Action Movies · 2020s So Far
Best Action Movies of the 2020s So Far, Ranked by IQ Score
Half-decade into the 2020s, the action films that have demonstrated practical-effect discipline. Ranked by IQ Score.
The 2020s in action cinema is the decade Tom Cruise's commitment to practical-stunts continued reshaping the genre's expectations. Top Gun: Maverick (2022) used actual F/A-18 footage. Mission: Impossible, Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) committed to the canonical motorcycle-cliff-jump sequence. John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023) committed to choreographic discipline at register the franchise had not previously sustained.
Anchor picks: RRR (2022) is the most-formally-distinctive entry, S.S. Rajamouli's Tollywood epic that achieved international canonical-action recognition. Dune (2021) and Dune: Part Two (2024) demonstrate that auteur action remains commercially viable.
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