Samurai action movies

List of the best action movies about samurai according to visitors: The Last Samurai, Ronin, The Raid 2, Robin Hood, American Sniper, The Contractor, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, Escape Plan, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Allied.

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

Markimdb: 7.7
Genreaction, drama
CountryUSA, New Zealand, Japan
Duration02:34

Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to destroy the samurai's way of life in the name of modernization and open trade, Algren decides to become an ultimate warrior himself and to fight for their right to exist.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genreaction, thriller, crime
CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA
Duration02:02

A briefcase with undisclosed contents – sought by Irish terrorists and the Russian mob – makes its way into criminals' hands. An Irish liaison assembles a squad of mercenaries, or 'ronin', and gives them the thorny task of recovering the case.

Markimdb: 8
Genreaction, thriller, crime
CountryIndonesia, France, USA
Duration02:30

After fighting his way through an apartment building populated by an army of dangerous criminals and escaping with his life, SWAT team member Rama goes undercover, joining a powerful Indonesian crime syndicate to protect his family and uncover corrupt members of his own force.

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, 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: 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.

    Mark
    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: 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: 7.3
      Genreaction, comedy, adventure
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration02:25

      At the height of the Cold War, a mysterious criminal organization plans to use nuclear weapons and technology to upset the fragile balance of power between the United States and Soviet Union. CIA agent Napoleon Solo and KGB agent Illya Kuryakin are forced to put aside their hostilities and work together to stop the evildoers in their tracks. The duo's only lead is the daughter of a missing German scientist, whom they must find soon to prevent a global catastrophe.

      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
      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: 7.7
        Genreaction, thriller, adventure
        CountryUSA, China, France, Norway, United Kingdom
        Duration02:28

        When an IMF mission ends badly, the world is faced with dire consequences. As Ethan Hunt takes it upon himself to fulfill his original briefing, the CIA begin to question his loyalty and his motives. The IMF team find themselves in a race against time, hunted by assassins while trying to prevent a global catastrophe.

        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: 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.

          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, 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 7.3
              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: 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: 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: 6.9
                Genreaction, comedy, melodrama
                CountryUSA
                Duration02:12

                William Thatcher, a peasant, is sent to apprentice with a Knight named Hector as a young boy. Urged by his father to "change his Stars", he assumes Sir Hector's place in a tournament when Hector dies in the middle of it. He wins. With the other apprentices, he trains and assumes the title of Sir Ulrich von Lichtenstein.

                Markimdb: 7.6
                Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
                CountryUSA, France, United Kingdom
                Duration01:53

                On the day of his daughter's birthday, William "D-Fens" Foster is trying to get to the home of his estranged ex-wife to see his daughter. His car breaks down, so he leaves his car in a traffic jam in Los Angeles and decides to walk. He goes to a convenience store and tries to get some change for a phone call, but the Korean owner does not oblige, tipping Foster over the edge. The unstable Foster, so frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society, begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them.

                Markimdb: 7.7
                Genreaction, thriller, comedy, drama, crime
                CountryUSA, Canada
                Duration01:49

                With a God-inspired moral obligation to act against evil, twin brothers Conner and Murphy set out to rid Boston of criminals. However, rather than working within the system, these Irish Americans decide to take swift retribution into their own hands.

                Markimdb: 6.5
                Genreaction, thriller, crime
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:39

                Rogue agent Gabriel Shear is determined to get his mitts on $9 billion stashed in a secret Drug Enforcement Administration account. He wants the cash to fight terrorism, but lacks the computer skills necessary to hack into the government mainframe. Enter Stanley Jobson, a n'er-do-well encryption expert who can log into anything.

                Markimdb: 8.3
                Genreaction, comedy, drama, military
                CountryUSA, Germany
                Duration02:33

                In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds, lead by Lt. Aldo Raine soon cross paths with a French-Jewish teenage girl who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers.

                Markimdb: 6.4
                Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure
                CountryUSA
                Duration02:10

                In October 1991, a confluence of weather conditions combined to form a killer storm in the North Atlantic. Caught in the storm was the sword-fishing boat Andrea Gail. Magnificent foreshadowing and anticipation fill this true-life drama while minute details of the fishing boats, their gear and the weather are juxtaposed with the sea adventure.

