Top 100 Commando Type Knock-Offs

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1. Man on Fire (1987)

R | 92 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A former CIA agent, John Creasy, is hired as a bodyguard for a girl in Italy, who becomes the daughter he never had. When she is abducted, Creasy's fiery rage is unleashed, and despite being badly wounded, embarks on a bloody revenge spree.

Director: Élie Chouraqui | Stars: Scott Glenn, Jade Malle, Joe Pesci, Brooke Adams

Votes: 3,018 | Gross: $0.52M

2. Merchant of Death (1997)

R | 96 min | Action, Drama

Jim Rendall (Michael Pare) is 6 when his family gets killed. 25 years later he finds out why.

Director: Yossi Wein | Stars: Michael Paré, Linda Hoffman, John Simon Jones, Justin Illusion

Votes: 294

3. Diplomatic Immunity (1991)

R | 95 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Cole Hickel, a Marine, pursues his daughter's killer when he is allowed to go back to Paraguay because of "diplomatic immunity."

Director: Peter Maris | Stars: Bruce Boxleitner, Billy Drago, Tom Bresnahan, Fabiana Udenio

Votes: 409

4. The Substitute (1996)

R | 114 min | Action, Crime, Drama

41 Metascore

Shale's Mercenary team is retired after a (not so) covert mission in Cuba. He becomes a substitute teacher at his teacher fiancee's Miami high school to get those behind kneecapping her. His team helps him.

Director: Robert Mandel | Stars: Tom Berenger, Raymond Cruz, William Forsythe, Luis Guzmán

Votes: 15,674 | Gross: $14.75M

5. Zero Tolerance (1994)

R | 88 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Jeff is an FBI agent sent to pick up Ray Manta, a member of the White Hand drug cartel, from a Mexican jail. Manta escapes, and gets revenge by killing Jeff's family. Kowalski, another ... See full summary »

Director: Joseph Merhi | Stars: Robert Patrick, Titus Welliver, Mick Fleetwood, Miles O'Keeffe

Votes: 668

6. Eraser (1996)

R | 115 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

56 Metascore

A Witness Protection specialist becomes suspicious of his co-workers when dealing with a case involving high-tech weapons.

Director: Chuck Russell | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Vanessa Williams, James Caan, James Coburn

Votes: 118,367 | Gross: $101.30M

7. La via della droga (1989)

86 min | Action

Protected by his band of mercenaries, Bolivia's toughest drug dealer rules by terror and torture. Fear of the deadly consequences make his extradition to the US impossible but the ... See full summary »

Director: Michele Massimo Tarantini | Stars: Miles O'Keeffe, Milton Rodríguez, Chuck Bishop, Philip Wagner

Votes: 106

8. The Sweeper (1996 Video)

R | 90 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Mark Goddard, a Los Angeles cop with a penchant for violence, is recruited by a secret police society who deliver justice outside of the law.

Director: Joseph Merhi | Stars: C. Thomas Howell, Jeff Fahey, Ed Lauter, Kristen Dalton

Votes: 631

9. Steele Justice (1987)

R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Steele is ex-cop and Vietnam vet who is determined to bring down Kwan, former South Vietnamese general and now rich and powerful drug lord.

Director: Robert Boris | Stars: Martin Kove, Sela Ward, Ronny Cox, Bernie Casey

Votes: 814 | Gross: $1.33M

10. Action Jackson (1988)

R | 96 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

36 Metascore

Vengeance drives a tough Detroit cop to stay on the trail of a power-hungry auto magnate who is systematically eliminating his competition.

Director: Craig R. Baxley | Stars: Carl Weathers, Craig T. Nelson, Vanity, Sharon Stone

Votes: 12,603 | Gross: $20.26M

11. The Expendables (2010)

R | 103 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

45 Metascore

A CIA operative hires a team of mercenaries to eliminate a Latin dictator and a renegade CIA agent.

Director: Sylvester Stallone | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren

Votes: 364,671 | Gross: $103.07M

12. McBain (1991)

R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, War

A former Vietnam War lieutenant reforms his old team in order to help a revolutionary's sister overthrow a ruthless dictator.

