Best action films 2001 – 2010 - Charts
Best action films 2001 – 2010
1. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
USA / New Zealand, Fantasy / Adventure
Directed by: Peter Jackson
Cast: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen
2. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
USA / New Zealand, Fantasy / Adventure
Directed by: Peter Jackson
Cast: Elijah Wood, Billy Boyd
3. The Dark Knight (2008)
USA / UK, Action / Drama
Directed by: Christopher Nolan
Cast: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger
4. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
USA / New Zealand, Fantasy / Adventure
Directed by: Peter Jackson
Cast: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen
6. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
USA, Sci-fi / Fantasy
Directed by: George Lucas
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman
7. The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
USA / Germany, Action / Thriller
Directed by: Paul Greengrass
Cast: Matt Damon, Julia Stiles
8. Batman Begins (2005)
USA / UK, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Christopher Nolan
Cast: Christian Bale, Michael Caine
9. The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
USA / Germany, Action / Thriller
Directed by: Paul Greengrass
Cast: Matt Damon, Franka Potente
10. The Bourne Identity (2002)
USA / Germany, Action / Mystery
Directed by: Doug Liman
Cast: Matt Damon, Franka Potente
11. Taken (2008)
France / USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Pierre Morel
Cast: Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace
12. Ip Man (2008)
Hong Kong / China, Action / Drama
Directed by: Wilson Yip
Cast: Donnie Yen, Simon Yam
13. Payback: Straight Up (2006)
USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Brian Helgeland
Cast: Mel Gibson, Gregg Henry
14. The Last Samurai (2003)
USA / New Zealand, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Edward Zwick
Cast: Ken Watanabe, Tom Cruise
15. The Incredibles (2004)
USA, Animation / Action
Directed by: Brad Bird
Cast: Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter
16. Taegukgi: The Brotherhood of War (2004)
South Korea, Action / Drama
Directed by: Je-gyu Kang
Cast: Dong-gun Jang, Bin Won
17. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
USA, Adventure / Action
Directed by: Gore Verbinski
Cast: Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush
18. Star Trek (2009)
USA / Germany, Sci-fi / Adventure
Directed by: J.J. Abrams
Cast: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto
19. Ghost in the Shell 2.0 (2008)
Japan / USA, Animation / Action
Directed by: Mamoru Oshii
Cast: Akio Ōtsuka, Atsuko Tanaka
20. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society (2006)
Japan, Animation / Action
Directed by: Kenji Kamiyama, Toshiyuki Kōno
Cast: Akio Ōtsuka, Atsuko Tanaka
21. Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004)
Japan, Animation / Thriller
Directed by: Mamoru Oshii
Cast: Akio Ōtsuka, Atsuko Tanaka
22. Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (2010)
Brazil, Action / Crime
Directed by: José Padilha
Cast: Wagner Moura, Irandhir Santos
25. Avatar (2009)
USA / UK, Action / Adventure
Directed by: James Cameron
Cast: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana
26. Elite Squad (2007)
Brazil / USA, Action / Drama
Directed by: José Padilha
Cast: Wagner Moura, André Ramiro
27. Ip Man 2: Legend of the Grandmaster (2010)
Hong Kong / China, Action / Drama
Directed by: Wilson Yip
Cast: Donnie Yen, Xiaoming Huang
28. Progression (2009)
Belgium / Slovenia, Documentary / Action
Directed by: Josh Lowell
Cast: Chris Sharma, Adam Ondra
29. Casino Royale (2006)
UK / Czech Republic, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Martin Campbell
Cast: Daniel Craig, Eva Green
30. Mesrine Part 2: Public Enemy #1 (2008)
France / Canada, Action / Drama
Directed by: Jean-François Richet
Cast: Vincent Cassel, Ludivine Sagnier
31. Minority Report (2002)
USA, Sci-fi / Action
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell
32. I, Robot (2004)
USA / Germany, Sci-fi / Action
Directed by: Alex Proyas
Cast: Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan
33. The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
Germany / France, Action / Drama
Directed by: Uli Edel
Cast: Martina Gedeck, Moritz Bleibtreu
34. Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem (2003)
Japan / France, Animation / Action
Directed by: Kazuhisa Takenouchi, Hirotoshi Rissen
Cast: Thomas Bangalter
35. The Animatrix (2003)
USA, Animation / Sci-fi
Directed by: Andrew R. Jones, Shin'ichirō Watanabe
Cast: Akio Ōtsuka, Dwight Schultz
36. X-Men 2 (2003)
USA / Canada, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Bryan Singer
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman
37. Fearless (2006)
Hong Kong / China, Action / Drama
Directed by: Ronny Yu
Cast: Jet Li, Shidō Nakamura
38. District 9 (2009)
South Africa / USA, Action / Sci-fi
Directed by: Neill Blomkamp
Cast: Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope
39. Iron Man (2008)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Jon Favreau
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard
41. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
USA, War / Historical
Directed by: Peter Weir
Cast: Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany
42. Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001)
Japan / USA, Animation / Action
Directed by: Shin'ichirō Watanabe, Yoshiyuki Takei
Cast: Ai Kobayashi, Kōichi Yamadera
43. Hero (2002)
China / Hong Kong, Action / Drama
Directed by: Yimou Zhang
Cast: Jet Li, Tony Chiu-wai Leung
44. Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010)
USA, Animation / Action
Directed by: Brandon Vietti, Kazuyoshi Takeuchi
Cast: Bruce Greenwood, Jason Isaacs
45. Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG - Individual Eleven (2006)
Japan, Animation / Action
Directed by: Kenji Kamiyama, 布施木一喜
Cast: Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Ōtsuka
46. Sword of the Stranger (2007)
Japan, Animation / Action
Directed by: Masahiro Andō
Cast: Tomoya Nagase, Kōichi Yamadera
47. The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003)
Japan, Action / Drama
Directed by: Takeshi Kitano
Cast: Takeshi Kitano, Michiyo Ookusu
48. Man on Fire (2004)
USA / UK, Action / Crime
Directed by: Tony Scott
Cast: Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning
50. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man (2005)
Japan, Animation / Action
Directed by: Kenji Kamiyama
Cast: Akio Ōtsuka, Atsuko Tanaka
51. Initial D: Third Stage (2001)
Japan, Animation / Action
Directed by: Fumitsugu Yamaguchi
Cast: Shin'ichirō Miki, Ayako Kawasumi
52. InuYasha the Movie 3: Swords of an Honorable Ruler (2003)
Japan, Animation / Action
Directed by: Toshiya Shinohara
Cast: Akio Ōtsuka, Hōko Kuwashima
53. Dark Blue World (2001)
Czech Republic / UK, War / Drama
Directed by: Jan Svěrák
Cast: Ondřej Vetchý, Kryštof Hádek
54. Sin City (2005)
USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Robert Rodriguez, Frank Miller
Cast: Jessica Alba, Bruce Willis
55. Apocalypto (2006)
USA, Drama / Adventure
Directed by: Mel Gibson
Cast: Rudy Youngblood, Dalia Hernández
56. V for Vendetta (2005)
USA / Germany, Action / Sci-fi
Directed by: James McTeigue
Cast: Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving
57. Sherlock Holmes (2009)
USA / Germany, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Guy Ritchie
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law
58. The Man from Nowhere (2010)
South Korea, Action / Crime
Directed by: Jeong-beom Lee
Cast: Bin Won, Sae-ron Kim
59. Mountain Patrol (2004)
China / Hong Kong, Action / Drama
Directed by: Chuan Lu
Cast: Duobujie, David Zhang
60. I Saw the Devil (2010)
South Korea, Thriller / Horror
Directed by: Jee-woon Kim
Cast: Byeong-heon Lee, Min-shik Choi
62. The Tunnel (2001)
Germany, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Roland Suso Richter
Cast: Heino Ferch, Nicolette Krebitz
63. Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
USA, Sci-fi / Fantasy
Directed by: George Lucas
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman
64. Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008)
France / Canada, Action / Drama
Directed by: Jean-François Richet
Cast: Vincent Cassel, Cécile de France