                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: 7.3
                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: 7.7
                Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
                CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Mexico, Luxembourg
                Duration02:26

                Jaded ex-CIA operative John Creasy reluctantly accepts a job as the bodyguard for a 10-year-old girl in Mexico City. They clash at first, but eventually bond, and when she's kidnapped he's consumed by fury and will stop at nothing to save her life.

                Markimdb: 7.6
                Genreaction, thriller, drama, history
                CountryUSA, Australia
                Duration01:51

                Mumbai, India, November 26, 2008. While several terrorists spread hatred and death through the city, others attack the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel. Both hotel staff and guests risk their lives, making unthinkable sacrifices to protect themselves and keep everyone safe while help arrives.

                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
                Genreaction, drama, military
                CountryUSA, United Kingdom
                Duration02:05

                A female Senator succeeds in enrolling a woman into Combined Reconnaissance Team training where everyone expects her to fail.

                Markimdb: 6.7
                Genreaction, comedy, adventure, crime
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:38

                Advertising executive Nick Beame learns that his wife is sleeping with his employer. In a state of despair, he encounters a bumbling thief whose attempted carjacking goes awry when Nick takes him on an involuntary joyride. Soon the betrayed businessman and the incompetent crook strike up a partnership and develop a robbery-revenge scheme. But it turns out that some other criminals in the area don't appreciate the competition.

                Markimdb: 7.6
                Genreaction, drama, military, history
                CountryUSA, Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom, France, Germany
                Duration02:11

                Enemy at the Gates is a war film from Jean-Jacques Annaud from 2001 that takes place during the battle of Stalingard in World War II between the Russians and the Germans.

                Markimdb: 6.6
                Genreaction, military
                CountryUSA, France
                Duration01:56

                In the midst of World War II, the battle under the sea rages and the Nazis have the upper hand as the Allies are unable to crack their war codes. However, after a wrecked U-boat sends out an SOS signal, the Allies realise this is their chance to seize the 'enigma coding machine'.

                Markimdb: 7.6
                Genreaction, thriller, adventure, crime
                CountryUSA
                Duration02:11

                New York detective John McClane is back and kicking bad-guy butt in the third installment of this action-packed series, which finds him teaming with civilian Zeus Carver to prevent the loss of innocent lives. McClane thought he'd seen it all, until a genius named Simon engages McClane, his new "partner" -- and his beloved city -- in a deadly game that demands their concentration.

                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: 5.8
                  Genreaction, comedy, adventure, family, western
                  CountryUSA, Germany, Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
                  Duration02:00

                  A bet pits a British inventor, a Chinese thief and a French artist on a worldwide adventure that they can circle the globe in 80 days.

                  Markimdb: 6.2
                  Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:37

                  When a woman's father goes missing, she enlist a local to aid in her search. The pair soon discover that her father has died at the hands of a wealthy sportsman who hunts homeless men as a form of recreation.

                  Markimdb: 6.5
                  Genreaction, melodrama, drama, adventure, military
                  CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
                  Duration02:05

                  The story, set in 1875, follows a British officer (Heath Ledger) who resigns his post when he learns of his regiment's plan to ship out to the Sudan for the conflict with the Mahdi. His friends and fiancée send him four white feathers which symbolize cowardice. To redeem his honor he disguises himself as an Arab and secretly saves the lives of those who branded him a coward.

                  Markimdb: 7
                  Genredrama, crime, biography, history
                  CountryUSA, Japan
                  Duration02:20

                  Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger's charm and audacity endear him to much of America's downtrodden public, but he's also a thorn in the side of J. Edgar Hoover and the fledgling FBI. Desperate to capture the elusive outlaw, Hoover makes Dillinger his first Public Enemy Number One and assigns his top agent, Melvin Purvis, the task of bringing him in dead or alive.

                  Markimdb: 6.5
                  Genreaction, thriller, crime
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration02:07

                  Upon learning that he has to come out of retirement to steal 50 cars in one night to save his brother Kip's life, former car thief Randall "Memphis" Raines enlists help from a few "boost happy" pals to accomplish a seemingly impossible feat. From countless car chases to relentless cops, the high-octane excitement builds as Randall swerves around more than a few roadblocks to keep Kip alive.

                  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: 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.

                      Markimdb: 8.3
                      Genreaction, thriller, adventure, detective
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration02:16

                      Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.




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