20 Best Action Movies on Netflix 2026
The best action movies on Netflix in 2026: The Bourne Identity, Godzilla Minus One, The Warriors, The Hunger Games and more, ranked.
If you’re hunting for the best action movies on Netflix, this list makes it easy to find a great pick fast. We’ve mixed high-energy thrill rides with sharp comedy, crime stories, adventure, and a little horror, so there’s something here for every mood. Start with The Gentlemen for slick crime antics, Aliens for legendary sci-fi suspense, or Speed if you want pure edge-of-your-seat momentum. Fans of fantasy and fun can jump into Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, while Ready or Not brings a wickedly funny horror twist. You’ll also find crowd-pleasers like Spider-Man: Homecoming, The Fifth Element, and The Last House, giving this roundup plenty of range without wasting your time.
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The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
action · comedy · war
The British military recruits a small group of highly skilled soldiers to strike against German forces behind enemy lines during World War II.
Directed by Guy RitchieCast Henry Cavill, Alan Ritchson, Alex Pettyfer, Eiza González, Babs OlusanmokunNetflixMore details on IMDb → -
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Godzilla Minus One
Won 1 Oscar
action · adventure · drama · horror · sci-fi
In postwar Japan, Godzilla brings new devastation to an already scorched landscape. With no military intervention or government help in sight, the survivors must join together in the face of despair and fight back against an unrelenting horror.
Directed by Takashi YamazakiCast Minami Hamabe, Ryûnosuke Kamiki, Munetaka Aoki, Sakura Andō, Yuki YamadaNetflixMore details on IMDb → -
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The Bourne Identity
action · mystery · thriller
Wounded to the brink of death and suffering from amnesia, Jason Bourne is rescued at sea by a fisherman. With nothing to go on but a Swiss bank account number, he starts to reconstruct his life, but finds that many people he encounters want him dead. However, Bourne realizes that he has the combat and mental skills of a world-class spy—but who does he work for?
Directed by Doug LimanCast Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Chris Cooper, Clive Owen, Brian CoxNetflixMore details on IMDb → -
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Ready or Not
action · comedy · horror · mystery · thriller
A young bride's wedding night turns into her worst nightmare when her ridiculously rich in-laws force her to play a gruesome game of hide-and-seek.
Directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler GillettCast Samara Weaving, Adam Brody, Mark O'Brien, Henry Czerny, Andie MacDowellNetflixMore details on IMDb → -
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The Warriors
action · crime · thriller
Prominent gang leader Cyrus calls a meeting of New York's gangs to set aside their turf wars and take over the city. At the meeting, a rival leader kills Cyrus, but a Coney Island gang called the Warriors is wrongly blamed for Cyrus' death. Before you know it, the cops and every gangbanger in town is hot on the Warriors' trail.
Directed by Walter HillCast Michael Beck, James Remar, Dorsey Wright, Brian Tyler, David HarrisNetflixMore details on IMDb →
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The Hunger Games
Won 1 BAFTA Children's Award
action · adventure · sci-fi · thriller
In a dystopian society where the Capitol forces each district to send two young tributes to fight to the death in a televised spectacle, a girl volunteers to take her sister’s place, setting the stage for a struggle of survival and defiance.
Directed by Gary RossCast Stanley Tucci, Wes Bentley, Jennifer Lawrence, Willow Shields, Liam HemsworthNetflixMore details on IMDb → -
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The Gentlemen
action · comedy · crime
American expat Mickey Pearson has built a highly profitable marijuana empire in London. When word gets out that he’s looking to cash out of the business forever it triggers plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an attempt to steal his domain out from under him.
Directed by Guy RitchieCast Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Michelle Dockery, Jeremy Strong, Lyne RenéeNetflixMore details on IMDb → -
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Aliens
Won 2 Oscars Best Actress (1987) · 7 nominations
action · adventure · horror · sci-fi · thriller
Ripley, the sole survivor of the Nostromo's deadly encounter with the monstrous Alien, returns to Earth after drifting through space in hypersleep for 57 years. Although her story is initially met with skepticism, she agrees to accompany a team of Colonial Marines back to LV-426.
Directed by James CameronCast Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn, Paul Reiser, Lance HenriksenNetflixMore details on IMDb → -
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Lake Placid
action · comedy · horror
When a man is eaten alive by an unknown creature, the local Game Warden teams up with a paleontologist from New York to find the beast. Add to the mix an eccentric philanthropist with a penchant for "Crocs", and here we go! This quiet, remote lake is suddenly the focus of an intense search for a crocodile with a taste for live animals...and people!
Directed by Steve MinerCast Bill Pullman, Bridget Fonda, Oliver Platt, Brendan Gleeson, Betty WhiteNetflixMore details on IMDb → -
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Speed
Won 2 Oscars 3 nominations
action · adventure · thriller
Jack Traven, an LAPD cop on SWAT detail, and veteran SWAT officer Harry Temple thwart an extortionist-bomber's scheme for a $3 million ransom. As they corner the bomber, he flees and detonates a bomb vest, seemingly killing himself. Weeks later, Jack witnesses a mass transit city bus explode and nearby a pay phone rings. On the phone is that same bomber looking for vengeance and the money he's owed. He gives a personal challenge to Jack: a bomb is rigged on another city bus - if it slows down below 50 mph, it will explode - bad enough any day, but a nightmare in LA traffic. And that's just the beginning...
