Action movies about the death of loved ones

List of the best action films about the death of loved ones according to the audience: American Made, Sicario, 21 Jump Street, This Means War, In the Heart of the Sea, The Contractor, Spy, Kingsman: The Secret Service, RED, American Sniper.

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

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: 7.6
    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: 7.2
    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: 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: 6.9
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure, biography, history
    CountryUSA, Australia, Spain
    Duration02:10

    In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex was assaulted by something no one could believe: a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance. The real-life maritime disaster would inspire Herman Melville’s Moby Dick.  But that told only half the story.  “Heart of the Sea” reveals the encounter’s harrowing aftermath, as the ship’s surviving crew is pushed to their limits and forced to do the unthinkable to stay alive.  Braving storms, starvation, panic and despair, the men will call into question their deepest beliefs, from the value of their lives to the morality of their trade, as their captain searches for direction on the open sea and his first mate still seeks to bring the great whale down.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genreaction, thriller, crime
    CountryUSA

    After being involuntarily discharged from the U.S. Special Forces, James Harper decides to support his family by joining a private contracting organization alongside his best friend and under the command of a fellow veteran. Overseas on a covert mission, Harper must evade those trying to kill him while making his way back home.

    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.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genreaction, thriller, comedy, adventure, crime
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration02:10

      The story of a super-secret spy organization that recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into the agency's ultra-competitive training program just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
      CountryUSA, France, Canada, China
      Duration01:51

      When his peaceful life is threatened by a high-tech assassin, former black-ops agent, Frank Moses reassembles his old team in a last ditch effort to survive and uncover his assailants.

      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: 6.7
        Genrefantastic, action, thriller, crime, detective
        CountryChina, USA
        Duration01:55

          Ray Breslin is the world's foremost authority on structural security. After analyzing every high security prison and learning a vast array of survival skills so he can design escape-proof prisons, his skills are put to the test. He's framed and incarcerated in a master prison he designed himself. He needs to escape and find the person who put him behind bars.

          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: 7.6
          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.

          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: 7.1
          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: 7.6
          Genreaction, drama, military
          CountryUSA, China, United Kingdom
          Duration02:14

          Last months of World War II in April 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theater, a battle-hardened U.S. Army sergeant in the 2nd Armored Division named Wardaddy commands a Sherman tank called "Fury" and its five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. Outnumbered and outgunned, Wardaddy and his men face overwhelming odds in their heroic attempts to strike at the heart of Nazi Germany.

          Markimdb: 6.3
          Genreaction, comedy, melodrama, adventure
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:49

            A fugitive couple goes on a glamorous and sometimes deadly adventure where nothing and no one – even themselves – are what they seem. Amid shifting alliances and unexpected betrayals, they race across the globe, with their survival ultimately hinging on the battle of truth vs. trust.

            Markimdb: 7.1
            Genreaction, thriller, drama, history
            CountryUSA, Hong Kong
            Duration02:15

              A story set on the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, which exploded during April 2010 and created the worst oil spill in U.S. history.

              Mark
              Genreaction, drama
              CountryUSA

              After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy's top aviators, Pete Mitchell is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him

              Markimdb: 7.6
              Genreaction, thriller, crime
              CountryIndonesia, USA
              Duration01:36

              Deep in the heart of Jakarta's slums lies an impenetrable safe house for the world's most dangerous killers and gangsters. Until now, the run-down apartment block has been considered untouchable to even the bravest of police. Cloaked under the cover of pre-dawn darkness and silence, an elite swat team is tasked with raiding the safe house in order to take down the notorious drug lord that runs it. But when a chance encounter with a spotter blows their cover and news of their assault reaches the drug lord, the building's lights are cut and all the exits blocked. Stranded on the sixth floor with no way out, the unit must fight their way through the city's worst to survive their mission. Starring Indonesian martial arts sensation Iko Uwais.

