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    1990s Action Movies

    The 40 most popular 1990s action movies, ranked. Click any film for ratings, reviews, trailers, and where to watch.

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    The Matrix
    TMDB4.1
    FF4.8

    The Matrix

    1999 · 2h 16m · US

    Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.

    The Crow
    TMDB3.8

    The Crow

    1994 · 1h 42m · US

    Exactly one year after young rock guitarist Eric Draven and his fiancée are brutally killed by a ruthless gang of criminals, Draven, watched over by a hypnotic crow, returns from the grave to exact revenge.

    Terminator 2: Judgment Day
    TMDB4.1
    FF4.8

    Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    1991 · 2h 17m · FR

    Ten years after the events of the original, a reprogrammed T-800 is sent back in time to protect young John Connor from the shape-shifting T-1000. Together with his mother Sarah, he fights to stop Skynet from triggering a nuclear apocalypse.

    Léon: The Professional
    TMDB4.1
    FF4.0

    Léon: The Professional

    1994 · 1h 51m · FR

    Léon, the top hit man in New York, has earned a rep as an effective "cleaner". But when his next-door neighbors are wiped out by a loose-cannon DEA agent, he becomes the unwilling custodian of 12-year-old Mathilda. Before long, Mathilda's thoughts turn to revenge, and she considers following in Léon's footsteps.

    Heat
    TMDB4.0
    FF4.9

    Heat

    1995 · 2h 50m · US

    Obsessive master thief Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective Vincent Hanna pursues him without rest. Each man recognizes and respects the ability and the dedication of the other even though they are aware their cat-and-mouse game may end in violence.

    Men in Black
    TMDB3.6
    FF4.3

    Men in Black

    1997 · 1h 38m · US

    After a police chase with an otherworldly being, a New York City cop is recruited as an agent in a top-secret organization established to monitor and police alien activity on Earth: the Men in Black. Agent K and new recruit Agent J find themselves in the middle of a deadly plot by an intergalactic terrorist who has arrived on Earth to assassinate two ambassadors from opposing galaxies.

    The Mummy
    TMDB3.5
    FF4.3

    The Mummy

    1999 · 2h 4m · US

    Dashing legionnaire Rick O'Connell stumbles upon the hidden ruins of Hamunaptra while in the midst of a battle to claim the area in 1920s Egypt. It has been over three thousand years since former High Priest Imhotep suffered a fate worse than death as a punishment for a forbidden love—along with a curse that guarantees eternal doom upon the world if he is ever awoken.

    The Fifth Element
    TMDB3.8

    The Fifth Element

    1997 · 2h 6m · FR

    In 2257, a taxi driver is unintentionally given the task of saving a young girl who is part of the key that will ensure the survival of humanity.

    Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
    TMDB3.3
    FF3.5

    Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

    1999 · 2h 16m · US

    Anakin Skywalker, a young slave strong with the Force, is discovered on Tatooine. Meanwhile, the evil Sith have returned, enacting their plot for revenge against the Jedi.

    Independence Day
    TMDB3.5
    FF3.5

    Independence Day

    1996 · 2h 25m · US

    Strange phenomena surface around the globe. The skies ignite. Terror races through the world's major cities. As these extraordinary events unfold, it becomes increasingly clear that a force of incredible magnitude has arrived. Its mission: total annihilation over the Fourth of July weekend. The last hope to stop the destruction is an unlikely group of people united by fate and unimaginable circumstances.

    Blade
    TMDB3.4
    FF4.0

    Blade

    1998 · 2h 1m · US

    The Daywalker known as "Blade" - a half-vampire, half-mortal man - becomes the protector of humanity against an underground army of vampires.

    Ghost in the Shell
    TMDB4.0
    FF4.0

    Ghost in the Shell

    1995 · 1h 23m · JP

    In the year 2029, the barriers of our world have been broken down by the net and by cybernetics, but this brings new vulnerability to humans in the form of brain-hacking. When a highly-wanted hacker known as 'The Puppetmaster' begins involving them in politics, Section 9, a group of cybernetically enhanced cops, are called in to investigate and stop the Puppetmaster.

