Top rated action-oriented movies that are also realistic

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

1 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
    with mercenaries
  2. Ranked #1 for
    fast pace
  3. Ranked #1 for
    adrenaline pumping

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

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Greyhound trailer
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3 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
    true representation
  3. Ranked #2 for
    gung-ho

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Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan trailer
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4 SAS: Red Notice (2021)

An off-duty SAS soldier, Tom Buckingham, must thwart a terror attack on a train running through the Channel Tunnel. As the action escalates on the train, events transpire in the corridors of power that may make the difference as to whether Buckingham and the civilian passengers make it out of the tunnel alive.

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2021-08-11 | Drama / Action

Cast

Sam Heughan, Ruby Rose

Rating

rating icon 5.813
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    dire
  2. Ranked #2 for
    thoroughly entertaining
  3. Ranked #2 for
    mediocre acting

Trailer

SAS: Red Notice trailer
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5 The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil (2019)

After barely surviving a violent attack by an elusive serial killer, crime boss Jang Dong-su finds himself forming an unlikely partnership with local detective Jung Tae-seok to catch the sadistic killer simply known as K.

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2019-05-15 | Crime / Action

Cast

Ma Dong-seok, Kim Moo-yul

Rating

rating icon 7.778
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    showing seedy side
  2. Ranked #1 for
    poetic justice
  3. Ranked #1 for
    sticky ending

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The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil trailer
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6 Sisu (2023)

Deep in the wilderness of Lapland, Aatami Korpi is searching for gold but after he stumbles upon Nazi patrol, a breathtaking and gold-hungry chase through the destroyed and mined Lapland wilderness begins.

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2023-01-27 | Action / War

Cast

Jorma Tommila, Aksel Hennie

Rating

rating icon 7.494
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    indefatigable character
  2. Ranked #2 for
    with mercenaries
  3. Ranked #2 for
    aced

Trailer

Sisu trailer
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7 The Outpost (2020)

A small unit of U.S. soldiers, alone at the remote Combat Outpost Keating, located deep in the valley of three mountains in Afghanistan, battles to defend against an overwhelming force of Taliban fighters in a coordinated attack. The Battle of Kamdesh, as it was known, was the bloodiest American engagement of the Afghan War in 2009 and Bravo Troop 3-61 CAV became one of the most decorated units of the 19-year conflict.

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2020-06-24 | War / Drama

Cast

Scott Eastwood, Caleb Landry Jones

Rating

rating icon 6.876
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    indefensible character
  2. Ranked #1 for
    authentic
  3. Ranked #2 for
    Aerial Combat

Trailer

The Outpost trailer
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8 Black Crab (2022)

To end an apocalyptic war and save her daughter, a reluctant soldier embarks on a desperate mission to cross a frozen sea carrying a top-secret cargo.

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2022-03-18 | Action / Thriller

Cast

Noomi Rapace, Jakob Oftebro

Rating

rating icon 6.217
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    semblance of reality
  2. Ranked #2 for
    insensible
  3. Ranked #2 for
    unremitting

Trailer

Black Crab trailer
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9 The Woman King (2022)

The story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a fierceness unlike anything the world has ever seen, and General Nanisca as she trains the next generation of recruits and readies them for battle against an enemy determined to destroy their way of life.

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2022-09-16 | Action / Drama

Cast

Viola Davis, Thuso Mbedu

Rating

rating icon 7.691
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    accurate
  2. Ranked #2 for
    fierce
  3. Ranked #2 for
    repackaged

Trailer

The Woman King trailer
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10 Greenland (2020)

John Garrity, his estranged wife and their young son embark on a perilous journey to find sanctuary as a planet-killing comet hurtles toward Earth. Amid terrifying accounts of cities getting levelled, the Garritys experience the best and worst in humanity. As the countdown to the global apocalypse approaches zero, their incredible trek culminates in a desperate and last-minute flight to a possible safe haven.

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2020-07-29 | Action / Thriller

Cast

Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin

Rating

rating icon 7.14
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    deep impact
  2. Ranked #1 for
    Disaster Movie
  3. Ranked #1 for
    good performance

Trailer

Greenland trailer
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