Action may refer to: * Action (narrative), a literary mode * Action fiction, a type of genre fiction * Action game, a genre of video game

Film

* Action film, a genre of film * Action (1921 film), ''Action'' (1921 film), a film by John Ford * Action (1980 film), ''Action'' (1980 film), a film by Tinto Brass * ''Action 3D'', a 2013 Telugu language film * Action (2019 film), ''Action'' (2019 film), a Kollywood film.

Music

* Action (music), a characteristic of a stringed instrument * Action (piano), the mechanism which drops the hammer on the string when a key is pressed * The Action, a 1960s band

Albums

* Action (B'z album), ''Action'' (B'z album) (2007) * Action! (Desmond Dekker album), ''Action!'' (Desmond Dekker album) (1968) * ''Action Action Action'' or ''Action'', a 1965 album by Jackie McLean * Action! (Oh My God album), ''Action!'' (Oh My God album) (2002) * Action (Oscar Peterson album), ''Action'' (Oscar Peterson album) (1968) * Action (Punchline album), ''Action'' (Punchline album) (2004) * Action (Question Mark & the Mysterians album), ''Action'' (Question Mark & the Mysterians album) (1967) * Action (Uppermost album), ''Action'' (Uppermost album) (2011) * Action (EP), ''Action'' (EP), a 2012 EP by NU'EST * ''Action'', a 1984 album by Kiddo

Songs

* Action (Freddy Canon song), "Action" (Freddy Cannon song) (1965), the theme song to the TV series ''Where the Action Is'' * Action (Sweet song), "Action" (Sweet song) (1975), covered by various artists * "Action", a version of "Feeling This" by Blink-182 * "Action", a 1994 song by Terror Fabulous featuring Nadine Sutherland * "Action", a 1984 song by The Fits * "Action", a 1960 song by Lance Fortune * "Action", a 1988 song by Pearly Gates (singer), Pearly Gates * "Action", a 1988 song by Girlschool from ''Take a Bite'' * "Action", a 1989 song by Gorky Park from ''Gorky Park (album)'' * "Action", a 2003 song by Powerman 5000 from ''Transform (Powerman 5000 album), Transform'' * "Action", a 1972 song by Scorpions from ''Lonesome Crow'' * "Actions", a 1980 song by The Stingrays (Bristol band), The Stingrays * "Action Action Action Action Action", a 2008 song by We Are the Physics from ''We Are the Physics Are OK at Music''

Literature

* Action (comics), ''Action'' (comics), a British comic book published in 1976–1977 * ''Action Comics'', a DC Comics comic book series *''Action: A Book about Sex'', a 2016 book by Amy Rose Spiegel * Action (newspaper), ''Action'' (newspaper), a newspaper of Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists

People

* Action Bronson (born 1983), American rapper, reality television star, author, and talk show host

Television and radio

* Action (Canadian TV channel) * Action (French TV channel) * The Action Channel (US TV channel), a subsidiary of Luken Communications * Action (radio), ''Action'' (radio), a 1945 radio program * Action (TV series), ''Action'' (TV series), a comedy series on Fox in 1999–2000 * CBS Action (2009–2018), now known as CBS Justice * Sky Sports Action, a TV channel

Theatre

* Action (theatre), a principle in Western theatre practice * Action (play), ''Action'' (play), a 1975 play by Sam Shepard

Organizations

Businesses

* Action (store), a Dutch discount store chain with branches in many European countries * Action (supermarkets), an Australian supermarket chain * Actions Semiconductor, a Chinese semiconductor company * ACTION, an Australian public transport company * The Action Network (branded as Action), an American sports betting analytics company

Political parties

* Action (Cypriot political party), a Cypriot political alliance * Action (Greek political party), a Greek political party * Action (Italian political party), an Italian political party

Other organizations

* ACTION (U.S. government agency), a former US government federal domestic volunteer agency

Science, technology, and mathematics

* Action (physics), an attribute of the dynamics of a physical system * Action at a distance, an outdated term for nonlocal interaction in physics * Group action (mathematics) ** Continuous group action ** Semigroup action * Module_(mathematics)#Relation_to_representation_theory , Ring Action (mathematics) * Action (firearms), the mechanism that manipulates cartridges and/or seals the breech * Action! (programming language), for the Atari 8-bit family of microcomputers * Action (UML), in the Unified Modeling Language * Dudek Action, a Polish paraglider design * Diia, a brand of e-governance in Ukraine

Other uses

* Action (philosophy), something which is done by a person * Lawsuit or action