Top Action Thrillers Starring Solo Heroes in Intense Battles

In the Land of Saints and Sinners

2023 • 106 min

Action, Thriller, Crime

In a secluded Irish village, a troubled man named Finbar seeks redemption after a life marked by wrongdoing. He must confront his past, but how far will he go to atone? In a place steeped in history and moral complexity,…

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Cleaner

2025 • 97 min • Box office $1M

Action, Thriller

During a hostage crisis at an energy company's gala, sparked by radical activists, a suspended window cleaner must rescue the 300 people held inside. Among those taken captive is her own brother.

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Fast Charlie

2023 • 90 min • Budget $20M

Action, Crime, Drama

When his longtime boss is murdered, Charlie Swift, a devoted friend and enforcer, becomes determined to dismantle the group responsible for the hit.

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Carry-On

2024 • 120 min • Budget $47M

Thriller, Action

A TSA agent must outwit an enigmatic passenger, leading him to inadvertently allow a hazardous object aboard a Christmas Eve flight.

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Gemini Man

2019 • 117 min • Budget $140M • Box office $173M

Science Fiction, Action, Adventure

Henry Brogan, a highly skilled 51-year-old assassin, decides to retire after one last assignment. His plans are disrupted when he becomes the target of a secretive agent who appears to anticipate his actions. To Brogan's shock, he discovers his would-be…

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Boss Level

2021 • 101 min • Budget $45M • Box office $2M

Action, Science Fiction, Thriller

A retired special forces operative finds himself caught in a repeating time loop, forced to relive his own death repeatedly. His only chance to break free is to identify and stop those who orchestrated his fate.

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The Equalizer 2

2018 • 121 min • Budget $62M • Box office $190M

Action, Thriller, Crime

Robert McCall delivers a harsh brand of justice to those who prey on the vulnerable. When his former partner is killed, he sets off on a relentless, worldwide pursuit of those responsible.

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Surrounded

2023 • 100 min

Western, Action, Drama

A woman's life changes when her stagecoach is attacked. She's now responsible for guarding a dangerous outlaw, and must fight to survive the day as the outlaw's gang attempts a rescue.

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Sweet Girl

2021 • 110 min

Action, Thriller, Drama

After his wife's death, a man dedicates himself to finding justice for her, all while safeguarding his daughter – the only remaining member of his family.

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Anna

2019 • 119 min • Budget $34M • Box office $31M

Action, Adventure, Thriller

Anna Poliatova possesses a captivating beauty, but hides a secret. This secret unlocks a remarkable strength and talent, transforming her into a highly skilled and feared government assassin.

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Close

2019 • 95 min

Action, Adventure, Thriller

A counter-terrorism expert is hired to protect a young heiress. When a kidnapping attempt endangers them both, they are forced to go on the run.

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Black Crab

2022 • 109 min

Action, Thriller

To end a devastating war and rescue her daughter, a soldier who doesn't want to fight undertakes a perilous journey across a frozen sea, transporting a highly confidential item.

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Clean

2022 • 93 min

Crime, Action, Drama

Haunted by a troubled history, garbage collector Clean seeks a peaceful new beginning. However, his desire for a simple life draws unwanted attention from a powerful local crime boss. Clean is then compelled to confront the violent aspects of his…

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Red Right Hand

2024 • 111 min

Crime, Action, Thriller

Trying to escape his past, Cash seeks a peaceful existence in a quiet Appalachian town. But when a ruthless crime boss demands his return, Cash discovers a dark capacity for violence. He must now embrace those abilities to safeguard his…

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Violent Night

2022 • 111 min • Budget $20M • Box office $75M

Action, Comedy, Fantasy

On Christmas Eve, a group of mercenaries invades a wealthy family's estate, taking everyone inside hostage. The team is unprepared for their unexpected opponent: Santa Claus, who is present and ready to defend his home. This Santa is not the…

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John Wick: Chapter 4

2023 • 170 min • Budget $100M • Box office $440M

Action, Thriller, Crime

As the bounty on his head grows larger, John Wick discovers a way to challenge The High Table. However, achieving his freedom requires him to confront a formidable new adversary with extensive global connections who manipulates those around him, turning…

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Point Blank

2019 • 86 min

Action, Thriller

A nurse must break into the hospital to free a patient—a man accused of murder—when the patient's brother takes his pregnant wife hostage, seeking a prisoner exchange.

