List Of Action Films Of The 1990s
This is chronological list of action films released in the 1990s. Often there may be considerable overlap particularly between action and other genres (including, horror, comedy, and science fiction films); the list should attempt to document films which are more closely related to action, even if it bends genres.
| Title | Director | Cast | Country | Sub-Genre/Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | ||||||
| Air America | Roger Spottiswoode | Mel Gibson, Robert Downey, Jr., Nancy Travis | ||||
| All for the Winner | Corey Yuen, Jeffrey Lau | Stephen Chow, Ng Man Tat | ||||
| Another 48 Hrs. | Walter Hill | Nick Nolte, Eddie Murphy | ||||
| Bird on a Wire | John Badham | Mel Gibson, Goldie Hawn, David Carradine | ||||
| Bloodfist II | Andy Blumenthal | Don "The Dragon" Wilson, Rina Reyes, Joe Mari Avellana | ||||
| Blue Steel | Kathryn Bigelow | Jamie Lee Curtis, Ron Silver, Clancy Brown | ||||
| Bullet in the Head | John Woo | Tony Leung, Jacky Cheung | ||||
| Captain America | Albert Pyun | Matt Salinger | ||||
| Curry and Pepper | Blackie Ko | Ann Bridgewater, Jacky Cheung, Stephen Chow | ||||
| Darkman | Sam Raimi | Liam Neeson, Frances McDormand | Science fiction action | |||
| Death Warrant | Deran Sarafian | Jean-Claude Van Damme, Robert Guillaume, Cynthia Gibb | ||||
| Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection | Aaron Norris | Chuck Norris, Billy Drago, Bobby Chavez | ||||
| Dick Tracy | Warren Beatty | Warren Beatty Madonna | ||||
| Die Hard 2 | Renny Harlin | Bruce Willis | ||||
| Hard to Kill | Bruce Malmuth | Steven Seagal, Kelly LeBrock, Bill Sadler | ||||
| The Hunt For Red October | John McTiernan | Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin | Action thriller | |||
| I Come in Peace | Craig R. Baxley | Dolph Lundgren, Betsy Brantley, Brian Benben | ||||
| Island of Fire | Chu Yen Ping | Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Tony Leung Kar-Fai | ||||
| Lionheart | Sheldon Lettich | Jean-Claude Van Damme | ||||
| Maniac Cop 2 | William Lustig | Robert Davi, Claudia Christian, Michael Lerner | ||||
| Marked for Death | Dwight H. Little | Steven Seagal, Basil Wallace, Keith David | ||||
| Martial Law | S.E. Cohen | Cynthia Rothrock, David Carradine, Richard Brandes | ||||
| Narrow Margin | Peter Hyams | Gene Hackman, Anne Archer, James B. Sikking | Action thriller | |||
| Navy SEALS | Lewis Teague | Charlie Sheen, Michael Biehn | Action thriller | |||
| Nikita | Luc Besson | Anne Parillaud, Jean-Hugues Anglade | Action thriller | |||
| Peacemaker | Kevin S. Tenney | Robert Forster, Lance Edwards, Hilary Shepard | ||||
| Predator 2 | Stephen Hopkins | Danny Glover | Science fiction action | |||
| Robocop 2 | Irvin Kershner | Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy | ||||
| The Rookie | Clint Eastwood | Clint Eastwood, Charlie Sheen, Raúl Juliá | ||||
| Short Time | Gregg Champion | Dabney Coleman, Matt Frewer, Teri Garr | Science fiction action | |||
| The Swordsman | King Hu, Ching Siu-Tung, Ann Hui, Andrew Kam, Tsui Hark | Sam Hui, Jacky Cheung, Cecilia Yip, Sharla Cheung | Martial arts film | |||
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Steven Barron | Judith Hoag, Elias Koteas, Ray Serra | ||||
| Total Recall | Paul Verhoeven | Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rachel Ticotin, Sharon Stone | ||||
| White Hunter, Black Heart | Clint Eastwood | Clint Eastwood, Jeff Fahey, George Dzundza | ||||
| 1991 | ||||||
| American Ninja 4: The Annihilation | Cedric Sundstrom | Michael Dudikoff, David Bradley, James Booth | ||||
| Armour of God II: Operation Condor | Jackie Chan | Jackie Chan, Carol Cheng, Eva Cobo | ||||
| Backdraft | Ron Howard | Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Robert De Niro | Action thriller | |||
