Genre Guide
The Best Action Movies and Shows Streaming Right Now
Start here: The Dark Knight on HBO Max, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King on HBO Max and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring on HBO Max. Below, 16 titles worth your time, each on an app included with Spectrum.
Action gets dismissed as mindless when the bar-setters in the genre are doing some of the most precise filmmaking alive. Choreography, editing, geography, stakes. These picks understand all of that. Strap in.
Checked September 23. Availability from TMDB, US.
The Dark Knight
2008 · 8.5 TMDB
HBO Max
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003 · 8.5 TMDB
HBO Max
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001 · 8.4 TMDB
HBO Max
Avengers: Infinity War
2018 · 8.2 TMDB
Disney+
The Avengers
2012 · 8.1 TMDB
Hulu
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002 · 8.4 TMDB
HBO Max
The Matrix
1999 · 8.3 TMDB
ViX
Avengers: Endgame
2019 · 8.2 TMDB
Disney+
The Empire Strikes Back
1980 · 8.4 TMDB
Disney+
Star Wars
1977 · 8.2 TMDB
Disney+
Gladiator
2000 · 8.2 TMDB
Paramount+
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1991 · 8.2 TMDB
Paramount+
Top Gun: Maverick
2022 · 8.2 TMDB
Paramount+
Zack Snyder's Justice League
2021 · 8.1 TMDB
HBO Max
Seven Samurai
1954 · 8.5 TMDB
HBO Max
The Punisher: One Last Kill
2026 · 8.3 TMDB
Disney+
Spectrum Offer
HBO Max and Peacock Premium carry some of the biggest action franchises in streaming, and both are included with Spectrum Stream TV Signature ($100/mo for 1 year, then $130/mo). Spectrum Internet is required and extra; Internet 100 is $20/mo for 2 years when bundled with TV.
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