20 Best Action Movies of 2024

Country: United States
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2024
Cast: Jason Statham, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Josh Hutcherson, Bobby Naderi, Phylicia Rashad
Director: David Ayer
Storyline: One man’s brutal campaign for vengeance takes on national stakes after he is revealed to be a former operative of a powerful and clandestine organization known as “Beekeepers.”

Available on: Lionsgate Play, Amazon Prime Video
IMDb Rating: 6.4

Country: United States
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2024
Cast: Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Vanessa Hudgens, Alexander Ludwig, Paola Núñez, Eric Dane
Director: Adil & Bilall
Storyline: The fourth installment of the Bad Boys series of buddy cop films, and the sequel to Bad Boys for Life (2020). The story follows Miami detectives Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett, who are attempting to clear the name of their late Captain, Conrad Howard, after he is falsely accused of conspiracy.

Available on: TBA
IMDb Rating: 7

Countries: Australia, United States
Language: English
Release Date: 23 May 2024
Cast: Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth, Tom Burke, Alyla Browne
Director: George Miller
Storyline: It is the fifth installment in the Mad Max franchise, serving as both a prequel and spin-off to Mad Max: Fury Road (2015). The origin story of renegade warrior Furiosa before her encounter and team-up with Mad Max.

Available on: TBA
IMDb Rating: 7.8

Country: United States
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2024
Cast: Owen Teague, Freya Allan, Kevin Durand, Peter Macon, William H. Macy
Director: Wes Ball
Storyline: A standalone sequel to War for the Planet of the Apes (2017), it is the fourth installment in the Planet of the Apes reboot film series and the tenth film overall. The film takes place 300 years after the events of the War and follows a young chimpanzee named Noa, who embarks on a journey alongside a human woman named Mae to determine the future for apes and humans alike.

Available on: TBA
IMDb Rating: 7.2

Countries: United Kingdom, United States
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2024
Cast: Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Cailee Spaeny, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Sonoya Mizuno
Director: Alex Garland
Storyline: A journey across a dystopian future America, following a team of military-embedded journalists as they race against time to reach DC before rebel factions descend upon the White House.

Available on: TBA
IMDb Rating: 7.2

Country: United States
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2024
Cast: Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Hannah Waddingham, Teresa Palmer, Stephanie Hsu
Director: David Leitch
Storyline: A down-and-out stuntman must find the missing star of his ex-girlfriend’s blockbuster film.

Available on: Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV (Buy, Rent)
IMDb Rating: 7

Countries: United Kingdom, United States
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2024
Cast: Henry Cavill, Eiza González, Alan Ritchson, Alex Pettyfer, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Babs Olusanmokun
Director: Guy Ritchie
Storyline: The British military recruits a small group of highly skilled soldiers to strike against German forces behind enemy lines during World War II.

Available on: Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV
IMDb Rating: 6.9

Country: United States
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2024
Cast: Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Dave Bautista
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Storyline: The sequel to Dune (2021), it is the second of a two-part adaptation of the 1965 novel Dune by Frank Herbert. It follows Paul Atreides as he unites with the Fremen people of the desert planet Arrakis to wage war against House Harkonnen.

Available on: Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV (Buy, Rent)
IMDb Rating: 8.6

Countries: United Kingdom, United States
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2024
Cast: Kristen Stewart, Katy O’Brian, Jena Malone, Anna Baryshnikov, Dave Franco
Director: Rose Glass
Storyline: Gym manager Lou falls for Jackie, a bodybuilder who is passing through town en route to a competition in Las Vegas.

Available on: TBA
IMDb Rating: 6.7

Countries: Canada, United States
Languages: English, Hindi
Release Date: April 5, 2024
Cast: Dev Patel, Sharlto Copley, Pitobash, Vipin Sharma
Director: Dev Patel
Storyline: An anonymous young man unleashes a campaign of vengeance against the corrupt leaders who murdered his mother and continue to systematically victimize the poor and powerless.

Available on: Amazon Prime Video
IMDb Rating: 6.9

Country: United States
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2024
Cast: Liam Hemsworth, Russell Crowe, Luke Hemsworth, Ricky Whittle, Milo Ventimiglia
Director: William Eubank
Storyline: A US Army special forces unit is ambushed during a mission to retrieve an intelligence asset and their only remaining hope lies with a remote Air Force drone operator assisting them through a brutal 48-hour battle for survival.

Available on: Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV
IMDb Rating: 6.5

Country: South Korea
Languages: South Korea, Language
Release Date: January 26, 2024
Cast: Ma Dong-seok, Lee Hee-joon, Lee Jun-young, Roh Jeong-eui
Director: Heo Myung-haeng
Storyline: When an earthquake turns Seoul into a lawless badland, a fearless huntsman goes on to rescue a teenager from a mad doctor who held the teenager captive in a camp full of dangerous cultists.

Available on: Netflix
IMDb Rating: 5.9

Country: United States
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2024
Voice Cast: Jack Black, Awkwafina, Bryan Cranston, James Hong, Ian McShane, Ke Huy Quan, Dustin Hoffman, Viola Davis
Director: Mike Mitchell
Storyline: After Po is tapped to become the Spiritual Leader of the Valley of Peace, he needs to find and train a new Dragon Warrior, while a wicked sorceress plans to re-summon all the master villains whom Po has vanquished to the spirit realm.

Available on: Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV (Buy, Rent)
IMDb Rating: 6.3

Countries: Germany, South Africa, United States
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2024
Cast: Bill Skarsgård, Jessica Rothe, Michelle Dockery, Brett Gelman, Isaiah Mustafa, Yayan Ruhian
Director: Moritz Mohr
Storyline: A fever dream action film that follows Boy, a deaf person with a vibrant imagination. When his family is murdered, he is trained by a mysterious shaman to repress his childish imagination and become an instrument of death.

Available on: Amazon Prime Video
IMDb Rating: 6.4

Country: South Korea
Language: Korean
Release Date: January 10, 2024
Cast: Ryu Jun-yeol, Kim Tae-ri, Kim Woo-bin
Director: Choi Dong-hoon
Storyline: It is the second part of the 2022 film Alienoid and tells the story of humans and monks trying to save everyone by returning to the present while hidden secrets are revealed in the fierce battle for the new sword.

Available on: Amazon Prime Video
IMDb Rating: 6.6

Countries: United Kingdom, United States
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2024
Cast: Henry Cavill, Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Rockwell, Bryan Cranston, Catherine O’Hara, Dua Lipa, Ariana DeBose, John Cena
Director: Matthew Vaughn
Storyline: The film’s plot centers on a reclusive author who is drawn into the world of spies and espionage after she realizes that a new spy novel she is writing mirrors real-world events.

Available on: Apple TV+
IMDb Rating: 5.7

Country: United States
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2024
Cast: Millie Bobby Brown, Ray Winstone, Nick Robinson, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Angela Bassett, Robin Wright
Director: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Storyline: A dutiful damsel agrees to marry a handsome prince, only to find the royal family has recruited her as a sacrifice to repay an ancient debt.

Available on: Netflix
IMDb Rating: 6.1

Country: United States
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2024
Cast: Jennifer Lopez, Simu Liu, Sterling K. Brown, Mark Strong
Director: Brad Peyton
Storyline: In a bleak-sounding future, an A.I. soldier has determined that the only way to end war is to end humanity.

Available on: Netflix
IMDb Rating: 5.6