| Black Cat | Stephen Shin | Simon Yam, Thomas Lam, Jade Leung | ||||
| Do or Die | Andy Sidaris | Erik Estrada, Dona Speir, Roberta Vasquez | ||||
| Double Impact | Sheldon Lettich | Jean-Claude Van Damme, Geoffrey Lewis, Alan Scarfe | ||||
| Fight Back to School | Gordon Chan | Stephen Chow, Sharla Cheung, Roy Cheung | ||||
| Fist of Fury 1991 | Joh Chung Sing | Stephen Chow, Kenny Bee, Cheung Man | ||||
| F/X2 | Richard Franklin | Bryan Brown, Brian Dennehy, Rachel Ticotin | Action thriller | |||
| God of Gamblers II | Wong Jing | Andy Lau, Stephen Chow, Ng Man Tat | ||||
| The Hard Way | John Badham | Michael J. Fox, James Woods, Annabella Sciorra | ||||
| Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man | Simon Wincer | Mickey Rourke, Don Johnson, Chelsea Field | ||||
| Hudson Hawk | Michael Lehmann | Bruce Willis, Danny Aiello, Andie MacDowell | ||||
| The Last Boy Scout | Tony Scott | Bruce Willis, Damon Wayans | ||||
| Martial Law 2: Undercover | Kurt Anderson | Jeff Wincott, Billy Drago, Cynthia Rothrock | ||||
| Once Upon a Time in China | Tsui Hark | Jet Li, Yuen Biao, Jacky Cheung | ||||
| Out for Justice | John Flynn | Steven Seagal, William Forsythe, Jerry Orbach | ||||
| Point Break | Kathryn Bigelow | Patrick Swayze, Keanu Reeves | ||||
| Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky | Simon Nam | Fan Siu-Wong, Philip Kwok | ||||
| The Rocketeer | Joe Johnston | Billy Campbell, Jennifer Connelly, Alan Arkin | ||||
| Run | Geoff Burrowes | Kelly Preston, Ken Pogue, Alan C. Peterson | ||||
| Savior of the Soul | Corey Yuen | Andy Lau, Anita Mui, Kenny Bee | ||||
| Showdown in Little Tokyo | Mark L. Lester | Dolph Lundgren, Brandon Lee, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa | ||||
| Stone Cold | Craig R. Baxley | Brian Bosworth, Lance Henriksen, William Forsythe | ||||
| Swordsmen in Double Flag Town | He Ping | Wei Gao, Mana Zhao | ||||
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze | Michael Pressman | Paige Turco, David Warner, Ernie Reyes, Jr. | ||||
| Terminator 2: Judgment Day | James Cameron | Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong | Science fiction action | |||
| Tiger Claws | Kelly Makin | Jalal Merhi, Cynthia Rothrock | ||||
| Trancers II | Charles Band | Tim Thomerson, Helen Hunt, Megan Ward | Action thriller | |||
| Zeram | Keita Amemiya | |||||
| 1992 | ||||||
| Aces: Iron Eagle III | John Glen | Louis Gossett, Jr., Paul Freeman, Rachel McLish | ||||
| Batman Returns | Tim Burton | Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Michelle Pfeiffer | ||||
| Deadly Dream Women | Taylor Wong Tai-loi | Cheung Man, Yan Chingmy | ||||
| El Mariachi | Robert Rodriguez | Carlos Gallardo, Consuelo GomezReinol Martinez | ||||
| Freejack | Geoff Murphy | Emilio Estevez, Mick Jagger, Anthony Hopkins | ||||
| Full Contact | Ringo Lam | Chow Yun-fat, Ann Bridgewater, Frankie Chin | ||||
| Hard Boiled | John Woo | Chow Yun-fat, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Anthony Wong | ||||
| The Heroic Trio | Johnny To | Maggie Cheung, Michelle Yeoh, Anita Mui | Martial arts film | |||
| King of Beggars | Gordon Chan | Stephen Chow | Action comedy | |||
| Kuffs | Bruce A. Evans | Christian Slater, Tony Goldwyn, Milla Jovovich | Action comedy | |||
| Lethal Weapon 3 | Richard Donner | Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci | ||||
| Live Wire | Christian Duguay | Pierce Brosnan | Action thriller | |||
| Naked Killer | Clarence Fok | Carrie Ng, Kelly Yao, Yau Chingmy | ||||
| Once Upon a Time in China II | Tsui Hark | Jet Li, Rosamund Kwan, Donnie Yen | ||||
| Passenger 57 | Kevin Hooks | Wesley Snipes, Bruce Payne, Tom Sizemore | ||||
