Action

Action may refer to:
 * Action (philosophy), something which is done by a person
 * 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), a film by John Ford
 * Action (1980 film), a film by Tinto Brass
 * Action 3D, a 2013 Telugu language 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) (2007)
 * Action! (Desmond Dekker album) (1968)
 * Action Action Action or Action, a 1965 album by Jackie McLean
 * Action! (Oh My God album) (2002)
 * Action (Oscar Peterson album) (1968)
 * Action (Punchline album) (2004)
 * Action (Question Mark & the Mysterians album) (1967)
 * Action (Uppermost album) (2011)
 * Action (EP), a 2012 EP by NU'EST
 * Action, a 1984 album by Kiddo

Songs

 * "Action" (Freddy Cannon song) (1965), the theme song to the TV series Where the Action Is
 * "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 2020 song by Black Eyed Peas from Translation
 * "Action", a 1984 song by The Fits
 * "Action", a 1960 song by Lance Fortune
 * "Action", a 1988 song by 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
 * "Action", a 1972 song by Scorpions from Lonesome Crow
 * "Actions", a 1980 song by 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), 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), a newspaper of Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists
 * Hareket, conservative magazine in Turkish which was named after action theory

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), a 1945 radio program
 * 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), a 1975 play by Sam Shepard

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, nonlocal interaction in physics
 * Group action (mathematics)
 * Continuous group action
 * Semigroup action
 * 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

 * Lawsuit or action