Top 20 Action Movies of 2018
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1. Den of Thieves (2018)
R | 140 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An elite unit of the LA County Sheriff's Dept. and the state's most successful bank robbery crew clash as the outlaws plan a seemingly impossible heist on the Federal Reserve Bank.
Director: Christian Gudegast | Stars: Gerard Butler, Pablo Schreiber, O'Shea Jackson Jr., 50 Cent
Votes: 123,613 | Gross: $44.95M
2. Tomb Raider (2018)
PG-13 | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Lara Croft, the fiercely independent daughter of a missing adventurer, must push herself beyond her limits when she discovers the island where her father, Lord Richard Croft disappeared.
Director: Roar Uthaug | Stars: Alicia Vikander, Dominic West, Walton Goggins, Daniel Wu
Votes: 226,990 | Gross: $58.25M
3. Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018)
R | 122 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The drug war on the U.S.-Mexico border has escalated as the cartels have begun trafficking terrorists across the US border. To fight the war, federal agent Matt Graver re-teams with the mercurial Alejandro.
Director: Stefano Sollima | Stars: Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin, Isabela Merced, Jeffrey Donovan
Votes: 166,842 | Gross: $50.07M
4. The Commuter (I) (2018)
PG-13 | 104 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller
An insurance salesman/ex-cop is caught up in a life-threatening conspiracy during his daily commute home.
Director: Jaume Collet-Serra | Stars: Liam Neeson, Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Jonathan Banks
Votes: 125,334 | Gross: $36.34M
5. Terminal (I) (2018)
Not Rated | 95 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A film noir taking place in a train terminal at night. Add two male assassins, a female assassin, a waitress, a teacher, a janitor, and a crime boss. Add revenge. Who says mystery is a lost art?
Director: Vaughn Stein | Stars: Margot Robbie, Simon Pegg, Dexter Fletcher, Mike Myers
Votes: 25,344
6. Beirut (2018)
R | 109 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Caught in the crossfires of civil war, CIA operatives must send a former U.S. diplomat to negotiate for the life of a friend he left behind.
Director: Brad Anderson | Stars: Jon Hamm, Jay Potter, Khalid Benchagra, Ania Josse
Votes: 24,668 | Gross: $5.02M
7. Hostiles (2017)
R | 134 min | Drama, Western
In 1892, a legendary Army Captain reluctantly agrees to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory.
Director: Scott Cooper | Stars: Scott Shepherd, Rosamund Pike, Ava Cooper, Stella Cooper
Votes: 95,633 | Gross: $29.82M
8. Creed II (2018)
PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Drama, Sport
Under the tutelage of Rocky Balboa, newly crowned heavyweight champion Adonis Creed faces off against Viktor Drago, the son of Ivan Drago.
Director: Steven Caple Jr. | Stars: Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson, Phylicia Rashad
Votes: 155,416 | Gross: $115.72M
9. Mile 22 (2018)
R | 94 min | Action, Thriller
A small team of elite American intelligence officers, part of a top-secret tactical command unit, try to smuggle a mysterious police officer with sensitive information out of Indonesia.
Director: Peter Berg | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Lauren Cohan, Iko Uwais, John Malkovich
Votes: 86,788 | Gross: $36.11M
10. Ready Player One (2018)
PG-13 | 140 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
When the creator of a virtual reality called the OASIS dies, he makes a posthumous challenge to all OASIS users to find his Easter Egg, which will give the finder his fortune and control of his world.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn, Lena Waithe
Votes: 485,816 | Gross: $137.69M
11. Acts of Violence (2018)
R | 86 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
At a bachelorette party in a nightclub, the bride tells 2 guys offering blow to go away. They abduct her. The groom's 2 big brothers looked after their kid brother as kids and do so now again as veterans, "looking" for her and the 2 guys.
Director: Brett Donowho | Stars: Bruce Willis, Cole Hauser, Shawn Ashmore, Ashton Holmes
Votes: 13,353
12. The Meg (2018)
PG-13 | 113 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
A group of scientists exploring the Marianas Trench encounter the largest marine predator that has ever existed - the Megalodon.
Director: Jon Turteltaub | Stars: Jason Statham, Bingbing Li, Rainn Wilson, Cliff Curtis
Votes: 207,437 | Gross: $143.01M
13. Operation Red Sea (2018)
TV-MA | 142 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
PLA Navy Marine Corps launch a hostage rescue operation in the fictional Republic of Ihwea and undergo a fierce battle with rebellions and terrorism.
Director: Dante Lam | Stars: Yi Zhang, Johnny Huang, Hai-Qing, Jiang Du
Votes: 7,941 | Gross: $1.54M
14. Gone Are the Days (2018)
R | 99 min | Drama, Western
Aged, ill, and unable to reconcile the man he was to who he has become, Flynn is hell-bent on exiting this life in a blaze of glory.