| Patriot Games | Phillip Noyce | Harrison Ford, Samuel L. Jackson, Sean Bean | ||||
| Police Story 3: Super Cop | Stanley Tong | Jackie Chan, Michelle Yeoh, Maggie Cheung | ||||
| Rapid Fire | Dwight H. Little | Brandon Lee, Powers Boothe, Nick Mancuso | ||||
| Sneakers | Phil Alden Robinson | Robert Redford, Sidney Poitier, Ben Kingsley | Action thriller | |||
| Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot | Roger Spottiswoode | Sylvester Stallone, Estelle Getty, | Action comedy | |||
| Trancers III: Deth Lives | C. Courtney Joyner | Ed Beechner | Science fiction action, action thriller | |||
| Trespass | Walter Hill | Bill Paxton, Ice-T, Bill Sadler | Action thriller | |||
| Twin Dragons | Ringo Lam, Tsui Hark | Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, Philip Chan | ||||
| Under Siege | Andrew Davis | Steven Seagal, Tommy Lee Jones, Gary Busey | ||||
| Universal Soldier | Roland Emmerich | Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren, Ally Walker | ||||
| The Wicked City | Peter Mak, Yuen Woo Ping | Jacky Cheung, Leon Lai, Tatsuya Nakadai | ||||
| 1993 | ||||||
| Acción Mutante | Álex de la Iglesia | Antonio Resines, Frederique Feder, Alex Angulo | Science fiction action | |||
| American Ninja V | Bobby Gene Leonard | David Bradley, Norman Burton, Anne Dupont | ||||
| Batman: Mask of the Phantasm | Eric Radomski, Bruce Timm | |||||
| Best of the Best 2 | Robert Radler | Eric Roberts, Phillip Rhee, Chris Penn | ||||
| The Black Panther Warriors | Clarence Fok | Clarence Fok, Tony Leung Kar-Fai, Brigitte Lin | ||||
| Blade of Fury | Sammo Hung | Cynthia Khan, Rosamund Kwan, Ti Lung | ||||
| Bodyguard Kiba | Takashi Miike | Hisao Maki, Masaru Matsuda, Takeshi Yamato | ||||
| The Bride with White Hair | Ronny Yu | Brigitte Lin, Leslie Cheung, Nam Kit-Ying | Martial arts film | |||
| The Bride with White Hair 2 | Ronny Yu, David Wu | Sunny Chan, Leslie Cheung, Christy Chung | Martial arts film | |||
| Butterfly and Sword | Michael Mak | Donnie Yen, Michelle Yeoh, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai | ||||
| Cliffhanger | Renny Harlin | Sylvester Stallone, John Lithgow, Michael Rooker | ||||
| Crime Story | Kirk Wong | Jackie Chan, Kent Chang, Law Kar-ying | ||||
| Demolition Man | Marco Brambilla | Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Sandra Bullock | ||||
| The Eagle Shooting Heroes | Jeffrey Lau | Leslie Cheung, Jacky Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai | ||||
| Executioners | Ching Siu Tung | Anita Mui, Michelle Yeoh, Maggie Cheung | ||||
| Fong Sai-Yuk | Corey Yuen | Jet Li, Josephine Siao Fong-fong | ||||
| Fong Sai-yuk II | Corey Yuen | Jet Li, Sibelle Hu, Amy Kwok | ||||
| Fortress | Stuart Gordon | Christopher Lambert, Loryn Locklin, Kurtwood Smith | ||||
| The Fugitive | Andrew Davis | Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones | Action thriller | |||
| Hard Target | John Woo | Jean-Claude Van Damme, Lance Henriksen, Arnold Vosloo | ||||
| Hero Among Heroes | Yuen Woo Ping | Donnie Yen, Ng Man Tat, Ying Ng | ||||
| Iron Monkey | Yuen Woo Ping | Yu Rongguang, Donnie Yen, Jean Wang | ||||
| Judgment Night | Stephen Hopkins | Emilio Estevez, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Denis Leary | Action thriller | |||
| Kung Fu Cult Master | Wong Jing | Jet Li, Ekin Cheng, Sammo Hung | ||||
| Lady Dragon 2 | David Worth | Adisoerya Abdi, Billy Drago, Bella Esperance | Martial arts film | |||
| Last Action Hero | John McTiernan | Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austin O'Brien, F. Murray Abraham | ||||
| Last Hero in China | Wong Jing | Jet Li | ||||
| Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence | William Lustig, Joel Soisson | Robert Davi, Caitlin Dulany, Gretchen Becker | ||||
