Best '90s action movies
Stacker compiled a list of the best '90s action movies of all time based on our own Stacker score, a weighted index split evenly between IMDb user rating and Metascore. To qualify, the film had to have action as one of its genres on IMDb, have a Metascore, and have at least 5,000 IMDb user votes. Ties were broken by votes.
#50. Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993)
- Director: Rob Cohen
- Stacker score: 81.5
- IMDb user rating: 7.0
- Metascore: 69
- Runtime: 120 minutes
#49. Mission: Impossible (1996)
- Director: Brian De Palma
- Stacker score: 81.5
- IMDb user rating: 7.1
- Metascore: 59
- Runtime: 110 minutes
#48. Die Hard 2 (1990)
- Director: Renny Harlin
- Stacker score: 82.4
- IMDb user rating: 7.1
- Metascore: 67
- Runtime: 124 minutes
#47. Point Break (1991)
- Director: Kathryn Bigelow
- Stacker score: 82.5
- IMDb user rating: 7.2
- Metascore: 58
- Runtime: 122 minutes
#46. Batman Returns (1992)
- Director: Tim Burton
- Stacker score: 82.5
- IMDb user rating: 7.1
- Metascore: 68
- Runtime: 126 minutes
#45. State of Grace (1990)
- Director: Phil Joanou
- Stacker score: 82.7
- IMDb user rating: 7.2
- Metascore: 60
- Runtime: 134 minutes
#44. Starship Troopers (1997)
- Director: Paul Verhoeven
- Stacker score: 82.8
- IMDb user rating: 7.3
- Metascore: 51
- Runtime: 129 minutes
#43. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
- Director: Nicholas Meyer
- Stacker score: 83.2
- IMDb user rating: 7.2
- Metascore: 65
- Runtime: 110 minutes
#42. Arlington Road (1999)
- Director: Mark Pellington
- Stacker score: 83.2
- IMDb user rating: 7.2
- Metascore: 65
- Runtime: 117 minutes
#41. GoldenEye (1995)
- Director: Martin Campbell
- Stacker score: 83.2
- IMDb user rating: 7.2
- Metascore: 65
- Runtime: 130 minutes
#40. Nikita (1990)
- Director: Luc Besson
- Stacker score: 83.4
- IMDb user rating: 7.3
- Metascore: 56
- Runtime: 117 minutes
#39. Ronin (1998)
- Director: John Frankenheimer
- Stacker score: 83.5
- IMDb user rating: 7.2
- Metascore: 67
- Runtime: 122 minutes
#38. Rosewood (1997)
- Director: John Singleton
- Stacker score: 83.9
- IMDb user rating: 7.2
- Metascore: 71
- Runtime: 140 minutes
#37. The Negotiator (1998)
- Director: F. Gary Gray
- Stacker score: 84.0
- IMDb user rating: 7.3
- Metascore: 62
- Runtime: 140 minutes
#36. Three Kings (1999)
- Director: David O. Russell
- Stacker score: 84.0
- IMDb user rating: 7.1
- Metascore: 82
- Runtime: 114 minutes
#35. True Lies (1994)
- Director: James Cameron
- Stacker score: 84.1
- IMDb user rating: 7.3
- Metascore: 63
- Runtime: 141 minutes
#34. In the Line of Fire (1993)
- Director: Wolfgang Petersen
- Stacker score: 84.2
- IMDb user rating: 7.2
- Metascore: 74
- Runtime: 128 minutes
#33. Natural Born Killers (1994)
- Director: Oliver Stone
- Stacker score: 84.2
- IMDb user rating: 7.2
- Metascore: 74
- Runtime: 119 minutes
#32. Crimson Tide (1995)
- Director: Tony Scott
- Stacker score: 84.4
- IMDb user rating: 7.3
- Metascore: 66
- Runtime: 116 minutes
#31. Enemy of the State (1998)
- Director: Tony Scott
- Stacker score: 84.5
- IMDb user rating: 7.3
- Metascore: 67
- Runtime: 132 minutes
#30. The Rock (1996)
- Director: Michael Bay
- Stacker score: 84.6
- IMDb user rating: 7.4
- Metascore: 58
- Runtime: 136 minutes
#29. Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (1999)
- Director: Hiroyuki Okiura
- Stacker score: 84.7
- IMDb user rating: 7.4
- Metascore: 59
- Runtime: 102 minutes
#28. Men in Black (1997)
- Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
- Stacker score: 84.9
- IMDb user rating: 7.3
- Metascore: 71
- Runtime: 98 minutes
#27. Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
- Director: George Armitage
- Stacker score: 85.5
- IMDb user rating: 7.3
- Metascore: 76
