RANKING: The 100 best action movies

From classic 1980s franchises to new action films, the incredible fight sequences, chases and explosions take the breath away from those on the living room couch or in front of the big screen. And if you're a fan of adrenaline, movies and feel that butterflies in your stomach when you hear the iconic theme song from Mission Impossible We prepared this list for you! We separate the best action movies of all time, according to the public and specialized critics in ranking order, with the last being the best.

Risky Baggage (2024)

Original title: Carry on

Rotten Tomatoes: 88% | Metacritic: 69 | IMDb: 6,5

Where to watch: Netflix

On Christmas Eve, at a crowded airport, a security officer in Risky Baggage is given a terrifying ultimatum. He must decide between allowing a dangerous item to pass through or facing the death of the woman he loves, which leaves him faced with a deadly dilemma. This action film features names like Taron Egerton, Sofia Carson, Jason bateman e Dean Norris.

The Old Woman with the Knife (2025)

Original title: Pagwa

Rotten Tomatoes: 95% | IMDb: 6,4

Where to watch: currently unavailable

A 65-year-old woman who finds pleasure in hunting and eliminating dangerous criminals is the main plot of the action film. The Old Woman with the Knife. Despite hiding health problems, the hitman is reluctant to retire. Her life takes a new turn when she meets a young talent who dreams of joining her in the business, which confuses the lady and could change the purpose of her lethal career. The cast includes names such as Lee Hye-young, Shin Si-ah, Kim Sung-cheol e Kim Mu-yeol.

Rebel Ridge (2025)

Rotten Tomatoes: 95% | Metacritic: 76 | IMDb: 6,8

Where to watch: Netflix

Em Rebel Ridge, one of the best action movies of all time, Terry Richmond (Aaron Pierre) is a former Marine who comes face to face with the extent of corruption in a small town. What begins as an attempt to rescue his cousin quickly escalates into a violent confrontation with the local police.

Code Black (2025)

Original title: black bag

Rotten Tomatoes: 96% |  Metacritic: 85 | IMDb: 6,8

Where to watch: AppleTV + e Prime Video

The agent's life George Woodhouse (Michael Fassbender) collapses into Black Code, when his wife is accused of treason against the nation. Faced with this shocking revelation, George finds himself faced with a devastating moral dilemma and must choose whether to remain loyal to his marriage or fulfill his duty to his country. The feature film also features Cate Blanchett, Pierce Brosnan e Tom burke in the cast.

Wartime (2025)

Original title: Warfare

Rotten Tomatoes: 93% | Metacritic: 78 | IMDb: 7,3

Where to watch: currently unavailable

The latest film by Alex Garland, Wartime, takes us directly to the Iraq War, with a narrative inspired by the experiences of Ray mendoza, co-director and former Marine. In the plot, a group of soldiers find themselves trapped in a crossfire with Iraqi guerrillas. While they await rescue, the fight for survival leaves a trail of death, injuries and deep trauma. The cast includes names such as Will Poulter, Cosmo Jarvis, Joseph quinn, Connor kit, Michael gandolfini, Charles Melton e Noah Centineo.

Novocaine – Pain Proof (2025)

Original title: Novocain

Rotten Tomatoes: 81% | Metacritic: 58 | IMDb: 6,5

Where to watch: Prime Video e AppleTV +

In the history of Novocaine – Pain Proof, Sherry (Amber Midthunder), the girl of his dreams Nate (Jack Quaid) is kidnapped in the middle of a robbery at the bank where they both work. Faced with this, he turns his insensitivity to pain into an unexpected advantage. Determined, he wages a relentless fight against the bandits to rescue her.

Beautiful and Demure (2023)

Original title: Polite Society

Rotten Tomatoes: 90% | Metacritic: 75 | IMDB: 6,7

Where to watch: Netflix

In this action movie, Ria (Priya Kansara) is certain that her sister is about to enter into an arranged marriage with a family of ill-behaved people. Desperate to save her, the aspiring stuntwoman trained in martial arts plans an elaborate scheme to kidnap her sister during the ceremony.

Becky's Fury (2023)

Original title: The Wrath of Becky

Rotten Tomatoes: 86% | Metacritic: 51 | IMDB: 6,1

Where to watch: AppleTV + e Prime Video

Two years after escaping a violent attack on his family, Becky (Lulu Wilson) tries to rebuild his life under the care of Elena (Denise Burse), an elderly lady. But when a group of men invade their home, Becky is forced to return to his old habits.

The Pact (2023)

Original title: Guy Ritchie's The Covenant

Rotten Tomatoes: 83% | Metacritic: 63 | IMDB: 7,5

Where to watch: Prime Video

During the war in Afghanistan, an interpreter Ahmed (Dar Salim) risks his life to carry the wounded sergeant John Kinley (Jake Gyllenhaal) through miles of hostile terrain in search of a safe place.

Ssurvivors – After the Earthquake (2023)

Original title: Konkeuritheu yutopia

Popular title: Concrete Utopia

Rotten Tomatoes: 100% | Metacritic: 73 | IMDB: 6,7

Where to watch: Prime Video

After a devastating earthquake, the only building left standing in Seoul is the Hwangung Apartment. While residents, led by Yeong-tak (Lee Byung-hun), try to maintain order and privacy, external survivors crowd the place, generating growing conflicts due to the scarcity of resources.

Twisters (2024)

Rotten Tomatoes: 75% | Metacritic: 65 | IMDb: 6,5

Where to watch: HBO Max

In this new film from the universe of Twister, Kate (Daisy Edgar-Jones) e Tyler (Glen Powell) are two storm chasers who risk their lives in the heart of extreme weather events with the mission of testing an experimental weather warning system and revolutionizing tornado forecasting to save lives.

Thelma (2024)

Rotten Tomatoes: 98% | Metacritic: 77 | IMDb: 7,0

Where to watch: Youtube

In the history of the action movie Thelma, the protagonist Thelma Post (June Squibb), a 93-year-old woman, is deceived by a scammer on the phone who pretends to be her grandson. From then on, she embarks on a risky mission to recover everything that was stolen from her and get revenge on the person. 

The Stuntman (2024)

Original title: The Fall Guy

Rotten Tomatoes: 81% | Metacritic: 73 | IMDb: 6,8

Where to watch: Prime Video

The stunt double Colt Seavers (Ryan Gosling) returns to action when the movie star Tom Ryder (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) suddenly disappears. As the mystery deepens, Colt becomes embroiled in a sinister plot that takes him to the brink of a fall more dangerous than any of his stunts.