Director: James Glickenhaus | Stars: Christopher Walken, Maria Conchita Alonso, Michael Joseph DeSare, Chick Vennera

Votes: 2,263 | Gross: $0.46M

13. Mercenary Fighters (1988)

R | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The president of an African country wants to boost his economy with a new dam. He ignores the protests of the tribes in the flooded region, so they declare rebellion. To avoid bad publicity... See full summary »

Director: Riki Shelach Nissimoff | Stars: Peter Fonda, Reb Brown, Ron O'Neal, James Mitchum

Votes: 242

14. Skin Trade (2014)

R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

39 Metascore

After his family is killed by a Serbian gangster with international interests, NYC detective Nick goes to S.E. Asia and teams up with a Thai detective to get revenge and destroy the syndicates human trafficking network.

Director: Ekachai Uekrongtham | Stars: Dolph Lundgren, Tony Jaa, Ron Perlman, Michael Jai White

Votes: 8,572 | Gross: $0.00M

15. Predator (1987)

R | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Horror

47 Metascore

A team of commandos on a mission in a Central American jungle find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.

Director: John McTiernan | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Kevin Peter Hall, Elpidia Carrillo

Votes: 454,756 | Gross: $59.74M

16. Raw Deal (1986)

R | 106 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

44 Metascore

A former FBI agent turned small-town sheriff agrees to help the FBI chief infiltrate the Chicago mafia when the FBI chief's son is killed by them.

Director: John Irvin | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kathryn Harrold, Sam Wanamaker, Paul Shenar

Votes: 37,607 | Gross: $16.21M

17. Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991)

R | 79 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Two L.A. cops with opposing views on what is the best way to uphold the law have to work together to bring down the Yakuza, while trying to protect a beautiful woman.

Director: Mark L. Lester | Stars: Dolph Lundgren, Brandon Lee, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Tia Carrere

Votes: 20,713 | Gross: $2.28M

18. The Punisher (2004)

R | 124 min | Action, Crime, Drama

33 Metascore

An undercover FBI agent becomes a vigilante and sets out to unleash his wrath upon the corrupt businessman who slaughtered his entire family at a reunion.

Director: Jonathan Hensleigh | Stars: Thomas Jane, John Travolta, Samantha Mathis, Laura Harring

Votes: 170,566 | Gross: $33.81M

19. Men of War (1994)

R | 102 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A former Special Ops soldier leads a group of mercenaries to an island in the South China Sea: their mission is obtain the rights to the unusual treasure that the island beholds.

Director: Perry Lang | Stars: Dolph Lundgren, Charlotte Lewis, BD Wong, Tony Denison

Votes: 4,594

20. Out for Justice (1991)

R | 91 min | Action, Crime, Drama

38 Metascore

With his partner executed in broad daylight by a psychotic mafia enforcer, a veteran Brooklyn officer vows revenge. But is the unstoppable detective prepared to face the truth and pay the price of blood?

Director: John Flynn | Stars: Steven Seagal, William Forsythe, Jerry Orbach, Jo Champa

Votes: 25,783 | Gross: $39.67M

21. Let's Get Harry (1986)

R | 102 min | Action, Adventure

When Colombian revolutionaries kidnap an American engineer, his brother and friends, faced with official inaction, hire a mercenary and mount the rescue operation themselves.

Director: Stuart Rosenberg | Stars: Michael Schoeffling, Tom Wilson, Fidel Abrego, Jere Burns

Votes: 1,549 | Gross: $0.14M

22. Punisher: War Zone (2008)

R | 103 min | Action, Crime, Drama

30 Metascore

Frank Castle, known as the Punisher, ruthlessly demolishes organized crime, but it starts an even bigger war.

Director: Lexi Alexander | Stars: Ray Stevenson, Dominic West, Julie Benz, Doug Hutchison

Votes: 67,158 | Gross: $8.05M

23. The Substitute 2: School's Out (1998 TV Movie)

R | 89 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A mercenary masquerades as a teacher in order to enter a tough urban school and wreak his revenge upon his brother's killer.

Director: Steven Pearl | Stars: Owen Stadele, Edoardo Ballerini, Christopher Cousins, Chuck Jeffreys

Votes: 3,330

24. The Substitute 3: Winner Takes All (1999 TV Movie)

R | 89 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

At a college visit to a war buddy's professor daughter, mercenary Karl Thomasson finds her brutally beaten. He then poses as a teacher to teach a lesson, and get revenge, on the brash football jocks responsible.

Director: Robert Radler | Stars: Treat Williams, David Jensen, Barbara Jane Reams, Brian Simpson

Votes: 1,935

25. The Substitute: Failure Is Not an Option (2001 Video)

R | 91 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Former mercenary Karl Thomasson returns once again as a substitute teacher, this time to infiltrate a military school's faculty to cease the actions of white supremacists.