- Runtime: 107 minutes
#26. Total Recall (1990)
- Director: Paul Verhoeven
- Stacker score: 85.6
- IMDb user rating: 7.5
- Metascore: 57
- Runtime: 113 minutes
#25. The Hunt for Red October (1990)
- Director: John McTiernan
- Stacker score: 85.7
- IMDb user rating: 7.5
- Metascore: 58
- Runtime: 135 minutes
#24. Speed (1994)
- Director: Jan de Bont
- Stacker score: 85.7
- IMDb user rating: 7.3
- Metascore: 78
- Runtime: 116 minutes
#23. Face/Off (1997)
- Director: John Woo
- Stacker score: 86.1
- IMDb user rating: 7.3
- Metascore: 82
- Runtime: 138 minutes
#22. The Fifth Element (1997)
- Director: Luc Besson
- Stacker score: 86.1
- IMDb user rating: 7.6
- Metascore: 52
- Runtime: 126 minutes
#21. The Boondock Saints (1999)
- Director: Troy Duffy
- Stacker score: 86.3
- IMDb user rating: 7.7
- Metascore: 44
- Runtime: 108 minutes
#20. Falling Down (1993)
- Director: Joel Schumacher
- Stacker score: 86.5
- IMDb user rating: 7.6
- Metascore: 56
- Runtime: 113 minutes
#19. Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)
- Director: John McTiernan
- Stacker score: 86.7
- IMDb user rating: 7.6
- Metascore: 58
- Runtime: 128 minutes
#18. The Crow (1994)
- Director: Alex Proyas
- Stacker score: 87.1
- IMDb user rating: 7.5
- Metascore: 71
- Runtime: 102 minutes
#17. Sonatine (1993)
- Director: Takeshi Kitano
- Stacker score: 87.3
- IMDb user rating: 7.5
- Metascore: 73
- Runtime: 94 minutes
#16. The Legend of Drunken Master (1994)
- Director: Chia-Liang Liu
- Stacker score: 87.4
- IMDb user rating: 7.5
- Metascore: 74
- Runtime: 102 minutes
#15. Iron Monkey (1993)
- Director: Woo-Ping Yuen
- Stacker score: 87.9
- IMDb user rating: 7.5
- Metascore: 79
- Runtime: 85 minutes
#14. Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
- Director: Jonathan Frakes
- Stacker score: 88.1
- IMDb user rating: 7.6
- Metascore: 71
- Runtime: 111 minutes
#13. Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
- Director: Kevin Altieri
- Stacker score: 89.6
- IMDb user rating: 7.8
- Metascore: 65
- Runtime: 76 minutes
#12. The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
- Director: Michael Mann
- Stacker score: 89.7
- IMDb user rating: 7.7
- Metascore: 76
- Runtime: 112 minutes
#11. Run Lola Run (1998)
- Director: Tom Tykwer
- Stacker score: 89.8
- IMDb user rating: 7.7
- Metascore: 77
- Runtime: 80 minutes
#10. Ghost in the Shell (1995)
- Director: Mamoru Oshii
- Stacker score: 91.8
- IMDb user rating: 7.9
- Metascore: 76
- Runtime: 83 minutes
#9. The Fugitive (1993)
- Director: Andrew Davis
- Stacker score: 91.9
- IMDb user rating: 7.8
- Metascore: 87
- Runtime: 130 minutes
#8. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
- Director: Guy Ritchie
- Stacker score: 94.0
- IMDb user rating: 8.2
- Metascore: 66
- Runtime: 107 minutes
#7. Jurassic Park (1993)
- Director: Steven Spielberg
- Stacker score: 94.2
- IMDb user rating: 8.2
- Metascore: 68
- Runtime: 127 minutes
#6. The Iron Giant (1999)
- Director: Brad Bird
- Stacker score: 94.9
- IMDb user rating: 8.1
- Metascore: 85
- Runtime: 86 minutes
#5. Heat (1995)
- Director: Michael Mann
- Stacker score: 96.1
- IMDb user rating: 8.3
- Metascore: 76
- Runtime: 170 minutes
#4. Léon: The Professional (1994)
- Director: Luc Besson
- Stacker score: 96.9
- IMDb user rating: 8.5
- Metascore: 64
- Runtime: 110 minutes
#3. Princess Mononoke (1997)
- Director: Hayao Miyazaki
- Stacker score: 97.1
- IMDb user rating: 8.4
- Metascore: 76
- Runtime: 134 minutes
#2. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
- Director: James Cameron
- Stacker score: 99.2
- IMDb user rating: 8.6
- Metascore: 75
- Runtime: 137 minutes
#1. The Matrix (1999)
- Director: Lana Wachowski
- Stacker score: 100.0
- IMDb user rating: 8.7
- Metascore: 73
- Runtime: 136 minutes
