Action Movies > 2000, a list by Jeffrey Winkler

6.2

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65

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63

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3.0

/35216/

83

/111/

74

/173/

61

/22/

3.0

age 16+

On the run from a lethal assassin, a wily con artist devises a scheme to hide out inside a small-town police station. However, when the hit man turns up at the precinct, an unsuspecting rookie cop finds herself caught in the crosshairs.

72

6.3

/5776/

66

/653/

68

/117/

3.2

/8331/

98

/62/

93

/6/

67

/14/

2.5

age 13+

Three middle aged men polish their martial arts skills to avenge their fallen master.

60

6.6

/263344/

70

/16755/

65

/6090/

2.8

/160751/

63

/224/

65

/5434/

51

/39/

2.0

age 12+

Based on the classic novel by Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game is the story of the Earth's most gifted children training to defend their homeplanet in the space wars of the future.

58

6.4

/259859/

65

/8890/

63

/4455/

2.9

/162524/

65

/202/

52

/10119/

51

/30/

2.0

age 18+

A group of cold-blooded killers find themselves trapped on an alien planet to be hunted by extraterrestrial Predators.

59

5.7

/16767/

66

/3900/

63

/667/

2.6

/17889/

73

/15/

63

/92/

40

/4/

2.5

age 14+

In a world where superpowered people are heavily policed by robots, an ex-con teams up with a drug lord he despises to protect a teen from a corrupt cop.

68

6.4

/11277/

64

/148/

60

/138/

3.3

/2841/

77

/145/

62

/188/

68

/37/

3.5

An aging gambler on a losing streak attempts to rob a casino in Monte Carlo. But someone's already tipped off the cops before he even makes a move.

81

8.0

/1348138/

82

/107161/

79

/29185/

3.8

/2693576/

91

/337/

92

/16328/

76

/53/

3.0

age 12+

Light years from Earth, 26 years after being abducted, Peter Quill finds himself the prime target of a manhunt after discovering an orb wanted by Ronan the Accuser.

62

6.8

/21815/

71

/1835/

78

/1305/

3.3

/50475/

59

/70/

84

/83/

45

/23/

1.0

age 16+

A boy, bruised by life, finds his salvation through the love of his dogs.

64

56

5.7

/2852/

65

/594/

63

/60/

2.9

/1602/

67

/6/

78

/23/

After their bank heist goes wrong, a desperate criminal, his out-of-control brother, and their motley crew of ex-marines must escape New Orleans, United States.

59

5.6

/3553/

60

/461/

64

/71/

3.0

/14195/

66

/73/

50

/58/

57

/17/

2.5

age 15+

When her father's puppet samurai show gets ambushed by a notorious gang, Tornado vows to seek vengeance and forge her own destiny by stealing their ill-gotten gold.

47

5.9

/71604/

69

/12480/

60

/2105/

2.6

/46722/

20

/123/

37

/422/

34

/31/

2.0

age 14+

An ordinary suburban couple finds it’s not easy keeping up with the Joneses – their impossibly gorgeous and ultra-sophisticated new neighbors – especially when they discover that Mr. and Mrs. “Jones” are covert operatives.

50

5.6

/45520/

62

/2641/

59

/1569/

2.5

/14415/

25

/97/

47

/928/

40

/28/

2.5

age 14+

In a dystopian Detroit, grand houses that once housed the wealthy are now homes of the city's most-dangerous criminals. Surrounding the area is a giant wall to keep the rest of Detroit safe. For undercover cop Damien Collier, every day is a battle against corruption as he struggles to bring his father's killer, Tremaine, to justice. Meanwhile, Damien and an ex-con named Lino work together to save the city from a plot to destroy it.

48

5.8

/17218/

68

/2405/

59

/694/

2.7

/6288/

58

/19/

31

/51/

37

/6/

1.0

An assassin seeks redemption after being given a second chance at life.

64

7.3

/106467/

71

/1983/

69

/1101/

3.4

/22799/

41

/130/

79

/5227/

41

/30/

3.0

age 18+

A low-ranking thug is entrusted by his boss to dispose of a gun that killed corrupt cops, but things spiral out of control when the gun ends up in wrong hands.

57

6.6

/294373/

67

/8315/

63

/4885/

2.8

/133843/

43

/249/

58

/11436/

53

/40/

2.0

age 14+

When soldier Robin happens upon the dying Robert of Loxley, he promises to return the man's sword to his family in Nottingham. There, he assumes Robert's identity; romances his widow, Marion; and draws the ire of the town's sheriff and King John's henchman, Godfrey.

51

6.1

/53320/

62

/1146/

58

/775/

2.8

/11240/

32

/123/

37

/659/

34

/32/

3.0

age 18+

When Eastern European criminals Oleg and Emil come to New York City to pick up their share of a heist score, Oleg steals a video camera and starts filming their activities, both legal and illegal. When they learn how the American media circus can make a remorseless killer look like the victim and make them rich, they target media-savvy NYPD Homicide Detective Eddie Flemming and media-naive FDNY Fire Marshal Jordy Warsaw, the cops investigating their murder and torching of their former criminal partner, filming everything to sell to the local tabloid TV show "Top Story."