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Silent Night

2023 • 104 min

Action, Thriller, Crime

On Christmas Eve, a father's world shatters when his young son is killed in gang violence. The father survives a wound that leaves him unable to speak. Driven by grief and rage, he dedicates his life to exacting revenge, undergoing…

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Polar

2019 • 118 min

Action, Crime, Drama

A retired assassin discovers he's now the one being hunted. He's forced to return to his dangerous life, facing off against a group of younger, more brutal killers.

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Accident Man

2018 • 101 min • Box office $43M

Action, Crime, Thriller

Mike Fallon, known as the Accident Man, is a ruthless killer. When someone he cares about is killed by his own team, Fallon is driven to avenge the only person who ever mattered to him.

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One Shot

2021 • 97 min • Box office $53M

Action, Thriller

A highly trained team of Navy SEALs is tasked with a secret mission: to move a prisoner from a remote CIA island prison. Their rescue operation turns into a desperate fight for survival when they are ambushed by insurgents.

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Havoc

2025 • 107 min • Budget $90M

Action, Crime, Thriller

A drug theft spirals into a deadly situation, forcing a world-weary police officer to navigate a city's corrupt criminal world in order to rescue a politician's son.

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Blacklight

2022 • 104 min • Budget $43M • Box office $15M

Action, Thriller, Adventure

Travis Block is a government agent who quietly eliminates operatives whose identities are compromised. His mission takes a dangerous turn when he uncovers a deadly conspiracy within his own organization, reaching the highest levels of authority.

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Extraction

2020 • 116 min • Budget $65M

Action, Thriller

A seasoned mercenary's newest job transforms into a desperate fight for survival when he's dispatched to Bangladesh to rescue the kidnapped son of a powerful drug lord.

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Damsel

2024 • 107 min • Budget $60M • Box office $5K

Fantasy, Action, Adventure

A young woman's marriage to a charming prince becomes a desperate struggle for survival when she is offered as a sacrifice to a fire-breathing dragon.

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Accident Man: Hitman's Holiday

2022 • 96 min

Action, Comedy, Crime

The Accident Man returns, facing the world's best assassins. His mission: protect a difficult mafia boss's son, save his friend, and repair his fractured relationship with his demanding father.

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The Old Guard 2

2025 • 107 min

Action, Fantasy

Andy and her team of immortal warriors renew their fight with a powerful new enemy who endangers their mission to safeguard humankind.

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Copshop

2021 • 108 min • Budget $43M • Box office $6M

Thriller, Crime, Action

A skilled con artist fleeing a deadly assassin plans to hide within a local police station. But when the assassin arrives at the station, a young officer unexpectedly finds herself in the middle of the dangerous situation.

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Canary Black

2024 • 103 min • Box office $525K

Action, Thriller, Crime

CIA agent Avery Graves is forced to betray her country by terrorists who have kidnapped her husband. Isolated from her colleagues, she relies on her connections in the criminal world to stay alive and find the intelligence the kidnappers are…

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The Beekeeper

2024 • 106 min • Budget $35M • Box office $152M

Action, Crime, Thriller

A man's pursuit of revenge escalates into a nationwide conflict when his past as an agent for the shadowy organization, Beekeepers, is exposed.

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Peppermint

2018 • 102 min • Budget $25M • Box office $53M

Action, Thriller

After her husband and daughter are killed, a mother consumed by grief becomes a vigilante. She operates outside the law, seeking revenge for their deaths. She evades law enforcement as she pursues her own form of justice.

