
2013 The Most Action Packed Thriller Films
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1.
The Last Stand
(2013)
The leader of a drug cartel busts out of a courthouse and speeds to the Mexican border, where the only thing in his path is a sheriff and his inexperienced staff. (107 mins.)
Director: Kim Jee-Woon
2.
A Good Day to Die Hard
(2013)
John McClane travels to Russia to help out his seemingly wayward son, Jack, only to discover that Jack is a CIA operative working to prevent a nuclear-weapons heist, causing the father and son to team up against underworld forces. (98 mins.)
Director: John Moore
3.
Parker
(2013)
A thief with a unique code of professional ethics is double-crossed by his crew and left for dead. Assuming a new disguise and forming an unlikely alliance with a woman on the inside, he looks to hijack the score of the crew's latest heist. (118 mins.)
Director: Taylor Hackford
4.
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
(2013)
The G.I. Joes are not only fighting their mortal enemy Cobra; they are forced to contend with threats from within the government that jeopardize their very existence. (110 mins.)
Director: Jon M. Chu
5.
Maximum Conviction
(2012)
When former black ops operative Cross (Seagal) and his partner Manning (Austin) are assigned to decommission an old prison... (98 mins.)
Director: Keoni Waxman
6.
Machete Kills
(2013)
The U.S. government recruits Machete to battle his way through Mexico in order to take down an arms dealer who looks to launch a weapon into space.
Director: Robert Rodriguez
7.
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
(2013)
The town's most hard boiled citizens cross paths with some of its more reviled inhabitants.
Director: Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez
8.
Red 2
(2013)
Retired black-ops CIA agent Frank Moses reunites his unlikely team of elite operatives for a global quest to track down a missing portable nuclear device.
Director: Dean Parisot
9.
The Wolverine
(2013)
Wolverine makes a voyage to modern-day Japan, where he encounters an enemy from his past that will impact on his future.
Director: James Mangold
10.
Iron Man 3
(2013)
When Tony Stark's world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, he starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution. (130 mins.)
Director: Shane Black
11.
Thor: The Dark World
(2013)
When Jane Foster is targeted by the denizens of the dark world of Svartalfheim, Thor sets out on a quest to protect her at all costs.
Director: Alan Taylor
12.
Riddick
(2013)
Left for dead on a sun-scorched planet, Riddick finds himself up against an alien race of predators. Activating an emergency beacon alerts two ships: one carrying a new breed of mercenary, the other captained by a man from Riddick's past.
Director: David Twohy
13.
Bullet to the Head
(2012)
After watching their respective partners die, a New Orleans hitman and a Washington D.C. detective form an alliance in order to bring down their common enemy. (92 mins.)
Director: Walter Hill
14.
Escape Plan
(2013)
When a structural-security authority finds himself incarcerated in a prison he designed, he has to put his skills to escape and find out who framed him.
Director: Mikael Håfström
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15.
World War Z
(2013)
United Nations employee Gerry Lane traverses the world in a race against time to stop the Zombie pandemic that is toppling armies and governments, and threatening to destroy humanity itself. (116 mins.)
Director: Marc Forster
16.
Battle of the Damned
(2013)
Following a deadly viral outbreak, private military soldier Max Gatling leads a handful of survivors and a ragtag band of robots against an army of the infected. (88 mins.)
Director: Christopher Hatton
17.
Pacific Rim
(2013)
When an alien attack threatens the Earth's existence, giant robots piloted by humans are deployed to fight off the menace. (131 mins.)
Director: Guillermo del Toro
18.
Oblivion
(2013)
A veteran assigned to extract Earth's remaining resources begins to question what he knows about his mission and himself. (124 mins.)
Director: Joseph Kosinski
19.
After Earth
(2013)
A crash landing leaves Kitai Raige and his father Cypher stranded on Earth, a millennium after events forced humanity's escape. With Cypher injured, Kitai must embark on a perilous journey to signal for help. (100 mins.)
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
20.
Star Trek Into Darkness
(2013)
After the crew of the Enterprise find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one man weapon of mass destruction. (132 mins.)
Director: J.J. Abrams
21.
Elysium
(2013)
Set in the year 2154, where the very wealthy live on a man-made space station while the rest of the population resides on a ruined Earth, a man takes on a mission that could bring equality to the polarized worlds.
Director: Neill Blomkamp
22.
Life Outside
(2013)
A former Detective turned homeless man, comes out of hiding after 15 years to save his daughter.
Director: Martin J. Thomas
23.
Fast & Furious 6
(2013)
Hobbs has Dom and Brian reassemble their crew in order to take down a mastermind who commands an organization of mercenary drivers across 12 countries. Payment? Full pardons for them all. (130 mins.)
Director: Justin Lin
24.
Snitch
(2013)
A father goes undercover for the DEA in order to free his son who was imprisoned after being set up in drug deal. (112 mins.)
Director: Ric Roman Waugh
25.
Olympus Has Fallen
(2013)
Disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning finds himself trapped inside the White House in the wake of a terrorist attack; using his inside knowledge, Banning works with national security to rescue the President from his kidnappers. (120 mins.)
