Netflix Top 5 trending action movies: Checkout the full list

Netflix has a virtual library of action-packed films from all around the globe, for all fans. 

Here's a list of 5 exciting action movies that are trending right now;

1. The Sleepover (2020):

Synopsis:

This movie is about siblings Clancy and Kevin who are at a sleepover with their friends when they learn that their mother is a former thief under the witness protection program. The mother gets kidnapped and the friends go on a mission to rescue their mother on an action-filled night.

Director:

This action-comedy film is directed by Trish Sie and based on a screenplay by Sarah Rothschild.

Cast:

•  Sadie Stanley
•  Maxwell Simkins
•  Ken Marino
•  Cree Cicchino
•  Lucas Jaye
•  Karla Souza
•  Enuka Okuma
•  Erik Griffin
•  Joe Manganiello

2. Army of the Dead (2021):

Synopsis:

During a zombie outbreak, a group of mercenaries take a risk and go into the quarantine zone to pull off the biggest heist ever attempted.

Director:

This movie is directed by Zack Snyder from a screenplay he co-wrote with Shay Hatten and Joby Harold.

Cast:

•  Dave Bautista
•  Ella Purnell
•  Omari Hardwick
•  Ana de la Reguera
•  Theo Rossi
•  Matthias Schweighöfer
•  Nora Arnezeder
•  Hiroyuki Sanada

3. Project Power (2020):

Synopsis:

This science fiction movie follows a policeman, a drug dealer, and an ex-soldier who go on a mission to take down a group that has created a pill that gives superpowers to its users for five minutes. 

Director:

This science-fiction action film is directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman and produced by Eric Newman and Bryan Unkeless.

Cast:

• Jamie Foxx
• Joseph Gordon-Levitt
• Dominique Fishback
• Colson Baker
•  Rodrigo Santoro
•  Amy Landecker 
  

4. Extraction (2020):

Synopsis:

An Australian black ops mercenary goes on a mission to save the kidnapped son of an imprisoned drug lord in India but his mission goes wrong in the dark underworld of weapons dealers and drug traffickers.

Director:

This action-thriller film is directed by Sam Hargrave, making his directorial debut, and written by Joe Russo, based on the graphic novel Ciudad.

Cast:

•  Chris Hemsworth
•  Rudhraksh Jaiswal
•  Randeep Hooda 
• Golshifteh Farahani
•  Pankaj Tripathi
•  David Harbour
  

5. Triple Frontier (2019):

Synopsis:

A group of former U.S. Army Delta Force operators plan a heist against a crime lord in a thinly populated multi-border zone of South America but their dangerous mission goes haywire and they are faced with an epic battle of survival.

Director:

This action-adventure film is directed by J. C. Chandor. Chandor and Mark Boal wrote the screenplay based on a story by Boal.

Cast:

•  Ben Affleck
•  Oscar Isaac
•  Charlie Hunnam
•  Garrett Hedlund
•  Pedro Pascal