
Epic Action movies
Big-scale action movies with city-to-world stakes, massive set pieces, and nonstop spectacle.
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Zephyr, now known as Z, rides the seas with only one goal: Destroy all pirates and their dreams at becoming King of Pirates. When Luffy and his crew encounter him at sea, not only are they utterly defeated by the man with an arm made of Seastone, Nami, Robin, and Chopper are turned 10 years younger due to Z's minion Ain. Luffy is so determined to win against him that he does not even notice Z's master plan that could sacrifice thousands of lives.
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202. Resident Evil: Retribution
Action Horror Science Fiction Epic Action Zombie Horror2012•1h 35min
Canada, Germany
Director: Paul W. S. Anderson
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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.
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203. Dredd
Action Science Fiction Epic Action Dystopian Sci-Fi2012•1h 36min
South Africa, United Kingdom
Director: Pete Travis
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In the future, America is a dystopian wasteland. The latest scourge is Ma-Ma, a prostitute-turned-drug pusher with a dangerous new drug and aims to take over the city. The only possibility of stopping her is an elite group of urban police called Judges, who combine the duties of judge, jury and executioner to deliver a brutal brand of swift justice. But even the top-ranking Judge, Dredd, discovers that taking down Ma-Ma isn’t as easy as it seems in this explosive adaptation of the hugely popular comic series.
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204. Cockneys vs Zombies
Action Comedy Horror Thriller Zombie Horror2012•1h 28min
United Kingdom
Director: Matthias Hoene
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A group of Cockneys arm themselves to rescue their elderly relative and his retirement home friends who are trapped and fighting off a zombie attack during a zombie apocalypse in the East End of London.
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206. Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie
Animation Fantasy Action Anime Dark Fantasy2012•1h 49min
Japan
Director: Hayato Date
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Sixteen years ago, a mysterious masked ninja unleashes a powerful creature known as the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox on the Hidden Leaf Village Konoha, killing many people. In response, the Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze and his wife Kushina Uzumaki, the Demon Fox's living prison or Jinchūriki, manage to seal the creature inside their newborn son Naruto Uzumaki. With the Tailed Beast sealed, things continued as normal. However, in the present day, peace ended when a group of ninja called the Akatsuki attack Konoha under the guidance of Tobi, the mysterious masked man behind Fox's rampage years ago who intends on executing his plan to rule the world by shrouding it in illusions.
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207. Wrath of the Titans
Fantasy Adventure Action Mythological Fantasy Epic Action2012•1h 39min
Spain, United States
Director: Jonathan Liebesman
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Perseus tries to live a quieter life as a village fisherman while – dangerously weakened by humanity's lack of devotion – the gods are losing control of the long-imprisoned Titans and their ferocious leader, Kronos.
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208. John Carter
Action Adventure Science Fiction Epic Action Adventure Epic2012•2h 12min
United States
Director: Andrew Stanton
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John Carter is a war-weary, former military captain who's inexplicably transported to the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars) and reluctantly becomes embroiled in an epic conflict. It's a world on the brink of collapse, and Carter rediscovers his humanity when he realizes the survival of Barsoom and its people rests in his hands.
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209. Underworld: Awakening
Fantasy Action Horror Epic Action Vampire Horror2012•1h 28min
United States
Director: Måns Mårlind
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Having escaped years of imprisonment, vampire warrioress Selene finds herself in a changed world where humans have discovered the existence of both Vampire and Lycan clans and are conducting an all-out war to eradicate both immortal species. Now Selene must battle the humans and a frightening new breed of super Lycans to ensure the death dealers' survival.
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210. Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
Adventure Action Science Fiction Exploration Adventure Epic Action2012•1h 34min
United States
Director: Brad Peyton
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Sean Anderson partners with his mom's boyfriend on a mission to find his grandfather, who is thought to be missing on a mythical island.

