Action movies about the 20th century

List of the best action films about the 20th century according to the audience: Fast Five, Allied, The Accountant, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, Game Night, Sicario, No Time to Die, Robin Hood, Hardcore Henry, Creed.

In the top there are new films of 2022, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genreaction, thriller, crime
CountryUSA, Germany
Duration02:10

Former cop Brian O'Conner partners with ex-con Dom Toretto on the opposite side of the law. Since Brian and Mia Toretto broke Dom out of custody, they've blown across many borders to elude authorities. Now backed into a corner in Rio de Janeiro, they must pull one last job in order to gain their freedom.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genreaction, thriller, melodrama, drama, military
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration02:39

In 1942, an intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. When they reunite in London, their relationship is tested by the pressures of war.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration02:05

    As a math savant uncooks the books for a new client, the Treasury Department closes in on his activities and the body count starts to rise.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genreaction, thriller, comedy, drama, adventure, crime, detective
    CountryUSA, Germany, United Kingdom, Australia
    Duration02:08

    There is a new criminal mastermind at large (Professor Moriarty) and not only is he Holmes’ intellectual equal, but his capacity for evil and lack of conscience may give him an advantage over the detective.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:08

    Max and Annie's weekly game night gets kicked up a notch when Max's brother Brooks arranges a murder mystery party -- complete with fake thugs and federal agents. So when Brooks gets kidnapped, it's all supposed to be part of the game. As the competitors set out to solve the case, they start to learn that neither the game nor Brooks are what they seem to be. The friends soon find themselves in over their heads as each twist leads to another unexpected turn over the course of one chaotic night.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure, crime, detective
    CountryUSA, Mexico, Hong Kong
    Duration02:25

    A young female FBI agent joins a secret CIA operation to take down a Mexican cartel boss, a job that ends up pushing her ethical and moral values to the limit.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genreaction, thriller, adventure
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

    Bond has left active service and is enjoying a tranquil life in Jamaica. His peace is short-lived when his old friend Felix Leiter from the CIA turns up asking for help. The mission to rescue a kidnapped scientist turns out to be far more treacherous than expected, leading Bond onto the trail of a mysterious villain armed with dangerous new technology.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genreaction, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration02:28

    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.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrefantastic, action
    CountryRussia, USA
    Duration02:30

      Henry, a newly resurrected cyborg who must save his wife/creator from the clutches of a psychotic tyrant with telekinetic powers, AKAN, and his army of mercenaries. Fighting alongside Henry is Jimmy, who is Henry's only hope to make it through the day. Hardcore takes place over the course of one day, in Moscow, Russia.

      Markimdb: 7.6
      Genreaction, drama, sport
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:31

      The former World Heavyweight Champion Rocky Balboa serves as a trainer and mentor to Adonis Johnson, the son of his late friend and former rival Apollo Creed.

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      Genreaction, comedy, crime
      CountryUSA

      Creatively unfulfilled and facing financial ruin, Nick Cage must accept a $1 million offer to attend the birthday of a dangerous superfan. Things take a wildly unexpected turn when Cage is recruited by a CIA operative and forced to live up to his own legend, channeling his most iconic and beloved on-screen characters in order to save himself and his loved ones.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genreaction, comedy
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:52

      A desk-bound CIA analyst volunteers to go undercover to infiltrate the world of a deadly arms dealer, and prevent diabolical global disaster.

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      Genreaction, thriller, crime
      CountryUSA, China

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      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genreaction, drama, military, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:12

        U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle takes his sole mission—protect his comrades—to heart and becomes one of the most lethal snipers in American history. His pinpoint accuracy not only saves countless lives but also makes him a prime target of insurgents. Despite grave danger and his struggle to be a good husband and father to his family back in the States, Kyle serves four tours of duty in Iraq. However, when he finally returns home, he finds that he cannot leave the war behind.

        Markimdb: 7.6
        Genreaction, thriller, drama, western, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:40

          A divorced dad and his ex-con brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their family's farm in West Texas.

          Markimdb: 6.3
          Genreaction, comedy, melodrama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:37

          Two top CIA operatives wage an epic battle against one another after they discover they are dating the same woman.