Director: Robert Radler | Stars: Treat Williams, Angie Everhart, Patrick Kilpatrick, Bill Nunn

Votes: 1,371

26. The Base (1999 Video)

R | 93 min | Action, Drama

In a U.S. army base, a senior army officer leads a group of young men into drug trafficking.

Director: Mark L. Lester | Stars: Mark Dacascos, Tim Abell, Paula Trickey, Noah Blake

Votes: 996

27. Guilty as Charged (2000 TV Movie)

R | 97 min | Action, Adventure

The Pentagon sends their top soldier to uncover the mystery behind the disappearance of two dozen soldiers.

Director: Mark L. Lester | Stars: Antonio Sabato Jr., James Remar, Duane Davis, Yuji Okumoto

Votes: 455

28. Blowback (2000)

R | 91 min | Thriller

Serial killer comes back from dead to kill jury members.

Director: Mark L. Lester | Stars: Mario Van Peebles, James Remar, Sharisse Baker-Bernard, Gladise Jiminez

Votes: 829

29. Extreme Justice (1993)

R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A rogue cop joins an elite L.A.P.D. unit who secretly operate as a vigilante death squad, but soon begins to question their methods.

Director: Mark L. Lester | Stars: Lou Diamond Phillips, Scott Glenn, Chelsea Field, Yaphet Kotto

Votes: 1,388

30. Sweet Revenge (I) (1987)

R | 78 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Nancy Allen plays an investigative news reporter Jillian Gray, who, along with her daughter is kidnapped by white slave king Cicero, after getting too close with her investigation. Now that she has escaped, she seeks revenge on Cicero.

Director: Mark Sobel | Stars: Nancy Allen, Ted Shackelford, Martin Landau, Sal Landi

Votes: 321

31. The Job (I) (2003)

R | 83 min | Action, Crime, Drama

CJ is a sexy, cold-blooded assassin who wants to quit the business. She agrees to carry out one last hit, but for the first time in her career as an assassin, she is unable to finish the job.

Director: Kenny Golde | Stars: Daryl Hannah, Brad Renfro, Dominique Swain, Eric Mabius

Votes: 1,076

32. Subterfuge (1996)

R | 95 min | Action, Drama

Scuba-diver turned beach-bum Jonathan Slade is forced back into his previous milieu - the world of international espionage - in order to retrieve Black Boxes from an American jetliner that ... See full summary »

Director: Herb Freed | Stars: Matt McColm, Amanda Pays, Jason Gould, Richard Brake

Votes: 163

33. A Dark Truth (2012)

R | 106 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

31 Metascore

A former CIA operative turned political talk show host is hired by a disaffected corporate shareholder to expose her company's cover-up of an incident and deaths in an Ecuadorian village.

Director: Damian Lee | Stars: Andy Garcia, Kim Coates, Deborah Kara Unger, Forest Whitaker

Votes: 6,271 | Gross: $0.01M

34. Elephant White (2011)

R | 91 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

An assassin is hired by a businessman to avenge the murder of his daughter by white slave traders in Thailand.

Director: Prachya Pinkaew | Stars: Djimon Hounsou, Kevin Bacon, Vithaya Pansringarm, Sahajak Boonthanakit

Votes: 11,105

35. The Contractor (2007 Video)

R | 99 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Ex-C.I.A. Agent James Dial (Wesley Snipes) is asked to take out terrorist Ali Mahmud Jahar (Nikolai Sotirov), only to realize he's been set up by his former employer, Jeremy Collins (Ralph Brown).

Director: Josef Rusnak | Stars: Wesley Snipes, Eliza Bennett, Lena Headey, Ralph Brown

Votes: 9,986

36. Shooter (I) (2007)

R | 124 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

53 Metascore

A marksman living in exile is coaxed back into action after hearing of a plot to kill the President. After being-double crossed for the attempt and on the run, he sets out for the real killer and the truth.

Director: Antoine Fuqua | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Michael Peña, Rhona Mitra, Danny Glover

Votes: 355,601 | Gross: $47.00M

37. Desert Saints (2002)

R | 88 min | Action, Romance, Thriller

An American assassin, who works for cartels in Latin America, is back in USA. He gets a woman before each job and kills her after. FBI's on to him but are curious about his next big job.

Director: Richard Greenberg | Stars: Brent Roam, Shawn Woods, Christopher Bersh, Kiefer Sutherland

Votes: 3,427

38. Puerto Vallarta Squeeze (2004)

R | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

An American government hitman on the run, makes a pact with two travellers to help him disappear into the Mexican jungle.

Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman | Stars: Scott Glenn, Craig Wasson, Giovanna Zacarías, Harvey Keitel

Votes: 1,021

39. Showdown in Manila (2016)

86 min | Action

Private detectives Nick (Alexander Nevsky) and Charlie (Casper Van Dien) live and work in Manila. A murder investigation leads them to the jungle camp of an international terrorist called ... See full summary »

Director: Mark Dacascos | Stars: Alexander Nevsky, Casper Van Dien, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Tia Carrere

Votes: 2,024

40. The Librarians (2003)

R | 96 min | Action, Thriller

A merc team called "The Librarians" is hired to find the missing granddaughter of one of their closest friends, and they'll have to go against a ruthless Miami mobster to get her.

Director: Mike Kirton | Stars: William Forsythe, Erika Eleniak, Andrew Divoff, Daniel Bernhardt

Votes: 436

41. xXx: State of the Union (2005)

PG-13 | 101 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

37 Metascore

Darius Stone, a new agent in the xXx program, is sent to Washington, D.C. to stop a coup attempt against the President of the United States.

Director: Lee Tamahori | Stars: Ice Cube, Samuel L. Jackson, Willem Dafoe, Scott Speedman

Votes: 73,609 | Gross: $26.87M

42. xXx: Return of Xander Cage (2017)

PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

42 Metascore

Xander Cage is left for dead after an incident, though he secretly returns to action for a new, tough assignment with his handler Augustus Gibbons.

Director: D.J. Caruso | Stars: Vin Diesel, Donnie Yen, Deepika Padukone, Kris Wu

Votes: 97,182 | Gross: $44.90M

43. In Her Line of Fire (2006)

R | 88 min | Action, Drama

When the Vice President's plane goes down near a remote Pacific island, he is kidnapped by rebel forces and held for ransom. It is up to his female Secret Service agent and a press secretary to infiltrate the camp and save him.

Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith | Stars: Mariel Hemingway, David Keith, David Millbern, Jill Bennett

Votes: 1,119 | Gross: $0.00M

44. Direct Hit (1994 Video)

R | 89 min | Action, Drama

Assigned to eliminate a woman accused of bribing a senator, a C.I.A. assassin discovers that his target is merely a pawn in a much bigger game and that he must now protect her at all costs.

Directors: Joseph Merhi, Paul G. Volk | Stars: William Forsythe, Jo Champa, Richard Norton, John Aprea

Votes: 315

45. Under the Gun (1995)

R | 90 min | Action

A debt-ridden night club owner has to take on Italian and Asian mobsters, corrupt police, and an angry pimp that he threw out of the club to try to keep his club in business.

Director: Matthew George | Stars: Richard Norton, Kathy Long, Jane Badler, Peter Lindsay

Votes: 296

46. The Tracker (2001 TV Movie)

R | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama

When lovely Kim Chang is kidnapped in a bloody assault, disgraced private detective Connor Spears is enlisted by her brother Rick to rescue her from warring Russian and Chinese mobs.

Director: Jeff Schechter | Stars: Casper Van Dien, Françoise Robertson, Russell Wong, Jason Blicker

Votes: 299

47. 2 Guns (2013)

R | 109 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller

55 Metascore

Two hardened criminals get into trouble with the US border patrol after meeting with a Mexican drug lord, and then revelations start to unfold.

Director: Baltasar Kormákur | Stars: Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg, Paula Patton, Bill Paxton

Votes: 225,337 | Gross: $75.61M

48. Clear and Present Danger (1994)

PG-13 | 141 min | Action, Crime, Drama

72 Metascore

CIA Analyst Jack Ryan is drawn into an illegal war fought by the US government against a Colombian drug cartel.

Director: Phillip Noyce | Stars: Harrison Ford, Willem Dafoe, Anne Archer, Joaquim de Almeida

Votes: 107,895 | Gross: $122.19M

49. Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)

PG-13 | 120 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

55 Metascore

A bored married couple is surprised to learn that they are both assassins hired by competing agencies to kill each other.

Director: Doug Liman | Stars: Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Adam Brody, Vince Vaughn

Votes: 541,383 | Gross: $186.34M

50. Blind Heat (2001)

R | 95 min | Thriller

The beautiful wife of a wealthy computer magnate is kidnapped and held ransom. A top hostage negotiator is called in, but the husband seems ambivalent about getting his wife back, but the negotiator is intent on finishing his job.

