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1. Three Amigos! (1986)
PG | 104 min | Comedy, Western
Three actors accept an invitation to a Mexican village to perform their onscreen bandit fighter roles, unaware that it is the real thing.
Director: John Landis | Stars: Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, Martin Short, Alfonso Arau
Votes: 83,726 | Gross: $39.25M
2. MacGyver (1985–1992)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
The adventures of a secret Agent armed with almost infinite scientific resourcefulness.
Stars: Richard Dean Anderson, Dana Elcar, Bruce McGill, Robin Mossley
Votes: 42,048
3. The A-Team (1983–1987)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Four Vietnam vets, framed for a crime they didn't commit, help the innocent while on the run from the military.
Stars: George Peppard, Mr. T, Dwight Schultz, Dirk Benedict
Votes: 41,828
4. Ronin (1998)
R | 122 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A freelancing former U.S. Intelligence Agent tries to track down a mysterious package that is wanted by the Irish and the Russians.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Natascha McElhone, Stellan Skarsgård
Votes: 195,230 | Gross: $41.62M
5. The Transporter (2002)
PG-13 | 92 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Frank Martin, who "transports" packages for unknown clients, is asked to move a package that soon begins moving, and complications arise.
Directors: Louis Leterrier, Corey Yuen | Stars: Jason Statham, Shu Qi, Matt Schulze, François Berléand
Votes: 321,283 | Gross: $25.30M
6. A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
R | 99 min | Action, Drama, Western
A wandering gunfighter plays two rival families against each other in a town torn apart by greed, pride, and revenge.
Director: Sergio Leone | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Gian Maria Volontè, Marianne Koch, Wolfgang Lukschy
Votes: 232,825 | Gross: $14.50M
7. The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Approved | 128 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Seven gunfighters are hired by Mexican peasants to liberate their village from oppressive bandits.
Director: John Sturges | Stars: Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Eli Wallach
Votes: 102,583 | Gross: $4.91M
8. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995–1999)
TV-G | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Hercules is half-man, half-god and a hero of fantastic strength. After his malevolent stepmother, Hera, kills his wife and children, he wanders about Earth with mortal best friend Iolaus, fighting evil and trying to overcome his loss.
Stars: Kevin Sorbo, Michael Hurst, Kevin Smith, Robert Trebor
Votes: 31,833
9. Quigley Down Under (1990)
PG-13 | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Sharpshooter Matt Quigley is hired from Wyoming by an Australian rancher paying a very high price. But when Quigley arrives Down Under, all is not as it seems.
Director: Simon Wincer | Stars: Tom Selleck, Laura San Giacomo, Alan Rickman, Chris Haywood
Votes: 24,564 | Gross: $21.41M
10. The Equalizer (1985–1989)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A retired Intelligence Agent turned private detective helps various threatened clients to equalize the odds.
Stars: Edward Woodward, Keith Szarabajka, Robert Lansing, Mark Margolis
Votes: 5,925
11. The Substitute (1996)
R | 114 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Shale's Mercenary team is retired after a (not so) covert mission in Cuba. He becomes a substitute teacher at his teacher fiancee's Miami high school to get those behind kneecapping her. His team helps him.
Director: Robert Mandel | Stars: Tom Berenger, Raymond Cruz, William Forsythe, Luis Guzmán
Votes: 15,692 | Gross: $14.75M
12. Road House 2: Last Call (2006 Video)
R | 86 min | Action, Crime, Drama
While he's deep undercover in New York, DEA agent Shane Tanner, the son of a legendary cooler named Dalton, learns that his uncle Nate Tanner got beat up by a group of men because he ... See full summary »
Director: Scott Ziehl | Stars: Johnathon Schaech, Ellen Hollman, Richard Norton, Jake Busey
Votes: 2,167
13. Get Carter (2000)
R | 102 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A Las Vegas mob enforcer travels back to his hometown to investigate his brother's mysterious death.
Director: Stephen Kay | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Rachael Leigh Cook, Miranda Richardson, Rhona Mitra
Votes: 36,608 | Gross: $14.97M
14. They Call Me Trinity (1970)
G | 115 min | Comedy, Western
A lazy, unorthodox gunfighter and his portly, horse-thieving brother defend a Mormon settlement from a land-grabbing Major, a Mexican bandit, and their henchmen.
