20 Best Action Movies on Paramount Plus 2026
Find 20 great picks on Paramount Plus, from Terminator 2 and Blade Runner 2049 to Dungeons & Dragons, with action, comedy, and family favorites.
If you want a fast way to find the best action movies on Paramount Plus, this roundup gives you a strong mix of big thrills, sharp humor, and crowd-pleasing set pieces. You’ll find modern favorites like Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Blade Runner 2049, and The Foreigner alongside all-time staples such as Terminator 2: Judgment Day and War of the Worlds. There’s also room for offbeat energy with Tropic Thunder, plus family-friendly adventure from Clash of the Thundermans. With action, comedy, crime, drama, and kids & family picks all in one place, it’s easy to match the movie to your mood. And since the lineup includes 20 titles, you have plenty of options whether you want something new, nostalgic, or just plain explosive.
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Blade Runner 2049
Won 2 Oscars Best Cinematography (2018) · 5 nominations
action & adventure · drama · mystery & thriller · science-fiction
Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K, unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what's left of society into chaos. K's discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard, a former LAPD blade runner who has been missing for 30 years.
Directed by Denis VilleneuveCast Ryan Gosling, Dave Bautista, Robin Wright, Mark Arnold, Vilma SzécsiAmazon Prime VideoParamount PlusMore details on IMDb → -
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Won 4 Oscars Best Cinematography (1992) · 6 nominations
action · adventure · sci-fi
Ten years after the events of the original, a reprogrammed T-800 is sent back in time to protect young John Connor from the shape-shifting T-1000. Together with his mother Sarah, he fights to stop Skynet from triggering a nuclear apocalypse.
Directed by James CameronCast Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, Robert Patrick, Earl BoenAmazon Prime VideoParamount PlusMore details on IMDb → -
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Jackass: Best and Last
action & adventure · comedy · documentary
The fifth and final installment to Jackass franchise where the crew go on one last insane crusade.
Directed by Jeff TremaineCast Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Chris Pontius, Jason 'Wee Man' Acuña, Dave EnglandParamount PlusMore details on IMDb → -
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The Running Man
action · adventure · sci-fi · thriller
Desperate to save his sick daughter, working-class Ben Richards is convinced by The Running Man's charming but ruthless producer to enter the deadly competition game as a last resort. But Ben's defiance, instincts, and grit turn him into an unexpected fan favorite — and a threat to the entire system. As ratings skyrocket, so does the danger, and Ben must outwit not just the Hunters, but a nation addicted to watching him fall.
Directed by Edgar WrightCast Glen Powell, Alyssa Benn, Sienna Benn, David Zayas, Greg TownleyAmazon Prime VideoParamount PlusMore details on IMDb → -
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Tropic Thunder
1 Oscar nomination Best Supporting Actor (2009)
action · comedy · war
A group of self-absorbed actors set out to make the most expensive war film ever. After ballooning costs force the studio to cancel the movie, the frustrated director refuses to stop shooting, leading his cast into the jungles of Southeast Asia, where they encounter real bad guys.
Directed by Ben StillerCast Jeff Kahn, Robert Downey Jr., Anthony Ruivivar, Jack Black, Jay BaruchelHuluApple TV PlusParamount PlusMore details on IMDb →
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Total Recall
2 Oscar nominations
action · adventure · sci-fi
Construction worker Douglas Quaid's obsession with the planet Mars leads him to visit Recall, a company that manufactures memories. When his memory implant goes wrong, Doug can no longer be sure what is and isn't reality.
Directed by Paul VerhoevenCast Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rachel Ticotin, Sharon Stone, Ronny Cox, Michael IronsideAmazon Prime VideoParamount PlusMore details on IMDb → -
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Men in Black
Won 1 Oscar 3 nominations
action · adventure · comedy · sci-fi
After a police chase with an otherworldly being, a New York City cop is recruited as an agent in a top-secret organization established to monitor and police alien activity on Earth: the Men in Black. Agent K and new recruit Agent J find themselves in the middle of a deadly plot by an intergalactic terrorist who has arrived on Earth to assassinate two ambassadors from opposing galaxies.
Directed by Barry SonnenfeldCast Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Linda Fiorentino, Vincent D'Onofrio, Rip TornParamount PlusMore details on IMDb → -
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Minority Report
1 Oscar nomination
action · crime · mystery · sci-fi · thriller
John Anderton is a top 'Precrime' cop in the late-21st century, when technology can predict crimes before they're committed. But Anderton becomes the quarry when another investigator targets him for a murder charge.
Directed by Steven SpielbergCast Tom Cruise, Max von Sydow, Steve Harris, Neal McDonough, Patrick KilpatrickAmazon Prime VideoStarzParamount PlusMore details on IMDb → -
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Once Upon a Time in Mexico
action & adventure · crime · mystery & thriller · western
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.