          Markimdb: 6.7
          Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:53

            Los Angeles, 1949. Ruthless, Brooklyn-born mob king Mickey Cohen runs the show in this town, reaping the ill-gotten gains from the drugs, the guns, the prostitutes and — if he has his way — every wire bet placed west of Chicago. And he does it all with the protection of not only his own paid goons, but also the police and the politicians who are under his control. It’s enough to intimidate even the bravest, street-hardened cop… except, perhaps, for the small, secret crew of LAPD outsiders led by Sgt. John O’Mara and Jerry Wooters who come together to try to tear Cohen’s world apart.

            Markimdb: 7.1
            Genreaction, comedy, drama, crime, biography
            CountryArgentina, USA

            In 2006, a group of thieves performed what is considered one of the most famous and smart bank heists in the history of Argentina. How they robbed the Rio bank is as surprising as what happened afterwards. This is their story.

            Markimdb: 7.2
            Genreaction, comedy, drama, crime
            CountryUSA, Japan, Colombia
            Duration02:32

              The true story of pilot Barry Seal, who transported contraband for the CIA and the Medellin cartel in the 1980s.

              Markimdb: 7.4
              Genreaction, thriller, adventure
              CountryUSA, China, Hong Kong, Austria, United Kingdom, Morocco
              Duration02:29

                Ethan and team take on their most impossible mission yet, eradicating the Syndicate - an International rogue organization as highly skilled as they are, committed to destroying the IMF.

                Markimdb: 7.2
                Genreaction, comedy, crime
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:49

                In high school, Schmidt was a dork and Jenko was the popular jock. After graduation, both of them joined the police force and ended up as partners riding bicycles in the city park. Since they are young and look like high school students, they are assigned to an undercover unit to infiltrate a drug ring that is supplying high school students synthetic drugs.

                Markimdb: 7.2
                Genreaction, drama, adventure, military, history
                CountryUSA, India
                Duration02:26

                  Follows a young man named Albert and his horse, Joey, and how their bond is broken when Joey is sold to the cavalry and sent to the trenches of World War One. Despite being too young to enlist, Albert heads to France to save his friend.

                  Markimdb: 6.7
                  Genreaction, thriller, crime
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:49

                  A DEA agent and an undercover Naval Intelligence officer who have been tasked with investigating one another find they have been set up by the mob -- the very organization the two men believe they have been stealing money from.

                  Markimdb: 7
                  Genreaction, thriller, detective
                  CountryUnited Kingdom, China, USA, India
                  Duration02:12

                  Quan is a humble London businessman whose long-buried past erupts in a revenge-fueled vendetta when the only person left for him to love – his teenage daughter – dies in a senseless act of politically-motivated terrorism. His relentless search to find the terrorists leads to a cat-and-mouse conflict with a British government official whose own past may hold the clues to the identities of the elusive killers.

                  Markimdb: 6.5
                  Genreaction, melodrama, drama, military, history
                  CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
                  Duration02:20

                  The adventures of the Lafayette Escadrille, young Americans who volunteered for the French military before the U.S. entered World War I, and became the country's first fighter pilots.

                  Markimdb: 6.3
                  Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
                  CountryGermany, USA
                  Duration01:33

                  Miles Logan is a jewel thief who just hit the big time by stealing a huge diamond. However, after two years in jail, he comes to find out that he hid the diamond in a police building that was being built at the time of the robbery. In an attempt to regain his diamond, he poses as a LAPD detective

                  Markimdb: 7.6
                  Genreaction, thriller, crime
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:50

                  Veteran buttoned-down LAPD detective Roger Murtaugh is partnered with unhinged cop Martin Riggs, who -- distraught after his wife's death -- has a death wish and takes unnecessary risks with criminals at every turn. The odd couple embark on their first homicide investigation as partners, involving a young woman known to Murtaugh with ties to a drug and prostitution ring.

                  Markimdb: 7.3
                  Genreaction, thriller, comedy, adventure
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration02:15

                  Harry Tasker is a secret agent for the United States Government. For years, he has kept his job from his wife, but is forced to reveal his identity and try to stop nuclear terrorists when he and his wife are kidnapped by them.

                  Markimdb: 7.6
                  Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, music
                  CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
                  Duration02:36

                  After being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail.

                  Markimdb: 7.7
                  Genreaction, thriller, detective
                  CountryUSA, Germany, Czech Republic, France
                  Duration01:48

                    When a CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent, who then shows up in the sleepy seaside village where Bourne and Marie have been living. The pair run for their lives and Bourne, who promised retaliation should anyone from his former life attempt contact, is forced to once again take up his life as a trained assassin to survive.