| The Meteor Man | Robert Townsend | Robert Townsend, Marla Gibbs, Eddie Griffin | Action comedy | |||
| Nowhere to Run | Robert Harmon | Jean-Claude Van Damme, Rosanna Arquette, Joss Ackland | ||||
| Once a Cop | Stanley Tong | Michelle Yeoh, Yu Rongguang | ||||
| Once Upon a Time in China III | Tsui Hark | Rosamund Kwan, Lau Shun, Jet Li | ||||
| Once Upon a Time in China IV | Yuen Bun | Zhao Wenzhuo | Martial arts film | |||
| Only the Strong | Sheldon Lettich | Mark Dacascos, Stacey Travis, Geoffrey Lewis | ||||
| Point of No Return | John Badham | Bridget Fonda | ||||
| Sniper | Luis Llosa | Tom Berenger, Billy Zane, J.T. Walsh | ||||
| Striking Distance | Rowdy Herrington | Bruce Willis, Sarah Jessica Parker, Dennis Farina | Action thriller | |||
| Surf Ninjas | Neal Israel | Ernie Reyes, Jr., Rob Schneider, Nicolas Cowan | Action comedy | |||
| Tai Chi Master | Yuen Woo Ping | Jet Li, Michelle Yeoh | ||||
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III | Stuart Gillard | Paige Turco, Stuart Wilson, Vivian Wu | ||||
| Undercover Blues | Herbert Ross | Kathleen Turner, Dennis Quaid, Fiona Shaw | ||||
| Undefeatable | Godfrey Hall | Cynthia Rothrock, Don Niam, John Miller | Martial arts film | |||
| 1994 | ||||||
| A Low Down Dirty Shame | Keenen Ivory Wayans | Keenen Ivory Wayans, Charles S. Dutton, Jada Pinkett Smith | ||||
| Ashes of Time | Wong Kar-wai | Brigitte Lin, Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung | Martial arts film | |||
| Beverly Hills Cop III | John Landis | Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Hector Elizondo | ||||
| Blankman | Mike Binder | Damon Wayans, David Alan Grier | Action comedy | |||
| Blown Away | Stephen Hopkins | Jeff Bridges, Tommy Lee Jones, Lloyd Bridges | Action thriller | |||
| The Bodyguard from Beijing | Corey Yuen | Jet Li, Christy Chung, Kent Cheng | ||||
| Burning Paradise | Ringo Lam | Willie Chi, Lin Quan, Yang Sheng | ||||
| The Chase | Adam Rifkin | Charlie Sheen, Kristy Swanson, Henry Rollins | ||||
| Clear and Present Danger | Phillip Noyce | Harrison Ford, Willem Dafoe, Anne Archer | ||||
| The Crow | Alex Proyas | Brandon Lee, Ernie Hudson, Michael Wincott | ||||
| The Cowboy Way | Gregg Champion | Woody Harrelson, Kiefer Sutherland, Dylan McDermott | ||||
| Death Wish V: The Face of Death | Allan A. Goldstein | Charles Bronson, Lesley-Anne Down, Michael Parks | ||||
| Double Dragon | James Yukich | Robert Patrick, Mark Dacascos, Scott Wolf | Martial arts film | |||
| Drop Zone | John Badham | Wesley Snipes, Gary Busey | ||||
| Drunken Master II | Lau Kar-Leung | Jackie Chan, Ti Lung | ||||
| Fist of Legend | Gordon Chan | Jet Li, Paul Chiang, Chin Siu Ho | ||||
| The Getaway | Roger Donaldson | Alec Baldwin, Kim Basinger, Michael Madsen | ||||
| God of Gamblers' Return | Wong Jing | Chow Yun-Fat, Charles Heung, Tony Leung Kar-Fai | ||||
| Gunmen | Deran Sarafian | Christopher Lambert, Mario Van Peebles, Denis Leary | ||||
| Hellbound | Aaron Norris | Chuck Norris, Calvin Levels, Christopher Neame | ||||
| Léon: The Professional | Luc Besson | Jean Reno, Natalie Portman | Action thriller | |||
| Love on Delivery | Stephen Chow, Lee Lik-chee | |||||
| Men of War | Perry Lang | Dolph Lundgren, Charlotte Lewis, B.D. Wong | ||||
| The New Legend Of Shaolin | Corey Yuen, Wong Jing | Jet Li, Chuen-Hua Chi, Chen Sung-Yung | ||||
| No Escape | Martin Campbell | Ray Liotta, Lance Henriksen, Stuart Wilson | ||||
| On Deadly Ground | Steven Seagal | Steven Seagal, Michael Caine, Joan Chen | ||||
| The River Wild | Curtis Hanson | Meryl Streep, Kevin Bacon, David Strathairn | ||||
| The Shadow | Russell Mulcahy | Alec Baldwin, Ian McKellen, Tim Curry | ||||
| The Specialist | Luis Llosa | Sylvester Stallone, Sharon Stone, James Woods | ||||
