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Why do we like action movies so much? We know, after all, that the main character will survive, and likely achieve all of their goals; once the opening scene is over, you can pretty much tell where everything is going. So clearly, it’s not the plot we’re here for.
We’re here for the action, for the over-the-top scenes and elaborate choreographies that challenge what was possible before. And movies keep getting better and better in that regard. The ones we’ve gathered here aren’t remembered for their stories and character arcs (although some of them still deliver in that department), rather on blood pumping action that keeps us at the edge of our seats.
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John Wick: Chapter 4
John Wick: Chapter 4 stretches its story across nearly three hours, meaning three hours of pure mayhem. Keanu Reeves gets increasingly elaborate fights, gun battles, car chases, and stunt sequences, making the movie a showcase for modern action choreography.
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Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Furiosa has considerably more story than some entries here, but George Miller still understands the assignment. Its enormous vehicle stunts, elaborate war rigs, practical effects, and kinetic battles earned widespread praise, with critics calling it another glorious Wasteland spectacle.
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Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
The Final Reckoning occasionally gets tangled in its mythology, and yet, its enormous action sequences remain the reason to watch. Tom Cruise delivers another collection of absurdly dangerous stunts, while critics praised the movie’s spectacular, anxiety-inducing set pieces.
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Top Gun: Maverick
Top Gun: Maverick has memorable characters, relationships, and emotional stakes in spades. What we come to see, though, is watching actual aircrafts perform breathtaking aerial maneuvers. The movie’s flight sequences were filmed with actors inside real jets, producing unusually visceral blockbuster action.
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The Fall Guy
The Fall Guy turns stunt work itself into an action-movie playground. Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt headline the story, with the movie’s practical stunts, car crashes, fights, falls, and elaborate gags repeatedly reminding viewers why stunt performers deserve more recognition.
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Monkey Man
Dev Patel’s directorial debut builds toward increasingly brutal and inventive action. The revenge story provides the framework, but Monkey Man is at its best when Patel unleashes hand-to-hand combat, improvised weapons, chaotic shootouts, and increasingly ferocious choreography.
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Sisu: Road to Revenge
Sisu: Road to Revenge wastes remarkably little time worrying about conventional storytelling. The sequel was described as a “wall-to-wall cinematic action event,” with Jorma Tommila’s nearly unstoppable protagonist mowing through enemies using increasingly creative and ridiculous methods.
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Nobody 2
Nobody 2 knows exactly why audiences showed up: they want to see Bob Odenkirk’s seemingly ordinary assassin beat the living daylights out of people. Critics specifically praised its inventive environments, stunt work, choreography, and relentless mayhem despite the generic story.
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Dune: Part Two
Dune: Part Two has plenty of political intrigue and character development, while also delivering action through the enormous battles across Arrakis. Sandworm riding, brutal duels, explosions, and massive armies make the movie’s action sequences almost overwhelming in scale.
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The Raid 2
The Raid 2 is far more interested in escalating its fight scenes than keeping its enormous crime story manageable. Gareth Evans delivers spectacular martial-arts choreography, brutal close-quarters combat, and sequences that repeatedly demonstrate just how inventive action filmmaking can become.
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Extraction 2
Extraction 2 gives Chris Hemsworth another excuse to run through hordes of heavily armed enemies. Its celebrated extended action sequence appears to unfold as one continuous take, moving from a prison riot into vehicles, trains, and increasingly outrageous combat.
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Kill
Kill takes a straightforward premise of a commando fighting armed train robbers, turning it into a showcase for brutally inventive close-quarters combat. Its confined setting forces the choreography to become increasingly creative, while critics praised its ferocious action and relentless intensity.
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Warfare
Warfare strips its narrative down to the experience of combat, following soldiers through an increasingly terrifying mission. Written and directed with Iraq War veteran Ray Mendoza, the movie was praised for its unnerving realism and superb filmmaking craft.
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The Shadow Strays
The Shadow Strays is essentially a feature-length excuse to watch martial-arts choreography become progressively more violent. Its assassin protagonist tears through criminal organizations with knives, guns, fists, and whatever else happens to be nearby, making the action the unquestionable star.
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Mad Max: Fury Road
Fury Road remains the modern benchmark for action spectacle because its story is deliberately simple: drive across the wasteland, then drive back. Everything else exists to support astonishing practical stunts, vehicle choreography, explosions, and one of cinema’s most relentless extended chases.
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