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Outrageous Fortune (1987)

Komödie, comedy film, female buddy film

"When two actresses discover that their mutual boyfriend isn't all he seems to be, they take off on a cross-country chase to track him down." Refined but struggling actress Lauren Ames finally has a chance to study with the great theatre professor Stanislav Korzenowski. Sandy Brozinsky, a brash, loud actress, decides through happenstance to also study with Korzenowski. Lauren and Sandy take an instant dislike to each other when they first meet in Korzenowski's class, but unknown to each other, both women begin dating the same man, Michael Santers.

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The Night of the Generals (1967)

Crime, Drama, War Film, drama film, neo-noir, war film

The murder of a prostitute, who was also a German agent, in German-occupied Warsaw in 1942 causes Heer Major Grau of the Wehrmacht's Abwehr to start an investigation. His evidence soon points to the killer being one of three German generals: General von Seidlitz-Gabler; Major General Kahlenberge, von Seidlitz-Gabler's chief of staff; or Heer General Tanz, a highly decorated officer and a favorite of Adolf Hitler's. Grau's investigation is cut short by his sudden promotion and transfer to Paris at the instigation of these officers.

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Sharpe's Peril (2008)

drama film, historical film

After the events of Sharpe's Challenge, Richard Sharpe and Patrick Harper reluctantly agree to escort Marie-Angelique Bonnet to the hill fort of Kalimgong, where her fiancé, Major Joubert, is stationed. They encounter a baggage train heading to Madras, made up of soldiers from the King's and the East India Company's armies, commanded by the young Ensign Beauclere, engineer Major Tredinnick, and Subedar Pillai. Included in the train is a redcoat prisoner named Barabbas, an Indian princess and her retinue, and Tredinnick's pregnant wife.

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Battle in Seattle (2007)

Drama, action film, drama film

The film depicts the protest in 1999, as thousands of activists arrive in Seattle, Washington in masses to protest the WTO Ministerial Conference of 1999. Protesters believe the World Trade Organization contributes to widening the wealth gap between the rich and the poor, while the WTO claims to be fixing the disparity and decreasing world hunger, disease, and death. The movie takes an in-depth look at several fictional characters during those five days in 1999 as demonstrators protested the meeting of the WTO in Seattle's streets.

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S.W.A.T.: Under Siege (2017)

Action, crime thriller film

On the morning of Fourth of July, the DEA enlists the help of the Seattle SWAT to storm a drug cartel's waterfront warehouse to capture cartel members and seize a shipment of drugs. A firefight ensues, and when it is over, several DEA agents and one SWAT team member are dead. When the container holding the suspected drug shipment is found and opened, the team is surprised to find a man chained inside.

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What Just Happened? (2008)

Satire, comedy film, drama film

Ben, a veteran Hollywood producer, is suffering a number of professional and personal problems. His latest film, Fiercely, has a disastrous test screening, mostly because of its ending, which features the murder of its main character, played by Sean Penn, along with his pet dog. Ben and his maverick British director Jeremy Brunell plead their case to studio executive Lou Tarnow.

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Race with the Devil (1975)

Action, action film, horror film

Roger Marsh and Frank Stewart own a successful motorcycle dealership in San Antonio, Texas. Together with their wives Kelly and Alice, and Kelly's small dog, they leave San Antonio in a recreational vehicle (RV) for a much anticipated ski vacation in Aspen, Colorado. Along the way, they set up camp in a desolate meadow in central Texas, where Roger and Frank race their motorcycles together.

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Moonrunners (1975)

Dark Comedy, Family Comedy, Komödie, Late Western, Raunchy comedy, Satire, Sexploitation Film, Slasher Horror, action film, drama film

Barbarian Queen (1985)

Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Girls with Guns, Knights Tale, Monumental Film, Sexploitation Film, Super Hero, Sword And Sorcery

A peaceful barbarian village prepares to celebrate the wedding of Queen Amethea (Lana Clarkson) to Prince Argan (Frank Zagarino). During preparations for the wedding ceremony, the forces of Lord Arrakur (Arman Chapman) attack the village. After gang-raping Amethea's younger sister, Taramis (Dawn Dunlap), the attackers take Prince Argan and Taramis as prisoners, along with several others.

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Mother‘s Day (2010)

Thriller, horror film, slasher film, thriller film

An unknown woman enters a maternity ward and, with help from an accomplice, steals a newborn baby. Terry, one of the guards catches them in the act but ends up being stabbed to death. Beth Sohapi is having a birthday party for her husband, Daniel Sohapi with the help of their friends, married couple Treshawn and Gina Jackson; Dave Lowe and his fiancee, Annette Langston; George Barnum and his girlfriend, Melissa McGuire; and Daniel's co worker, and friend, Julie Ross.

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Motocrossed (2001)

Adventure, LGBTQ-related film, teen film

The fast-moving Carson family gets ready to take on their next challenge as eldest son Andrew (Trever O'Brien) gears up for a motocross race with the hopes of winning a corporate sponsorship. Twin sister Andrea "Andy" Carson (Alana Austin) finds herself in a bind when her love for motocross racing provokes her overprotective father, Edward (Timothy Carhart), who is averse to the idea of his daughter participating in such a dangerous sport and prefers that she stick to "girl things". When their parents are out of the house for the day, Andrea and Andrew decide to have a friendly race on the family track.