81

6.9

/81880/

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.

77

7.3

/43993/

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.

69

65

6.9

/12197/

69

/298/

64

/174/

3.4

/1654/

62

/13/

85

/467/

Based on a real-life story, this drama focuses on a small group of Allied soldiers in Burma who are held captive by the Japanese. Capt. Ernest Gordon, Lt. Jim Reardon and Maj. Ian Campbell are among the military officers kept imprisoned and routinely beaten and deprived of food. While Campbell wants to rebel and attempt an escape, Gordon tries to take a more stoic approach, an attitude that proves to be surprisingly resonant.

74

6.7

/35748/

74

/2517/

73

/889/

3.4

/63617/

74

/233/

97

/5289/

66

/41/

3.0

age 12+

The extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes. Her courage, ingenuity and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.

50

6.2

/451971/

66

/17372/

62

/8747/

2.8

/369722/

35

/259/

55

/18140/

42

/37/

1.0

age 13+

The Autobots continue to work for NEST, now no longer in secret. But after discovering a strange artifact during a mission in Chernobyl, it becomes apparent to Optimus Prime that the United States government has been less than forthright with them.

68

63

7.0

/9577/

65

/186/

61

/113/

3.4

/1915/

73

/63/

80

/280/

62

/18/

The life and career of Andre Stander, a South African police officer turned bank robber.

54

48

5.5

/3790/

62

/588/

57

/156/

2.9

/1010/

53

/15/

37

/24/

58

/6/

Asher is a former Mossad agent turned gun for hire, living an austere life in an ever-changing Brooklyn. Approaching the end of his career, he breaks the oath he took as a young man when he meets Sophie on a hit gone wrong. In order to have love in his life before it's too late, he must kill the man he was, for a chance at becoming the man he wants to be.

58

6.0

/8741/

65

/852/

65

/413/

3.0

/9332/

69

/49/

42

/38/

60

/14/

2.0

age 16+

When Andrew Briggman — a young soldier in the US Army during the invasion of Afghanistan — witnesses the murderous behavior of fellow soldiers, under the direction of a malevolent Sergeant, he faces a moral dilemma. His increasingly-violent platoon becomes suspicious that someone in their ranks has turned on them, and Andrew begins to fear for his safety. A fictionalized dramatization based on a true story.

45

5.7

/68588/

61

/3395/

56

/1482/

2.5

/21929/

22

/115/

36

/22331/

41

/31/

1.5

age 18+

John 'Breacher' Wharton leads an elite DEA task force that takes on the world's deadliest drug cartels. When the team successfully executes a high-stakes raid on a cartel safe house, they think their work is done – until, one-by-one, the team members mysteriously start to be eliminated. As the body count rises, everyone is a suspect.

56

6.1

/16668/

63

/1531/

57

/337/

3.1

/12005/

51

/69/

53

/119/

55

/19/

2.0

age 17+

Kyle and Swin live by the orders of an Arkansas-based drug kingpin named Frog, whom they've never met. But when a deal goes horribly wrong, the consequences are deadly.

74

6.9

/12148/

67

/902/

63

/174/

3.8

/89735/

95

/169/

66

/97/

76

/29/

3.5

age 16+

A crew of young environmental activists execute a daring mission to sabotage an oil pipeline.

49

5.9

/105407/

67

/12153/

60

/3701/

2.5

/113040/

38

/173/

47

/1590/

40

/30/

1.5

age 11+

After supervillain Shredder escapes custody, he joins forces with mad scientist Baxter Stockman and two dimwitted henchmen, Bebop and Rocksteady, to unleash a diabolical plan to take over the world. As the Turtles prepare to take on Shredder and his new crew, they find themselves facing an even greater evil with similar intentions: the notorious Krang.

52

44

5.7

/6096/

59

/118/

54

/111/

2.9

/1874/

57

/7/

27

/166/

An English couple's holiday in Spain is interrupted when they discover a girl imprisoned in a cabin.

53

5.6

/65750/

62

/5481/

63

/1121/

2.6

/117087/

64

/111/

35

/697/

57

/24/

1.5

age 16+

When a drug heist swerves lethally out of control, a jaded cop fights his way through a corrupt city's criminal underworld to save a politician's son.

53

6.5

/202405/

68

/6860/

63

/2849/

2.7

/58129/

27

/139/

59

/6247/

32

/33/

2.5

age 18+

Rogue agent Gabriel Shear is determined to get his mitts on $9 billion stashed in a secret Drug Enforcement Administration account. He wants the cash to fight terrorism, but lacks the computer skills necessary to hack into the government mainframe. Enter Stanley Jobson, a n'er-do-well encryption expert who can log into anything.

52

5.9

/71135/

60

/1785/

59

/1259/

2.9

/30102/

18

/154/

56

/6989/

37

/36/

3.0

age 18+

The story of the life of Domino Harvey, who abandoned her career as a Ford model to become a bounty hunter.

