Action & Adventure on Netflix
Last updated March 14, 2025
After the Sunset
2004 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsAfter one final heist, Max finally decides to retire from the game with his wife, Lola. But are they ready to squander their prodigious talent for criminal enterprise forever? FBI agent Stan Lloyd doesn't think so.
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Sahara
2005 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsWhile investigating a deadly water-borne epidemic along the Nile River, adventurer Dirk Pitt uncovers a secret dating back to the U.S. Civil War and battles an evil industrialist bent on killing every living thing in the world's oceans.
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Assault on Precinct 13
2005 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsWith nothing more than a bare-bones operation to back him up, a Detroit detective takes on an army of deadly criminals who've thrown down the gauntlet and are openly hunting down a notorious drug kingpin in a battle for street sovereignty.
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Santa Fe Trail
1940 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsSet in the 1850s, director Michael Curtiz's frontier tale recounts the bloody conflict between the Army and abolitionist John Brown (Raymond Massey) in the years preceding the Civil War. As West Point alumni Jeb Stuart (Errol Flynn) and George Armstrong Custer (Ronald Reagan) attempt to crush Brown's antislavery crusade, they find themselves competing for the affections of a lovely lass (Olivia de Havilland). Van Heflin and Alan Hale also star.
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Night Watch
2004 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsThis first installment of the trilogy based on the sci-fi novels by Sergei Lukyanenko plays upon the tension between light and dark, pitting the superhuman Night Watch patrollers (known as the "Others") against the shadowed forces of the night.
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Zoom: Academy for Superheroes
2006 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsFunnyman Tim Allen plays an out-of-practice superhero who used to turn heads as the flashy Captain Zoom. When a secret agency recruits him to turn a motley crop of teens into the next generation of good guys, he's forced to get back into shape.
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The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
2006 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsThe hit franchise's third installment finds street-racer Shaun Boswell moving to Tokyo, where he's been dispatched by his family who want to keep him out of lockup. Boswell soon hooks up with a fellow American who introduces him to drift racing.
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Crank
2006 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsHit man Chev Chelios tears through the streets of Los Angeles in a race to save his own life and his girlfriend. Chelios has been poisoned, and the clock starts ticking when he learns he can elude death if he keeps his adrenaline pumping.
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Alatriste
2006 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsPart military hero, part privateer, Capt. Alatriste (Viggo Mortensen) fights for imperial Spain and tries to keep a dangerous seductress (Elena Anaya) away from his young squire, Inigo (Unax Ugalde), in this adventure based on Arturo Pérez-Reverte's novels. The film follows 17th-century mercenary Alatriste as he woos beauty María de Castro (Ariadna Gil), honors a promise by keeping Inigo out of the war and plots to destroy his sworn enemy.
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Curse of the Golden Flower
2006 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsThis lavish epic from director Yimou Zhang follows the romantic intrigue and political machinations in the house of the Emperor Ping and his ailing wife -- a couple whose secret passions and schemes ultimately affect their children's lives.
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Redbelt
2008 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsIn this riveting character study, a jujitsu master in a financial bind considers entering the arena to compete for cash -- which goes against his values and his integrity. When a gun mishap adds to his debt, he's left at the mercy of gangland thugs.
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Legion
2010 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsIn the wake of an apocalypse of major proportions, a motley crew of survivors ekes out a living at an abandoned truck stop in the desert, never suspecting that the pregnant woman walking among them is carrying the Messiah.
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Machete
2010 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsHired to assassinate a politician, vigilante and ex-Federale Machete (Danny Trejo) nearly dies when a sniper shoots him during the job. Out for revenge, he's joined by a reluctant old buddy (Cheech Marin) who's become a pacifist priest. Written and co-directed by Robert Rodriguez, this homage to exploitation films based on his fake trailer in Grindhouse co-stars Robert De Niro, Michelle Rodriguez, Lindsay Lohan, Jessica Alba and Steven Seagal.
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Henry of Navarre
2009 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsThis historical drama from director Jo Baier follows the fortunes of Henry of Navarre (Julien Boisselier), a 16th-century French Protestant who led a rebellion against France's powerful Catholic queen, Katherina de Medici (Hannelore Hoger). Lured into a royal marriage of convenience and then betrayed, Henry endures a massacre, escapes prison and eventually rises to the throne as Henry IV, one of France's most enlightened monarchs.
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Legend of the Tsunami Warrior
2008 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsArmed with formidable Thai boxing skills, a rebellious prince takes on his queen, a band of rowdy pirates and a needy orphan for bragging rights to a vast ocean treasure. But there's only so much booty to go around in this high-seas adventure.
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UFC 127: Penn vs. Fitch
2011 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsThe Ultimate Fighting Championship ducks back Down Under for this mammoth mixed martial arts event filmed at the Acer Arena in Sydney, Australia, in 2011. At the top of the fight card are American welterweight contenders B.J. Penn and Jon Fitch.
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Attack the Block
2011 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsWhen aliens attack a South London neighborhood, a teen gang pulls together to protect their turf by any means necessary. But extraterrestrials prove far more formidable than anyone they ever jumped on the streets.
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Let the Bullets Fly
2010 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsIn this comedic Western set in 1920s China, outlaw Zhang hijacks a train carrying the governor and a whole lot of loot. When the train derails, Zhang hatches a scheme to impersonate the governor with the help of the official's shady assistant.
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Contagion
2011 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsDirector Steven Soderbergh steers an array of stars through this big-screen disaster thriller about a global team of doctors tasked with tamping down a deadly outbreak of infectious disease before it annihilates mankind.
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Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
2012 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsHonest Abe: he was the 16th president, the Great Emancipator ... and a righteous slayer of the undead spurred to action by his mother's vampiric murder. History and legend are both turned upside-down as Lincoln tracks the creatures of the night.
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Rebellion
2011 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsFrench freedom fighters kill four and take 30 hostages on an island, instigating a political crisis. Special forces captain Philippe dives into negotiations as the French presidential election -- and lives -- are on the line.
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Force
2011 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsTo undermine the efforts of a determined narcotics force, a cunning gangster takes aim at the chief's most vulnerable spot: his heart. Now, the game is as much about defense as it is about offense while the cops and their loved ones are attacked.
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A Lonely Place to Die
2011 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsFive mountaineering friends on vacation in the Scottish Highlands stumble upon a tiny chamber in the woods, in which a young Serbian girl is trapped. But when they free her and try to take her to safety, they become the kidnappers' next targets.
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Rowdy Rathore
2012 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsWatching his back for the thugs trying to kill him, a con man stumbles onto a deadly secret that leads him to a small town terrorized by the mafia. Now, he must save the woman he loves, the little girl who insists she's his daughter and the locals.
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UFC 144: Edgar vs. Henderson
2012 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsUFC returns to Japan, where lightweight champion Frankie "the Answer" Edgar defends his title against former WEC champion Benson "Smooth" Henderson, and former PRIDE standout Quinton "Rampage" Jackson takes on Ryan Bader.
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