Most Popular Action Feature Films
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Avatar
(2009) A paraplegic marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home. Dir: James Cameron With: Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi |
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The Hurt Locker
(2008) Iraq. Forced to play a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse in the chaos of war, an elite Army bomb squad unit must come together in a city where everyone is a potential enemy and every object could be a deadly bomb. Dir: Kathryn Bigelow With: Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty Action | Drama | Thriller | War |
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The Book of Eli
(2010) A post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind. Dir: The Hughes Brothers, The Hughes Brothers With: Denzel Washington, Mila Kunis, Ray Stevenson Action | Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller | Western |
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Daybreakers
(2009) In the year 2019, a plague has transformed most every human into vampires. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher works with a covert band of vamps on a way to save humankind. Dir: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig With: Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Sam Neill Action | Drama | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller |
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Sherlock Holmes
(2009) Detective Sherlock Holmes and his stalwart partner Watson engage in a battle of wits and brawn with a nemesis whose plot is a threat to all of England. Dir: Guy Ritchie With: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams Action | Adventure | Crime | Mystery | Thriller |
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Zombieland
(2009) The horror comedy Zombieland focuses on two men who have found a way to survive a world overrun by zombies... Dir: Ruben Fleischer With: Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Woody Harrelson Action | Comedy | Horror |
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Legion
(2010) An out-of-the-way diner becomes the unlikely battleground for the survival of the human race. When God loses faith in humankind... Dir: Scott Stewart With: Paul Bettany, Dennis Quaid, Charles S. Dutton Action | Fantasy | Horror | Thriller |
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From Paris with Love
(2010) In Paris, a young employee in the office of the US Ambassador hooks up with an American spy looking to stop a terrorist attack in the city. Dir: Pierre Morel With: John Travolta, Jonathan Rhys Meyers Action | Crime | Thriller |
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District 9
(2009) An extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth suddenly finds a kindred spirit in a government agent who is exposed to their biotechnology. Dir: Neill Blomkamp With: Sharlto Copley, David James, Jason Cope Action | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller |
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The Crazies
(2010) About the inhabitants of a small Iowa town suddenly plagued by insanity and then death after a mysterious toxin contaminates their water supply. Dir: Breck Eisner With: Radha Mitchell, Timothy Olyphant, Danielle Panabaker Action | Drama | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller |








