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Steve’s Top Modern Action Movies

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  • Tom Cruise and Kelly McGillis in Top Gun (1986)

    1. Top Gun

    19861h 49mPG50Metascore
    7.0 (529K)
    The Top Gun Naval Fighter Weapons School is where the best of the best train to refine their elite flying skills. When hotshot fighter pilot Maverick is sent to the school, his reckless attitude and cocky demeanor put him at odds with the other pilots, especially the cool and collected Iceman.
    DirectorTony ScottStarsTom CruiseTim RobbinsKelly McGillis
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger in True Lies (1994)

    2. True Lies

    19942h 21mR63Metascore
    7.3 (292K)
    A fearless, globe-trotting, terrorist-battling secret agent has his life turned upside down when he discovers his wife might be having an affair with a used-car salesman while terrorists smuggle nuclear war heads into the United States.
    DirectorJames CameronStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerJamie Lee CurtisTom Arnold
  • Uma Thurman in Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)

    3. Kill Bill: Vol. 1

    20031h 51mR69Metascore
    8.2 (1.3M)
    After waking from a four-year coma, a former assassin wreaks vengeance on the team of assassins who betrayed her.
    DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsUma ThurmanDavid CarradineDaryl Hannah
  • Uma Thurman in Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)

    4. Kill Bill: Vol. 2

    20042h 17mR83Metascore
    8.0 (838K)
    The Bride continues her quest of vengeance against her former boss and lover Bill, the reclusive bouncer Budd, and the treacherous, one-eyed Elle.
    DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsUma ThurmanDavid CarradineMichael Madsen
  • Uma Thurman in Pulp Fiction (1994)

    5. Pulp Fiction

    19942h 34mR95Metascore
    8.9 (2.3M)
    The lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster and his wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.
    DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsJohn TravoltaUma ThurmanSamuel L. Jackson
  • Bruce Willis in Die Hard (1988)

    6. Die Hard

    19882h 12mR72Metascore
    8.2 (991K)
    A New York City police officer tries to save his estranged wife and several others taken hostage by terrorists during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.
    DirectorJohn McTiernanStarsBruce WillisAlan RickmanBonnie Bedelia
  • Daniel Craig in Spectre (2015)

    7. Spectre

    20152h 28mPG-1360Metascore
    6.8 (481K)
    A cryptic message from James Bond's past sends him on a trail to uncover the existence of a sinister organisation named SPECTRE. With a new threat dawning, Bond learns the terrible truth about the author of all his pain in his most recent missions.
    DirectorSam MendesStarsDaniel CraigChristoph WaltzLéa Seydoux
  • Bruce Lee, Ahna Capri, Jim Kelly, John Saxon, Shih Kien, and Robert Wall in Enter the Dragon (1973)

    8. Enter the Dragon

    19731h 42mR83Metascore
    7.6 (117K)
    A Shaolin martial artist travels to an island fortress to spy on an opium lord - who is also a former monk from his temple - under the guise of attending a fighting tournament.
    DirectorRobert ClouseStarsBruce LeeJohn SaxonJim Kelly
  • Shô Kosugi in Enter the Ninja (1981)

    9. Enter the Ninja

    19811h 39mR35Metascore
    5.2 (5.9K)
    After passing a ninja master test in Japan, Cole visits a war buddy in the Philippines. He helps him fight men, who want his buddy's plantation.
    DirectorMenahem GolanStarsFranco NeroSusan GeorgeShô Kosugi
  • Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner in Romancing the Stone (1984)

    10. Romancing the Stone

    19841h 46mPG63Metascore
    6.9 (108K)
    A mousy romance novelist sets off for Colombia to ransom her kidnapped sister, and soon finds herself in the middle of a dangerous adventure hunting for treasure with a mercenary rogue.
    DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsMichael DouglasKathleen TurnerDanny DeVito
  • Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker in Rush Hour (1998)

    11. Rush Hour

    19981h 38mPG-1361Metascore
    7.0 (312K)
    A loyal and dedicated Hong Kong Inspector teams up with a reckless and loudmouthed L.A.P.D. detective to rescue the Chinese Consul's kidnapped daughter, while trying to arrest a dangerous crime lord along the way.
    DirectorBrett RatnerStarsJackie ChanChris TuckerKen Leung
  • Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker in Rush Hour 2 (2001)

    12. Rush Hour 2

    20011h 30mPG-1348Metascore
    6.7 (250K)
    Carter and Lee head to Hong Kong for a vacation, but become embroiled in a counterfeit money scam.
    DirectorBrett RatnerStarsJackie ChanChris TuckerJohn Lone
  • Jorma Tommila in Sisu (2022)