65. As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me (2001)
Germany, War / Drama
Directed by: Hardy Martins, Dmitriy Astrakhan
Cast: Bernhard Bettermann, Iris Böhm
66. Gangster's Paradise: Jerusalema (2008)
South Africa, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Ralph Ziman
Cast: Robert Hobbs, Kenneth Nkosi
67. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Cast: Uma Thurman, David Carradine
68. Hot Fuzz (2007)
UK / France, Action / Comedy
Directed by: Edgar Wright
Cast: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost
69. A Bittersweet Life (2005)
South Korea / USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Jee-woon Kim
Cast: Byeong-heon Lee, Jeong-min Hwang
71. Rambo (2008)
USA / Germany, Action / Thriller
Directed by: Sylvester Stallone
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Julie Benz
72. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
USA / Japan, Action / Crime
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Cast: Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu
73. 3:10 to Yuma (2007)
USA, Western / Drama
Directed by: James Mangold
Cast: Russell Crowe, Christian Bale
74. Rise of the Footsoldier (2007)
UK, Action / Crime
Directed by: Julian Gilbey
Cast: Ricci Harnett, Terry Stone
76. Fortress of War (2010)
Belarus / Russia, Drama / Action
Directed by: Aleksandr Kott, Denis Skvortsov
Cast: Alexei Kopashov, Pavel Derevyanko
77. WWE: The Best of RAW - 15th Anniversary, 1993 - 2008 (2007)
USA, Documentary / Action
Directed by: Vince McMahon
Cast: Steve Austin, John Cena
78. New Police Story (2004)
Hong Kong / China, Action / Crime
Directed by: Benny Chan
Cast: Jackie Chan, Nicholas Tse
79. InuYasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass (2002)
Japan, Animation / Action
Directed by: Toshiya Shinohara
Cast: Kappei Yamaguchi, Satsuki Yukino
80. Trigun: Badlands Rumble (2010)
Japan, Animation / Action
Directed by: Satoshi Nishimura
Cast: Charles Baker, Masaya Onosaka
81. Cell 211 (2009)
Spain / France, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Daniel Monzón
Cast: Luis Tosar, Alberto Ammann
82. Who Killed Captain Alex? (2010)
Uganda, Action
Directed by: Nabwana I.G.G.
Cast: Kakule William, Sserunya Ernest
84. First Ascent (2006)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Nick Rosen, Peter Mortimer
Cast: Didier Berthod, Dean Potter
85. Tekkonkinkreet (2006)
Japan, Animation / Action
Directed by: Michael Arias, Shoujirou Nishimi
Cast: Kazunari Ninomiya, Yū Aoi
86. Dawn of the Dead (2004)
USA / Canada, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: Zack Snyder
Cast: Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames
87. WWE: The Best of SmackDown - 10th Anniversary 1999-2009 (2009)
USA, Documentary / Action
Directed by: Kevin Dunn
Cast: Anthony Carelli, Kurt Angle
88. Fighter in the Wind (2004)
South Korea, War / Historical
Directed by: Yoon-ho Yang
Cast: Dong-geun Yang, Doo-hong Jeong
89. The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
USA / Australia, Action / Sci-fi
Directed by: Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne
91. Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior (2003)
Thailand, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Prachya Pinkaew
Cast: Tony Jaa, Petchtai Wongkamlao
94. Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006)
UK / USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Richard Donner, Richard Lester
Cast: Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman
95. Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (2005)
Japan, Animation / Action
Directed by: Tetsuya Nomura, Takeshi Nozue
Cast: Ayumi Itō, Maaya Sakamoto
96. Unleashed (2005)
France / USA, Thriller / Action
Directed by: Louis Leterrier
Cast: Jet Li, Morgan Freeman
97. Live Free or Die Hard (2007)
USA / UK, Action / Crime
Directed by: Len Wiseman
Cast: Bruce Willis, Timothy Olyphant
98. Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion (2007)
Japan, Animation / Action
Directed by: Noriyuki Abe
Cast: Romi Paku, Yuki Matsuoka
99. InuYasha the Movie 4: Fire on the Mystic Island (2004)
Japan, Animation / Action
Directed by: Toshiya Shinohara, Hirofumi Ogura
Cast: Fumiko Orikasa, Hōko Kuwashima
