20 Best Jason Statham Movies All Time Ranked Including 'Shelter'
From 'A Working Man' to 'Snatch', Moviefone counts down the 20 best films of Jason Statham's action-packed career, including his latest, 'Shelter'.
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'.
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.
19. 'Death Race' (2008)
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.
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.
17. 'A Working Man' (2025)
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.
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.
15. 'Shelter' (2026)
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.
14. 'The Expendables' (2010)
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.
13. 'The Fate of the Furious' (2017)
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.
12. 'The Meg' (2018)
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.
11. 'Mechanic: Resurrection' (2016)
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.
10. 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels' (1999)
(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.
9. 'The Transporter' (2002)
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.
8. 'Furious 7' (2015)
Deckard Shaw (Statham) seeks revenge against Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and his family for his comatose brother.
7. 'The Italian Job' (2003)
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.
6. 'Wrath of Man' (2021)
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.
5.'Homefront' (2013)
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.
4. 'The Expendables 2' (2012)
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.
3. 'Snatch' (2001)
Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookies, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers, and supposedly Jewish jewellers fight to track down a priceless stolen diamond.
2. 'Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw' (2019)
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.
1. 'The Beekeeper' (2024)
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”.