| Speed | Jan de Bont | Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, Sandra Bullock | ||||
| Street Fighter | Steven E. de Souza | Jean-Claude Van Damme, Raúl Juliá, Ming-Na Wen | ||||
| Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie | Gisaburo Sugii | |||||
| Surviving the Game | Ernest R. Dickerson | Ice-T, Rutger Hauer, Charles S. Dutton | ||||
| Terminal Velocity | Deran Sarafian | Charlie Sheen, Nastassja Kinski, James Gandolfini | ||||
| Timecop | Peter Hyams | Jean-Claude Van Damme, Mia Sara, Ron Silver | ||||
| True Lies | James Cameron | Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold | ||||
| Wing Chun | Yuen Woo Ping | Michelle Yeoh, Donnie Yen, Cheng Pei-Pei | ||||
| Wonder Seven | Ching Siu Tung | Chin Ho, Li Ning, Michelle Yeoh | ||||
| 1995 | ||||||
| Assassins | Richard Donner | Sylvester Stallone, Antonio Banderas, Julianne Moore | ||||
| Bad Boys | Michael Bay | Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Téa Leoni | ||||
| Batman Forever | Joel Schumacher | Val Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey | ||||
| The Blade | Tsui Hark | Vincent Zhao, Moses Chan, Xiong Xinxin | ||||
| Congo | Frank Marshall | Dylan Walsh, Laura Linney, Ernie Hudson | ||||
| Crimson Tide | Tony Scott | Denzel Washington, Gene Hackman, George Dzundza | ||||
| Crying Freeman | Christophe Gans | Mark Dacascos, Julie Condra, Tchéky Karyo | ||||
| Desperado | Robert Rodriguez | Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Joaquim de Almeida | ||||
| Die Hard with a Vengeance | John McTiernan | Bruce Willis, Jeremy Irons, Samuel L. Jackson | ||||
| Don't Give a Damn | Sammo Hung | Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao | ||||
| Fair Game | Andrew Sipes | William Baldwin, Cindy Crawford | ||||
| GoldenEye | Martin Campbell | Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean, Izabella Scorupco | ||||
| Heat | Michael Mann | Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer | ||||
| High Risk | Corey Yuen, Wong Jing | Jet Li, Jacky Cheung, Yau Chingmy | ||||
| The Hunted | J.F. Lawton | Christopher Lambert, John Lone, Joan Chen | ||||
| Johnny Mnemonic | Robert Longo | Keanu Reeves, Dolph Lundgren, Beat Takeshi Kitano | ||||
| Judge Dredd | Danny Cannon | Sylvester Stallone, Armand Assante, Diane Lane | Science fiction action | |||
| Kamikaze Taxi | Masato Harada | Takeshi Caesar, Chika Nakagami, Mickey Curtis | ||||
| Mortal Kombat | Paul W.S. Anderson | Robin Shou, Linden Ashby, Bridgette Wilson | ||||
| My Father Is a Hero | Corey Yuen | Jet Li, Anita Mui, Tsue Miu | ||||
| Outbreak | Wolfgang Petersen | Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo, Morgan Freeman | Action thriller | |||
| Peace Hotel | Wai Ka-fai | Chow Yun-Fat | ||||
| Rumble in the Bronx | Stanley Tong | Jackie Chan, Anita Mui, Bill Tung | ||||
| Screamers | Christian Duguay | Ron White, Peter Weller, Jennifer Rubin | Action thriller | |||
| Sudden Death | Peter Hyams | Jean-Claude Van Damme, Powers Boothe, Raymond J. Barry | ||||
| Tank Girl | Rachel Talalay | Lori Petty, Malcolm McDowell, Ice-T | Action comedy | |||
| Thunderbolt | Gordon Chan | Jackie Chan, Anita Yuen, Chor Yuen | ||||
| Top Dog | Aaron Norris | Chuck Norris, Clyde Kusatsu, Michele Lamar Richards | ||||
| Under Siege 2: Dark Territory | Geoff Murphy | Steven Seagal, Eric Bogosian, Katherine Heigl | ||||
| Waterworld | Kevin Reynolds | Kevin Costner, Dennis Hopper, Jeanne Tripplehorn | ||||
| Zero Woman | Daisuke Gotoh | Natsuke Ozawa | ||||
| Zero Woman: Final Mission | Koji Enokido | Naoko Iijima | ||||
| 1996 | ||||||
| Barb Wire | David Hogan | Pamela Anderson, Temuera Morrison, Victoria Rowell | ||||
| Beyond Hypothermia | Patrick Leung | Lau Ching-Wan, Wu Chien-lien, Han Sang-woo | ||||
