Action films are a genre that never loses its popularity due to their gripping plots, dynamic scenes and vivid characters. The best films of this genre become cult classics and remain in the hearts of viewers for many years. This rating contains the most outstanding action films of all time, which are a must-see for every action fan. These films not only set new standards in cinematography, but also continue to impress audiences around the world.

Leon

Country: France, USA

Genre: action, thriller, drama, crime

Director: Luc Besson

Worldwide box office: $19,881,466

Rating: 8.7/10 on KinoPoisk.

Professional killer Leon unexpectedly for himself decides to help his 12-year-old neighbor Matilda, whose family was killed by corrupt police officers.

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

Country: UK, USA

Genre: action, comedy, crime

Director: Guy Ritchie

Worldwide box office: $3 753 929

Rating: 8.6/10 on KinoPoisk.

Four friends saved up £25,000 each so that one of them could play cards with an experienced cheater and hardened criminal known by the nickname Harry the Axe. The guy lost £500,000 and was given a week to pay off the debt, otherwise he and his friends would have a finger chopped off every day. The guys decide to rob some bandits who decided to rob three botanists who were growing marijuana for a local drug lord.

Brother 2

Country: Russia, USA

Genre: action, crime

Director: Aleksey Balabanov

Worldwide box office: $543,825

Rating: 8.2/10 on KinoPoisk.

Participating in a TV program, Danila Bagrov meets his friends in service in Chechnya. One of them is suddenly killed. It turns out that he had troubles because of his hockey-playing brother in America. Danila must sort this out. He flies to America and takes his older brother along for the company.

Sherlock Holmes (2009)

Country: USA, Germany

Genre: action, adventure, thriller, drama, comedy, crime, detective

Director: Guy Ritchie

Worldwide box office: $524,028,679

Rating: 8.1/10 on KinoPoisk.

The greatest detective in history, Sherlock Holmes, along with his faithful companion Watson, enter into a battle that requires serious physical and mental preparation, because their enemy poses a threat to all of London.

Law Abiding Citizen

Country: USA

Genre: action, thriller, drama, crime

Director: F. Gary Gray

Worldwide box office: $126 690 726

Rating: 8.0/10 on KinoPoisk.

Clyde Shelton's family is killed by two robbers. However, they don't get what they deserve -- the prosecutor makes a deal with the criminals. Then Clyde decides to take revenge on the killers in his own way, as well as on the authorities and the US justice system.

Inglourious Basterds

Country: Germany, USA

Genre: action, drama, comedy, war

Director: Quentin Tarantino

Worldwide box office: $321 455 689

Score: 8.0/10 on KinoPoisk.

World War II. In German-occupied France, a group of Jewish American soldiers strike fear into the Nazis by brutally killing and scalping soldiers.

Balkan Frontier

Country: Russia, Serbia

Genre: action, war, drama, history

Director: Andrey Volgin

Charges in world: $5,849,400

Rating: 8.0/10 on KinoPoisk.

Yugoslavia. 1999. A Russian special forces group receives an order to take control of the Slatina airfield in Kosovo and hold it until reinforcements arrive. But this strategic facility is extremely important to the Albanian field commander and NATO generals. The group is forced to accept an unequal battle with the terrorists. Russian peacekeepers and NATO forces rush to the airfield. The world is once again close to a major war.

Translator

Country: UK, Spain, USA

Genre: action, thriller, war, history, drama

Director: Guy Ritchie

Worldwide box office: $21,948,551

Rating: 7.9/10 on KinoPoisk.

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Afghanistan, March 2018. During a special operation to search for Taliban weapons, US Army Sergeant John Kinley's squad is ambushed. The only survivors are John himself, who was wounded, and a local translator, Ahmed, who cooperates with the Americans. Waking up in his homeland, Kinley does not remember how he managed to survive, but he understands that it was Ahmed who saved his life by dragging him through dangerous territory. Now John is haunted by guilt, and he decides to go back for Ahmed and his family, who are being actively sought by the Taliban in Afghanistan.

If you are looking for movies thatwill immerse you in a world of intense chases, epic battles and incredible heroes, this list of action movies is the perfect choice. Each of these films is unique in its own way, but they all deserve a place in the history of cinema as the best representatives of the genre. No matter how much cinema changes in the future, these action movies will always remain in the ranking of all time as examples of real action that are worth seeing at least once.