3 action movies on Netflix you need to watch in October 2024

Our list of three action movies on Netflix that you need to watch in October includes a historical epic, a zombie heist saga, and a suspenseful thriller.

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Action fans, have you scoped out what’s on Netflix this month? One of the films becoming quite popular with subscribers is Escape Plan, the long-awaited team-up movie starring Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Other action films impacting the top 10 include The Mechanic, Trouble, and Edge of Tomorrow. If search within the action genre, you’ll find several subgenres that offer even more movies — pulse-pounding adventures, violent spectacles, and sci-fi battles are some of the films. Below, we picked three action movies to watch in October: a historical epic, a zombie heist saga, and a suspenseful thriller. We also have guides to the best movies on Netflix, the best movies on Hulu, the best movies on Amazon Prime Video, the best movies on Max, and the best movies on Disney+. Wolfgang Petersen can turn anything into popcorn entertainment. His resume includes a CIA thriller (In the Line of Fire), a medical thriller (Outbreak), an aircraft hijacking (Air Force One), and a disaster drama (The Perfect Storm). In 2004, Petersen directed a loose interpretation of Homer’s Iliad in Troy. For those unfamiliar with the Trojan War, the film depicts the battle between Troy and Sparta. On one side are the mighty Trojans, led by Prince Hector (Eric Bana) and his brother Paris (Orlando Bloom). On the other side are the Greeks, led by the ruthless King Agamemnon (Brian Cox) and his rebel warrior Achilles (Brad Pitt). Troy is not a proper history lesson for the Trojan War, but Petersen’s battle scenes are quite thrilling, especially when Pitt fights. Speaking of Pitt, Troy’s lasting impact on the culture involved body image, as nearly every twentysomething man Googled “Brad Pitt Troy workout” after seeing the Oscar winner’s insane physical transformation. Stream Troy on Netflix. Love him or hate him, Zack Snyder makes films that people feel very strongly about, both positively and negatively. The Batman v Superman filmmaker might have stumbled with Rebel Moon but found a winner with Army of the Dead. In a postapocalyptic world, Las Vegas is a quarantine zone that’s occupied by flesh-eating zombies. The government plans to drop a nuclear bomb on the city to wipe out the infected. Before that happens, casino owner Bly Tanaka (Hiroyuki Sanada) approaches mercenary Scott Ward (Dave Bautista) with a proposition: recover $200 million from his casino vault in Vegas before the bomb destroys the city. Desperate for money, Ward agrees and assembles an eclectic crew of soldiers to complete his mission. Snyder leans into the ridiculousness of the situation, resulting in a funny and violent zombie heist adventure. Stream Army of the Dead on Netflix. 2024 has been noteworthy for Jeremy Saulnier. The Green Room filmmaker released his first film in six years with Rebel Ridge, an excellent action thriller starring Aaron Pierre as a former Marine tackling corruption in a small town. The film has received nearly universal praise, with many citing it as one of Netflix’s best originals of the year. Saulnier’s previous film, Hold the Dark, though not as good as Rebel Ridge, has its moments thanks to a suspenseful narrative. Russell Core (The Batman 2‘s Jeffrey Wright) is a wolf expert hired to investigate the disappearance of three small children in Keelut, Alaska. Medora Slone (Riley Keough), the mother of one of the missing children, is convinced wolves are responsible for this potential tragedy. As Russell begins his search, he realizes that humans, not animals, provide the biggest obstacle to his investigation. Stream Hold the Dark on Netflix. Unfortunately, the end of the month on Netflix means several movies will be exiting the service. Several movies with Chucky the killer doll — including Bride of Chucky, Child’s Play 2, and Child’s Play 3 — are leaving right after Halloween. The Expendables franchise and two Magic Mike movies will also be following suit. Overall, over 40 movies will be leaving Netflix by November 1. Before the month ends, peruse this list and see if anything catches your eye. While some of these movies will go to other streaming services, others may be in limbo with no home, so watch them now before it’s too late. Our three recommendations are a zombie action movie, a harrowing drama, and an underrated horror flick. November is a prime month for moviegoing. The Thanksgiving holiday offers a great opportunity for studios to release their fall tentpole pictures and for audiences to watch as many films as possible. This year is no different as blockbusters-to-be like Gladiator 2 and Wicked are waiting in the wings to dazzle eyeballs and gobble some dollars. It’s not all big movies in November, though. Oscar hopefuls and under-the-radar movies populate the release schedule, and the following three films have the potential to be not only entertaining, but also some of the year’s best in cinema.

Juror No. 2 (November 1) Ordinarily, making a list of of the five movies leaving Hulu in October that you have to watch wouldn’t be a challenge. But there are literally only six movies leaving Hulu at the end of this month, and four of them are The Omen and its three sequels. So unless you really like The Omen, this would have been a very boring list. The other two titles leaving this month, Christmas on the Farm and Sea Fever, probably won’t be missed by many movie lovers. Since we still have a list to write this month, we’re just cheating a little by drawing on movies that are leaving Hulu in the middle of November. And somehow we suspect these will go over a lot better than an all-Omen list. Upgrade your lifestyleDigital Trends helps readers keep tabs on the fast-paced world of tech with all the latest news, fun product reviews, insightful editorials, and one-of-a-kind sneak peeks.

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