2 (2004) | 7.33 | 127 min | Sam Raimi |
| 2004 | The Bourne Supremacy (2004) | 7.33 | 108 min | Paul Greengrass |
| 2004 | The Incredibles (2004) | 7.73 | 115 min | Brad Bird |
| 2004 | Troy (2004) | 7.19 | 163 min | Wolfgang Petersen |
| 2005 | Batman Begins (2005) | 7.73 | 140 min | Christopher Nolan |
| 2005 | Constantine (2005) | 7.2 | 121 min | Francis Lawrence |
| 2005 | King Kong (2005) | 6.9 | 188 min | Peter Jackson |
| 2005 | Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) | 6.69 | 120 min | Doug Liman |
| 2005 | Star Wars - Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) | 7.47 | 140 min | George Lucas |
| 2006 | Blood Diamond (2006) | 7.56 | 143 min | Edward Zwick |
| 2006 | Casino Royale (2006) | 7.58 | 144 min | Martin Campbell |
| 2006 | Children of Men (2006) | 7.61 | 109 min | Alfonso Cuarón |
| 2006 | Mission - Impossible III (2006) | 6.77 | 126 min | J.J. Abrams |
| 2006 | Pirates of the Caribbean - Dead Man’s Chest (2006) | 7.39 | 151 min | Gore Verbinski |
| 2006 | The Fast and the Furious - Tokyo Drift (2006) | 6.55 | 104 min | Justin Lin |
| 2006 | V for Vendetta (2006) | 7.9 | 132 min | James McTeigue |
| 2007 | 300 (2007) | 7.21 | 117 min | Zack Snyder |
| 2007 | Hot Fuzz (2007) | 7.57 | 121 min | Edgar Wright |
| 2007 | Pirates of the Caribbean - At World’s End (2007) | 7.28 | 169 min | Gore Verbinski |
| 2007 | The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) | 7.44 | 115 min | Paul Greengrass |
| 2007 | Transformers (2007) | 6.84 | 144 min | Michael Bay |
| 2008 | Cloverfield (2008) | 6.73 | 85 min | Matt Reeves |
| 2008 | Iron Man (2008) | 7.66 | 126 min | Jon Favreau |
| 2008 | Kung Fu Panda (2008) | 7.33 | 90 min | John Stevenson, Mark Osborne |
| 2008 | Taken (2008) | 7.41 | 94 min | Pierre Morel |
| 2008 | The Dark Knight (2008) | 8.53 | 152 min | Christopher Nolan |
| 2008 | Wanted (2008) | 6.53 | 110 min | Timur Bekmambetov |
| 2009 | Avatar (2009) | 7.61 | 162 min | James Cameron |
| 2009 | Fast & Furious (2009) | 6.69 | 107 min | Justin Lin |
| 2009 | Sherlock Holmes (2009) | 7.22 | 129 min | Guy Ritchie |
| 2009 | Star Trek (2009) | 7.44 | 127 min | J.J. Abrams |
| 2009 | Watchmen (2009) | 7.36 | 163 min | Zack Snyder |
| 2010 | Inception (2010) | 8.37 | 148 min | Christopher Nolan |
| 2010 | Iron Man 2 (2010) | 6.86 | 124 min | Jon Favreau |
| 2010 | Kick-Ass (2010) | 7.12 | 118 min | Matthew Vaughn |
| 2010 | Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) | 7.49 | 113 min | Edgar Wright |
| 2010 | TRON - Legacy (2010) | 6.55 | 126 min | Joseph Kosinski |
| 2011 | Captain America - The First Avenger (2011) | 7.01 | 124 min | Joe Johnston |
| 2011 | Fast Five (2011) | 7.24 | 131 min | Justin Lin |
| 2011 | In Time (2011) | 6.97 | 109 min | Andrew Niccol |
| 2011 | Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011) | 7.08 | 91 min | Jennifer Yuh Nelson |
| 2011 | Mission - Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011) | 7.11 | 133 min | Brad Bird |
| 2011 | Pirates of the Caribbean - On Stranger Tides (2011) | 6.57 | 136 min | Rob Marshall |
| 2011 | Real Steel (2011) | 7.14 | 127 min | Shawn Levy |
| 2011 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) | 7.35 | 105 min | Rupert Wyatt |
