Best Action Movies on Paramount Plus Essential in the US

1. 1
   Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender 2026

   Directed by Lauren Montgomery · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+
   8.9

   9.0 · 1.4K votes
2. 2
   Gladiator 2000

   Directed by Ridley Scott · Streaming on Netflix, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
   8.2

   8.2 · 22K votes
3. 3
   Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991

   Directed by James Cameron · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium
   8.2

   8.2 · 15K votes
4. 4
   Top Gun: Maverick 2022

   Directed by Joseph Kosinski · Streaming on Netflix, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
   8.1

   8.2 · 12K votes
5. 5
   Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981

   Directed by Steven Spielberg · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Disney Plus, fuboTV
   7.9

   7.9 · 14K votes
6. 6
   V for Vendetta 2006

   Directed by James McTeigue · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
   7.9

   7.9 · 16K votes
7. 7
   Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989

   Directed by Steven Spielberg · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Disney Plus, fuboTV
   7.8

   7.9 · 11K votes
8. 8
   How to Train Your Dragon 2 2014

   Directed by Dean DeBlois · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+
   7.7

   7.7 · 11K votes
9. 9
   Edge of Tomorrow 2014

   Directed by Doug Liman · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
   7.6

   7.6 · 16K votes
10. 10
    Sonic the Hedgehog 3 2024

    Directed by Jeff Fowler · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, MGM+
    7.6

    7.6 · 3.5K votes
11. 11
    Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One 2023

    Directed by Christopher McQuarrie · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+
    7.5

    7.5 · 5.5K votes
12. 12
    The Crow 1994

    Directed by Alex Proyas · Streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Paramount Plus Premium
    7.5

    7.5 · 4.7K votes
13. 13
    Dunkirk 2017

    Directed by Christopher Nolan · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    7.4

    7.5 · 18K votes
14. 14
    Mission: Impossible - Fallout 2018

    Directed by Christopher McQuarrie · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+
    7.4

    7.5 · 9.5K votes
15. 15
    Star Trek 2009

    Directed by J.J. Abrams · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+
    7.4

    7.4 · 11K votes
16. 16
    Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 1982

    Directed by Nicholas Meyer · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    7.4

    7.4 · 2.2K votes
17. 17
    Sonic the Hedgehog 2 2022

    Directed by Jeff Fowler · Streaming on Netflix, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    7.4

    7.4 · 6.1K votes
18. 18
    Minority Report 2002

    Directed by Steven Spielberg · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    7.3

    7.4 · 10K votes
19. 19
    Total Recall 1990

    Directed by Paul Verhoeven · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    7.3

    7.3 · 6.8K votes
20. 20
    Star Trek Into Darkness 2013

    Directed by J.J. Abrams · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+
    7.3

    7.3 · 9.9K votes
21. 21
    Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 1984

    Directed by Steven Spielberg · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Disney Plus, fuboTV
    7.3

    7.3 · 10K votes
22. 22
    Henry Danger: The Movie 2025

    Directed by Joe Menendez · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+
    7.3

    7.7 · 273 votes
23. 23
    Rocky II 1979

    Directed by Sylvester Stallone · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    7.3

    7.3 · 5K votes
24. 24
    Star Trek: First Contact 1996

    Directed by Jonathan Frakes · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    7.3

    7.3 · 2.1K votes
25. 25
    Sonic the Hedgehog 2020

    Directed by Jeff Fowler · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Philo
    7.3

    7.3 · 11K votes
26. 26
    PAW Patrol: The Movie 2021

    Directed by Cal Brunker · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+
    7.2

    7.3 · 1.3K votes
27. 27
    Men in Black 1997

    Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+
    7.2

    7.2 · 15K votes
28. 28
    Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation 2015

    Directed by Christopher McQuarrie · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+
    7.2

    7.2 · 10K votes
29. 29
    300 2007

    Directed by Zack Snyder · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    7.2

    7.2 · 15K votes
30. 30
    The Patriot 2000

    Directed by Roland Emmerich · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+
    7.2

    7.2 · 4.5K votes
31. 31
    Troy 2004

    Directed by Wolfgang Petersen · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    7.2

    7.2 · 12K votes
32. 32
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem 2023