                    Markimdb: 8.2
                    Genreaction, thriller, crime
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration02:13

                    NYPD cop, John McClane's plan to reconcile with his estranged wife is thrown for a serious loop when minutes after he arrives at her office, the entire building is overtaken by a group of terrorists. With little help from the LAPD, wisecracking McClane sets out to single-handedly rescue the hostages and bring the bad guys down.

                    Markimdb: 6.4
                    Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration01:40

                    Ray Tango and Gabriel Cash are narcotics detectives who, while both being extremely successful, can't stand each other. Crime Lord Yves Perret, furious at the loss of income that Tango and Cash have caused him, frames the two for murder. Caught with the murder weapon on the scene of the crime, the two have no alibi. Thrown into prison with most of the criminals they helped convict, it appears that they are going to have to trust each other if they are to clear their names and catch the evil Perret.

                    Markimdb: 6.6
                    Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration02:21

                      Out-of-control, trash-talking buddy cops Marcus Burnett and Mike Lowrey of the Miami Narcotics Task Force reunite, and bullets fly, cars crash and laughs explode as they pursue a whacked-out drug lord from the streets of Miami to the barrios of Cuba. But the real fireworks result when Marcus discovers that playboy Mike is secretly romancing Marcus’ sexy sister.

                      Markimdb: 6.9
                      Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
                      CountryCanada, United Kingdom, USA
                      Duration02:39

                      Two policemen, one an old-timer, the other his volatile younger partner, find themselves suspended when a video of their strong-arm tactics becomes the media's cause du jour. Low on cash and with no other options, these two embittered soldiers descend into the criminal underworld to gain their just due, but instead find far more than they wanted awaiting them in the shadows.

                      Markimdb: 6.9
                      Genreaction, drama
                      CountryChina, USA
                      Duration01:50

                      For Lieutenant Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell and his friend and Co-Pilot Nick 'Goose' Bradshaw being accepted into an elite training school for fighter pilots is a dream come true. A tragedy, as well as personal demons, threaten Pete's dreams of becoming an Ace pilot.

                      Markimdb: 8
                      Genreaction, thriller, crime, detective
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration02:04

                        Welcome to Sin City. This town beckons to the tough, the corrupt, the brokenhearted. Some call it dark… Hard-boiled. Then there are those who call it home — Crooked cops, sexy dames, desperate vigilantes. Some are seeking revenge, others lust after redemption, and then there are those hoping for a little of both. A universe of unlikely and reluctant heroes still trying to do the right thing in a city that refuses to care.

                        Markimdb: 7.3
                        Genreaction, thriller, melodrama, adventure, crime
                        CountryUSA
                        Duration01:56

                        Los Angeles SWAT cop Jack Traven is up against bomb expert Howard Payne, who's after major ransom money. First it's a rigged elevator in a very tall building. Then it's a rigged bus--if it slows, it will blow, bad enough any day, but a nightmare in LA traffic. And that's still not the end.

                        Markimdb: 6.4
                        Genreaction, thriller, adventure
                        CountryUSA
                        Duration01:48

                        TV weatherman Bill Harding is trying to get his tornado-hunter wife, Jo, to sign divorce papers so he can marry his girlfriend Melissa. But Mother Nature, in the form of a series of intense storms sweeping across Oklahoma, has other plans. Soon the three have joined the team of stormchasers as they attempt to insert a revolutionary measuring device into the very heart of several extremely violent tornados.

                        Markimdb: 6.2
                        Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
                        CountryUSA, Germany
                        Duration01:31

                          After an attempted assassination on Ambassador Han, Inspector Lee and Detective Carter are back in action as they head to Paris to protect a French woman with knowledge of the Triads' secret leaders. Lee also holds secret meetings with a United Nations authority, but his personal struggles with a Chinese criminal mastermind named Kenji, which reveals that it's Lee's long-lost...brother.

                          Markimdb: 7
                          Genreaction, thriller, crime, detective
                          CountryUSA, China
                          Duration02:10

                            When a gunman takes five lives with six shots, all evidence points to the suspect in custody. On interrogation, the suspect offers up a single note: "Get Jack Reacher!" So begins an extraordinary chase for the truth, pitting Jack Reacher against an unexpected enemy, with a skill for violence and a secret to keep.

