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50 Best New Action Movies of 2025 & 2024

The latest: Den of Thieves 2: Pantera, coming seven years after the original, looking for that January sweet spot that benefitted The Beekeeper last year, and Gerard Butler’s previous Plane before that.

We’re cutting to the chase: 50 of the highest-rated action movies of the past year, to satisfy all your stunt-driving, barrel-smashing, limb-pummeling urges.

The list starts with Certified Fresh movies, including late 2024 holdovers like Gladiator II, Rebel Ridge, and Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In.

That’s followed up with Fresh movies, like legacy franchise sequels Bad Boys: Ride or Die and Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F.

Rotten movies round out the cast, with a few that boast beefy audience-driven Popcornmeters, such as Red One and The Killer’s Game.

#1

Rebel Ridge (2024)
Tomatometer icon 96% Popcornmeter icon 72%

#1
Adjusted Score: 103055%
Synopsis: Terry Richmond enters the town of Shelby Springs on a simple but urgent mission-- post bail for his cousin and... [More]
Starring: Aaron Pierre, Don Johnson, AnnaSophia Robb, David Denman
Directed By: Jeremy Saulnier

#2
#2
Adjusted Score: 91798%
Synopsis: Many years after the bloody turf war that ushered in an uneasy era of peace in Hong Kong's underworld, the... [More]
Starring: Louis Koo, Raymond Lam, Terrance Lau, Sammo Hung Kam-Bo
Directed By: Pou-Soi Cheang

#3

Kill (2023)
Tomatometer icon 89% Popcornmeter icon 85%

#3
Adjusted Score: 94182%
Synopsis: When army commando Amrit (Lakshya) finds out his true love Tulika (Tanya Maniktala) is engaged against her will, he boards... [More]
Starring: Laksh Lalwani, Tanya Maniktala, Raghav Juyal, Abhishek Chauhan
Directed By: Nikhil Nagesh Bhat

#4

Monkey Man (2024)
Tomatometer icon 89% Popcornmeter icon 82%

#4
Adjusted Score: 108751%
Synopsis: Inspired by the legend of Hanuman, an icon embodying strength and courage, Monkey Man stars Dev Patel as Kid, an... [More]
Starring: Dev Patel, Sharlto Copley, Pitobash, Vipin Sharma
Directed By: Dev Patel

#5
#5
Adjusted Score: 87640%
Synopsis: From the Louvre to Buckingham Palace, to the gutters of Paris to the siege of LaRochelle... in a kingdom divided... [More]
Starring: Eva Green, François Civil, Vincent Cassel, Romain Duris
Directed By: Martin Bourboulon

#6
#6
Adjusted Score: 86799%
Synopsis: Ireland, 1970s. Eager to leave his dark past behind, Finbar Murphy (Liam Neeson) leads a quiet life in the remote... [More]
Starring: Liam Neeson, Kerry Condon, Jack Gleeson, Sarah Greene
Directed By: Robert Lorenz

#7

The Fall Guy (2024)
Tomatometer icon 82% Popcornmeter icon 85%

#7
Adjusted Score: 106462%
Synopsis: He's a stuntman, and like everyone in the stunt community, he gets blown up, shot, crashed, thrown through windows and... [More]
Starring: Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Stephanie Hsu
Directed By: David Leitch

#8

Arcadian (2024)
Tomatometer icon 78% Popcornmeter icon 56%

#8
Adjusted Score: 84850%
Synopsis: In a near future, life on Earth has been decimated. Paul (Nicolas Cage) and his twin teenage sons, Thomas (Jaeden... [More]
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Jaeden Martell, Maxwell Jenkins, Sadie Soverall
Directed By: Benjamin Brewer

#9

Gladiator II (2024)
Tomatometer icon 71% Popcornmeter icon 82%

#9
Adjusted Score: 95860%
Synopsis: Years after witnessing the death of Maximus at the hands of his uncle, Lucius must enter the Colosseum after the... [More]
Starring: Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington, Connie Nielsen, Pedro Pascal
Directed By: Ridley Scott

#10
#10
Adjusted Score: 100025%
Synopsis: The veteran detectives renowned for always getting their man are back in action! Detective Seo Do-cheol (HWANG Jung-min) and his... [More]
Starring: Hwang Jung-min, Jung Hae-in, Oh Dal-su, Jang Yoon-ju
Directed By: Ryoo Seung-wan

#11

Baby Assassins 2 (2023)
Tomatometer icon 100% Popcornmeter icon 71%

#11
Adjusted Score: 60031%
Synopsis: Chisato and Mahiro were banned from performing tasks because they violated the organization's rules?! Needing money to make ends meet,... [More]
Starring: Akari Takaishi, Saori Izawa, Joey Iwanaga, Tatsuomi Hamada
Directed By: Yugo Sakamoto