Director: Antoine Fuqua
26.
Redemption
(2013)
Homeless and on the run from a military court martial, a damaged ex-special forces soldier navigating London's criminal underworld seizes an opportunity to assume another man's identity -- transforming into an avenging angel in the process. (100 mins.)
Director: Steven Knight
27.
White House Down
(2013)
While on a tour of the White House with his young daughter, a Capitol policeman springs into action to save his child and protect the president from a heavily armed group of paramilitary invaders. (131 mins.)
Director: Roland Emmerich
28.
The Host
(2013)
When an unseen enemy threatens mankind by taking over their bodies and erasing their memories, Melanie will risk everything to protect the people she cares most about, proving that love can conquer all in a dangerous new world. (125 mins.)
Director: Andrew Niccol
29.
2 Guns
(2013)
A DEA agent and an undercover Naval Intelligence officer who have been tasked with investigating one another find they have been set up by the mob -- the very organization the two men believe they have been stealing money from.
Director: Baltasar Kormákur
30.
Man of Steel
(2013)
A young itinerant worker is forced to confront his secret extraterrestrial heritage when Earth is invaded by members of his race. (143 mins.)
Director: Zack Snyder
31.
The Prototype
(2013)
The military tries to track down a humanoid drone that escapes from a government facility.
Director: Andrew Will
32.
The Prototype
(2013)
A government agent stumbles upon an alien conspiracy to conquer earth. Using a blue liquid made by the aliens to make soldiers stronger, he becomes The Prototype-the only hope for mankind. (95 mins.)
Director: Marcelo Grion
33.
Assault on Wall Street
(2013)
Jim is an average New Yorker living a peaceful life with a well paying job and a loving family. Suddenly... (97 mins.)
Director: Uwe Boll
34.
Dead Man Down
(2013)
In New York City, a crime lord's right-hand man is seduced by a woman seeking retribution. (118 mins.)
Director: Niels Arden Oplev
35.
Java Heat
(2013)
A Muslim detective teams with an American posing as a graduate student to find the man behind a series of deadly terrorist bombings in Indonesia. (104 mins.)
Director: Conor Allyn
36.
Welcome to the Punch
(2013)
Ex-criminal Jacob Sternwood is forced to return to London when his son is involved in a heist gone wrong. This gives his nemesis, detective Max Lewinsky, one last chance to catch the man he's always been after. (99 mins.)
Director: Eran Creevy
37.
R.I.P.D.
(2013)
A recently slain cop joins a team of undead police officers working for the Rest in Peace Department and tries to find the man who murdered him.
Director: Robert Schwentke
38.
The 4th Reich
(2013)
During the early hours of June 6th 1944 a bloody but victorious offensive took place in occupied Western Europe that would claim thousands of lives... (97 mins.)
Director: Shaun Robert Smith
39.
Killing Season
(2013)
Two veterans of the Bosnian War -- one American, one Serbian -- find their unlikely friendship turn tense with one of them reveals their true intentions.
Director: Mark Steven Johnson
40.
Gravity
(2013)
Astronauts attempt to return to Earth after debris crashes into their space shuttle, leaving them drifting alone in orbit.
Director: Alfonso Cuarón
41.
Oldboy
(2013)
An advertising executive is kidnapped and held hostage for 20 years in solitary confinement. When he is inexplicably released...
Director: Spike Lee
42.
Empire State
(2013)
A drama centered on two childhood friends who plan to rob an armored car depository, and the NYPD officer who stands in their way. (94 mins.)
Director: Dito Montiel
43.
The Colony
(2013)
Forced underground by the next ice age, a struggling outpost of survivors must fight to preserve humanity against a threat even more savage than nature. (95 mins.)
Director: Jeff Renfroe
44.
Ender's Game
(2013)
70 years after a horrific alien war, an unusually gifted child is sent to an advanced military school in space to prepare for a future invasion.
Director: Gavin Hood
45.
Rush
(2013)
A biography of Formula 1 champion driver Niki Lauda and the 1976 crash that almost claimed his life. Mere weeks after the accident, he got behind the wheel to challenge his rival, James Hunt. (123 mins.)
Director: Ron Howard
46.
Getaway
(2013)
Brent Magna must get behind the wheel and follow the orders of a mysterious man to save his kidnapped wife.
Director: Courtney Solomon
47.
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
(2013)
Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark become targets of the Capitol after their victory in the 74th Hunger Games sparks a rebellion in the Districts of Panem.
Director: Francis Lawrence
48.
12 Rounds: Reloaded
(2013 Video)
Nick Malloy portrays an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) who finds himself caught in a deadly 12-round... (95 mins.)
Director: Roel Reiné
49.
Blood of Redemption
(2013)
Quinn Forte had it all: power, money, a brother who idolized him, and a woman who loved him. He also had enemies...
Director: Giorgio Serafini, Shawn Sourgose
50.
Ambushed
(2013)
In the frenetic underbelly of Los Angeles, Agent Maxwell closes in on an international cocaine smuggling...
Director: Giorgio Serafini



































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