[Hit] Top 15 Recommended Action Movies List

Action movies can always form the hero or heroine images for audiences, and the mindblowing scenes set in the movies are easy to make people feel excited. Watching action movies is able to inspire people greatly as most of them are positive, optimistic, and educational.

Therefore, according to most people's choices, we collect this list of the top 15 recommended movies in 2018, 2017, and 2016 for you. Check the list to see if you have missed any of them.

Part 1. Top 5 Action Movies of 2018

2018 can be an extraordinary year for action movies since many new episodes were released and catch great attention from the public. Marvel’s Infinity War, Venom, Black Panther, DC's Aquaman, one of the most famous American action spy movie - Mission: Impossible, etc. all released and gained high reputation from home and abroad. Here is the top 5 action movies list of 2018.

1. Mission: Impossible - Fallout

*Released date: July 27, 2018

Mission: Impossible - Fallout is the sixth section of Mission: Impossible movie series. Tom Cruise came back to the scene and played the main role as the public’s hope. Fallout combined a sense of history, humor, and breath-taking parts in the movie which made people fell into the story deeply. The greatest part of this movie should be referred to that Fallout would never lose momentum by sending you excited and thoughtful pieces all the time. Mission: Impossible - Fallout achieved a huge box office success - set a record high in the franchise, surpassing Ghost Protocol.

2. Black Panther

*Released date: February 16, 2018

Black Panther creates a world that is different from the ones as other Marvel movies do in a modern city. The place, Wakanda, where Black Panther springs from, is an original but equipped with very high technology. This action movie has offered people the most eye-popping, brain-scrambling, heart-pounding plots with the most excited and well-designed scenario. Actually, Marvel has made a hint for Black Panther in the former Marvel movie - Captain America: Civil War, which also caused the public to look forward to Black Panther's solo movie. BTW, Martin Freeman also played a role in Black Panther. This is really a surprise for Martin's fans.

3. Avengers: Infinity War

*Released date: April 27, 2018

Avengers: Infinity War is a sequel to The Avengers in 2012 and Avengers: Age of Ultron in 2015. It has been announced in October of 2014. This Marvel's action movies have set several turning points within just two and a half hours. The atmosphere gets quite excited and nervous since the beginning when Loki (played by Tom Hiddleston) died. Avengers: Infinity War also set a record high box office records and has become the highest-grossing movie of 2018. The storyline of Infinity War also caused great curiosity towards Avengers: Endgame, which is announced to be released on April 26, 2019.

4. Aquaman

*Released date: December 21, 2018

Many people have looked forward to this DC's action movie after they had a glimpse at Aquaman in Batman Vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice and Justice League. Aquaman includes many elements that an excellent action movie should have - a hero with extraordinary identity and personality, conflicts between good and bad people, a beautiful heroine, a great tutor to the hero, love, exciting turning points, and so on. Until now, Aquaman was just released for one week, and it has gained over $556 million box office worldwide. Some people even said that Aquaman has been a really good action movie from DC after a long period.

5. Ant-Man and the Wasp

*Released date: July 6, 2018

Ant-Man and the Wasp follows with Captain America: Civil War as well. As Ant-Man vol 1 does, Ant-Man and the Wasp contains full humor and levity elements, which makes the plot much funnier and suitable for people of all ages to watch. This action movie greatly touched people with some moved plots inside the movie. Ant-Man and the Wasp grossed more than $622 million around the world, which has made it the ninth-highest grossing movie of 2018.

Part 2. 5 Best 2017 Action Movies List

As in 2018, the action movie industry seemed greatly occupied by Marvel, so what about 2017? Now let's turn to the best 5 action movie of 2017.

1. Thor: Ragnarok

Thor: Ragnarok is regarded as the best action movie among Thor's trilogy. You can see that Thor and Loki are combined together in this movie, which is quite different from its former two that they always fight with each other. The relationship between them is also a point that people fall in love with Thor: Ragnarok. Also, Thor: Ragnarok offers a great hint to Avengers: Infinity War.

2. Spider-Man: Homecoming

Spider-Man: Homecoming is the first solo movie of spider-man in Marvel movies series. Therefore, the release of this action movie cause great expectation, and fortunately, it didn't let us down. The storyline and the focus on Parker's high school life greatly attract people, showed a sense of youth, unlike other Marvel movies did. Also, the performances of Holland received high praise from the public as well. The success of Spider-Man: Homecoming makes us look forward to its next one - Spider-Man: Far From Home.

3. Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Star Wars: The Last Jedi follows the story of Force Awakens (2015). It is the second vol of Star Ways sequel trilogy. In this action and science movie, Rey tries to learn to settle and use her power that she discovers after Force Awaken. The Last Jedi grossed more than $1.3 billion worldwide and has been the highest-grossing movie in 2017.

4. Wonder Woman

As an action movie, Wonder Woman combines much good quality together and forms a positive, brave image of a woman. The movie is charming, humor, brain-storming, and excited. Wonder Woman is regarded as a light role in DC's dismal cinematic universe, and it's really worth watching. It is noted that June 3 is set as Wonder Woman Day, from which we can realize the importance of this character.

5. Logan

Referring to this action movie, it's a little bit sad that Logan has to be ended his role in Logan this year. Although we thought that hero and character in movies will never get old, from Logan, we need to admit the truth. Logan ends the life of the former Wolverine but brings a new young wolverine - Laura to us. We also need to say goodbye to the past and look forward to the future!

Part 3. 2016 5 Most Popular Action Movies

Try to discover more action movies that have released in the past? There are also many famous ones that launched in 2016. Here are the top 5 most popular movies of 2016.

1. Suicide Squad

The Suicide Squad is formed by the US intelligence officer, who assemble them to finish a top-secret mission. The team consists of the most dangerous people in the world, and the government also equipped them with the most powerful weapons. The officer believes that these people are nothing to lose but there is always a surprise in the movie. Although there are some critics existing towards this movie, it was still a huge success, which was the first movie in the DCEU to win an Academy Award.

2. Deadpool

As the first Deadpool solo movie, it can be a great success. Deadpool delivers the story that springs from former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson. Being equipped with a dark, twisted sense of humor, Deadpool brings lots of fun to people on the screen. As an action movie, the plots in the movie are also able to be breath-taking. Also, many people praise Deadpool, saying that it greatly exceeds their expectation.

3. X-Men: Apocalypse

As a sequel to X-Men: Days of Future Past released in 2014, X-Men: Apocalypse still caused huge attention at that time. The story follows how X-Men try to stop Apocalypse and defeat his team of mutants after he awakens in 1983, fighting for human peace in the modern city. X-Men: Apocalypse is the final part of its trilogy, and successfully, it gained gross for over $155.4 million domestically, meanwhile, $543.3 million around the world.

4. Ghostbusters

Ghostbusters is a supernatural action comedy movie released in 2016. This movie follows the characters - Peter Venkman, Raymond Stantz, and Egon Spengler - three scientists who followed a botched ghost investigation in the college library after they all lost their jobs. They have to band together to fight against a ghost invasion and stop the otherworldly threat. This supernatural action movie can always cause the nervous atmosphere and make people hold their breath while watching.

5. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (or called Rogue One simply) is an American space action movie. This movie is regarded as the side story of the Star Wars series. Rogue One gained high praise for its acting, action sequences, musical score, visual effects, and darker tone. All of these made it the second highest-grossing movie of 2016 (it grossed for more than $1 billion around the world). The ending of Rogue One is unexpected, which breaks the "star aura" that would most likely occur in those superhero action movie.