The 59 best action movies you can watch on Netflix right now

This heist movie has lots of thrills and star power: Ben Affleck, Oscar Issac, Charlie Hunnam, and Pedro Pascal.

Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward are great in this horror-comedy that features creatures that are coming out of the ground to kill people.

You definitely need to watch this zombie movie that follows a group of people trying to survive a trip from Seoul to Busan in the midst of a zombie outbreak.

Not the two "Terminator" movies I would choose to watch, but this is what we have on Netflix at the moment. If you are watching for the pure action sense then both have it. I would check out "Terminator 3" first.

This Oscar-winning animated movie gets better every time you see it. Along with having a great story about self-discovery, it also has some excellent action sequences.

Bong Joon-ho's fantastic sci-fi tale is set in a world where all of humanity is on a fast-moving train with the poor placed in the back and the rich in the front. Chris Evans plays the leader of a group in the back who has had enough.

This adaptation of the Frank Miller graphic novels brings the pages to life thanks to state-of-the-art (for its time) CGI that gave the movie a black-and-white feel but with elements of color. The highlight is Mickey Rourke playing Marv.

Edgar Wright's dazzling love story stands out thanks to its incredible visual effects and video game-like feel, complete with battles.

Angelina Jolie plays a CIA agent on the run when she's accused of being a Russian spy.

Jet Li shows off to America the skills that made him a legend in China. He also gets some help from Aaliyah in her debut as an actress.

This 1980s martial arts Hong Kong movie has a great mix of comedy and action.

This is not the 2012 remake, this is the original John Milius movie.

Starring many of the top members of young Hollywood during the 1980s — Patrick Swayze, Charlie Sheen, Lea Thompson, Jennifer Grey, and C. Thomas Howell — the movie follows a group of friends who take on the Soviet Union after it invades US soil.

Set during the Revolutionary War, Mel Gibson stars as a farmer who is not looking to be a part of the war until he finally is forced to (that tends to happen in these movies) and then it becomes a blood bath. Heath Ledger also stars.

Chris Pine plays 14th-century Scottish king Robert the Bruce in this bloody tale that features a remarkable single-shot action sequence at the start of the movie.

This most unlikely franchise has Gerard Butler as an ex-secret service agent who just can't seem to stop bad things from happening to the highest members of the US government.

If you are in need of a good laugh you can't pass up checking out this cheesy adaptation of the hugely popular video game.

Tom Cruise teams with Steven Spielberg for this futuristic cat-and-mouse story in which Cruise does what he does best: run.

Speaking of Reeves, watch the trilogy that redefined how action movies would be made forever. Especially the first movie, which still gets imitated to this day.

Released in 2013, this marks the only time Keanu Reeves has directed a movie. And it is worth the watch.

Reeves plays the villain who finds his match in Tai Chi master "Tiger" (played by "Tiger" Chen, who has been a fight choreographer for years). The movie also has one of the best lines Reeves has ever delivered, when he tells Tiger, "you owe me a life."

Here's some Depression-era action for you. Tom Hardy and Shia LaBeouf are standouts in this bootlegging crime drama.

Dive into the four Pierce Brosnan 007 movies. Like all the titles in the Bond franchise, the action is always elevated to an insane level.

Check out the first three movies of the franchise and witness why Donnie Yen is one of the greats in the action genre.

Tarantino delivers a masterwork here. Along with giving you an action sequence that features the horrific death of Hitler, it's also a movie that celebrates cinema.

You can't go wrong with any of the Indiana Jones movies when it comes to action. I mean, the opening to "Crystal Skull" has Jones avoiding an atomic bomb blast. But if I can only choose one it has to be "Raiders of the Lost Ark."

Who says animated movies can't have action? The first movie was full of it, but the sequel really ups the ante.

Christopher Nolan's trippy caper inside the mind is also filled with some fantastic action sequences. The highlight being Joseph Gordon-Levitt's logic-defying fight sequence in a hotel hallway.

If you dig Gina Carano in "The Mandalorian" you should check her out in this movie. Fresh off dominating the MMA scene, Steven Soderbergh casts her as the lead of his revenge tale.

Will Smith is a different kind of superhero in this movie. Completely reckless in his methods to "save the day," he tries to change his ways after a person he saves (played by Jason Bateman) vows to change his image.

One of the lesser-known movies about the Vietnam War, it packs one of the most powerful punches in the genre as it follows a platoon who is trying to take a heavily fortified position held by the North Vietnamese Army.

Wong Kar-wai's epic features amazing action sequences that are only matched by the movie's lush photography.

One of the greatest westerns ever made, Clint Eastwood is on the search for a grave full of treasure.

For Nicolas Cage standards, he's pretty even-keeled as this Marvel character. But it still rocks.

One of the best close-quarters action movies ever made (if that's a thing), director Ben Wheatley mixes a lot of guns and jokes for this entertaining movie that stars Armie Hammer, Cillian Murphy, and Brie Larson.

This late 1970s martial arts cult classic (that you might also know as "Five Deadly Venoms") is an essential watch. The movie has been referenced in everything from Wu-Tang Clan music to Tarantino's "Kill Bill" saga.

This horror has loads of action as we follow a group of friends who cheat death and then mysteriously die one by one.

Chris Hemsworth stars as a black-ops mercenary who literally has to shoot, kick, and punch his way through the bad guys to save a kidnapped kid.

This fantasy adventure is definitely worth a watch. Dennis Quaid is a dragon-slayer who suddenly befriends the dragon he was hunting (voiced by Sean Connery) to take on an evil king.

From Jamie Foxx to Christoph Waltz to Leonardo DiCaprio everyone in this western is performing at a high level, as is typical of all Quentin Tarantino movies.

This is an action movie that has certainly found a second life on Netflix. In it, Gerard Butler leads a team of sheriff deputies who are trying to stop a gang trying to rob the federal reserve in LA.

In one of the best action movies from the Jean-Claude Van Damme library, we follow him in his entry into a deadly martial-arts competition.

If you got a kick out of "Bad Boys for Life," go back and see how we got there with these two Michael Bay movies that made Will Smith into an action star.

Check out the three movies of this franchise, which all feature some great edge-of-your-seat action.

This isn't just the most dramatic chapter in the MCU with Thanos completing his quest to collect all the stones, but it also has an incredible collection of action sequences heightened by all the CGI.

This Marvel title is an unlikely effective companion to the events that happened in "Avengers: Infinity War." I highly recommend pairing these as a double feature one night.

Michael Bay takes a load of Netflix's money to make them an explosion-filled action movie with Ryan Reynolds as the star.