Directed by Robert RodriguezCast Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Johnny Depp, Mickey Rourke, Eva MendesAmazon Prime VideoParamount PlusMore details on IMDb → -
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Edge of Tomorrow
action & adventure · science-fiction
Major Bill Cage is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously demoted and dropped into combat. Cage is killed within minutes, managing to take an alpha alien down with him. He awakens back at the beginning of the same day and is forced to fight and die again... and again - as physical contact with the alien has thrown him into a time loop.
Directed by Doug LimanCast Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Brendan Gleeson, Bill Paxton, Jonas ArmstrongParamount PlusMore 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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Transformers
3 Oscar nominations
action · adventure · sci-fi
Young teenager Sam Witwicky becomes involved in the ancient struggle between two extraterrestrial factions of transforming robots – the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons. Sam holds the clue to unimaginable power and the Decepticons will stop at nothing to retrieve it.
Directed by Michael BayCast Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, Rachael TaylorParamount PlusMore details on IMDb → -
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Resident Evil: Apocalypse
action & adventure · horror · mystery & thriller · science-fiction · made in europe
As the city is locked down under quarantine, Alice finds out that the people that died from the previous incident at the Umbrella Corporation have turned into zombies. She then joins a small band of elite soldiers, who are enlisted to rescue the missing daughter of the creator of the mutating T-virus. Once lack of luck and resources happen, they begin to wage an exhilarating battle to survive and escape before the Umbrella Corporation erases its experiment from the face of the earth.
Directed by Alexander WittCast Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory, Oded Fehr, Thomas Kretschmann, Sophie VavasseurAMC+Paramount PlusMore details on IMDb → -
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Collateral
2 Oscar nominations Best Supporting Actor (2005)
action · crime · drama · thriller
Cab driver Max picks up a man who offers him $600 to drive him around. But the promise of easy money sours when Max realizes his fare is an assassin.
Directed by Michael MannCast Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett Smith, Mark Ruffalo, Peter BergAmazon Prime VideoPeacock PremiumParamount PlusMore details on IMDb → -
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The Monster Squad
action · comedy · fantasy · horror
Count Dracula returns to the world of humans accompanied by Frankenstein's Monster, the Wolfman, the Mummy, and the Gillman. The uglies are in search of a powerful amulet that will grant them the ability to rule the world. A group of horror-loving heroes are the only ones daring to stand in their way.
Directed by Fred DekkerCast Andre Gower, Robby Kiger, Stephen Macht, Duncan Regehr, Tom NoonanAmazon Prime VideoParamount PlusFreeveeMore details on IMDb → -
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The Equalizer 2
action · crime · mystery · thriller
Robert McCall, who serves an unflinching justice for the exploited and oppressed, embarks on a relentless, globe-trotting quest for vengeance when his former partner is murdered.
Directed by Antoine FuquaCast Denzel Washington, Pedro Pascal, Ashton Sanders, Orson Bean, Bill PullmanParamount PlusMore details on IMDb → -
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Troy
1 Oscar nomination
action & adventure · history · war & military · made in europe
In year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age, two emerging nations begin to clash. Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asks his brother Agamemnon to help him get her back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity for power. They set off with 1,000 ships holding 50,000 Greeks to Troy.
Directed by Wolfgang PetersenCast Julian Glover, Brian Cox, Nathan Jones, Adoni Maropis, Jacob SmithApple TV PlusParamount PlusMore details on IMDb → -
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Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
action · adventure · comedy · fantasy
Four teenagers in detention discover an old video game console with a game they’ve never heard of. When they decide to play, they are immediately sucked into the jungle world of Jumanji in the bodies of their avatars. They’ll have to complete the adventure of their lives filled with fun, thrills and danger or be stuck in the game forever!
Directed by Jake KasdanCast Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Karen Gillan, Rhys DarbyParamount PlusMore details on IMDb → -
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Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender
animation · action · adventure · family · fantasy · mystery
Avatar Aang, the world's last Airbender, learns of an ancient power that could save his culture from extinction. With the help of his friends, he embarks on a global quest to find it before it falls into the wrong hands.
Directed by Lauren Montgomery, Steve Ahn, William MataCast Eric Nam, Dave Bautista, Jessica Matten, Román Zaragoza, Steven YeunParamount PlusMore details on IMDb → -
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Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
action · adventure · comedy · fantasy
A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people.
Directed by John Francis Daley, Jonathan GoldsteinCast Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Regé-Jean Page, Justice Smith, Sophia LillisNetflixParamount PlusMore details on IMDb →
Wrapping Up
From sci-fi showdowns to clever heists and big-stakes adventure, this list is built to help you quickly land on something worth watching. It brings together iconic films, newer releases, and a few curveballs, so there’s a good pick for almost any kind of movie night. Save this page and come back when you want a fresh recommendation without scrolling endlessly through the catalog. It’s updated regularly, so the lineup can change as new titles arrive and old favorites rotate in.
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