Director: Adolfo Martínez Solares | Stars: Maria Conchita Alonso, J. Eddie Peck, Jeff Fahey, Al Sapienza

Votes: 163

51. Baby (2007)

Not Rated | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A tragic tale of an Asian youth's gang life in South East Los Angeles, set during the mid 80's to the early 90s.

Director: Juwan Chung | Stars: David Huynh, Feodor Chin, Kenneth Choi, Shannon Dang

Votes: 412

52. Last to Surrender (1998)

R | 95 min | Action, Adventure

A maverick American cop and his Chinese counterpart join forces to bring a drug dealer and his hired thugs to justice.

Director: David Mitchell | Stars: Roddy Piper, Ong Soo Han, Andy Yim, Qingfu Pan

Votes: 194

53. Eye of the Tiger (1986)

R | 92 min | Action, Drama

Returning home from prison, a Vietnam War veteran sets out to clean up his hometown which has come under the control of a violent motorcycle gang.

Director: Richard C. Sarafian | Stars: Gary Busey, Yaphet Kotto, Seymour Cassel, Bert Remsen

Votes: 2,516

54. The Killing Machine (1994)

R | 100 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Harlin Garret loses his memory and finds himself closed in a facility claimed to belong to the state security services. The manager of this place tells Garrett he used to be a killer for ... See full summary »

Director: David Mitchell | Stars: Jeff Wincott, Michael Ironside, Terri Hawkes, David Campbell

Votes: 350

55. Farewell, My Love (2000)

90 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A child survives a family massacre by a criminal syndicate. Raised by a neighbor, she grows up hunting down the perpetrators one by one. Her actions incite fears in a rival gang, leading to her capture.

Director: Randall Fontana | Stars: Gabrielle Fitzpatrick, Phillip Rhys Chaudhary, Robert Culp, Ed Lauter

Votes: 194

56. BitterSweet (1999 Video)

R | 98 min | Romance, Thriller

A young co-ed who's just been release from prison for a crime she didn't commit plots her revenge against a former lover, who was the real culprit, with the help of a policeman.

Director: Luca Bercovici | Stars: Angie Everhart, James Russo, Eric Roberts, Brian Wimmer

Votes: 425

57. The Expendables 3 (2014)

PG-13 | 126 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

35 Metascore

Barney augments his team with new blood for a personal battle: to take down Conrad Stonebanks, the Expendables co-founder and notorious arms trader who is hell bent on wiping out Barney and every single one of his associates.

Director: Patrick Hughes | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Antonio Banderas

Votes: 196,157 | Gross: $39.32M

58. S.W.A.T.: Under Siege (2017)

R | 89 min | Action, Thriller

A SWAT compound comes under fire from an international terrorist who relentlessly and violently pursues a mystery man who was apprehended by Seattle SWAT after a raid went horribly wrong.

Director: Tony Giglio | Stars: Sam Jaeger, Adrianne Palicki, Michael Jai White, Kyra Zagorsky

Votes: 4,433

59. Soul Assassin (2001)

R | 96 min | Crime, Thriller, Action

Kevin Burke a young executive for a multinational investment bank, is a rising star in the Rotterdam office. Rewarded for his perceptive eye and mastery of foreign languages, Kevin receives... See full summary »

Director: Laurence Malkin | Stars: Skeet Ulrich, Kristy Swanson, Derek de Lint, Rena Owen

Votes: 1,163

60. Supreme Sanction (1999 TV Movie)

R | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

An assassin for the U.S. government becomes the next target of her employers when she spares the life of a nationally known TV reporter.

Director: John Terlesky | Stars: Michael Madsen, Kristy Swanson, David Dukes, Ron Perlman

Votes: 793

62. Stiletto (II) (2008)

R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The seemingly random killings of an assassin puzzle her former lover, a wealthy Greek crime boss whose organization is jeopardized by his love for her, and the detective following her rising body count.

Director: Nick Vallelonga | Stars: Stana Katic, Tom Berenger, Paul Sloan, Michael Biehn

Votes: 2,772

63. Vigilante Diaries (2016)

R | 107 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

After killing a lot of bad guys including Armenians, Vigilante is wanted by the Armenian mafia boss, who gets help - but so does Vigilante.