Director: Enzo Barboni | Stars: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Steffen Zacharias, Dan Sturkie
Votes: 25,029
15. Last Man Standing (1996)
R | 101 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A drifting gunslinger-for-hire finds himself in the middle of an ongoing war between the Irish and Italian mafia in a Prohibition era ghost town.
Director: Walter Hill | Stars: Bruce Willis, Bruce Dern, William Sanderson, Christopher Walken
Votes: 61,014 | Gross: $17.60M
16. Human Target (2010–2011)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A unique bodyguard protects his clients by secretly infiltrating their lives in order to draw out and eliminate threats.
Stars: Mark Valley, Chi McBride, Jackie Earle Haley, Indira Varma
Votes: 18,780
17. The Dogs of War (1980)
R | 102 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Mercenary James Shannon, on a reconnaissance job to the African nation of Zangaro, is tortured and deported. He returns to lead a coup.
Director: John Irvin | Stars: Christopher Walken, Tom Berenger, Colin Blakely, Hugh Millais
Votes: 9,440
18. Vera Cruz (1954)
Approved | 94 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
During the Mexican Rebellion of 1866, an unsavory group of American adventurers are hired by the forces of Emporer Maximilian to escort a countess to Vera Cruz.
Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: Gary Cooper, Burt Lancaster, Denise Darcel, Cesar Romero
Votes: 11,329
19. You Can't Win 'Em All (1970)
PG | 97 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
During the 1922 Turkish Civil War, two Americans and a group of foreign mercenaries offer their services to a local Turkish governor who hires them as guards for a secret transport.
Director: Peter Collinson | Stars: Tony Curtis, Charles Bronson, Michèle Mercier, Patrick Magee
Votes: 1,666
20. Stingray (1986–1987)
TV-14 | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama
"Ray", a man of mystery, gets people out of trouble, asking for favors in return.
Stars: Nick Mancuso, James Handy, Barbara Williams, William S. Taylor
Votes: 925
21. Mercenary for Justice (2006 Video)
R | 91 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A mercenary gets involved in a mission that threatens the lives of his kin. In order to succeed, he must break into one of the most well guarded prisons in Eastern Europe and free the son of the most notorious drug lord in the world today.
Director: Don E. FauntLeRoy | Stars: Steven Seagal, Jacqueline Lord, Roger Guenveur Smith, Luke Goss
Votes: 4,475
22. Firewalker (1986)
PG | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A pair of adventurers try to track down an ancient Aztec/Mayan/Egyptian/Apache hoard of gold.
Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Chuck Norris, Louis Gossett Jr., Melody Anderson, Will Sampson
Votes: 7,674 | Gross: $11.83M
23. Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx (1972)
Not Rated | 81 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Trailed by a clan of female ninja, Ogami is paid to assassinate a clan traitor accompanied by three killers known as the Gods of Death.
Director: Kenji Misumi | Stars: Tomisaburô Wakayama, Kayo Matsuo, Minoru Ôki, Akiji Kobayashi
Votes: 6,861
24. King Solomon's Mines (2004)
TV-PG | 87 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
An adventurous quest for a treasure hidden in King Solomon's mines, based on H. Rider Haggard's timeless tale.
Stars: Patrick Swayze, Alison Doody, Roy Marsden, John Standing
Votes: 3,969
25. Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972)
Not Rated | 84 min | Action, Adventure
The story of a Ronin (i.e. a masterless samurai) who wanders the countryside of Japan with his small child, having various adventures.
Director: Kenji Misumi | Stars: Tomisaburô Wakayama, Fumio Watanabe, Gô Katô, Tomoko Mayama
Votes: 8,884
26. Hercules and the Amazon Women (1994 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Hercules and Iolaus take time out from Iolaus' wedding preparations, to help a distant village under attack from "monsters". When they reach their destination, they find the monsters are in fact Amazonian women who are controlled by Hera.
Director: Bill Norton | Stars: Kevin Sorbo, Anthony Quinn, Roma Downey, Michael Hurst
Votes: 3,526
27. Dark of the Sun (1968)
Approved | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A band of mercenaries led by Captain Curry travel through war-torn Congo across deadly terrain, battling rival armies, to steal $50 million in uncut diamonds. But infighting, sadistic rebels and a time lock jeopardize everything.
