American action adventure films

2002 film by Kevin Reynolds

2011 fantasy film directed by Tarsem Singh

2016 film directed by Alex Proyas

XXX is a 2002 American action thriller film directed by Rob Cohen, produced by Neal H. Moritz and written by Rich Wilkes. The first installment in the xXx film series, the film stars Vin Diesel as Xander Cage, a thrill-seeking extreme sports enthusiast, stuntman, and rebellious athlete-turned-reluctant spy for the National Security Agency. Cage is sent on a dangerous mission to infiltrate a group of potential Russian terrorists in Central Europe. The film also stars Asia Argento, Marton Csokas, and Samuel L. Jackson. Cohen, Moritz, and Diesel had previously worked on The Fast and the Furious (2001) as director, producer and cast member respectively. The film was released by Sony Pictures Releasing on August 9, 2002 and grossed $277.4 million worldwide and was followed by two sequels, xXx: State of the Union (2005) and xXx: Return of Xander Cage (2017).

The Odyssey is an upcoming epic fantasy action film written and directed by Christopher Nolan. An adaptation of Homer's ancient Greek epic the Odyssey, the film stars Matt Damon as Odysseus, the Greek king of Ithaca, and chronicles his long and perilous journey home after the Trojan War as he attempts to reunite with his wife, Penelope, portrayed by Anne Hathaway. The ensemble cast also features Tom Holland, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong'o, Zendaya, and Charlize Theron, among others. Nolan and his wife Emma Thomas are producing the film through their production company, Syncopy.

2015 film directed by Joe Wright

2018 film directed by Otto Bathurst

2016 film by Cedric Nicolas-Troyan

2016 film directed by Robert Schwentke

2001 film directed by Lawrence Guterman

2011 film by Joe Carnahan

2014 film directed by Paul W. S. Anderson

2023 film directed by Steven Caple Jr.

2005 film directed by Martin Campbell

2023 film directed by Ben Wheatley

1985 adventure comedy film by Lewis Teague

Red One is a 2024 American Christmas action comedy film directed by Jake Kasdan and written by Chris Morgan. It stars Dwayne Johnson, Chris Evans, Lucy Liu, J. K. Simmons, Kiernan Shipka, Bonnie Hunt, Nick Kroll, Kristofer Hivju, and Wesley Kimmel. The film tells the story of Head of North Pole Security Callum Drift, who teams up with black-hat hacker Jack O'Malley to locate a kidnapped Santa Claus on Christmas Eve. Principal photography for the film began in October 2022 and concluded in February 2023, with filming locations including Atlanta.

Tron: Ares is a 2025 American science fiction action film that is the third installment in the Tron series following Tron: Legacy (2010). Produced by Walt Disney Pictures, the film was directed by Joachim Rønning, and stars Jared Leto, Greta Lee, Evan Peters, Jodie Turner-Smith, Hasan Minhaj, Arturo Castro, and Gillian Anderson, with Jeff Bridges reprising his role as Kevin Flynn from the first two films. The story is about artificial intelligence originating from the Grid entering the real world, namely a highly advanced program called Ares.

2018 computer-animated science fiction film directed by Kevin R. Adams and Joe Ksander

1994 film by Curtis Hanson

2011 film directed by Paul W. S. Anderson

Okja () is a 2017 science fiction action-adventure film directed by Bong Joon Ho with a screenplay by Bong and Jon Ronson from a story by Bong. The film is about a teenage girl who raised a genetically modified "super pig" (the titular Okja). When Okja is taken to the United States by a meat industry corporation, the girl goes on a mission to rescue Okja from mistreatment and slaughter while befriending the Animal Liberation Front. An international co-production of South Korea and the United States, it stars an ensemble cast headed by child actor Ahn Seo-hyun in her film debut, along with Byun

2024 film directed by David Leitch

2005 film directed by Breck Eisner

1995 film by Jerry Zucker

1999 film by David O. Russell

1932 film by W. S. Van Dyke

Expend4bles (also known as The Expendables 4) is a 2023 American action film a sequel to The Expendables 3 (2014) and the fourth installment in The Expendables franchise. The film stars an ensemble cast, including Jason Statham, Sylvester Stallone, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, Megan Fox, Dolph Lundgren, Tony Jaa, Iko Uwais, Randy Couture and Andy Garcia. It was directed by Scott Waugh and written by Kurt Wimmer, Tad Daggerhart and Max D. Adams.

1953 film by Stanley Kubrick

1993 film by Stephen Herek

2006 film by Andrew Davis

2014 film by Renny Harlin

2007 film directed by Uwe Boll

2011 film by Brett Ratner, Dominic Sena

1995 film directed by Renny Harlin

2004 film by Joe Johnston

1966 film directed by Stanley Donen

Daybreakers is a 2009 dystopian sci-fi action-horror vampire film written and directed by Michael and Peter Spierig. The film takes place in a futuristic world overrun by vampires, and centers around a vampiric corporation which sets out to capture and farm the remaining humans while researching a substitute for human blood. Ethan Hawke plays vampire hematologist Edward Dalton, whose work is interrupted by human survivors led by former vampire 'Elvis' (Willem Dafoe), who has a cure that can save the human species.

1994 film by Steven Seagal

2008 film by Russell Mulcahy

1988 film directed by Aaron Norris

2022 film directed by Akiva Schaffer

1991 film directed by Joe Johnston

2015 film by Ericson Core

1975 film directed by Paul Bartel

2022 film directed by Shawn Levy

1985 film directed by Lance Hool

2020 film directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood

1997 film by Mark A.Z. Dippé

2022 film directed by Baltasar Kormákur

2007 film by Greg McLean

2021 film directed by Robert Schwentke

2013 film by J. C. Chandor

upcoming film directed by Jeff Fowler

1985 film by Wolfgang Petersen

1996 film by Simon Wincer

2006 film by Geoffrey Sax

2020 film directed by Michael Matthews

2004 film by Jonathan Frakes

upcoming film directed by Jon Favreau