Top 10 Action Movies on Netflix of All Time

1.Army of the Dead
A United States military convoy traveling from Area 51 collides with a car on the highway outside Las Vegas. The convoy’s cargo, a zombie, escapes, killing and infecting several soldiers before heading into the city. There, the original and subsequent zombies infect most of the city’s population. After a military intervention fails, the government quarantines the city.

Starring
Dave Bautista
Ella Purnell
Omari Hardwick
Ana de la Reguera
Theo Rossi
Matthias Schweighöfer
Nora Arnezeder
Hiroyuki Sanada
Tig Notaro
Raúl Castillo
Huma Qureshi
Garret Dillahunt

Directed by Zack Snyder
Release date May 14, 2021

2.Spenser Confidential
Boston police Officer Spenser is jailed after pleading guilty to assaulting Captain John Boylan, who he suspected to be involved in the murder of Gloria Weisnewski, a family friend who protested gentrification. While incarcerated, Spenser studies to become a truck driver in Arizona and is warned to leave Boston. On release, Spenser takes up residence with his friend Henry Cimoli and his roommate, Hawk.

Starring
John Cena
Winston Duke
Alan Arkin
Iliza Shlesinger
Dave Chappelle
Marc Maron
Austin Post

Directed by Peter Berg
Release date March 6, 2020

3.The Woman King
In the West African kingdom of Dahomey in 1823,[7] General Nanisca, leader of the all-female group of warriors, the Agojie, liberates Dahomean women who were abducted by slavers from the Oyo Empire. This provokes King Ghezo of Dahomey to prepare for an all-out war with the Oyo. Nanisca begins to train a new generation of warriors to join the Agojie to protect the kingdom.

Starring
Viola Davis
Thuso Mbedu
Lashana Lynch
Sheila Atim
Hero Fiennes Tiffin
John Boyega

Directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood
Release dates September 9, 2022 (TIFF)
September 16, 2022 (United States)

4.Black Hawk Down
In 1992, during the famine in southern Somalia induced by the civil war, the United Nations Security Council authorizes a military operation with a peacekeeping mandate. However, by 1993, conflict ensues between UNOSOM II and the Mogadishu-based militia loyal to Mohamed Farrah Aidid.

Starring
Josh Hartnett
Eric Bana
Ewan McGregor
Tom Sizemore
William Fichtner
Sam Shepard

Directed by Ridley Scott
Release date December 28, 2001

5.Red Notice
During the 1st century BC, Roman general Mark Antony gives Egyptian queen Cleopatra three bejeweled eggs as a wedding gift. The eggs are lost in time until two are found by a farmer in 1907, but the last one remains lost for over 2,000 years.

Starring
Dwayne Johnson
Ryan Reynolds
Gal Gadot
Ritu Arya
Chris Diamantopoulos

Directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber
Release date November 5, 2021

6.Bullet Train
Yuichi Kimura, “The Father”, boards a bullet train in Tokyo in search of the attacker of his son Wataru. Meanwhile, guided by his handler Maria Beetle, operative “Ladybug” is assigned to retrieve a briefcase full of cash from the same train, replacing a sick colleague, Carver.

Starring
Brad Pitt
Joey King
Aaron Taylor-Johnson
Brian Tyree Henry
Andrew Koji
Hiroyuki Sanada
Michael Shannon
Benito A. Martínez Ocasio
Sandra Bullock

Directed by David Leitch
Release dates July 18, 2022 (Grand Rex)
August 5, 2022 (United States)

7.Project Power
In near-future New Orleans, a mysterious distributor offers a free supply of “Power”—a pill that grants various superpowers for five minutes—to a group of drug dealers, including one named Newt.

Starring
Jamie Foxx
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Dominique Fishback
Rodrigo Santoro
Colson Baker
Allen Maldonado
Amy Landecker
Courtney B. Vance

Directed by Henry Joost
Ariel Schulman
Release date August 14, 2020

8.The Dark Knight
A gang of masked criminals robs a mafia-owned bank in Gotham City, betraying and killing each other until the sole survivor, the Joker, reveals himself as the mastermind and escapes with the money.

Starring
Christian Bale
Michael Caine
Heath Ledger
Gary Oldman
Aaron Eckhart
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Morgan Freeman

Directed by Christopher Nolan
Release dates
July 14, 2008 (New York City)
July 18, 2008 (United States)
July 25, 2008 (United Kingdom)

9.The Old Guard
Andromache of Scythia (“Andy”), Booker, Joe, and Nicky are centuries-old warriors with unexplained regenerative healing abilities who use their vast experience to work as mercenaries, taking missions that help people.

Starring
Charlize Theron
KiKi Layne
Marwan Kenzari
Luca Marinelli
Harry Melling
Veronica Ngo
Matthias Schoenaerts
Chiwetel Ejiofor

Directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood
Release date July 10, 2020 (United States)

10.Triple Frontier
Private military advisor Santiago “Pope” Garcia, an ex-United States Army Delta Force operator, works in Colombia combating the drug cartels. An informant named Yovanna asks for his help with smuggling her and her brother out of the country in exchange for the whereabouts of drug lord Gabriel Martin Lorea.

Starring
Ben Affleck
Oscar Isaac
Charlie Hunnam
Garrett Hedlund
Pedro Pascal

Directed by J. C. Chandor
Release dates
March 3, 2019 (New York City)
March 6, 2019 (United States)