10 Greatest Action & Adventure Movies For You

10 Greatest Action & Adventure Movies For You

List of adventure movies. What are the best adventure movies?

Divergent (2014)

Rating:
6.6
Director: Neil Burger, Valeria Migliassi Collins, Artist W. Robinson Stars: Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Zoë Kravitz

Summary: In a world divided into factions based on personality types, Tris learns that she's been classified as Divergent and won't fit in. When she discovers a plot to destroy Divergents, Tris and the mysterious Four must find out what makes Divergents dangerous before it's too late.

Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)

Rating:
7.7
Director: Lucy Ward, Matthew Vaughn Stars: Colin Firth, Samuel L. Jackson, Mark Strong

Summary: The story of a super-secret spy organization that recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into the agency's ultra-competitive training program just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius.

The Equalizer (2014)

Rating:
7.2
Director: Antoine Fuqua, Deirdre Horgan, Betsy Kuehn Stars: Denzel Washington, Marton Csokas, Chloë Grace Moretz

Summary: McCall believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when he meets Teri, a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters, he can’t stand idly by – he has to help her. Armed with hidden skills that allow him to serve vengeance against anyone who would brutalize the helpless, McCall comes out of his self-imposed retirement and finds his desire for justice reawakened. If someone has a problem, if the odds are stacked against them, if they have nowhere else to turn, McCall will help. He is The Equalizer.

Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)

Rating:
7.7
Director: Joe Russo, Anthony Russo, Brian Relyea Stars: Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan

Summary: After the cataclysmic events in New York with The Avengers, Steve Rogers, aka Captain America is living quietly in Washington, D.C. and trying to adjust to the modern world. But when a S.H.I.E.L.D. colleague comes under attack, Steve becomes embroiled in a web of intrigue that threatens to put the world at risk. Joining forces with the Black Widow, Captain America struggles to expose the ever-widening conspiracy while fighting off professional assassins sent to silence him at every turn. When the full scope of the villainous plot is revealed, Captain America and the Black Widow enlist the help of a new ally, the Falcon. However, they soon find themselves up against an unexpected and formidable enemy—the Winter Soldier.

White House Down (2013)

Rating:
6.3
Director: Kimi Webber, Julia Tasker, Roland Emmerich Stars: Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx, Joey King

Summary: Capitol Policeman John Cale has just been denied his dream job with the Secret Service of protecting President James Sawyer. Not wanting to let down his little girl with the news, he takes her on a tour of the White House, when the complex is overtaken by a heavily armed paramilitary group. Now, with the nation's government falling into chaos and time running out, it's up to Cale to save the president, his daughter, and the country.

Taken (2009)

Rating:
7.7
Director: Pierre Morel, Isabelle Querrioux, Samantha Mialet Stars: Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Leland Orser

Summary: While vacationing with a friend in Paris, an American girl is kidnapped by a gang of human traffickers intent on selling her into forced prostitution. Working against the clock, her ex-spy father must pull out all the stops to save her. But with his best years possibly behind him, the job may be more than he can handle.

Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Rating:
8.4
Director: Carlos Fidel, Quentin Tarantino, Martin Kitrosser Stars: Brad Pitt, Mélanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz

Summary: In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds, lead by Lt. Aldo Raine soon cross paths with a French-Jewish teenage girl who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers.

Inception (2010)

Rating:
8.8
Director: Christopher Nolan, Paula Turnbull, Steve Gehrke Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ken Watanabe

Summary: Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious.

The Matrix (1999)

Rating:
8.7
Director: James McTeigue, Colin Fletcher, Victoria Sullivan Stars: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss

Summary: Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.

Robin Hood (2018)

Rating:
5.3
Director: Otto Bathurst, Dan Channing-Williams, Simon Crane Stars: Taron Egerton, Jamie Foxx, Ben Mendelsohn

Summary: A war-hardened Crusader and his Moorish commander mount an audacious revolt against the corrupt English crown.