| Big Bullet | Benny Chan | Lau Ching-Wan, Francis Ng | ||||
| Black Mask | Daniel Lee | Jet Li | ||||
| Broken Arrow | John Woo | John Travolta, Christian Slater, Samantha Mathis | ||||
| Bulletproof | Ernest R. Dickerson | Damon Wayans, Adam Sandler | ||||
| Chain Reaction | Andrew Davis | Keanu Reeves, Morgan Freeman, Rachel Weisz | ||||
| The Chinese Feast | Tsui Hark | Kenny Bee, Leslie Cheung | Action comedy, martial arts film | |||
| The Crow: City of Angels | Tim Pope | Vincent Perez, Mia Kirshner, Richard Brooks | ||||
| Daylight | Rob Cohen | Sylvester Stallone, Viggo Mortensen | ||||
| Dr. Wai in "The Scripture with No Words" | Ching Siu Tung | Takeshi Kaneshiro, Charlie Yeung, Jet Li | ||||
| Eraser | Chuck Russell | Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Caan, Vanessa L. Williams | ||||
| Escape from L.A. | John Carpenter | Kurt Russell, Stacy Keach, Steve Buscemi | ||||
| Executive Decision | Stuart Baird | Kurt Russell, Halle Berry, John Leguizamo | ||||
| Fled | Kevin Hooks | Laurence Fishburne, Stephen Baldwin, Salma Hayek | ||||
| Forbidden City Cop | Kok Tak-Chiu, Stephen Chow | Stephen Chow, Carina Lau, Carman Lee | ||||
| Ghost in the Shell | Mamoru Oshii | Science fiction action | ||||
| God of Cookery | Li Lik-Chi, Stephen Chow | Stephen Chow, Karen Mok, Nancy Sit | Action comedy | |||
| The Glimmer Man | John Gray | Steven Seagal, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Bob Gunton | ||||
| Independence Day | Roland Emmerich | Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum | Science fiction action | |||
| Iron Monkey 2 | Zhao Lu Jiang | Donnie Yen, Wu Ma, Billy Chow | ||||
| Last Man Standing | Walter Hill | Bruce Willis, Christopher Walken, Bruce Dern | ||||
| The Long Kiss Goodnight | Renny Harlin | Geena Davis, Samuel L. Jackson, Patrick Malahide | ||||
| Maximum Risk | Ringo Lam | Jean-Claude Van Damme, Natasha Henstridge | ||||
| Mission: Impossible | Brian De Palma | Tom Cruise, Jon Voight, Emmanuelle Béart | ||||
| Police Story 4: First Strike | Stanley Tong | Jackie Chan | ||||
| The Quest | Jean-Claude Van Damme | Jean-Claude Van Damme, Roger Moore, James Remar | ||||
| The Rock | Michael Bay | Nicolas Cage, Sean Connery, Ed Harris | ||||
| Sci-Fighters | Peter Svatek | Roddy Piper, Jayne Heitmeyer, Billy Drago | Science fiction action, action thriller | |||
| Set It Off | F. Gary Gray | Jada Pinkett Smith, Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox | ||||
| Silent Trigger | Russell Mulcahy | Dolph Lundgren, Gina Bellman, Conrad Dunn | ||||
| Solo | Norberto Barba | Mario Van Peebles, Barry Corbin, Bill Sadler | ||||
| The Substitute | Robert Mandel | Tom Berenger, Ernie Hudson, Diane Venora | ||||
| Twister | Jan de Bont | Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Cary Elwes | ||||
| Young and Dangerous | Andrew Lau | Chan Sau-yu, Jordan Chan | ||||
| Young and Dangerous 2 | Andrew Lau | Jordan Chan, Cheng Yee-kin, Yau Chingmy | ||||
| Young and Dangerous 3 | Andrew Lau | Jordan Chan, Cheng Yee-kin, Roy Cheung | ||||
| 1997 | ||||||
| Air Force One | Wolfgang Petersen | Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Glenn Close | Action thriller | |||
| Batman & Robin | Joel Schumacher | Arnold Schwarzenegger, George Clooney, Chris O'Donnell | ||||
| Beverly Hills Ninja | Dennis Dugan | Chris Farley, Nicollette Sheridan, Robin Shou | Action comedy | |||
| Con Air | Simon West | Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich | r | |||
| Conspiracy Theory | Richard Donner | Mel Gibson, Julia Roberts, Patrick Stewart | ||||
| Double Team | Tsui Hark | Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dennis Rodman, Mickey Rourke | ||||
| Face/Off | John Woo | Nicolas Cage, John Travolta | ||||