    Directed by Jeff Rowe · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+
    7.2

    7.2 · 1.7K votes
33. 33
    Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning 2025

    Directed by Christopher McQuarrie · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, MGM+
    7.1

    7.2 · 3.3K votes
34. 34
    Transformers: Rise of the Beasts 2023

    Directed by Steven Caple Jr. · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+
    7.1

    7.2 · 5.5K votes
35. 35
    Shooter 2007

    Directed by Antoine Fuqua · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+
    7.1

    7.1 · 5.7K votes
36. 36
    Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol 2011

    Directed by Brad Bird · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+
    7.1

    7.1 · 11K votes
37. 37
    Rocky IV 1985

    Directed by Sylvester Stallone · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    7.1

    7.1 · 5K votes
38. 38
    Rush Hour 1998

    Directed by Brett Ratner · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    7.1

    7.1 · 6K votes
39. 39
    Creed III 2023

    Directed by Michael B. Jordan · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, Paramount Plus Premium
    7.1

    7.1 · 3K votes
40. 40
    We Were Soldiers 2002

    Directed by Randall Wallace · Streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Paramount Plus Premium
    7.1

    7.1 · 2.4K votes
41. 41
    Top Gun 1986

    Directed by Tony Scott · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    7.1

    7.1 · 10K votes
42. 42
    Equilibrium 2002

    Directed by Kurt Wimmer · Streaming on Paramount Plus Essential, Kanopy, Hoopla
    7.0

    7.1 · 5.3K votes
43. 43
    Jackass: Best and Last 2026

    Directed by Jeff Tremaine · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+
    7.0

    7.3 · 283 votes
44. 44
    Creed II 2018

    Directed by Steven Caple Jr. · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, Paramount Plus Premium
    7.0

    7.0 · 6K votes
45. 45
    Mission: Impossible 1996

    Directed by Brian De Palma · Streaming on HBO Max, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    7.0

    7.0 · 10K votes
46. 46
    Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country 1991

    Directed by Nicholas Meyer · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    7.0

    7.0 · 1.5K votes
47. 47
    Breakdown 1997

    Directed by Jonathan Mostow · Streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Paramount Plus Essential
    6.9

    7.0 · 1.2K votes
48. 48
    Rocky III 1982

    Directed by Sylvester Stallone · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    6.9

    6.9 · 4.7K votes
49. 49
    21 Jump Street 2012

    Directed by Phil Lord · Streaming on Netflix, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    6.9

    6.9 · 11K votes
50. 50
    A Knight's Tale 2001

    Directed by Brian Helgeland · Streaming on Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+
    6.9

    6.9 · 3.6K votes

Smart score = (votes × rating + 82 × 6.03) ÷ (votes + 82): the TMDB rating, pulled toward the catalog average as if every film had 82 extra average votes. Streaming data by JustWatch.

1. 1
   Four Brothers 2005

   Directed by John Singleton · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Essential, Kanopy
   6.8

   6.8 · 2.5K votes
2. 2
   The Spiderwick Chronicles 2008

   Directed by Mark Waters · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
   6.7

   6.7 · 3K votes
3. 3
   Novocaine 2025

   Directed by Dan Berk · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, MGM+
   6.7

   6.8 · 1.8K votes
4. 4
   The Running Man 2025

   Directed by Edgar Wright · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, MGM+
   6.7

   6.7 · 2.1K votes
5. 5
   The Score 2001

   Directed by Frank Oz · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
   6.7

   6.7 · 2K votes
6. 6
   Patriot Games 1992

   Directed by Phillip Noyce · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
   6.7

   6.7 · 1.9K votes
7. 7
   The Running Man 1987

   Directed by Paul Michael Glaser · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
   6.5

   6.5 · 3K votes
8. 8
   Clear and Present Danger 1994

   Directed by Phillip Noyce · Streaming on Paramount Plus Essential, Kanopy, Hoopla
   6.6

   6.6 · 1.8K votes
9. 9
   Eagle Eye 2008

   Directed by D.J. Caruso · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Paramount Plus Essential, Kanopy
   6.5

   6.5 · 3.3K votes
10. 10
    Jackass 3D 2010

    Directed by Jeff Tremaine · Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential
    6.6

    6.6 · 1.5K votes