{"id":519518,"date":"2026-01-16T04:20:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T04:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/519518\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T04:20:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T04:20:17","slug":"7-most-rewatchable-action-movies-of-the-2010s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/519518\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Most Rewatchable Action Movies of the 2010s"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes a viewer just wants excitement. They don\u2019t want to cry at a romantic drama or a historical drama. They don\u2019t want to sing along with Wicked. And, when it comes to horror, their definition of excitement is not feeling fear. What they want is some good old-fashioned action. And, while it\u2019s tough to call the 2010s \u201cold\u201d as much as just \u201cquasi-recent,\u201d these 2010s movies are certainly packed to the gills with good old-fashioned enthralling set-pieces. And, because of that, it doesn\u2019t matter if you\u2019ve seen them before, you\u2019ll still enjoy them again after once more pressing play (or again inserting the Blu-ray into your Playstation 5).<\/p>\n

We did leave off superhero movies, however. That could be its own list. The same goes for action comedies like The Other Guys<\/a>. You\u2019re rewatching that for the jokes and light tone, not for any of its action.<\/p>\n

7) Machete <\/p>\n

\"Dannyimage courtesy of 20th century fox<\/p>\n

The sequel, Machete Kills, is way too much, to the point it\u2019s overwhelming right off the bat, but Robert Rodriguez\u2019s first Machete is still a great time. Its reality is certainly heightened, but we don\u2019t have disguise-swapping assassins or Mel Gibson in an X-34 Landspeeder from Star Wars: A New Hope.<\/p>\n

Instead, we get Danny Trejo being a machete-toting James Bond getting dragged into a fight with some unscrupulous, immigration-despising politicians. It\u2019s a relatively simple political thriller with some wacky stuff thrown in for good measure. It\u2019s a great mixture of a few genre film references, a serious topic, and scenes where a man uses another man\u2019s intestines to escape a building.<\/p>\n

6) Fast Five<\/p>\n

\"\"image courtesy of universal pictures<\/p>\n

Fast Five<\/a> was the movie that took a successful, but still somewhat niche, franchise and made it even more widely appealing. Just look at the box office jump from the fourth film to the fifth.<\/p>\n

It took already-charming characters and put them in the middle of a bombastic heist scenario. It wasn\u2019t the first time the franchise had touched upon heists, of course, but the Fast Five finale was undoubtedly bigger<\/a> and more invigorating. It\u2019s just an exciting movie that rarely slows down and, when it does, it\u2019s just fun to spend time with the crew as they bond or poke fun at one another.<\/p>\n

Stream Fast Five on TNT.<\/p>\n

5) Dredd<\/p>\n

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There are several reasons Dredd<\/a> is easy to sit down and watch repeatedly (for those who have seen it even once<\/a>, anyway). For one, it\u2019s not very long. Given how intense it is, it couldn\u2019t be particularly long without being overwhelming.<\/p>\n

Then there are the trio of performances by Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby, and Lena Headey, each of which couldn\u2019t be any better. But perhaps the main reason is that it\u2019s not a particularly deep movie. You can have it on in the background and look away every now and then without losing any crucial information. That sounds like a slight against it, but it isn\u2019t. This is just a rollercoaster that makes you pull G\u2019s until the credits roll, it doesn\u2019t necessarily want you to do much thinking while everything is going on.<\/p>\n

Stream Dredd on HBO Max.<\/p>\n

4) Skyfall<\/p>\n

\"DanielImage Courtesy of Eon Productions<\/p>\n

Quantum of Solace is not particularly rewatchable because the script comes across as a hodgepodge of watered down versions of scenes that worked way better in other, earlier Bond movie. Skyfall<\/a> is rewatchable because its script is incredibly well-formed and feels rooted in a purpose.<\/p>\n

That purpose is to advance both the franchise and the characters, namely Bond and M. This is the movie where their complicated boss-employee relationship is expanded to feel incredibly human. Add slam-bang action sequences and genuinely stunning cinematography and it\u2019s quite easy to watch Skyfall four or five times.<\/p>\n

3) Edge of Tomorrow<\/p>\n

\"\"image courtesy of warner bros.<\/p>\n

One would think that time loop movies, with their inherently repetitive nature, wouldn\u2019t be conducive to rewatches. But the inverse is actually more in line with reality.<\/p>\n

Time loop movies like Edge of Tomorrow<\/a> function as vignettes where the stories are all very similar but contain micro-changes from one to the next. The character continues to learn and adapt. It allows the overall movie to feel consistently feel fresh\u2026especially when it involves two of the most likable blockbuster stars fighting in a human vs. alien war.<\/p>\n

2) John Wick (All Three Released in the 2010s)<\/p>\n

\"\"image courtesy of lionsgate<\/p>\n

All four John Wick<\/a> movies are highly rewatchable. And, to a certain extent, so is the underrated Ballerina. But only three of them<\/a> were released in the 2010s, so that\u2019s why we\u2019re only including three of them here.<\/p>\n

What makes this world so easy to continuously dip toes back into is just how gradually fleshed-out it is. Seriously, what action franchise has built its world better than John Wick? Well, maybe Mad Max. Speaking of which\u2026.<\/p>\n

Stream the first three John Wick movies on HBO Max.<\/p>\n

1) Mad Max: Fury Road<\/p>\n

\"\"image courtesy of warner bros.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s rare that the fourth installment of a saga is the best one<\/a>, but that is exactly the case when it comes to George Miller\u2019s Mad Max saga. Mad Max: Fury Road<\/a> is a classic, unquestionably the best action film of the 2010s and the best movie of summer 2015 by a country mile.<\/p>\n

Fury Road is so fast paced and action-packed it actively rewards multiple viewings. The good thing is that the action is coherent, so it\u2019s not as if you miss things the first time. It\u2019s just that you want to see all the car carnage again and again. It\u2019s also so rewatchable because of its impressive world-building. You find yourself dragged into this desert hellscape. The only thing keeping you in your seat is just how hard you\u2019re gripping your armrests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sometimes a viewer just wants excitement. They don\u2019t want to cry at a romantic drama or a historical…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":519519,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[171,32740,26735,26535,53,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-519518","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-john-wick","10":"tag-list-feature","11":"tag-mad-max-fury-road","12":"tag-movies","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115902862469562196","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=519518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519518\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/519519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}