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Best action movies and shows on Max right now, ranked
The highest-rated action movies and shows you can stream with a standard Max plan in the US today: 25 movies and 25 series, checked title by title. Titles that need a paid add-on channel, a rental or a purchase aren’t counted.
How this is ranked: when a title has at least 5 ratings from Wochly users, its score is their average (green). Otherwise we use TMDB’s user rating weighted by how many people voted (marked “TMDB, weighted”), so a title with a handful of votes can’t outrank an established favorite. Talk, news and reality shows are left out. Availability comes from JustWatch via TMDB and is re-checked every few hours.
Best action movies on Max
- 1
The Dark Knight (2008)
Action, Thriller, Crime
Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.
8.5TMDB, weighted
- 2
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Adventure, Fantasy, Action
As armies mass for a final battle that will decide the fate of the world--and powerful, ancient forces of Light and Dark compete to determine the outcome--one member of the Fellowship of the Ring is revealed as the noble heir to the throne of the Kings of Men. Yet, the sole hope for triumph over evil lies with a brave hobbit, Frodo, who, accompanied by his loyal friend Sam and the hideous, wretched Gollum, ventures deep into the very dark heart of Mordor on his seemingly impossible quest to destroy the Ring of Power.
8.5TMDB, weighted
- 3
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Adventure, Fantasy, Action
Young hobbit Frodo Baggins, after inheriting a mysterious ring from his uncle Bilbo, must leave his home in order to keep it from falling into the hands of its evil creator. Along the way, a fellowship is formed to protect the ringbearer and make sure that the ring arrives at its final destination: Mt. Doom, the only place where it can be destroyed.
8.4TMDB, weighted
- 4
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
Adventure, Fantasy, Action
Frodo Baggins and the other members of the Fellowship continue on their sacred quest to destroy the One Ring--but on separate paths. Their destinies lie at two towers--Orthanc Tower in Isengard, where the corrupt wizard Saruman awaits, and Sauron's fortress at Barad-dur, deep within the dark lands of Mordor.
8.4TMDB, weighted
- 5
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
Animation, Action, Adventure
After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters the Spider Society, a team of Spider-People charged with protecting the Multiverse's very existence. But when the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles finds himself pitted against the other Spiders and must set out on his own to save those he loves most.
8.3TMDB, weighted
- 6
Seven Samurai (1954)
Action, Drama
A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food.
8.3TMDB, weighted
- 7
Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021)
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Determined to ensure Superman's ultimate sacrifice was not in vain, Bruce Wayne aligns forces with Diana Prince with plans to recruit a team of metahumans to protect the world from an approaching threat of catastrophic proportions.
8.0TMDB, weighted
- 8
Castle in the Sky (1986)
Adventure, Fantasy, Animation
A young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle.
7.9TMDB, weighted
- 9
Justice League Dark: Apokolips War (2020)
Animation, Action, Adventure
Earth is decimated after intergalactic tyrant Darkseid has devastated the Justice League in a poorly executed war by the DC Super Heroes. Now the remaining bastions of good – the Justice League, Teen Titans, Suicide Squad and assorted others – must regroup, strategize and take the war to Darkseid in order to save the planet and its surviving inhabitants.
7.8TMDB, weighted
- 10
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Action, Crime, Thriller
Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman encounters the mysterious Selina Kyle and the villainous Bane, a new terrorist leader who overwhelms Gotham's finest. The Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him an enemy.
7.8TMDB, weighted
- 11
Batman Begins (2005)
Drama, Crime, Action
Driven by tragedy, billionaire Bruce Wayne dedicates his life to uncovering and defeating the corruption that plagues his home, Gotham City. Unable to work within the system, he instead creates a new identity, a symbol of fear for the criminal underworld - The Batman.
7.7TMDB, weighted
- 12
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox (2013)
Animation, Action, Science Fiction
The Flash finds himself in a war-torn alternate timeline and teams up with alternate versions of his fellow heroes to restore the timeline.
7.6TMDB, weighted
- 13
The Boy and the Beast (2015)
Action, Adventure, Animation
Kyuta, a boy living in Shibuya, and Kumatetsu, a lonesome beast from Jutengai, an imaginary world. One day, Kyuta forays into the imaginary world and, as he's looking for his way back, meets Kumatetsu who becomes his spirit guide. That encounter leads them to many adventures.
7.6TMDB, weighted
- 14
Ne Zha 2 (2025)
Animation, Action, Fantasy
After a catastrophic event leaves their bodies destroyed, Ne Zha and Ao Bing are granted a fragile second chance at life. As tensions rise between the dragon clans and celestial forces, the two must undergo a series of perilous trials that will test their bond, challenge their identities, and decide the fate of both mortals and immortals.
7.6TMDB, weighted
- 15
Mortal Kombat II (2026)
Action, Fantasy, Adventure
The fan favorite champions—now joined by Johnny Cage himself—are pitted against one another in the ultimate, no-holds barred, gory battle to defeat the dark rule of Shao Kahn that threatens the very existence of the Earthrealm and its defenders.
