The best action-thriller movies to watch on Amazon Prime Video right now
Get your blood pumping with these action-packed films, from Wrath Of Man to Independence Day
Film Features The Handmaiden
Denzel Washington, Anna Kendrick, Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner Screenshot: Sony
Every streaming service offers a wide range of film genres, but Amazon Prime Video seems to be particularly focused on the action-adventure sector. If you’re looking for pulse-pounding, edge-of-your-seat thrills, the streamer makes for a solid starting point. From mainstream popcorn fare like Top Gun: Maverick to deserves-to-be-mainstream hits like Train To Busan, you’re likely to find something at Prime Video that satisfies your urge for action. Just click through to get the latest rundown on the best action fare the service has to offer.
This list was updated on January 30, 2024.
26 Comments
Avon better not be shooting someone on Sunday.
Cool. Nothing problematic at all with Apocalypto. Of course Mayans were a just a race of psychos randomly torturing and slaughtering masses of neighbors until the christians came to save the noble natives.Nothing to see on AVClub’s social issues radar, there. Carry on.
Not saying you’re wrong about it’s treatment of the Mayan empire (although, being an empire they weren’t necessarily benevolent), but my take away from the ending was more downbeat. The protagonists spent an entire movie escaping only to see the arrival of people that were going to mean even worse things for them. I guess there’s the Mel Gibson factor, but if I remember it correctly I don’t think the movie supports your read.
The Conquistadors did destroy numerous indigenous civilizations like the Aztec and Inca, but the Maya collapsed all on their own well before Spanish colonization in a way that models our own society to an uncomfortable degree.
The Mayan remained independent until the early 20th century unlike the Aztec. This is probably because they had no gold.
There are people descended from the Maya who speak languages descended from Classical Mayan even today, but when the Spanish got there they had regressed to village life and their civilization (and written language) had already been abandoned.
There’s a ton of classic western tv on Amazon Prime . I’ve just discovered “The Rifleman” , and I’m hooked!
I have enjoyed Joel Edgerton ever since his role as Metal Beak in Legends of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole.No, but in all seriousness, I like him. I have never seen Warrior, nor did I realize he was so studly. I will be watching that movie.
Warrior is pretty solid as a character study and decent as a film, but if you’ve ever watched MMA, the fight scenes are trash. It’s like pro wrestling with shaky camera work. Oddly enough, “Here comes the boom” is godawful, but the MMA scenes are some of the best in any film.
That movie is pretty damn good. Nick Nolte has a great supporting role. It’s by far Tom Hardy’s best work but the fight scenes are great.
Crouching Tiger is my all time favourite movie. The grand scale , the lush silk road landscapes , the gorgeous intensely talented cast , all of them at the top of their game, a beautiful unrequited love and some martial arts too.
I wish amazon would fix the way they classify videos and work on their algorithm a bit more. Just because I watched a movie with a black lead actor does not mean I now want to watch Madeas shitty adventure. No, reality TV is not a documentary. No, hostel is not a comedy.
Prime video is great, but their algorithms and sorting suck.
Speaking of Black lead actors …The photo in this article tagged “Omari Hardwick” is actually not a photo of “Omari Hardwick”, but of another Black actor.I mean, come on AV Club!
I love Apocalypto
Mel Gibson is a right dick, but Apocalypto is an amazing film. I have never seen such successful use of visual storytelling since the old silent movie days. There are, literally, only a few lines of actual dialogue, yet there is never any doubt what is going on.
Play casino royale now in online application. casino games like teen patti, roulette, baccarat and more games are present.https://www.dpbossonline.com/
Oh look, it’s another “watch on Prime” list where most of the suggestions aren’t on Prime.
Tomorrow Never Dies is one of my least favorite Bond movies with one of the best scores and action scenes in the franchise. That’s how stupid the “Rupert Murdoch as supervillain” plot is.
hahahah
Aliens is an action movie. Alien is not.
I’m not clicking through all that, but I highly recommend Shadow. I just saw it’s up on Prime. I own it, but I’m going to watch it again. I find it surprisingly moving and the action sequences are quite enthralling.
I really liked Coherence. The science fiction concept comes across subtly but nicely, while the humans get on with the task of being messy.
Also, you can skip World War Z. It has some great looking scenes, but not a good story, and the solution for stopping the zombies was simply stupid.
The best action-thriller movies to watch on Amazon Prime Video right now*Offer only available in the US and Canada
This is fucking pathetic.
How the fuck is The Handmaiden an Action-Thriller? This should be titled 20 random movies, available somewhere. Most are not even on Prime. What a joke.