action film
C686
concept
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.
All labels observed (27)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| action film canonical | 637 |
| Western film | 489 |
| crime thriller film | 252 |
| action thriller film | 159 |
| martial arts film | 60 |
| action drama film | 51 |
| action-adventure film | 25 |
| Spaghetti Western film | 21 |
| vigilante film | 14 |
| samurai film | 9 |
| wuxia film | 8 |
| action horror film | 6 |
| American action film | 4 |
| fantasy action film | 3 |
| Fast & Furious film | 2 |
| action-drama film | 2 |
| action-thriller film | 2 |
| political action-thriller film | 2 |
| 1988 action film | 1 |
| French action film | 1 |
| Rambo film series entry | 1 |
| action comedy film series | 1 |
| action film subgenre | 1 |
| action‑comedy film | 1 |
| epic action drama film | 1 |
| epic action film | 1 |
| political action film | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: action film
Generated description
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.
Instances (1,719)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| The Fast and the Furious (2001 film) | — |
| Half Past Dead | — |
|
Invitation to a Gunfighter (1964 film)
surface form:
Invitation to a Gunfighter
|
Western film |
| The Ultimate Warrior (1975 film) | — |
| Stealth (2005 film) | — |
| Next (2007 film) | — |
| Murder by Numbers | crime thriller film |
|
Mark Kasdan
surface form:
Silverado
|
Western film |
| Carry On Cowboy | Western film |
| High Noon | Western film |
| The Good, the Bad and the Ugly | Spaghetti Western film |
| The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009 film) | action thriller film |
|
The Poet
surface form:
The Poet (1998 film)
|
crime thriller film |
|
Craig Storper
surface form:
Open Range
|
Western film |
| Gardish | action-drama film |
| Krantiveer | action drama film |
|
Diablo
surface form:
Diablo (1995 film)
|
Western film |
| Outlaws and Angels | Western film |
| The Crow: City of Angels | — |
|
The Raven
surface form:
The Raven (2012 film)
|
crime thriller film |
| The Valley of Gwangi | Western film |
| Sergeant Rutledge | Western film |
| Traces of Red | crime thriller film |
|
Jacmac Films
surface form:
New Jack City
|
crime thriller film |
|
The Jackson/McHenry Company
surface form:
New Jack City
|
crime thriller film |
| Cimarron | Western film |
| Cimarron (1931 film) | Western film |
| The Vanishing American (1925 film) | Western film |
| Layer Cake | crime thriller film |
| Drishyam | crime thriller film |
| Vijaypath | action drama film |
|
The Jackal
surface form:
The Jackal (1997 film)
|
action thriller film |
| North West Mounted Police (1940 film) | Western film |
| Union Pacific (1939 film) | Western film |
| Jeremiah Johnson | Western film |
| The Contractor | — |
| Birth of the Dragon | martial arts film |
| Deep Rising | — |
| New World | crime thriller film |
| Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds | — |
| Hunt | action thriller film |
| Drishyam 2 | crime thriller film |
| The Old Corral | Western film |
| Riders of the Black Hills | Western film |
| The Singing Vagabond | Western film |
| The Cowboy and the Kid | Western film |
| The Phantom Cowboy | Western film |
| The Fighting Renegade | Western film |
| The Tonto Kid | Western film |
| The Singing Buckaroo | Western film |