American action thriller films

1990 film directed by Renny Harlin

1994 superhero film directed by Alex Proyas

2012 film directed by Simon West

2015 film directed by Christopher McQuarrie

2021 film directed by Justin Lin

2014 film directed by Wes Ball

1987 film directed by Richard Donner

2023 film directed by Christopher McQuarrie

2015 film directed by Denis Villeneuve

2016 film directed by Ron Howard

2006 film directed by Tony Scott

2017 film directed by Edgar Wright

2023 film directed by Chad Stahelski

1993 film directed by Andrew Davis

One Battle After Another is a 2025 American action-comedy-thriller film written, directed, and produced by Paul Thomas Anderson. It is inspired by the 1990 novel Vineland by Thomas Pynchon. The film's ensemble cast is led by Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro, Regina Hall, Teyana Taylor, and Chase Infiniti. It follows a washed-up former revolutionary who is brought back into conflict when his enemy resurfaces after sixteen years.

Face/Off is a 1997 American science fiction action thriller film directed by John Woo, from a screenplay by Mike Werb and Michael Colleary. It stars John Travolta as an FBI agent and Nicolas Cage as a terrorist, who undergo an experimental surgery to swap their faces and identities. The film co-stars Joan Allen, Gina Gershon, and Alessandro Nivola in his film debut, and features Dominique Swain in her film debut, Nick Cassavetes, Harve Presnell, Colm Feore, CCH Pounder, and Thomas Jane in supporting roles.

2010 film directed by Albert Hughes and Allen Hughes

2025 film by Julius Onah

1996 film directed by Michael Bay

2019 film directed by Chad Stahelski

1993 film directed by Marco Brambilla

1997 film directed by Simon West

2011 film by Andrew Niccol

2023 film directed by Louis Leterrier

1979 film directed by Don Siegel

2010 film directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

2007 film directed by Antoine Fuqua

Sinners is a 2025 American horror film produced, written, and directed by Ryan Coogler. Set in 1932 in the Mississippi Delta, it stars Michael B. Jordan in dual roles as criminal twin brothers who return to their hometown in the Jim Crow South, where they are confronted by a supernatural evil. The film co-stars Hailee Steinfeld, Miles Caton, Jack O'Connell, Wunmi Mosaku, Jayme Lawson, Omar Benson Miller, and Delroy Lindo.

2012 film directed by Kathryn Bigelow

2007 film directed by Quentin Tarantino

2014 film directed by Antoine Fuqua

1997 film directed by Wolfgang Petersen

2015 film directed by Wes Ball

2008 film directed by Timur Bekmambetov

2012 film directed by Tony Gilroy

2015 film directed by Neill Blomkamp

2014 film directed by Patrick Hughes

2016 film directed by Paul Greengrass

2013 film directed by John Moore

2008 film by Ridley Scott

2004 film directed by Tony Scott

1993 film directed by Renny Harlin

2013 film directed by Mikael Håfström

1993 film directed by Wolfgang Petersen

2013 film directed by Roland Emmerich

1989 film directed by Richard Donner

2010 film by Robert Rodriguez, Ethan Maniquis

2011 film by Jaume Collet-Serra

2010 film directed by Phillip Noyce

2006 film directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor

2016 film directed by Gavin O'Connor

2013 film directed by Antoine Fuqua

2012 film directed by Len Wiseman

1998 film directed by John Frankenheimer

1996 film directed by Rob Cohen

2011 film directed by Simon West

1973 film directed by Ted Post

1997 film by Michael Caton-Jones

1998 film by Tony Scott

2009 film by F. Gary Gray