
Epic Action movies
Big-scale action movies with city-to-world stakes, massive set pieces, and nonstop spectacle.

221. The Mechanic
Action Thriller Crime Epic Action Organized Crime2011•1h 33min
United States, Germany
Director: Simon West
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Arthur Bishop is a 'mechanic' - an elite assassin with a strict code requiring professional perfection and total detachment. One of an elite group of assassins, Bishop may be the best in the business - with a unique talent for cleanly eliminating targets. When Harry McKenna, his close friend and mentor, is murdered, Harry's son comes to him with vengeance in his heart and a desire to learn Bishop's trade, signaling the birth of a deadly partnership.
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222. Let the Bullets Fly
Action Comedy Epic Action Satire2010•2h 12min
China, Hong Kong SAR China
Director: Jiang Wen
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When circumstances force an outlaw to impersonate a county governor and clean up a corrupt town, the Robin Hood figure finds himself in a showdown with the local godfather.
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223. TRON: Legacy
Adventure Action Science Fiction Epic Action Adventure Epic2010•2h 6min
United States
Director: Joseph Kosinski
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Sam Flynn, the tech-savvy and daring son of Kevin Flynn, investigates his father's disappearance and is pulled into The Grid. With the help of a mysterious program named Quorra, Sam quests to stop evil dictator Clu from crossing into the real world.
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224. Gantz
Horror Action Science Fiction Alien Horror Alien Contact Sci-Fi2010•2h 10min
Japan
Director: Shinsuke Sato
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After trying to rescue a man on the subway tracks, two teens wake up in a room dominated by a mysterious black sphere that sends them to hunt down and kill aliens hiding on Earth.
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225. Point Blank
Action Thriller Crime Epic Action Kidnapping & Captivity Thriller2010•1h 24min
France
Director: Fred Cavayé
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Samuel Pierret is a nurse who saves the wrong guy – a thief whose henchmen take Samuel's pregnant wife hostage to force him to spring their boss from the hospital. A race through the subways and streets of Paris ensues, and the body count rises. Can Samuel evade the cops and the criminal underground and deliver his beloved to safety?
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226. 13 Assassins
Adventure Drama Action Epic Action Historical Drama2010•2h 21min
Japan, United Kingdom
Director: Takashi Miike
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A bravado period action film set at the end of Japan's feudal era in which a group of unemployed samurai are enlisted to bring down a sadistic lord and prevent him from ascending to the throne and plunging the country into a war-torn future.
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227. Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
Action Adventure Drama Mystery Adventure Epic2010•2h 3min
China, Hong Kong SAR China
Director: Tsui Hark
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When the future empress Wu Zetian's two courtiers die in a mysterious fire, she gets Di Renjie, a former detective and rebel, released from prison to solve the mystery of the fire.
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228. Outrage
Action Crime Thriller Drama Epic Action2010•1h 49min
France, Japan
Director: Takeshi Kitano
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When a tough yakuza gangster is betrayed by his bosses, it means all out war. Bodies pile up as he takes out everyone in his way to the top in a brutal quest for revenge.
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229. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Adventure Fantasy Action Adventure Epic Quest Fantasy2010•1h 56min
United States
Director: Mike Newell
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A rogue prince reluctantly joins forces with a mysterious princess and together, they race against dark forces to safeguard an ancient dagger capable of releasing the Sands of Time – gift from the gods that can reverse time and allow its possessor to rule the world.
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230. Robin Hood
Action Adventure History Epic Action Adventure Epic2010•2h 20min
United States
Director: Ridley Scott
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When soldier Robin happens upon the dying Robert of Loxley, he promises to return the man's sword to his family in Nottingham. There, he assumes Robert's identity; romances his widow, Marion; and draws the ire of the town's sheriff and King John's henchman, Godfrey.