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Action Movies Audiences Rated Higher Than Critics

475 action films in our catalog have at least 10,000 IMDb votes and a score that is higher with audiences than with critics by 15 points or more. The widest gap: Death Wish II (1982), 6.0 on IMDb against 11 on Metacritic.

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1 Death Wish II '1982 Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller 6.0 - 11 6.2 Michael Winner +49
2 Elite Squad '2007 Drama / Action / Crime 8.0 53% 33 8.1 José Padilha +47
3 Highlander '1986 Action / Fantasy 7.0 70% 24 6.9 Russell Mulcahy +46
4 The Beastmaster '1982 Fantasy / Action 6.2 50% 18 6.3 Don Coscarelli +44
5 The Car '1977 Horror / Action / Thriller / Mystery / Fantasy 6.2 32% 21 6.4 Elliot Silverstein +41
6 Sound of Freedom '2023 Action / Drama 7.6 57% 36 7.9 Alejandro Monteverde +40
7 Equilibrium '2002 Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller 7.3 40% 33 7.1 Kurt Wimmer +40
8 Hudson Hawk '1991 Action / Comedy 5.7 23% 17 5.7 Michael Lehmann +40
9 The Hitcher '1986 Horror / Action / Thriller 7.2 63% 32 7.0 Robert Harmon +40
10 Death Wish 3 '1985 Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller 5.8 14% 18 6.2 Michael Winner +40
11 Pandorum '2009 Action / Horror / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller 6.7 26% 28 6.6 Christian Alvart +39
12 Beverly Hills Cop III '1994 Action / Comedy / Crime 5.5 11% 16 5.9 John Landis +39
13 Bloodsport '1988 Action / Drama 6.8 48% 29 7.1 Newt Arnold +39
14 Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters '2013 Fantasy / Horror / Action 6.1 17% 23 6.1 Tommy Wirkola +38
15 Cannonball Run II '1984 Action / Comedy 5.1 12% 13 5.4 Hal Needham +38
16 Best of the Best '1989 Action / Drama 6.4 33% 26 6.5 Robert Radler +38
17 Another 48 Hrs. '1990 Action / Comedy / Crime 5.9 19% 23 6.0 Walter Hill +36
18 Warcraft '2016 Action / Fantasy 6.7 29% 32 6.4 Duncan Jones +35
19 Rambo: Last Blood '2019 Action / Thriller / Drama 6.1 - 26 6.5 Adrian Grünberg +35
20 47 Ronin '2013 Drama / Action / Fantasy 6.3 16% 28 6.2 Carl Rinsch +35
21 Underworld: Blood Wars '2016 Fantasy / Action / Thriller / Horror 5.8 21% 23 5.9 Anna Foerster +35
22 Hollow Man '2000 Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller 5.9 25% 24 6.0 Paul Verhoeven +35
23 The Cannonball Run '1981 Action / Comedy 6.3 29% 28 6.2 Hal Needham +35
24 American Ninja '1985 Action 5.5 0% 20 6.0 Sam Firstenberg +35
25 Taken 3 '2014 Thriller / Action 6.0 13% 26 6.3 Olivier Megaton +34
26 Bright '2017 Fantasy / Action / Thriller 6.3 26% 29 6.2 David Ayer +34
27 The One '2001 Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller 5.9 13% 25 6.1 James Wong +34
28 Geostorm '2017 Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller 5.4 18% 21 6.1 Dean Devlin +33
29 The Bounty Hunter '2010 Action / Comedy / Romance 5.5 13% 22 5.9 Andy Tennant +33
30 Swordfish '2001 Action / Crime / Thriller 6.5 27% 32 6.3 Dominic Sena +33
31 Demolition Man '1993 Crime / Action / Sci-Fi 6.7 67% 34 6.8 Marco Brambilla +33
32 Cobra '1986 Action / Crime / Thriller 5.8 24% 25 6.2 George P. Cosmatos +33
33 The Cassandra Crossing '1976 Action / Thriller 6.3 42% 30 6.2 George P. Cosmatos +33
34 This Means War '2012 Action / Comedy / Romance 6.3 24% 31 6.2 McG +32
35 Wild Hogs '2007 Action / Comedy 5.9 14% 27 6.0 Walt Becker +32
36 The Boondock Saints '1999 Action / Thriller / Crime 7.6 26% 44 7.2 Troy Duffy +32
37 The Postman '1997 Action / Drama 6.1 14% 29 6.3 Kevin Costner +32
38 National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 '1993 Comedy / Crime / Action 6.2 21% 30 6.1 Gene Quintano +32
39 Virus '1999 Horror / Action / Sci-Fi 5.1 14% 19 5.4 John Bruno +32
40 Blind Fury '1989 Action / Thriller / Drama 6.3 53% 31 6.5 Phillip Noyce +32
41 Venom '2018 Sci-Fi / Action 6.6 31% 35 6.8 Ruben Fleischer +31
42 London Has Fallen '2016 Action / Thriller 5.9 28% 28 6.2 Babak Najafi +31
43 R.I.P.D. '2013 Fantasy / Action / Comedy 5.6 13% 25 5.9 Robert Schwentke +31
44 Self/less '2015 Sci-Fi / Action / Thriller 6.5 17% 34 6.4 Tarsem Singh +31
45 Resident Evil '2002 Horror / Action / Sci-Fi 6.6 36% 35 6.7 Paul W. S. Anderson +31
46 Underworld: Evolution '2006 Fantasy / Action / Thriller 6.7 17% 36 6.6 Len Wiseman +31
47 The Punisher '2004 Action / Crime / Drama 6.4 30% 33 6.4 Jonathan Hensleigh +31
48 Predator '1987 Sci-Fi / Action / Thriller 7.8 65% 47 7.6 John McTiernan +31
49 Kickboxer '1989 Action / Thriller 6.4 36% 33 6.8 Mark DiSalle +31
50 Road House '1989 Action / Thriller 6.7 44% 36 6.8 Rowdy Herrington +31
51 Freelance '2023 Action / Comedy 5.6 10% 26 6.4 Pierre Morel +30
52 Man on Fire '2004 Action / Drama / Thriller 7.7 39% 47 7.5 Tony Scott +30
53 Gone in Sixty Seconds '2000 Action / Crime / Thriller 6.5 25% 35 6.5 Dominic Sena +30
54 Gamer '2009 Action / Thriller / Sci-Fi 5.7 29% 27 5.7 Mark Neveldine +30
55 Congo '1995 Action / Sci-Fi 5.4 24% 24 5.6 Frank Marshall +30
56 Maximum Overdrive '1986 Horror / Action / Sci-Fi 5.4 14% 24 5.8 Stephen King +30
57 Capricorn One '1977 Drama / Action / Thriller / Sci-Fi 6.8 61% 38 6.8 Peter Hyams +30
58 Mackenna's Gold '1969 Action / Western 6.7 20% 37 6.6 J. Lee Thompson +30
59 Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard '2021 Action / Comedy / Crime / Thriller 6.1 25% 32 6.6 Patrick Hughes +29
60 The Electric State '2025 Action / Sci-Fi 5.9 14% 30 6.5 Joe Russo +29

Gap is IMDb score times 10 minus Metacritic score, in points. Only films with at least 10,000 IMDb votes and both scores are included, and only gaps of 15 points or more. This list is ordered by the size of the gap, not by quality. Scores shown are the raw ones.

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Directors on this list

Michael Winner Russell Mulcahy John Landis Hal Needham Walter Hill Paul Verhoeven David Ayer James Wong Andy Tennant George P. Cosmatos McG Phillip Noyce

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