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The Killer's Game

2024 • 104 min • Budget $30M • Box office $5M

Action, Comedy, Thriller

When a highly skilled hitman, Joe Flood, receives a terminal diagnosis, he decides to orchestrate his own death. However, his plan goes awry when the assassins he hires also target his ex-girlfriend. Now, Joe must fight his way through a…

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Debt Collectors

2020 • 97 min

Action, Comedy, Crime

Two debt collectors find themselves in a perilous situation, pursuing debtors while trying to stay one step ahead of a ruthless crime boss seeking revenge.

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The Killer

2024 • 126 min • Budget $30M • Box office $318K

Action, Thriller, Crime

Zee is a notorious contract killer known as "the Queen of the Dead." However, when she refuses a job to kill a young blind woman, she becomes a target. Hunted by her own criminal associates and a persistent police detective,…

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Gunpowder Milkshake

2021 • 114 min • Budget $30M • Box office $1M

Action, Crime, Thriller

An assassin must team up with a mother and her dangerous allies to safeguard an 8-year-old girl. Their mission: dismantle a ruthless crime organization and its forces.

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Guns Akimbo

2020 • 98 min • Budget $15M • Box office $835K

Action, Comedy, Crime

An ordinary man is unexpectedly thrust into a brutal gladiatorial combat for a shadowy website that broadcasts the violence to audiences. To survive and save his kidnapped ex-girlfriend, he must fight Nix, a heavily armed and highly skilled opponent.

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Cold Pursuit

2019 • 119 min • Budget $60M • Box office $76M

Crime, Action

Nels Coxman, a snowplow driver, has a peaceful life shattered when his son is murdered. Driven by vengeance, Nels begins systematically hunting Viking, the drug lord he blames for the crime, eliminating Viking's allies. The closer Nels gets to Viking,…

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The Gorge

2025 • 128 min • Budget $70M

Romance, Science Fiction, Thriller

Two highly trained agents develop a connection while stationed on opposite sides of a secluded gorge. Their distance turns to dependence when a dangerous threat emerges from below, forcing them to join forces to survive.

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The Bricklayer

2023 • 110 min • Budget $23M • Box office $899K

Action, Thriller

The CIA is being blackmailed. Foreign journalists are being assassinated, framed to look like the agency is responsible. As international pressure mounts against the U.S., the CIA must persuade its most talented, but troubled, former agent to return. He's forced…

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Kate

2021 • 106 min • Budget $25M

Action, Thriller

A cold and calculating assassin has 24 hours to carry out a deadly revenge plan. During this mission, she unexpectedly connects with the daughter of someone she previously harmed.

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Honest Thief

2020 • 99 min • Box office $31M

Thriller, Action, Crime

A bank robber attempts to surrender, hoping for a fresh start fueled by newfound love and a desire for an honest life. However, he soon discovers the federal agents pursuing him are even more corrupt than he is. Forced to…

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Sisu

2022 • 91 min • Budget $6M • Box office $14M

Action, War

A former soldier finds gold while exploring the wilderness of Lapland. He attempts to transport the treasure to the city, but is pursued by ruthless German soldiers commanded by a harsh SS officer.

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Braven

2018 • 94 min • Budget $5M • Box office $854K

Drama, Action, Thriller

A logger fights to protect his family when they are threatened by a group of dangerous drug traffickers.

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Boy Kills World

2024 • 110 min • Budget $18M • Box office $3M

Crime, Thriller, Action

After his family is killed, a young man who cannot speak or hear flees into the jungle. There, he is trained by a secretive shaman to suppress his innocent thoughts and transform into a deadly weapon.