                            Markimdb: 6.7
                            Genreaction, thriller, adventure
                            CountryUSA
                            Duration01:27

                            John Matrix, the former leader of a special commando strike force that always got the toughest jobs done, is forced back into action when his young daughter is kidnapped. To find her, Matrix has to fight his way through an array of punks, killers, one of his former commandos, and a fully equipped private army. With the help of a feisty stewardess and an old friend, Matrix has only a few hours to overcome his greatest challenge: finding his daughter before she's killed.

                            Markimdb: 7.1
                            Genreaction, thriller, drama
                            CountryUSA, United Kingdom
                            Duration02:08

                            The CIA’s hunt is on for the mastermind of a wave of terrorist attacks. Roger Ferris is the agency’s man on the ground, moving from place to place, scrambling to stay ahead of ever-shifting events. An eye in the sky – a satellite link – watches Ferris. At the other end of that real-time link is the CIA’s Ed Hoffman, strategizing events from thousands of miles away. And as Ferris nears the target, he discovers trust can be just as dangerous as it is necessary for survival.

                            Markimdb: 8.6
                            Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
                            CountryFrance, USA
                            Duration02:13

                            Leon, the top hit man in New York, has earned a rep as an effective "cleaner". But when his next-door neighbors are wiped out by a loose-cannon DEA agent, he becomes the unwilling custodian of 12-year-old Mathilda. Before long, Mathilda's thoughts turn to revenge, and she considers following in Leon's footsteps.

                            Markimdb: 6.7
                            Genreaction, thriller, comedy, drama, crime
                            CountryUSA, Canada, United Kingdom, France
                            Duration01:48

                            When a Las Vegas performer-turned-snitch named Buddy Israel decides to turn state's evidence and testify against the mob, it seems that a whole lot of people would like to make sure he's no longer breathing.

                            Markimdb: 7.2
                            Genreaction, thriller, drama
                            CountryUSA
                            Duration02:04

                            A marksman living in exile is coaxed back into action after learning of a plot to kill the president. Ultimately double-crossed and framed for the attempt, he goes on the run to track the real killer and find out who exactly set him up, and why.

                            Markimdb: 7.1
                            Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure, biography
                            CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Iceland
                            Duration02:46

                            Inspired by the incredible events surrounding a treacherous attempt to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain, "Everest" documents the awe-inspiring journey of two different expeditions challenged beyond their limits by one of the fiercest snowstorms ever encountered by mankind. Their mettle tested by the harshest of elements found on the planet, the climbers will face nearly impossible obstacles as a lifelong obsession becomes a breathtaking struggle for survival.

                            Markimdb: 7.1
                            Genrefantastic, action
                            CountryUSA, United Kingdom
                            Duration02:06

                            Having defeated the Joker, Batman now faces the Penguin - a warped and deformed individual who is intent on being accepted into Gotham society. Crooked businessman Max Schreck is coerced into helping him become Mayor of Gotham and they both attempt to expose Batman in a different light. Selina Kyle, Max's secretary, is thrown from the top of a building and is transformed into Catwoman - a mysterious figure who has the same personality disorder as Batman. Batman must attempt to clear his name, all the time deciding just what must be done with the Catwoman.

                            Markimdb: 7.2
                            Genreaction, melodrama, drama, history
                            CountryUSA, Malta, United Kingdom
                            Duration02:43

                            In year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age, two emerging nations begin to clash. Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asks his brother Agamemnom to help him get her back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity for power. So they set off with 1,000 ships holding 50,000 Greeks to Troy. With the help of Achilles, the Greeks are able to fight the never before defeated Trojans.

                            Markimdb: 6.8
                            Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
                            CountryUSA
                            Duration01:44

                              Tom Ludlow is a disillusioned L.A. Police Officer, rarely playing by the rules and haunted by the death of his wife. When evidence implicates him in the execution of a fellow officer, he is forced to go up against the cop culture he's been a part of his entire career, ultimately leading him to question the loyalties of everyone around him.

                              Markimdb: 7.2
                              Genreaction, drama, adventure, military, history
                              CountryUSA, Spain
                              Duration02:25

                                After his wife dies, a blacksmith named Balian is thrust into royalty, political intrigue and bloody holy wars during the Crusades.




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