#12

One-Percent Warrior (2023)
Tomatometer icon 92% Popcornmeter icon 0%

#12
Adjusted Score: 66264%
Synopsis: A legendary, aging action film star is drawn into the real world of violence when feuding yakuza gangs infiltrate the... [More]
Starring: Tak Sakaguchi, Sho Aoyagi, Itsuji Itao, Kenjirô Ishimaru
Directed By: Yûdai Yamaguchi

#13

The Roundup: Punishment (2024)
Tomatometer icon 91% Popcornmeter icon 84%

#13
Adjusted Score: 91579%
Synopsis: During the investigations of a drug trafficking app, the Monster Cop Ma Seok-do (Don Lee) and his team discover a... [More]
Starring: Ma Dong-seok, Kim Mu-yeol, Park Ji-hwan, Lee Dong-hwi
Directed By: Heo Myeong-haeng

#14

100 Yards (2023)
Tomatometer icon 83% Popcornmeter icon 0%

#14
Adjusted Score: 83080%
Synopsis: In volatile 1920s Tianjin, a mere decade after China's last imperial dynasty was overthrown, a clandestine martial arts circle arose... [More]
Starring: Jacky Heung, Andy On, Bea Hayden, Shiyi Tang
Directed By: Xu Haofeng, Xu Junfeng

#15

Mayhem! (2023)
Tomatometer icon 81% Popcornmeter icon 60%

#15
Adjusted Score: 81561%
Synopsis: Sam (Nassim Lyes) is a professional boxer about to be released from prison in France, but while on parole, his... [More]
Starring: Nassim Lyes, Loryn Nounay, Olivier Gourmet, Vithaya Pansringarm
Directed By: Xavier Gens

#16

Breaking and Re-entering (2024)
Tomatometer icon 80% Popcornmeter icon 0%

#16
Adjusted Score: 27329%
Synopsis: Double-crossed after a bank heist, a team of professional thieves attempts an even more challenging mission of returning the money... [More]
Starring: Chen Bo-lin, Kent Tsai, J.C. Lin, Cecilia Choi
Directed By: Leo Wang

#17

Kalki 2898 AD (2024)
Tomatometer icon 77% Popcornmeter icon 87%

#17
Adjusted Score: 78662%
Synopsis: In a future ruled by elites who revel in absolute luxury while leaving the rest of the world in darkness,... [More]
Starring: Prabhas, Amitabh Bachchan, Deepika Padukone, Kamal Hassan
Directed By: Nag Ashwin

#18

Place of Bones (2023)
Tomatometer icon 77% Popcornmeter icon 0%

#18
Adjusted Score: 60056%
Synopsis: On a remote ranch, a mother (Heather Graham) and her daughter fight for survival when a wounded outlaw seeking refuge... [More]
Starring: Heather Graham, Tom Hopper, Corin Nemec, Brielle Robillard
Directed By: Audrey Cummings

#19
#19
Adjusted Score: 78263%
Synopsis: Based upon recently declassified files of the British War Department and inspired by true events, THE MINISTRY OF UNGENTLEMANLY WARFARE... [More]
Starring: Henry Cavill, Eiza González, Alan Ritchson, Alex Pettyfer
Directed By: Guy Ritchie

#20

Badland Hunters (2024)
Tomatometer icon 67% Popcornmeter icon 57%

#20
Adjusted Score: 67437%
Synopsis: Years after Seoul turns into an apocalyptic wasteland, a tough huntsman takes matters into his own hands when a teenager... [More]
Starring: Ma Dong-seok, Lee Hee-joon, No Jeong-ee, Lee Junyoung
Directed By: Heo Myeong-haeng

#21

Wolfs (2024)
Tomatometer icon 67% Popcornmeter icon 72%

#21
Adjusted Score: 78082%
Synopsis: Global superstars George Clooney and Brad Pitt team up for the action comedy Wolfs. Clooney plays a professional fixer hired... [More]
Starring: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Amy Ryan, Austin Abrams
Directed By: Jon Watts

#22

Land of Bad (2024)
Tomatometer icon 67% Popcornmeter icon 93%

#22
Adjusted Score: 70505%
Synopsis: Starring Russell Crowe and Liam Hemsworth, a covert Special Forces operation in the South Philippines spirals into a brutal 48-hour... [More]
Starring: Liam Hemsworth, Russell Crowe, Luke Hemsworth, Ricky Whittle
Directed By: William Eubank

