Action Packed

Get in on the action with this collection of high-octane films that will have you on the edge of your seat!

Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now in its 40th year presents a new, never-before-seen restored version of the film.
Apocalypse Now: Final Cut
  • 1979
With direction from George Miller, this 6-time Oscar winner is a grand experience in cinematic beauty, action, and feminist prowess.
Mad Max: Fury Road
  • 2013
"An empowering female-led mystery with an underlying roller coaster of weird leaving nightmares in its wake" (USA Today)
Annihilation
  • 2018
Director Yeon Sang-ho delivers the next nail-biting chapter in his post-apocalyptic world.
Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula
  • 2020
"Revenge is a dish served again and again in the movies, and connoisseurs will note the special British flavor that Mike Hodges brings to the table.”
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
  • 2004
Science-fiction icon Denis Villenueve directs the stunning sequel to BLADE RUNNER (1982); starring Ryan Gosling & Harrison Ford
Blade Runner 2049
  • 2017
A brilliant modern adaptation of William Shakespeare’s iconic play of the same name, from Director Michael Almereyda
Hamlet
  • 2000
Robert Aldrich's murder-mystery covers two parallel investigations on the sudden death of a call-girl
Hustle
  • 1975
"The elusive sequel formula for somehow enhancing a great original" (USA Today) from Director Jack Nicholson
The Two Jakes
  • 1990
Greed. Compassion. Heroism. These three collide explosively in David O. Russell's unconventional, ironic, action-packed adventure.
Three Kings
  • 1999
Written and directed by Sean Penn. Freddy Gale is a seedy jeweler who has sworn to kill the drunk driver who killed his little girl.
The Crossing Guard
  • 1995
"The Talented Mr. Ripley offers diabolically smart surprises wherever you care to look" (New York Times). Directed by Anthony Minghella.
The Talented Mr. Ripley
  • 2000
James Gray's crime thriller features an all-star cast including Mark Wahlberg, Joaquin Phoenix and Charlize Theron
The Yards
  • 2000
Bullets fly in award-winning director Johnnie To’s showdown between cops, robbers, and everyone else caught in the crossfire.
Three
  • 2016
"The JOHN WICK / SPRING, SUMMER, FALL, WINTER... AND SPRING mash-up you never knew you always wanted."
Spoor
  • 2017
A 5-time Oscar nominated film from Director Todd Field. "An astonishingly rich, detailed and grimly moving piece of work" (NY Times).
In the Bedroom
  • 2001
Miles Joris-Peyrafitte crafts a dazzling adventure where a chance encounter with a fugitive bank robber (Margot Robbie) changes one man's life forever
Dreamland
  • 2020
Mike Figgis directs this thriller starring Richard Gere
Internal Affairs
  • 1990
Director/writer Sngmoo Lee's undeniably electric, fun free-for-all whose eclectic surrealness will prove hard to resist.
The Warrior's Way
  • 2010
"Tarantino writes like a flamethrower in this western whodunit," (Rolling Stone) set some time after the Civil War amid a frigid Wyoming winter.
The Hateful Eight
  • 2015
Neil Burger's "LIMITLESS hits you like an adrenaline rush that will have you saying, 'I'll have what he's having,'" raves Rolling Stone.
Limitless
  • 2011
Gary Fleder delviers a thrilling crime-drama with an all-star cast including Andy Garcia, Christopher Walken, Christopher Lloyd & Steve Buscemi
Things To Do in Denver When You're Dead
  • 1995
From Director Mark Forster comes "an examination of modern atrocity and a rethinking of the burden/beauty of belief" (Detroit News).
Machine Gun Preacher
  • 2011
Director Brillante Mendoza delivers a compelling drama, for which Jaclyn Jose received the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival.
Ma' Rosa
  • 2016
A raw, relentless thriller starring Isabelle Huppert as a hostage caught in a seemingly hopeless situation, from Director Brillante Mendoza
Captive
  • 2012
"Too much fun not to like." A genre-bending, delirious gore-fest, penned by Quentin Tarantino and directed by Robert Rodriguez.
From Dusk Till Dawn
  • 1996
An unforgettable work from directing duo Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund. "Cinema doesn't get more exhilarating than this" (BBC.com).
City of God
  • 2003
Ebert & Roeper called Paul Thomas Anderson's adaptation of the Upton Sinclair novel "filmmaking at the highest level."
There Will Be Blood
  • 2007
Brad Anderson directs this psychological thriller, deemed by the Washington Post as "psychological suspense at its finest."
The Machinist
  • 2004
A powerful portrait of a torn society, and a political assassin seeking to kill democracy, from director Yaron Zilberman
Incitement
  • 2019
A thrilling commentary on the Iraq War that earned Kathryn Bigelow the Academy Award for Best Director, becoming the first woman to do so.
The Hurt Locker
  • 2009
The magnificently stunning directorial debut of Asif Kapadia, BAFTA Award winner THE WARRIOR is a wonder to behold.
