| 100% | SETPIECE | 8 | Elaborate action-film sequence: 2 wds. |
| 64% | MICHAELBAY | 10 | Action film director with a "watery" name: 2 wds. |
| 63% | DIEHARD | 7 | Action film set in the fictional Nakatomi Plaza: 2 wds. |
| 63% | IRONEAGLE | 9 | 1986 action film about fighter pilots: 2 wds. |
| 62% | GIJOE | 5 | "___: The Rise of Cobra" (2009 action film): 2 wds. |
| 62% | THENET | 6 | 1995 cyberspace action film starring Sandra Bullock: 2 wds. |
| 60% | THETERMINATOR | 13 | 1984 sci-fi action film directed by James Cameron: 2 wds. |
| 60% | SPYKIDS | 7 | 2001 children's action film directed by Robert Rodriguez: 2 wds. |
| 58% | IRONEAGLE | 9 | A 1986 action film starring Jason Gedrick and Louis Gossett, Jr.: 2 wds. |
| 58% | BABYDRIVER | 10 | 2017 Ansel Elgort action film featuring Jamie Foxx as a gangster: 2 wds. |
| 57% | CHASE | 5 | Action film sequence |
| 57% | XXXXX | 5 | Action film sequence |
| 57% | THEROCK | 7 | Action film directed by Michael Bay about hostages on the Alcatraz Island starring Nicolas Cage: 2 wds. |
| 56% | BRICKMANSIONS | 13 | Action film starring Paul Walker which is a remake of the 2004 French film, "District 13": 2 wds. |
| 56% | GIJANE | 6 | 1997 Demi Moore action film (2 wds.) |
| 55% | TOMBRAIDER | 10 | 2018 action film in which Alicia Vikander (birthday today) played the role of Lara Croft: 2 wds. |
| 55% | BABYDRIVER | 10 | 2017 action film in which 15-Across plays the girlfriend of Ansel Elgort's character: 2 wds. |
| 55% | BABYDRIVER | 10 | 2017 action film with Jamie Foxx as "Bats," a henchman being chauffeured by Ansel Elgort: 2 wds. |
| 54% | AFTEREARTH | 10 | "Elemental" 2013 Will Smith sci-fi action film: 2 wds. |
| 54% | ALANRICKMAN | 11 | English actor who played Bruce Willis's (birthday today) nemesis in 1988 action film "Die Hard": 2 wds. |
| 53% | TRUELIES | 8 | 1994 Jamie Lee Curtis/Arnold Schwarzenegger action film (2 wds.) |
| 53% | THECONTRACTOR | 13 | 2007 American action film starring Lena Headey, that was released on direct-to DVD in the US: 2 wds. |
| 53% | DIEHARD | 7 | Bruce Willis action film series (2 wds.) |
| 53% | JOHNRAMBO | 9 | Fictional archer played by Sylvester Stallone in an action film series: 2 wds. |
| 52% | GAMENIGHT | 9 | 2018 action film starring Jason Bateman and 47-Across (2 wds.) |
| 52% | WOLFMCQUADE | 11 | "Lone ___" 1983 action film starring Chuck Norris (birthday today) and David Carradine that made Norris a household name: 2 wds. |
| 52% | MAGNUMFORCE | 11 | 1973 blockbuster action film starring Clint Eastwood and Hal Holbrook (2 wds.) |
| 51% | CHARLIESANGELS | 14 | Action film written and directed by 54-Across, who also plays Rebekah "Bosley" (2 wds.) |
| 51% | BROKENARROW | 11 | 1950 Jimmy Stewart western, or a 1996 John Travolta action film: 2 wds. |
| 51% | STREETFIGHTER | 13 | 1994 Japanese-American action film starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, based on the video game series of the same name: 2 wds. |