| 2011 | Sherlock Holmes - A Game of Shadows (2011) | 7.14 | 129 min | Guy Ritchie |
| 2011 | Thor (2011) | 6.77 | 115 min | Kenneth Branagh (director) |
| 2011 | X-Men - First Class (2011) | 7.3 | 132 min | Matthew Vaughn |
| 2012 | 21 Jump Street (2012) | 6.88 | 109 min | Christopher Miller, Phil Lord |
| 2012 | Jack Reacher (2012) | 6.68 | 130 min | Christopher McQuarrie |
| 2012 | Looper (2012) | 6.92 | 118 min | Rian Johnson |
| 2012 | Men in Black 3 (2012) | 6.55 | 106 min | Barry Sonnenfeld |
| 2012 | Skyfall (2012) | 7.26 | 143 min | Sam Mendes |
| 2012 | The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) | 6.75 | 136 min | Marc Webb |
| 2012 | The Avengers (2012) | 8.07 | 143 min | Joss Whedon |
| 2012 | The Dark Knight Rises (2012) | 7.8 | 165 min | Christopher Nolan |
| 2012 | The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey (2012) | 7.38 | 169 min | Peter Jackson |
| 2012 | The Hunger Games (2012) | 7.2 | 142 min | Gary Ross |
| 2013 | Elysium (2013) | 6.53 | 109 min | Neill Blomkamp |
| 2013 | Fast & Furious 6 (2013) | 6.82 | 130 min | Justin Lin |
| 2013 | Iron Man 3 (2013) | 6.93 | 130 min | Shane Black |
| 2013 | Man of Steel (2013) | 6.66 | 143 min | Zack Snyder |
| 2013 | Oblivion (2013) | 6.69 | 124 min | Joseph Kosinski |
| 2013 | Pacific Rim (2013) | 6.94 | 131 min | Guillermo del Toro |
| 2013 | Rush (2013) | 7.74 | 123 min | Ron Howard |
| 2013 | Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) | 7.32 | 132 min | J.J. Abrams |
| 2013 | The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug (2013) | 7.58 | 161 min | Peter Jackson |
| 2013 | The Hunger Games - Catching Fire (2013) | 7.43 | 146 min | Francis Lawrence |
| 2013 | Thor - The Dark World (2013) | 6.51 | 112 min | Alan Taylor |
| 2013 | World War Z (2013) | 6.85 | 116 min | Marc Forster |
| 2014 | 22 Jump Street (2014) | 6.8 | 112 min | Christopher Miller, Phil Lord |
| 2014 | American Sniper (2014) | 7.41 | 133 min | Clint Eastwood (director) |
| 2014 | Big Hero 6 (2014) | 7.73 | 102 min | Chris Williams, Don Hall |
| 2014 | Captain America - The Winter Soldier (2014) | 7.65 | 136 min | Anthony Russo, Joe Russo |
| 2014 | Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) | 7.34 | 130 min | Matt Reeves |
| 2014 | Divergent (2014) | 6.9 | 140 min | Neil Burger |
| 2014 | Edge of Tomorrow (2014) | 7.64 | 114 min | Doug Liman |
| 2014 | Fury (2014) | 7.55 | 135 min | David Ayer |
| 2014 | Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) | 7.91 | 121 min | James Gunn |
| 2014 | How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) | 7.68 | 102 min | Dean DeBlois |
| 2014 | John Wick (2014) | 7.46 | 101 min | Chad Stahelski |
| 2014 | Maleficent (2014) | 7.09 | 97 min | Robert Stromberg |
| 2014 | The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) | 6.56 | 141 min | Marc Webb |
| 2014 | The Equalizer (2014) | 7.29 | 132 min | Antoine Fuqua |
| 2014 | The Hobbit - The Battle of the Five Armies (2014) | 7.34 | 144 min | Peter Jackson |
| 2014 | The Maze Runner (2014) | 7.2 | 113 min | Wes Ball |
| 2014 | X-Men - Days of Future Past (2014) | 7.5 | 132 min | Bryan Singer |
