Best drama action films - Charts
Best drama action films
1. The Dark Knight (2008)
USA / UK, Action / Drama
Directed by: Christopher Nolan
Cast: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger
2. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
USA, Adventure / Action
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen
3. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
USA, Adventure / Action
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Harrison Ford, Sean Connery
4. Ford v Ferrari (2019)
USA / France, Drama / Biography
Directed by: James Mangold
Cast: Matt Damon, Christian Bale
5. Rush (2013)
USA / UK, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Ron Howard
Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Daniel Brühl
6. Dune: Part Two (2024)
USA / Canada, Sci-fi / Action
Directed by: Denis Villeneuve
Cast: Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya
7. Gladiator (2000)
USA / UK, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Ridley Scott
Cast: Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix
9. The Fugitive (1993)
USA, Action / Thriller
Directed by: Andrew Davis
Cast: Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones
11. Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
USA, Action / Drama
Directed by: Joseph Kosinski
Cast: Tom Cruise, Miles Teller
12. The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
USA / UK, Action / Crime
Directed by: Christopher Nolan
Cast: Christian Bale, Gary Oldman
13. First Blood (1982)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Ted Kotcheff
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna
14. Taken (2008)
France / USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Pierre Morel
Cast: Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace
15. Ip Man (2008)
Hong Kong / China, Action / Drama
Directed by: Wilson Yip
Cast: Donnie Yen, Simon Yam
16. The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Michael Mann
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe
17. Payback: Straight Up (2006)
USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Brian Helgeland
Cast: Mel Gibson, Gregg Henry
18. The Last Samurai (2003)
USA / New Zealand, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Edward Zwick
Cast: Ken Watanabe, Tom Cruise
19. The Towering Inferno (1974)
USA, Thriller / Drama
Directed by: John Guillermin
Cast: Steve McQueen, Paul Newman
20. The Professional (1981)
France, Action / Crime
Directed by: Georges Lautner
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Desailly
21. Harakiri (1962)
Japan, Action / Drama
Directed by: Masaki Kobayashi
Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai, Rentarô Mikuni
22. Enemy of the State (1998)
USA, Drama / Action
Directed by: Tony Scott
Cast: Will Smith, Gene Hackman
23. Knockin' on Heaven's Door (1997)
Germany / Netherlands, Action / Crime
Directed by: Thomas Jahn
Cast: Til Schweiger, Jan Josef Liefers
26. The Longest Day (1962)
USA, War / Action
Directed by: Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton
Cast: Eddie Albert, Paul Anka
28. Taegukgi: The Brotherhood of War (2004)
South Korea, Action / Drama
Directed by: Je-gyu Kang
Cast: Dong-gun Jang, Bin Won
29. Metro Manila (2013)
Philippines / UK, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Sean Ellis
Cast: Jake Macapagal, John Arcilla
31. Berserk: Golden Age Arc II - The Battle for Doldrey (2012)
Japan, Animation / Action
Directed by: Toshiyuki Kubooka, Kôichi Hatsumi
Cast: Aki Toyosaki, Nobuyuki Katsube
32. White Hell of Pitz Palu (1929)
German Empire, Drama / Action
Directed by: Arnold Fanck, Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Cast: Gustav Diessl, Leni Riefenstahl
33. A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
Italy / Spain, Western / Action
Directed by: Sergio Leone
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Marianne Koch
34. Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (2010)
Brazil, Action / Crime
Directed by: José Padilha
