The Best Action Movies of 2004

Updated September 23, 2019 978 votes 49 voters 2.7k views50 items

List of the best 2004 action movies, ranked by how many upvotes they've received by other fans of the genre. These movies give you car crashes, explosions, gun fights and everything else you could hope for in a good action flick. These are all the action movies that defined the year 2004, so vote for your favorites and help them rise to the top. This poll is also a great resource for finding new movies that you haven't already seen, especially since you can watch trailers for each film right on this page. To make sure this list is as accurate as possible, please don't downvote a movie if you haven't seen it.

These movies, like The Incredibles and Spider-Man 2 include images when available. This isn't necessarily a list of all action movies from 2004, but it does contain all the ones worth watching.

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The Bourne Supremacy
Matt Damon, Julia Stiles
Released: 2004
Directed by: Paul Greengrass
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Kill Bill Volume 2
Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu
Released: 2004
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
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Ocean's Twelve
Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts
Released: 2004
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
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Spider-Man 2
Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst
Released: 2004
Directed by: Sam Raimi
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The Incredibles
Samuel L. Jackson, Holly Hunter
Released: 2004
Directed by: Brad Bird
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National Treasure
Nicolas Cage, Diane Kruger
Released: 2004
Directed by: Jon Turteltaub
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The Punisher
John Travolta, Rebecca Romijn
Released: 2004
Directed by: Jonathan Hensleigh
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Walking Tall
Dwayne Johnson, Cobie Smulders
Released: 2004
Directed by: Kevin Bray
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Hellboy
John Hurt, Selma Blair
Released: 2004
Directed by: Guillermo del Toro
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Dawn of the Dead
Ving Rhames, Ty Burrell
Released: 2004
Directed by: Zack Snyder
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I, Robot
Will Smith, Shia LaBeouf
Released: 2004
Directed by: Alex Proyas
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Team America: World Police
Matt Stone, Trey Parker
Released: 2004
Directed by: Trey Parker
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Kung Fu Hustle
Stephen Chow, Yuen Wah
Released: 2005
Directed by: Stephen Chow
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Alien vs. Predator
Sanaa Lathan, Lance Henriksen
Released: 2004
Directed by: Paul W. S. Anderson
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Angelina Jolie, Gwyneth Paltrow
Released: 2004
Directed by: Kerry Conran
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The Day After Tomorrow
Emmy Rossum, Jake Gyllenhaal
Released: 2004
Directed by: Roland Emmerich
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Flight of the Phoenix
Hugh Laurie, Jared Padalecki
Released: 2004
Directed by: John Moore
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House of Flying Daggers
Zhang Ziyi, Andy Lau
Released: 2004
Directed by: Zhang Yimou
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The Alamo
Emily Deschanel, Billy Bob Thornton
Released: 2004
Directed by: John Lee Hancock
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Never Die Alone
DMX, Aisha Tyler
Released: 2004
Directed by: Ernest R. Dickerson
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District 13
Dany Verissimo, Cyril Raffaelli
Released: 2004
Directed by: Pierre Morel
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Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Milla Jovovich, Iain Glen
Released: 2004
Directed by: Alexander Witt
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Starsky & Hutch
Snoop Dogg, Carmen Electra
Released: 2004
Directed by: Todd Phillips
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Friday Night Lights
Amber Heard, Connie Britton
Released: 2004
Directed by: Peter Berg
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The Whole Ten Yards
Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry
Released: 2004
Directed by: Howard Deutch
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