26 Action Movies To See in 2014

10 Divergent (March 20, 2014)

  • Director: Neil Burger
  • Writers: Evan Daugherty (screenplay), Vanessa Taylor (screenplay)
  • Stars: Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Kate Winslet

Beatrice Prior, a teenager with a special mind, finds her life threatened when an authoritarian leader seeks to exterminate her kind in her effort to seize control of their divided society. –IMDB

11 Captain America: The Winter Soldier (March 27, 2014)

  • Directors: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
  • Writers: Christopher Markus (screenplay), Stephen McFeely (screenplay)
  • Stars: Chris Evans, Frank Grillo, Sebastian Stan

Steve Rogers struggles to embrace his role in the modern world and battles a new threat from old history: the Soviet agent known as the Winter Soldier. –IMDB

12 Sabotage (April 11, 2014)

  • Director: David Ayer
  • Writers: Skip Woods, David Ayer
  • Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sam Worthington, Terrence Howard

Members of an elite DEA task force find themselves being taken down one by one after they rob a drug cartel safe house. –IMDB

13 Transcendence (April 18, 2014)

  • Director: Wally Pfister
  • Writer: Jack Paglen
  • Stars: Johnny Depp, Kate Mara, Rebecca Hall

A terminally ill scientist downloads his mind into a computer. This grants him power beyond his wildest dreams, and soon he becomes unstoppable. –IMDB

14 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (May 2, 2014)

  • Director: Marc Webb
  • Writers: Alex Kurtzman (screenplay), Roberto Orci (screenplay)
  • Stars: Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx

Peter Parker runs the gauntlet as the mysterious company Oscorp sends up a slew of supervillains against him, impacting on his life. –IMDB

15 Godzilla (May 16, 2014)

  • Director: Gareth Edwards
  • Writers: Max Borenstein (screenplay), Dave Callaham (story)
  • Stars: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Bryan Cranston

A giant radioactive monster called Godzilla appears to wreak destruction on mankind. –IMDB

16 X-Men: Days of Future Past (May 23, 2014)

  • Director: Bryan Singer
  • Writers: Simon Kinberg (screenplay), Matthew Vaughn (story)
  • Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Ian McKellen

The X-Men send Wolverine to the past in a desperate effort to change history and prevent an event that results in doom for both humans and mutants. –IMDB

17 Maleficent (May 30, 2014)

  • Director: Robert Stromberg
  • Writers: Paul Dini, Linda Woolverton
  • Stars: Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Sharlto Copley

The “Sleeping Beauty” tale is told from the perspective of the villainous Maleficent and looks at the events that hardened her heart and drove her to curse young Princess Aurora. –IMDB

18 Edge of Tomorrow (June 6, 2014)

  • Director: Doug Liman
  • Writers: Christopher McQuarrie (screenplay), Jez Butterworth (screenplay)
  • Stars: Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Bill Paxton

A soldier fighting in a war with aliens finds himself caught in a time loop of his last day in the battle, though he becomes better skilled along the way. –IMDB