In the dead of winter when things are gloomy and slow, you can always get a vicarious thrill from the best action movies on Netflix right now. While Netflix has a great collection of action movies, scrolling through it to find something to watch is basically the opposite of an adrenaline rush. That’s why we curate the collection for you with this monthly roundup!
This February, Netflix adds recent blockbusters from Steven Spielberg and Guillermo del Toro, an action-horror franchise starter, and one of the cooler World War II movies of recent years.
We’ve also curated guides to the best action movies on Amazon Prime, the best action movies on Disney+, and the best action movies on Hulu if you’re looking for additional recommendations.
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Ready Player One2018
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Pacific Rim2013
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Fury2014
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Resident Evil2002
Ready Player One (2018) new
In some ways, Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of Ernest Cline’s sci-fi novel Ready Player One is just a giant tribute to his own remarkable body of work. But it’s a pretty fun tribute, if not the best movie Spielberg ever made.
In 2045, the world is on the brink of collapse and people have found salvation in the virtual reality universe called OASIS, which was created by James Halliday (Mark Rylance). Upon his death, Halliday announces he has hidden a digital Easter egg somewhere in the OASIS that holds the key to his life-changing fortune. Young Wade Watts (Tye Sheridan) takes up the challenge and enters a reality-bending treasure hunt.
Pacific Rim (2013) new
Fury (2014) new
Resident Evil (2002) new
John Wick (2014)
Jurassic Park (1993)
Aquaman (2018)
Gravity (2013)
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020)
Man of Steel (2013)
The Meg (2018)
Shazam! (2019)
Wonder Woman (2017)
The Suicide Squad (2021)
David Ayer’s Suicide Squad was widely panned and ridiculed to the point that, less than two years later, DC rebooted the movie with James Gunn behind the helm. It’s better.
When the heavily armed island nation of Corto Maltese begins mobilizing, Amanda Waller (Viola Davis) taps into a top-secret program to utilize supervillain inmates imprisoned at Belle Reve as undercover, extrajudicial operatives. Led by Colonel Rick Flag (Joel Kinnaman), the ragtag crew includes Bloodsport, Peacemaker, Captain Boomerang, Ratcatcher 2, Savant, King Shark, Blackguard, Javelin, and Harley Quinn. One wrong move, and Waller sets off the bomb embedded in their necks.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
Desperado (1995)
Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
65 (2023)
Bullet Train (2022)
Emily the Criminal (2022)
Enola Holmes (2020)
All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)
Black Crab (2022)
The Vault (2021)
Gunpowder Milkshake (2021)
Spectral (2016)
Army of the Dead (2021)
The Old Guard (2020)
The Night Comes for Us (2018)
The King (2019)
Wheelman (2017)
Triple Frontier (2019)
Burn Out (2018)
Extraction (2020)
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