Director: Christian Sesma | Stars: Paul Sloan, Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson, Jason Mewes, Kevin L. Walker

Votes: 4,689

64. Rage to Kill (1987)

R | 93 min | Action, Thriller

Race-car driver Blaine Striker grows concerned about his younger brother, a student at a medical school on the Caribbean island of St. Heron. General Turner has led a violent coup on this ... See full summary »

Director: David Winters | Stars: James Ryan, Oliver Reed, Cameron Mitchell, Henry Cele

Votes: 433

65. Gunmen (1993)

R | 94 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

USD400,000,000 is stolen and a drug lord wants it back. The killed thief's brother is broken out of prison by a DEA bounty hunter to help find the money boat. The body count continues in Latin America.

Director: Deran Sarafian | Stars: Christopher Lambert, Mario Van Peebles, Denis Leary, Patrick Stewart

Votes: 3,801 | Gross: $3.41M

66. Warriors (1994)

R | 101 min | Action, Drama

A government-trained killing machine must turn his lethal skills against his top-secret squad's AWOL leader

Director: Shimon Dotan | Stars: Gary Busey, Michael Paré, Wendii Fulford, Catherine MacKenzie

Votes: 613

67. 7 Seconds (2005 Video)

R | 96 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

When an experienced thief accidentally makes off with a Van Gogh, his partner is kidnapped by gangsters in pursuit of the painting, forcing the criminal to hatch a rescue plan.

Director: Simon Fellows | Stars: Wesley Snipes, Tamzin Outhwaite, Deobia Oparei, Georgina Rylance

Votes: 7,615

68. Icon (2005 TV Movie)

190 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

On the eve of the elections in Russia, there's an outbreak of a mysterious disease. The British are curious to find out what's going on, so they need to send someone. An official knows ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Martin Smith | Stars: Patrick Swayze, Patrick Bergin, Michael York, Annika Peterson

Votes: 1,045

69. Need for Speed (2014)

PG-13 | 132 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

39 Metascore

Fresh from prison, a street racer who was framed by a wealthy business associate joins a cross-country race with revenge in mind. His ex-partner, learning of the plan, places a massive bounty on his head as the race begins.

Director: Scott Waugh | Stars: Aaron Paul, Dominic Cooper, Imogen Poots, Kid Cudi

Votes: 178,495 | Gross: $43.58M

70. Road House (1989)

R | 114 min | Action, Thriller

36 Metascore

A bouncer hired to clean up the baddest honkytonk in a Missouri town. Armed with a black belt in karate and a degree in philosophy, Patrick Swayze sets out to tame the Double Deuce for its owner.

Director: Rowdy Herrington | Stars: Patrick Swayze, Kelly Lynch, Sam Elliott, Ben Gazzara

Votes: 100,548 | Gross: $30.05M

71. Walking Tall (2004)

PG-13 | 86 min | Action, Crime

44 Metascore

A former U.S. soldier returns to his hometown to find it overrun by crime and corruption, which prompts him to clean house.

Director: Kevin Bray | Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Ashley Scott, Johnny Knoxville, Michael Bowen

Votes: 109,975 | Gross: $46.44M

72. Dangerous Ground (1997)

R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Vusi Madlazi returns to the South African village he left as a young boy (he was organizing against apartheid and left in fear of his life) to bury his father. He meets up with his brother ... See full summary »

Director: Darrell Roodt | Stars: Ice Cube, Elizabeth Hurley, Thokozani Nkosi, Ron Smerczak

Votes: 2,020 | Gross: $5.08M

73. Black Cobra (2012 Video)

R | 89 min | Action

One man travels across country, smuggling illegal black diamonds to sell in order to pay for his father's pardon in South Africa.

Directors: Scott Donovan, Lilly Melgar | Stars: Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Jade Quon, T.J. Storm, Damion Poitier

Votes: 379

74. Acts of Violence (2018)

R | 86 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

28 Metascore

At a bachelorette party in a nightclub, the bride tells 2 guys offering blow to go away. They abduct her. The groom's 2 big brothers looked after their kid brother as kids and do so now again as veterans, "looking" for her and the 2 guys.

Director: Brett Donowho | Stars: Bruce Willis, Cole Hauser, Shawn Ashmore, Ashton Holmes

Votes: 13,357

75. War Dog (1987)

95 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Charles Stewart (Earle) is a Vietnam vet who wants answers about his brother Rick's death. He teams up with Dean Daniels (Ernblad), a reporter interested in missing Vietnam soldiers. It ... See full summary »

Directors: Björn Carlström, Daniel Hübenbecher | Stars: Timothy Earle, Gunnar Ernblad, Bengt Fridh, David Gillies

Votes: 234

76. Fire Over Afghanistan (2003)

R | 92 min | Action, Drama, War

Blackhawk pilot and reporter are knocked out of the sky over renegade warlord's territory and struggle against impossible odds to escape with their lives.

