This Collider listicle highlights eight action films available on Prime Video that the author believes are underappreciated or overlooked, encouraging readers to revisit titles that failed to make a lasting impression despite their merits. Written by list writer Daniel Boyer and published on 21 July 2026, the piece frames streaming platforms like Prime Video as ideal places to unearth cult favourites and box-office disappointments that still hold up as entertaining action cinema.

Among the films featured are James Gray's 2017 adventure drama "The Lost City of Z", starring Charlie Hunnam as explorer Percy Fawcett alongside Sienna Miller, Tom Holland and Robert Pattinson, which underperformed at the box office despite strong production values. Also included is Michael Mann's 2006 "Miami Vice", a big-screen take on his own 1980s television series starring Jamie Foxx and Colin Farrell as undercover Miami detectives, which drew mixed reviews despite modest commercial success. The 1996 cult thriller "The Substitute", directed by Robert Mandel, is cited as a 1990s hidden gem, with the full list continuing to a total of eight recommended titles.