Action Thriller By Release, a list by Mark Gauci

81

/33040/

82

/10475/

4.0

/1979111/

96

/476/

99

/29724/

78

/63/

4.0

age 12+

After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell finds himself training a detachment of TOP GUN graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen.

85

IMDb 4

7.8

/266978/

74

/9643/

74

/2357/

4.2

/1758488/

94

/428/

85

/1999/

95

/63/

4.0

age 16+

Washed-up revolutionary Bob exists in a state of stoned paranoia, surviving off-grid with his spirited, self-reliant daughter, Willa. When his evil nemesis resurfaces after 16 years and she goes missing, the former radical scrambles to find her, father and daughter both battling the consequences of his past.

83

7.6

/15660/

74

/1086/

72

/237/

4.1

/158644/

97

/108/

82

/160/

82

/16/

4.0

age 10+

In the 19th century, a drunken applejack salesman must go from zero to hero and become North America's greatest fur trapper by defeating hundreds of beavers.

83

7.5

/299696/

73

/12219/

74

/3908/

4.0

/1137823/

93

/473/

84

/1570/

89

/63/

4.0

age 16+

When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one—until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.

82

7.6

/402302/

76

/22657/

77

/7592/

3.9

/945084/

94

/386/

93

/4041/

78

/58/

3.5

age 17+

With the price on his head ever increasing, John Wick uncovers a path to defeating The High Table. But before he can earn his freedom, Wick must face off against a new enemy with powerful alliances across the globe and forces that turn old friends into foes.

82

7.6

/320559/

76

/17284/

75

/4830/

3.7

/800447/

96

/439/

94

/3435/

81

/66/

3.5

age 13+

Ethan Hunt and his IMF team embark on their most dangerous mission yet: To track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity before it falls into the wrong hands. With control of the future and the world's fate at stake and dark forces from Ethan's past closing in, a deadly race around the globe begins. Confronted by a mysterious, all-powerful enemy, Ethan must consider that nothing can matter more than his mission—not even the lives of those he cares about most.

81

7.4

/3058/

74

/196/

77

/138/

3.9

/17128/

94

/32/

93

/35/

77

/5/

3.5

age 14+

Iranian female judokas Leila and her coach Maryam, travel to the Judo World Championship, intent on bringing home Iran’s first gold medal. Midway through the Judo World Championships, they receive an ultimatum from the Islamic Republic ordering Leila to fake an injury and lose, or she will be branded a traitor of the state. With her own and her family’s freedom at stake, Leila is faced with an impossible choice: comply with the Iranian regime as her coach Maryam implores her to do, or fight on, for the gold.

81

7.4

/247100/

73

/13765/

71

/3110/

3.9

/1778755/

93

/336/

86

/1902/

79

/54/

4.0

age 13+

After the unexpected death of the Pope, Cardinal Lawrence is tasked with managing the covert and ancient ritual of electing a new one. Sequestered in the Vatican with the Catholic Church’s most powerful leaders until the process is complete, Lawrence finds himself at the center of a conspiracy that could lead to its downfall.

81

IMDb 6

7.4

/173346/

75

/9145/

72

/1729/

3.8

/1676886/

92

/326/

93

/257/

80

/59/

3.5

age 13+

When young priest Jud Duplenticy is sent to assist charismatic firebrand Monsignor Jefferson Wicks, it’s clear that all is not well in the pews. After a sudden and seemingly impossible murder rocks the town, the lack of an obvious suspect prompts local police chief Geraldine Scott to join forces with renowned detective Benoit Blanc to unravel a mystery that defies all logic.

81

7.4

/113413/

75

/4277/

73

/1646/

4.0

/323877/

96

/358/

95

/178/

84

/49/

3.0

age 15+

Bill O'Neal infiltrates the Black Panthers on the orders of FBI Agent Mitchell and J. Edgar Hoover. As Black Panther Chairman Fred Hampton ascends—falling for a fellow revolutionary en route—a battle wages for O’Neal’s soul.