Director: Terence H. Winkless | Stars: Jeff Stearns, Jordan Bayne, Fred Dryer, Mihail Meltev

Votes: 489

77. Death Before Dishonor (1987)

R | 91 min | Action, Drama

Gunnery Sergeant Burns reports for duty to an American Embassy in the Middle East. However due to the 'enlightened' views of the Ambassador, the marine security detachment he is in charge ... See full summary »

Director: Terry Leonard | Stars: Fred Dryer, Brian Keith, Joseph Gian, Sasha Mitchell

Votes: 1,108 | Gross: $4.55M

78. Ancient Warriors (2003)

R | 99 min | Action

Special Forces Captain Aldo Paccione must pull together his former world team Delta Force and go deep within the mines of Sardinia when it is discovered that a vengeful band of mercenaries are developing deadly biochemical weapons.

Director: Walter von Huene | Stars: Franco Columbu, Daniel Baldwin, Richard Lynch, Andy Mackenzie

Votes: 288

79. The Specialist (1994)

R | 110 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A woman entices a bomb expert she's involved with into destroying the mafia that killed her family.

Director: Luis Llosa | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Sharon Stone, James Woods, Rod Steiger

Votes: 69,783 | Gross: $57.36M

80. Killing Streets (1991)

R | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

When his twin brother is reported killed in a Beirut car explosion, a man turns the war-torn city upside-down in search of the truth.

Director: Stephen Cornwell | Stars: Michael Paré, Shaul Mizrahi, Uri Mauda, Rahely Chimeyan

Votes: 523

81. Striker (1988)

Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Drama

John Slade is hired to rescue a journalist named Frank Morris from a Sandanista prison in Nicaragua. He teams with Marta, a local woman, to carry out this mission, but then he's captured, ... See full summary »

Director: Enzo G. Castellari | Stars: Frank Zagarino, Melonee Rodgers, John Steiner, Werner Pochath

Votes: 201

82. Never Say Die (1994)

R | 99 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

The peaceful existence of boat repairman Blake (Frank Zagarino) is destroyed when the Reverend James (Billy Drago) shows up with his disciples. Back in the days when Blake had been a member... See full summary »

Director: Yossi Wein | Stars: Frank Zagarino, Billy Drago, Jenny McShane, Todd Jensen

Votes: 237

83. Silent Hunter (1995)

R | 97 min | Action

An ex-cop hiding out in the wilderness after his wife and child were killed in a shoot-out finds he has another shot at the criminals when they show up to rob a timber operation.

Director: Fred Williamson | Stars: Miles O'Keeffe, Peter Colvey, Jason Cavalier, Lynne Adams

Votes: 256

84. Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection (1990)

R | 111 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

When DEA agents are taken captive by a ruthless South American kingpin, the Delta Force is reunited to rescue them in this sequel to the 1986 film.

Director: Aaron Norris | Stars: Chuck Norris, John P. Ryan, Billy Drago, Richard Jaeckel

Votes: 8,121 | Gross: $6.70M

85. The Company Man (1998 Video)

Not Rated | 90 min | Action

Ernest Gray is a bookstore owner who lives peacefully with his daughter. When a crew of mercenaries attacks, his real identity of an ex-CIA agent is blown. Control 5, who betrayed him ten years ago, is on his trail again.

Director: Art Camacho | Stars: Frank Zagarino, Matthias Hues, Don Stroud, Bryan Genesse

Votes: 94

86. The Equalizer (2014)

R | 132 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

57 Metascore

A man who believes he has put his mysterious past behind him cannot stand idly by when he meets a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters.

Director: Antoine Fuqua | Stars: Denzel Washington, Marton Csokas, Chloë Grace Moretz, David Harbour

Votes: 419,983 | Gross: $101.53M

87. In the Blood (I) (2014)

R | 108 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

40 Metascore

When her husband goes missing during their Caribbean vacation, a woman sets off on her own to take down the men she thinks are responsible.

Director: John Stockwell | Stars: Gina Carano, Cam Gigandet, Ismael Cruz Cordova, Danny Trejo

Votes: 13,113

88. Taken (I) (2008)

PG-13 | 90 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

51 Metascore

A retired CIA agent travels across Europe and relies on his old skills to save his estranged daughter, who has been kidnapped while on a trip to Paris.