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The Accountant²

2025 • 133 min • Budget $80M • Box office $103M

Mystery, Crime, Thriller

The murder of an old friend draws Wolff into a case he can't ignore. He enlists his estranged, deadly brother Brax to help, realizing the situation demands drastic action. Working with Marybeth Medina, they expose a dangerous conspiracy and find…

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Monkey Man

2024 • 121 min • Budget $10M • Box office $35M

Action, Thriller

Kid is a young man living a harsh life in an underground fight club. Night after night, wearing a gorilla mask, he is brutally beaten for money by more famous fighters. After years of holding back, Kid finds a way…

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Tom Clancy's Without Remorse

2021 • 110 min

Action, Thriller, War

A highly skilled Navy SEAL discovers a global plot while pursuing justice for the killing of his wife, who was pregnant at the time.

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High Heat

2022 • 84 min

Action, Thriller, Crime

When the local mafia attempts to destroy her restaurant, Ana, a chef with a history of precision, fights back to protect her business, showcasing her skill with a knife both in the kitchen and in a more direct way.

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The Protégé

2021 • 109 min • Box office $8M

Action, Thriller

Anna was taken in as a child by the renowned assassin Moody, who trained her in the family trade. Now, she is the world's deadliest contract killer. When Moody, the man who raised her and taught her everything about trust…

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The Debt Collector

2018 • 96 min • Budget $3M • Box office $28K

Action, Comedy

A highly skilled martial artist takes a job collecting debts for the mafia. The work starts out straightforward, but one client unexpectedly plunges him into a dangerous situation far beyond what he imagined.

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The Marksman

2021 • 108 min • Budget $23M • Box office $23M

Action, Drama, Thriller

Jim Hanson's peaceful existence is shattered when a woman and her son cross the border from Mexico, fleeing a dangerous cartel. Following a deadly shootout that claims the mother's life, Jim unexpectedly takes responsibility for the boy. He becomes Miguel's…

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Killerman

2019 • 112 min

Action, Thriller

In New York City, a money launderer awakens with amnesia, surrounded by millions in stolen money and drugs. He's then pursued relentlessly by a dangerous group of corrupt cops. He desperately tries to piece together his past while evading his…

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John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum

2019 • 131 min • Budget $55M • Box office $326M

Action, Thriller, Crime

Former super-assassin John Wick is now the target of a $14 million bounty, pursued by a relentless force of killers. His exile from the powerful international assassin's guild, the High Table, after killing a member has unleashed a global network…

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Dominique

2024 • 94 min

Action, Thriller

Dominique, a highly skilled assassin, seeks a fresh start in South America, leaving her difficult past behind. She quickly discovers the town she's found is rife with violence and corruption. Caught between brutal attacks from both the police and the…

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Sisu: Road to Revenge

2025 • 89 min • Budget $12M • Box office $9M

Action, War, Thriller

Haunted by the memory of his family's brutal wartime murder, a man known for his resilience decides to rebuild their home as a memorial. But when the commander responsible for the massacre returns seeking further vengeance, he embarks on a…

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Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard

2021 • 117 min • Budget $70M • Box office $70M

Action, Comedy, Crime

Bodyguard Michael Bryce and hitman Darius Kincaid team up once again for a dangerous mission. Bryce, still without his license and under investigation, is pulled back into the field by Darius's wife, Sonia Kincaid, a notorious international con artist. As…

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AKA

2023 • 122 min

Action

A hardened special forces operative is sent undercover to infiltrate a criminal organization. While working deep within the syndicate, he forms an unexpected connection with the boss's young son, forcing him to confront his own values.

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The Equalizer 3

2023 • 109 min • Budget $70M • Box office $191M

Action, Thriller, Crime

Robert McCall is living in Southern Italy when he learns his close friends are being controlled by powerful local crime bosses. When things take a dangerous turn, McCall decides to protect his friends by confronting the mafia.

