Are there action movies without a villain? [closed]

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I was watching yesterday with my son Hotel Transylvania and he mentioned

I like this movie because there is action and there are no bad guys, everyone is nice

This got me thinking because I do not see many movies which are both action movies, and without a villain.

The closest I can think of are movies such as Cast Away or The Revenant but they do not fit my personal interpretation of an "action movie" which includes, well, action (jumping, running, etc.)

Are there such movies, ideally for an older audience (teens+, tweens, young adults and myself)?

Note: I fear that I may come too close to the "no recommendations" rule, if it is indeed the case please let me know so that I can delete it (if not closed earlier)



Best Answer

Volcano and Deep impact (I saw them a long time ago, but I don't remember a Villain).
More recently San andreas.
Or do you count forces of Nature as the Villain here ?

Because if you don't, you can find a lot of action movies like this.

While sometime, there is an antagonist, they tends to be more dumb (the mayor who want to have his festival at all cost) or to be on antagonist on a personal-level (ex-husband).




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Answer 2

Jonathan is actually the antagonist in Hotel Transylvania. And while he's not "evil", he is still considered the "bad guy" by Dracula.

Most of the other answers/comments hit the nail on the head; the only time you can have a movie without a "bad guy" is when the bad guy is a force of nature. Interstellar, Deep Impact, Armageddon, Cast Away, Alaska... In all these movies, the protagonist is fighting against nature or a natural disaster.

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