# Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Action Movie

The Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Action Movie is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Broadcast Film Critics Association. It was first given out in 2008.

## List of winners and nominees
### 2000s

| Year | Winner | Director(s) |
| 2008 | The Dark Knight | Christopher Nolan |
| 2008 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | Steven Spielberg |
| 2008 | Iron Man | Jon Favreau |
| 2008 | Quantum of Solace | Marc Forster |
| 2008 | Wanted | Timur Bekmambetov |
| 2009 | Avatar | James Cameron |
| 2009 | District 9 | Neill Blomkamp |
| 2009 | The Hurt Locker | Kathryn Bigelow |
| 2009 | Inglourious Basterds | Quentin Tarantino |
| 2009 | Star Trek | J. J. Abrams |

### 2010s

| Year | Winner | Director(s) |
| 2010 | Inception | Christopher Nolan |
| 2010 | Kick-Ass | Matthew Vaughn |
| 2010 | Red | Robert Schwentke |
| 2010 | The Town | Ben Affleck |
| 2010 | Unstoppable | Tony Scott |
| 2011 | Drive | Nicolas Winding Refn |
| 2011 | Fast Five | Justin Lin |
| 2011 | Hanna | Joe Wright |
| 2011 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | Rupert Wyatt |
| 2011 | Super 8 | J. J. Abrams |
| 2012 | Skyfall | Sam Mendes |
| 2012 | The Avengers | Joss Whedon |
| 2012 | The Dark Knight Rises | Christopher Nolan |
| 2012 | Looper | Rian Johnson |
| 2013 | Lone Survivor | Peter Berg |
| 2013 | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire | Francis Lawrence |
| 2013 | Iron Man 3 | Shane Black |
| 2013 | Rush | Ron Howard |
| 2013 | Star Trek Into Darkness | J. J. Abrams |
| 2014 | Guardians of the Galaxy | James Gunn |
| 2014 | American Sniper | Clint Eastwood |
| 2014 | Captain America: The Winter Soldier | Anthony and Joe Russo |
| 2014 | Edge of Tomorrow | Doug Liman |
| 2014 | Fury | David Ayer |
| 2015 | Mad Max: Fury Road | George Miller |
| 2015 | Furious 7 | James Wan |
| 2015 | Jurassic World | Colin Trevorrow |
| 2015 | Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation | Christopher McQuarrie |
| 2015 | Sicario | Denis Villeneuve |
| 2016 | Hacksaw Ridge | Mel Gibson |
| 2016 | Captain America: Civil War | Anthony and Joe Russo |
| 2016 | Deadpool | Tim Miller |
| 2016 | Doctor Strange | Scott Derrickson |
| 2016 | Jason Bourne | Paul Greengrass |
| 2017 | Wonder Woman | Patty Jenkins |
| 2017 | Baby Driver | Edgar Wright |
| 2017 | Logan | James Mangold |
| 2017 | Thor: Ragnarok | Taika Waititi |
| 2017 | War for the Planet of the Apes | Matt Reeves |
| 2018 | Mission: Impossible – Fallout | Christopher McQuarrie |
| 2018 | Avengers: Infinity War | Anthony and Joe Russo |
| 2018 | Black Panther | Ryan Coogler |
| 2018 | Deadpool 2 | David Leitch |
| 2018 | Ready Player One | Steven Spielberg |
| 2018 | Widows | Steve McQueen |
| 2019 | Avengers: Endgame | Anthony and Joe Russo |
| 2019 | 1917 | Sam Mendes |
| 2019 | Ford v. Ferrari | James Mangold |
| 2019 | John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum | Chad Stahelski |
| 2019 | Spider-Man: Far From Home | Jon Watts |

### 2020s

| Year | Winner | Director(s) |
| 2020 | Da 5 Bloods | Spike Lee |
| 2020 | Bad Boys for Life | Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah |
| 2020 | Extraction | Sam Hargrave |
| 2020 | Greyhound | Aaron Schneider |
| 2020 | The Hunt | Craig Zobel |
| 2020 | Mulan | Niki Caro |
| 2020 | The Outpost | Rod Lurie |
| 2020 | Tenet | Christopher Nolan |

## Multiple wins

* Christopher Nolan-2

## Multiple nominations (2 or more)

* Anthony and Joe Russo-4
* Christopher Nolan-4
* J. J. Abrams-3
* Sam Mendes-2
* James Mangold-2
* Christopher McQuarrie-2
* Steven Spielberg-2