Through the Shadows (2024)

Original title: The Shadow Strays

Rotten Tomatoes: 91% | Metacritic: 73 | IMDb: 6,5

Where to watch: Netflix

In the history of Through the Shadows, the young assassin who goes by the codename 13 (Aurora Ribero) is suspended due to an unsuccessful mission, but decides to defy her mentor and embark on a new challenge: rescuing a child from the clutches of a criminal group. 

Brute Force: Punishment (2024)

Original title: Beomjoidosi 4

Popular title: The Roundup: Punishment

Rotten Tomatoes: 91% | IMDb: 6,6

Where to watch: currently unavailable

The detective Ma Dong-seok is on a big hunt in Brute Force: Punishment, one of the best action movies of recent times. He investigates a drug trafficking app developer, but the trail leads him to a dangerous online gambling organization. So, Ma Seok-do joins the Cyber ​​Investigation Team to take down the criminals behind this scheme.

Kill – The Train Massacre (2024)

Original title: Kill

Rotten Tomatoes: 89% | IMDb: 7,5

Where to watch: Telecine

A train becomes the main setting of Kill – The Train Massacre, when the gang of robbers led by Fani (Raghav Juyal) begins to attack the passengers. In this context, the fearless Amrit (Lakshya) emerges to confront them in a deadly battle, risking his life to protect everyone.

Beekeeper – Revenge Network (2024)

Original title: The Beekeeper

Rotten Tomatoes: 71% | Metacritic: 53 | IMDb: 6,3

Where to watch: Youtube e Prime Video

The brutal attempt at revenge of  Adam Clay (Jason Statham) poses risks to the entire nation after he is revealed to be a former agent of a powerful, clandestine organization known as the “Beekeepers.”

Love Lies Bleeding (2024)

Original title: Love Lies Bleeding

Rotten Tomatoes: 94% | Metacritic: 77 | IMDb: 6,6 

Where to watch: HBO Max

Em Love Lies Bleeding: Love Bleeds, one of the best action movies on HBO Max streaming, Lou (Kristen Stewart) is the manager of a local gym who falls in love with Jackie (Katy O'Brian), an ambitious bodybuilder on her way to Las Vegas to pursue her dream. However, their intense romance quickly turns violent when they are drawn into the dangerous web of the crime family. Lou.

The Order (2024)

Original title: The Order

Rotten Tomatoes: 92% | Metacritic: 75 | IMDb: 6,8

Where to watch: Prime Video

the FBI agent Terry Husk (Jude Law) dives into the investigation of a series of robberies in the Pacific Northwest in The Order. He uncovers a dangerous domestic terrorist plot, orchestrated by Bob Mathews (Nicholas Hoult), which aims to finance an armed revolt against the US government with the stolen money.

Primal Rage (2024)

Original title: monkey man

Rotten Tomatoes: 89% | Metacritic: 70 | IMDb: 6,8 

Where to watch: Prime Video e Youtube

Em Primal Fury, one of the best action movies of all time, Kid (Dev Patel), a young fighter, carries the weight of years of pent-up rage. He infiltrates the elite world and embarks on a brutal campaign of revenge, determined to settle the score with the men who once stole everything from him. From there, his journey becomes an explosion of fury and a search for justice.

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Rebels (2023)

Original title: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

Rotten Tomatoes: 91% | Metacritic: 72 | IMDB: 7,3

Where to watch: Paramount +

A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers pull off an epic heist to recover a lost relic, but things go awry when they run afoul of the wrong people in this hilarious, action-packed adventure. The cast includes Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Bradley Cooper, Justice Smith e Hugh Grant.

Nimona (2023)

Rotten Tomatoes: 94% | Metacritic: 75 | IMDB: 7,6 

Where to watch: Netflix

In one of the latest animated action films, a knight is accused of a crime he didn't commit, and the only person who can help him prove his innocence is Nimona (Chloë Grace Moretz), a shape-shifting teenager who may also be a monster he has sworn to kill.

Sisu – A Story of Determination (2022)

Original title: Info

Rotten Tomatoes: 94% | Metacritic: 70 | IMDB: 6,9

Where to watch: Prime Video e Youtube

During the last days of World War II, the lone prospector Aatami (Jorma Tommila) encounters a group of Nazis in a scorched-earth retreat in northern Finland. When they steal their gold, the Nazis soon discover that they are not dealing with an ordinary miner, but rather a ruthless ex-soldier who will do anything to get what is his.

71: Forgotten in Belfast (2014)

Original title: '71

Rotten Tomatoes: 96% | Metacritic: 83 | IMDB: 7,2

Where to watch: Youtube

In 1971, after a huge riot in the streets of Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland, whose inhabitants oppose British rule, the young and inexperienced soldier Gary Hook (Jack O'Connell) is accidentally abandoned by his unit in a war zone. Terrified, injured, and unable to tell friend from foe, he must survive the night alone and find his way to safety.

Rocky (1976)

Original title: Rocky

Rotten Tomatoes: 91% | Metacritic: 70 | IMDB: 8,1

Where to watch: Apple TV+

The plot revolves around Philadelphia street boxer, Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone). In a stroke of luck, he gets the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to fight the current heavyweight champion of the world, the undefeated Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers). Everyone believes that the fighter, until then unknown, will be easily defeated by Creedbut Rocky decides to train intensively, dreaming only of finishing the fight without being knocked out by the champion.

Bullitt (1968)

Rotten Tomatoes: 98% | Metacritic: 81 | IMDB: 7,4

Where to watch: AppleTV + e Youtube

In the history of Bullitt, the detective Frank Bullitt (Steve McQueen) is assigned to what at first seems like a routine task: protecting a key witness for 24 hours before he is due to testify in court. However, what follows is a brutal attack that results in the deaths of both the other officers involved and the witness himself. Consumed by rage and an unshakable sense of justice, Bullitt makes a promise: he will not rest until he finds those responsible for this atrocity.

007: The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

Original title: The Spy Who Loved Me

Rotten Tomatoes: 82% | Metacritic: 55 | IMDB: 7,0

Where to watch: Prime Video e Youtube

In the history of 007 – The Spy Who Loved Me, the iconic James Bond (Roger Moore) joins forces with Russian spy Major Anya Amasova (Barbara Bach) to stop the megalomaniac tycoon Stromberg (Curd Jürgens) destroy New York and Moscow using underwater nuclear weapons.

Assault on the 13th Precinct (1976)

Original title: Assault on Precinct 13

Rotten Tomatoes: 96% | Metacritic: 89 | IMDB: 7,3

Where to watch: currently unavailable

in this movie John Carpenter, a police ambush that results in the deaths of several criminals in Los Angeles triggers a gang war against the police. Trapped in the nearly decommissioned 13th Precinct, a highway patrol officer, two criminals and a precinct secretary, played by Austin Stoker, Darwin Joston e Laurie Zimmer, must form an unlikely alliance to defend the site from a bloody siege.