Director: Jack Cardiff | Stars: Rod Taylor, Yvette Mimieux, Peter Carsten, Jim Brown
Votes: 3,540
28. The Train Robbers (1973)
Passed | 92 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
A gunhand named Lane is hired by a widow, Mrs. Lowe, to find gold stolen by her husband so that she may return it and start fresh.
Director: Burt Kennedy | Stars: John Wayne, Ann-Margret, Rod Taylor, Ben Johnson
Votes: 6,711
29. Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969)
G | 105 min | Action, Drama, Western
Gunslinger Chris Adams is hired by a Mexican revolutionary to organize the rescue of his cause's leader from a brutal Army prison.
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: George Kennedy, James Whitmore, Monte Markham, Reni Santoni
Votes: 3,203
30. The Prince and the Pauper (1937)
Approved | 118 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A poor boy named Tom Canty and the Prince of Wales exchange identities but events force the pair to experience each other's lives as well.
Directors: William Keighley, William Dieterle | Stars: Errol Flynn, Claude Rains, Henry Stephenson, Barton MacLane
Votes: 2,884
31. Return of the Seven (1966)
Unrated | 95 min | Action, Drama, Western
Two survivors of the original Magnificent Seven, Chris and Vin, recruit four new members to re-form the outfit and defend several Mexican villages from vicious bandits.
Director: Burt Kennedy | Stars: Yul Brynner, Robert Fuller, Julián Mateos, Warren Oates
Votes: 4,823 | Gross: $6.32M
32. Men of War (1994)
R | 102 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A former Special Ops soldier leads a group of mercenaries to an island in the South China Sea: their mission is obtain the rights to the unusual treasure that the island beholds.
Director: Perry Lang | Stars: Dolph Lundgren, Charlotte Lewis, BD Wong, Tony Denison
Votes: 4,597
33. The Russian Specialist (2005)
R | 94 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A Russian ex-Spetsnaz working as a mechanic in LA accepts a job freeing a kidnapped woman in Saint Petersburg, as the mob boss also killed his wife and son 7 years ago. The body count begins.
Director: Dolph Lundgren | Stars: Dolph Lundgren, Ben Cross, Ivan Petrushinov, Olivia Lee
Votes: 4,012
34. The Magnificent Seven Ride! (1972)
PG | 100 min | Action, Drama, Western
Forced by personal circumstances, Marshal Chris Adams recruits a writer and five prisoners to help him eliminate a gang of Mexican bandits.
Director: George McCowan | Stars: Lee Van Cleef, Stefanie Powers, Michael Callan, Mariette Hartley
Votes: 3,399
35. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys - The Circle of Fire (1994 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Hercules and Deianeira go in search of fire to save the world from cold. All the world's fire are fast going out. Hercules' father, Zeus, is on hand to help (and sometime hinder) the two.
Director: Doug Lefler | Stars: Kevin Sorbo, Anthony Quinn, Tawny Kitaen, Kevin Atkinson
Votes: 2,551
36. Sam Whiskey (1969)
PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Western
A widow hires an ex-gambler to retrieve gold bars from a sunken river boat in Colorado and discreetly return them to the Federal Mint, from where they had been stolen by her dead husband.
Director: Arnold Laven | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Angie Dickinson, Clint Walker, Ossie Davis
Votes: 1,740
37. Blood Alley (1955)
Approved | 110 min | Action, Adventure
His ship seized by the Chinese Communists, American Merchant Captain Tom Wilder languishes in prison but Chinese villagers help him escape to sail them to Hong-Kong.
Directors: William A. Wellman, John Wayne | Stars: John Wayne, Lauren Bacall, Paul Fix, Joy Kim
Votes: 3,530
38. Wild Geese II (1985)
R | 125 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
A group of mercenaries is hired to spring Rudolf Hess from Spandau Prison in Berlin.
Director: Peter R. Hunt | Stars: Scott Glenn, Barbara Carrera, Edward Fox, Laurence Olivier
Votes: 1,551
39. Golgo 13: The Professional (1983)
Not Rated | 91 min | Animation, Action, Crime
After killing the son of a powerful oil tycoon, an infamous hit-man is targeted by American governmental forces and superhuman killers.