              Markimdb: 7.4
              Genreaction, thriller, adventure
              CountryUSA
              Duration02:12

                Ethan Hunt and his team are racing against time to track down a dangerous terrorist named Hendricks, who has gained access to Russian nuclear launch codes and is planning a strike on the United States. An attempt to stop him ends in an explosion causing severe destruction to the Kremlin and the IMF to be implicated in the bombing, forcing the President to disavow them. No longer being aided by the government, Ethan and his team chase Hendricks around the globe, although they might still be too late to stop a disaster.

                Markimdb: 7.4
                Genreaction, thriller, crime
                CountryUSA, Japan

                Hutch Mansell, a suburban dad, overlooked husband, nothing neighbor — a "nobody." When two thieves break into his home one night, Hutch's unknown long-simmering rage is ignited and propels him on a brutal path that will uncover dark secrets he fought to leave behind.

                Markimdb: 6.9
                Genreaction, thriller, fantasy, comedy, crime
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:28

                Professional assassin Chev Chelios learns his rival has injected him with a poison that will kill him if his heart rate drops.

                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: 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: 7.6
                Genreaction, fantasy, military
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:57

                Based on Frank Miller's graphic novel, "300" is very loosely based the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, where the King of Sparta led his army against the advancing Persians; the battle is said to have inspired all of Greece to band together against the Persians, and helped usher in the world's first democracy.

                Markimdb: 6.7
                Genreaction, thriller, detective
                CountryUSA, Malta, France, United Kingdom, Italy
                Duration02:13

                Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon investigates a mysterious symbol seared into the chest of a murdered physicist. He discovers evidence of the unimaginable, the rebirth of an ancient secret brotherhood known as the Illuminati, the most powerful underground organization ever to walk the earth.

                Markimdb: 6.4
                Genreaction, thriller, sport
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:37

                If your enemy refuses to be humbled... Destroy him. Accompanied by his brother Kurt (Van Damme), American kickboxing champion Eric Sloane (Dennis Alexio), arrives in Thailand to defeat the Eastern warriors at their own sport. His opponent: ruthless fighter and Thai champion, Tong Po. Tong not only defeats Eric, he paralyzes him for life. Crazed with anger, Kurt vows revenge.

                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: 6.8
                Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:58

                Marcus Burnett is a hen-pecked family man. Mike Lowry is a foot-loose and fancy free ladies' man. Both are Miami policemen, and both have 72 hours to reclaim a consignment of drugs stolen from under their station's nose. To complicate matters, in order to get the assistance of the sole witness to a murder, they have to pretend to be each other.

                Markimdb: 8
                Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
                CountryUSA, Japan
                Duration02:17

                The Bride unwaveringly continues on her roaring rampage of revenge against the band of assassins who had tried to kill her and her unborn child. She visits each of her former associates one-by-one, checking off the victims on her Death List Five until there's nothing left to do … but kill Bill.

                Markimdb: 6.5
                Genreaction, thriller, crime
                CountryUSA, Germany
                Duration01:34

                  A young man receives an emergency phone call on his cell phone from an older woman. She claims to have been kidnapped – and the kidnappers have targeted her husband and child next.

                  Markimdb: 7.1
                  Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:41

                  With friends like these, who needs enemies? That's the question bad guy Porter is left asking after his wife and partner steal his heist money and leave him for dead -- or so they think. Five months and an endless reservoir of bitterness later, Porter's partners and the crooked cops on his tail learn how bad payback can be.

                  Markimdb: 5.5
                  Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure
                  CountryUSA, Canada
                  Duration01:31

                  Ghang-gheng, the ancient winner-take-all competition in which the deadliest fighters from around the world employ the most spectacular feats of martial arts skills ever displayed in order to win the prized Golden Dragon. But fighting prowess alone will not be enough for Chris to triumph over such daunting foes.

                  Markimdb: 6.1
                  Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:38

                  It's the lawless future, and renegade biker Harley Davidson and his surly cowboy buddy, Marlboro, learn that a corrupt bank is about to foreclose on their friend's bar to further an expanding empire. Harley and Marlboro decide to help by robbing the crooked bank. But when they accidentally filch a drug shipment, they find themselves on the run from criminal financiers and the mob in this rugged action adventure.

