Best Action Movies of 2023


Best Action Movies 2023

2023 was a solid year for action movies. It saw the release of new entries in some of the genre’s biggest franchises, like Fast & Furious, Indiana Jones, John Wick, and Mission: Impossible. In addition, veteran directors Guy Ritchie and David Fincher delivered more restrained (but still highly enjoyable) action dramas. Surprising gems like Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves and martial arts comedy Polite Society also made a splash.

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30 Fast Charlie

Fast Charlie

For twenty years, Charlie Swift has been a fixer and hitman for a mob boss named Stan. After a rival boss puts a hit on Stan and his crew, Charlie is the sole survivor. Charlie decides to avenge his friend.

Director: Phillip Noyce
Writers: Richard Wenk, Victor Gischler
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Morena Baccarin, James Caan
Box office: $241 000

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29 Kandahar

Kandahar

CIA operative Tom Harris failed his mission and his identity was exposed. Now the agent has to escape from Afghanistan. He is pursued by the best mercenaries in the world and elite special forces of the enemy. Getting to Kandahar is the only chance for salvation. Here, either allied helicopters or a bullet with his name will be waiting for the hero.

Director: Ric Roman Waugh
Writer: Mitchell LaFortune
Starring: Gerard Butler, Navid Negahban, Travis Fimmel
Box office: $9 387 000

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28 Fast X

Fast X

Dom Torretto and his family have made it through thick and thin together while succeeding in various missions and fighting off multiple villains. But now Dom is put to the ultimate test when he goes up against Dante Reyes, the son of an old foe who is out to exact revenge for the death of his father. With time running out and help from new allies, Dom and his family are in for the fight of their lives against the biggest enemy they have ever faced.

Director: Louis Leterrier
Writers: Dan Mazeau, Justin Lin, Zach Dean
Starring: Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Jason Momoa
Budget: $340 000 000
Box office: $704 875 000

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27 Polite Society

Polite Society

A merry mash up of sisterly affection, parental disappointment and bold action, Polite Society follows martial artist-in-training Ria Khan who believes she must save her older sister Lena from her impending marriage. After enlisting the help of her friends, Ria attempts to pull off the most ambitious of all wedding heists in the name of independence and sisterhood.

Director: Nida Manzoor
Writer: Nida Manzoor
Starring: Priya Kansara, Ritu Arya, Renu Brindle
Box office: $2 643 000

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26 Creed III

Creed III

After dominating the boxing world, Adonis Creed has been thriving in both his career and family life. When childhood friend and former boxing prodigy Damian resurfaces after serving a long sentence in prison, he is eager to prove that he deserves his shot in the ring. The face off between former friends is more than just a fight. To settle the score, Adonis must put his future on the line to battle Damian a fighter who has nothing to lose.

Director: Michael B. Jordan
Writers: Keenan Coogler, Zach Baylin, Ryan Coogler
Starring: Michael B. Jordan, Tessa Thompson, Jonathan Majors
Budget: $75 000 000
Box office: $276 148 000

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25 The Family Plan

The Family Plan

A former top assassin living incognito as a suburban dad must take his unsuspecting family on the run when his past catches up to him.

Director: Simon Cellan Jones
Writer: David Coggeshall
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Monaghan, Ciarán Hinds

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24 Razboy (Разбой)

Разбой

There are a number of daring robberies of money carriers in the city, the best police unit is looking for them, but they always find themselves one step behind. Finally, a gang of robbers decides to hit the big jackpot and then lay low.

Directors: Azamat Ismailov, Maxat Zhumaev
Writer: Maxat Zhumaev
Starring: Atai Omurbekov, Adyl Bolorbek Uulu, Jyldyzbek Kaseyinov

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23 Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Experience the return of legendary hero, Indiana Jones, in the fifth installment of this beloved swashbuckling series of films. Finding himself in a new era, approaching retirement, Indy wrestles with fitting into a world that seems to have outgrown him. But as the tentacles of an all-too-familiar evil return in the form of an old rival, Indy must don his hat and pick up his whip once more to make sure an ancient and powerful artifact doesn’t fall into the wrong hands.

Director: James Mangold
Writers: Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth, David Koepp
Starring: Harrison Ford, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Mads Mikkelsen
Budget: $295 000 000
Box office: $383 963 000

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22 Napoleon

Napoleon

Napoleon is a spectacle-filled action epic that details the checkered rise and fall of the iconic French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. Against a stunning backdrop of large-scale filmmaking orchestrated by legendary director Ridley Scott, the film captures Bonaparte’s relentless journey to power through the prism of his addictive, volatile relationship with his one true love, Josephine, showcasing his visionary military and political tactics against some of the most dynamic practical battle sequences ever filmed.

Director: Ridley Scott
Writer: David Scarpa
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Vanessa Kirby, Tahar Rahim
Box office: $206 906 000

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21 Kill Boksoon (길복순 | Gil Boksun)

Gil Boksun

Single mother Kill Bok Soon is one of the world’s deadliest assassins thanks to her 100% success rate on contract killings. Bok Soon works for M.K Ent, which is run by the man that taught her, Cha Min Kyo. The pair hold mutual respect for each other, but Kill Bok Soon understands that at a moment’s notice could take everything away from her. Just before Kill Bok Soon was due to renew her contract, loyalties are put to the test when Bok Soon is involved in a kill or be killed incident.

Director: Byeon Seong-hyeon
Writer: Byeon Seong-hyeon
Starring: Jeon Do-yeon, Seol Gyeong-goo, Kim Shi-ah
Budget: $16 000 000

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