Baby Geniuses (1999)
Komödie, children's film, comedy film, science fiction film
Two scientists, Dr. Elena Kinder and Dr. Heep, use genius-baby studies to fund BabyCo's theme park "Joyworld".
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Explore action, physical conflict and high-stakes confrontations.
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The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)
Late Western, Social Drama, Western film, drama film
Melquiades Estrada, a Mexican illegal immigrant working in Texas as a cowboy, shoots at a coyote which is menacing his small flock of goats. A nearby United States Border Patrol officer, Mike Norton, thinks he is being attacked and shoots,…
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Godzilla, King Of The Monsters (1955)
Sci-Fi, action film, horror film, kaiju, science fiction film
Injured American reporter Steve Martin is brought from the ruins of Tokyo to a hospital filled with maimed and wounded citizens. A recent acquaintance, Emiko, discovers him by chance among the victims and attempts to find a doctor for him.…
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The Substitute 3: Winner Takes All (1999)
Action, Thriller, action film, thriller
Karl Thomasson (Treat Williams), a former mercenary, arrives on Long Island with a personal mission: to deliver a war medal to the daughter of a fallen comrade, Nicole Stewart, who now teaches English at a local college. Their relationship…
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Bad Company (1972)
Western, Western film
A group of soldiers pulls up to a modest white house and goes inside. Moments later, they exit, dragging a boy in a dress who is frantically resisting them. The soldiers throw the boy in a wagon with other boys, one of whom is also dressed…
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The 300 Spartans (1962)
Adventure, Drama, Historie, adventure film, drama film, epic film, historical film, sword-and-sandal film, war film
King Xerxes I of Persia leads a vast army of soldiers into Europe to defeat the small city-states of Greece, not only to fulfill the idea of “one world ruled by one master”, but also to avenge the defeat of his father Darius I at the Battl…
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Little Caesar (1931)
Gangster Film, action film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, film noir, gangster film, melodrama, suspense film, thriller film
thumb|thumbtime=10|Little Caesar (1931)|left Small-time criminals Caesar Enrico "Rico" Bandello and his friend Joe Massara move to Chicago to seek their fortunes. Rico joins the gang of Sam Vettori, while Joe wants to be a dancer. Olga bec…
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The Misfits (2021)
Criminal Comedy Film, Heist, action film, heist film
Richard Pace is a professional thief, and prison escapee. Werner Schultz, owner of several private prisons, three of which Pace has escaped from, learns he is about to be released, but Pace escapes the day before Schultz's visit. Pace stay…
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Chisum (1970)
Western, Western film, action film, biographical film
In 1878, Lincoln County, New Mexico, John Chisum, a kindly and successful cattle baron, finds his peace threatened when amoral Lawrence Murphy and his business partner James Dolan forcibly buy up most of the land and businesses in the area…
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Prey (2024)
Action, Thriller, action film, thriller film
A young couple, Andrew and Sue, are compelled to leave their Christian missionary station in the Kalahari Desert after being threatened with death by an extremist militant gang. After saying goodbye to the people in their village, they tra…
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Tremors: Shrieker Island (2020)
Monster Film, action thriller, documentary film
Big game hunter Bill, owner of Avex-Bio Tech, leads a hunting party with his best hunter Anna, where he takes wealthy participants to hunt down Graboids on Dark Island, a private area where he operates his company. Dr. Jasmine 'Jas' Welker…
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Meek's Cutoff (2010)
Western, Western film
A small group of settlers traveling across the Oregon High Desert in 1845 suspect that their guide, Stephen Meek, may not know the area well enough to plot a safe and certain route. A journey that was supposed to take two weeks, via what b…
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Mortal Kombat Legends: Cage Match (2023)
Computeranimation, Martial-Arts, action film, adventure film, fantasy film
Around Christmas in the 1980s, action star and martial artist Johnny Cage is attempting to make his big break with his next movie, Ninja Mime. The film's producer, Brian Van Jones, expresses concerns over the disappearance of his costar, J…
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F.I.S.T (1978)
Action, Drama, drama film
At a loading dock in Cleveland in 1937, supervisor Mr. Gant hires a new worker, Polish American Lincoln Dombrowsky. Gant tells Dombrowsky that he will only be paid for his regular shift even if he must work overtime, and that any merchandi…
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The Wrong Guy (1997)
Crime Comedy, comedy film
Dorky executive Nelson Hibbert gets passed over for a promotion after spending years angling for the job, including engagement to one of his boss's daughters. He reacts angrily, swearing to kill the boss as security drags him away. When he…
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Out of Death (2021)
Action
Photojournalist Shannon Mathers embarks on a solo hike to scatter her father's ashes. Along the way, she witnesses a secret drug deal involving corrupt cop Billie Jean Stanhope. Shannon hides and takes pictures of it, but she is discovered…
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I Love You to Death (1990)
Dark Comedy, Romantic Comedy, comedy drama, comedy film, crime film
In Tacoma, Washington, Catholic Italian American Joey Boca goes to church, and in the confession booth, admits to a priest to cheating on his wife Rosalie with at least seven women in the past two or three weeks. Despite asking for forgive…
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Alien Nation (1988)
Police Film, Sci-Fi, action film, buddy cop film, buddy film, science fiction film
In 1988, a spaceship bearing 300,000 enslaved aliens known as "Newcomers" lands in the Mojave Desert. By 1991, they have settled in Los Angeles and some of them have joined the Los Angeles Police Department. Detective Matthew Sykes' partne…
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Charley Varrick (1973)
Crime, Drama, Thriller, action film, crime thriller film, drama film, heist film
Charley Varrick is a crop-duster and former stunt pilot, down on his luck. So he, his wife, and two accomplices, Al and Harman, rob a bank in rural New Mexico. Though the heist results in a big haul, it also claims the lives of Al and Char…
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Braven (2018)
Action, action film, thriller film
Logging company owner and family man Joe Braven lives with his wife Stephanie, daughter Charlotte, and his father Linden. Linden, who has dementia due to a previous head injury, gets into a bar room brawl, ending up in the hospital. When t…
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Blood Work (2002)
Detective Film, action film, crime film, drama film
FBI Special Agent Terry McCaleb, a veteran criminal profiler, leads a joint FBI-LAPD task force to capture the "Code Killer", a serial murderer who leaves taunting messages for McCaleb. While addressing reporters at the latest crime scene,…
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Aggro Dr1ft (2023)
action film, experimental film
"The film orbits around a melancholic assassin named BO (Jordi Mollà) as he prepares to vanquish a demonic crime lord in a Floridian realm of vivid pinks, blazing yellows, and deep purples." The movie is shot entirely through thermal lens …
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Winchester '73 (1950)
Western, Western film
Lin McAdam and his pal "High Spade" arrive in Dodge City, Kansas, as a man is forcing a comely saloon pianist onto an out-of-town stage. Lin intervenes but backs down when he learns that the man is not only the local Marshall but the legen…
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The Ritual Killer (2023)
Thriller, action film, thriller film
Inspector Mario Lavazzi in Rome discovers the mutilated body of a victim of a serial killer who apparently sacrifices people according to certain African rituals. The Italian police manage to track down a certain Mgwushu Randoku, but the d…
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