    13. Sisu

    20221h 31mR70Metascore
    6.9 (96K)
    When an ex-soldier who discovers gold in the Lapland wilderness tries to take the loot into the city, German soldiers led by a brutal SS officer battle him.
    DirectorJalmari HelanderStarsJorma TommilaAksel HennieJack Doolan
  • Full Metal Jacket (1987)

    14. Full Metal Jacket

    19871h 56mR78Metascore
    8.2 (823K)
    A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
    DirectorStanley KubrickStarsMatthew ModineR. Lee ErmeyVincent D'Onofrio
  • Tom Cruise in Top Gun: Maverick (2022)

    15. Top Gun: Maverick

    20222h 10mPG-1378Metascore
    8.2 (778K)
    The story involves Maverick confronting his past while training a group of younger Top Gun graduates, including the son of his deceased best friend, for a dangerous mission.
    DirectorJoseph KosinskiStarsTom CruiseJennifer ConnellyMiles Teller
  • Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible (1996)

    16. Mission: Impossible

    19961h 50mPG-1359Metascore
    7.2 (492K)
    An American agent, under false suspicion of disloyalty, must discover and expose the real spy without the help of his organization.
    DirectorBrian De PalmaStarsTom CruiseJon VoightEmmanuelle Béart
  • Tom Cruise, Alec Baldwin, Ving Rhames, Rebecca Ferguson, Simon Pegg, and Jeremy Renner in Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)

    17. Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation

    20152h 11mPG-1375Metascore
    7.4 (427K)
    Ethan and his team take on their most impossible mission yet when they have to eradicate an international rogue organization as highly skilled as they are and committed to destroying the IMF.
    DirectorChristopher McQuarrieStarsTom CruiseRebecca FergusonJeremy Renner
  • Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Tom Sizemore, and Edward Burns in Saving Private Ryan (1998)

    18. Saving Private Ryan

    19982h 49mR91Metascore
    8.6 (1.6M)
    Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose comrades have been killed in action.
    DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsTom HanksMatt DamonTom Sizemore
  • Russell Crowe in Gladiator (2000)

    19. Gladiator

    20002h 35mR67Metascore
    8.5 (1.8M)
    A former Roman General sets out to exact vengeance against the corrupt emperor who murdered his family and sent him into slavery.
    DirectorRidley ScottStarsRussell CroweJoaquin PhoenixConnie Nielsen
  • 300 (2006)

    20. 300

    20061h 57mR52Metascore
    7.6 (891K)
    In the ancient battle of Thermopylae, King Leonidas and 300 Spartans fight against Xerxes and his massive Persian army.
    DirectorZack SnyderStarsGerard ButlerLena HeadeyDavid Wenham
  • Brad Pitt, Til Schweiger, Daniel Brühl, Mélanie Laurent, Eli Roth, Christoph Waltz, and Diane Kruger in Inglourious Basterds (2009)

    21. Inglourious Basterds

    20092h 33mR69Metascore
    8.4 (1.7M)
    In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same.
    DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsBrad PittDiane KrugerEli Roth
  • Leonardo DiCaprio, Jamie Foxx, and Christoph Waltz in Django Unchained (2012)

    22. Django Unchained

    20122h 45mR81Metascore
    8.5 (1.8M)
    With the help of a German bounty-hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal plantation owner in Mississippi.
    DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsJamie FoxxChristoph WaltzLeonardo DiCaprio
  • Mel Gibson in Braveheart (1995)

    23. Braveheart

    19952h 58mR68Metascore
    8.3 (1.1M)
    Scottish warrior William Wallace leads his countrymen in a rebellion to free his homeland from the tyranny of King Edward I of England.
    DirectorMel GibsonStarsMel GibsonSophie MarceauPatrick McGoohan
  • Cillian Murphy in Oppenheimer (2023)

    24. Oppenheimer

    20233hR90Metascore
    8.3 (894K)
    A dramatization of the life story of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the physicist who had a large hand in the development of the atomic bombs that brought an end to World War II.
    DirectorChristopher NolanStarsCillian MurphyEmily BluntMatt Damon
  • Al Pacino in Scarface (1983)

    25. Scarface

    19832h 50mR65Metascore
    8.3 (967K)
    In the 1980s, a determined criminal-minded Cuban immigrant becomes the biggest drug smuggler in Miami, and is eventually undone by his own drug addiction.
    DirectorBrian De PalmaStarsAl PacinoMichelle PfeifferSteven Bauer

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