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1. Animal (I) (2023)
Not Rated | 204 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The hardened son of a powerful industrialist returns home after years abroad and vows to take bloody revenge on those threatening his father's life.
Director: Sandeep Reddy Vanga | Stars: Ranbir Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, Bobby Deol, Rashmika Mandanna
Votes: 89,356
2. The Northman (2022)
R | 137 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A young Viking prince is on a quest to avenge his father's murder.
Director: Robert Eggers | Stars: Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Ethan Hawke
Votes: 253,787 | Gross: $34.23M
3. No Time to Die (2021)
PG-13 | 163 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
James Bond has left active service. His peace is short-lived when Felix Leiter, an old friend from the CIA, turns up asking for help, leading Bond onto the trail of a mysterious villain armed with dangerous new technology.
Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga | Stars: Daniel Craig, Ana de Armas, Rami Malek, Léa Seydoux
Votes: 444,901 | Gross: $160.87M
4. Nobody (I) (2021)
R | 92 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A docile family man slowly reveals his true character after his house gets burgled by two petty thieves, which, coincidentally, leads him into a bloody war with a Russian crime boss.
Director: Ilya Naishuller | Stars: Bob Odenkirk, Aleksey Serebryakov, Connie Nielsen, Christopher Lloyd
Votes: 324,620 | Gross: $27.27M
5. Ambulance (2022)
R | 136 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Two robbers steal an ambulance after their heist goes awry.
Director: Michael Bay | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Eiza González, Garret Dillahunt
Votes: 98,241 | Gross: $22.78M
6. The Wrath of Becky (2023)
R | 84 min | Action, Horror, Thriller
Two years after escaping a violent attack, a teenage girl must defend herself against a domestic terrorist cell.
Directors: Matt Angel, Suzanne Coote | Stars: Lulu Wilson, Seann William Scott, Denise Burse, Jill Larson
Votes: 11,943
7. The 355 (2022)
PG-13 | 122 min | Action, Thriller
When a top-secret weapon falls into mercenary hands, a wild-card C.I.A. agent joins forces with three international agents on a mission to retrieve it, while staying a step ahead of a mysterious woman who's tracking their every move.
Director: Simon Kinberg | Stars: Jessica Chastain, Penélope Cruz, Bingbing Fan, Diane Kruger
Votes: 37,624
8. The Contractor (2022)
R | 103 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A discharged U.S. Special Forces sergeant, James Harper, risks everything for his family when he joins a private contracting organization.
Director: Tarik Saleh | Stars: Chris Pine, Gillian Jacobs, Sander Thomas, Toby Dixon
Votes: 28,772
9. Dante's Peak (1997)
PG-13 | 108 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
A volcanologist arrives at a countryside town recently named the second-most desirable place to live in America, and discovers that a nearby long-dormant volcano may awaken at any moment.
Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Linda Hamilton, Jamie Renée Smith, Jeremy Foley
Votes: 98,398 | Gross: $67.13M
10. The Postman (1997)
R | 177 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A nameless drifter dons a postman's uniform and bag of mail as he begins a quest to inspire hope to the survivors living in post-apocalyptic America.
Director: Kevin Costner | Stars: Kevin Costner, Will Patton, Larenz Tate, Olivia Williams
Votes: 78,336 | Gross: $17.63M
11. Those Who Wish Me Dead (2021)
R | 100 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A teenage murder witness finds himself pursued by twin assassins in the Montana wilderness with a survival expert tasked with protecting him -- and a forest fire threatening to consume them all.
Director: Taylor Sheridan | Stars: Angelina Jolie, Nicholas Hoult, Finn Little, Jon Bernthal
Votes: 72,686
12. The Courier (2019)
R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A courier in London discovers that one of the packages she's transporting is a bomb.
Director: Zackary Adler | Stars: Olga Kurylenko, Gary Oldman, Amit Shah, Alicia Agneson
Votes: 11,642
13. Tiger 3 (2023)
Not Rated | 155 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
Tiger and Zoya are back - to save the country and their family. This time it's personal.
Director: Maneesh Sharma | Stars: Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, Emraan Hashmi, Simran
Votes: 53,131
14. Bad and Crazy (2021–2022)
TV-PG | 70 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A mysterious, justice-seeking entity throws chaos into the life of a cop who's willing to overlook ethics and corruption for a promotion.
Stars: Lee Dong-wook, Han Ji-Eun, Cha Hak-yeon, Kim Dae-gon
Votes: 4,410
15. Sabotage (2014)
R | 109 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Members of an elite DEA task force find themselves being taken down one by one after they rob a drug cartel safe house.
Director: David Ayer | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sam Worthington, Terrence Howard, Olivia Williams
Votes: 66,278 | Gross: $10.51M
16. Killshot (2008)
R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Beautiful Carmen Colson and her ironworker husband Wayne are placed in the Federal Witness Protection program after witnessing an "incident". Thinking they are at last safe, they are targeted by an experienced hit man and a psychopathic young upstart killer. The ensuing struggle will test Carmen to the limit.
Director: John Madden | Stars: Thomas Jane, Diane Lane, Mickey Rourke, Brandon McGibbon
Votes: 21,987 | Gross: $0.02M
17. The Train (1964)
Not Rated | 133 min | Action, Thriller, War
In 1944, a German colonel loads a train with French art treasures to send to Germany. The Resistance must stop it without damaging the cargo.
Directors: John Frankenheimer, Arthur Penn | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield, Jeanne Moreau, Suzanne Flon
Votes: 18,896 | Gross: $7.41M
18. Hamburger Hill (1987)
R | 110 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A very realistic interpretation of one of the bloodiest battles of the Vietnam War.
Director: John Irvin | Stars: Anthony Barrile, Michael Boatman, Don Cheadle, Michael Dolan
Votes: 27,959 | Gross: $13.84M
19. Lockout (2012)
PG-13 | 95 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A man wrongly convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage against the U.S. is offered his freedom if he can rescue the President's daughter from an outer-space prison taken over by violent inmates.
Directors: James Mather, Steve Saint Leger | Stars: Guy Pearce, Maggie Grace, Peter Stormare, Vincent Regan
Votes: 100,960 | Gross: $14.33M
20. Vikram (2022)
Not Rated | 175 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A special investigator discovers a case of serial killings is not what it seems to be, and leading down this path is only going to end in a war between everyone involved.
Director: Lokesh Kanagaraj | Stars: Kamal Haasan, Vijay Sethupathi, Fahadh Faasil, Narain
Votes: 74,355
21. In Order of Disappearance (2014)
R | 116 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
After his son is murdered by drug dealers, a snowplow driver starts seeking revenge.
Director: Hans Petter Moland | Stars: Stellan Skarsgård, Bruno Ganz, Pål Sverre Hagen, Jakob Oftebro
Votes: 29,151 | Gross: $0.05M
22. Survive the Night (2020)
R | 90 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A disgraced doctor and his family are held hostage at their home by criminals on the run, when a robbery-gone-awry requires them to seek immediate medical attention.
Director: Matt Eskandari | Stars: Bruce Willis, Chad Michael Murray, Shea Buckner, Tyler Jon Olson
Votes: 11,988
23. Kamen Rider (1971–1973)
TV-G | 30 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A grasshopper-like, motorcycle-riding cyborg (joined by another one later in the show) fights the evil organization that transformed him for their evil deeds.
Stars: Akiji Kobayashi, Shinji Nakae, Gorô Naya, Jirô Yabuki
Votes: 428
24. Naam Shabana (2017)
Not Rated | 147 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
This Spin-off from Baby (2015) provides the back-story of intelligence agent Shabana, and chronicles how she becomes a spy.
Director: Shivam Nair | Stars: Taapsee Pannu, Akshay Kumar, Manoj Bajpayee, Taher Shabbir
Votes: 7,455
25. Madhagaja (2021)
132 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
An undercover cop goes into the big bad world , an place taken over by a don, where his safety may be compromised.