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The Frisco Kid (1979)

Komödie, Western, Western film, buddy film, comedy film

Rabbi Avram Belinski, newly graduated at the bottom of his class from a Polish yeshiva, arrives in Philadelphia en route to San Francisco where he will be a congregation's new rabbi. He has with him a Torah scroll for the San Francisco synagogue. Avram, an innocent, trusting, and inexperienced traveler, falls in with three con men, the brothers Matt and Darryl Diggs and their partner Mr.

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When Eight Bells Toll (1971)

Drama, action film, adventure film, drama film, thriller film

British Treasury secret agent Phillip Calvert is sent to investigate the hijacking of five cargo ships in the Irish Sea, tracking the latest hijacked ship – the Nantesville, carrying £8 million in gold bullion – to the Scottish Highlands and the sleepy port town of "Torbay" on the "Isle of Torbay" (actually filmed in Tobermory, on the Isle of Mull). Posing as marine biologists, Calvert and his partner Hunslett find the local inhabitants suspicious and hostile. They suspect that Cypriot tycoon and shipping magnate Sir Anthony Skouras, whose luxury yacht Shangri-La is anchored off the coast, may be behind the pirating of the gold bullion.

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Captains Courageous (1937)

Adventure, Drama, drama film

thumb|Spencer Tracy and Freddie Bartholomew as Manuel and Harvey Harvey Cheyne is the spoiled son of American business tycoon Frank Burton Cheyne. Harvey is shunned by his classmates at a private boarding school, and eventually suspended for bad behavior. Seeking to close the gap between them, Frank takes Harvey on a business trip to Europe, travelling there by trans-Atlantic steamship.

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Proud Mary (2018)

Action, action film, thriller film

In Boston, assassin Mary Goodwin kills her target Marcus Miller in his apartment. Before leaving, she notices Marcus’ young son Danny in his room, oblivious to her presence. A year later, Danny – unaware Mary has been keeping an eye on him – is working for a drug dealer who calls himself Uncle.

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The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982)

Adventure, drama film, swashbuckler film

In 1792 during the Reign of Terror of the French Revolution, a secret league of brave Englishmen are rescuing French aristocrats from the Guillotine. The leader of this secret society is a mysterious English nobleman known only as the Scarlet Pimpernel, whose signature sign is a humble wayside flower. In society, he hides his identity by posing as the wealthy but foppish and seemingly empty-headed Sir Percy Blakeney.

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Dillinger (1974)

Action, Biographical picture, Drama, Gangster Film, crime film, heist film

During the Great Depression, various bank robbers and other outlaws have become folk heroes due to public distrust of financial institutions and the law. Following the Kansas City Massacre in June 1933 in which several law enforcement offers were killed brazenly in broad daylight, FBI field office chief Melvin Purvis decides to personally hunt down the men he deems responsible: Charles Arthur "Pretty Boy" Floyd, Lester "Baby Face" Nelson, George "Machine Gun" Kelly, "Handsome" Jack Klutas, Wilbur "Mad Dog" Underhill and John Dillinger. During a meeting with fellow FBI agent Samuel Cowley, Purvis makes it clear that he seeks personal…

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Shottas (2002)

Gangster Film, action film, buddy film, crime film, drama film

Biggs (Errol) (Ky-Mani Marley) and Wayne (Spragga Benz), are two young men who grow up together in the tough and dangerous streets of Kingston. They rob a soda truck and shoot the truck driver while they are still children. The robbery money is used to purchase visas to go the United States, where they continue their criminal activities, hustling on the streets of Miami.

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Sunset (1988)

Action, Crime, Crime Comedy, Western film, buddy film, comedy film, comedy thriller, crime film, mystery film

In Hollywood in the late 1920s, during the waning days of the industry's transition to sound film, producer and studio head Alfie Alperin wants to produce an epic Western film about Wyatt Earp. Tom Mix is cast as the great United States Marshal and the real Earp is on the set as a technical adviser. While Earp and Mix, the "real" and "reel" western heroes, are involved in their film adventure, they also get caught up in an actual case of murder, prostitution and corruption with vicious gangster Dutch Keiffer.

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Head above Water (1996)

Thriller, action film, comedy thriller

Newlyweds Nathalie and George are spending their vacation at her family's remote island beach house in Maine. Lance, who has known Nathalie since childhood, looks after the place. George goes on an overnight fishing trip with Lance to get to know him better.

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Proxima (2019)

Drama, action film, drama film

Sarah is a French woman who has been dreaming and training her whole life to be an astronaut. She learns that she is a late addition to the Proxima crew, an International Space Station mission which will be the final precursor before a mission to Mars. While Sarah is thrilled to be going she struggles with leaving Stella, her daughter for whom she is the primary caregiver after separating from her spouse, Thomas.

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