Cinemax Action

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Cinemax Action focuses on action-oriented films and series, with an emphasis on theatrical releases from Hollywood and select international markets. The channel’s programming leans heavily toward thrillers, martial arts, sci-fi, and adventure titles, often featuring high-stakes plots and practical effects. In the United States, it operates as a cable and satellite channel, drawing viewers who prefer genre-driven entertainment without the broader mix of drama or comedy found on general-interest networks. The schedule typically rotates a core library of licensed movies, with occasional themed marathons tied to holidays or new theatrical releases.

Online access to Cinemax Action is available through participating TV providers, allowing subscribers to stream select titles on demand via the channel’s digital platform. TV guide listings for the channel are published by local cable operators and satellite services, with start times varying by time zone. The channel does not produce original programming and relies entirely on acquired content, which means its lineup shifts as licensing agreements change. Viewers in the United States can find the channel in most standard cable packages, though availability depends on the specific provider and region.

Schedule
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My Soul to Take
00:24 - 02:12
My Soul to Take
Movie, Horror, Thriller, Mystery
In the small town of Riverton, a local legend tells of a serial killer's oath to come back and kill the seven children who were born on the night he supposedly died. Now 16 years later, Riverton residents are disappearing again, making some wonder if the legend is true. Bug (Max...
Trap
02:12 - 03:58
Trap
Movie, Thriller
A man and his teenage daughter realize they're at the center of a dark and sinister event while watching a concert.
Bring Her Back
03:58 - 05:42
Bring Her Back
Movie, Horror, Thriller
A brother and sister uncover a terrifying ritual at the secluded home of their new foster mother.
American Made
05:42 - 07:37
American Made
Movie, Comedy drama, Adventure
Barry Seal, a TWA pilot, is recruited by the CIA to provide reconnaissance on the burgeoning communist threat in Central America and soon finds himself in charge of one of the biggest covert CIA operations in the history of the United States. The operation spawns the birth of...
Atomic Blonde
07:37 - 09:32
Atomic Blonde
Movie, Action, Thriller, LGBTQ
Sensual and savage, Lorraine Broughton is the most elite spy in MI6, an agent who's willing to use all of her lethal skills to stay alive during an impossible mission. With the Berlin Wall about to fall, she travels into the heart of the city to retrieve a priceless dossier and...
The Transporter Refueled
09:32 - 11:08
The Transporter Refueled
Movie, Action, Thriller
Frank Martin is living a less perilous lifestyle, or so he thinks, transporting classified packages for questionable people. Things get complicated when femme fatale Anna and her three accomplices orchestrate a bank heist and the kidnapping of Frank's father. It's all part of a...
Isle of Dogs
11:08 - 12:52
Isle of Dogs
Movie, Animated, Comedy, Adventure, Action, Fantasy, Drama
When, by executive decree, all the canine pets of Megasaki City are exiled to a vast garbage-dump called Trash Island, 12-year-old Atari sets off alone in a miniature Junior-Turbo Prop and flies across the river in search of his bodyguard-dog, Spots. There, with the assistance...
Fantastic Planet
12:52 - 14:05
Fantastic Planet
Movie, Animated, Science fiction
This animated tale follows the relationship between the small human-like Oms and their much larger blue-skinned oppressors, the Draags, who rule the planet of Ygam. While the Draags have long kept Oms as illiterate pets, this hierarchy shifts after an Om boy becomes educated,...
Mothra vs. Godzilla
14:05 - 15:34
Mothra vs. Godzilla
Movie, Science fiction
Japan comes under attack from two monsters in a giant monster battle between a rampaging Godzilla and the colossal genetically engineered moth called Mothra.
The Return of Godzilla
15:34 - 17:18
The Return of Godzilla
Movie, Science fiction
Okumura witnesses a huge monster during a storm. Biologist Hayashida hears Okumura's story from Toto Nippo reporter Maki and concludes that Godzilla, who was buried 30 years ago, has come back to life. Godzilla then appears in Tokyo Bay.
Rodan
17:18 - 18:41
Rodan
Movie, Science fiction
A bug-eating pterodactyl flies out of a coal mine and wrecks Japan with sonic booms.
Walkabout
18:41 - 20:22
Walkabout
Movie, Adventure
Under the pretense of having a picnic, a geologist (John Meillon) takes his teenage daughter (Jenny Agutter) and 6-year-old son (Lucien John) into the Australian outback and attempts to shoot them. When he fails, he turns the gun on himself, and the two city-bred children must...
Scanners
20:22 - 22:06
Scanners
Movie, Science fiction, Horror, Thriller
Scanners are men and women born with incredible telepathic and telekinetic powers. There are many who exercise the benefits of their special gifts in a safe and judicious manner. However, there is a group of renegade scanners who plan to create a race that will rule the world.
The Terminator
22:06 - 23:54
The Terminator
Movie, Science fiction, Action, Thriller
Disguised as a human, a cyborg assassin known as a Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger) travels from 2029 to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton). Sent to protect Sarah is Kyle Reese (Michael Biehn), who divulges the coming of Skynet, an artificial intelligence system that...
Time Bandits
23:54 - 01:51
Time Bandits
Movie, Fantasy
Young history buff Kevin (Craig Warnock) can scarcely believe it when six dwarfs emerge from his closet one night. Former employees of the Supreme Being (Ralph Richardson), they've purloined a map charting all the holes in the fabric of time and are using it to steal treasures...
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