Movies tagged with "Action"

Batman 2: The Dark Knight (2008)

When the menace known as the Joker wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, the caped crusader must come to terms with one of the greatest p...

Released: 2008  Stars: Christian Bale  Heath Ledger  Aaron Eckhart  Michael Caine  Maggie Gyllenhaal  Gary Oldman  Morgan Freeman  Monique Gabriela Curnen  Ron Dean  Cillian Murphy  Chin Han  Nestor Carbonell  Eric Roberts  Ritchie Coster  Anthony Michael Hall  Director: Christopher Nolan  IMDB rating: 9 

Inception (2010)

A thief who steals corporate secrets through use of the dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a CEO.

Released: 2010  Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio  Joseph Gordon-Levitt  Ellen Page  Tom Hardy  Ken Watanabe  Dileep Rao  Cillian Murphy  Tom Berenger  Marion Cotillard  Pete Postlethwaite  Michael Caine  Lukas Haas  Tai-Li Lee  Claire Geare  Magnus Nolan  Director: Christopher Nolan  IMDB rating: 8.8 

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

After the rebels have been brutally overpowered by the Empire on their newly established base, Luke Skywalker takes advanced Jedi training with Mas...

Released: 1980  Stars: Mark Hamill  Harrison Ford  Carrie Fisher  Billy Dee Williams  Anthony Daniels  David Prowse  Peter Mayhew  Kenny Baker  Frank Oz  Alec Guinness  Jeremy Bulloch  John Hollis  Jack Purvis  Des Webb  Clive Revill  Director: Irvin Kershner  IMDB rating: 8.8 

The Matrix (1999)

A computer hacker learns from mysterious rebels about the true nature of his reality and his role in the war against its controllers.

Released: 1999  Stars: Keanu Reeves  Laurence Fishburne  Carrie-Anne Moss  Hugo Weaving  Gloria Foster  Joe Pantoliano  Marcus Chong  Julian Arahanga  Matt Doran  Belinda McClory  Anthony Ray Parker  Paul Goddard  Robert Taylor  David Aston  Marc Aden Gray  Director: Andy Wachowski  IMDB rating: 8.7 

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)

Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a wookiee and two droids to save the universe from the Empire's world-destroying bat...

Released: 1977  Stars: Mark Hamill  Harrison Ford  Carrie Fisher  Peter Cushing  Alec Guinness  Anthony Daniels  Kenny Baker  Peter Mayhew  David Prowse  Phil Brown  Shelagh Fraser  Jack Purvis  Alex McCrindle  Eddie Byrne  Drewe Henley  Director: George Lucas  IMDB rating: 8.7 

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

A cyborg, identical to the one who failed to kill Sarah Connor, must now protect her young son, John Connor, from a more advanced cyborg, made out ...

Released: 1991  Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger  Linda Hamilton  Edward Furlong  Robert Patrick  Earl Boen  Joe Morton  S. Epatha Merkerson  Castulo Guerra  Danny Cooksey  Jenette Goldstein  Xander Berkeley  Leslie Hamilton Gearren  Ken Gibbel  Robert Winley  Peter Schrum  Director: James Cameron  IMDB rating: 8.5 

Gladiator (2000)

When a Roman general is betrayed and his family murdered by an emperor's corrupt son, he comes to Rome as a gladiator to seek revenge.

Released: 2000  Stars: Russell Crowe  Joaquin Phoenix  Connie Nielsen  Oliver Reed  Richard Harris  Derek Jacobi  Djimon Hounsou  David Schofield  John Shrapnel  Tomas Arana  Ralf Moeller  Spencer Treat Clark  David Hemmings  Tommy Flanagan  Sven-Ole Thorsen  Director: Ridley Scott  IMDB rating: 8.5 

Batman 3: The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

Eight years after the Joker's reign of anarchy, the Dark Knight is forced to return from his imposed exile to save Gotham City from the brutal guer...

Released: 2012  Stars: Christian Bale  Gary Oldman  Tom Hardy  Joseph Gordon-Levitt  Anne Hathaway  Marion Cotillard  Morgan Freeman  Michael Caine  Matthew Modine  Alon Aboutboul  Ben Mendelsohn  Burn Gorman  Daniel Sunjata  Aidan Gillen  Sam Kennard  Director: Christopher Nolan  IMDB rating: 8.5 

Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)

After rescuing Han Solo from the palace of Jabba the Hutt, the rebels attempt to destroy the second Death Star, while Luke struggles to make Vader ...

Released: 1983  Stars: Mark Hamill  Harrison Ford  Carrie Fisher  Billy Dee Williams  Anthony Daniels  Peter Mayhew  Sebastian Shaw  Ian McDiarmid  Frank Oz  James Earl Jones  David Prowse  Alec Guinness  Kenny Baker  Michael Pennington  Kenneth Colley  Director: Richard Marquand  IMDB rating: 8.4 

Aliens (1986)

The planet from Alien (1979) has been colonized, but contact is lost. This time, the rescue team has impressive firepower, but will it be enough?

Released: 1986  Stars: Sigourney Weaver  Carrie Henn  Michael Biehn  Paul Reiser  Lance Henriksen  Bill Paxton  Jenette Goldstein  William Hope  Al Matthews  Mark Rolston  Ricco Ross  Colette Hiller  Daniel Kash  Cynthia Dale Scott  Tip Tipping  Director: James Cameron  IMDB rating: 8.4 

Batman 1: Begins (2005)

After training with his mentor, Batman begins his war on crime to free the crime-ridden Gotham City from corruption that the Scarecrow and the Leag...