| The Fifth Element | Luc Besson | Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Milla Jovovich | Science fiction action | |||
| Fire Down Below | Félix Enríquez Alcalá | Steven Seagal, Marg Helgenberger, Harry Dean Stanton | ||||
| Full Alert | Ringo Lam | Lau Ching-Wan, Francis Ng, Blacky Ko | ||||
| Heaven's Burning | Craig Lahiff | Russell Crowe, Youki Kudoh, Kenji Isomura | ||||
| The Jackal | Michael Caton-Jones | Bruce Willis, Richard Gere, Sidney Poitier | Action thriller | |||
| Lifeline | Johnny To | Lau Ching-Wan, Alex Fong Chung-sun, Ruby Wong | ||||
| Metro | Thomas Carter | Eddie Murphy, Michael Rapaport, Michael Wincott | ||||
| Mortal Kombat: Annihilation | John R. Leonetti | Robin Shou, Talisa Soto, James Remar | ||||
| Most Wanted | David Hogan | Keenen Ivory Wayans, Jon Voight | Action thriller | |||
| Mr. Nice Guy | Sammo Hung | Jackie Chan, Richard Norton, Gabrielle Fitzpatrick | ||||
| Once Upon a Time in China and America | Sammo Hung | Jet Li, Rosamund Kwan, Xiong Xin Xin | ||||
| The Peacemaker | Mimi Leder | George Clooney, Nicole Kidman | ||||
| The Saint | Phillip Noyce | Val Kilmer, Elisabeth Shue, Rade Serbedzija | ||||
| Spawn | Mark A.Z. Dippé | Michael Jai White, John Leguizamo, Martin Sheen | Superhero film | |||
| Speed 2: Cruise Control | Jan de Bont | Sandra Bullock, Jason Patric, Willem Dafoe | ||||
| Starship Troopers | Paul Verhoeven | Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer, Denise Richards | Action thriller | |||
| Steel | Kenneth Johnson | Shaquille O'Neal, Annabeth Gish, Judd Nelson | ||||
| Strategic Command | Rick Jacobson | Michael Dudikoff, Paul Winfield, Richard Norton | Action thriller | |||
| Task Force | Patrick Leung | Leo Ku, Charlie Yeung, Eric Tsang | ||||
| Tomorrow Never Dies | Roger Spottiswoode | Pierce Brosnan, Jonathan Pryce, Michelle Yeoh | Action thriller | |||
| Turbulence | Robert Butler | Ray Liotta, Lauren Holly, Brendan Gleeson | ||||
| Volcano | Mick Jackson | Tommy Lee Jones, Anne Heche, Gaby Hoffmann | ||||
| Young and Dangerous 4 | Andrew Lau | Cheng Yee-kin, Jordan Chan | Martial arts film | |||
| 1998 | ||||||
| A Hero Never Dies | Johnny To | Leon Lai, Lau Ching-Wan, Fiona Leung | ||||
| Another Meltdown | Allun Lam | Zhao Wenzhuo, Shu Qi, Andrew Lin | ||||
| Armageddon | Michael Bay | Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Ben Affleck | ||||
| The Avengers | Jeremiah S. Chechik | Uma Thurman, Ralph Fiennes, Sean Connery | ||||
| Ballistic Kiss | Donnie Yen | Donnie Yen, Annie Wu, Jimmy Wong | ||||
| Beast Cops | Gordon Chan, Dante Lam | Michael Wong, Anthony Wong, Kathy Chau | ||||
| The Big Hit | Kirk Wong, Che-Kirk Wong | Mark Wahlberg, Lou Diamond Phillips, Christina Applegate | ||||
| Black Dog | Kevin Hooks | Patrick Swayze, Meat Loaf, Randy Travis | ||||
| Blade | Steve Norrington | Wesley Snipes, Stephen Dorff, Kris Kristofferson | ||||
| Blood, Guts, Bullets and Octane | Joe Carnahan | Dan Leis, Joe Carnahan, Dan Harlan | Action comedy | |||
| Desperate Measures | Barbet Schroeder | Michael Keaton, Andy García, Brian Cox | ||||
| Enemy of the State | Tony Scott | Will Smith, Gene Hackman, Jon Voight | ||||
| Hard Rain | Mikael Salomon | Christian Slater, Morgan Freeman, Minnie Driver | ||||
| Hitman | Stephen Tung Wei | Jet Li, Eric Tsang, Simon Yam | ||||
| Knock Off | Tsui Hark | Jean-Claude Van Damme, Rob Schneider, Lela Rochon | ||||
| Lethal Weapon 4 | Richard Donner | Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci | ||||
| The Mask of Zorro | Martin Campbell | Antonio Banderas, Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta-Jones | ||||
| Mercury Rising | Harold Becker | Bruce Willis, Alec Baldwin, Miko Hughes | ||||
| Point Blank | Matt Earl Beesley | Mickey Rourke, Paul Ben-Victor, Danny Trejo | ||||