Gangs of Wasseypur (2012)

Original title: Gangs of Wasseypur

Rotten Tomatoes: 97% | Metacritic: 89 | IMDB: 8,2

Where to watch: currently unavailable

Wasseypur Gangs, an acclaimed Indian crime drama directed by Anurag Kashyap, is considered one of the best films in Indian cinema and has a cult following around the world. Set in the coal mafia of Wasseypur, a small town in India, the film chronicles the intense rivalry between two gangs. Led by Shahid Khan (Manoj Bajpayee) e Ramadhir Singh (Tigmanshu Dhulia), the plot explores the incessant struggle for power, permeated by visceral action sequences and the search for justice.

B13 – 13th District (2004)

Original title: Bay 13

Popular title: Disctrict 13

Rotten Tomatoes: 80% | Metacritic: 70 | IMDB: 7,1

Where to watch: Play Market

In the dystopian future of B13 – 13th District, France is dominated by gangs, and the dangerous 13th District is controlled by the crime boss Taha (Dominique Dorol). The upright resident Leito (David Belle)) tries to combat the power of Taha, but the situation worsens when his sister Lola (Dany Verissimo) is kidnapped and he ends up arrested. The plot becomes more complicated with the theft of a neutron bomb taken to the 13th District, forcing Bed to join the police officer Damien (Cyril Raffaelli) in a race against time to infiltrate the area and deactivate the explosive before it's too late.

Ong-Bak – Holy Warrior (2003)

Original title: Ong Bak

Rotten Tomatoes: 85% | Metacritic: 69 | IMDB: 7,1

Where to watch: currently unavailable

In the history of Holy Warrior, a valuable Buddha statue from a Thai village temple is stolen. To recover it and restore the honor of his homeland, the talented fighter Ting (Tony Jaa) travels to the country's capital, where he must face a dangerous gang led by a ruthless crime boss.

Run, Lola, Run (1998)

Original title: Lola rennt

Popular title: Run Lola Run

Rotten Tomatoes: 93% | Metacritic: 79 | IMDB: 7,7

Where to watch: Prime Video e AppleTV +

In the premise of one of the best action movies, the boyfriend of Lola (Franka Potente) is a messenger for a gangster. When things get tough for him, Lola She has twenty minutes to get a sum of money across town, or her boyfriend will die. In her race against the clock, she is constantly delayed by homeless people, nuns, babies, and guns. With every step, seconds slip away, and the tiny decisions she makes can make all the difference.

War on Drugs (2012)

Original title: Duzhan

Popular title: Drug war

Rotten Tomatoes: 94% | Metacritic: 86 | IMDB: 7,0

Where to watch: currently unavailable

Em war on drugs, action film directed by Johnnie To, the head of a drug cartel Tian Ming (Louis Koo) is arrested by the captain of the police anti-drug division, Zhang Lei (honglei sun), after suffering a car accident. To avoid the death penalty, Tian Ming needs to help the police to end the entire drug trafficking circuit and arrest his ex-partners.

United Flight 93 (2006)

Original title: United 93

Rotten Tomatoes: 90% | Metacritic: 90 | IMDB: 7,6

Where to watch: Youtube

On the tragic September 11, 2001, terrorists hijacked United Airlines Flight 93 and three other planes. Upon realizing the criminals' intentions, the passengers and crew of Flight 93 made the courageous decision to confront them, turning the aircraft into a stage for desperate resistance. The cast includes actors such as Christian clemenson, Cheyenne Jackson e David alan basche.

Police Story – The War on Drugs (1985)

Original title: ging chaat goo si

Popular title: Police Story

Rotten Tomatoes: 93% | Metacritic: 78 | IMDB: 7,5

Where to watch: Prime Video

Em Police Story – The War on Drugs, Jackie Chan is a police officer who manages to arrest the Hong Kong drug lord. Now he needs to protect Selina Fong (Brigitte Lin), the mobster's secretary, who intends to reveal the crimes he committed. The plot was a critical and public success, yielding a franchise with a total of six films.

Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)

Original title: Lethal Weapon 2

Rotten Tomatoes: 82% | Metacritic: 70 | IMDB: 7,2

Where to watch: HBO Max

Second film in the franchise Richard Donner, Lethal Weapon 2 is starring Mel Gibson e Danny Glover again as homicide detectives Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh, known from the first 1987 film. The story follows the two detectives trying to stop an international arms dealer named Jack Travis, Played by Gary busey, while dealing with their own personal lives and health issues.

The Fugitive (1993)

Original title: The Fugitive

Rotten Tomatoes: 96% | Metacritic: 87 | IMDB: 7,8

Where to watch: HBO Max

Accused, sentenced and wrongly condemned to death for the murder of his wife, Harrison Ford is Dr. Richard Kimble em The Fugitive. When an accident occurs on the bus on the way to prison, Kimble gets a chance to escape, start his own investigation to find out who really killed his wife and prove his innocence. But it won't be easy, as the deputy Samuel Gerard (Tommy Lee Jones) is determined to recapture it.

Superman: The Movie (1980)

Original title: Superman

Rotten Tomatoes: 93% | Metacritic: 81 | IMDB: 7,4

Where to watch: AppleTV +

The story follows the origins of Superman, from his childhood on Krypton to his role as Earth's most famous superhero. Clark Kent (Christopher Reeve), a young journalist, discovers his superhuman abilities and decides to use them to help people. He infiltrates the Daily Planet newsroom as Clark Kent and falls in love with Lois Lane (Margot Kidder), a co-worker. Meanwhile, the villain Lex Luthor (Gene Hackman) plans to destroy the city of Los Angeles with an earthquake. Superman then needs to stop the evil plans of luthor and save Laws, kidnapped by him.

Total Recall (1990)

Original title: Total Recall

Rotten Tomatoes: 82% | Metacritic: 60 | IMDB: 7,5

Where to watch: Youtube

In the year 2084, the worker Doug Quaid (Arnold Schwarzenegger) uses a memory implant to simulate a trip to Mars. But something goes wrong and he begins to remember who he really was and facts that he was previously unaware of. Now, quaid wants revenge against those who deceived him.

Minority Report: The New Law (2002)

Original title: Minority Report

Rotten Tomatoes: 89% | Metacritic: 80 | IMDB: 7,6

Where to watch: currently unavailable

In the year 2054, there is a system that allows crimes to be accurately predicted, which causes the murder rate to drop to zero. The problem begins when the detective John Anderton (Tom Cruise), one of the main agents in the fight against crime, discovers that a murder has been predicted that he himself will commit, putting his reputation and the reliability of the system into question.

