The best action movies of 2023
The top 3 according to 447 votes from people: John Wick: Chapter 4 · Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One · Polite Society. (Updated Oct 11, 2024.)
John Wick: Chapter 4, Mission: Impossible and Godzilla Minus One: the action films of 2023 critics rated highest (TheWrap, Collider, Digital Trends, CBR).
Top 10
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1
John Wick: Chapter 4
Nearly three hours of some of the craziest action ever filmed.
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2
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Tom Cruise at 60, riding a motorbike off a cliff.
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3
Polite Society
A British-Pakistani martial arts comedy about sisters.
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4
Godzilla Minus One
A reported 15-million-dollar budget that outshines the blockbusters.
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5
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Rocket's story, and a one-take hallway fight.
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6
The Covenant
Guy Ritchie's brutal and moving Afghanistan rescue story.
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7
Extraction 2
Proof that American action cinema is alive and well.
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8
Sisu
A Finnish gold prospector against a Nazi platoon: simple plot, cool kills.
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9
The Equalizer 3
Denzel Washington's farewell to Robert McCall, in Italy.
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10
Fast X
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.
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Comments (4)
Godzilla Minus One is not really an action movie but it absolutely deserves the spot.
John Wick 4's top-down shot in the apartment is one of the best action sequences ever.
And the Sacré-Cœur stairs, poor John 😂
Sisu is the most fun I had in a cinema that year, pure B-movie joy.