| 2015 | Ant-Man (2015) | 7.07 | 117 min | Peyton Reed |
| 2015 | Avengers - Age of Ultron (2015) | 7.28 | 141 min | Joss Whedon |
| 2015 | Chappie (2015) | 6.79 | 120 min | Neill Blomkamp |
| 2015 | Furious 7 (2015) | 7.21 | 138 min | James Wan |
| 2015 | Jurassic World (2015) | 6.7 | 124 min | Colin Trevorrow |
| 2015 | Kingsman - The Secret Service (2015) | 7.62 | 129 min | Matthew Vaughn |
| 2015 | Mad Max - Fury Road (2015) | 7.64 | 121 min | George Miller |
| 2015 | Maze Runner - The Scorch Trials (2015) | 6.73 | 131 min | Wes Ball |
| 2015 | Mission - Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015) | 7.2 | 131 min | Christopher McQuarrie |
| 2015 | Sicario (2015) | 7.43 | 122 min | Denis Villeneuve |
| 2015 | Spectre (2015) | 6.57 | 148 min | Sam Mendes |
| 2015 | Star Wars - The Force Awakens (2015) | 7.24 | 136 min | J.J. Abrams |
| 2015 | The Hunger Games - Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015) | 6.9 | 137 min | Francis Lawrence |
| 2016 | Captain America - Civil War (2016) | 7.45 | 147 min | Anthony Russo, Joe Russo |
| 2016 | Deadpool (2016) | 7.62 | 108 min | Tim Miller |
| 2016 | Doctor Strange (2016) | 7.4 | 115 min | Scott Derrickson |
| 2016 | Rogue One - A Star Wars Story (2016) | 7.5 | 133 min | Gareth Edwards |
| 2016 | The Nice Guys (2016) | 7.13 | 116 min | Shane Black |
| 2016 | X-Men - Apocalypse (2016) | 6.53 | 144 min | Bryan Singer |
| 2017 | Baby Driver (2017) | 7.44 | 113 min | Edgar Wright |
| 2017 | Dunkirk (2017) | 7.45 | 107 min | Christopher Nolan |
| 2017 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) | 7.61 | 137 min | James Gunn |
| 2017 | John Wick - Chapter 2 (2017) | 7.34 | 122 min | Chad Stahelski |
| 2017 | Kingsman - The Golden Circle (2017) | 6.94 | 141 min | Matthew Vaughn |
| 2017 | Kong - Skull Island (2017) | 6.56 | 118 min | Jordan Vogt-Roberts |
| 2017 | Logan (2017) | 7.82 | 137 min | James Mangold |
| 2017 | Pirates of the Caribbean - Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017) | 6.66 | 129 min | Espen Sandberg, Joachim Rønning |
| 2017 | Spider-Man - Homecoming (2017) | 7.3 | 133 min | Jon Watts |
| 2017 | Star Wars - The Last Jedi (2017) | 6.74 | 152 min | Rian Johnson |
| 2017 | The Fate of the Furious (2017) | 6.85 | 136 min | F. Gary Gray |
| 2017 | Thor - Ragnarok (2017) | 7.58 | 131 min | Taika Waititi |
| 2017 | Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017) | 6.65 | 137 min | Luc Besson |
| 2017 | Wonder Woman (2017) | 7.21 | 141 min | Patty Jenkins |
| 2018 | Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018) | 6.9 | 119 min | Peyton Reed |
| 2018 | Aquaman (2018) | 6.87 | 143 min | James Wan |
| 2018 | Avengers - Infinity War (2018) | 8.24 | 149 min | Anthony Russo, Joe Russo |
| 2018 | Black Panther (2018) | 7.36 | 135 min | Ryan Coogler |
| 2018 | Deadpool 2 (2018) | 7.49 | 120 min | David Leitch |
| 2018 | Incredibles 2 (2018) | 7.45 | 118 min | Brad Bird |
| 2018 | Jurassic World - Fallen Kingdom (2018) | 6.5 | 129 min | J. A. Bayona |
| 2018 | Maze Runner - The Death Cure (2018) | 7.08 | 143 min | Wes Ball |
| 2018 | Mission - Impossible - Fallout (2018) | 7.45 | 147 min | Christopher McQuarrie |