Double Target (1986)

Original title: Ying hung boon sik

Popular title: A Better Tomorrow

Rotten Tomatoes: 93% | Metacritic: 78 | IMDB: 7,4

Em Double target, one of the best action movies of all time, a police officer Hong Kong (Leslie Cheung) blame your brother, one reformed gangster (Chow Yun-Fat), for the death of their father.

Nikita – Created to Kill (1990)

Original title: The woman Nikita

Rotten Tomatoes: 89% | Metacritic: 56 | IMDB: 7,3

Where to watch: Prime Video

Nikita (Anne Parillaud) is convicted of killing a police officer, but is given a second chance. To avoid execution, she assumes a new identity and is trained to be a secret agent controlled by the government. Now Nikita é Josephine, a true killing machine, used in special intelligence service missions.

Express of Tomorrow (2013)

Original title: Snowpiercer

Rotten Tomatoes: 94% | Metacritic: 84 | IMDB: 7,1

Where to watch: Play Market

The plot tells the story of humanity after the failure of an experiment created to prevent global warming. Seventeen years later, in a new ice age that takes over planet Earth, the only survivors are aboard an immense machine called Snowpiercer. There, the poorest live in miserable conditions, while the upper class is full of people who behave like kings. Until the day when the wretched, led by Curtis (Chris Evans), decide to change the professional status prevailing social order. But to do so they need to fight and discover all the secrets behind each section of the train.

Maximum Speed ​​(1994)

Original title: Speed

Rotten Tomatoes: 91% | Metacritic: 78 | IMDB: 7,3

Where to watch: Play Market e Disney +

Maximum speed is an American action thriller film directed by John de Bont and starring Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock e Dennis Hopper. The story follows a group of hostages trapped on a bus, which has been programmed by the psychopath Howard Payne (Hopper) to explode if the vehicle speed is less than 80 km/h. Jack Traven (Reeves), is a Los Angeles police officer who is determined to save the passengers. Already Annie Porter (Bullock) is a brave passenger who ends up having to take over driving the vehicle after the driver is injured. Now she needs to keep the bus at maximum speed, or everyone will die.

Rambo: Programmed to Kill (1982)

Original title: First Blood

Rotten Tomatoes: 86% | Metacritic: 61 | IMDB: 7,7

Where to watch: Play Market, Netflix, Prime Video e Telecine

in the plot, John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) is a Vietnam War veteran who wanders through a small town in the middle of the mountains in search of a former war buddy after years of military service. He finds it difficult to adapt to civilian life, unjustly arrested by the local sheriff Will Teasle (Brian Dennehy).But when Rambo is mistreated by the sheriff and his men, he remembers his time as a prisoner of war, becomes aggressive and flees to the mountains. Which gives rise to a deadly hunt.

The Predator (1987)

Original title: Predator

Rotten Tomatoes: 80% | Metacritic: 47 | IMDB: 7,8

Where to watch: Disney +

In the action movie The predator, Dutch (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is hired by the United States government to rescue political prisoners in Guatemala. But when he and his team arrive in Central America, they quickly realize something is wrong. After discovering several dead bodies, the team discovers they are being hunted by a brutal creature with superhuman strength and an astonishing ability to camouflage itself.

Kung Fusion (2004)

Original title: Kungfu

Rotten Tomatoes: 91% | Metacritic: 78 | IMDB: 7,7

Where to watch: Netflix

While trying to fool the residents of Pig Sty Alley by pretending to be part of a gang, the stranger Sing (Stephen Chow) and your stupid friend Bone (Lam Chi Chung) are surprised by the real bandits. Threatened, they are defended by a great martial arts master.

RoboCop: Future Cop (1987)

Original title: RoboCop

Rotten Tomatoes: 91% | Metacritic: 70 | IMDB: 7,6

Where to watch: Prime Video

Em RoboCop, a few years in the future, Detroit is a violent, near-apocalyptic city where crime is rampant. In a siege with crime lord Boddicker (Kurtwood Smith), the policeman Alex Murphy (Peter Weller) is mortally wounded. He is then transformed by the megacorporation Omni Consumer Products (OCP) into a mix of machine and man in the service of justice. But when Robocop discovers the mysteries behind his death and construction, he turns against the company.

Gladiator (2000)

Original title: Gladiator

Rotten Tomatoes: 79% | Metacritic: 67 | IMDB: 8,5

Where to watch: Netflix e balloon play

In this classic action film, Maximus (Russell Crowe) he is a powerful Roman general, loved by the people and the emperor Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris). Before his death, the Emperor arouses the wrath of his son Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix) by making public his preference for leaving the throne to Maximus. Thirsty for power, Commodus kills his father, assumes the crown and orders the death of Maximus, who manages to escape before being caught, and goes into hiding as a slave and gladiator while he seeks revenge.

The House of Flying Daggers (2004)

Original title: Shi mian mai fu

Popular title: House of Flying Daggers

Rotten Tomatoes: 87% | Metacritic: 89 | IMDB: 7,5

Where to watch: currently unavailable

The Clan of Flying Daggers is an action and martial arts film directed and written by Yimou Zhang. The plot takes place in 859, during the decline of the Tang Dynasty. Amid corruption, the government is unable to combat the rebel groups, the most powerful and prestigious of which is the Flying Dagger Clan. Leo (Andy Lau) e Jin (Takeshi Kaneshiro), two soldiers from the official army, have the mission of capturing the mysterious leader of the Flying Daggers and come up with a plan: Jin disguises himself as a lone warrior, gains the trust of the blind dancer Mei (Zhang Ziyi), suspected of being a member of the clan, and infiltrates the group. But the pair did not expect that they would both fall in love with her.

Dunkirk (2017)

Rotten Tomatoes: 92% | Metacritic: 94 | IMDB: 7,8

Where to watch: Prime Video, AppleTV + e Youtube

The story follows three distinct moments: an hour of confrontation in the sky, where the pilot Farrier (Tom Hardy) needs to destroy an enemy plane, a whole day on the high seas, where the British civilian Dawson (Mark Rylance) takes his pleasure boat to help rescue his country's army, and a week at the beach, where the young soldier Tommy (Fionn Whitehead) seeks to escape at any cost. The heroic mission was responsible for relocating more than 300 soldiers safely.

Operation Invasion (2011)

Original title: Serbian maut

Popular title: The Raid Redemption

Rotten Tomatoes: 87% | Metacritic: 73 | IMDB: 7,6

Where to watch: Prime Video e Youtube

On the premise of Operation Invasion, the boss of the most dangerous mafia in all of Indonesia and his group of killers hide in a building. Twenty trained police officers enter the building to capture them and eliminate everything and everyone that crosses their path. The film features the actors Iko Uwais, Yayan Ruhian, Joe Taslim e Donny Alamsyah.