The Warrior
  • 2001
Iconic Japanese swordsman Zatoichi returns to the silver screen in Takeshi Kitano's action-packed tale.
The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi
  • 2003
"Pure, ravishing cinema," raves Rolling Stone, "a dizzying, delirious ride" from director Christopher Nolan
Tenet
  • 2020
Issues of race and gender cause a group of strangers in Los Angeles to physically and emotionally collide in this drama from director Paul Haggis
Crash
  • 2004
Prolific auteur Takashi Miike at his most fun and anarchic. A noir-tinged, genre-bending yakuza film.
First Love
  • 2019
Todd Phillips delivers "the best social horror film since GET OUT... Joaquin Phoenix is magnetic" (Time Out)
Joker
  • 2018
Coen brothers’ adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's novel. Academy Award winner for Best Picture that sees mayhem ensue after a drug deal gone wrong.
No Country for Old Men
  • 2007
Director Matthew Vaughn (KINGSMAN series) adapts Mark Millar's hyper-violent comic book. Irreverent, action-packed, and not for the faint of heart.
Kick-Ass
  • 2010
Director Jung Byung-Gil's stylish, kinetic action-thriller that gives a welcome shot of adrenaline to the classic femme fatale story.
The Villainess
  • 2017
Director/Writer Nicolas Winding Refn reunites with Ryan Gosling in this DRIVE follow up.
Only God Forgives
  • 2013
Niels Arden Oplev's adaptation of the best-selling novel "shivers with suspense. Haunting and hypnotic." (Rolling Stone)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
  • 2009
Noomi Rapace returns to the title role, with Director Daniel Alfredson at the helm in this second chapter of the trilogy.
The Girl Who Played with Fire
  • 2009
Third and final chapter of the trilogy from writer Stieg Larsson and director Daniel Alfredson, featuring a standout performance from Noomi Rapace.
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
  • 2009
Deemed "a modern American masterpiece," David Fincher delivers a gut-wrenching thriller complete with shivers and puzzle-solving addictiveness.
Zodiac
  • 2007
One of the most influential films of the 1990s, Tarantino's neo-noir romp is "a spectacularly entertaining piece of pop culture" (Variety)
Pulp Fiction
  • 1994
A chaotic adventure in the coming-of-age genre from Director Justin Lin
Better Luck Tomorrow
  • 2002
Johnnie To crafts "a deeply intelligent, exhilarating and eminently satisfying adult crime story" (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Drug War
  • 2013
From Director/Writer Scott Cooper and featuring acclaimed performances from Christian Bale, Casey Affleck, Forest Whitaker & Woody Harrelson.
Out of the Furnace
  • 2013
"[Keitel] keeps us watching his descent without wanting to look away. Only an actor with tremendous reserves of power could accomplish that."
Bad Lieutenant
  • 1992
Gus Van Sant's film "takes us so deeply into this shabby, transient world that we feel its texture -- both its scary thrills & its bleak uncertainty"
Drugstore Cowboy
  • 1989
"Hell or High Water resurrects the power of western mayhem done right," (Indiewire). Oscar nominated film from Director David Mackenzie.
Hell Or High Water
  • 2016
Director Abel Ferrara's story of a drug kingpin who attempts to take control of the criminal underworld; starring Christopher Walken.
King of New York
  • 1990
"A dizzying thrill ride laced with small doses of pitch-black comic relief" (NY Times) from Director Jonathan Jakubowicz
Secuestro Express
  • 2004
"First-rate crime thriller & further proof that director Stephen Soderbergh is one of our great contemporary film stylists" (San Francisco Chronicle)
The Limey
  • 1999
Paul Schrader delivers "wonderful, vintage fare" (Washington Post) with the story of a Manhattan drug dealer, starring Willem Dafoe & Susan Sarandon.
Light Sleeper
  • 1992
"Undeniably impressive pic grabs the viewer by the lapels and shakes hard" (Variety) from Director Quentin Tarantino.
Reservoir Dogs
  • 1992
Hong Kong action legend Chow Yun Fat stars in Wen Jiang's hyper-violent, pitch-black action-comedy.
Let The Bullets Fly
  • 2010
"A gripping and tension-packed spin through America's covert War on Drugs. Prepare to be haunted for a good long time." -Rolling Stone
Sicario
  • 2015
John McTiernan's Academy Award winning film based on Tom Clancy's novel. Featuring an all-star cast including Sean Connery & Alec Baldwin
The Hunt for Red October
  • 1990
Paul Thomas Anderson adapts Thomas Pynchon’s acclaimed, cult-favorite detective novel in this richly funny psychedelic romp.
Inherent Vice
  • 2015
"In this wildly ingenious chess game, grandmaster Nolan plants ideas in our heads that disturb and dazzle" (Rolling Stone)
Inception
  • 2010
Director Paul Thomas Anderson's debut feature features an all-star cast and "grips our attention from first shuffle to last bet" (Chicago Tribune)
Hard Eight
  • 1996