Underrated Action Movies
Action films our TML Score rates highly that never found a big audience: critically strong, commercially overlooked. Ranked by our TML Score, a transparent blend of IMDb and Metascore, and filtered to titles with modest box office.
30 Underrated Action Films
- 1
Shichinin no samurai
Akira Kurosawa·1954·ActionTML 95★ 8.6$269K box officeStarring
Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima, Yukiko Shimazaki
- 2
Seven Samurai
Akira Kurosawa·1954·ActionTML 95★ 8.6$820K box officeStarring
Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima, Yukiko Shimazaki
- 3
Ran
Akira Kurosawa·1985·ActionTML 92★ 8.2$4.1M box officeStarring
Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryû
- 4
Yojimbo
Akira Kurosawa·1961·ActionTML 90★ 8.2$47K box officeStarring
Toshirô Mifune, Eijirô Tôno, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yôko Tsukasa
- 5
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Michael Curtiz·1938·ActionTML 90★ 7.9$4.0M box officeStarring
William Keighley, Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone
- 6
The Hidden Fortress
Akira Kurosawa·1958·ActionTML 88★ 8.0$47K box officeStarring
Toshirô Mifune, Misa Uehara, Minoru Chiaki, Kamatari Fujiwara
- 7
Vikram
Lokesh Kanagaraj·2022·ActionTML 87★ 8.3$1.8M box officeStarring
Kamal Haasan, Vijay Sethupathi, Fahadh Faasil, Narain
- 8
Paan Singh Tomar
Tigmanshu Dhulia·2012·ActionTML 86★ 8.2$40K box officeStarring
Irrfan Khan, Mahie Gill, Rajesh Abhay, Hemendra Dandotiya
- 9
Sanjuro
Akira Kurosawa·1962·ActionTML 86★ 8.1$47K box officeStarring
Toshirô Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Keiju Kobayashi, Yûnosuke Itô
- 10
Evangelion: 3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon a Time
Mahiro Maeda, Katsuichi Nakayama, Kazuya Tsurumaki·2021·AnimationTML 86★ 8.0$811K box officeStarring
Katsuichi Nakayama, Kazuya Tsurumaki, Hideaki Anno, Joe Fria
- 11
Sherlock Jr.
Buster Keaton·1924·ActionTML 86★ 8.2$977K box officeStarring
Buster Keaton, Kathryn McGuire, Joe Keaton, Erwin Connelly
- 12
K.G.F: Chapter 2
Prashanth Neel·2022·ActionTML 86★ 8.2$2.9M box officeStarring
Yash, Sanjay Dutt, Raveena Tandon, Srinidhi Shetty
- 13
Uri: The Surgical Strike
Aditya Dhar·2018·ActionTML 86★ 8.2$4.2M box officeStarring
Vicky Kaushal, Paresh Rawal, Mohit Raina, Yami Gautam
- 14
Black Friday
Anurag Kashyap·2004·ActionTML 85★ 8.4$35K box officeStarring
Kay Kay Menon, Pawan Malhotra, Aditya Srivastav, Dibyendu Bhattacharya
- 15
Sarfarosh
John Mathew Matthan·1999·ActionTML 85★ 8.1$289K box officeStarring
Ali Khan, Akhilendra Mishra, Makrand Deshpande, Rajesh Joshi
- 16
Oldeuboi
Chan-wook Park·2003·ActionTML 85★ 8.4$707K box officeStarring
Choi Min-sik, Yoo Ji-Tae, Kang Hye-jeong, Kim Byeong-Ok
- 17
Haider
Vishal Bhardwaj·2014·ActionTML 85★ 8.1$902K box officeStarring
Shahid Kapoor, Tabu, Shraddha Kapoor, Kay Kay Menon
- 18
The General
Clyde Bruckman·1926·ActionTML 85★ 8.1$1.0M box officeStarring
Buster Keaton, Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glen Cavender
- 19
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki·1997·AnimationTML 85★ 8.1$1.3M box officeStarring
Kazuya Tsurumaki, Megumi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Yûko Miyamura
- 20
Mononoke-hime
Hayao Miyazaki·1997·AnimationTML 85★ 8.4$2.4M box officeStarring
Yôji Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida, Yûko Tanaka, Billy Crudup
- 21
Oldboy
Park Chan-wook·2003·ActionTML 85★ 8.3$2.5M box officeStarring
Choi Min-sik, Yoo Ji-tae, Kang Hye-jeong, Kim Byeong-Ok
- 22
Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Thomas Jahn·1997·ActionTML 84★ 8.0$3K box officeStarring
Til Schweiger, Jan Josef Liefers, Thierry van Werveke, Moritz Bleibtreu
- 23
Vaastav: The Reality
Mahesh Manjrekar·1999·ActionTML 84★ 8.0$81K box officeStarring
Sanjay Dutt, Namrata Shirodkar, Reema Lagoo, Shivaji Satam
- 24
Omkara
Vishal Bhardwaj·2006·ActionTML 84★ 8.0$1.2M box officeStarring
Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan, Konkona Sen Sharma
- 25
Sonchiriya
Abhishek Chaubey·2019·ActionTML 83★ 7.9$87K box officeStarring
Sushant Singh Rajput, Bhumi Pednekar, Ashutosh Rana, Ranvir Shorey
- 26
Ajeossi
Jeong-beom Lee·2010·ActionTML 82★ 7.8$6K box officeStarring
Won Bin, Sae-ron Kim, Tae-hoon Kim, Hee-won Kim
- 27
Infernal Affairs
Wai Keung Lau, Alan Mak·2002·ActionTML 82★ 8.0$170K box officeStarring
Alan Mak, Andy Lau, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Anthony Chau-Sang Wong
- 28
Mou gaan dou
Andrew Lau·2002·ActionTML 82★ 8$170K box officeStarring
Alan Mak, Andy Lau, Tony Chiu-Wai Leung, Anthony Chau-Sang Wong
- 29
Kôkaku Kidôtai
Mamoru Oshii·1995·AnimationTML 82★ 8$516K box officeStarring
Atsuko Tanaka, Iemasa Kayumi, Akio Ôtsuka, Kôichi Yamadera
- 30
Lakshya
Farhan Akhtar·2004·ActionTML 82★ 7.8$754K box officeStarring
Hrithik Roshan, Preity G Zinta, Amitabh Bachchan, Om Puri