Action Movies That Have Won Oscars and Golden Globes



The Most Prestigious Awards for Action Films: Oscars & Golden Globes

Mission: Impossible Stream Mission: Impossible Officially Now!

1996, Brian De Palma

110 minutes

Adventure, Action, Thriller

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.

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The Fast and the Furious Stream The Fast and the Furious Officially Now!

2001, Rob Cohen

106 minutes

Action, Crime, Thriller

Dominic Toretto is a Los Angeles street racer suspected of masterminding a series of big-rig hijackings. When undercover cop Brian O'Conner infiltrates Toretto's iconoclastic crew, he falls for Toretto's sister and must choose a side: the gang or the LAPD.

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Dr. No Stream Dr. No Officially Now!

1962, Terence Young

110 minutes

Adventure, Action, Thriller

Agent 007 battles mysterious Dr. No, a scientific genius bent on destroying the U.S. space program. As the countdown to disaster begins, Bond must go to Jamaica, where he encounters beautiful Honey Ryder, to confront a megalomaniacal villain in his massive island headquarters.

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I, Robot Stream I, Robot Officially Now!

2004, Alex Proyas

115 minutes

Action, Science Fiction

In 2035, where robots are commonplace and abide by the three laws of robotics, a technophobic cop investigates an apparent suicide. Suspecting that a robot may be responsible for the death, his investigation leads him to believe that humanity may be in danger.

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Kingdom IV: Return of the Great General Stream Kingdom IV: Return of the Great General Officially Now!

2024, Shinsuke Sato

146 minutes

Action, Adventure

Depicts a continuation of the "Battle of Mayang", an all-out war against the neighboring country Zhao that Shin and Wang Ki fought in in the previous work "Flame of Fate".

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Pearl Harbor Stream Pearl Harbor Officially Now!

2001, null

183 minutes

War, History, Romance, Drama, Action

The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test when the two ace fighter pilots become entangled in a love triangle with beautiful Naval nurse Evelyn Johnson. But the rivalry between the friends-turned-foes is immediately put on hold when they find themselves at the center of Japan's devastating attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.

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Sicario: Day of the Soldado Stream Sicario: Day of the Soldado Officially Now!

2018, Stefano Sollima

122 minutes

Action, Crime, Thriller

Agent Matt Graver teams up with operative Alejandro Gillick to prevent Mexican drug cartels from smuggling terrorists across the United States border.

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Batman Returns Stream Batman Returns Officially Now!

1992, Tim Burton

126 minutes

Action, Fantasy

Batman must face The Penguin, a sewer-dwelling gangleader intent on being accepted into Gotham society. Meanwhile, another Gotham resident finds herself transformed into Catwoman and is out for revenge...

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Con Air Stream Con Air Officially Now!

1997, Simon West

116 minutes

Action, Thriller, Crime

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.

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Mission: Impossible III Stream Mission: Impossible III Officially Now!

2006, J.J. Abrams

126 minutes

Adventure, Action, Thriller

Retired from active duty, and training recruits for the Impossible Mission Force, agent Ethan Hunt faces the toughest foe of his career: Owen Davian, an international broker of arms and information, who's as cunning as he is ruthless. Davian emerges to threaten Hunt and all that he holds dear – including the woman Hunt loves.

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The Matrix Revolutions Stream The Matrix Revolutions Officially Now!

2003, Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski

129 minutes

Adventure, Action, Thriller, Science Fiction

The human city of Zion defends itself against the massive invasion of the machines as Neo fights to end the war at another front while also opposing the rogue Agent Smith.

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Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials Stream Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials Officially Now!

2015, Wes Ball

131 minutes

Science Fiction, Action, Thriller, Adventure

Thomas and his fellow Gladers face their greatest challenge yet: searching for clues about the mysterious and powerful organization known as WCKD. Their journey takes them to the Scorch, a desolate landscape filled with unimaginable obstacles. Teaming up with resistance fighters, the Gladers take on WCKD’s vastly superior forces and uncover its shocking plans for them all.

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Hatari! Stream Hatari! Officially Now!

1962, null

157 minutes

Adventure, Comedy, Action

A female wildlife photographer arrives on an East African reservation where a group of men trap wild animals for zoos and circuses.

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Apocalypse Z: The Beginning of the End Stream Apocalypse Z: The Beginning of the End Officially Now!

2024, Carles Torrens

119 minutes

Drama, Action, Horror

When a kind of rabies that transforms people into aggressive creatures spreads across the planet, Manel isolates himself at home with his cat, relying on his wits to survive; but soon they must go out in search of food, by land and by sea, dodging many dangers.

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Tropic Thunder Stream Tropic Thunder Officially Now!

2008, null

107 minutes

Action, Comedy, Adventure, War

A group of self-absorbed actors set out to make the most expensive war film ever. After ballooning costs force the studio to cancel the movie, the frustrated director refuses to stop shooting, leading his cast into the jungles of Southeast Asia, where they encounter real bad guys.

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Jurassic World Stream Jurassic World Officially Now!

2015, Colin Trevorrow

124 minutes

Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller

Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as originally envisioned by John Hammond.

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