81

6.9

/81893/

73

/5040/

76

/2286/

3.7

/183125/

94

/277/

99

/3512/

76

/53/

3.5

age 15+

The story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a fierceness unlike anything the world has ever seen, and General Nanisca as she trains the next generation of recruits and readies them for battle against an enemy determined to destroy their way of life.

80

IMDb 11

7.5

/348553/

76

/16187/

74

/3192/

4.1

/3126357/

97

/425/

96

/9466/

84

/55/

2.5

age 16+

Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.

80

7.2

/17507/

72

/1047/

72

/319/

3.7

/33697/

96

/196/

97

/529/

77

/48/

3.5

age 13+

The true story of Mamie Till Mobley’s relentless pursuit of justice for her 14 year old son, Emmett Till, who, in 1955, was lynched while visiting his cousins in Mississippi.

80

6.9

/103128/

69

/5630/

66

/1633/

3.7

/296914/

97

/272/

83

/195/

82

/39/

4.0

age 15+

A truffle hunter who lives alone in the Oregon wilderness must visit Portland to find the mysterious person who stole his beloved foraging pig.

80

7.8

/910426/

76

/35096/

77

/11496/

4.0

/3590226/

85

/527/

87

/9068/

72

/68/

3.5

age 14+

In his second year of fighting crime, Batman uncovers corruption in Gotham City that connects to his own family while facing a serial killer known as the Riddler.

79

7.5

/54564/

74

/2527/

72

/697/

4.0

/181671/

99

/80/

86

/116/

73

/13/

age 15+

A head chef balances multiple personal and professional crises at a popular restaurant in London.

79

7.7

/203580/

77

/7430/

76

/3240/

3.8

/401749/

89

/344/

90

/454/

76

/49/

3.0

age 16+

What was supposed to be a peaceful protest turned into a violent clash with the police. What followed was one of the most notorious trials in history.

79

7.1

/121197/

69

/3663/

70

/1712/

3.6

/447088/

91

/392/

93

/2274/

85

/62/

3.5

age 13+

Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.

78

7.0

/26926/

70

/2221/

69

/353/

3.7

/125461/

98

/208/

83

/150/

77

/42/

3.5

age 12+

When 93-year-old Thelma Post gets duped by a phone scammer pretending to be her grandson, she sets out on a treacherous quest across the city to reclaim what was taken from her.

78

7.3

/48789/

72

/1942/

71

/678/

3.6

/109798/

88

/279/

91

/177/

74

/51/

3.5

age 15+

New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor break one of the most important stories in a generation — a story that helped launch the #MeToo movement and shattered decades of silence around the subject of sexual assault in Hollywood.

78

6.9

/15864/

72

/826/

69

/351/

3.4

/21987/

97

/148/

88

/88/

74

/35/

3.5

age 14+

In 1961, a 60-year-old taxi driver stole Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. It was the first (and remains the only) theft in the Gallery’s history. What happened next became the stuff of legend.

77

6.8

/3857/

68

/208/

65

/26/

3.6

/48262/

95

/112/

85

/18/

78

/23/

3.5

When a twenty-something retail clerk meets a rising popstar, he takes the opportunity to edge his way into the in-crowd. But as the line between friend and fan blurs beyond recognition, access and proximity become a matter of life and death.

77

7.2

/100472/

72

/6610/

70

/1236/

3.5

/492507/

92

/238/

93

/976/

78

/43/

3.0

age 16+

A platoon of Navy SEALs embarks on a dangerous mission in Ramadi, Iraq, with the chaos and brotherhood of war retold through their memories of the event.

77

IMDb 87

6.7

/85384/

67

/5827/

63

/1050/

3.4

/355940/

96

/291/

70

/876/

85

/53/

4.0

age 15+

When intelligence agent Kathryn Woodhouse is suspected of betraying the nation, her husband – also a legendary agent – faces the ultimate test of whether to be loyal to his marriage, or his country.