Director: Pierre Morel | Stars: Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen, Leland Orser

Votes: 634,416 | Gross: $145.00M

89. John Wick (2014)

R | 101 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

68 Metascore

An ex-hitman comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters who killed his dog and stole his car.

Director: Chad Stahelski | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Michael Nyqvist, Alfie Allen, Willem Dafoe

Votes: 738,976 | Gross: $43.04M

90. Direct Contact (2009)

R | 90 min | Action, Thriller

An American prisoner in a Russian jail is given a chance at freedom if he can rescue a kidnapped American woman.

Director: Danny Lerner | Stars: Dolph Lundgren, Gina May, Michael Paré, Bashar Rahal

Votes: 3,113

91. Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia (2009 Video)

R | 94 min | Action, Thriller

Navy SEALS mount an attack on Colombian special forces to clear their names and rescue a hostage.

Director: Tim Matheson | Stars: Joe Manganiello, Ken Anderson, Channon Roe, Yancey Arias

Votes: 4,637

92. Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (2002)

R | 91 min | Action, Crime, Mystery

19 Metascore

Tasked with destroying each other, an FBI agent and a rogue DIA agent soon discover that a much bigger enemy is at work.

Director: Wych Kaosayananda | Stars: Antonio Banderas, Lucy Liu, Talisa Soto, Gregg Henry

Votes: 21,026 | Gross: $14.29M

93. Licence to Kill (1989)

PG-13 | 133 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

58 Metascore

A vengeful James Bond goes rogue to infiltrate and take down the organization of a drug lord who has murdered his friend's new wife and left him near death.

Director: John Glen | Stars: Timothy Dalton, Robert Davi, Carey Lowell, Talisa Soto

Votes: 112,072 | Gross: $34.67M

94. Quantum of Solace (2008)

PG-13 | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery

58 Metascore

James Bond descends into mystery as he tries to stop a mysterious organisation from eliminating a country's most valuable resource.

Director: Marc Forster | Stars: Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric, Judi Dench

Votes: 470,731 | Gross: $168.37M

95. Waist Deep (2006)

R | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama

37 Metascore

An ex-convict (Tyrese) gets tangled up with a gang after his car is hijacked with his son inside.

Director: Vondie Curtis-Hall | Stars: Tyrese Gibson, Meagan Good, Larenz Tate, Shawn Parr

Votes: 10,526 | Gross: $21.32M

96. Sniper (1993)

R | 98 min | Action, Thriller, War

45 Metascore

A veteran US Marine sniper is partnered with a rookie sniper as his spotter to take out a politician and a rebel leader in the jungles of Panama.

Director: Luis Llosa | Stars: Tom Berenger, Billy Zane, J.T. Walsh, Aden Young

Votes: 25,478 | Gross: $18.99M

97. Wanted: Dead or Alive (1986)

R | 106 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Bounty hunter Nick Randall (Rutger Hauer) is offered two hundred fifty thousand dollars by the C.I.A. to get the terrorist behind the bombing of a Los Angeles, California movie theater. Nick quit the C.I.A. because he couldn't trust them. Can they be trusted now, and can he stop the terrorists?

Director: Gary Sherman | Stars: Rutger Hauer, Gene Simmons, Robert Guillaume, Mel Harris

Votes: 5,994 | Gross: $7.56M

98. Tactical Assault (1998 Video)

R | 89 min | Action, Thriller

A deranged Air Force pilot seeks to destroy the life of his former commander, who shot him down during the Gulf War to stop him from shooting on unauthorized and civilian targets.

Director: Mark Griffiths | Stars: Rutger Hauer, Robert Patrick, Isabel Glasser, Dey Young

Votes: 580

99. The Fifth Commandment (2008)

R | 90 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

In Bangkok, an assassin who turns down a job that hits too close to home finds himself targeted by the elite members of his profession.

Director: Jesse V. Johnson | Stars: Rick Yune, Roger Yuan, Dania Ramirez, Keith David

Votes: 1,331

100. The Rundown (2003)

PG-13 | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

59 Metascore

A tough aspiring chef is hired to bring home a mobster's son from the Amazon but becomes involved in the fight against an oppressive town operator and the search for a legendary treasure.

Director: Peter Berg | Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Seann William Scott, Christopher Walken, Rosario Dawson

Votes: 143,028 | Gross: $47.73M



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