Director: Mark Landre Gould | Stars: Lance Henriksen, Tom Berenger, Billy Lush, Meg Steedle
Votes: 1,194
15. Hunter Killer (2018)
R | 121 min | Action, Thriller
An untested American submarine captain teams with U.S. Navy Seals to rescue the Russian president, who has been kidnapped by a rogue general.
Director: Donovan Marsh | Stars: Gerard Butler, Gary Oldman, Common, Linda Cardellini
Votes: 73,494 | Gross: $15.77M
16. American Warfighter (2018)
105 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Rusty Wittenburg is a Navy SEAL struggling to balance his family life and his job. He fights daily to maintain the line between reality and the nightmares his PTSD conjures up for him. Dedicated to his team and his mission, he is willing to give the ultimate sacrifice for his fellow brothers and teammates.
Director: Jerry G. Angelo | Stars: Jerry G. Angelo, Paul Logan, Isaac C. Singleton Jr., Victoria Clare
Votes: 1,306
17. Death Wish (2018)
R | 107 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Dr. Paul Kersey is an experienced trauma surgeon, a man who has spent his life saving lives. After an attack on his family, Paul embarks on his own mission for justice.
Director: Eli Roth | Stars: Bruce Willis, Vincent D'Onofrio, Elisabeth Shue, Camila Morrone
Votes: 76,433 | Gross: $34.02M
18. Destroyer (2018)
R | 121 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A police detective reconnects with people from an undercover assignment in her distant past in order to make peace.
Director: Karyn Kusama | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Toby Kebbell, Tatiana Maslany, Sebastian Stan
Votes: 31,781 | Gross: $1.53M
19. Reprisal (I) (2018)
R | 89 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A bank manager haunted by a violent heist that took the life of a coworker teams up with his ex-cop neighbor to bring down the assailant, initiating an explosive counterattack that brings all three men to the breaking point.
Director: Brian A. Miller | Stars: Bruce Willis, Frank Grillo, Johnathon Schaech, Olivia Culpo
Votes: 8,167
20. Deadman Standing (2018)
R | 92 min | Biography, Thriller, Western
The true story of a recently widowered lawman who befriends a boy dying of tuberculosis and a madam of the local brothel while their town is being politically and violently overtaken by a gang of reckless cattlemen from Texas.
Director: Nicholas Barton | Stars: C. Thomas Howell, Luke Arnold, M.C. Gainey, Viva Bianca
Votes: 378
21. Rampage (2018)
PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
When three different animals become infected with a dangerous pathogen, a primatologist and a geneticist team up to stop them from destroying Chicago.
Director: Brad Peyton | Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Naomie Harris, Malin Akerman, Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Votes: 184,768 | Gross: $101.03M
22. All the Devil's Men (2018)
R | 99 min | Action, Thriller
A battle-scarred War on Terror bounty hunter is forced to go to London on a manhunt for a disavowed CIA operative, which leads him into a deadly running battle with a former military comrade and his private army.
Director: Matthew Hope | Stars: Milo Gibson, Sylvia Hoeks, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Joseph Millson
Votes: 3,453
23. Mortal Engines (2018)
PG-13 | 128 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
In a post-apocalyptic world where cities ride on wheels and consume each other to survive, two people meet in London and try to stop a conspiracy.
Director: Christian Rivers | Stars: Hera Hilmar, Robert Sheehan, Hugo Weaving, Jihae
Votes: 140,613 | Gross: $15.95M
24. Dead Trigger (2017)
R | 91 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
A mysterious virus has killed billions and turned many others into bloodthirsty zombies. Unable to stop the virus, the government develops a video game, "Dead Trigger," that mirrors the terrifying events that curse the world.
Directors: Mike Cuff, Scott Windhauser | Stars: Dolph Lundgren, Autumn Reeser, Brooke Johnston, Romeo Miller
Votes: 1,378
25. Take Point (2018)
Not Rated | 119 min | Action, Thriller
A captain and his team of 12 soldiers infiltrate a secret underground bunker to take out a target in the Korean demilitarized zone.
Director: Byung-woo Kim | Stars: Ha Jung-woo, Lee Sun-kyun, Jennifer Ehle, Kevin Durand
Votes: 1,508 | Gross: $0.11M
26. 4/20 Massacre (2018)
TV-MA | 84 min | Action, Horror
Five women go camping in the woods to celebrate a friend's birthday over 4/20 weekend, but when they cross the turf of an illegal marijuana grow-operation, they must fight to survive the living nightmare.
Director: Dylan Reynolds | Stars: Jamie Bernadette, Vanessa Reynolds, Stacey Danger, Justine Wachsberger
Votes: 794
27. Backtrace (2018)
R | 92 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The lone surviving thief of a violent bank robbery is sprung from a high security facility and administered an experimental drug.
Director: Brian A. Miller | Stars: Ryan Guzman, Sylvester Stallone, Meadow Williams, Christopher McDonald
Votes: 5,345
28. Dirty Dead Con Men (2018)
85 min | Action, Crime, Drama
In a city full of criminals, what difference do two more make?
