Action Movies That Have Won Oscars and Golden Globes



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

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 Stream The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 Officially Now!

2015, Francis Lawrence

137 minutes

Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

With the nation of Panem in a full scale war, Katniss confronts President Snow in the final showdown. Teamed with a group of her closest friends – including Gale, Finnick, and Peeta – Katniss goes off on a mission with the unit from District 13 as they risk their lives to stage an assassination attempt on President Snow who has become increasingly obsessed with destroying her. The mortal traps, enemies, and moral choices that await Katniss will challenge her more than any arena she faced in The Hunger Games.

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Veteran Stream Veteran Officially Now!

2015, Ryoo Seung-wan

119 minutes

Action, Crime

When an old collaborator gets severely injured, a veteran policeman tries to figure out the way to bring to justice the ultimately suspected aggressor, a spoiled young executive, heir to a mega corporation, who believes he is above the law.

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Oktapodi Stream Oktapodi Officially Now!

2008, Emud Mokhberi, François-Xavier Chanioux, Julien Bocabeille, Olivier Delabarre, Quentin Marmier, Thierry Marchand

2 minutes

Animation, Comedy, Family, Action

Two Octopi fight for their lives with a stubborn restaurant cook in a comical escape through the streets of a small Greek village.

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GoldenEye Stream GoldenEye Officially Now!

1995, Martin Campbell

130 minutes

Adventure, Action, Thriller

When a powerful satellite system falls into the hands of Alec Trevelyan, AKA Agent 006, a former ally-turned-enemy, only James Bond can save the world from a dangerous space weapon that -- in one short pulse -- could destroy the earth! As Bond squares off against his former compatriot, he also battles Xenia Onatopp, an assassin who uses pleasure as her ultimate weapon.

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Night Call Stream Night Call Officially Now!

2024, null

97 minutes

Thriller, Action

Mady, a student, works as a locksmith by night. He helps Claire get into her apartment and soon realizes that she lied to him about her identity and robbed something that belonged to a dangerous man, Yannick. Mady gets embroiled in a manhunt and will have one night to prove his innocence.

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King Kong Stream King Kong Officially Now!

2005, Peter Jackson

187 minutes

Adventure, Drama, Action

In 1933 New York, an overly ambitious movie producer coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to mysterious Skull Island, where they encounter Kong, a giant ape who is immediately smitten with the leading lady.

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Deepwater Horizon Stream Deepwater Horizon Officially Now!

2016, Peter Berg

107 minutes

Drama, Action

A story set on the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, which exploded during April 2010 and created the worst oil spill in U.S. history.

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Civil War Stream Civil War Officially Now!

2024, null

109 minutes

War, Action, Drama

In the near future, a group of war journalists attempt to survive while reporting the truth as the United States stands on the brink of civil war.

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Award-Winning Action Films That Made History at the Oscars and Golden Globes

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Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League Stream Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League Officially Now!

2025, Jumpei Mizusaki, Shinji Takagi

90 minutes

Animation, Action

The Batman family has returned to the present to discover that Japan has disappeared, and a giant island - Hinomoto - is now in the sky over Gotham City. At the top sit the Yakuza, a group of superpowered individuals who reign without honor or humanity and look suspiciously like the Justice League. Now, it’s up to Batman and his allies to save Gotham!

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Sniper: The Last Stand Stream Sniper: The Last Stand Officially Now!

2025, Danishka Esterhazy

99 minutes

Action, Thriller

To stop an arms dealer from unleashing a deadly superweapon, Ace sniper Brandon Beckett and Agent Zero are deployed to Costa Verde to lead a group of elite soldiers against an unrelenting militia. Taking an untested sniper under his wing, Beckett faces his newest challenge: giving orders instead of receiving them. With both time and ammo running low in a race to save humanity, the team must overcome all odds just to survive.

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Fast & Furious Stream Fast & Furious Officially Now!

2009, Justin Lin

107 minutes

Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller

When a crime brings them back to L.A., fugitive ex-con Dom Toretto reignites his feud with agent Brian O'Conner. But as they are forced to confront a shared enemy, Dom and Brian must give in to an uncertain new trust if they hope to outmaneuver him. And the two men will find the best way to get revenge: push the limits of what's possible behind the wheel.

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Kraven the Hunter Stream Kraven the Hunter Officially Now!

2024, J.C. Chandor

127 minutes

Action, Adventure, Thriller

Kraven Kravinoff's complex relationship with his ruthless gangster father, Nikolai, starts him down a path of vengeance with brutal consequences, motivating him to become not only the greatest hunter in the world, but also one of its most feared.

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Jurassic World Dominion Stream Jurassic World Dominion Officially Now!

2022, null

147 minutes

Adventure, Action, Science Fiction

Four years after Isla Nublar was destroyed, dinosaurs now live—and hunt—alongside humans all over the world. This fragile balance will reshape the future and determine, once and for all, whether human beings are to remain the apex predators on a planet they now share with history's most fearsome creatures.

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The Flash Stream The Flash Officially Now!

2023, Andy Muschietti

144 minutes

Adventure, Action, Science Fiction

When his attempt to save his family inadvertently alters the future, Barry Allen becomes trapped in a reality in which General Zod has returned and there are no Super Heroes to turn to. In order to save the world that he is in and return to the future that he knows, Barry's only hope is to race for his life. But will making the ultimate sacrifice be enough to reset the universe?

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Hellboy Stream Hellboy Officially Now!

2004, Guillermo del Toro

122 minutes

Fantasy, Action

In the final days of World War II, the Nazis attempt to use black magic to aid their dying cause. The Allies raid the camp where the ceremony is taking place, but not before they summon a baby demon who is rescued by Allied forces and dubbed "Hellboy". Sixty years later, Hellboy serves the cause of good rather than evil as an agent in the Bureau of Paranormal Research & Defense, along with Abe Sapien - a merman with psychic powers, and Liz Sherman - a woman with pyrokinesis, protecting America against dark forces.

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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales Stream Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales Officially Now!

2017, Espen Sandberg, Joachim Rønning

129 minutes

Adventure, Action, Fantasy

Thrust into an all-new adventure, a down-on-his-luck Capt. Jack Sparrow feels the winds of ill-fortune blowing even more strongly when deadly ghost sailors led by his old nemesis, the evil Capt. Salazar, escape from the Devil's Triangle. Jack's only hope of survival lies in seeking out the legendary Trident of Poseidon, but to find it, he must forge an uneasy alliance with a brilliant and beautiful astronomer and a headstrong young man in the British navy.

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