    Rush Hour
    TMDB3.5
    FF4.0

    Rush Hour

    1998 · 1h 37m · US

    When Hong Kong Inspector Lee is summoned to Los Angeles to investigate a kidnapping, the FBI doesn't want any outside help and assigns cocky LAPD Detective James Carter to distract Lee from the case. Not content to watch the action from the sidelines, Lee and Carter form an unlikely partnership and investigate the case themselves.

    Mission: Impossible
    TMDB3.5
    FF4.5

    Mission: Impossible

    1996 · 1h 51m · US

    When Ethan Hunt, the leader of a crack espionage team whose perilous operation has gone awry with no explanation, discovers that a mole has penetrated the CIA, he's surprised to learn that he's the prime suspect. To clear his name, Hunt now must ferret out the real double agent and, in the process, even the score.

    Godzilla
    TMDB2.8
    FF4.0

    Godzilla

    1998 · 2h 18m · US

    French nuclear tests irradiate an iguana into a giant monster that viciously attacks freighter ships in the Pacific Ocean. A team of experts, including Niko Tatopoulos, conclude that the oversized reptile is the culprit. Before long, the giant lizard is loose in Manhattan as the US military races to destroy the monster before it reproduces and it's spawn takes over the world.

    Total Recall
    TMDB3.7
    FF4.0

    Total Recall

    1990 · 1h 53m · US

    Construction worker Douglas Quaid's obsession with the planet Mars leads him to visit Rekall, a virtual vacation company that manufactures memories. When something goes wrong during Quaid's memory implant procedure, his life turns upside down, leading him to question what is reality and what isn't.

    Fallen Angels
    TMDB3.8
    FF4.7

    Fallen Angels

    1995 · 1h 38m · HK

    An indifferent hitman, his infatuated business partner and an ex-convict search for love and meaning as their lives cross paths in Hong Kong.

    Starship Troopers
    TMDB3.6

    Starship Troopers

    1997 · 2h 9m · US

    Set in the future, the story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry. Rico's military career progresses from recruit to non-commissioned officer and finally to officer against the backdrop of an interstellar war between mankind and an arachnoid species known as "the Bugs."

    The Hunt for Red October
    TMDB3.7
    FF4.5

    The Hunt for Red October

    1990 · 2h 15m · US

    A new technologically-superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captain Marko Ramius. The American government thinks Ramius is planning to attack. Lone CIA analyst Jack Ryan has a different idea: he thinks Ramius is planning to defect, but he has only a few hours to find him and prove it - because the entire Russian naval and air commands are trying to find Ramius, too. The hunt is on!

    Bad Boys
    TMDB3.4
    FF3.0

    Bad Boys

    1995 · 1h 59m · US

    Marcus Burnett is a henpecked family man. Mike Lowrey is a footloose and fancy free ladies' man. Both Miami policemen, they have 72 hours to reclaim a consignment of drugs stolen from under their station's nose. To complicate matters, in order to get the assistance of the sole witness to a murder, they have to pretend to be each other.

    Speed
    TMDB3.6
    FF5.0

    Speed

    1994 · 1h 56m · US

    Tensions run high when a crazed bomber rigs a Los Angeles bus with a device that will kill everyone on board if the vehicle's speed dips below fifty miles per hour.

    Tombstone
    TMDB3.8

    Tombstone

    1993 · 2h 10m · US

    Legendary marshal Wyatt Earp, now a weary gunfighter, joins his brothers Morgan and Virgil to pursue their collective fortune in the thriving mining town of Tombstone. But Earp is forced to don a badge again and get help from his notorious pal Doc Holliday when a gang of renegade brigands and rustlers begins terrorizing the town.

