29 best action movies on Netflix in 2021

Best action movies on Netflix: The Old Guard

There is absolutely no denying that Charlize Theron is one of the biggest action stars to ever grace the big screen. So many of her titles have had the Academy Award-winning actress in all sorts of thrilling situations taking down bad guy after bad guy with ease, and one of the best examples of her abilities is the Netflix original movie The Old Guard.

After exhilarating audiences in a plethora of exemplary action flicks such as Mad Max: Fury Road, The Italian Job, Atomic Blonde, Aeon Flux, The Fate of the Furious, and F9, the powerhouse that is Charlize Theron took her talents to Netflix for The Old Guard, an action-packed feature based on a popular graphic novel that has been a sure-fire hit with subscribers.

The award-winning motion picture centers on a covert team of immortals with exceptional combat skills who become exposed to a group looking to exploit their abilities for their own gain when they come upon a new person containing their power to not die. This results in an all-out war for survival that fans of the genre will not want to miss.

Netflix greenlighted a sequel on January 27, 2021, but for now, The Old Guard is streaming now on Netflix as one of the best action flicks available on the streaming service.