American action films

Die Hard is a 1988 American action film directed by John McTiernan and written by Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Souza, based on the 1979 novel Nothing Lasts Forever by Roderick Thorp. It stars Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Alexander Godunov, and Bonnie Bedelia, with Reginald VelJohnson, William Atherton, Paul Gleason, and Hart Bochner in supporting roles. Die Hard follows a New York City police detective, John McClane (Willis), who becomes entangled in a terrorist takeover of a Los Angeles skyscraper while visiting his estranged wife during a Christmas Eve party.

2017 film directed by Patty Jenkins

2019 film directed by Jon Watts

2007 American film directed by Sam Raimi

2009 film directed by Guy Ritchie

2008 film by Louis Leterrier

2000 film directed by Bryan Singer

2003 film directed by Bryan Singer

1986 film directed by Tony Scott

2003 film directed by John Singleton

2006 film directed by Brett Ratner

2003 film by Quentin Tarantino

2013 film directed by James Mangold

1985 film by George P. Cosmatos

1978 film by Richard Donner

1988 film directed by Peter MacDonald

Avatar: Fire and Ash is a 2025 American epic science fiction film directed by James Cameron from a screenplay he co-wrote with Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver. Produced by Lightstorm Entertainment, it is the third installment in the Avatar film series and the sequel to Avatar: The Way of Water (2022). The film features Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, and Kate Winslet reprising their roles from previous films. The story follows the human-turned-Na'vi Jake Sully and his family on the habitable moon Pandora, as they face the combined threat of the human RDA forces and the Mangkwan, a ruthless Na'vi clan.

2021 film directed by Justin Lin

1995 film by Robert Rodriguez

2021 film directed by Andy Serkis

1985 film by Mark L. Lester

2003 film by Robert Rodriguez

2015 film directed by Brad Peyton

2019 film directed by Michael Dougherty

2003 film directed by Mark Steven Johnson

2016 adventure film directed by David Yates

2004 film directed by Pitof

2024 film directed by George Miller

1996 film by Chuck Russell

2004 film directed by Jonathan Hensleigh

1996 film directed by John Woo

1984 film directed by John Milius

2000 film by Andrzej Bartkowiak

1991 film by Sheldon Lettich

1988 film directed by Newt Arnold

1992 film directed by Robert Rodriguez

1986 film by Menahem Golan

2014 film directed by Camille Delamarre

1986 film by John Irvin

2010 film directed by Sylvain White

1990 film directed by Sheldon Lettich

2009 film directed by Renny Harlin

2006 film by John Bonito

Sisu is a 2022 action thriller film written and directed by Jalmari Helander and produced by Petri Jokiranta. The film stars Jorma Tommila, alongside Aksel Hennie, Jack Doolan, Mimosa Willamo and Onni Tommila. It is set during the Lapland War between Finland and Nazi Germany towards the end of World War II, where a legendary Finnish Army commando-turned-gold prospector attempts to defend himself from being robbed and murdered by a Waffen-SS platoon led by a brutal and corrupt officer.

1985 film directed by Sam Firstenberg

1966 film directed by John Frankenheimer

2003 film by Ringo Lam

1990 film directed by Dwight H. Little

2001 film directed by Sheldon Lettich

2004 film by Kevin Bray

2009 film by James McTeigue

1991 film directed by Mark L. Lester

1999 film directed by John G. Avildsen

2003 film by Andrzej Bartkowiak

2002 film directed by Don Michael Paul

2024 film directed by Doug Liman

2007 film by Simon Fellows

1993 film by Vic Armstrong

The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping is an upcoming American dystopian action film directed by Francis Lawrence from a screenplay by Billy Ray. Based on the 2025 novel Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins, it serves as both a sequel to The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023) and a prequel to The Hunger Games (2012), and will be the sixth installment in The Hunger Games film series. It stars an ensemble cast that includes Joseph Zada, Jesse Plemons, Elle Fanning, Kieran Culkin, Mckenna Grace, Whitney Peak, Maya Hawke, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Ralph Fiennes, and Glenn Close.

1993 film directed by Luis Llosa