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Upgrade

2018 • 100 min • Budget $3M • Box office $16M

Action, Thriller, Science Fiction

Following a violent mugging that leaves him paralyzed and his wife dead, Grey Trace is offered a radical solution by a billionaire inventor: an AI implant called STEM, designed to enhance his physical abilities. Regaining the ability to walk, Grey…

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The Rhythm Section

2020 • 109 min • Budget $50M • Box office $5M

Action, Thriller

Stephanie Patrick learns the plane crash that killed her family was deliberately caused, leading her into the dangerous world of international spying as she seeks revenge. With everything lost, Stephanie evolves from a victim into a deadly operative, only to…

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The Shadow Strays

2024 • 145 min

Action, Crime, Thriller

A young assassin, highly skilled in lethal techniques, breaks from her mentor to rescue a boy from a dangerous criminal organization. She will eliminate anyone who stands in her way.

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Kill Boksoon

2023 • 137 min

Action, Drama, Thriller

By day, she's a highly skilled assassin. By night, she's a single mother raising a teenage daughter. Taking lives comes naturally to her; raising a child, not so much.

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Proud Mary

2018 • 88 min • Budget $14M • Box office $21M

Thriller, Action, Crime

Mary is a contract killer for a Boston crime family. Her world is upended when she encounters a young boy during a botched assignment.

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Rebel Ridge

2024 • 132 min

Crime, Action, Thriller

A Marine veteran uncovers corruption in a rural community after local police illegally seize money he was carrying to secure his cousin's release from jail.

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The Gray Man

2022 • 129 min • Budget $200M • Box office $454K

Action, Thriller

A CIA agent discovers troubling secrets about his own agency and becomes the target of a ruthless, independent operative who has been ordered to eliminate him. The agent is forced to flee worldwide to stay alive.

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Wrath of Man

2021 • 119 min • Budget $40M • Box office $103M

Thriller, Crime, Drama

A quiet, enigmatic security guard at a Los Angeles cash transport company shocks his colleagues with unexpected skill during a robbery. The team is left questioning his background and identity. It quickly becomes apparent that the skilled marksman is driven…

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Avengement

2019 • 88 min • Budget $2M

Crime, Action

During a temporary release from prison, a minor criminal escapes his guards and goes back to the place where his life changed. He intends to seek revenge on those responsible for transforming him into someone ruthless.

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Alita: Battle Angel

2019 • 122 min • Budget $170M • Box office $405M

Action, Science Fiction, Adventure

In a future world she doesn't understand, Alita wakes up with amnesia. A kind doctor named Ido takes her in and believes that within her abandoned cyborg body lies the spirit of a young woman with a remarkable history.

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Memory

2022 • 114 min • Budget $30M • Box office $13M

Action, Thriller, Crime

Alex is a professional assassin who suddenly becomes a target when he refuses a job for a powerful criminal group. Now pursued by both the syndicate and the FBI, Alex relies on his skills to evade them. However, he's battling…

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Ballerina

2025 • 125 min • Budget $90M • Box office $137M

Action, Thriller, Crime

During the events of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, Eve Macarro starts learning the assassin practices of the Ruska Roma.

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The Mother

2023 • 115 min

Action, Thriller

A highly skilled female assassin emerges from seclusion to safeguard the daughter she abandoned years ago, all while being pursued by dangerous adversaries.

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Extraction 2

2023 • 122 min • Budget $65M

Action, Thriller, Crime

Commando Tyler Rake, recently recovered from a near-fatal experience, is deployed on a new, perilous assignment: rescuing the family of a brutal crime boss who has taken them hostage.

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Ballerina

2023 • 93 min

Action, Thriller

Haunted by the death of her close friend – a loss she feels responsible for – a former bodyguard embarks on a mission to honor her friend’s final request: to exact revenge.

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SuperFly

2018 • 107 min • Budget $16M • Box office $20M

Action, Crime

Youngblood Priest, a career criminal in Atlanta, is trying to leave the drug trade behind. However, as he increases his sales, a single mistake puts the entire operation at risk just as he's planning his escape.

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