On the Run (2017)

Original title: Baby Driver

Rotten Tomatoes: 92% | Metacritic: 86 | IMDB: 7,6

Where to watch: Netflix

In Escape Rhythm accompanies Baby (Ansel Elgort), a young, partially deaf getaway driver who can pull off any radical move on the road as long as he's listening to the right music. Thanks to his talent on the track, he's forced to work for a crime boss Doc (Kevin Spacey). But since he met the woman of his dreams, the waitress Deborah (Lily James), he wants to change his life.

Black Panther (2018)

Original title: Black Panther

Rotten Tomatoes: 96% | Metacritic: 88 | IMDB: 7,3

Where to watch: Disney +

The film stars Chadwick Bosemanas the T'Challa, the crown prince of the kingdom of Wakanda, a highly technological African country, hidden from world civilization and rich in vibranium, a precious mineral. After the death of his father, the king T'Chaka, T'Challa returns to Wakanda to be crowned king and take up the mantle of the Black Panther. However, he is challenged by an enemy from Wakanda's past, Killmonger (Michael B. Jordan), who has his own ambitions for the throne and the use of vibranium. T'Challa then has to fight to protect Wakanda and its people.

Godzilla Minus One (2023)

Original title: Gojira -1.0

Rotten Tomatoes: 98% | Metacritic: 80 | IMDB: 8,3

Where to watch: Netflix

in the plot of Godzilla Minus One, post-war Japan, already devastated, faces a new and terrifying crisis: the appearance and attack of a colossal and relentless monster, Godzilla. The film features actors such as Minami hamabe, Yuki yamada e Say Nagatani.

A The Night Comes After Us (2018)

Original title: The Night Comes for Us

Rotten Tomatoes: 91% | Metacritic: 69 | IMDB: 6,9

Where to watch: Netflix

Em The Night Pursues Us, Arian (Iko Uwais) is an elite assassin who deviates from his mission when he spares the life of a young girl during a brutal massacre. This act of compassion makes him the target of a violent gang, who now hunt him relentlessly.

Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Is Now Another (2010)

Rotten Tomatoes: 91% | Metacritic: 71 | IMDB: 8,0

Where to watch: balloon play

Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Is Now Another brings the return of Wagner Moura as Captain Roberto Nascimento. Now Colonel, Birth & Standardization is removed from BOPE due to an unsuccessful and bloody BOPE invasion of the Bangu 1 High Security Penitentiary. After being dismissed from BOPE, the governor invites him to join the intelligence department of the State Public Security Department. This is when Nascimento discovers that the corruption he is fighting takes over a much larger system than he expected.

Civil War (2024)

Rotten Tomatoes: 81% | Metacritic: 75 | IMDb: 7,0

Where to watch: Netflix

In a dystopian future in the USA, Civil War accompanies four journalists – the veteran Lee Miller (Kirsten Dunst), the newbie Jessie (Cailee Spaeny), Joel (Wagner Moura) e Sammy (Stephen Henderson) – on a perilous journey. Crossing a war-torn country, the group seeks to reach the White House for an exclusive interview with the president before his government falls, testing their ethical and survival limits.

The Killer (2023)

Original title: The Killer

Rotten Tomatoes: 86% | Metacritic: 73 | IMDB: 6,8

Where to watch: Netflix

After a near fatal accident, a professional assassin (Michael Fassbender) finds himself in an international manhunt. Pursued by his own employers, he is forced to confront not only his pursuers, but also himself, while insisting that the situation is not personal.

John Wick: A New Day to Kill (2017)

Original title: John Wick: Chapter 2

Rotten Tomatoes: 89% | Metacritic: 75 | IMDB: 7,4

Where to watch: balloon play e Telecine

Em A New Day to Kill, Keanu Reeves returns as the former professional killer who, after avenging his murdered puppy, believes he can finally retire. But he didn't count on Santino D'Antonio (Riccardo Scamarcio), a powerful mafia boss who forces John to return to active duty to pay a debt and take on a dangerous mission.

Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)

Rotten Tomatoes: 84% | Metacritic: 83 | IMDB: 8,0

Where to watch: currently unavailable

Kill Bill: Vol. 2 is an American film considered a classic of action cinema directed by Quentin Tarantino. He is the continuation of Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) and accompanies Beatrix KiddoAlso known as The Bride (Uma Thurman), on her journey to avenge her former teammates, who betrayed her and left her in a coma for four years. After recovering, she goes after each of her former teammates to kill them, until she reaches her last target: her former mentor, Bill (David Carradine).

Sinners (2025)

Original title: Sinners

Rotten Tomatoes: 97% | Metacritic: 84 | IMDb: 7,9 

Where to watch: available in theaters

The search for a new beginning takes the twin brothers Smoke and Stack (Michael B. Jordan) back to his hometown in Sinners. However, amidst much action and terror, the peace they desire is quickly shattered by the terrifying revelation that an even darker evil awaits them, ready to drag them back into the shadows.

Edge of Tomorrow (2014)

Original title: Live Die Repeat: Edge of Tomorrow

Rotten Tomatoes: 91% | Metacritic: 71 | IMDB: 7,9

Where to watch: HBO Max e Prime Video

In one of the best action movies streaming on HBO Max, set in the war against aliens, William Cage (Tom Cruise) discovers that he has the strange ability to go back in time, becoming trapped in an eternal cycle. He trains to use his new abilities to defeat the invaders and end the war.

Cside (2004)

Original title: Collateral

Rotten Tomatoes: 86% | Metacritic: 71 | IMDB: 7,5

Where to watch: Play Market

The taxi driver Max (Jamie Foxx) is working on a seemingly quiet night in Los Angeles, until he picks up a passenger Vincent (Tom Cruise), a hitman who is in the city to complete a drug cartel's plan. With that, Vincent must wait for the witnesses of a crime to die and, to do so, he relies on Max to mislead the local police and the FBI. Forced to follow orders, Max He still has to fight against the possibility of being killed, since Vincent can use him for personal protection.

Looper: Assassins from the Future (2012)

Original title: Looper

Rotten Tomatoes: 93% | Metacritic: 84 | IMDB: 7,4

Where to watch: Prime Video

Time travel is a reality in 2044 in the film Looper: Assassins of the Future, but they are only available on the underground market, and the mafia often used them to eliminate people in the past. Those responsible for these murders are the loopers, organization to which Joe (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is part of it. One day, while carrying out yet another routine task, he discovers that his target is the older version of himself (Bruce Willis), brought back in time travel for becoming a serious threat to the Mafia in the future. The film is directed and scripted by Rian Johnson.

