Best action movies on Netflix

These are the best action movies streaming on Netflix in the US right now, ranked by rating, and the list gets refreshed as titles rotate in and out. Action is a wide tag: TMDB files animated superhero films, anime and Indian spy epics under it, so all three show up below. For the full movie shelf beyond one genre, the Netflix what-to-watch page updates daily.

The 10 best action movies on Netflix right now

1. Dhurandhar: The Revenge (2026)

229 min · IMDb 8.5

The best-rated action movie on Netflix by IMDb score, and the longest, at 229 minutes. An Indian operative deep undercover in Pakistan watches his mission turn into a personal war as gangs, corrupt officials and a Pakistani Major close in. Spy thriller by genre, with gore, torture and betrayal in the tags. Only 154 TMDB votes stand behind the score so far, so treat the number as provisional.

2. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

117 min · IMDb 8.4 · RT 97 · Metascore 87

A Brooklyn teenager gets bitten, gets powers, and then gets company: a super collider drags Spider-people from other dimensions into his. Animated, based on the comic, and the highest Metascore of any action title here.

3. Dhurandhar (2025)

214 min · IMDb 8.3

Where the sequel starts. Early-2000s Karachi, an undercover operative working his way into the underworld's inner circle to dismantle it from within. Grim by design, political by subject, and 214 minutes long. The Revenge picks up from here.

4. Facing El Chapo (2026)

91 min · TMDB 8.8 (349 votes)

Two Mexican officers cross a cartel boss and have to survive the rest of their shift. Based on true events and tagged fast-paced by TMDB users, which the 91-minute runtime backs up. If the two Dhurandhar films read as a weekend commitment, take this instead: a higher TMDB score than either of them, and it fits in a school night. The score comes from 349 votes, so it can still move.

5. Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997)

87 min · IMDb 8.1 · RT 92

The feature-length alternate ending to the Evangelion series. SEELE attacks NERV, Shinji is handed the fate of humanity, and the last act turns into avant-garde existential horror with mechs in it. Action by tag, psychological by experience. It assumes you have seen the series.

6. True Romance (1993)

121 min · IMDb 7.9 · RT 93 · Metascore 59

A comic-shop clerk marries a call girl, steals cocaine from her pimp, and drives to Hollywood to sell it while the mob follows. Neo-noir with a love story at the center and a Mexican standoff waiting at the end. The critics split hard on it: a 93 on Rotten Tomatoes against a Metascore of 59, the widest gap in this top ten.

7. Jujutsu Kaisen 0 (2021)

105 min · IMDb 7.8 · RT 96 · Metascore 71

A prequel to the series. A nervous high schooler is haunted by the curse his childhood friend Rika turned into, and gets recruited into a school that trains exorcists to deal with exactly that. Anime, based on the manga. As a prequel it sits before the show rather than mid-arc.

8. My Dearest Assassin (2026)

128 min · TMDB 8.6 (286 votes)

A woman hunted for her rare blood type fights beside the assassin she loves when an old enemy resurfaces. Romance and drama tags next to action, and TMDB's mood tags read cynical and brisk. Held up by 286 votes, so the score is early.

9. RRR (2022)

187 min · IMDb 7.8 · RT 96 · Metascore 83

A fictional history of two real revolutionaries in 1920s India, imagined as friends, set against the British empire. Period drama with a rescue, an interracial romance, and a friendship story that carries 187 minutes. A 96 on Rotten Tomatoes is the highest live-action critic score in this top ten.

10. The Gentlemen (2020)

113 min · IMDb 7.8 · RT 75 · Metascore 51

An American expat has built a marijuana empire in London and wants to cash out, which sets off every scheme, bribe and blackmail attempt in the city. Dark comedy crime caper with gunfights. Audiences like it more than critics do: IMDb 7.8 against a Metascore of 51.

More action movies worth a look

• How to Train Your Dragon (2025). 125 min · TMDB 7.9.
  The live-action remake. A Viking boy on Berk befriends the Night Fury his people fear most.
• Godzilla Minus One (2023). 125 min · TMDB 7.6.
  Postwar Japan, no military left to help, and a Godzilla that plays as horror first. A 99 on Rotten Tomatoes, the highest live-action score in this report.
• The Fifth Element (1997). 126 min · TMDB 7.6.
  A 23rd-century cab driver ends up carrying the key to humanity's survival. Flying cars, an arms dealer, a priest.
• Upgrade (2018). 100 min · TMDB 7.5.
  A paralyzed man gets an AI implant and uses the new body for revenge. Cyberpunk with body horror in the mix.
• The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013). 146 min · TMDB 7.4.
  The second Hunger Games film, and it out-scores the first with critics.
• Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017). 133 min · TMDB 7.3.
  Peter Parker balances high school in Queens with the Vulture, with Tony Stark as reluctant mentor.
• Speed (1994). 116 min · TMDB 7.2.
  A city bus wired to explode if it drops under fifty miles an hour, and a SWAT cop on board.
• The Karate Kid (1984). 127 min · TMDB 7.2.
  A bullied New Jersey transplant learns karate from an unassuming repairman in Los Angeles.
• The Northman (2022). 137 min · TMDB 7.0.
  A Viking prince spends two decades on revenge for his murdered father. Gory, mythic, and a Metascore of 82.
• Rebel Ridge (2024). 131 min · TMDB 7.0.
  A former Marine takes on a small Louisiana town's police after they seize his cousin's bail money.
• Sisu: Road to Revenge (2025). 89 min · TMDB 7.3.
  The man who refuses to die loads his family's house onto a truck, and the commander who killed them comes back. 89 minutes.

Settle the argument in one round

Action night dies in the negotiation phase: one person wants the anime, one wants the three-hour epic, one wants something over in 90 minutes. Start a Netflix swipe room, let everyone swipe through the deck, and watch whichever one matches. The concessions machine handles the snacks.