Directed by Jan de BontCast Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, Sandra Bullock, Joe Morton, Jeff DanielsNetflixMore details on IMDb → -
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The Equalizer
action · crime · thriller
McCall believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when he meets Teri, a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters, he can’t stand idly by – he has to help her. Armed with hidden skills that allow him to serve vengeance against anyone who would brutalize the helpless, McCall comes out of his self-imposed retirement and finds his desire for justice reawakened. If someone has a problem, if the odds are stacked against them, if they have nowhere else to turn, McCall will help. He is The Equalizer.
Directed by Antoine FuquaCast Denzel Washington, Marton Csokas, Chloë Grace Moretz, David Harbour, Haley BennettNetflixMore details on IMDb → -
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Stop! That! Train!
action · comedy
Best friends and train stewardesses Tess and DeeDee trade their dreary shifts on the Stank Rail for the glitzy Glamazonian Express. However, when a catastrophic Stormaganza threatens to crash the high-speed train into Celebration, Florida, the duo in coach must join forces with the snobby first-class attendants, a hot but dimwitted co-conductor, and fabulous US President Judy Gagwell to save the day.
Directed by Adam ShankmanCast Brock Hayhoe, Paul Scheer, Symone, Joel McHale, Marcia Marcia MarciaNetflixMore details on IMDb → -
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Jason Bourne
action & adventure · mystery & thriller
The most dangerous former operative of the CIA is drawn out of hiding to uncover hidden truths about his past.
Directed by Paul GreengrassCast Matt Damon, Tommy Lee Jones, Alicia Vikander, Vincent Cassel, Julia StilesNetflixMore details on IMDb → -
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Resident Evil: Afterlife
action · horror · sci-fi
In a world ravaged by a virus infection, turning its victims into the Undead, Alice continues on her journey to find survivors and lead them to safety. Her deadly battle with the Umbrella Corporation reaches new heights, but Alice gets some unexpected help from an old friend. A new lead that promises a safe haven from the Undead takes them to Los Angeles, but when they arrive the city is overrun by thousands of Undead - and Alice and her comrades are about to step into a deadly trap.
Directed by Paul W.S. AndersonCast Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, Kim Coates, Shawn Roberts, Sergio Peris-MenchetaNetflixAmazon Prime VideoMore details on IMDb → -
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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Infinity Castle
animation · action · adventure · fantasy · thriller
The Demon Slayer Corps are drawn into the Infinity Castle, where Tanjiro, Nezuko, and the Hashira face terrifying Upper Rank demons in a desperate fight as the final battle against Muzan Kibutsuji begins.
Directed by Haruo Sotozaki, Hikaru KondôCast Zach Aguilar, Saeko Akiho, Yohei Azakami, Ryan Bartley, Johnny Yong BoschNetflixAmazon Prime VideoHuluMore details on IMDb → -
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Top Gun: Maverick
Won 1 Oscar 6 nominations
action · drama
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.
Directed by Joseph KosinskiCast Tom Cruise, Val Kilmer, Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Bashir SalahuddinNetflixParamount PlusMore details on IMDb → -
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Resident Evil: Retribution
action · horror · sci-fi · thriller
The Umbrella Corporation’s deadly T-virus continues to ravage the Earth, transforming the global population into legions of the flesh eating Undead. The human race’s last and only hope, Alice, awakens in the heart of Umbrella’s most clandestine operations facility and unveils more of her mysterious past as she delves further into the complex. Without a safe haven, Alice continues to hunt those responsible for the outbreak; a chase that takes her from Tokyo to New York, Washington, D.C. and Moscow, culminating in a mind-blowing revelation that will force her to rethink everything that she once thought to be true. Aided by new found allies and familiar friends, Alice must fight to survive long enough to escape a hostile world on the brink of oblivion. The countdown has begun.
Directed by Paul W.S. AndersonCast Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory, Michelle Rodriguez, Aryana Engineer, Bingbing LiNetflixAmazon Prime VideoMore details on IMDb → -
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Point Break
action · crime · thriller
In Los Angeles, a gang of bank robbers who call themselves The Ex-Presidents commit their crimes while wearing masks of Reagan, Carter, Nixon and Johnson. Believing that the members of the gang could be surfers, the F.B.I. sends young agent Johnny Utah to the beach undercover to mix with the surfers and gather information.
Directed by Kathryn BigelowCast Patrick Swayze, Keanu Reeves, Gary Busey, Lori Petty, John C. McGinleyNetflixPeacock PremiumAMC+More details on IMDb → -
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The Last House
action & adventure · horror · mystery & thriller · science-fiction
A family suddenly sealed inside their home must work together to survive against dwindling resources and the ominous threat keeping them trapped.
Directed by Louis LeterrierCast Greta Lee, Wagner Moura, Riley Chung, Noah Alexander Sosnowski, Emma HoNetflixMore details on IMDb → -
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Starship Troopers
1 Oscar nomination
action · adventure · sci-fi · thriller
Set in the future, the story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry. Rico's military career progresses from recruit to non-commissioned officer and finally to officer against the backdrop of an interstellar war between mankind and an arachnoid species known as "the Bugs."
Directed by Paul VerhoevenCast Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer, Denise Richards, Jake Busey, Neil Patrick HarrisNetflixMore details on IMDb →
Wrapping Up
Whether you want a tense chase, a clever heist, or a big-screen adventure with a sense of humor, this roundup keeps the choices varied and easy to browse. Titles like Aliens, Speed, and Spider-Man: Homecoming prove that action can come with style, suspense, and a lot of fun. Bookmark this page and come back whenever you need a fresh movie night idea, since the lineup is updated regularly as new releases arrive and old favorites shift around. With so many strong options to choose from, it’s simple to find the right match for your mood.
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