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High-Energy Action Movies on Netflix You Haven't Seen

February 14, 2026 5 min read

Everyone knows the big action blockbusters. But Netflix has a deep catalog of high-energy action movies that most people scroll right past. We found the ones with GoodScore ratings that prove they're worth your time — films with under 5,000 votes that the algorithms buried.

How GoodScore works: We combine ratings from IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and TMDB into a single 0-100 score. Higher = better. No single platform bias.

1
Castle in the Sky

Castle in the Sky

1986 · 2h 5m · Dir. Hayao Miyazaki

Adventure, Fantasy, Animation

84
GoodScore

A young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle.

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2
Godzilla Minus One

Godzilla Minus One

2023 · 2h 4m · Dir. Takashi Yamazaki

Science Fiction, Horror, Action

84
GoodScore

In postwar Japan, Godzilla brings new devastation to an already scorched landscape. With no military intervention or government help in sight, the survivors must join together in the face of despair and fight back against an unrelenting horror.

Netflix
3
Infernal Affairs

Infernal Affairs

2002 · 1h 41m · Dir. Alan Mak Siu-Fai

Drama, Action, Thriller

83
GoodScore

Chan Wing Yan, a young police officer, has been sent undercover as a mole in the local mafia. Lau Kin Ming, a young mafia member, infiltrates the police force. Years later, their older counterparts, Chen Wing Yan and Inspector Lau Kin Ming,...

Netflix
4
Maharaja

Maharaja

2024 · 2h 21m · Dir. Nithilan Saminathan

Action, Thriller, Mystery

82
GoodScore

A barber seeks vengeance after his home is burglarized, cryptically telling police his "Lakshmi" has been taken, leaving them uncertain if it's a person or object, jeer at his request until they learn what they're really looking for.

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5
The Last of the Mohicans

The Last of the Mohicans

1992 · 1h 52m · Dir. Michael Mann

Action, History, Romance

79
GoodScore

In war-torn colonial America, in the midst of a bloody battle between British, the French and Native American allies, the aristocratic daughter of a British Colonel and her party are captured by a group of Huron warriors. Fortunately, a group of...

Netflix
6
Major

Major

2022 · 2h 29m · Dir. Sashi Kiran Tikka

Action, History, Drama

79
GoodScore

This biopic follows the life of Indian Army officer Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, from his childhood to his heroic actions during the 2008 Mumbai attacks.

Netflix
7
Bison Kaalamaadan

Bison Kaalamaadan

2025 · 2h 49m · Dir. Mari Selvaraj

Action, Drama

78
GoodScore

A young man fights to overcome violence plaguing his village and succeed as a professional kabaddi player.

Netflix
8
Indian

Indian

1996 · 3h 5m · Dir. Shankar

Drama, Action, Thriller

78
GoodScore

Senapathy, an ex-freedom fighter, is angry. He is angry against the rampant corruption at every level of the bureaucracy. He will clean it up at any cost.

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9
The Northman

The Northman

2022 · 2h 17m · Dir. Robert Eggers

Action, Adventure, Fantasy

78
GoodScore

Prince Amleth is on the verge of becoming a man when his father is brutally murdered by his uncle, who kidnaps the boy's mother. Two decades later, Amleth is now a Viking who's on a mission to save his mother, kill his uncle and avenge his father.

Netflix
10
Rebel Ridge

Rebel Ridge

2024 · 2h 12m · Dir. Jeremy Saulnier

Crime, Action, Thriller

78
GoodScore

A former Marine confronts corruption in a small town when local law enforcement unjustly seizes the bag of cash he needs to post his cousin's bail.

Netflix
11
Minnal Murali

Minnal Murali

2021 · 2h 38m · Dir. Basil Joseph

Action, Comedy, Fantasy

77
GoodScore

A tailor gains special powers after being struck by lightning but must take down an unexpected foe if he is to become the superhero his hometown in Kerala needs.

Netflix
12
One Piece Film: Z

One Piece Film: Z

2012 · 1h 48m

Animation, Fantasy, Action

77
GoodScore

Zephyr, now known as Z, rides the seas with only one goal: Destroy all pirates and their dreams at becoming King of Pirates. When Luffy and his crew encounter him at sea, not only are they utterly defeated by the man with an arm made of Seastone,...

Netflix
13
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin

The 36th Chamber of Shaolin

1978 · 1h 56m · Dir. Lau Kar-Leung

Action, Adventure

76
GoodScore

During the Qing Dynasty, a fishmonger is killed by the reigning Manchu government for supporting the anti-government movement; his son manages to escape to Shaolin Temple, where he plans to learn its secretive brand of martial arts to seek revenge.

Netflix
14
Munich

Munich

2005 · 2h 44m

Drama, Action, History

76
GoodScore

During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black September. In retaliation, the Israeli government recruits a group of Mossad agents to track down and...

Netflix
15
Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends

Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends

2014 · 2h 15m

Action, Adventure, Fantasy

75
GoodScore

Shishio sets sail in his ironclad ship to bring down the government. In order to stop him, Kenshin trains with his old master to learn his final technique.

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