American action thriller films

2021 film directed by Martin Campbell

2015 film by Steven C. Miller

2024 film directed by Julian Farino

1988 film directed by Roger Young

2017 film by Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion

2022 film directed by Le-Van Kiet

2000 film by Antoine Fuqua

2018 film directed by Pasha Patriki

Apex is a 2026 survival action thriller film directed by Baltasar Kormákur, written by Jeremy Robbins, and starring Charlize Theron, Taron Egerton, and Eric Bana. It tells the story of a rock climber in the wild who finds herself being hunted as she tries to survive. It was released on Netflix on April 24, 2026.

2014 film directed by Joe Lynch

Braven is a 2018 action thriller film directed by Lin Oeding and written by Mike Nilon and Thomas Pa'a Sibbett. The film stars Jason Momoa as Joe Braven, with Garret Dillahunt, Stephen Lang, Jill Wagner, and Brendan Fletcher. Principal photography began in December 2015 in Newfoundland, Canada. Scenes for this film were also shot and included from Springhill, Nova Scotia. The film was released on February 2, 2018.

2007 film directed by Nick Lyon

1988 film by J. Lee Thompson

1995 film directed by Ted Kotcheff

1993 film by Joel Soisson, William Lustig

1996 film by Russell Mulcahy

2013 film directed by David Grovic

1997 film by Robert Butler

1981 film by Burt Reynolds

2010 film directed by Lauro Chartrand

2010 film directed by Dolph Lundgren

1973 film by Phil Karlson

1997 film directed by David Glen Hogan

Shelter is a 2026 action thriller film starring Jason Statham as a former British government assassin living in isolation off the coast of Scotland who is forced back into violent confrontation with his past while protecting a young girl from the agency determined to eliminate him. It is directed by Ric Roman Waugh and written by Ward Parry. The film also stars Bodhi Rae Breathnach, Bill Nighy, Naomi Ackie, and Daniel Mays.

2019 film directed by Zackary Adler

2009 film by Stephen Herek

1973 film by Michael Winner

2022 film directed by Matthew Reilly

2017 film by Johnny Martin

2013 film directed by Mukunda Michael Dewil

2012 film directed by Christopher Ray

2015 film by Daniel Benmayor

1984 film by J. Lee Thompson

2018 film directed by Babak Najafi

2011 film by Jason Eisener

2016 film by Steven C. Miller

2008 film directed by Roel Reiné

2021 film directed by Mark Raso

Catchfire is a 1990 American romantic action thriller film directed by Dennis Hopper and starring Hopper, Jodie Foster, Dean Stockwell, Vincent Price, John Turturro, and Fred Ward, with cameo appearances by several notable actors, including Charlie Sheen, Joe Pesci, Catherine Keener, and Bob Dylan. The film was disowned by Hopper before its release and he is therefore credited under the pseudonym Alan Smithee. The film underperformed at the box office and received overwhelmingly negative reviews by film critics.

2020 film directed by Robin Pront

2013 film by Kasper Barfoed

2004 film directed by Robert Harmon

1995 film by J. F. Lawton

2017 film by Isaac Florentine

2007 film directed by Andy Cheng

upcoming film directed by Shawn Levy

2017 film by Brian Smrz

2018 film directed by Brian A. Miller

2024 film directed by Pierre Morel

1973 film by John Guillermin

2009 film by Vin Diesel

2005 film by William Tannen

2008 film by Jeff F. King

2016 film by Jonathan Mostow

2019 film directed by Tim Story

1977 film directed by Irvin Kershner

1975 film by Otto Preminger

2020 film directed by April Mullen

1979 film by Stuart Rosenberg and John Huston

2008 film directed by Jeffrey Nachmanoff