    From Dusk Till Dawn
    TMDB3.5

    From Dusk Till Dawn

    1996 · 1h 48m · US

    After kidnapping a father and his two kids, the Gecko brothers head south to a seedy Mexican bar to hide out in safety, unaware of its notorious clientele.

    The Fugitive
    TMDB3.7
    FF5.0

    The Fugitive

    1993 · 2h 11m · US

    Wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife and sentenced to death, Richard Kimble escapes from the law in an attempt to find the real killer and clear his name.

    Die Hard 2
    TMDB3.5
    FF3.5

    Die Hard 2

    1990 · 2h 4m · US

    One year after his heroics in Los Angeles, John McClane is an off-duty cop who is the wrong guy in the wrong place at the wrong time. On a snowy Christmas Eve, as he waits for his wife's plane to land at Washington Dulles International Airport, terrorists take over the air traffic control system in a plot to free a South American army general and drug smuggler being flown into the US to face drug charges. It's now up to McClane to take on the terrorists, while coping with an inept airport police chief, an uncooperative anti-terrorist squad, and the life of his wife and everyone else trapped in planes circling overhead.

    The World Is Not Enough
    TMDB3.1

    The World Is Not Enough

    1999 · 2h 8m · UK

    Greed, revenge, world dominance and high-tech terrorism – it's all in a day's work for Bond, who's on a mission to protect a beautiful oil heiress from a notorious terrorist. In a race against time that culminates in a dramatic submarine showdown, Bond works to defuse the international power struggle that has the world's oil supply hanging in the balance.

    Alien³
    TMDB3.2
    FF3.0

    Alien³

    1992 · 1h 54m · US

    After escaping with Newt and Hicks from the alien planet, Ripley crash lands on Fiorina 161, a prison planet and host to a correctional facility. Unfortunately, although Newt and Hicks do not survive the crash, a more unwelcome visitor does. The prison does not allow weapons of any kind, and with aid being a long time away, the prisoners must simply survive in any way they can.

    Street Fighter
    TMDB2.3
    FF2.5

    Street Fighter

    1994 · 1h 42m · AU

    Colonel William F. Guile leads an international Allied Nations strike force to free relief workers held hostage by the megalomaniacal dictator General M. Bison in the war-torn region of Shadaloo.

    The Rock
    TMDB3.6
    FF3.5

    The Rock

    1996 · 2h 17m · US

    When vengeful General Francis X. Hummel seizes control of Alcatraz Island and threatens to launch missiles loaded with deadly chemical weapons into San Francisco, only a young FBI chemical weapons expert and notorious Federal prisoner have the skills to penetrate the impregnable island fortress and take him down.

    Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
    TMDB4.1
    FF4.5

    Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion

    1997 · 1h 27m · JP

    SEELE orders an all-out attack on NERV, aiming to destroy the Evas before Gendo can advance his own plans for the Human Instrumentality Project. Shinji is pushed to the limits of his sanity as he is forced to decide the fate of humanity.

    Die Hard: With a Vengeance
    TMDB3.6

    Die Hard: With a Vengeance

    1995 · 2h 8m · US

    New York detective John McClane is back and kicking bad-guy butt in the third installment of this action-packed series, which finds him teaming with civilian Zeus Carver to prevent the loss of innocent lives. McClane thought he'd seen it all, until a genius named Simon engages McClane, his new "partner" -- and his beloved city -- in a deadly game that demands their concentration.

    GoldenEye
    TMDB3.5

    GoldenEye

    1995 · 2h 10m · UK

    When a powerful secret defense system is stolen, James Bond is assigned to stop a Russian crime syndicate from using it.

    Con Air
    TMDB3.4

    Con Air

    1997 · 1h 56m · US

    Newly-paroled former US Army ranger Cameron Poe is headed back to his wife, but must fly home aboard a prison transport flight dubbed "Jailbird" taking the “worst of the worst” prisoners, a group described as “pure predators”, to a new super-prison. Poe faces impossible odds when the transport plane is skyjacked mid-flight by the most vicious criminals in the country led by the mastermind — genius serial killer Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom, and backed by black militant Diamond Dog and psychopath Billy Bedlam.