7.6TMDB, weighted
- 16
The Last Samurai (2003)
Drama, Action, War
Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to destroy the samurai's way of life in the name of modernization and open trade, Algren decides to become an ultimate warrior himself and to fight for their right to exist.
7.5TMDB, weighted
- 17
Ready Player One (2018)
Adventure, Action, Science Fiction
When the creator of a popular video game system dies, a virtual contest is created to compete for his fortune.
7.5TMDB, weighted
- 18
Gran Turismo (2023)
Adventure, Drama, Action
The ultimate wish-fulfillment tale of a teenage Gran Turismo player whose gaming skills won him a series of Nissan competitions to become an actual professional racecar driver.
7.5TMDB, weighted
- 19
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
Fantasy, Adventure, Action
The Dwarves, Bilbo and Gandalf have successfully escaped the Misty Mountains, and Bilbo has gained the One Ring. They all continue their journey to get their gold back from the Dragon, Smaug.
7.5TMDB, weighted
- 20
Deadpool 2 (2018)
Action, Comedy, Adventure
Wisecracking mercenary Deadpool battles the evil and powerful Cable and other bad guys to save a boy's life.
7.5TMDB, weighted
- 21
Sinners (2025)
Horror, Action, Thriller
Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.
7.4TMDB, weighted
- 22
The Hidden Fortress (1958)
Drama, Action, Adventure
In feudal Japan, during a bloody war between clans, two cowardly and greedy peasants, soldiers of a defeated army, stumble upon a mysterious man who guides them to a fortress hidden in the mountains.
7.4TMDB, weighted
- 23
The Suicide Squad (2021)
Action, Comedy, Adventure
Supervillains Harley Quinn, Bloodsport, Peacemaker and a collection of nutty cons at Belle Reve prison join the super-secret, super-shady Task Force X as they are dropped off at the remote, enemy-infused island of Corto Maltese.
7.4TMDB, weighted
- 24
Sicario (2015)
Action, Crime, Thriller
An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.
7.4TMDB, weighted
- 25
Fallen Angels (1995)
Action, Romance, Crime
An indifferent hitman, his infatuated business partner and an ex-convict search for love and meaning as their lives cross paths in Hong Kong.
7.4TMDB, weighted
Best action shows on Max
- 1
Rick and Morty (2013)
Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Follows a sociopathic genius scientist who drags his inherently timid grandson on adventures across the universe.
8.6TMDB, weighted
- 2
Game of Thrones (2011)
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Action & Adventure
Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the houses leads to full-scale war. All while a very ancient evil awakens in the farthest north. Amidst the war, a neglected military order of misfits, the Night's Watch, is all that stands between the realms of men and icy horrors beyond.
8.4TMDB, weighted
- 3
Primal (2019)
Action & Adventure, Animation
A caveman forms a bond with a dinosaur as they struggle to survive in a hostile world.
8.4TMDB, weighted
- 4
Batman: The Animated Series (1992)
Action & Adventure, Animation, Drama
Vowing to avenge the murder of his parents, Bruce Wayne devotes his life to wiping out crime in Gotham City as the masked vigilante "Batman".
8.3TMDB, weighted
- 5
House of the Dragon (2022)
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Action & Adventure
The Targaryen dynasty is at the absolute apex of its power, with more than 15 dragons under their yoke. Most empires crumble from such heights. In the case of the Targaryens, their slow fall begins when King Viserys breaks with a century of tradition by naming his daughter Rhaenyra heir to the Iron Throne. But when Viserys later fathers a son, the court is shocked when Rhaenyra retains her status as his heir, and seeds of division sow friction across the realm.
8.3TMDB, weighted
- 6
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (2026)
Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure
A century before the events of Game of Thrones, two unlikely heroes wandered Westeros: a young, naive but courageous knight, Ser Duncan the Tall, and his diminutive squire, Egg. Set in an age when the Targaryen line still holds the Iron Throne and the last dragon has not yet passed from living memory, great destinies, powerful foes, and dangerous exploits await these improbable and incomparable friends.
8.1TMDB, weighted
- 7
Peacemaker (2022)
Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Comedy
The continuing story of Peacemaker, a vainglorious superhero/supervillain who believes in peace at any cost — no matter how many people he has to kill. After a miraculous recovery from his duel with Bloodsport, Peacemaker soon discovers that his freedom comes at a price.
8.1TMDB, weighted
- 8
Young Justice (2010)
Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure
Teenage superheroes strive to prove themselves as members of the Justice League.
8.0TMDB, weighted
- 9
Rome (2005)
Action & Adventure, Drama
A down-to-earth account of the lives of both illustrious and ordinary Romans set in the last days of the Roman Republic.
