Best biographical action films - Charts
Best biographical action films
1. Ford v Ferrari (2019)
USA / France, Drama / Biography
Directed by: James Mangold
Cast: Matt Damon, Christian Bale
2. Rush (2013)
USA / UK, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Ron Howard
Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Daniel Brühl
3. Ip Man (2008)
Hong Kong / China, Action / Drama
Directed by: Wilson Yip
Cast: Donnie Yen, Simon Yam
4. Ip Man 2: Legend of the Grandmaster (2010)
Hong Kong / China, Action / Drama
Directed by: Wilson Yip
Cast: Donnie Yen, Xiaoming Huang
5. Mesrine Part 2: Public Enemy #1 (2008)
France / Canada, Action / Drama
Directed by: Jean-François Richet
Cast: Vincent Cassel, Ludivine Sagnier
6. The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
Germany / France, Action / Drama
Directed by: Uli Edel
Cast: Martina Gedeck, Moritz Bleibtreu
7. Fearless (2006)
Hong Kong / China, Action / Drama
Directed by: Ronny Yu
Cast: Jet Li, Shidō Nakamura
8. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
USA, Action / Drama
Directed by: Arthur Penn
Cast: Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway
9. Heaven & Earth (1993)
USA / France, Drama / War
Directed by: Oliver Stone
Cast: Hiep Thi Le, Tommy Lee Jones
10. Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008)
France / Canada, Action / Drama
Directed by: Jean-François Richet
Cast: Vincent Cassel, Cécile de France
11. Run Boy Run (2013)
Germany / France, Drama / War
Directed by: Pepe Danquart
Cast: Andrzej Tkacz, Kamil Tkacz
12. Rise of the Footsoldier (2007)
UK, Action / Crime
Directed by: Julian Gilbey
Cast: Ricci Harnett, Terry Stone
13. American Sniper (2014)
USA, Biography / Action
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller
16. American Made (2017)
USA / Japan, Biography / Action
Directed by: Doug Liman
Cast: Tom Cruise, Domhnall Gleeson
17. Admiral (2015)
Netherlands, Action / Biography
Directed by: Roel Reiné
Cast: Frank Lammers, Egbert-Jan Weeber
19. Lone Survivor (2013)
USA, War / Biography
Directed by: Peter Berg
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch
20. Outlaw King (2018)
UK / USA, Action / Drama
Directed by: David Mackenzie
Cast: Chris Pine, Aaron Taylor-Johnson
21. Ip Man 3 (2015)
China / Hong Kong, Action / Drama
Directed by: Wilson Yip
Cast: Donnie Yen, Max Zhang
22. Wyatt Earp (1994)
USA, Western / Biography
Directed by: Lawrence Kasdan
Cast: Kevin Costner, Dennis Quaid
23. Ip Man 4: The Finale (2019)
Hong Kong, Action / Biography
Directed by: Wilson Yip
Cast: Donnie Yen, Yue Wu
24. Sound of Freedom (2023)
USA / Mexico, Action / Drama
Directed by: Alejandro Monteverde
Cast: James Caviezel, Mira Sorvino
25. Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993)
USA, Action / Drama
Directed by: Rob Cohen
Cast: Jason Scott Lee, Lauren Holly
27. Bloodsport (1988)
USA, Action / Sports
Directed by: Newt Arnold
Cast: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Donald Gibb
28. Rise of the Legend (2014)
Hong Kong / China, Action / Thriller
Directed by: Roy Hin-Yeung Chow
Cast: Eddie Peng, Luodan Wang
29. The Silent Enemy (1958)
UK, War / Action
Directed by: William Fairchild
Cast: Laurence Harvey, Dawn Addams
30. Nine Lives (1957)
Norway, Action / Drama
Directed by: Arne Skouen
Cast: Jack Fjeldstad, Alf Malland
31. Paan Singh Tomar (2012)
India, Action / Biography
Directed by: Tigmanshu Dhulia
Cast: Irrfan Khan, Mahie Gill
32. Ignacio de Loyola (2016)
Philippines / Spain, Action / Biography
Directed by: Paolo Dy, Cathy Azanza
Cast: Andreas Muñoz, Javier Godino
33. To Hell and Back (1955)
USA, War / Action
Directed by: Jesse Hibbs
