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7 Dogs
7 Dogs (al-Kilāb as-Sabʿa) is a 2026 Saudi Arabian action film directed by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, starring Ahmed Ezz and Karim Abdel Aziz.
A Working Man
A Working Man is a 2025 American action thriller directed by David Ayer. It stars Jason Statham as Levon Cade, a former commando, investigating his boss's daughter's abduction.
Ad Vitam (film)
Ad Vitam is a 2025 French action thriller on Netflix, directed by Rodolphe Lauga and starring Guillaume Canet as ex-GIGN agent Franck Lazareff hunting his kidnapped pregnant wife; it reached Netflix's non-English all-time top ten and a sequel is in production.
Alarum (film)
Alarum (2025 American action thriller, UK title Mission Alarum), directed by Michael Polish, starring Scott Eastwood, Sylvester Stallone, Willa Fitzgerald, Mike Colter; Lionsgate limited release January 17, 2025; 0% Rotten Tomatoes, $254,370 gross.
Armor (film)
Armor is a 2024 American action thriller, also known as Armored, directed by Justin Routt and starring Jason Patric and Sylvester Stallone as an armored truck guard and the thief ambushing him; it holds 0% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Atlas King
Atlas King is a 2026 American action thriller written and directed by Nika Agiashvili, starring Michael Bisping, Cuba Gooding Jr., and George Finn; released August 21, 2026 by Saban Films.
Ava (2020 film)
Ava (2020) is an American action thriller directed by Tate Taylor, written by Matthew Newton, starring Jessica Chastain as a black-ops assassin marked for death by her own organization; released by Vertical Entertainment on September 25, 2020, distinct from the 2017 French and Iranian films of the same name.
Becky (2020 film)
Becky (2020) is an American action-thriller, also known simply as Becky, directed by Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion. Lulu Wilson's grieving teen fights neo-Nazi escapees led by Kevin James at a lake house; Tribeca premiere, June 2020 Quiver release.
Best Pancakes in the County
Best Pancakes in the County is an upcoming American action thriller written and directed by Ken Sanzel, starring Nicolas Cage as S.O.B., Justin Long, and Shelley Hennig in a one-night diner standoff after a botched FBI heist; IFC release November 20, 2026.
Boy Kills World
Boy Kills World is a 2024 action comedy film directed by Moritz Mohr, in which Bill Skarsgård plays a deaf-mute martial artist trained to take revenge on the family that murdered his own.
Bullah
Bullah (2026) is a Pakistani Punjabi action film directed by Shoaib Khan, written by Nasir Adib, starring Shaan Shahid as a vigilante fighting crime lords Bakshi, Shahu, and Faqeera in Punjab; released Eid ul Fitr 2026.
Citizen Vigilante
Citizen Vigilante is a 2026 Uwe Boll action thriller starring Armie Hammer as Michael Sanders, an American vigilante targeting migrant criminals in a European city; blocked from German distribution, boosted by Elon Musk on X, and split between 14% critic and 95% audience scores.
Cleaner (2025 film)
Cleaner (2025) is a British action thriller directed by Martin Campbell, starring Daisy Ridley as ex-soldier window cleaner Joey Locke rescuing 300 hostages in a London skyscraper; also with Clive Owen and Taz Skylar; released February 21, 2025.
Copshop
Copshop is a 2021 action thriller directed by Joe Carnahan. It stars Gerard Butler and Frank Grillo, and features a rookie officer played by Alexis Louder.
Counterstrike (2025 film)
Counterstrike (Contraataque, also Counterattack) is a 2025 Mexican action film by Chava Cartas on Netflix: army special forces Murciélagos ambushed by the El Enjambre cartel; #1 non-English Netflix film, 22.1M views in two weeks.
Dangerous (2021 film)
Dangerous (2021 film), also called Niebezpieczny, is a David Hackl action thriller starring Scott Eastwood, Mel Gibson, and Famke Janssen; released by Lionsgate November 5, 2021, 99 minutes, R-rated, 26% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Darkness of Man
Darkness of Man is a 2024 American action thriller directed by James Cullen Bressack, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme as former Interpol operative Russell Hatch protecting a slain informant's son; released digitally May 21, 2024 by Saban Films.
Day Drinker
Day Drinker (2027) is a Lionsgate thriller directed by Marc Webb, written by Zach Dean, starring Johnny Depp, Madelyn Cline, and Penélope Cruz, in theaters March 26, 2027; filmed in Spain, Depp and Cruz's fourth collaboration.
Dead of Winter (2025 film)
Dead of Winter is a 2025 action thriller directed by Brian Kirk, starring Emma Thompson as a widowed fisherwoman who rescues a kidnapped teenage girl in Minnesota.
Deliver Us from Evil (다만 악에서 구하소서) (2020 film)
Deliver Us from Evil (다만 악에서 구하소서), 2020 South Korean hardboiled crime-action film by Hong Won-chan, starring Hwang Jung-min and Lee Jung-jae as hitman and pursuer; second-highest-grossing Korean film of 2020 with about 4.36 million admissions.
Diablo (2025 film)
Diablo (2025 film), directed by Ernesto Díaz Espinoza, is an action thriller starring Scott Adkins, Marko Zaror, and Alanna De La Rossa; distinct from Blizzard's Diablo game franchise, released June 13, 2025 by Lionsgate.
Empire City (film)
Empire City: upcoming Gerard Butler and Hayley Atwell action thriller directed by Michael Matthews, written by Brian Tucker and S. Craig Zahler, about a Melbourne-shot hostage-crisis siege in New York's Clybourn Building.
F.A.S.T. (film)
F.A.S.T. is an upcoming 2027 action thriller directed by Ben Richardson, written by Taylor Sheridan, starring Brandon Sklenar as a former special forces commando recruited by the DEA against CIA-protected drug dealers; produced by Heyday Films, Bosque Ranch, and Warner Bros.
Fast Charlie
Fast Charlie (2023) is Phillip Noyce's action crime thriller starring Pierce Brosnan as hitman Charlie Swift, with Morena Baccarin and James Caan in his final role, adapted from Victor Gischler's novel Gun Monkeys and released December 8, 2023.
Flight Risk (film)
Flight Risk is a 2025 American action thriller directed by Mel Gibson, in which a pilot flying a fugitive witness over Alaska is a hitman. It stars Mark Wahlberg.
Force of Nature (2020 film)
Force of Nature is a 2020 American action thriller directed by Michael Polish, in which police fight thieves staging a $55 million art heist during a hurricane.
Ghost Soldier (film)
Ghost Soldier (2026) is an American action-thriller directed by William Eubank, starring Jim Caviezel as an off-grid ex-Special Forces veteran defending Wyoming land from an investment firm; Columbia Pictures release November 11, 2026.
God Is a Bullet (film)
God Is a Bullet is a 2023 American crime thriller directed and written by Nick Cassavetes, adapted from Boston Teran's 1999 novel, starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau.
Gunpowder Milkshake
Gunpowder Milkshake is a 2021 action thriller directed by Navot Papushado, starring Karen Gillan, Lena Headey, Michelle Yeoh, Angela Bassett, and Carla Gugino as assassin librarians; released on Netflix July 14, 2021, 114 minutes, rated R.
Hard Kill
Hard Kill is a 2020 American action thriller directed by Matt Eskandari, starring Bruce Willis as tech CEO Donovan Chalmers and Jesse Metcalfe as mercenary Derek Miller; released on VOD August 25, 2020, it scored 0% on Rotten Tomatoes.