Best Critically-acclaimed Action & Adventure on Netflix 2026
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Our pick of the best Critically-acclaimed Action & Adventure on Netflix right now, ranked by audience rating out of the 33 titles in category code 899. Tap any title for full details and where to watch.
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1. Back to the Future (1985)
Rated 8.5/10 on IMDb, one of IMDb's Top 250, from 1985, 1h 56m. Eccentric inventor Doc Brown turns a DeLorean into a time machine that inadvertently sends his young friend, Marty McFly, 30 years into the past.
2. Gladiator (2000)
Rated 8.5/10 on IMDb, one of IMDb's Top 250, from 2000, 2h 34m. Tapped for the throne after the death of the emperor, a Roman general instead finds himself condemned to die by the late ruler's power-hungry son.
3. Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Rated 8.3/10 on IMDb, one of IMDb's Top 250, from 2009, 2h 32m. A Jewish cinema owner in occupied Paris is forced to host a Nazi premiere, where a group of American soldiers called the Basterds plans a face-off.
4. Rush (2013)
Rated 8.1/10 on IMDb, one of IMDb's Top 250, from 2013, 2h 02m. This dramatic portrayal of the intense 1970s rivalry between race drivers Niki Lauda and James Hunt captures the contrasts between the two champions.
5. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Rated 8.1/10 on IMDb, one of IMDb's Top 250, from 2015, 2h 00m. In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, Max helps a rebellious woman and a band of female prisoners flee from tyranny, fend off threats and seek their homeland.
6. Children of Men (2006)
Rated 7.9/10 on IMDb, from 2006, 1h 44m. In a grim future in which humans can no longer reproduce, one woman mysteriously becomes pregnant, and a conflicted bureaucrat fights to protect her.
7. Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
Rated 7.9/10 on IMDb, from 2014, 1h 53m. As Earth fights an alien invasion, Lt.
8. The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
Rated 7.9/10 on IMDb, from 1976, 2h 15m. In this gritty Oscar-nominated Western, an ex-Confederate soldier on the run comes to rest in a quiet community, where he falls for a pretty settler.
9. Hot Fuzz (2007)
Rated 7.8/10 on IMDb, from 2007, 2h 00m. A top London cop is assigned to investigate a seemingly sleepy town, which suddenly starts to stir with a series of grisly 'accidents.'
10. Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
Rated 7.7/10 on IMDb, from 2013, 2h 12m. The 'Star Trek' reboot continues with this action sequel that finds Kirk and Spock fighting a terrorist threat to Starfleet aided by an unlikely ally.