Jason Statham attends the UK Premiere of ‘Shelter’ at Cineworld Leicester Square on January 20, 2026 in London, England. Photo: StillMoving.Net for Black Bear.
Like Sylvester Stallone or Bruce Willis before him, Jason Statham has become one of the best and most consistent action stars working today.
Statham began his career in the late 90s working with director Guy Ritchie on ‘Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels‘ and ‘Snatch‘, but quickly went on to star in such action films as ‘The Transporter‘ and ‘Crank‘, before joining Stallone in ‘The Expendables‘ series, and then collaborating with Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson on the ‘Fast & Furious 6 ‘, which eventually led to ‘Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw‘.
“All roads lead to this.”
Release Date: May 24, 2013
Run Time: 2 hr 10 min
Budget: $160,000,000
Since then, he has appeared in such popular action movies as ‘The Meg‘, ‘Wrath of Man‘, ‘A Working Man‘ and the box office hit ‘The Beekeeper‘.
Stathan’s latest action outing, ‘Shelter‘, opens in theaters on January 30th.
In honor of his new film, Moviefone is counting down the 20 best movies of Jason Statham’s career, including his latest.
Let’s begin!
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20. ‘Parker‘ (2013)
(L to R) Jennifer Lopez and Jason Statham in ‘Parker’. Photo: FilmDistrict.
A thief (Statham) with a unique code of professional ethics is double-crossed by his crew and left for dead. Assuming a new disguise and forming an unlikely alliance with a woman (Jennifer Lopez) on the inside, he looks to hijack the score of the crew’s latest heist.
“To get away clean, you have to play dirty.”
Release Date: Jan 25, 2013
Run Time: 1 hr 58 min
Budget: $35,000,000
Terminal Island, New York: 2020. Overcrowding in the US penal system has reached a breaking point. Prisons have been turned over to a monolithic Weyland Corporation, which sees jails full of thugs as an opportunity for televised sport. Adrenalized inmates, a global audience hungry for violence and a spectacular, enclosed arena come together to form the ‘Death Race’, the biggest, most brutal event.
“Get ready for a killer ride.”
Release Date: Aug 22, 2008
Run Time: 1 hr 45 min
Budget: $45,000,000
18. ‘Spy‘ (2015)
A desk-bound CIA analyst (Melissa McCarthy) volunteers to go undercover to infiltrate the world of a deadly arms dealer, and prevent diabolical global disaster.
“She’s a risk they had to take.”
Release Date: Jun 5, 2015
Run Time: 2 hr
Budget: $65,000,000
Levon Cade (Statham) left behind a decorated military career in the black ops to live a simple life working construction. But when his boss’s daughter, who is like family to him, is taken by human traffickers, his search to bring her home uncovers a world of corruption far greater than he ever could have imagined.
“Human traffickers beware.”
Release Date: Mar 28, 2025
Run Time: 1 hr 56 min
Budget: $40,000,000
16. ‘Crank‘ (2006)
Chev Chelios (Statham), a hit man wanting to go straight, lets his latest target slip away. Then he awakes the next morning to a phone call that informs him he has been poisoned and has only an hour to live unless he keeps adrenaline coursing through his body while he searches for an antidote.
“There are a thousand ways to raise your adrenaline. Today, Chev Chelios will need every single one.”
Release Date: Aug 31, 2006
Run Time: 1 hr 28 min
Budget: $12,000,000
Jason Statham in ‘Shelter’. Photo: Black Bear Pictures.
Mason (Statham) lives in recluse at a remote setting by the sea. When he chooses to rescue a young girl (Bodhi Rae Breathnach) from drowning in a terrible storm, he unwittingly sets off a chain reaction that soon brings violence his way, forcing him to confront choices from his past.
“Her safety. His mission.”
Release Date: Jan 30, 2026
Run Time: 1 hr 47 min
Budget: $50,000,000
Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone) leads a band of highly skilled mercenaries including knife enthusiast Lee Christmas (Statham), a martial arts expert Yin Yang (Jet Li), heavy weapons specialist Hale Caesar (Terry Crews), demolitionist Toll Road (Randy Couture), and a loose-cannon sniper Gunner Jensen (Dolph Lundgren). When the group is commissioned by the mysterious Mr. Church (Bruce Willis) to assassinate the dictator of a small South American island, Barney and Lee visit the remote locale to scout out their opposition and discover the true nature of the conflict engulfing the city.
Release Date: Aug 13, 2010
Run Time: 1 hr 43 min
Budget: $80,000,000
When a mysterious woman (Charlize Theron) seduces Dom (Vin Diesel) into the world of crime and a betrayal of those closest to him, the crew face trials that will test them as never before.
“Never give up on family.”