77

6.9

/36306/

68

/1804/

68

/387/

3.8

/278892/

93

/191/

89

/20/

78

/44/

3.0

age 16+

Aspiring actor Edward undergoes a radical medical procedure to drastically transform his appearance. But his new dream face quickly turns into a nightmare, as he loses out on the role he was born to play and becomes obsessed with reclaiming what was lost.

77

6.8

/126528/

69

/8372/

67

/1494/

3.3

/615526/

95

/302/

89

/11/

82

/55/

3.5

age 15+

A mild-mannered professor moonlighting as a fake hit man in police stings ignites a chain reaction of trouble when he falls for a potential client.

77

6.9

/9001/

68

/496/

66

/142/

3.8

/34893/

97

/129/

85

/141/

81

/30/

3.0

age 15+

Struggling but unapologetically living on her own terms, Inez is moving from shelter to shelter in mid-1990s New York City. With her 6-year-old son Terry in foster care and unable to leave him again, she kidnaps him so they can build their life together. As the years go by, their family grows and Terry becomes a smart yet quiet teenager, but the secret that has defined their lives threatens to destroy the home they have so improbably built.

77

7.2

/84558/

73

/4808/

70

/1278/

3.5

/105713/

86

/173/

92

/157/

69

/39/

3.5

age 15+

Leonard is an English tailor who used to craft suits on London’s world-famous Savile Row. After a personal tragedy, he’s ended up in Chicago, operating a small tailor shop in a rough part of town where he makes beautiful clothes for the only people around who can afford them: a family of vicious gangsters.

77

7.1

/12662/

69

/593/

69

/195/

3.7

/32521/

92

/118/

79

/30/

81

/26/

3.5

age 15+

Based on true events, "Nitram" lives with his parents in suburban Australia in the mid-90s. He lives a life of isolation and frustration at never fitting in. As his anger grows, he begins a slow descent into a nightmare that culminates in the most heinous of acts.

77

7.3

/44016/

74

/2901/

72

/646/

3.6

/33767/

94

/72/

92

/286/

69

/18/

3.0

age 15+

A widowed farmer and his son warily take in a mysterious, injured man with a satchel of cash. When a posse of men claiming to be the law come for the money, the farmer must decide who to trust. Defending a siege of his homestead, the farmer reveals a talent for gun-slinging that surprises everyone calling his true identity into question.

77

6.7

/105147/

70

/5950/

70

/2774/

3.4

/388465/

89

/342/

95

/3098/

73

/62/

3.5

age 13+

After dominating the boxing world, Adonis Creed has thrived in his career and family life. When a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy, Damian Anderson, resurfaces after serving a long sentence in prison, he is eager to prove that he deserves his shot in the ring. The face-off between former friends is more than just a fight. To settle the score, Adonis must put his future on the line to battle Damian — a fighter with nothing to lose.

77

6.6

/76544/

69

/3827/

66

/1160/

3.5

/137868/

88

/198/

93

/39/

68

/41/

4.0

age 16+

Gunning for revenge, outlaw Nat Love saddles up with his gang to take down enemy Rufus Buck, a ruthless crime boss who just got sprung from prison.

77

IMDb 73

7.1

/510419/

73

/20825/

70

/6434/

3.4

/2599493/

91

/438/

92

/414/

81

/62/

3.0

age 13+

World-famous detective Benoit Blanc heads to Greece to peel back the layers of a mystery surrounding a tech billionaire and his eclectic crew of friends.

77

7.0

/180573/

68

/7655/

69

/3224/

3.4

/385404/

87

/63/

85

/133/

70

/55/

4.0

age 16+

An ambitious carnival man with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychologist who is even more dangerous than he is.

77

7.3

/7907/

73

/898/

70

/138/

3.5

/10358/

85

/13/

92

/85/

age 13+

After Santa Barbara Police Chief Carlton Lassiter is ambushed and left for dead, Shawn and Gus return to help him and find themselves embroiled in a case involving the personal, the professional – and even the supernatural.