#23

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (2024)
Tomatometer icon 67% Popcornmeter icon 76%

#23
Adjusted Score: 79584%
Synopsis: Detective Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy) is back on the beat in Beverly Hills. After his daughter's life is threatened, she... [More]
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Taylour Paige, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Judge Reinhold
Directed By: Mark Molloy

#24

Sixty Minutes (2024)
Tomatometer icon 67% Popcornmeter icon 63%

#24
Adjusted Score: 41173%
Synopsis: Mixed Martial Arts fighter Octavio (Emilio Sakraya) finds himself with just 60 minutes to make it to the birthday party... [More]
Starring: Emilio Sakraya, Dennis Mojen, Marie Mouroum, Florian Schmidtke
Directed By: Oliver Kienle

#25

Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024)
Tomatometer icon 65% Popcornmeter icon 97%

#25
Adjusted Score: 81053%
Synopsis: This Summer, the world's favorite Bad Boys are back with their iconic mix of edge-of-your seat action and outrageous comedy... [More]
Starring: Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Vanessa Hudgens, Alexander Ludwig
Directed By: Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah

#26

Road House (2024)
Tomatometer icon 60% Popcornmeter icon 52%

#26
Adjusted Score: 72993%
Synopsis: In this adrenaline-fueled reimagining of the 80s cult classic, ex-UFC fighter Dalton (Jake Gyllenhaal) takes a job as a bouncer... [More]
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Daniela Melchior, Billy Magnussen, Jessica Williams
Directed By: Doug Liman

#27

One Fast Move (2024)
Tomatometer icon 60% Popcornmeter icon 65%

#27
Adjusted Score: 60366%
Synopsis: ONE FAST MOVE is an action-adventure thrill ride about a young man down on his luck who seeks out his... [More]
Starring: K.J. Apa, Eric Dane, Maia Reficco, Edward James Olmos
Directed By: Kelly Blatz

#28

Boy Kills World (2023)
Tomatometer icon 59% Popcornmeter icon 73%

#28
Adjusted Score: 67905%
Synopsis: Bill Skarsgård stars as "Boy" who vows revenge after his family is murdered by Hilda Van Der Koy (Famke Janssen),... [More]
Starring: Bill Skarsgård, Famke Janssen, Sharlto Copley, Jessica Rothe
Directed By: Moritz Mohr

#29

Den of Thieves 2: Pantera (2025)
Tomatometer icon 63% Popcornmeter icon 79%

#29
Adjusted Score: 71256%
Synopsis: Gerard Butler (Plane, Has Fallen series) and O’Shea Jackson Jr. (Straight Out of Compton, Godzilla: King of the Monsters) return... [More]
Starring: Gerard Butler, O'Shea Jackson Jr., Evin Ahmad, Salvatore Esposito
Directed By: Christian Gudegast

#30

City Hunter (2024)
Tomatometer icon 59% Popcornmeter icon 83%

#30
Adjusted Score: 59163%
Synopsis: An exceptional marksman and hopeless playboy, private eye Ryo Saeba reluctantly forms an alliance with his late partner's sister to... [More]
Starring: Ryôhei Suzuki, Misato Morita, Masanobu Andô, Fumino Kimura
Directed By: Yuichi Sato

#31

The Killer (2024)
Tomatometer icon 58% Popcornmeter icon 51%

#31
Adjusted Score: 60891%
Synopsis: Legendary action director John Woo, the visionary filmmaker of Face/Off, Mission: Impossible II, Paycheck, Broken Arrow and Hard Boiled returns... [More]
Starring: Nathalie Emmanuel, Omar Sy, Sam Worthington, Diana Silvers
Directed By: John Woo

#32

One More Shot (2024)
Tomatometer icon 57% Popcornmeter icon 34%

#32
Adjusted Score: 27267%
Synopsis: A Navy SEAL battles a group of mercenaries while racing against time to stop a bomb from detonating.... [More]
Starring: Scott Adkins, Michael Jai White, Alexis Knapp, Tom Berenger
Directed By: James Nunn

#33

Chief of Station (2024)
Tomatometer icon 57% Popcornmeter icon 57%

#33
Adjusted Score: 27235%
Synopsis: Ben is a former CIA station chief whose world comes crashing down after his wife, a former operative, dies in... [More]
Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Alex Pettyfer, Olga Kurylenko, Nick Moran
Directed By: Jesse V. Johnson

#34

Damsel (2024)
Tomatometer icon 56% Popcornmeter icon 59%

#34
Adjusted Score: 63669%
Synopsis: A dutiful damsel agrees to marry a handsome prince, only to find the royal family has recruited her as a... [More]
Starring: Millie Bobby Brown, Ray Winstone, Nick Robinson, Shohreh Aghdashloo
Directed By: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo

#35

Weekend in Taipei (2024)
Tomatometer icon 52% Popcornmeter icon 65%

#35
Adjusted Score: 52570%
Synopsis: Years ago, committed DEA agent John Lawlor fell in love with Joey Kwang, a Taipei-based transport driver working in the... [More]
Starring: Luke Evans, Sung Kang, Lun-Mei Gwei, Wyatt Yang
Directed By: George Huang

#36

Tiger 3 (2023)
Tomatometer icon 55% Popcornmeter icon 68%

#36
Adjusted Score: 55320%
Synopsis: Framed as Enemy No. 1, Salman Khan aka Tiger hunts with vengeance to clear his name in Tiger 3! One... [More]
Starring: Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, Shah Rukh Khan, Emraan Hashmi
Directed By: Maneesh Sharma

#37

Absolution (2024)
Tomatometer icon 54% Popcornmeter icon 32%

#37
Adjusted Score: 56891%
Synopsis: An aging gangster attempts to reconnect with his children and rectify the mistakes in his past, but the criminal underworld... [More]
Starring: Liam Neeson, Ron Perlman, Yolonda Ross, Frankie Shaw
Directed By: Hans Petter Moland

#38

Elevation (2024)
Tomatometer icon 52% Popcornmeter icon 80%

#38
Adjusted Score: 54140%
Synopsis: Set in the post-apocalyptic Rocky Mountains, a single father and two women venture from the safety of their homes to... [More]
Starring: Anthony Mackie, Morena Baccarin, Maddie Hasson, Danny Boyd Jr.
Directed By: George Nolfi

#39

Red Right Hand (2024)
Tomatometer icon 52% Popcornmeter icon 71%

#39
Adjusted Score: 52437%
Synopsis: In action-thriller RED RIGHT HAND, Cash (Orlando Bloom) is trying to live an honest and quiet life taking care of... [More]
Starring: Orlando Bloom, Andie MacDowell, Garret Dillahunt, James Lafferty
Directed By: Eshom Nelms, Ian Nelms

#40

The Killer's Game (2024)
Tomatometer icon 47% Popcornmeter icon 80%

#40
Adjusted Score: 49345%
Synopsis: In the new action-comedy THE KILLER'S GAME, when top hitman Joe Flood (Dave Bautista) is diagnosed with a terminal illness,... [More]
Starring: Dave Bautista, Sofia Boutella, Terry Crews, Pom Klementieff
Directed By: J.J. Perry

#41

Bad Hombres (2024)
Tomatometer icon 44% Popcornmeter icon 81%

#41
Adjusted Score: 27154%
Synopsis: Desperate to provide for his family, undocumented immigrant Cesar is hired alongside day-laborer Alfonso to work for Donnie, a brute... [More]
Starring: Thomas Jane, Tyrese Gibson, Diego Tinoco, Hemky Madera
Directed By: John Stalberg Jr.

#42

Boneyard (2024)
Tomatometer icon 44% Popcornmeter icon 30%

#42
Adjusted Score: 27038%
Synopsis: When the skeletal remains of eleven women and girls are discovered in the New Mexico desert, an extensive investigation is... [More]
Starring: Brian Van Holt, 50 Cent, Mel Gibson, Nora Zehetner
Directed By: Asif Akbar

#43

The Union (2024)
Tomatometer icon 38% Popcornmeter icon 24%

#43
Adjusted Score: 42256%
Synopsis: Mike, a down-to-earth construction worker, is thrust into the world of super spies and secret agents when his high school... [More]
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Halle Berry, J.K. Simmons, Mike Colter
Directed By: Julian Farino

#44

Lights Out (2024)
Tomatometer icon 35% Popcornmeter icon 53%

#44
Adjusted Score: 35161%
Synopsis: In Lights Out, a homeless veteran, Michael "Duffy" Duffield (Frank Grillo), meets a talkative Ex-Con, Max Bomer (Mekhi Phifer) who... [More]
Starring: Frank Grillo, Mekhi Phifer, Jaime King, Dermot Mulroney
Directed By: Christian Sesma

#45

Argylle (2024)
Tomatometer icon 33% Popcornmeter icon 71%

#45
Adjusted Score: 52615%
Synopsis: Bryce Dallas Howard (Jurassic World franchise) is Elly Conway, the reclusive author of a series of best-selling espionage novels, whose... [More]
Starring: Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Rockwell, Henry Cavill, John Cena
Directed By: Matthew Vaughn