Director: Marie-Grete Heinemann | Stars: Peter Dobson, Kevin Interdonato, Claudia Christian, Louis Mandylor
Votes: 117
29. Master Z: The Ip Man Legacy (2018)
Not Rated | 107 min | Action, Biography, Crime
While keeping a low profile after his defeat by Ip Man, Cheung Tin Chi gets into trouble after getting in a fight with a powerful foreigner.
Director: Woo-Ping Yuen | Stars: Jin Zhang, Dave Bautista, Yan Liu, Michelle Yeoh
Votes: 9,814 | Gross: $0.21M
30. Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)
PG-13 | 147 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
Ethan Hunt and his IMF team, along with some familiar allies, race against time after a mission gone wrong.
Director: Christopher McQuarrie | Stars: Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg
Votes: 377,947 | Gross: $220.16M
31. Last Seen in Idaho (2018)
109 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A woman awakens from a coma after a car accident and begins having shocking visions of her future murder. It's a race against the clock as she tries to solve and prevent her own murder.
Director: Eric Colley | Stars: Hallie Shepherd, Casper Van Dien, Wes Ramsey, Shawn Christian
Votes: 3,506
32. I Am Vengeance (II) (2018)
R | 92 min | Action
When ex-soldier turned mercenary, John Gold, learns of the murder of his best friend, he sets off on a mission to find out what happened. What he discovers is a sinister conspiracy and he sets about taking down those responsible one by one.
Director: Ross Boyask | Stars: Stu Bennett, Fleur Keith, Alan Calton, Gary Daniels
Votes: 1,576
33. The Predator (2018)
R | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
When a young boy accidentally triggers the universe's most lethal hunters' return to Earth, only a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and a disgruntled scientist can prevent the end of the human race.
Director: Shane Black | Stars: Boyd Holbrook, Trevante Rhodes, Jacob Tremblay, Keegan-Michael Key
Votes: 143,354 | Gross: $51.02M
34. Accident Man (2018)
R | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Mike is a tough hitman, who makes his hits look like accidents or suicide. He's in a gang of hitmen, each with his own style. When his loved ex is killed, Mike looks for those responsible.
Director: Jesse V. Johnson | Stars: Scott Adkins, Ray Stevenson, David Paymer, Michael Jai White
Votes: 12,989
35. No Surrender (2018)
114 min | Action, Crime, History
An Egyptian police officer named General Yousef al-Masri lives in Karamouz neighborhood in Alexandria. The film dates back to the reign of King Farouk before the 1952 revolution in the ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Mimi | Stars: Amir Karara, Ghada Abdel Razek, Ahmed El Sakka, Scott Adkins
Votes: 2,268
36. Incoming (2018)
TV-MA | 89 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
The International Space Station is now a prison - the ultimate black site. No one's getting out. And no one knows it's there. But when the imprisoned terrorists take over the Station and ... See full summary »
Director: Eric Zaragoza | Stars: Scott Adkins, Aaron McCusker, Michelle Lehane, Vahidin Prelic
Votes: 1,997
37. The Debt Collector (2018)
Not Rated | 95 min | Action, Comedy
A classically-trained martial artist goes to work as a mob debt collector. The job seems easy enough, until a client drags him into a situation deeper than could ever be anticipated.
Director: Jesse V. Johnson | Stars: David Will No, Michael Paré, Scott Adkins, Vladimir Kulich
Votes: 8,935
38. Bent (I) (2018)
R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Drama
On his release from a prison sentence for crimes of which he was innocent, a shamed former cop connects a murder case to a government conspiracy involving rogue agents from a top spy agency.
Director: Bobby Moresco | Stars: SofÃa Vergara, Karl Urban, Andy Garcia, Grace Byers
Votes: 6,251
39. Project Gutenberg (2018)
130 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
Hong Kong police are hunting a counterfeiting gang led by a mastermind code-named "Painter". In order to crack this true identity, the police recruit gang member Lee Man to unmask "Painter's" secret identity.
Director: Felix Chong | Stars: Chow Yun-Fat, Aaron Kwok, Jingchu Zhang, Catherine Chau
Votes: 5,110
40. Scorched Earth (2018)
R | 96 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A bounty hunter named Attica Gage tracks down criminals in a post-apocalyptic Earth.
Director: Peter Howitt | Stars: Gina Carano, Ryan Robbins, John Hannah, Dean Jagger
Votes: 4,517
41. BuyBust (2018)
Not Rated | 127 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
An anti-drug enforcement agency stages a massive drug bust in the slums of Manila.
Director: Erik Matti | Stars: Anne Curtis, Brandon Vera, Victor Neri, Arjo Atayde
Votes: 2,115 | Gross: $0.18M
42. Origin (2018)
TV-MA | 45 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A group of strangers struggle for survival aboard a spaceship heading to a distant planet.
Stars: Natalia Tena, Tom Felton, Sen Mitsuji, Nora Arnezeder
Votes: 7,762
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