| 2018 | Ocean’s Eight (2018) | 6.95 | 111 min | Gary Ross |
| 2018 | Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018) | 7.16 | 112 min | Phil Johnston, Rich Moore |
| 2018 | Ready Player One (2018) | 7.59 | 140 min | Steven Spielberg |
| 2018 | Solo - A Star Wars Story (2018) | 6.55 | 135 min | Ron Howard |
| 2018 | Spider-Man - Into the Spider-Verse (2018) | 8.4 | 117 min | Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman |
| 2018 | Venom (2018) | 6.83 | 112 min | Ruben Fleischer |
| 2019 | Alita - Battle Angel (2019) | 7.27 | 122 min | Robert Rodriguez |
| 2019 | Avengers - Endgame (2019) | 8.24 | 181 min | Anthony Russo, Joe Russo |
| 2019 | Captain Marvel (2019) | 6.77 | 124 min | Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck |
| 2019 | Fast & Furious Presents - Hobbs & Shaw (2019) | 6.82 | 137 min | David Leitch |
| 2019 | Ford v Ferrari (2019) | 8.01 | 153 min | James Mangold |
| 2019 | John Wick - Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019) | 7.44 | 131 min | Chad Stahelski |
| 2019 | Shazam! (2019) | 6.97 | 132 min | David F. Sandberg |
| 2019 | Spider-Man - Far From Home (2019) | 7.39 | 129 min | Jon Watts |
| 2020 | Bad Boys for Life (2020) | 7.11 | 124 min | Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah |
| 2020 | Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020) | 6.87 | 109 min | Cathy Yan |
| 2020 | Sonic the Hedgehog (2020) | 7.27 | 99 min | Jeff Fowler |
| 2020 | Tenet (2020) | 7.17 | 150 min | Christopher Nolan |
| 2021 | Black Widow (2021) | 7.15 | 134 min | Cate Shortland |
| 2021 | Eternals (2021) | 6.76 | 156 min | Chloé Zhao |
| 2021 | F9 (2021) | 6.99 | 143 min | Justin Lin |
| 2021 | Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) | 7.52 | 114 min | Adam Wingard |
| 2021 | Nobody (2021) | 7.87 | 91 min | Ilya Naishuller |
| 2021 | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021) | 7.49 | 132 min | Destin Daniel Cretton |
| 2021 | Spider-Man - No Way Home (2021) | 7.94 | 148 min | Jon Watts |
| 2021 | The Suicide Squad (2021) | 7.45 | 132 min | James Gunn |
| 2021 | Venom - Let There Be Carnage (2021) | 6.73 | 97 min | Andy Serkis (director) |
| 2021 | Zack Snyder’s Justice League (2021) | 8.08 | 242 min | Zack Snyder |
| 2022 | Avatar - The Way of Water (2022) | 7.59 | 192 min | James Cameron |
| 2022 | Black Panther - Wakanda Forever (2022) | 7.0 | 162 min | Ryan Coogler |
| 2022 | Bullet Train (2022) | 7.41 | 126 min | David Leitch |
| 2022 | Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) | 7.23 | 126 min | Sam Raimi |
| 2022 | Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) | 7.71 | 140 min | Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert |
| 2022 | Prey (2022) | 7.65 | 100 min | Dan Trachtenberg |
| 2022 | Top Gun - Maverick (2022) | 8.16 | 131 min | Joseph Kosinski |
| 2023 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) | 7.93 | 150 min | James Gunn |
| 2023 | John Wick - Chapter 4 (2023) | 7.7 | 170 min | Chad Stahelski |
| 2023 | Spider-Man - Across the Spider-Verse (2023) | 8.35 | 140 min | Joaquim Dos Santos, Justin K. Thompson, Kemp Powers |
| 2024 | Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) | 7.59 | 128 min | Shawn Levy |