8.0TMDB, weighted
- 10
Harley Quinn (2019)
Action & Adventure, Animation, Comedy
Harley Quinn has finally broken things off once and for all with the Joker. Now, she's trying to make it on her own as the criminal Queenpin of Gotham City, with help from Poison Ivy and a ragtag crew of DC castoffs.
7.9TMDB, weighted
- 11
Justice League Unlimited (2004)
Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
The galaxy's most powerful superheroes return to battle the allied villains and criminal plots that endanger the universe.
7.8TMDB, weighted
- 12
Titans (2018)
Drama, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
A team of young superheroes led by Nightwing (formerly Batman's first Robin) form to combat evil and other perils.
7.7TMDB, weighted
- 13
Scavengers Reign (2023)
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Animation
When a deep space freighter is damaged by a solar flare its surviving crew are stranded on a beautiful and unforgiving planet. They begin to learn the true nature of this planet as they try to survive long enough to escape or be rescued.
7.7TMDB, weighted
- 14
Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake (2023)
Animation, Action & Adventure, Comedy
Fionna and Cake – with the help of the former Ice King, Simon Petrikov - embark on a multiverse-hopping adventure and journey of self-discovery. All the while a powerful new antagonist determined to track them down and erase them from existence, lurks in the shadows.
7.7TMDB, weighted
- 15
The Boondocks (2005)
Action & Adventure, Comedy, Animation
When Robert “Granddad” Freeman becomes legal guardian to his two grandsons, he moves from the tough south side of Chicago to the upscale neighborhood of Woodcrest (a.k.a. "The Boondocks") so he can enjoy his golden years in safety and comfort. But with Huey, a 10-year-old leftist revolutionary, and his eight-year-old misfit brother, Riley, suburbia is about to be shaken up.
7.7TMDB, weighted
- 16
The Pacific (2010)
Drama, Action & Adventure, War & Politics
Track the intertwined real-life stories of three U.S. Marines – Robert Leckie, John Basilone, and Eugene Sledge – across the vast canvas of the Pacific Theater during World War II. A companion piece to the 2001 miniseries Band of Brothers.
7.7TMDB, weighted
- 17
Batman Beyond (1999)
Animation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
As new villains overrun Gotham City of the future, the aging Bruce Wayne hangs up the cape of the once invincible Batman. But when troubled teenager Terry McGinnis stumbles upon the Dark Knight's secret, a new alliance is forged. And a triumphant new Batman is born.
7.7TMDB, weighted
- 18
Justice League (2001)
Action & Adventure, Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
The long-awaited rebirth of the greatest superhero team of all time: Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Hawkgirl, Green Lantern, and Martian Manhunter.
7.7TMDB, weighted
- 19
His Dark Materials (2019)
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Action & Adventure
Lyra is an orphan who lives in a parallel universe in which science, theology and magic are entwined. Her search for a kidnapped friend uncovers a sinister plot involving stolen children and turns into a quest to understand a mysterious phenomenon called Dust. She is later joined on her journey by Will, a boy who possesses a knife that can cut windows between worlds. As she learns the truth about her parents and her prophesied destiny, the two young people are caught up in a war against celestial powers that ranges across many worlds.
7.6TMDB, weighted
- 20
Adventure Time: Distant Lands (2020)
Animation, Action & Adventure, Comedy
Based on the animated series Adventure Time, these four specials explore the unseen corners of the world with both familiar and exciting brand-new characters.
7.6TMDB, weighted
- 21
Warrior (2019)
Crime, Drama, Action & Adventure
A gritty, action-packed crime drama set during the brutal Tong Wars of San Francisco’s Chinatown in the second half of the 19th century. The series follows Ah Sahm, a martial arts prodigy who immigrates from China to San Francisco under mysterious circumstances, and becomes a hatchet man for one of Chinatown’s most powerful tongs.
7.5TMDB, weighted
- 22
DC's Stargirl (2020)
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Drama
Courtney Whitmore, a smart, athletic and above all else kind girl, discovers her step-father has a secret: he used to be the sidekick to a superhero. "Borrowing" the long-lost hero’s cosmic staff, she becomes the unlikely inspiration for an entirely new generation of superheroes.
7.5TMDB, weighted
- 23
The Batman (2004)
Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure
A young billionaire Bruce Wayne fights crime and evil as the mysterious vigilante, The Batman.
7.5TMDB, weighted
- 24
Regular Show: The Lost Tapes (2026)
Animation, Comedy, Action & Adventure
Familiar duo Mordecai and Rigby navigate mundane park jobs that inevitably spiral into surreal, chaotic disasters.
7.4TMDB, weighted
- 25
Generation Kill (2008)
War & Politics, Drama, Action & Adventure
The first 40 days of the war in Iraq as seen through the eyes of an elite group of U.S. Marines who spearheaded the invasion along with an embedded Rolling Stone reporter. A vivid account of the soldiers and of the forces that guided them in an often-improvised initiative.
7.4TMDB, weighted
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