Director: Mahesh Kumar | Stars: Sri Murali, Ashika Ranganath, Chikkanna, Jagapathi Babu
Votes: 696
26. Shagird (2011)
Not Rated | 143 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A rookie cop questions the tactics of his superior, and attempts to track the abductors of his girlfriend.
Director: Tigmanshu Dhulia | Stars: Nana Patekar, Mohit Ahlawat, Rimi Sen, Anurag Kashyap
Votes: 2,280
27. Ring of Fire (1961)
Approved | 91 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
In the 1960s Oregon, two sheriff deputies arrest three teenagers for robbery but are overpowered and taken hostage while forest fires rage all around them.
Director: Andrew L. Stone | Stars: David Janssen, Joyce Taylor, Frank Gorshin, Joel Marston
Votes: 676
28. Ashtadigbandhanam (2023)
135 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery
Gautham is a software engineer, Chakri is a corrupt police officer, Shankar is a bar owner, Sri Ramulu is a politician. These four who are not related to each other meet on one occasion. After that what happened in their lives.
Director: Baba PR | Stars: Surya Bharath Chandra, Vijay Kandagatla, Vishika Kota, Naveen Kumar Gattu
Votes: 2,071
29. V (2020)
TV-MA | 140 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A celebrated cop attempts to hunt down a serial killer who has specifically challenged him to put an end to the killing spree.
Director: Mohana Krishna Indraganti | Stars: Nani, Sudheer Babu Posani, Nivetha Thomas, Aditi Rao Hydari
Votes: 9,064
30. Forever Rich (2021)
TV-MA | 89 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
When Richie's watch is stolen in a violent robbery and humiliating images of the encounter go viral, the rapper has to fix his reputation to save his career.
Director: Shady El-Hamus | Stars: Matteo van der Grijn, Hadewych Minis, Sinem Kavus, Karla Maatouk
Votes: 1,528
31. Genius (I) (2018)
165 min | Action, Thriller
An orphan, with a brilliant mind, joins RAW and is burdened by the killing of his entire team. Until he doesn't avenge their death, he can't live in peace with his love. So, he hatches a genius plan.
Director: Anil Sharma | Stars: Utkarsh Sharma, Ishita Chauhan, Mithun Chakraborty, Ayesha Jhulka
Votes: 3,577
32. Layers of Lies (2022)
90 min | Action, Drama
Layers of Lies is an adrenaline-fueled thrill ride through the bustling, diverse metropolis of Tehran Iran.
Director: Ramin Sohrab | Stars: Arsalan Ghasemi, Ramin Sohrab, Kamran Tafti, Jessica Wolff
Votes: 54
33. Dirty Linen (2023)
TV-MA | Action, Crime, Drama
Four houseworkers of a well-known aristocratic family mysteriously vanished one by one without a trace, meanwhile four people are out to get their hellish revenge against the prominent family itself.
Stars: Zanjoe Marudo, Francine Diaz, Janine Gutierrez, John Arcilla
Votes: 181
34. The Surveyors (2023)
86 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
Kyle Baxter receives a survey in the mail asking for his input on a series of questionnaires in exchange for a couple hundred dollars. He agrees, but soon finds out that he signed up for more than he anticipated.
Director: Nigel Butler | Stars: Nigel Butler, John Applegate, Melissa Lee Fulmer, Isaiah Centeno
Votes: 33
35. Bato - Road to Death
120 min | Mystery, Thriller | Post-production
A paramedic, Komal gets assigned to a mission of delivering live human heart for transplant in an ambulance where she encounters mysterious people in her journey, with Manjil and Tony, leading to gruesome mishaps and dreadful events.
Director: Madan Thapa | Stars: Mithila Sharma, Ashant Sharma, Pashupati Rai, Rakshya Thapa
36. To Die For (2023)
22 min | Comedy, Thriller
A hopeless romantic hitman tries to survive the world of online dating with a bounty on his head.
Stars: Jasper Jones, Raishma Kazi, Mia Nguyen, Aashish Thakur
37. Is'phindiselo (2021–2022)
Action, Thriller
Loosely based on The Count of Monte Cristo, Is'phindiselo focuses on a man who is wrongfully imprisoned, trained by a ruthless mentor, escapes from jail, acquires a fortune and sets about taking revenge on those responsible.