Release Date: Apr 14, 2017
Run Time: 2 hr 16 min
Budget: $250,000,000
A deep sea submersible pilot (Statham) revisits his past fears in the Mariana Trench, and accidentally unleashes the seventy foot ancestor of the Great White Shark believed to be extinct.
Release Date: Aug 10, 2018
Run Time: 1 hr 53 min
Budget: $150,000,000
Arthur Bishop (Statham) thought he had put his murderous past behind him when his most formidable foe kidnaps the love of his life (Jessica Alba). Now he is forced to travel the globe to complete three impossible assassinations, and do what he does best, make them look like accidents.
“Four continents. Three kills… Or the love of his life is dead.”
Release Date: Aug 26, 2016
Run Time: 1 hr 39 min
Budget: $40,000,000
(L to R) Nick Moran, Jason Statham, Dexter Fletcher and Jason Flemyng in ‘Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels’. Photo: PolyGram Filmed Entertainment.
A card shark (Nick Moran) and his unwillingly-enlisted friends need to make a lot of cash quick after losing a sketchy poker match. To do this they decide to pull a heist on a small-time gang who happen to be operating out of the flat next door.
“A Disgrace to Criminals Everywhere.”
Release Date: Mar 5, 1999
Run Time: 1 hr 45 min
Budget: $1,350,000
Former Special Forces officer Frank Martin (Statham) will deliver anything to anyone for the right price, and his no-questions-asked policy puts him in high demand. But when he realizes his latest cargo is alive, it sets in motion a dangerous chain of events. The bound and gagged Lai is being smuggled to France by a shady American businessman, and Frank works to save her as his own illegal activities are uncovered by a French detective.
“Rules are made to be broken.”
Release Date: Oct 2, 2002
Run Time: 1 hr 32 min
Budget: $21,000,000
Deckard Shaw (Statham) seeks revenge against Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and his family for his comatose brother.
Release Date: Apr 3, 2015
Run Time: 2 hr 19 min
Budget: $190,000,000
Charlie Croker (Mark Wahlberg) pulled off the crime of a lifetime. The one thing that he didn’t plan on was being double-crossed. Along with a drop-dead gorgeous safecracker (Charlize Theron), Croker and his team take off to re-steal the loot and end up in a pulse-pounding, pedal-to-the-metal chase that careens up, down, above and below the streets of Los Angeles.
“Get in. Get out. Get even.”
Release Date: May 30, 2003
Run Time: 1 hr 50 min
Budget: $60,000,000
A cold and mysterious new security guard (Statham) for a Los Angeles cash truck company surprises his co-workers when he unleashes precision skills during a heist. The crew is left wondering who he is and where he came from. Soon, the marksman’s ultimate motive becomes clear as he takes dramatic and irrevocable steps to settle a score.
Release Date: May 7, 2021
Run Time: 1 hr 59 min
Budget: $40,000,000
Jason Statham in ‘Homefront’. Photo: Open Road Films.
Phil Broker (Statham), a retired DEA agent, leads a quiet life with his daughter Maddy, until a school bullying incident draws them into a conflict with Morgan “Gator” Bodine (James Franco), a local crime boss.
“How far would you go to protect your home?”
Release Date: Nov 27, 2013
Run Time: 1 hr 40 min
Budget: $22,000,000
Mr. Church (Bruce Willis) reunites the Expendables for what should be an easy paycheck, but when one of their men is murdered on the job, their quest for revenge puts them deep in enemy territory and up against an unexpected threat.
Release Date: Aug 17, 2012
Run Time: 1 hr 43 min
Budget: $100,000,000
Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookies, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers, and supposedly Jewish jewellers fight to track down a priceless stolen diamond.
“Stealin’ stones and breakin’ bones.”
Release Date: Jan 19, 2001
Run Time: 1 hr 43 min
Budget: $100,000,000
Ever since US Diplomatic Security Service Agent Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) and lawless outcast Shaw (Statham) first faced off, they just have traded smack talk and body blows. But when cyber-genetically enhanced anarchist Brixton’s ruthless actions threaten the future of humanity, they join forces to defeat him.
“Nothing is stronger than family.”
Release Date: Aug 2, 2019
Run Time: 2 hr 17 min
Budget: $200,000,000
Jason Statham stars as Clay in director David Ayer’s ‘The Beekeeper.’ An Amazon MGM Studios film. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Amazon MGM Studios. © 2024 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc. All Rights Reserved.
In The Beekeeper, one man’s (Statham) brutal campaign for vengeance takes on national stakes after he is revealed to be a former operative of a powerful and clandestine organization known as “Beekeepers”.
“Expose the corruption. Protect the hive.”
Release Date: Jan 12, 2024
Run Time: 1 hr 46 min
Budget: $35,000,000
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