Collider ranks six action films released since 2000, arguing that the genre has evolved beyond spectacle to combine elaborate set pieces with stronger characters and suspense. Its selection spans established franchises, spy thrillers and revenge stories, highlighting films it considers especially influential or enduring.

– Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018), ranked sixth, is praised for Tom Cruise’s largely practical HALO jump, helicopter chase and combat scenes, alongside a nuclear-threat plot.
– Man on Fire (2004) places fifth, starring Denzel Washington as former CIA operative John Creasy, hired to protect a young girl in Mexico City.
– The list also includes John Wick, The Bourne Ultimatum, Casino Royale and Kill Bill: Volume 1, described as standout 21st-century action films.