Best Action movies of 1990s

Actors : Ed Harris, Gary Oldman, Robin Wright, Sean Penn,

A New York cop is recruited to return to his hometown and infiltrate the mob ran by his best friend's brother.

Actors : David Cronenberg, Charles Haid, Craig Sheffer, Anne Bobby,
Directors : Clive Barker,

A troubled young man is drawn to a mythical place called Midian where a variety of monsters are hiding from humanity.

Actors : Kang-ho Song, Yunjin Kim, Min-sik Choi, Suk-kyu Han,
Directors : Je-kyu Kang,

South Korean agents Ryu and Lee are tracking a female assassin from North Korea who has mysteriously disappeared. With new killings and the theft of a deadly bomb, time is running out to catch her.

Actors : Lisa Pelikan, Deborah Rennard, Harrison Page, Jean-Claude Van Damme,
Directors : Sheldon Lettich,

An Ex-French Solider begins participating in underground street fights in order to make money for his brother's family.

Actors : Victor Wong, Max Elliott Slade, Chad Power, Michael Treanor,
Directors : Jon Turteltaub,

Each year, three brothers, Samuel, Jeffrey and Michael Douglas visit their grandfather, Mori Tanaka, for the summer. Mori is highly skilled in ninjutsu, and for years he has trained the ...

Actors : Jo Champa, Steven Seagal, William Forsythe, Jerry Orbach,
Directors : John Flynn,

The gruesome murder of a Brooklyn Detective will turn the case into a personal vendetta when the deceased's best friend and fellow officer will unleash an all-out attack against a psychotic Mafia enforcer's brutal gang.

Actors : Stephen Lang, Michael J. Fox, James Woods, Annabella Sciorra,
Directors : John Badham,

An action movie star researching a role is allowed to tag along with a hardboiled New York policeman, who finds him superficial and irritating.

Actors : Renji Ishibashi, Riki Takeuchi, Hitoshi Ozawa, Shô Aikawa,
Directors : Takashi Miike,

A yakuza of Chinese descent and a Japanese cop each wage their own war against the Japanese mafia. But they are destined to meet. Their encounter will change the world.

Actors : Vivica A. Fox, Queen Latifah, Jada Pinkett Smith, Kimberly Elise,
Directors : F. Gary Gray,

Desperation drives four inner-city women (Queen Latifah, Jada Pinkett Smith, Vivica A. Fox, Kimberly Elise) to bank robbery in Los Angeles, then they start mistrusting one another.

Actors : Steven Seagal, Frederick Coffin, Kelly LeBrock, William Sadler,
Directors : Bruce Malmuth,

Left for dead with his wife killed in their house, L.A. Detective Mason Storm will have to make a quick recovery, expose those behind the murder and take revenge.

Actors : Bryan Brown, Rachel Ticotin, Brian Dennehy, Joanna Gleason,
Directors : Richard Franklin,

F/X man Rollie Tyler (Bryan Brown) is now a toy maker. Mike Brandon (Tom Mason), the ex-husband of Rolly's girlfriend Kim(Rachel Ticotin), is a cop. He asks Rollie to help catch a killer. ...

Actors : Travis Fine, Justin Whalin, Jeremy Sylvers, Perrey Reeves,
Directors : Jack Bender,

Chucky, the doll possessed by a serial killer, returns for revenge against Andy, the young boy who defeated him and who has since become a teenager.

Actors : Ryuji Aigase, Katsumi Suzuki, Shôtarô Morikubo, Takehito Koyasu,
Directors : Hirotsugu Kawasaki,

An elite superhuman agent must stop a foreign military unit from seizing control of an ancient artifact that holds the key to ultimate power.

Actors : Aya Kokumai, Masanobu Katsumura, Tetsu Watanabe, Takeshi Kitano,
Directors : Takeshi Kitano,

Several yakuza from Tokyo are sent to Okinawa to help end a gang war. The war escalates and the Tokyo drifters decide to lay low at the beach.

Actors : Madeleine Blaustein, Mayumi Iizuka, Rica Matsumoto, Tomokazu Seki,

Ash Ketchum must gather the three spheres of fire, ice and lightning in order to restore balance to the Orange Islands.

Actors : Michael Jeter, Wesley Snipes, Gary Busey, Yancy Butler,
Directors : John Badham,

A tough cop teams up with a professional skydiver to capture a renegade computer hacker on the run from the law.

Actors : Emilio Estevez, Jeffrey Nordling, David Selby, Heidi Kling,
Directors : Robert Lieberman,

The unruly team of hockey misfits grows up a bit and receives scholarships to a prestigious prep school, where they take on the snotty varsity team.

Actors : Christopher McDonald, Nastassja Kinski, James Gandolfini, Charlie Sheen,
Directors : Deran Sarafian,

A maverick skydiver and a former KGB agent team up to stop the Russian mafia from stealing gold.

Actors : Daniel Baldwin, Mickey Rourke, Chelsea Field, Don Johnson,
Directors : Simon Wincer,

Forced by the imminent foreclosure of their friend's bar, two lifelong buddies will decide to rob a bank's armoured car, not knowing that its cargo is not money but a new street drug.

Actors : Chartchai Ngamsan, Stella Malucchi, Supakorn Kitsuwon, Suwinit Panjamawat,
Directors : Wisit Sasanatieng,

With its loud acting style, exuberant sets and stunning shots in pastel colours, this Thai cult film is as much a parody as an homage to the Western and the romantic tearjerker.