Where to Watch Free Action Movies Online

There are hundreds of free action movies online that you can stream in just a few minutes time from the comfort of your own home or on the go from your tablet with a free movie app.

You can browse through the free action movies by subcategories, by most popular, and by most recently added. This makes it very easy to find an action movie that you can enjoy immediately.

Some of the action movies you'll be able to stream for free include Beverly Hills Ninja, The Code, The Patriot, Blackout, Boy Wonder, Split Second, and The Elite, plus many more.

Many of the free online movie websites listed below also have free horror, drama, and comedy films. There are even kids movies and documentaries you can stream for free.

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Free Streaming Action Movies at Hulu

What We Like

Supported on nearly every media device.
Also includes tons of TV shows and an option to watch live TV.

What We Don't Like

Requires a monthly subscription fee.
Has a limited selection of new releases.

Hulu is a website that lets you stream action movies for free. You can view popular action movies and those that were recently added to Hulu. There are also subsections for action and adventure movies, such as Espionage, Martial Arts, Military and War, 80s Action, and Westerns.

It’s easy to filter the movies to find just the free ones, and you can also see the most popular action movies from today, this week, this month, and all time.

Black Widow, Alien Rising, Split Second, Blackout, Boy Wonder, and Last Man Standing are a few of the more popular action movies you can watch at Hulu.

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Crackle's Free Action Movies

What We Like

You don't have to register to watch movies for free.
Extensive support for subtitles and captions.

What We Don't Like

Features frequent ads.
Movies are regularly rotated, so a movie you start watching today might be gone tomorrow.

Crackle has a large assortment of dozens of action movies. You can see the action movies recommended by Crackle, view them all on one page as well as filter the action movies by the date in which they were added to the list.

The following are just some of the action movies you can watch for free at Crackle: Beverly Hills Ninja, The Patriot, The Code, La Femme Nikita, Dante's Peak, Vantage Point, Lockout, and Dead Man Down.

There are also some free TV shows under the action genre, such as Chosen, Blue Exorcist, R.O.D. The TV, and Cleaners.

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Viewster's Free Action Movies

What We Like

Excellent mobile support.
Intuitive browsing interface.

What We Don't Like

Many movies are less-than DVD quality.
Video player offers little customization.

The action movies at Viewster can be sorted by best rated, most viewed, or most recently added. You can also filter the movies by a particular language.

Some of the most popular action movies at Viewster include Meteor Apocalypse, Cannibal! The Musical, The Elite, Supercroc, and Power Play.

Viewster also has movie trailers and scenes from action movies.

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Free Action Movies at Yidio

What We Like

Collects links to movies hosted on dozens of other streaming websites.
No membership required to watch movies hosted on Yidio.

What We Don't Like

Not all movies are free to watch.
Video playback quality is overall good but inconsistent.

Yidio has lots of movies in several different genres, and from many different online sources. You can filter the movies by title and rating, such as R, G, or PG-13.

Choose Free as the source and Action from the genre section to find movies such as Olympus Has Fallen, 13 Assassins, Hunt to Kill, and Drunken Master.

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SnagFilms' Free Action Movies

SnagFilms free online movies — © Snagfilms

What We Like

Automatically adjusts streaming quality to accommodate your internet connection.
Many movies can be streamed in HD.

What We Don't Like

Higher quality videos suffer from buffering issues.
Video player doesn't offer subtitles.

SnagFilms also has many free action movies that you can watch right now at no cost.

There’s a section to view the most popular action films, one for recently added movies, and subcategories like Samurai, Science Fiction, and Fighting to organize the action movies even further.

Fearless, The Fast and the Furious, The Lazarus Papers, Ninja Cheerleaders, Stone of Destiny, and Recon are some of the more popular action movies to be found at SnagFilms.

SnagFilms recommends movies below the ones you’re watching to help you find other films you may like.

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Action Movies at Watch Documentaries

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What We Like

Features far fewer ads than similar services.
"Related" section makes it easy to find other content you'll enjoy.

What We Don't Like

Video quality varies drastically from movie to movie.
The mobile app isn't as reliable as the website.

Watch Documentaries’s action films are sectioned off in the Adventure category. You can filter the results by date added, views, and rating to find an appropriate movie.

Some of the action movies at Watch Documentary are Slug It Out, On Top of the World, Skyliners, and Undercity.

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Stream Free Action Movies From Movies Found Online

What We Like

Alphabetized list makes it easy to browse the entire film selection.
All movies and TV shows are free to watch.

What We Don't Like

Video quality on some movies is sub-par.
Bombards viewers with pop-up ads.

Movies Found Online has both new and old action films. You can sort the movies by title, recently added, most viewed, and most liked. Also, they're all listed on a single page to make scrolling through them really easy.

The Beastmaster, Born of Hope, Bag Man, Ghost Rider: The Final Ride, Power/Ranger, Random Stop, Proximity, and The Shadow Of Mordor are some of the free action movies you watch at Movies Found Online.

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Free Action Movies at Popcornflix

What We Like

Staff picks section provides a great avenue to learn about new movies.
Includes separate websites for kids and horror fans.

What We Don't Like

No option to download movies.
You have to sit through a lot of commercials.

The action movies at Popcornflix are categorized under the Action section of the menu. You can sort the films by popularity or title, and they're listed on a single page for easy viewing.

Of around 80 action movies are Angels Dance, The Journeyman, Under Heavy Fire, 18 Fingers of Death, The Democratic Terrorist, Viper, U.S. Seals, Tunnel Rats, Amigo, and The Black Knight.

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Tubi TV's Free Action Movies

What We Like

"Not on Netflix" section houses films that are hard to find elsewhere.
Multiple video playback quality options.

What We Don't Like

Not available in Europe and some other countries.
Videos include lots of repetitive ads.

Another free source for action movies is Tubi TV, categorized as Action-Thriller Movies.

Around 170 action films were available the last time I visited Tubi TV, some of which were Prayer to a Vengeful God, A Dominatrix Story, White, The Shortcut, The Drummer, and Green River.

In addition to free movies at Tubi TV are free TV shows. The action TV shows are labeled Action Reality TV.

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YouTube's Free Action Movies

What We Like

You can find some obscure older films and shows that you won't see elsewhere.
Anyone can upload movies from their personal collection.

What We Don't Like

Movies posted on Youtube are often quickly taken down for copyright violations.
Movies are usually split into multiple parts, some of which may be missing.

There are thousands upon thousands of videos on YouTube, along with movie trailers, TV shows, and even movies. Though because movies are not categorized by genre, you’re unable to filter them to find just the action films.

A couple of the action movies I ran across at YouTube include Gun Street and 6 Bullets, though there are many more to be found.

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Pluto TV's Free Action Movies

What We Like

On-screen guide automatically adjust to your timezone.
Supports 4K streaming for some channels.

What We Don't Like

No on-demand streaming in the browser version.
No subtitle options.

Pluto TV has an always-on, live TV channel showing action movies all day, every day.

You can watch these movies right now on your computer without creating a user account, and even put the action movies directly onto your mobile device or TV.

If you use Pluto TV from your phone or tablet, you can also access over 20 additional on-demand action films from the Free Movies + TV section. This is different than the live TV option in that you can start, stop, fast forward, etc., just like you can when watching a recorded movie.