# The best action movies of 2023

John Wick: Chapter 4, Mission: Impossible and Godzilla Minus One: the action films of 2023 critics rated highest (TheWrap, Collider, Digital Trends, CBR).

- 447 votes · 10 items
- Oct 11, 2024 · Emma Doyle
- https://even.best/en/l/1968/the-best-action-movies-of-2023

## Top 10

1. **John Wick: Chapter 4** (42 · ▲50 ▼8) — Nearly three hours of some of the craziest action ever filmed.
2. **Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One** (40 · ▲46 ▼6) — Tom Cruise at 60, riding a motorbike off a cliff.
3. **Polite Society** (36 · ▲40 ▼4) — A British-Pakistani martial arts comedy about sisters.
4. **Godzilla Minus One** (36 · ▲39 ▼3) — A reported 15-million-dollar budget that outshines the blockbusters.
5. **Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3** (33 · ▲39 ▼6) — Rocket's story, and a one-take hallway fight.
6. **The Covenant** (29 · ▲35 ▼6) — Guy Ritchie's brutal and moving Afghanistan rescue story.
7. **Extraction 2** (28 · ▲36 ▼8) — Proof that American action cinema is alive and well.
8. **Sisu** (26 · ▲36 ▼10) — A Finnish gold prospector against a Nazi platoon: simple plot, cool kills.
9. **The Equalizer 3** (25 · ▲31 ▼6) — Denzel Washington's farewell to Robert McCall, in Italy.
10. **Fast X** (20 · ▲29 ▼9) — Jason Momoa steals the show as the franchise's new villain.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.