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
	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	Steven Spielberg
	Iron Man	Jon Favreau
	Quantum of Solace	Marc Forster
	Wanted	Timur Bekmambetov
2009	Avatar	James Cameron
	District 9	Neill Blomkamp
	The Hurt Locker	Kathryn Bigelow
	Inglourious Basterds	Quentin Tarantino
	Star Trek	J. J. Abrams

2010s

Year	Winner	Director(s)
2010	Inception	Christopher Nolan^[1]
	Kick-Ass	Matthew Vaughn
	Red	Robert Schwentke
	The Town	Ben Affleck
	Unstoppable	Tony Scott
2011	Drive	Nicolas Winding Refn
	Fast Five	Justin Lin
	Hanna	Joe Wright
	Rise of the Planet of the Apes	Rupert Wyatt
	Super 8	J. J. Abrams
2012^[2]	Skyfall	Sam Mendes
	The Avengers	Joss Whedon
	The Dark Knight Rises	Christopher Nolan
	Looper	Rian Johnson
2013	Lone Survivor	Peter Berg
	The Hunger Games: Catching Fire	Francis Lawrence
	Iron Man 3	Shane Black
	Rush	Ron Howard
	Star Trek Into Darkness	J. J. Abrams
2014	Guardians of the Galaxy	James Gunn
	American Sniper	Clint Eastwood
	Captain America: The Winter Soldier	Anthony and Joe Russo
	Edge of Tomorrow	Doug Liman
	Fury	David Ayer
2015	Mad Max: Fury Road	George Miller
	Furious 7	James Wan
	Jurassic World	Colin Trevorrow
	Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation	Christopher McQuarrie
	Sicario	Denis Villeneuve
2016	Hacksaw Ridge	Mel Gibson
	Captain America: Civil War	Anthony and Joe Russo
	Deadpool	Tim Miller
	Doctor Strange	Scott Derrickson
	Jason Bourne	Paul Greengrass
2017	Wonder Woman	Patty Jenkins ^[3]
	Baby Driver	Edgar Wright
	Logan	James Mangold
	Thor: Ragnarok	Taika Waititi
	War for the Planet of the Apes	Matt Reeves
2018	Mission: Impossible – Fallout	Christopher McQuarrie^[4]
	Avengers: Infinity War	Anthony and Joe Russo
	Black Panther	Ryan Coogler
	Deadpool 2	David Leitch
	Ready Player One	Steven Spielberg
	Widows	Steve McQueen
2019	Avengers: Endgame	Anthony and Joe Russo^[5]
	1917	Sam Mendes
	Ford v. Ferrari	James Mangold
	John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum	Chad Stahelski
	Spider-Man: Far From Home	Jon Watts

2020s

Year	Winner	Director(s)
2020	Da 5 Bloods	Spike Lee^[6]
	Bad Boys for Life	Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah
	Extraction	Sam Hargrave
	Greyhound	Aaron Schneider
	The Hunt	Craig Zobel
	Mulan	Niki Caro
	The Outpost	Rod Lurie
	Tenet	Christopher Nolan

Multiple wins

Christopher Nolan-2

Multiple nominations (2 or more)

References

[1] 'The Social Network' Wins Big At Critics' Choice Movie Awards - MTV

[2] "Critics' Choice Movie Awards". BFCA. January 10, 2013. Archived from the original on 2012-12-15.

[3] Critics' Choice Awards 2018: The Complete Winners List - The Wrap

[4] 2019 Critics' Choice Awards Winners: List in Full|Hollywood Reporter

[5] 2020 Critics' Choice Awards Winners: List in Full|Hollywood Reporter

[6] "Critics Choice Super Awards Full Winners List: 'Palm Springs', 'Soul', 'The Boys' Among Top Honorees"

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Critics Choice Association (CCA)
Awards	Acting Ensemble Actor Actress Adapted Screenplay Animated Feature Cinematography Comedy Costume Design Director Editing Foreign Language Film Hair and Makeup Original Screenplay Picture Production Design Score Song Supporting Actor Supporting Actress Visual Effects Young Performer
Retired	Action Movie (2008–2019) Actor in an Action Movie (2012–2016) Actress in an Action Movie (2012–2016) Actor in a Comedy (2012–2018) Actress in a Comedy (2012–2018) Documentary Feature (1995–2015) Family Film (1995–2007) Sci-Fi/Horror Movie (2012–2019) Sound (2009–2011)
Ceremonies	1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 (years are of film release; ceremonies are the next year)