List of action films of the 2000s
This is chronological list of action films originally released in the 2000s. Some films are of hybrid genres, including horror, comedy, and science fiction films; the list should attempt to document films which are more closely related to action, even if they bend genres.

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! Title !! Director !! Cast !! Country !! Subgenre/notes
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|Babylon A.D.||Mathieu Kassovitz||Vin Diesel, Michelle Yeoh, Gérard Depardieu||FranceUnited States||Science fiction action
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|Bangkok Dangerous||Oxide Pang Chun, Danny Pang||Nicolas Cage, Charlie Young, Chakrit Yamnarm||United States||Action thriller
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|Batman: Gotham Knight||Shoujirou Nishimi, Futoshi Higashide, Hiroshi Morioka||Kevin Conroy, Gary Dourdan, David McCallum||United States||Animated superhero film
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|Be a Man! Samurai School||Tak Sakaguchi||Tak Sakaguchi, Shoei, Shintaro Yamada||Japan||
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|Beast Stalker||Dante Lam||Nicholas Tse, Nick Cheung, Zhang Jingchu||Hong Kong||
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|The Chaser||Na Hong-jin||Kim Yoon-seok, Ha Jung-woo, Seo Young-hee||South Korea||Action thriller
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|Chocolate||Prachya Pinkaew||Yanin Wismitanant, Hiroshi Abe, Ammara Siripong||Thailand||
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|Cicakman 2 – Planet Hitam||Yusry Abdul Halim||Saiful Apek, Fasha Sandha, Aznil Hj Nawawi||Malaysia||Superhero film
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|Connected||Benny Chan||Louis Koo, Barbie Shu, Liu Ye||Hong Kong||
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|Cyborg Soldier||John Stead||Rich Franklin, Tiffani Thiessen, Bruce Greenwood||United States||
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|The Dark Knight
|Christopher Nolan||Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart||United StatesUnited Kingdom||
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|Death Race||Paul W. S. Anderson||Jason Statham, Tyrese Gibson, Joan Allen||United States||Science fiction action
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|Doomsday||Neil Marshall||Rhona Mitra, Bob Hoskins, Malcolm McDowell||||
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|Eagle Eye||D.J. Caruso||Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan, Billy Bob Thornton, Rosario Dawson, Michael Chiklis||United States||Science fiction action
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|An Empress and the Warriors||Ching Siu Tung||Donnie Yen, Kelly Chen, Leon Lai||ChinaHong Kong||
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|Far Cry||Uwe Boll||Til Schweiger, Emmanuelle Vaugier, Craig Fairbrass||Canada||
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|Fatal Move
|Dennis Law
|Sammo Hung, Simon Yam, Wu Jing, Danny Lee
|Hong Kong
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|The Forbidden Kingdom||Rob Minkoff||Michael Angarano, Jackie Chan, Jet Li||United States||
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|Get Smart||Peter Segal||Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, Dwayne Johnson||United States||Action comedy
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|Go Fast||Olivier Van Hoofstadt||Roschdy Zem, Olivier Gourmet, Jean-Michel Fête||France||
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|Hancock||Peter Berg||Will Smith, Charlize Theron, Jason Bateman||United States||Action comedy
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|Hard Revenge Milly||Shimako Sato||  ||Japan||
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|Hell Ride||Larry Bishop||Larry Bishop, Dennis Hopper, Michael Madsen, Vinnie Jones||United States||
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|Hellboy II: The Golden Army||Guillermo del Toro||Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Doug Jones||United States||
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|The Hurt Locker||Kathryn Bigelow||Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty||United States||Action thriller
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|Ichi||Hiroshi Kuze, Fumihiko Sori||Haruka Avase, Shidou Nakamura, Yōsuke Kubozuka||Japan||
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|The Incredible Hulk||Louis Leterrier||Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth||United States||
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|Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull||Steven Spielberg||Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett, Shia LaBeouf||United States||
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|Ip Man||Wilson Yip||Donnie Yen, Simon Yam, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi||Hong Kong||
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|Iron Man||Jon Favreau||Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges||United States||
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|Justice League: The New Frontier||Dave Bullock||David Boreanaz, Miguel Ferrer, Neal Patrick Harris||United States||Animated superhero film
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|K-20: Legend of the Mask||Shimako Sato||Takeshi Kaneshiro, Takako Matsu, Toru Nakamura||Japan||
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|Kung Fu Panda||John Stevenson, Mark Osborne||Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie||United States||
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|Legendary Assassin
|Wu Jing
|Wu Jing, Celina Jade, Hui Shiu-hung
|Hong Kong
|Martial arts film
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|Les Insoumis||Olivier Dazat, Claude-Michel Rome||Richard Berry, Pascal Elbe, Zabou Breitman||France||
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|The Machine Girl||Noboru Iguchi||Minase Yashiro, Asami Miyajima, Ryōsuke Kawamura||United StatesJapan||
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|Max Payne||John Moore||Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Chris O' Donnell||United States||
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|Mutant Chronicles||Simon Hunter||Thomas Jane, Ron Perlman, John Malkovich||United States||Science fiction action
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|Never Back Down||Jeff Wadlow||Sean Faris, Amber Heard, Djimon Hounsou||United States||
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|Ong Bak 2||Tony Jaa||Tony Jaa, Sorapong Chatri, Sarunyu Wongkrajang||Thailand||
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|Outlander||Howard McCain||James Caviezel, Sophia Myles, Ron Perlman||United States|| Science fiction action
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|Pineapple Express||David Gordon Green||Seth Rogen, James Franco, Gary Cole||United States||Action comedy
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|Punisher: War Zone||Lexi Alexander||Ray Stevenson, Dominic West, Julie Benz||GermanyUnited States||
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|Quantum of Solace||Marc Forster||Daniel Craig, Mathieu Amalric, Jesper Christensen||United StatesUnited Kingdom||
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|Rambo||Sylvester Stallone||Sylvester Stallone, Julie Benz, Matthew Marsden||United States||
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|Redbelt||David Mamet||Chiwetel Ejiofor, Emily Mortimer, Alice Braga||United States||Martial arts film
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|Rough Cut||Jang Hoon||So Ji-sub, Kang Ji-hwan||South Korea||
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|Shaolin Girl||Katsuyuki Motohiro||  ||Japan||Martial arts film
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|Street Kings||David Ayer||Keanu Reeves, Forest Whitaker, Hugh Laurie||United States||
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|Taken||Pierre Morel||Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen||France||Action thriller
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|Tokyo Gore Police||Yoshihiro Nishimura||Itsuji Itao, Camille LaBry, Shôko Nakahara||JapanUnited States||
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|Transporter 3||Olivier Megaton||Jason Statham, Natalya Rudakova, François Berléand||France||
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|Tropic Thunder||Ben Stiller||Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr., Jack Black, Jay Baruchel, Steve Coogan||United States||Action comedy
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|Wanted||Timur Bekmambetov||Angelina Jolie, Morgan Freeman, James McAvoy||RussiaUnited States||
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See also
 Action films
 Martial arts films
 Swashbuckler films

Notes

2000s
 
Action