Hero (2002)

Original title: Ying xiong

Rotten Tomatoes: 94% | Metacritic: 85 | IMDB: 7,9

Where to watch: Play Market

In this action film set in ancient China, a lowly fighter is being honored for defeating three of the king's most dangerous enemies. When the unknown man recounts his battles against the assassins Broken Sword (Tony Leung Chiu-Wai), Flying Snow (Maggie Cheung) e Moon (Zhang Ziyi), the king begins to question some of the details. As the unknown is not found, the king puts his own spin on the events.

The Tiger and the Dragon (2000)

Original title: Wo hu cang long

Rotten Tomatoes: 97% | Metacritic: 94 | IMDB: 7,9

Where to watch: Prime Video e AppleTV +

Winner of four Oscars, including Best Foreign Language Film, The Tiger and the Dragon de Ang Lee is set in 19th century Qing Dynasty China. The warrior Li Mu Bai (Chow Yun-Fat) decides to give up his legendary sword, Green Destiny. To do so, he hands it over to the warrior Yu Shu Lien (Michelle Yeoh) to carry her safely to the governor, but she is stolen and a chase begins to find her.

War on Terror (2008)

Original title: T

Rotten Tomatoes: 97% | Metacritic: 95 | IMDB: 7,5

Where to watch: Prime Video

The film follows the US Army's bomb squad in action in Iraq, made up of J.T. Sanborn (Anthony Mackie), Brian Geraghty (Owen Eldridge) e Matt Thompson (Guy Pearce). After a mistake causes a tragedy that kills Thompson and shakes the unit, the sergeant William James (Jeremy Renner) is sent to lead Bravo Company. However, his cold-blood does not please his new companions who fear for their lives, especially Sanborn, who considers him irresponsible. However, the trio needs to continue working together.

Sicario: No Man's Land (2015)

Original title: Sicario

Rotten Tomatoes: 92% | Metacritic: 82 | IMDB: 7,6

Where to watch: AppleTV +, Prime Video e Youtube

Sicario: No Man's Land, Denis Villeneuve., tells the story of FBI agent, Kate Macer (Emily Blunt), recruited to join a covert operations team led by CIA special agent Matt Graver (Josh Brolin) to capture the leader of a Mexican drug cartel. As part of the team, she quickly discovers that the operations are very different from what she expected and that the rules and methods used are questionable. Soon Macer begins to struggle to maintain his integrity while following orders and trying to understand the motivations of his teammates.

Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

Original title: Zero Dark Thirty

Rotten Tomatoes: 91% | Metacritic: 95 | IMDB: 7,4

Where to watch: currently unavailable

Based on facts, The darkest hour de Kathryn Bigelow chronicles a decade-long hunt for Al Qaeda terrorist leader Osama Bin Laden following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States. The plot follows Maya (Jessica Chastain), a CIA agent whose first experience was interrogating prisoners after the attacks. After a decade of frantically searching for clues to the whereabouts of the al Qaeda leader, in 2011 Maya is certain she has discovered his whereabouts. With a U.S. Navy SEAL team, she is sent to Abbottabad, Pakistan, to kill or capture bin Laden.

The Matador (1989)

Original title: Dip huet seung hung

Rotten Tomatoes: 95% | Metacritic: 82x | IMDB: 7,8

Where to watch: currently unavailable

A hitman takes on one last job to raise the money needed to pay for his girlfriend's eye surgery. Jennie (Sally Yeh), whom he accidentally blinded on a mission. Betrayed by his employer, he ends up having to join forces with the inspector assigned to arrest him. A bloody partnership is born.

Oldboy (2003)

Original title: Oldeuboy

Rotten Tomatoes: 83% | Metacritic: 78 | IMDB: 8,3

Where to watch: MUBI

In this action movie, Dae-Su (Choi Min-sik) is kidnapped and held captive for 15 years in a hotel room, without any contact with the outside world. When he is inexplicably released, he discovers that he is accused of the murder of his wife and embarks on an obsessive mission for revenge.

13 Killers (2010)

Original title: Jûsan-nin no shikaku

Rotten Tomatoes: 95% | Metacritic: 84 | IMDB: 7,5

Where to watch: currently unavailable

The peace of feudal Japan in 1844 is being threatened by a cruel and merciless tyrant named Naritsugu Matsudaira (Goro Inagaki). A veteran warrior named Shinzaemon Shimada (Kōji Yakusho) is recruited to stop this tyrant. So he gathers twelve more warriors to join him on a suicide mission to assassinate the lord Matsudaira.

007 Against Goldfinger (1964)

Original title: Goldfinger

Rotten Tomatoes: 99% | Metacritic: 87 | IMDB: 7,7

Where to watch: AppleTV +, Youtube e Prime Video

In the classic spy action film, the criminal tycoon Auric Goldfinger (Gert Frobe) plans to destroy a major American gold reserve. To uncover the details of this audacious plan and prevent the attack, legendary secret agent James Bond (Sean Connery) infiltrates the circle of Goldfinger, counting on the help of the villain's beautiful secretary, Jill Masterson (Shirley Eaton).

The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)

Original title: The Bourne Ultimatum

Rotten Tomatoes: 92% | Metacritic: 85 | IMDB: 8,0

Where to watch: AppleTV +

Still searching for his true identity, Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) travels through Russia, several European countries, North Africa and the United States. He must always stay one step ahead of those who want to eliminate him, in a race against time to uncover the whole truth about his past.

Hard to Kill (1988)

Original title: Die Hard

Rotten Tomatoes: 94% | Metacritic: 72 | IMDB: 8,2

Where to watch: Disney +

The action film follows John McClane (Bruce Willis), an NYPD detective who travels to Los Angeles to spend Christmas with his wife, Holly (Bonnie Bedelia), an employee of the Nakatomi Corporation. However, the festivities are brutally interrupted when a group of thieves, led by the cold Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman), invades the skyscraper and takes everyone hostage for a million-dollar robbery. Unexpectedly, McClane, realizing that outside help is impossible, decides to act on his own to save the hostages and bring justice.

Top Gun: Maverick (2022)

Rotten Tomatoes: 96% | Metacritic: 78 | IMDB: 8,3

Where to watch: Paramount +

Thirty-six years after the first film, in Top Gun: MaverickDirected by Joseph Kosinski, we see Maverick (Tom Cruise) still a brilliant but insubordinate Captain and test pilot whose career is at stake due to the rise of drones. After yet another act of insubordination, Tom Cazanski (Val Kilmer), now Admiral and his friend, offers the Maverick One last chance: return to Top Gun to train a new elite of pilots for a high-risk aerial mission into enemy territory.

