Top rated action-oriented movies that are also suspenseful

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

1 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
    locking horns
  2. Ranked #1 for
    exciting climax
  3. Ranked #1 for
    bit convoluted

Trailer

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

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Greyhound trailer
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3 Peninsula (2020)

A soldier and his team battle hordes of post-apocalyptic zombies in the wastelands of the Korean Peninsula.

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2020-07-15 | Horror / Adventure

Cast

Gang Dong-won, Lee Jung-hyun

Rating

rating icon 6.763
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    different
  2. Ranked #1 for
    slightly inferior
  3. Ranked #3 for
    too much CG

Trailer

Peninsula trailer
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4 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
    time passer
  2. Ranked #1 for
    perfectly acceptable
  3. Ranked #1 for
    gritty atmosphere

Trailer

The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil trailer
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5 EXIT (2019)

At his mother's 70th birthday party, Yong-nam runs into Eui-joo, who rejected him in college. When the city is engulfed in toxic gas from a terrorist attack, the two must find a way to escape using all the techniques they learned in their college rock climbing club.

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2019-07-31 | Action / Comedy

Cast

Cho Jung-seok, Yoona

Rating

rating icon 7.551
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    providing relief
  2. Ranked #2 for
    well-balanced
  3. Ranked #2 for
    lightening up the mood

Trailer

EXIT trailer
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6 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

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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
    thrills and spills
  2. Ranked #1 for
    flashback sequence
  3. Ranked #2 for
    frenetic action

Trailer

All the Old Knives trailer
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8 Underwater (2020)

After an earthquake destroys their underwater station, six researchers must navigate two miles along the dangerous, unknown depths of the ocean floor to make it to safety in a race against time.

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2020-01-08 | Horror / Science Fiction

Cast

Kristen Stewart, Vincent Cassel

Rating

rating icon 6.285
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    Monster Movie
  2. Ranked #2 for
    respite
  3. Ranked #4 for
    claustrophobic

Trailer

Underwater trailer
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9 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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10 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
    completely nuts
  2. Ranked #1 for
    vehicular carnage
  3. Ranked #1 for
    dramatic

Trailer

Raging Fire trailer
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