77

7.5

/250259/

74

/9721/

73

/3541/

3.7

/743006/

90

/429/

87

/175/

72

/48/

3.0

age 15+

A young woman, traumatized by a tragic event in her past, seeks out vengeance against those who crossed her path.

76

7.1

/34320/

71

/2189/

70

/485/

3.4

/140129/

92

/212/

89

/116/

76

/38/

3.0

age 15+

During the 1972 Munich Olympics, an American sports broadcasting crew finds itself thrust into covering the hostage crisis involving Israeli athletes.

76

7.2

/12149/

73

/1642/

68

/160/

3.6

/14676/

78

/27/

96

/26/

3.0

age 16+

A burned-out paramedic tries to survive his last 24 hours on the job while training a new recruit.

76

IMDb 85

6.7

/12215/

65

/638/

66

/100/

3.8

/102906/

91

/185/

79

/23/

77

/34/

3.5

age 15+

With her life crashing down around her, Linda attempts to navigate her child's mysterious illness, her absent husband, a missing person, and an increasingly hostile relationship with her therapist.

76

6.8

/59072/

68

/4780/

65

/792/

3.5

/135683/

93

/162/

89

/101/

75

/37/

3.5

age 15+

A string of violent robberies in the Pacific Northwest leads veteran FBI agent Terry Husk into a white supremacist plot to overthrow the federal government.

76

7.1

/208303/

71

/9390/

71

/3539/

3.5

/1309532/

94

/302/

83

/397/

76

/44/

3.0

age 16+

When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill, until one of them goes too far and unleashes terrifying supernatural forces.

76

7.1

/19895/

71

/1299/

70

/411/

3.9

/131447/

96

/92/

74

/74/

80

/16/

3.0

The high-profile case of serial killer Ludovic Chevalier has just gone to trial, and Kelly-Anne is obsessed. When reality blurs with her morbid fantasies, she goes down a dark path to seek the final piece of the case’s puzzle.

76

IMDb 33

7.7

/287815/

78

/15406/

78

/3036/

3.7

/1399258/

82

/363/

97

/5523/

68

/56/

2.5

age 12+

Racing legend Sonny Hayes is coaxed out of retirement to lead a struggling Formula 1 team—and mentor a young hotshot driver—while chasing one more chance at glory.

76

6.7

/66335/

68

/4604/

66

/948/

3.3

/169840/

93

/209/

79

/89/

75

/38/

4.0

age 15+

Desperate for income, Emily takes a shady gig buying goods with stolen credit cards supplied by a charismatic middleman named Youcef. Seduced by the quick cash and illicit thrills, they hatch a plan to take their business to the next level.

76

6.9

/254699/

70

/13013/

75

/5594/

3.3

/1336738/

81

/272/

88

/1722/

65

/38/

4.0

age 16+

Finney Blake, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy, is abducted by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement where screaming is of little use. When a disconnected phone on the wall begins to ring, Finney discovers that he can hear the voices of the killer’s previous victims. And they are dead set on making sure that what happened to them doesn’t happen to Finney.

76

6.6

/17478/

67

/708/

62

/330/

3.5

/57861/

91

/247/

86

/7/

85

/46/

3.5

age 13+

In 1920s New York City, a Black woman finds her world upended when her life becomes intertwined with a former childhood friend who's passing as white.

76

7.4

/383875/

76

/25963/

79

/7969/

3.5

/672252/

83

/289/

94

/1783/

64

/43/

3.0

age 16+

Hutch Mansell, a suburban dad, overlooked husband, nothing neighbor — a "nobody." When two thieves break into his home one night, Hutch's unknown long-simmering rage is ignited and propels him on a brutal path that will uncover dark secrets he fought to leave behind.

76

6.7

/149687/

69

/11172/

70

/2538/

3.2

/1043233/

92

/234/

86

/1950/

73

/35/