46 Arnold Schwarzenegger Movies & TV Shows, Ranked Best to Worst

In this James Cameron’s science fiction film, a cyborg assassin and a human soldier, both from 2029, are sent to 1984 on a mission. The former is programmed to kill a woman, Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is supposed to become the saviour of humanity in post-apocalyptic future. The latter, meanwhile, is tasked to save her.

The science fiction horror classic follows the story of a group of paramilitary soldiers who are hired by the U.S. government to rescue some politicians from the jungles of Guatemala. Led by Dutch, the team soon find themselves being hunted by a technologically-advanced alien which can disappear into its surroundings.  

When retired Black Ops Commando Colonel John Matrix’s daughter is abducted, he is forced to take up arms once again. The mastermind behind the kidnapping, an exiled Latin American dictator Arius, demands that to save his daughter’s life, Matrix must reinstate him to power by eliminating the President of his country. So, how does Matrix tackle this challenge? 

An action comedy film based on the 1991 French comedy film La Totale!, True Lies follows U.S. government agent Harry Tasker, who struggles to balance his life as a spy with his familial duties. Directed by James Cameron, the movie grossed $378 million worldwide at the box office. 

Set eleven years after The Terminator, the sequel witnesses the return of a revamped version of the titular cyborg to protect John, 10-year-old son of Sarah Connor and future leader of the human resistance against a robot uprising. He must protect the mother-child duo from another more advanced shape-shifting Terminator that has been sent to kill them.

Set in the year 2084, Total Recall involves a construction worker, Douglas Quaid, whose dreams about Mars lead to a startling discovery about his real identity as a secret agent, with information that could get him killed. Quaid, portrayed by Arnold Schwarzenegger, has a virtual vacation on Mars, where a false memory implant reveals dark secrets about his true life.

Captain Ivan Danko, a tough Russian policeman, is sent to the USA to apprehend a Georgian drug lord, who has fled from USSR after killing Danko’s partner. In Chicago, he teams up with Police Detective Sergeant Art Ridzik to catch the fugitive. But the job is not easy. 

Snake cult ruler and sorcerer Thulsa Doom destroys a tribe and then orphaned Conan is sold as a slave during childhood. Later, Conan becomes a fearless warrior and after his release, he commences on a mission to avenge his parents’ death. Accompanied by beautiful Valeria and archer Subotai, he rescues King Osric’s daughter, Princess Yasimina, and confronts the evil Thulsa Doom. 

The Running Man is set in a distant future where total anarchy reigns and all forms of entertainment are banned save a televised gladiator-style game where criminals called 'runners' are chased by assassins called 'stalkers' in a fight till death scenario. Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as a 'runner' and a wrongfully accused former policeman who brings down the mastermind of the game.

Massive brawny cop, John Kimble, is forced to pose as a kindergarten teacher to bring drug lord Cullen Crisp to justice. To do that he must convince Cullen’s ex-wife Joyce, who has been hiding as a teacher to cooperate. However, Kimble must first survive the unruly children and Cullen’s criminal mother Eleanor. 

U.S. Marshal John Kruger’s job is to wipe out the identities of witnesses under the US witness protection programme. Lee Cullen is one of those he has to protect after she gives out proofs of illegal arms deal by a high profile defense contractor. However, when John figures out that his boss Robert Deguerin is a mole, his own life appears to be at risk.

In a futuristic world where cloning is commonplace but human cloning is illegal, family man, Adam Gibson, returns home to find a clone of him in his place and is attacked by agents sent by cloning corporation Replacement Technologies. He must chase down the corporation's owner Michael Drucker to get back his identity and life while avoiding assassins.

A magic movie ticket transports teenager Danny Madigan into the fictional world of his favorite movie character, the indestructible Los Angeles Cop Jack Slater. When the fictional villain, Mr. Benedict, uses the same ticket to escape into the real world, Danny and Slater must also travel back and team up to stop him.  

Raw Deal is an action crime thriller film which tells the story of a former FBI agent who is now the sheriff of a small town. When the son of the FBI chief is murdered, he is asked to help the chief infiltrate the Chicago mafia.

Queen Taramis of Shadizar asks the powerful Warrior-King Conan to accompany her beautiful young niece, Princess Jehnna, and her bodyguard, Bombaata, in the Princess’ quest for the Jeweled Horn of Dreaming God, Dagoth. Conan is joined by Malak, wizard Akiro and fierce warrior Zula as they fight supernatural adversaries to save the world. But can Conan escape the evil Queen’s devious trap?

A bomb detonates at the Colombian Consulate building in Los Angeles and kills nine people including the wife and son of LAFD firefighter, Captain Gordon Brewer. Frustrated by inaction and red tape, Brewer decides to hunt down the terrorist calling himself El Lobo and is helped by CIA special agent, Peter Brandt. 

James Wilks is a mixed martial artist as well as self defense instructor, whose life turns upside down when he tries to explore the effects of plant-based diets on health, diet, recovery and athletic performance. He meets several athletes who attribute their success to a plant-based diet, and comes to the conclusion that everything he had been taught about protein was a lie.

Barney Ross reunites with his band of old-school mercenaries for an easy assignment from Mr. Church; however, their newest colleague, Billy the Kid, is taken hostage and killed during the mission. Driven by vengeance, the group races to stop international criminal and arms dealer Jean Vilain from acquiring five tons of refined plutonium.

Workaholic Minneapolis salesman, Howard Langston, is unable to find time for his family. To make things up to his son, he decides to buy the hottest toy of the season Turbo-Man, but it is sold out everywhere. When a radio-station announces a competition for the doll, Howard finds himself going up against another father Myron.