RRR: Uprising, Rebellion, Revolution (2022)

Original title: RRR (Rise Roar Revolt)

Rotten Tomatoes: 95% | Metacritic: 83 | IMDB: 7,9

Where to watch: Netflix

19th century India is under British rule. After the governor Scott Buxton (Ray Stevenson) and your wife Lady Catherine (Alison Doody) kidnap the tribal girl Malli (Twinkle Sharma), the leader Komaram Bheem (NT Rama Rao Jr.) vows to rescue her. To stop him, the governor promises a reward, and the policeman Rama Raju (Ram Charan Teja) takes on the mission of capturing Bheem. However, an unexpected train accident crosses their paths, turning their missions into a complex dilemma.

Enter the Dragon (1973)

Original title: Enter the Dragon

Rotten Tomatoes: 95% | Metacritic: 83 | IMDB: 7,6

Where to watch: AppleTV +

Considered a classic of the action genre, Operation Dragon de Robert Clause is considered one of the best martial arts films of all time. In the plot, Bruce Lee is a martial arts expert recruited to investigate a tournament organized by Han (Kieh Shih), which serves as a front for opium trafficking. In an attempt to reach the criminal's secret headquarters, he needs to enter the competition and win the bloody fights.

Fire Against Fire (1995)

Original title: Heat

Rotten Tomatoes: 83% | Metacritic: 76 | IMDB: 8,3

Where to watch: Disney +

In this action film set in Los Angeles, the detective Vincent Hanna (Al Pacino) and the sophisticated professional thief Neil McCauley (Robert De Niro) engage in a complex game of cat and mouse. As they face each other, they both develop a mutual respect, realizing that the line between law and crime is thin, and that, in a way, each needs the other to define their own existence.

Maximum Boil (1992)

Original title: lat sau san taam

Popular title: Hard boiled

Rotten Tomatoes: 92% | IMDB: 7,7

Where to watch: currently unavailable

A police officer seeks revenge for the death of his partner in a shootout with gun smugglers. Determined to capture the gang's leaders, he teams up with an undercover cop who infiltrates the criminal underworld as a gangster assassin. Together, they employ excessive force tactics to track down and confront their targets. The action film features names like Chow Yun Fat, Tony Leung Chiu-wai e Teresa Sun-Kwan Mo.

The Other Face (1997)

Original title: Face / Off

Rotten Tomatoes: 93% | Metacritic: 82 | IMDB: 7,3

Where to watch: Disney +

In the history of The other face, an FBI agent, Sean Archer (John Travolta), decides to undergo a radical procedure: swapping faces with the terrorist Troy Castor (Nicolas Cage) with the goal of avenging his son's death. However, what was supposed to be a mission of retribution quickly turns into a harrowing nightmare, forcing Archer to fight not only for his own life, but also for the safety of his family.

logan (2017)

Rotten Tomatoes: 93% | Metacritic: 77 | IMDB: 8,1

Where to watch: Disney+

In this action film set in 2024, the number of mutants has dwindled dramatically, and the reason is a mystery. A shadowy organization is turning mutant children into lethal weapons. Tired and reluctant, Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) accepts the request of a weakened person Professor Xavier (Patrick Stewart) to protect the young and powerful Laura Kinney (Dafne Keen), also known as X-23.

Operation France (1971)

Original title: The French Connection

Rotten Tomatoes: 96% | Metacritic: 94 | IMDB: 7,7

Where to watch: Disney +

In this action movie, Jimmy Popeye' Doyle (Gene Hackman) and your partner Buddy Russo (Roy Scheider) are two tough New York City detectives who uncover a drug trafficking ring originating in France. When they learn that the head of the organization, Alain Charmier (Fernando Rey), is in town, nothing will stop them until they finally arrest him. So the unstable Doyle becomes completely obsessed with capturing the boss, causing a series of intense and memorable chases.

The Terminator (1984)

Original title: The Terminator

Rotten Tomatoes: 100% | Metacritic: 84 | IMDB: 8,1

Where to watch: AppleTV +

In the story, a cyborg assassin known as the Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is sent from 2029 to 1984 with the mission to eliminate Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton). At the same time, the soldier Kyle Reese (Michael Biehn) also travels back in time to protect her and reveals the imminent rise of Skynet, an artificial intelligence that will unleash a nuclear holocaust. Sarah is the central target because Skynet knows that his unborn child will be the future leader of the human resistance. Relentlessly pursued by the exterminator, Sarah e Kyle fight desperately to survive.

Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Original title: Saving Private Ryan

Rotten Tomatoes: 93% | Metacritic: 91 | IMDB: 8,6

Where to watch: Play Market

In the plot, four brothers from the Ryan family went to serve in the armed forces during World War II. When the army's top brass discover that three of them are dead, they send the Captain John Miller (Tom Hanks) to rescue the last soldier Ryan (Matt Damon), remove him from combat and alleviate some of the pain of the boys' mother who will receive the telegram informing her of the death of three of her sons on the same day. But for that, Miller and his soldiers must delve into the terrors of war.

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Original title: Raiders of the Lost Ark

Rotten Tomatoes: 96% | Metacritic: 85 | IMDB: 8,4

Where to watch: Paramount + e Telecine

Raiders of the Lost Ark is the first in the action-adventure series Indiana Jones de Steven Spielberg. The film, set in the 1930s, presents Harrison Ford as the title character, an archaeologist and adventurer hired by the United States government to recover the legendary Ark of the Covenant before it falls into the hands of a group of Nazis. To do so, Jones travels to Egypt, where he teams up with archaeologist Marion Ravenwood (Karen Allene), together they face challenges and dangers in their search for the Ark.

Batman: The Dark Knight (2008)

Original title: The Dark Knight

Rotten Tomatoes: 94% | Metacritic: 84 | IMDB: 9,0

Where to watch: HBO Max e Prime Video

In the plot of this action film, two years after the origin of Batman, Lieutenant James Gordon (Gary Oldman) and the new public prosecutor Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) successfully fight organized crime in Gotham City. But everything changes when a mysterious and sadistic criminal mastermind who calls himself only Joker appears causing chaos in the city. The fight between Batman (Christian Bale) and Joker (Heath Ledger) soon becomes deeply personal and the hero is forced to confront his beliefs.

Spider-Man: Through the Spider-Verse (2023)

Original title: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Rotten Tomatoes: 95% | Metacritic: 86 | IMDB: 8,9

Where to watch: Prime Video e AppleTV +

Here Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) returns for the next chapter in the Spider-Verse saga, an epic adventure that will transport the friendly full-time Spider-Man from Brooklyn across the Multiverse in this action film to join forces with Gwen Stacy (Hailee Steinfeld) and a new team of “Spider-Men” to face a villain more powerful than anything they have ever encountered.