61

6.6

/24877/

69

/745/

65

/364/

3.0

/3710/

39

/119/

70

/763/

48

/29/

3.0

age 17+

As World War II rages, the elite Sixth Ranger Battalion is given a mission of heroic proportions: push 30 miles behind enemy lines and liberate over 500 American prisoners of war.

52

6.2

/190887/

70

/23756/

60

/5177/

2.6

/110517/

37

/244/

42

/1340/

47

/43/

2.0

age 14+

Years after resigning command of an elite military police unit, the nomadic, righter-of-wrongs Reacher is drawn back into the life he left behind when his friend and successor, Major Susan Turner is framed for espionage. Reacher will stop at nothing to prove her innocence and to expose the real perpetrators behind the killings of his former soldiers.

61

55

6.5

/5673/

66

/197/

60

/112/

3.2

/1781/

57

/28/

58

/211/

A tender drama unfolds between a grieving father and a troubled teenage girl as they drive northbound along the quiet outback roads of Australia. What she doesn't know is that between stops, he is leaving behind a bloody trail of bodies in a revenge motivated killing spree.

69

6.6

/68355/

69

/7699/

65

/2101/

3.2

/62487/

86

/130/

67

/455/

67

/20/

3.0

age 17+

In the future, a strange fungus has changed nearly everyone into thoughtless, flesh-eating monsters. When a scientist and a teacher find a girl who seems to be immune to the fungus, they all begin a journey to save humanity.

77

8.5

/1821142/

84

/43708/

82

/20383/

4.2

/1872910/

80

/260/

87

/1652336/

67

/46/

2.0

age 16+

After the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, his devious son takes power and demotes Maximus, one of Rome's most capable generals who Marcus preferred. Eventually, Maximus is forced to become a gladiator and battle to the death against other men for the amusement of paying audiences.

56

5.9

/38394/

69

/1532/

65

/667/

2.8

/14354/

41

/135/

57

/2734/

46

/32/

2.5

age 13+

The story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American pilots to fly in a combat squadron during World War II.

58

6.4

/245712/

67

/8330/

65

/4128/

3.4

/420729/

42

/115/

69

/19644/

43

/20/

2.0

age 13+

When the local FBI office receives a letter from a terrorist known only as 'The Citizen', it's quickly determined that he's planning his next act at the Miss America beauty pageant. Because tough-as-nails Gracie Hart is the only female Agent at the office, she's chosen to go undercover as the contestant from New Jersey.

63

6.3

/175654/

65

/3765/

62

/2318/

3.0

/69492/

66

/167/

64

/8554/

56

/34/

3.0

age 18+

A corrupt CIA agent Sands hires hitman El Mariachi to assassinate a Mexican general hired by a drug kingpin attempting a coup d'état of the President of Mexico.

61

55

5.5

/3872/

59

/444/

58

/134/

2.9

/3171/

85

/20/

51

/11/

62

/6/

In a zombie-infested Australian wasteland, soldier Rhys has dedicated his life to tracking and capturing survivors for the Surgeon General in hopes of finding a cure.

59

6.3

/294373/

66

/19440/

68

/6547/

2.7

/692948/

41

/266/

89

/2710/

45

/44/

2.0

age 12+

A young street-smart, Nathan Drake and his wisecracking partner Victor “Sully” Sullivan embark on a dangerous pursuit of “the greatest treasure never found” while also tracking clues that may lead to Nathan’s long-lost brother.

85

IMDb 4

7.8

/262455/

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.

61

6.6

/326180/

68

/13527/

62

/5965/

2.8

/125381/

56

/231/

58

/7889/

61

/42/

2.5

age 14+

New CIA operative Aaron Cross experiences life-or-death stakes that have been triggered by the previous actions of Jason Bourne.

74

7.7

/758473/

76

/27716/

72

/13298/

3.6

/803830/

86

/294/

87

/18312/

65

/38/

2.5

age 12+

Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were arch-enemies, they were closest of friends, working together with other mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known.

56

6.8

/125972/

68

/2850/

66

/1608/

3.0

/31699/

37

/151/

58

/7653/

55

/28/

1.5

age 17+

Tom Ludlow is a disillusioned L.A. Police Officer, rarely playing by the rules and haunted by the death of his wife. When evidence implicates him in the execution of a fellow officer, he is forced to go up against the cop culture he's been a part of his entire career, ultimately leading him to question the loyalties of everyone around him.

75

7.3

/563242/

74

/21797/

74

/13405/

3.4

/525077/

71

/299/

84

/7196/

73

/48/

3.5

age 17+

U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle takes his sole mission—protect his comrades—to heart and becomes one of the most lethal snipers in American history. His pinpoint accuracy not only saves countless lives but also makes him a prime target of insurgents. Despite grave danger and his struggle to be a good husband and father to his family back in the States, Kyle serves four tours of duty in Iraq. However, when he finally returns home, he finds that he cannot leave the war behind.

58

6.3

/223346/

66

/8657/

62

/4774/

2.8

/165296/

51

/229/

49

/8833/

46

/38/