                  Markimdb: 7.6
                  Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration02:50

                  In the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in 1979 New York and Italy, aging mafia don, Michael Corleone seeks forgiveness for his sins while taking a young protege under his wing.

                  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: 6.6
                  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: 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
                  Genreaction, comedy, crime, detective
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:41

                  The extravagant cop Michael Dooley needs some help to fight a drug dealer who has tried to kill him. A "friend" gives him a dog named Jerry Lee (Officer Lewis), who has been trained to smell drugs. With his help, Dooley sets out to put his enemy behind the bars, but Jerry Lee has a personality of his own and works only when he wants to. On the other hand, the dog is quite good at destroying Dooley's car, house and sex-life...

                  Markimdb: 6.4
                  Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
                  CountryFrance, United Kingdom, USA
                  Duration01:29

                    James Reese has a good job as an ambassador's aid in France, but his real passion is a side gig, working in a minor role in the CIA. He would love to be a full-fledged agent and can't believe his luck when he lands an assignment with Charlie Wax. Trigger-happy Charlie soon has James crying for his desk job, but when he learns that the same guys they're trying to catch are after him, James realizes that Charlie may be his only hope of survival.

                    Markimdb: 7
                    Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration01:45

                    When the girl that detective Joe Hallenback is protecting gets murdered, the boyfriend of the murdered girl (ex-football player Jimmy Dix) attempts to investigate and solve the case. What they discover is that there is deep seated corruption going on between a crooked politician and the owner of a pro football team.

                    Markimdb: 6.3
                    Genreaction, drama, adventure, military, history
                    CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland
                    Duration02:06

                    The story of the Arthurian legend, based on the 'Sarmatian hypothesis' which contends that the legend has a historical nucleus in the Sarmatian heavy cavalry troops stationed in Britain, and that the Roman-British military commander, Lucius Artorius Castus is the historical person behind the legend.

                    Markimdb: 7.6
                    Genreaction, thriller, comedy, drama, adventure, crime, detective
                    CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Germany, Australia
                    Duration02:08

                    Eccentric consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes and Doctor John Watson battle to bring down a new nemesis and unravel a deadly plot that could destroy England.

                    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: 6.6
                      Genreaction, thriller, crime
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration02:02

                      In the combustible action franchise's final installment, maverick detectives Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh square off against Asian mobster Wah Sing Ku, who's up to his neck in slave trading and counterfeit currency. With help from gumshoe Leo Getz and smart-aleck rookie cop Lee Butters, Riggs and Murtaugh aim to take down Ku and his gang.

                      Markimdb: 6.6
                      Genreaction, fantasy
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration01:42

                      In AD 922, Arab courtier, Ahmad Ibn Fadlan accompanies a party of Vikings to the barbaric North to combat a terror that slaughters Vikings and devours their flesh.

                      Markimdb: 7.7
                      Genreaction, thriller, adventure
                      CountryUSA, Mexico
                      Duration01:33

                      When former Green Beret John Rambo is harassed by local law enforcement and arrested for vagrancy, the Vietnam vet snaps, runs for the hills and rat-a-tat-tats his way into the action-movie hall of fame. Hounded by a relentless sheriff, Rambo employs heavy-handed guerilla tactics to shake the cops off his tail.

                      Markimdb: 7.5
                      Genreaction, thriller, crime
                      CountryUSA, China
                      Duration01:37

                        John Wick is forced out of retirement by a former associate looking to seize control of a shadowy international assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oath to aid him, Wick travels to Rome and does battle against some of the world’s most dangerous killers.

                        Markimdb: 6.8
                        Genreaction, thriller, crime
                        CountryFrance, USA, Germany
                        Duration01:32

                          Former Special Forces officer, Frank Martin will deliver anything to anyone for the right price, and his no-questions-asked policy puts him in high demand. But when he realizes his latest cargo is alive, it sets in motion a dangerous chain of events. The bound and gagged Lai is being smuggled to France by a shady American businessman, and Frank works to save her as his own illegal activities are uncovered by a French detective.




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