Cast: Audie Murphy, Marshall Thompson
35. Machine-Gun Kelly (1958)
USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Roger Corman
Cast: Charles Bronson, Susan Cabot
36. Nokas (2010)
Norway, Crime / Action
Directed by: Erik Skjoldbjærg
Cast: Marit Synnøve Berg, Frode Winther
37. Adrift (2018)
USA / Hong Kong, Biography / Adventure
Directed by: Baltasar Kormákur
Cast: Shailene Woodley, Sam Claflin
38. The Grandmaster (2013)
Hong Kong / China, Biography / Action
Directed by: Kar-wai Wong
Cast: Tony Chiu-wai Leung, Cung Le
39. Hannibal (1959)
Italy, Historical / Biography
Directed by: Edgar G. Ulmer, Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia
Cast: Victor Mature, Gabriele Ferzetti
40. Stander (2003)
Canada / Germany, Drama / Action
Directed by: Bronwen Hughes
Cast: Thomas Jane, Deborah Kara Unger
41. Napoleon (2023)
USA / UK, Historical / War
Directed by: Ridley Scott
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Vanessa Kirby
44. Krylya nad Berlinom (2022)
Russia, Action / Biography
Directed by: Константин Буслов
Cast: Jevgeni Antropov, Maksim Bityukov
45. Machine Gun Preacher (2011)
USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Marc Forster
Cast: Gerard Butler, Michelle Monaghan
46. Hands of Stone (2016)
USA / Panama, Action / Drama
Directed by: Jonathan Jakubowicz
Cast: Robert De Niro, Edgar Ramirez
47. The Aeronauts (2019)
UK, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Tom Harper
Cast: Felicity Jones, Eddie Redmayne
48. Rise of the Footsoldier: The Heist (2019)
UK, Action / Biography
Directed by: Andrew Loveday
Cast: Craig Fairbrass, Terry Stone
49. Junction 48 (2016)
Israel / Germany, Action / Biography
Directed by: Udi Aloni
Cast: Tamer Nafar, Tarik Kopty
50. Alexander (2004)
USA / Germany, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Oliver Stone
Cast: Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie
51. Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi (2019)
India, Action / Drama
Directed by: Krish Jagarlamudi, Kangana Ranaut
52. The Hunter (1980)
USA, Action / Thriller
Directed by: Buzz Kulik
Cast: Steve McQueen, Eli Wallach
53. Banklady (2013)
Germany, Action / Biography
Directed by: Christian Alvart
Cast: Nadeshda Brennicke, Charly Hübner
54. Ned Kelly (2003)
Australia / UK, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Gregor Jordan
Cast: Heath Ledger, Orlando Bloom
55. The Conqueror (1956)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Dick Powell
Cast: John Wayne, Susan Hayward
56. Rudhramadevi (2015)
India, Action / Biography
Directed by: Gunasekhar
Cast: Anushka Shetty, Rana Daggubati
57. Chasing the Dragon (2017)
Hong Kong / China, Biography / Historical
Directed by: Jason Kwan, Jing Wong
Cast: Andy Lau, Donnie Yen
58. Ip Man: The Final Fight (2013)
Hong Kong, Drama / Biography
Directed by: Herman Yau
Cast: Anthony Wong, Eric Tsang
59. Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior (2020)
India, Action / Drama
Directed by: Om Raut
Cast: Ajay Devgan, Saif Ali Khan
60. The Legend of Ben Hall (2017)
Australia, Action / Drama
Directed by: Matthew Holmes
Cast: Callan McAuliffe, Andy McPhee
61. Counterpunch (2013)
USA, Sports / Biography
Directed by: Kenneth Castillo
Cast: Danny Trejo, Steven Bauer
62. The Lost Bladesman (2011)
China / Hong Kong, Action / Drama
Directed by: Felix Chong, Alan Mak
Cast: Donnie Yen, Wen Jiang
63. The Man with the Iron Heart (2017)
France / UK, Action / Biography
Directed by: Cédric Jimenez
Cast: Jason Clarke, Rosamund Pike
65. Electric Slide (2014)
USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Tristan Patterson
Cast: Jim Sturgess, Chloë Sevigny