Top rated action-oriented movies that are also competent

Check out today’s highest ranked action-oriented and competent movies! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies that are action-oriented and competent, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 The Protégé (2021)

Rescued as a child by the legendary assassin Moody and trained in the family business, Anna is the world’s most skilled contract killer. When Moody, the man who was like a father to her and taught her everything she needs to know about trust and survival, is brutally killed, Anna vows revenge. As she becomes entangled with an enigmatic killer whose attraction to her goes way beyond cat and mouse, their confrontation turns deadly and the loose ends of a life spent killing will weave themselves ever tighter.

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2021-08-19 | Action / Thriller

Cast

Maggie Q, Samuel L. Jackson

Rating

rating icon 6.59
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    for action thriller fans
  2. Ranked #2 for
    brilliantly staged
  3. Ranked #2 for
    highly original

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The Protégé trailer
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2 Raging Fire (2021)

Cheung Sung-bong is a highly respected cop with a long history of success in dangerous cases. However, his past soon comes back to haunt him when a former protégé resurfaces, seeking revenge.

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2021-07-28 | Action / Crime

Cast

Donnie Yen, Nicholas Tse

Rating

rating icon 6.9
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    loud explosion
  2. Ranked #1 for
    bland
  3. Ranked #1 for
    lengthy sequence

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Raging Fire trailer
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3 Extraction (2020)

Tyler Rake, a fearless mercenary who offers his services on the black market, embarks on a dangerous mission when he is hired to rescue the kidnapped son of a Mumbai crime lord.

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2020-04-24 | Action / Thriller

Cast

Chris Hemsworth, Rudhraksh Jaiswal

Rating

rating icon 7.342
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    fast pace
  2. Ranked #1 for
    slam-bang
  3. Ranked #1 for
    exciting action sequence

Trailer

Extraction trailer
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4 The 355 (2022)

A group of top female agents from American, British, Chinese, Colombian, and German government agencies are drawn together to try and stop an organization from acquiring a deadly weapon to send the world into chaos.

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2022-01-05 | Action / Thriller

Cast

Jessica Chastain, Lupita Nyong'o

Rating

rating icon 6.088
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    with MacGuffins
  2. Ranked #2 for
    wild-card actor
  3. Ranked #2 for
    badass

Trailer

The 355 trailer
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5 Gemini Man (2019)

Henry Brogan is an elite 51-year-old assassin who's ready to call it quits after completing his 72nd job. His plans get turned upside down when he becomes the target of a mysterious operative who can seemingly predict his every move. To his horror, Brogan soon learns that the man who's trying to kill him is a younger, faster, cloned version of himself.

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2019-10-02 | Science Fiction / Action

Cast

Will Smith, Mary Elizabeth Winstead

Rating

rating icon 6.304
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    state of art CG
  2. Ranked #2 for
    technical innovation
  3. Ranked #3 for
    fake-looking

Trailer

Gemini Man trailer
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6 Hunt (2022)

After a high-ranking North Korean official requests asylum, KCIA Foreign Unit chief Park Pyong-ho and Domestic Unit chief Kim Jung-do are tasked with uncovering a North Korean spy, known as Donglim, who is deeply embedded within their agency. When the spy begins leaking top secret intel that could jeopardize national security, the two units are each assigned to investigate each other.

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2022-08-10 | Action / Mystery

Cast

Lee Jung-jae, Jung Woo-sung

Rating

rating icon 6.642
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    doozy
  2. Ranked #1 for
    bit convoluted
  3. Ranked #1 for
    morally ambiguous

Trailer

Hunt trailer
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7 All the Old Knives (2022)

When the CIA discovers one of its agents leaked information that cost more than 100 people their lives, veteran operative Henry Pelham is assigned to root out the mole with his former lover and colleague Celia Harrison.

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2022-04-08 | Thriller / Action

Cast

Chris Pine, Thandiwe Newton

Rating

rating icon 6.018
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    flashback sequence
  2. Ranked #1 for
    thrills and spills
  3. Ranked #2 for
    awfully slow

Trailer

All the Old Knives trailer
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8 Greyhound (2020)

A first-time captain leads a convoy of allied ships carrying thousands of soldiers across the treacherous waters of the “Black Pit” to the front lines of WW2. With no air cover protection for 5 days, the captain and his convoy must battle the surrounding enemy Nazi U-boats in order to give the allies a chance to win the war.

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2020-07-09 | War / Action

Cast

Tom Hanks, Stephen Graham

Rating

rating icon 7.409
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2 for
    shocking moment
  2. Ranked #2 for
    tense and exciting
  3. Ranked #2 for
    lean

Trailer

Greyhound trailer
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9 The Old Guard (2020)

Four undying warriors who've secretly protected humanity for centuries become targeted for their mysterious powers just as they discover a new immortal.

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2020-07-10 | Action / Fantasy

Cast

Charlize Theron, KiKi Layne

Rating

rating icon 7.155
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #3 for
    fleshed out character
  2. Ranked #4 for
    unsavory character
  3. Ranked #5 for
    well-staged

Trailer

The Old Guard trailer
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10 Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan (2019)

Vietnam War, 1966. Australia and New Zealand send troops to support the United States and South Vietnamese in their fight against the communist North. Soldiers are very young men, recruits and volunteers who have never been involved in a combat. On August 18th, members of Delta Company will face the true horror of a ruthless battle among the trees of a rubber plantation called Long Tân. They are barely a hundred. The enemy is a human wave ready to destroy them.

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2019-08-08 | War / Action

Cast

Travis Fimmel, Luke Bracey

Rating

rating icon 6.821
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    brave character
  2. Ranked #2 for
    heroic acting
  3. Ranked #2 for
    gung-ho

Trailer

Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan trailer
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