Action movies where actors should have been nominated by the Academy just based off of performance alone

  • Daniel Craig as James Bond in Skyfall [2012]
  • Harrison Ford as Dr Richard Kimble in The Fugitive [1993]

  • Alan Rickman as Hans Gruber in Die Hard [1988]

  • Jamie Lee Curtis in True Lies [1994]

  • Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt in Mission Impossible: Fallout [2018]

  • Benicio Del Toro in Sicario [2015]

  • Charlize Theron as Furiosa in Mad Max Fury Road [2015]

  • Hugh Jackman as Logan/Wolverine in Logan [2017]

  • Robert Downey Jr as Tony Stark/Iron Man in Avengers: Endgame [2019]

  • Lastly Uma Thurman should have been nominated as The Bride in both Kill Bill movies Part 1 and 2