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I Am Wrath
I Am Wrath is a 2016 American action thriller directed by Chuck Russell, starring John Travolta as a former black-ops engineer avenging his wife's murder, with Christopher Meloni; released April 15, 2016, grossing $228,631.
Icefall (film)
Icefall is a 2025 action thriller directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky, starring Joel Kinnaman, Cara Jade Myers, Danny Huston, and Graham Greene. An Indigenous game warden and a poacher fight criminals over $20 million from a plane crashed in a frozen lake; released November 4, 2025.
In the Blood (2014 film)
In the Blood is a 2014 action thriller directed by John Stockwell, starring Gina Carano as Ava, a fighter hunting her husband's abductors in the Caribbean; released by Anchor Bay, 38% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Interceptor (film)
Interceptor (2022) is an Australian action thriller on Netflix, Matthew Reilly's directorial debut co-written with Stuart Beattie, starring Elsa Pataky as Captain JJ Collins defending a Pacific missile interceptor base from Luke Bracey's mercenaries amid 16 stolen nuclear missiles; RT 47%, Metacritic 51.
Into the Deep (2025 film)
Into the Deep (2025) is an American shark action thriller directed by Christian Sesma, starring Scout Taylor-Compton and Richard Dreyfuss, released January 24, 2025 by Saban Films; distinct from the unrelated 2022 film of the same name.
John Wick: Chapter 2
John Wick: Chapter 2 is a 2017 American action-thriller directed by Chad Stahelski, written by Derek Kolstad, starring Keanu Reeves, Common, and Laurence Fishburne. Released February 10, 2017; 122 minutes; $40 million budget; $174.3 million box office; centers on the marker blood oath and Wick's excommunicado.
Killing Season (film)
Killing Season is a 2013 action thriller directed by Mark Steven Johnson, starring Robert De Niro and John Travolta as Bosnian War veterans on opposite sides; a critically panned, limited-release film grossing about $1.07 million worldwide.
Last Knights
Last Knights (ラスト・ナイツ) is a 2015 action drama film directed by Kazuaki Kiriya, starring Clive Owen and Morgan Freeman, and loosely retelling the forty-seven rōnin legend.
Manhunt (追捕) (2017 film)
Manhunt (追捕) is John Woo's 2017 Hong Kong/China action thriller starring Zhang Hanyu and Masaharu Fukuyama, adapting Juko Nishimura's novel and the 1976 Ken Takakura film about a lawyer framed for murder in Osaka.
Midnight (upcoming film)
Midnight is an unreleased American action thriller directed by Joshua Otis Miller, starring Alexandra Shipp, Milla Jovovich, Rosario Dawson and Ryan Guzman; filmed in Connecticut, in post-production as of December 2024, no release date. Distinct from the 2021 Korean film and Miike's 2023 short.
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.
Miss Bala (2019 film)
Miss Bala (2019) is a Catherine Hardwicke action thriller starring Gina Rodriguez as Gloria, a Mexican American woman kidnapped by a Tijuana cartel; a remake of Gerardo Naranjo's 2011 Mexican film, released by Columbia Pictures, grossing $15.0M and scoring 22% on Rotten Tomatoes.
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.
Monster (몬스터) (2014 film)
Monster (몬스터) is a 2014 South Korean thriller directed by Hwang In-ho, starring Lee Min-ki as serial killer Tae-soo and Kim Go-eun as vengeful Bok-soon; released March 13, 2014, 526,557 admissions, Lotte Entertainment.
Nerve (2016 film)
Nerve is a 2016 American techno-thriller directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, in which high school senior Vee joins an online dare game with dangerous dares, starring Emma Roberts and Dave Franco.
No Escape (2015 film)
No Escape is a 2015 American action thriller directed by John Erick Dowdle, in which Owen Wilson and Lake Bell play parents fleeing a violent coup with their two daughters.
No Man's Land (无人区) (2013 film)
No Man's Land (无人区) is a 2013 Chinese crime western directed by Ning Hao, starring Xu Zheng, Huang Bo, and Yu Nan. Shot in Xinjiang in 2009, it was shelved four years over censorship, released December 3, 2013, and screened in competition at the 2014 Berlinale.
No Tears for the Dead (우는 남자)
No Tears for the Dead (우는 남자, Uneun namja) is a 2014 South Korean action drama written and directed by Lee Jeong-beom, starring Jang Dong-gun as hitman Gon and Kim Min-hee as Mogyeong; released June 4, 2014, 116 minutes, about 600,000 admissions.
Northmen: A Viking Saga
Northmen: A Viking Saga is a 2014 Swiss-German-South African Viking action film directed by Claudio Fäh, starring Tom Hopper, Ryan Kwanten, and Amon Amarth's Johan Hegg; shipwrecked Vikings fight to reach Danelaw, released in the US in 2015.
Oblivion (2013 film)
Oblivion is a 2013 American post-apocalyptic science fiction film directed by Joseph Kosinski and starring Tom Cruise, based on his unpublished graphic novel; it earned $287.9 million worldwide.
Off the Grid (film)
Off the Grid (2025) is an American action thriller directed by Johnny Martin, written by Jim Agnew, starring Josh Duhamel, Greg Kinnear, and Peter Stormare, released June 27, 2025 by Lionsgate; a scientist hides after a company tries to weaponize his invention.
Only God Forgives
Only God Forgives is a 2013 crime thriller by Nicolas Winding Refn, starring Ryan Gosling as an American drug smuggler in Bangkok; it competed at Cannes 2013.
Outcast (2014 film)
Outcast is a 2014 period action film starring Nicolas Cage and Hayden Christensen as war-weary Crusaders drawn into a struggle over the imperial throne in 12th-century China.
Overdrive (2017 film)
Overdrive is a 2017 action thriller directed by Antonio Negret and starring Scott Eastwood and Freddie Thorp as half-brother car thieves caught by a Marseille crime boss.
Paradox (2017 film)
Paradox (殺破狼・貪狼) is a 2017 Hong Kong–Chinese action thriller directed by Wilson Yip, the third film in the SPL series, starring Louis Koo and Tony Jaa.
Parker (2013 film)
Parker is a 2013 American crime thriller directed by Taylor Hackford, starring Jason Statham as a professional thief left for dead by his crew, with Jennifer Lopez.
Peppermint (2018 film)
Peppermint is a 2018 American vigilante action thriller directed by Pierre Morel, starring Jennifer Garner as a mother who hunts the cartel that killed her family.
Plane (film)
Plane is a 2023 American action thriller directed by Jean-François Richet, starring Gerard Butler as an airline pilot who lands on a militia-controlled Philippine island and must protect his passengers.
Point Blank (2019 film)
Point Blank (2019) is a Netflix action thriller directed by Joe Lynch, a remake of Fred Cavayé's French film À bout portant, starring Anthony Mackie, Frank Grillo, and Marcia Gay Harden, released July 12, 2019.
Point Break (2015 film)
Point Break (2015) is Ericson Core's remake of the 1991 cult action film, starring Luke Bracey as FBI recruit Johnny Utah and Édgar Ramírez as Bodhi. Released December 25, 2015 by Warner Bros., it grossed $15.6 million in the US and scored 12% on Rotten Tomatoes.