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

261. Four Brothers
Action Crime Epic Action Organized Crime2005•1h 49min
United States
Director: John Singleton
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Four adopted brothers return to their Detroit hometown when their mother is murdered and vow to exact revenge on the killers.
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262. Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa
Action Adventure Animation Drama Adventure Epic2005•1h 45min
Japan
Director: Seiji Mizushima
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Munich, Germany, 1923. Two years have passed since Edward Elric was dragged from his own world to ours, leaving behind his country, his friends and his younger brother, Alphonse. Stripped of his alchemical powers, he has been all this time researching rocketry together with Alphonse Heiderich, a young man who resembles his own brother, hoping to one day find a way back home. His efforts so far had proven fruitless, but after lending a hand to a troubled gipsy girl, Edward is thrown in a series of events that can wreak havoc in both worlds. Meanwhile, at his own world, Alphonse Elric ventures deeper into the mysteries of alchemy in search for a way to reunite with his older brother.
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263. The Island
Action Thriller Science Fiction Adventure Dystopian Sci-Fi2005•2h 16min
United States
Director: Michael Bay
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In 2019, Lincoln Six-Echo is a resident of a seemingly "Utopian" but contained facility. Like all of the inhabitants of this carefully-controlled environment, Lincoln hopes to be chosen to go to The Island — reportedly the last uncontaminated location on the planet. But Lincoln soon discovers that everything about his existence is a lie.
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264. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Adventure Action Science Fiction Epic Action Space Sci-Fi2005•2h 20min
United States
Director: George Lucas
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When the sinister Sith unveil a thousand-year-old plot to rule the galaxy, the Republic crumbles and from its ashes rises the evil Galactic Empire. Jedi hero Anakin Skywalker must choose a side.
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267. Assault on Precinct 13
Thriller Action Adventure Crime Mind Game Thriller2005•1h 49min
United States, France
Director: Jean-François Richet
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On New Year's Eve, inside a police station that's about to be closed for good, officer Jake Roenick must cobble together a force made up cops and criminals to save themselves from a mob looking to kill mobster Marion Bishop.
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268. Chaos
Drama Action Crime Epic Action Heist2005•1h 46min
Canada, United Kingdom
Director: Tony Giglio
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In Seattle, detective Quentin Conners is unfairly suspended and his partner Jason York leaves the police force after a tragic shooting on Pearl Street Bridge, when the hostage and the criminal die. During a bank heist with a hostage situation, Conners is assigned in charge of the operation with the rookie Shane Dekker as his partner. The thieves, lead by Lorenz, apparently do not steal a penny from the bank. While chasing the gangsters, the police team disclose that they planted a virus in the system, stealing one billion dollars from the different accounts, using the principle of the Chaos Theory. Further, they find that Lorenz is killing his accomplices.
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269. Flight of the Phoenix
Action Adventure Drama Survival Adventure Epic Action2004•1h 53min
United States
Director: John Moore
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When an oil rig in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia proves unproductive, an aircraft crew are sent to shut the operation down and fly them out. On the flight out over the desert on the way to Beijing, Capt. Frank Towns and co-pilot A.J. are unable to keep their cargo plane, a C-119 Flying Boxcar, in the air when a violent sandstorm strikes. Crash-landing in a remote uncharted part of the desert, the two pilots and their passengers -- a crew of oil workers and a drifter -- must work together to survive by rebuilding the aircraft. Soon, low supplies and a band of merciless smugglers add even greater urgency to their task.
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270. Godzilla: Final Wars
Action Adventure Science Fiction Fantasy Thriller2004•2h 5min
Japan, Australia
Director: Ryuhei Kitamura
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Humanity finally rids themselves of Godzilla, imprisoning him in an icy tomb in the South Pole. All is peaceful until various monsters emerge to lay waste to Earth's cities. Overwhelmed, humanity is seemingly saved by a race of benevolent aliens known as Xiliens. But not all is what it seems with these bizarre visitors. If humanity wishes to survive, they must reluctantly resurrect their most hated enemy, Godzilla.