| Portland Street Blues | Raymond Yip Wai Man | Sandra Ng, Kristy Yeung, Alex Fong Chung-sun | ||||
| The Replacement Killers | Antoine Fuqua | Chow Yun-fat, Mira Sorvino | ||||
| Ronin | John Frankenheimer | Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Natascha McElhone | ||||
| Rush Hour | Brett Ratner | Chris Tucker, Jackie Chan, Tom Wilkinson | ||||
| Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl | Katsuhito Ishii | Tadanobu Asano, Sie Kohinata, Ittoku Kishibe | ||||
| The Siege | Edward Zwick | Denzel Washington, Annette Bening, Bruce Willis | ||||
| Small Soldiers | Joe Dante | Frank Langella, Tommy Lee Jones, Ernest Borgnine | ||||
| Soldier | Paul W.S. Anderson | Kurt Russell, Jason Isaacs, Gary Busey | ||||
| The Storm Riders | Andrew Lau | Aaron Kwok, Ekin Cheng, Sonny Chiba | Martial arts film | |||
| The Substitute 2: School's Out | Steve Pearl | Treat Williams, B.D. Wong, Lawrence Gilliard, Jr. | ||||
| Taxi | Gérard Pirès | Samy Naceri, Frederic Diefenthal, Marion Cotillard | Action comedy | |||
| U.S. Marshals | Stuart Baird | Tommy Lee Jones, Wesley Snipes, Robert Downey Jr | ||||
| Vampires | John Carpenter | James Woods, Daniel Baldwin, Sheryl Lee | Action thriller | |||
| Who Am I? | Jackie Chan, Benny Chan | Jackie Chan, Michelle Ferre, Mirai Yamamoto | ||||
| Young and Dangerous 5 | Andrew Lau | Ekin Cheng, Paul Chiang | ||||
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| Blue Streak | Les Mayfield | Martin Lawrence, Luke Wilson, Peter Greene | Action comedy | |||
| Bullets Over Summer | Wilson Yip | Francis Ng, David Lee, Joe Lee | Action thriller | |||
| Century of the Dragon | Clarence Fok | Andy Lau, Lee Siu-kei, Louis Koo | ||||
| Chill Factor | Hugh Johnson | Cuba Gooding Jr., Skeet Ulrich, Peter Firth | Action thriller | |||
| The Corruptor | James Foley | Chow Yun-fat, Mark Wahlberg, Ric Young | Action thriller | |||
| Dead or Alive | Takashi Miike | Riki Takeuchi, Show Aikawa, Renji Ishibashi | ||||
| End of Days | Peter Hyams | Arnold Schwarzenegger, Gabriel Byrne, Robin Tunney | ||||
| Gen-X Cops | Benny Chan | Toru Nakamura, Eric Tsang, Daniel Wu | ||||
| Gorgeous | Vincent Kok | Jackie Chan, Shu Qi, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai | Martial arts film | |||
| The Legend of Speed | Andrew Lau | Ekin Cheng, Simon Yam | ||||
| A Man Called Hero | Andrew Lau | Ekin Cheng, Shu Qi, Kristy Yang | ||||
| The Matrix | Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski | Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss | Science fiction action | |||
| The Mod Squad | Scott Silver | Claire Danes, Giovanni Ribisi, Omar Epps | ||||
| Mystery Men | Kinka Usher | Ben Stiller, Hank Azaria, William H. Macy | Action comedy | |||
| Nowhere to Hide | Lee Myung-Sae | Ahn Song-Gi, Park Joong-Hoon, Jang Dong-gun | ||||
| Payback | Brian Helgeland | Mel Gibson, Gregg Henry, Maria Bello | Action thriller | |||
| Purple Storm | Teddy Chan | Daniel Wu, Kwok-Leung Gan, Emil Chau | ||||
| Running Out of Time | Johnny To | Andy Lau, Lau Ching-Wan, Yo Yo Mung | Action thriller | |||
| Shiri | Jacky Kang | Han Suk-Kyu, Choe Min-sik, Song Kang-ho | ||||
| Simon Sez | Kevin Elders | Dennis Rodman, Dane Cook, Natalia Cigliuti | ||||
| Universal Soldier: The Return | Mic Rodgers | Jean-Claude Van Damme, Michael Jai White, Heidi Schanz | ||||
| Victim | Ringo Lam | Lau Ching-Wan, Amy Kwok, Tony Leung Kar-Fai | Action thriller | |||
| Wing Commander | Chris Roberts | Saffron Burrows, Freddie Prinze Jr., Matthew Lillard | Science fiction action | |||
| The World Is Not Enough | Michael Apted | Pierce Brosnan, Sophie Marceau, Robert Carlyle | ||||
| Zero Tolerance | Anders Nilsson | Jakob Eklund, Marie Richardson | Action thriller | |||
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