Sometimes you just want to watch someone kick butt. That's where the best action movies come in, with their endless supply of fights, chases, and explosions. No genre packs more punches — and ...

Sigourney Weaver was so good here that she landed an Oscar nomination for Best Actress, which is almost unheard of for action movies. It’s held up perfectly. (Note: All of the Weaver films aka ...

Filmmakers such as John Wick's David Leitch and Chad Stahelski have been influenced by director Luc Besson's 'La Femme Nikita ...

Get your adrenaline pumping with the best action movies available to stream on Netflix, Hulu, Max, Amazon Prime Video, Peacock, Disney+ and more Jessica Sager is a contributing writer at PEOPLE.

This article is updated frequently as titles leave and enter Max. *New additions are indicated with an asterisk. Critic Brian Tallerico watches and writes about movies and TV every day.

The best action movies on Netflix reflect an unheralded Golden Age of ultra-stylized, bone-snapping violence: hand-to-hand combat, car chases, gun fights, sword clashes, spaceship battles ...

Thanks to an incredible selection of heart-stopping thrillers, it can be tricky to narrow down the best action movies on Netflix. With electrifying fight sequences, high-tension drama, and ...

When it comes to classic action movies, they're usually always led by macho men, relegating female characters to damsels in distress or side pieces. However, there have been plenty of action ...

Sigourney Weaver was so good here that she landed an Oscar nomination for Best Actress, which is almost unheard of for action movies. It’s held up perfectly. (Note: All of the Weaver films aka ...