Cast: Wagner Moura, Irandhir Santos
35. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
USA, Adventure / Action
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw
37. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
USA / France, Action / Drama
Directed by: Jim Jarmusch
Cast: Forest Whitaker, John Tormey
38. Elite Squad (2007)
Brazil / USA, Action / Drama
Directed by: José Padilha
Cast: Wagner Moura, André Ramiro
39. Ip Man 2: Legend of the Grandmaster (2010)
Hong Kong / China, Action / Drama
Directed by: Wilson Yip
Cast: Donnie Yen, Xiaoming Huang
40. The Roaring Twenties (1939)
USA, Action / Drama
Directed by: Raoul Walsh
Cast: James Cagney, Priscilla Lane
41. Berserk: Golden Age Arc III - Descent (2013)
Japan, Animation / Action
Directed by: Toshiyuki Kubooka, Kôichi Hatsumi
Cast: Akio Ōtsuka, Aki Toyosaki
43. The French Connection (1971)
USA, Crime / Thriller
Directed by: William Friedkin
Cast: Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey
44. Waterloo (1970)
Italy / Soviet Union, Drama / Action
Directed by: Sergei Fyodorovich Bondarchuk
Cast: Rod Steiger, Christopher Plummer
45. Scarface (1932)
USA, Action / Drama
Directed by: Howard Hawks, Richard Rosson
Cast: Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak
46. Mesrine Part 2: Public Enemy #1 (2008)
France / Canada, Action / Drama
Directed by: Jean-François Richet
Cast: Vincent Cassel, Ludivine Sagnier
47. I, Robot (2004)
USA / Germany, Sci-fi / Action
Directed by: Alex Proyas
Cast: Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan
48. The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
Germany / France, Action / Drama
Directed by: Uli Edel
Cast: Martina Gedeck, Moritz Bleibtreu
49. Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Rupert Wyatt
Cast: James Franco, Andy Serkis
50. Fearless (2006)
Hong Kong / China, Action / Drama
Directed by: Ronny Yu
Cast: Jet Li, Shidō Nakamura
54. Berserk: Golden Age Arc I - The Egg of the King (2012)
Japan, Animation / Action
Directed by: Toshiyuki Kubooka, Kôichi Hatsumi
Cast: Aki Toyosaki, Nobuyuki Katsube
55. Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades (1972)
Japan, Action / Drama
Directed by: Kenji Misumi
Cast: 若山富三郎, Isao Yamagata
56. Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx (1972)
Japan, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Kenji Misumi
Cast: 若山富三郎, Kayo Matsuo
57. The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978)
Hong Kong, Action / Historical
Directed by: Chia-Liang Liu
Cast: Chia-Hui Liu, Norman Chu
58. The Punisher: Dirty Laundry (2012)
USA, Short / Action
Directed by: Phil Joanou
Cast: Thomas Jane, Ron Perlman
60. The Covenant (2023)
UK / Spain, Action / Drama
Directed by: Guy Ritchie
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Dar Salim
61. Hard Boiled (1992)
Hong Kong, Action / Drama
Directed by: John Woo
Cast: Yun-fat Chow, Tony Chiu-wai Leung
62. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
USA, War / Historical
Directed by: Peter Weir
Cast: Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany
63. The Dirty Dozen (1967)
UK / USA, Action / War
Directed by: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine
64. Hero (2002)
China / Hong Kong, Action / Drama
Directed by: Yimou Zhang
Cast: Jet Li, Tony Chiu-wai Leung
65. Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001)
Japan / USA, Animation / Action
Directed by: Shin'ichirō Watanabe, Yoshiyuki Takei
Cast: Ai Kobayashi, Kōichi Yamadera
66. 3 Evil Masters (1980)
Hong Kong, Action / Drama
Directed by: Tony Chun-Ku Lou
Cast: Tak Yuen, Lung-Wei Wang
67. Fort Apache the Bronx (1981)
USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Daniel Petrie
Cast: Paul Newman, Edward Asner
68. How I Became a Gangster. True Story (2019)
Poland, Action / Crime
Directed by: Maciej Kawulski
Cast: Marcin Kowalczyk, Tomasz Włosok
69. Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG - Individual Eleven (2006)
Japan, Animation / Action
Directed by: Kenji Kamiyama, 布施木一喜