Director: Osamu Dezaki | Stars: Tetsurô Sagawa, Gorô Naya, Toshiko Fujita, Kôsei Tomita
Votes: 3,372
40. Hercules and the Captive Women (1961)
Unrated | 94 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Strong yet sleepy Hercules discovers that the Queen of Atlantis is plotting to take over the world with superhuman warriors.
Director: Vittorio Cottafavi | Stars: Reg Park, Fay Spain, Ettore Manni, Luciano Marin
Votes: 1,635
41. Cobra (1993–1994)
60 min | Action, Adventure
When the traditional judicial system fails, there is an alternative: a special government agency that focuses on the victims.
Stars: Michael Dudikoff, Allison Hossack, James Tolkan, Keegan MacIntosh
Votes: 570
42. The Substitute: Failure Is Not an Option (2001 Video)
R | 91 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Former mercenary Karl Thomasson returns once again as a substitute teacher, this time to infiltrate a military school's faculty to cease the actions of white supremacists.
Director: Robert Radler | Stars: Treat Williams, Angie Everhart, Patrick Kilpatrick, Bill Nunn
Votes: 1,372
43. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys - Hercules and the Lost Kingdom (1994 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Hercules comes to the aid of a young woman who is seeking the lost city of Troy. He leads her to a camp of refugees from the city, which has been taken over by Hera's Blue Priests. Hercules helps the refugees take back the city.
Director: Harley Cokeliss | Stars: Kevin Sorbo, Anthony Quinn, Renée O'Connor, Robert Trebor
Votes: 2,753
44. Young Hercules (1998 Video)
PG-13 | 86 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
This a prequel to the popular television series. In it a young Hercules, wanting to impress Zeus tries to recover something that his half-brother Ares stole from Zeus. But when his friend ... See full summary »
Director: T.J. Scott | Stars: Ian Bohen, Dean O'Gorman, Chris Conrad, Johna Stewart-Bowden
Votes: 731
45. Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur (1994 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Hercules has settled down with his wife and children, but misses the good old days travelling around having exciting adventures. One day, he is persuaded out of his farming retirement to help a distant village which is being attacked.
Director: Josh Becker | Stars: Kevin Sorbo, Anthony Quinn, Tawny Kitaen, Michael Hurst
Votes: 2,394
46. The 5-Man Army (1969)
M/PG | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Western
At the behest of local revolutionaries, a mercenary enlists four specialists in various combat styles to help him rob a Mexican Army train carrying $500,000 in gold.
Directors: Don Taylor, Italo Zingarelli | Stars: Bud Spencer, Peter Graves, James Daly, Nino Castelnuovo
Votes: 1,773
47. Santo vs. the Vampire Women (1962)
Not Rated | 89 min | Action, Horror
A professor recruits a professional wrestler to protect his daughter from vampires intent on kidnaping her and marrying her to the devil.
Director: Alfonso Corona Blake | Stars: Santo, Lorena Velázquez, María Duval, Jaime Fernández
Votes: 1,498
48. The Executioner (1974)
R | 87 min | Action
Three street toughs are hired to take down a Tokyo drug dealer in this hard-hitting Toei karate action film.
Director: Teruo Ishii | Stars: Shin'ichi Chiba, Makoto Satô, Shozo Saijo, Hiroyuki Sanada
Votes: 674
49. Mercenary (1996 Video)
Not Rated | 102 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Jonas Ambler is a rich businessman who's wife is killed by kidnappers. So he decides to get even. He hires a mercenary to find and kill the kidnappers. There's only one catch, he wants to go with them.
Director: Avi Nesher | Stars: Olivier Gruner, John Ritter, Robert Culp, Ed Lauter
Votes: 627
50. Hitman: Codename 47 (2000 Video Game)
M | Action, Crime, Mystery
Agent 47 is a genetic super human assassin. The ICA (International Contract Agency) assigns 47 with various assignments to kill five men known as "The Five Fathers." Including his own creator.
Stars: David Bateson, David Koseruba, Noah Lazarus, Kerry Shale
Votes: 2,248