    The Jackal
    TMDB3.2

    The Jackal

    1997 · 2h 4m · US

    Hired by a powerful member of the Russian mafia to avenge an FBI sting that left his brother dead, a psychopathic hitman known only as The Jackal proves an elusive target for the people charged with the task of bringing him down: a deputy FBI director, a Russian MVK Major, and a jailed IRA terrorist who can recognize him.

    Stargate
    TMDB3.5
    FF4.0

    Stargate

    1994 · 2h 1m · US

    An interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet with humans resembling ancient Egyptians who worship the god Ra.

    Batman Returns
    TMDB3.5
    FF3.5

    Batman Returns

    1992 · 2h 6m · US

    The monstrous Penguin, who dwells in the sewers beneath Gotham, joins up with corrupt mayoral candidate Max Shreck to topple the Batman once and for all. But when Shreck's timid assistant Selina Kyle finds out, and Shreck tries to kill her, she's transformed into the sexy Catwoman. She teams up with the Penguin and Shreck to destroy Batman, but sparks fly unexpectedly when she confronts the caped crusader.

    Armageddon
    TMDB3.4

    Armageddon

    1998 · 2h 31m · US

    When an asteroid threatens to collide with Earth, NASA honcho Dan Truman determines the only way to stop it is to drill into its surface and detonate a nuclear bomb. This leads him to renowned driller Harry Stamper, who agrees to helm the dangerous space mission provided he can bring along his own hotshot crew. Among them is the cocksure A.J. who Harry thinks isn't good enough for his daughter, until the mission proves otherwise.

    Taxi
    TMDB3.4
    FF3.5

    Taxi

    1998 · 1h 26m · FR

    In Marseilles a skilled pizza delivery boy Daniel who drives a scooter finally has his dreams come true. He gets a taxi license. Caught by the police for a huge speed infraction, he will help Emilien, a loser inspector who can't drive, on the track of German bank robbers, so he doesn't lose his license and his dream job.

    Demolition Man
    TMDB3.4
    FF5.0

    Demolition Man

    1993 · 1h 55m · US

    In 1996, brash L.A. detective John Spartan and maniac killer Simon Phoenix are both sentenced to decades in a cryogenic prison as punishment for a rescue mission gone wrong. When Phoenix escapes 36 years later to wreak havoc on the future, Spartan is awakened to capture his nemesis the old-fashioned way.

    RoboCop 2
    TMDB3.0

    RoboCop 2

    1990 · 1h 57m · US

    After a successful deployment of the RoboCop Law Enforcement unit, OCP sees its goal of urban pacification come closer and closer, but as this develops, a new narcotic known as "Nuke" invades the streets led by God-delirious leader Cane. As this menace grows, it may prove to be too much for Murphy to handle. OCP tries to replicate the success of the first unit, but ends up with failed prototypes with suicidal issues... until Dr. Faxx, a scientist straying away from OCP's path, uses Cane as the new subject for the RoboCop 2 project, a living God.

    About 1990s Action Movies

    The 1990s

    The 1990s were the independent film decade, when Sundance and Miramax pushed low-budget American filmmaking into the mainstream. It's also when Hong Kong action, Japanese animation, and Iranian art cinema found large Western audiences.

    Action

    Action cinema runs from the stunt-driven spectacle of Hollywood blockbusters to the choreographed precision of Hong Kong and Korean thrillers. The best of it treats physical performance as storytelling — chases, fights, and set pieces that reveal character rather than pause for it.

    In this list

    Best reviewed
    Léon: The Professional (8.3)
    Often also
    Science Fiction, Thriller, Adventure

    Common questions

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    By popularity across Flickfolio and TMDB, the top picks right now are The Matrix, The Crow, and Terminator 2: Judgment Day. The full ranked list of 40 sits above — open any movie for ratings, reviews, and streaming availability.
    How is this list ranked?
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