Cast: Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Ōtsuka
70. Sword of the Stranger (2007)
Japan, Animation / Action
Directed by: Masahiro Andō
Cast: Tomoya Nagase, Kōichi Yamadera
71. The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003)
Japan, Action / Drama
Directed by: Takeshi Kitano
Cast: Takeshi Kitano, Michiyo Ookusu
72. Man on Fire (2004)
USA / UK, Action / Crime
Directed by: Tony Scott
Cast: Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning
73. Attack On Titan OVA: A Choice with No Regrets (2014)
Japan, Animation / Action
Directed by: Tetsurō Araki, Shintarō Itoga
Cast: Romi Paku, Daisuke Ono
74. Cop or Hood (1979)
France, Action / Crime
Directed by: Georges Lautner
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Georges Géret
75. Battle of Britain (1969)
UK, War / Drama
Directed by: Guy Hamilton
Cast: Harry Andrews, Michael Caine
76. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man (2005)
Japan, Animation / Action
Directed by: Kenji Kamiyama
Cast: Akio Ōtsuka, Atsuko Tanaka
77. Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997)
Japan, Animation / Action
Directed by: Hideaki Anno
78. Three Outlaw Samurai (1964)
Japan, Action / Drama
Directed by: Hideo Gosha
Cast: Tetsurô Tamba, Isamu Nagato
79. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
USA, Action / Drama
Directed by: Arthur Penn
Cast: Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway
80. Samurai Assassin (1965)
Japan, Action / Drama
Directed by: Kihachi Okamoto
Cast: Toshirō Mifune, Keiju Kobayashi
81. Initial D: Third Stage (2001)
Japan, Animation / Action
Directed by: Fumitsugu Yamaguchi
Cast: Shin'ichirō Miki, Ayako Kawasumi
82. Into the White (2012)
Norway / Sweden, Action / Drama
Directed by: Petter Næss
Cast: Florian Lukas, David Kross
83. Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
USA / Japan, War / Action
Directed by: Richard Fleischer, Kinji Fukasaku
Cast: Martin Balsam, Sō Yamamura
84. Challenge of the Ninja (1978)
Hong Kong, Action / Drama
Directed by: Chia-Liang Liu
Cast: Chia-Hui Liu, Yasuaki Kurata
85. The Impossible (2012)
Spain, Disaster / Drama
Directed by: J.A. Bayona
Cast: Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor
86. The Negotiator (1998)
USA / Germany, Action / Drama
Directed by: F. Gary Gray
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey
87. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
Taiwan / China, Adventure / Drama
Directed by: Ang Lee
Cast: Yun-fat Chow, Michelle Yeoh
88. Dirty Harry (1971)
USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Don Siegel
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Harry Guardino
89. Dark Blue World (2001)
Czech Republic / UK, War / Drama
Directed by: Jan Svěrák
Cast: Ondřej Vetchý, Kryštof Hádek
90. A Better Tomorrow II (1987)
Hong Kong, Action / Crime
Directed by: John Woo
Cast: Lung Ti, Leslie Cheung
91. Apocalypto (2006)
USA, Drama / Adventure
Directed by: Mel Gibson
Cast: Rudy Youngblood, Dalia Hernández
92. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Kevin Reynolds
Cast: Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman
93. The Accountant (2016)
USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Gavin O'Connor
Cast: Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick
94. Mountain Patrol (2004)
China / Hong Kong, Action / Drama
Directed by: Chuan Lu
Cast: Duobujie, David Zhang
95. Lightning Kung Fu (1980)
Hong Kong, Action / Drama
Directed by: Sammo Hung
Cast: Sammo Hung, Kar-Yan Leung
96. I Saw the Devil (2010)
South Korea, Thriller / Horror
Directed by: Jee-woon Kim
Cast: Byeong-heon Lee, Min-shik Choi
98. The Tunnel (2001)
Germany, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Roland Suso Richter
Cast: Heino Ferch, Nicolette Krebitz
99. Heaven & Earth (1993)
USA / France, Drama / War
Directed by: Oliver Stone
Cast: Hiep Thi Le, Tommy Lee Jones
100. Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008)
France / Canada, Action / Drama
Directed by: Jean-François Richet
Cast: Vincent Cassel, Cécile de France