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3 Days to Kill
3 Days to Kill, also known as Three Days to Kill, is a 2014 action thriller directed by McG and starring Kevin Costner as a dying CIA agent in Paris.
Abduction (2011 film)
Abduction is a 2011 American action thriller directed by John Singleton and starring Taylor Lautner as a teenager hunted by assassins after learning his parents are not his own.
Act of Valor
Act of Valor is a 2012 American action film directed by Mike McCoy and Scott Waugh, starring active-duty Navy SEALs playing themselves; it earned $82 million worldwide.
American Assassin
American Assassin is a 2017 action thriller directed by Michael Cuesta, based on Vince Flynn's Mitch Rapp novel, starring Dylan O'Brien, Michael Keaton, Sanaa Lathan, and Taylor Kitsch; 34% Tomatometer, $36.2M US gross, no sequel.
Assassination (2015 film)
Assassination (암살; Amsal) is a 2015 South Korean spy action film directed by Choi Dong-hoon, set in 1930s occupied Korea and Shanghai, which won Best Film at the Blue Dragon Awards.
Atomic Blonde
Atomic Blonde is a 2017 action spy thriller directed by David Leitch, starring Charlize Theron as MI6 agent Lorraine Broughton in 1989 Berlin, adapted from the graphic novel The Coldest City and known for its faux one-take stairwell fight.
Bastille Day (2016 film)
Bastille Day, retitled The Take in the US, is a 2016 action thriller by James Watkins starring Idris Elba and Richard Madden as a CIA agent and pickpocket in Paris; pulled from French cinemas after the 2016 Nice attack.
Black Water (2018 film)
Black Water is a 2018 action thriller directed by Pasha Patriki, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme as a CIA operative imprisoned on a submarine black site.
Criminal (2016 film)
Criminal is a 2016 American action thriller directed by Ariel Vromen and starring Kevin Costner as a death-row inmate who receives a dead CIA agent's memories through an experimental procedure.
From Paris with Love (film)
From Paris with Love is a 2010 action thriller directed by Pierre Morel, starring John Travolta and Jonathan Rhys Meyers as agents on a mission in Paris.
Green Zone (film)
Green Zone (film) is a 2010 action thriller directed by Paul Greengrass. It stars Matt Damon as a U.S. Army officer searching for weapons of mass destruction in Baghdad.
Hanna (film)
Hanna is a 2011 action thriller directed by Joe Wright, starring Saoirse Ronan, Eric Bana, and Cate Blanchett as a CIA agent pursuing the girl across Europe.
Haywire (2011 film)
Haywire (2011) is a Steven Soderbergh action thriller starring MMA fighter Gina Carano as betrayed operative Mallory Kane, written by Lem Dobbs, released by Relativity Media in January 2012.
Hunter Killer (film)
Hunter Killer is a 2018 American action thriller directed by Donovan Marsh and starring Gerard Butler, Gary Oldman, Common, and Linda Cardellini, based on the novel Firing Point.
Mile 22
Mile 22 is a 2018 American action thriller directed by Peter Berg, starring Mark Wahlberg as CIA operative James Silva, with Lauren Cohan, Iko Uwais, Ronda Rousey, and John Malkovich; a critically panned STX Films release.
Momentum (2015 film)
Momentum (2015) is a South African-shot action thriller, Stephen Campanelli's directorial debut, starring Olga Kurylenko, James Purefoy, and Morgan Freeman; a Cape Town diamond heist thriller that flopped, taking £46 in the UK.
Safe House (2012 film)
Safe House is a 2012 American action thriller starring Denzel Washington as a rogue CIA operative and Ryan Reynolds as the rookie agent guarding him.
Steel Rain (강철비)
Steel Rain (강철비) is a 2017 South Korean political action thriller directed by Yang Woo-suk, adapted from his own webtoon, in which a North Korean agent defects with the wounded leader after a coup to stop a nuclear war; it drew about 4.45 million admissions and a 2020 sequel.
Stratton (film)
Stratton is a 2017 British action thriller directed by Simon West, based on Duncan Falconer's SBS novels, starring Dominic Cooper as John Stratton (replacing Henry Cavill). Filmed in Italy and London, released September 2017, it received 0% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Survivor (film)
Survivor is a 2015 American action thriller directed by James McTeigue, in which Milla Jovovich plays a Foreign Service officer in London framed for a bombing and hunted by assassin Pierce Brosnan.
The Cold Light of Day (2012 film)
The Cold Light of Day (La fría luz del día) is a 2012 US-Spanish action thriller directed by Mabrouk El Mechri, starring Henry Cavill, Bruce Willis, and Sigourney Weaver, shot entirely in Spain and a box-office and critical failure.
Waar
Waar (وار) is a 2013 Pakistani action thriller depicting the country's fight against terrorism, directed by Bilal Lashari and starring Shaan Shahid; it became the highest-grossing Pakistani film at the time.