The first installment of the Escape Plan film series, the movie follows Ray Breslin, a structural engineer who is incarcerated in the world's most secret and secure prison. Breslin befriends fellow inmate Emil Rottmayer who eventually helps him in escaping.

Ex-LAPD officer Ray Owens semi-retires as the sheriff of a quiet border town, but crime chases him there when drug lord Gabriel Cortez escapes from FBI and rushes towards border with his gang. Reluctant at first considering the limitations of his small force, Owens eventually prepares for a last stand to prevent Cortez from fleeing to Mexico.

Julius Benedict is strong, intelligent and empathic man who was the product of a genetic experiment and was raised by one of the scientists conducting the experiment. After learning that the experiment had an unexpected byproduct, he journeys to Los Angeles to find his twin brother Vincent, who had lesser qualities and grew up to be a lowlife.

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, is the third part of the Terminator movie series. A humaniod robot is sent back to the past, to protect future-resistance leader and current drifter, John Conner, and Conner's future wife, from assassination by another robot. 

A twenty year old Christine York, disturbed by her strange dreams, is oblivious that Satan has selected her to conceive his child on the eve of the new millennium. When he arrives in a man’s body looking for Christine, an ex-cop Jericho Cane, whose wife and daughter have been murdered earlier, is there to protect her.

In order to save their wedding, a young couple accepts a deal and moves into the house of their dreams. But the house's troubled history comes to light after a series of disturbing events.

This science fiction action short film revolves around three freedom fighters, who attack a large corporation, in order to prevent a future apocalypse.

After she refuses Queen Gedren to serve as a royal consort, Sonja is brutally raped by her soldiers. However, Sonja is saved by a Goddess and she receives special powers as well, after which she vows to fight and put an end to the tyrannical rule of Queen Gedren. 

Conrad Stonebanks, who was an original co-founder of the Expendables with Barney Ross and was supposedly killed by Ross after going rogue and becoming a dangerous arms dealer, is back and aims to destroy the mercenary group. Ross disbands the Expendables and assembles a group of young tech-savvy recruits to face his old colleague and enemy Stonebanks.

Sabotage is a 2014 American action thriller, which tells the story of a DEA task force, who are being hunted down one by one, after they steal money from a drug raid. 

After Skynet sends a terminator from 2029 to 1984 to assassinate Sarah Connor, her son, Human Resistance leader John, sends his right-hand man Kyle Reese to protect her. However, Reese finds himself in an altered timeline where Sarah already has a guardian, a reprogrammed T-800 Terminator, and is planning to time-travel to stop Genisys, the predecessor to Skynet.

Wade Vogel, a Midwest farmer and devoted father of runaway teenager, Maggie, finds her quarantined in hospital, infected with a virus that slowly mutates the patient into cannibalistic zombies. He brings her home to protect her during her transformation. The authorities want to prevent the spread by eliminating the infected. Aware of the inevitable, the caring father goes all-out to save her.

An augmented human and female warrior teams up to stop an advanced Terminator sent from the future, to protect a young woman, as she is fated to ensure the survival of the human race. 

Dave is a political comedy film, which revolves around the life of Dave Kovic, a man who bears an uncanny resemblance with the President of the United States, Bill Mitchell. When Mitchell suffers a stroke, Dave is hired by the Secret Service to impersonate the President on an ongoing basis. 

An adaptation of Jules Verne’s novel, the movie revolves around eccentric inventor Phileas Cogg who is challenged by the villainous, Lord Kelvin, to travel around the world in eighty days. He is helped in his thrilling adventure by his valet, Passepartout, and Monique La Roche, who are hiding their own secrets. 

Two research scientists, Alex Hesse and Larry Arbogast, are developing a new drug to reduce chances of miscarriage in expectant women. However, when their research funds are withdrawn and they are not allowed to carry human experimentation, Larry convinces Hesse who agrees to get an embryo implant. It is to be tested only for three months, but what if the pregnancy continues? 

English traveller Jonathan Green receives an order from Peter the Great to map the Russian Far East. He sets out on a long adventure which eventually leads him to China, where he encounters strange creatures and confronts deadly martial artists. He even confronts The Dragon King.  

The Villain is a western comedy film which tells the story of Charming Jones, a beautiful woman, who is being escorted across the west by a naïve cowboy named Handsome Stranger. Throughout the journey, she tries several times to make advances towards Handsome, but he acts indifferently. Meanwhile, they are unaware of the fact that a man named Avery Simpson wants to rob them on the way. Simpson has hired an outlaw named Cactus Jack to get the job done.

The partnership between Batman and Robin is challenged when the latter is seduced by the beautiful Poison Ivy, while the evil Mr. Freeze plans to take over Gotham City by freezing it. At the same time, Batman's trusted butler Alfred is dying, and his young niece Barbara joins forces with the dynamic duo to save her uncle.

Killing Gunther is an action comedy film which revolves around Blake, an assassin, who decides to become famous by killing Gunther, who is known to be the world’s greatest hitman. He teams up with a group of eccentric assassins, as well as a documentary crew so that the killing can be filmed as proof.

Philip Marlowe is a private investigator who helps his friend Terry Lennox get to the Mexican border one night. Upon making his way back home, he is shocked to find that the police are waiting for Terry as he has murdered his own wife.

A tough and aspiring ‘retrieval expert’ is sent by his boss to Brazil in order to bring back his son, Travis, who is somewhere around Amazon. Eventually he reaches a town called El Dorado, run by an evil mining operator. Here he meets Travis; but before he can return him to his father, he has to go through a lot of adventure. 

The Expendables boasts an all-star cast of action heroes, who play mercenaries that are double crossed while on a mission to overthrow a ruthless South American dictator. They decide to continue the operation anyway and get the job done.