The Professional (1994)

Original title: Leon

Rotten Tomatoes: 74% | Metacritic: 64 | IMDB: 8,5

Where to watch: Telecine

In one of the best action films, the young woman Mathilda (Natalie Portman), just 12 years old, is already facing the harsh reality of a broken home, with an abusive father who deals drugs for corrupt police officers and a negligent mother. His neighbor, Leon (Jean Reno), a reserved man who grows plants, hides a double life as a hitman in the service of a gangster. When his family Mathilda is brutally murdered by a rogue drug agent, the girl seeks refuge and reluctantly convinces Leon to teach her the deadly craft so she can avenge her parents' deaths.

Dune: Part 2 (2024)

Original title: Dunes: Part Two

Rotten Tomatoes: 92% | Metacritic: 79 | IMDb: 8,5 

Where to watch: HBO Max

The epic journey of Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) continues in Dune: Part 2. Now he joins Chani (Zendaya) and fremen to avenge the destruction of his family. As Paul must choose between his great love and the fate of the universe, he fights to avoid a terrible future that only he can foresee.

The Origin (2010)

Original title: Inception

Rotten Tomatoes: 87% | Metacritic: 74 | IMDB: 8,8

Where to watch: HBO Max e Prime Video

Em The Source, one of the best action movies, Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio), an expert in stealing secrets from the mind during dreams, is an international fugitive. To return to his children, he accepts the impossible mission of Saito (Ken Watanabe): plant an idea in the mind of Fisher (Cillian Murphy). For this, he relies on Arthur (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), Ariadne (Elliot Page) e Eames (Tom Hardy).

Mad Max 2 – The Hunt Continues

Original title: Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior

Rotten Tomatoes: 95% | Metacritic: 77 | IMDB: 7,6

Where to watch: HBO Max, Prime Video, AppleTV + e Youtube

Hailed as one of the best post-apocalyptic science fiction and action films, Mad Max 2 – The Hunt Continues is the second part of the original trilogy of George Miller, that presents Mel Gibson , the Max rockatansky. In this future desolate by the scarcity of resources, Max, now a lone hunter, joins forces with a group of survivors and Captain Gyro (Bruce Spence) to defend a fuel well from a violent biker gang led by Humungus (Kjell Nilsson).

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)

Original title: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Rotten Tomatoes: 90% | Metacritic: 79 | IMDb:7,5

Where to watch: HBO Max

Em Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, one of the best action movies on HBO Max streaming, the young Furious (Alyla Browne/Anya Taylor-Joy) is kidnapped by the horde of bikers led by the warlord Dementus (Chris Hemsworth). As they traverse the desolate Wasteland, they come across the Citadel of Immortan Joe (Lachy Hulme). With the two tyrants at war for dominance, Furious finds himself in a relentless battle for survival, struggling to find his way back home.

Blade Runner – The Android Hunter (1982)

Original title: Blade Runner

Rotten Tomatoes: 89% | Metacritic: 84 | IMDB: 8,1

Where to watch: AppleTV + e Youtube

In the science fiction classic Blade Runner – The Android HunterDirected by Ridley Scott, the plot takes place in the near future where the Tyrell Corporation creates replicants, robots that are identical to humans. After a mutiny, these beings are declared illegal on Earth, and an elite squad, the Blade Runners, is tasked with “removing” them. In November 2019, in Los Angeles, a former Blade Runner, played by Harrison Ford, is called to hunt down five escaped replicants. The film also features Rutger Hauer e Sean Young. Thirty-five years later, Harrison Ford returned as Rick Deckard em Blade Runner 2049Directed by Denis Villeneuve. with Ryan Gosling in the lead role and the participation of Ana de Armas e Jared Leto.

Aliens: The Rescue (1986)

Original title: Aliens

Rotten Tomatoes: 98% | Metacritic: 84 | IMDB: 8,4

Where to watch: Disney +

After floating in space for 57 years, Lieutenant Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver), the only survivor of the space tragedy that occurred in Alien, the Eighth Passenger, is rescued. Now, she is called to help a group of marines fight against the feared aliens on the moon LV-426 and must protect the only survivor of the attack on the new space colony, a nine-year-old girl named Newt (Carrie Henn).

Apocalypse Now (1979)

Rotten Tomatoes: 98% | Metacritic: 94 | IMDB: 8,5

Where to watch: Youtube

Apocalypse Now de Francis Ford Coppola is an action and drama film set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War. In the film, Willard (Martin Sheen) is a US Army captain who is given a difficult and confidential mission: he must find and kill a former Special Forces commander who has apparently gone mad. This is the Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando), who now takes refuge in the jungles of Cambodia and commands a legion of fanatics

matrices (1999)

Original title: The Matrix

Rotten Tomatoes: 88% | Metacritic: 73 | IMDB: 8,7

Where to watch: HBO Max e Prime Video

Launched in 1999, Matrix, directed and written by the sisters Lilly e Lana Wachowski, revolutionized cinema with its visual effects and unique universe. The film follows Thomas Anderson (Keanu Reeves), a programmer tormented by nightmares, who discovers, through the mysterious Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) e Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss), be a victim of the Matrix. This artificial intelligence system manipulates people's minds, creating an illusion of reality, while using their bodies as a source of energy. Morpheus believe that Thomas é Neo, the messiah who can free humanity from the Matrix.

Mission: Impossible — Fallout (2018)

Original title: Mission: Impossible: Fallout

Rotten Tomatoes: 97% | Metacritic: 86 | IMDB: 7,7

Where to watch: Netflix, Disney +, Paramount + e Telecine

The franchise Mission Impossible known for its iconic theme song and for cementing by Tom Cruise as an action star, is based on the 1960s TV series. In the sixth film, Mission: Impossible - Fallout Effect, the secret agent Ethan HuntTom Cruise faces a global threat: he must stop the terrorist followers of Solomon Lane (Sean Harris), to detonate three plutonium cores in simultaneous nuclear strikes. To accomplish this task, Hunt is forced to collaborate with the CIA special agent August Walker (Henry Cavill).

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

Original title: M

Rotten Tomatoes: 97% | Metacritic: 90 | IMDB: 8,1

Where to watch: HBO Max e Prime Video

The immersive plot unfolds as Max (Tom Hardy), after being captured by the tyrant Immortan Joe (Hugh Keays-Byrne), is thrown into the epicenter of a deadly war. This battle is reinforced by the imposing Imperator Furiosa (Charlize Theron), who desperately seeks to rescue a group of girls from the villain. In his own escape, Max decide to help Furious in his endeavor, but finds himself in a dilemma: continue his solitary path or remain alongside the group in this fight for survival.

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