#46

Jackpot! (2024)
Tomatometer icon 32% Popcornmeter icon 51%

#46
Adjusted Score: 36188%
Synopsis: In the near future, a 'Grand Lottery' has been newly established in California -- the catch: kill the winner before... [More]
Starring: John Cena, Awkwafina, Simu Liu, Ayden Mayeri
Directed By: Paul Feig

#47

Dirty Angels (2024)
Tomatometer icon 32% Popcornmeter icon 30%

#47
Adjusted Score: 32297%
Synopsis: Soldiers in an all-female commando unit pose as members of a relief organization to save a group of girls taken... [More]
Starring: Eva Green, Maria Bakalova, Ruby Rose, Jonica T. Gibbs
Directed By: Martin Campbell

#48

Lift (2024)
Tomatometer icon 30% Popcornmeter icon 33%

#48
Adjusted Score: 33778%
Synopsis: An international heist crew is recruited to prevent a terrorist attack, and must pull off the heist on a plane... [More]
Starring: Kevin Hart, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Vincent D'Onofrio, Úrsula Corberó
Directed By: F. Gary Gray

#49

Red One (2024)
Tomatometer icon 30% Popcornmeter icon 90%

#49
Adjusted Score: 41214%
Synopsis: After Santa Claus -- Code Name: RED ONE -- is kidnapped, the North Pole's Head of Security (Dwayne Johnson) must... [More]
Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Chris Evans, J.K. Simmons, Lucy Liu
Directed By: Jake Kasdan

#50

Damaged (2024)
Tomatometer icon 27% Popcornmeter icon 14%

#50
Adjusted Score: 27504%
Synopsis: How do you catch a brilliant monster? When a sadistic murderer surfaces in Scotland, terrified local authorities call on a... [More]
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Vincent Cassel, Gianni Capaldi, Laura Haddock
Directed By: Terry McDonough

#51

The Crow (2024)
Tomatometer icon 22% Popcornmeter icon 62%

#51
Adjusted Score: 30147%
Synopsis: Bill Skarsgård takes on the iconic role of THE CROW in this modern reimagining of the original graphic novel by... [More]
Starring: Bill Skarsgård, FKA Twigs, Danny Huston, Laura Birn
Directed By: Rupert Sanders

#52

Trigger Warning (2024)
Tomatometer icon 20% Popcornmeter icon 15%

#52
Adjusted Score: 22003%
Synopsis: Special Forces commando Parker (Jessica Alba) is on active duty overseas when she gets called back to her hometown with... [More]
Starring: Jessica Alba, Mark Webber, Anthony Michael Hall, Alejandro De Hoyos
Directed By: Mouly Surya

#53

Cash Out (2024)
Tomatometer icon 20% Popcornmeter icon 28%

#53
Adjusted Score: 20364%
Synopsis: In this tense thriller, John Travolta is Mason, leader of a high-end crew of thieves that hang it up for... [More]
Starring: John Travolta, Kristin Davis, Lukas Haas, Quavo
Directed By: IVES

#54

Atlas (2024)
Tomatometer icon 19% Popcornmeter icon 46%

#54
Adjusted Score: 25510%
Synopsis: A brilliant data analyst with a deep distrust of AI finds it may be her only hope when a mission... [More]
Starring: Jennifer Lopez, Sterling K. Brown, Simu Liu, Lana Parrilla
Directed By: Brad Peyton

#55

Canary Black (2024)
Tomatometer icon 18% Popcornmeter icon 32%

#55
Adjusted Score: 13562%
Synopsis: A top CIA operative, Avery Graves, is blackmailed by terrorists into betraying her own country to save her kidnapped husband.... [More]
Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Saffron Burrows, Ben Miles, Arben Bajraktaraj
Directed By: Pierre Morel

#56

Bade Miyan Chote Miyan (2024)
Tomatometer icon 17% Popcornmeter icon 67%

#56
Adjusted Score: 13959%
Synopsis: When a masked enemy rises within the nation, mercilessly targeting the military by stealing the country's most dangerous weapon, COLONEL... [More]
Starring: Akshay Kumar, Tiger Shroff, Prithviraj Sukumaran, Sonakshi Sinha
Directed By: Ali Abbas Zafar

#57

Armor (2024)
Tomatometer icon 0% Popcornmeter icon 35%

#57
Adjusted Score: 572%
Synopsis: Academy Award Nominee Sylvester Stallone and Jason Patric star in an action-packed thriller about the lengths one man will go... [More]
Starring: Jason Patric, Sylvester Stallone, Dash Mihok, Josh Wiggins
Directed By: Justin Routt

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