action film

An action film is a movie genre characterized by fast-paced sequences, physical stunts, chases, fights, and high stakes that emphasize excitement and visual spectacle over introspective storytelling.

Aliases (12)

• Western film ×28
• crime thriller film ×16
• action thriller film ×8
• action-adventure film ×6
• martial arts film ×2
• vigilante film ×2
• 1988 action film ×1
• Fast & Furious film ×1
• Spaghetti Western film ×1
• action horror film ×1
• action‑comedy film ×1
• fantasy action film ×1

Instances (157)

• John Wick: Chapter 2
• Smokin' Aces
• Triple Frontier ("action thriller film")
• Desperado
• The Long Kiss Goodnight ("action thriller film")
• King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
• Hellboy II: The Golden Army
• Backdraft
• film "The Rock"
• Terminator Salvation
• Pacific Rim: Uprising
• Django Unchained ("Western film")
• Looper
• Edge of Tomorrow
• Sicario ("crime thriller film")
• Tenet
• The Brave One ("vigilante film")
• The Boondock Saints
• Blade II
• Romancing the Stone ("action-adventure film")
• Back to the Future Part III ("Western film")
• The Matrix
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• Thor
• Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
• 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
• Sabotage ("action thriller film")
• Skyfall
• The Departed ("crime thriller film")
• Raiders of the Lost Ark ("action-adventure film")
• The Talented Mr. Ripley ("crime thriller film")
• The Bourne Identity
• The Bourne Supremacy
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ("action-adventure film")
• The Bourne Ultimatum
• Message from the King ("action thriller film")
• Gods of Egypt
• Jesse James ("Western film")
• The Power of the Dog ("Western film")
• Duel at Diablo ("Western film")
• 300
• Godzilla (2014 film)
• Kong: Skull Island ("action-adventure film")
• Godzilla vs. Kong
• Bulletproof Monk
• Lucky Number Slevin ("crime thriller film")
• Cape Fear (1962 film) ("crime thriller film")
• The Big Country ("Western film")
• Kingsman: The Golden Circle
• The King’s Man
• The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford ("Western film")
• The Killer Inside Me ("crime thriller film")
• Gone in 60 Seconds
• Need for Speed (2014 film)
• Atomic Blonde
• The Fate of the Furious
• Bullitt
• High Noon ("Western film")
• The Good, the Bad and the Ugly ("Spaghetti Western film")
• Layer Cake ("crime thriller film")
• Rio Bravo ("Western film")
• The Quick and the Dead ("Western film")
• Under Western Stars ("Western film")
• The Bells of San Angelo ("Western film")
• Pacific Rim
• The Golden Stallion ("Western film")
• The Salvation ("Western film")
• First Blood
• Cobra
• Cliffhanger
• Demolition Man
• Rambo: First Blood Part II
• Shooter (2007 film) ("action thriller film")
• Rambo III
• News of the World ("Western film")
• Rambo: Last Blood
• The Man with the Iron Fists ("martial arts film")
• G.I. Joe: Retaliation
• John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum
• The Ox-Bow Incident ("Western film")
• Safehouse Pictures ("fantasy action film")
• Once Upon a Time in Mexico
• From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter ("Western film")
• 48 Hrs.
• Force 10 from Navarone
• Never Say Never Again
• Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
• Zodiac ("crime thriller film")
• Iron Man 2
• Backdraft 2
• El Mariachi
• Planet Terror ("action horror film")
• Machete
• Alita: Battle Angel
• Machete Kills
• Attack the Block
• Training Day ("crime thriller film")
• Civil War
• Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny ("martial arts film")
• The Hateful Eight ("Western film")
• 47 Ronin
• Mindhunters ("crime thriller film")
• Crank: High Voltage
• Season of the Witch
• Warcraft
• Uncharted ("action-adventure film")
• Den of Thieves ("action thriller film")
• Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom ("action-adventure film")
• True Grit (2010 film) ("Western film")
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film) ("crime thriller film")
• The Masked Marvel
• No Country for Old Men ("crime thriller film")
• Battleship
• The Matrix Resurrections
• Mission: Impossible III
• Top Gun: Maverick
• Terminator Genisys
• The Tomorrow War
• Bad Boys for Life
• 6 Underground
• A Day of Fury ("Western film")
• Seven ("crime thriller film")
• 8MM ("crime thriller film")
• Highlander
• Starship Troopers
• Kingsman: The Secret Service
• Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
• Mission: Impossible – Fallout
• Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
• Uncut Gems ("crime thriller film")
• Se7en ("crime thriller film")
• Jurassic World Dominion
• Wrath of Man ("action thriller film")
• Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre
• The Covenant (2023 film)
• The Searchers ("Western film")
• My Darling Clementine ("Western film")
• Predator
• Total Recall
• Commando
• Eraser ("action thriller film")
• The Matrix Reloaded
• Terminator 2: Judgment Day
• Stagecoach ("Western film")
• The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance ("Western film")
• She Wore a Yellow Ribbon ("Western film")
• Fort Apache ("Western film")
• No Name on the Bullet (1959 film) ("Western film")
• Die Hard (1988 film) ("1988 action film")
• Special ID
• Police Story 2013
• The Proposition ("Western film")
• The Matrix Revolutions