Released: 2005  Stars: Christian Bale  Michael Caine  Liam Neeson  Katie Holmes  Gary Oldman  Cillian Murphy  Tom Wilkinson  Rutger Hauer  Ken Watanabe  Mark Boone Junior  Linus Roache  Morgan Freeman  Larry Holden  Gerard Murphy  Colin McFarlane  Director: Christopher Nolan  IMDB rating: 8.3 

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

A woman rebels against a tyrannical ruler in post apocalyptic Australia in search for her homeland with the help of a group of female prisoners, a ...

Released: 2015  Stars: Tom Hardy  Charlize Theron  Nicholas Hoult  Hugh Keays-Byrne  Josh Helman  Nathan Jones  Zoë Kravitz  Rosie Huntington-Whiteley  Riley Keough  Abbey Lee  Courtney Eaton  John Howard  Richard Carter  Iota  Angus Sampson  Director: George Miller  IMDB rating: 8.2 

Die Hard (1988)

John McClane, officer of the NYPD, tries to save wife Holly Gennaro and several others, taken hostage by German terrorist Hans Gruber during a Chri...

Released: 1988  Stars: Bruce Willis  Bonnie Bedelia  Reginald VelJohnson  Paul Gleason  William Atherton  Hart Bochner  James Shigeta  Alan Rickman  Alexander Godunov  Bruno Doyon  De voreaux White  Andreas Wisniewski  Clarence Gilyard Jr.  Joey Plewa  Lorenzo Caccialanza  Director: John McTiernan  IMDB rating: 8.2 

X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)

The X-Men send Wolverine to the past in a desperate effort to change history and prevent an event that results in doom for both humans and mutants.

Released: 2014  Stars: Hugh Jackman  James McAvoy  Michael Fassbender  Jennifer Lawrence  Halle Berry  Nicholas Hoult  Anna Paquin  Ellen Page  Peter Dinklage  Shawn Ashmore  Omar Sy  Evan Peters  Josh Helman  Daniel Cudmore  Bingbing Fan  Director: Bryan Singer  IMDB rating: 8.1 

The Terminator (1984)

A human-looking indestructible cyborg is sent from 2029 to 1984 to assassinate a waitress, whose unborn son will lead humanity in a war against the...

Released: 1984  Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger  Michael Biehn  Linda Hamilton  Paul Winfield  Lance Henriksen  Rick Rossovich  Bess Motta  Earl Boen  Dick Miller  Shawn Schepps  Bruce M. Kerner  Franco Columbu  Bill Paxton  Brad Rearden  Brian Thompson  Director: James Cameron  IMDB rating: 8.1 

The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)

Jason Bourne dodges a ruthless CIA official and his agents from a new assassination program while searching for the origins of his life as a traine...

Released: 2007  Stars: Matt Damon  Julia Stiles  David Strathairn  Scott Glenn  Paddy Considine  Édgar Ramírez  Albert Finney  Joan Allen  Tom Gallop  Corey Johnson  Daniel Brühl  Joey Ansah  Colin Stinton  Dan Fredenburgh  Lucy Liemann  Director: Paul Greengrass  IMDB rating: 8.1 

The Avengers (2012)

Earth's mightiest heroes must come together and learn to fight as a team if they are to stop the mischievous Loki and his alien army from enslaving...

Released: 2012  Stars: Robert Downey Jr.  Chris Evans  Mark Ruffalo  Chris Hemsworth  Scarlett Johansson  Jeremy Renner  Tom Hiddleston  Clark Gregg  Cobie Smulders  Stellan Skarsgård  Samuel L. Jackson  Gwyneth Paltrow  Paul Bettany  Alexis Denisof  Tina Benko  Director: Joss Whedon  IMDB rating: 8.1 

Ip Man (2008)

A semi-biographical account of Yip Man, the successful martial arts master who taught the Chinese martial art of Wing Chun to the world.

Released: 2008  Stars: Donnie Yen  Simon Yam  Ka Tung Lam  Siu-Wong Fan  Lynn Hung  Hiroyuki Ikeuchi  Tenma Shibuya  Xing Yu  Zhi-Hui Chen  You-Nam Wong  Zhang Bo  Rong-Jun Cai  Li Chak  Siu-Kwan Chan  Calvin Ka-Sing Cheng  Director: Wilson Yip  IMDB rating: 8.1 

Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

A group of intergalactic criminals are forced to work together to stop a fanatical warrior from taking control of the universe.

Released: 2014  Stars: Chris Pratt  Zoe Saldana  Dave Bautista  Vin Diesel  Bradley Cooper  Lee Pace  Michael Rooker  Karen Gillan  Djimon Hounsou  John C. Reilly  Glenn Close  Benicio Del Toro  Laura Haddock  Sean Gunn  Peter Serafinowicz  Director: James Gunn  IMDB rating: 8.1 

A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella (1995)

The convoluted continuation of the adventures of the time-traveling, now-human Monkey King, who attempts to fulfill his divine destiny.

Released: 1995  Stars: Stephen Chow  Man Tat Ng  Athena Chu  Ada Choi  Kit Ying Lam  Karen Mok  Kar-Ying Law  Jeffrey Lau  Shuming Lu  Kin-Yan Lee  Director: Jeffrey Lau  IMDB rating: 8.1