Stars: Zikhona Bali, Nicole Bessick, Baby Cele, Daniel Janks
38. Building 62 (2023)
32 min | Short, Action
A depressed university student's curiosity to uncover her late father's political history, turns out to be a means of survival in a world of dirty politics.
Director: Hakim Zziwa | Stars: Ewil Brenda Claire, Ntembe Denis, Samuel Ibanda, Maureen Mona Jolly
39. Tank-Top Fighter (2013– )
Action
The drama is an action suspense which follows college students sisters named Kai and Riku. They were spending every day peacefully, but one day, their father gets arrested on suspicion of ... See full summary »
Stars: Erena Ono, Umika Kawashima, Yôko Mitsuya, Eiji Moriyama
40. The Last American Vampire (2021)
25 min | Short, Action, Drama
Aamon, a 500 year old vampire whose powers are diminishing with age, must face Wyatt and Miriam as they fight to eradicate the remaining vampire plague.
Director: Brian Powell | Stars: Mary Liz Adams, Erik Brown, Kramer Kwalick, Salvatore DelGreco
41. Black Girl Down
Drama | Filming
The dark underbelly of human trafficking.
Stars: Deana Molle', Mark Wayne, Timothy Dawson, Nicole Pazmino
42. Amengi
Action, Fantasy, Thriller | Announced
Time travelers go back 60 million years in search of a virus. When they arrive, they find more than a virus and dinosaurs that put their lives at risk. Brutal Insectoid alien beings, predators, and a gigantic snake await them.
Director: Patrick Tatopoulos | Stars: Cody Cowell, John Vanis II, David J. Paul, John Tolbert
43. The Black Mystery (2018)
34 min | Short, Action
When the notorious mercenary The Black Mystery is on the run, he's visited by a dying version of himself from another reality - He must travel back in time to save his younger self and try to find the truth behind his father's death.
Director: Casey Joel | Stars: Chaise Creggon, Jacob Griffiths, Jacob Hill, Pacey Jackson
44. Inhuman/e (2021)
90 min | Thriller
Director: Ava Maria Safai | Stars: Lois Warwick, Syd Castle, Wesley Frank, Nicco Graham
45. Home (XVI) (2021)
50 min | Action
An EX-IDF soldier battling PTSD who has stolen a house struggles to distinguish between right and wrong until he is exposed to reality.
Director: Saalih Chaudhry | Stars: Sean Berry, Mariana Gkila, Asif Gillani, Olivia Jannesson
46. Tracer
Short, Action, Comedy | Post-production
A cabin-dwelling woodsman with gaps in his memory lives a peaceful, solitary life. That is until a group of strangers arrive at his door demanding that he hand over a mysterious device. The... See full summary »
Director: Jared Wardlaw | Stars: John Cottingham, Isaac Kirk, Caleb Paschall, Ethney Munson
47. In Harm's Way: Behind the Scenes (2011)
18 min | Documentary, Short, Action
A Special Behind the Scenes Segment with some of the cast and crew for the Film In Harm's Way (2011).
Director: John Karsko | Stars: Michael Borka, Kevin Horn, John Karsko, Ryan Kiser
Votes: 6
48. Nemesis (IV) (2023)
7 min | Short, Action, Crime
Confronting the deadly to avenge his father, one-man steps into the shadows to face off against the formidable trio of young gangsters, determined to unravel the twisted web of betrayal and seek revenge for his father's abduction.
Director: Alex Metaxas | Stars: Augustine George Akkara, Nishan Golelama, Bailey Marshall, Olly Moore
49. Insel Der Verdammten (2017)
20 min | Short, Action
Director: Casey Joel | Stars: Jacob Griffiths, Jacob Hill, Pacey Jackson, Casey Joel
50. Taser Ranch
Action, Thriller | Announced
When neighbors descend like vultures after a rancher is found dead, his immigrant wife proves that a woman alone isn't a target; she's a threat.