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action film
Batman and Robin meet Gotham District Attorney Harvey Dent at a top-secret demonstration hosted by Professor Hugo Strange and Dr. Harleen Quinzel. Strange operates a machine called the "Evil Extractor" designed to siphon evil from criminals and store it in a vat.
War Film, drama film, war film
Marcus is an Army Reserve Colonel in the Judge Advocate General's Corps, who was recently released from active duty and is now working in New York City. He is approached by a Haganah agent, Major Safir, who requests his assistance in preparing Israeli troops to defend the newly declared State against an invasion by its Arab neighbors. Marcus is refused permission by The Pentagon to go, unless he travels as a civilian.
Komödie, Military Film, comedy film
On the island of San Moreno, a trio of important-looking men (a Chinese militant, a Russian General, and a European businessman) are meeting with the island's governor. After paying him a suitcase full of money for a special operation, the trio is joined, via helicopter, by Major Jake McPherson Vladakov, the second best terrorist in the world, who will oversee the operation. This entire event is witnessed by Roberto, a young boy who takes pictures of the governor, the Major, and his men.
Action, Sci-Fi, action film, science fiction film
Thomas J. Watts is released from prison and assassinates the mayor. Police officer Shawn McCormick confronts the masked Watts holding the next mayor at gunpoint.
Komödie, action film, children's film, comedy film, mystery film
In the quiet Massachusetts town of Edgefield, a pair of bumbling kidnappers break into the house of wealthy Mr. Flint, intending to kidnap his wife and hold her for ransom. However, they mistakenly kidnap his housemaid Lizzie instead.
action film, rape and revenge film
While enjoying a picnic, Sarah Collins and her boyfriend are surprised by a gang of five young criminals. They gang-rape her and kill him, but just before they are about to kill her she escapes and runs to her parents' house. The gang members shoot Sarah in front of her father, a wealthy Vietnam veteran named Mark.
Action
Robert lives in a top-secret resort for retired U.S. intelligence officers. His son Paul tracks him down to the facility after 3 years of not seeing or hearing from him.
War Film, war film
The Royal Air Force (RAF) begins attacking German V-1 flying bomb installations in early summer of 1944. When the de Havilland Mosquito fighter-bomber of Squadron Leader David "Scotty" Scott (David Buck) is shot down during a low-level bombing raid on a V-1 launching site, Scott and his navigator/bomb-aimer are assumed to have been killed. His wingman and friend, then-Flight Lieutenant (later Royal Canadian Air Force squadron leader) Quint Munroe (David McCallum) comforts Scott's wife, Beth (Suzanne Neve), and rekindle a romance from years earlier.
Horror, action film, horror film
Melissa Scott and her fiancé Bobby Lawrence are on a cross country road trip to Las Vegas to get married. Joining them for the ride is Melissa's sister Kayla and Kayla's online boyfriend Nik. During the trip, their car breaks down in the desert.
Action, Adventure, Drama, drama film, romance film, sport film, teen film
In Summit Valley, Colorado, Kayla Morgan begins training to win the "Fire and Ice" snowboarding competition alongside her boyfriend Nick Swift, the son of team coach Sebastian Swift. One night, Nick and his friends steal the sled of famous former snowboarder Will Cloud, and convince Kayla to ride it with Nick. When the sled loses control, Nick abruptly jumps off, causing Kayla to crash into a mountain lodge sign, demolishing it and the sled.
Action, Adventure, Drama, action film, adventure film, drama film
Taylor Brooks and Harold Jameson are white-collar professionals by weekday, and accomplished mountain climbers on weekends. Though they share a love for scaling mountains, the two friends are opposites in their personal lives. Taylor is a thrill-seeking attorney and womanizer, while Harold is a married, level-headed scientist.
Action
Kai, Lu Xin and Tommy travel to Bangkok to hunt down the killer of Tommy's sister Jenny, having found on her body an ancient talisman that leads them to Thailand. There, biotech billionaire William Pan approaches them, requesting that they bring to him his twin sister, underworld boss Ku An Qi, a jiangshi who has been consuming massive amounts of qi to expand her supernatural powers in order to take over the world. William explains to them that he and Ku are descendants of Pangu, the being who had shaped the universe, whom the first Wu Assassin killed after he went mad with power and whose essence is now contained within two talisman: one…
Family Drama, Justice Drama, Super Hero, Swashbuckler, action film, drama film, romance film, swashbuckler film
The young d'Artagnan witnesses the murder of his parents at the hands of Febre, a cruel swordsman in the employ of Cardinal Richelieu. D'Artagnan is nearly killed after using his dead father's sword to attack Febre, who is then left with a permanent scar and the loss of his left eye. The wounded boy is taken in by Planchet, a family friend and former member of the Musketeers, the loyal protectors of Louis XIII.
Drama, Western, Western film
Near the end of the Civil War, Paul Cable returns home to Texas after being away from his family for years while fighting for the Confederacy. His wife, Martha, is a strong-willed frontier woman whose independence makes her a force in and of herself. She had been told that he was killed in action.
Crime, Drama, crime film, prison film
James "Jimmie" Rainwood (Tom Selleck) is an ordinary, model citizen. Happily married to his beautiful wife Kate (Laila Robins), he has a modest home in Long Beach, California. Jimmie works as an expert American Airlines aeronautics engineer, supporting his wife while she's in college.
Drama, Sci-Fi, Utopia & Dystopia, drama film, dystopian film, live-action/animated film, science fiction film
In New York City, during the late 21st century, genetically altered humans live side by side with aliens and other beings, with the former lording over the latter and treating them as second class citizens. These beings have come to Earth as refugees via the "inclusion zone", a mysterious vortex which appeared one day, encompassing Central Park and sealing it off. The forcefield allows the refugees to exit, but anyone who tries to enter is instantly killed.
Action, action film, thriller film
The film focuses on the lives of the McGregor brothers in Cleveland. Two of the brothers, Deklan and Brandon, both served as U.S. Army Rangers and deployed overseas.
Action, Psychological Thriller, action film, crime film
Late one night, a woman is killed while babysitting a young boy; the killer then kidnaps the boy. A few months later a man and cleaning woman are killed at a motel in Amarillo, Texas. Amarillo's sheriff, Buck Olmstead, is up for reelection.
Drama, Film Noir, action film, crime drama film, crime film, crime thriller film, drama film, film noir, gangster film, mystery film, suspense film, thriller film, war film
thumb|Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney and Jeffrey Lynn thumb|Lobby card with James Cagney Eddie Bartlett, George Hally, and Lloyd Hart meet each other in a foxhole during the final days of World War I. Following the war's end, Lloyd starts his law practice, George becomes a bootlegger, and Eddie becomes a cab driver. While unknowingly delivering a package of liquor to Panama Smith, Eddie is arrested.
Action, thriller film
Colombian drug kingpin Jesús Morales hires a skilled sniper known as "El Diablo" to eliminate all of his enemies, enabling him to gain more control over routes for smuggling drugs into the United States. Kate Estrada, a DEA agent, was sent to Colombia with Master Sergeant Brandon Beckett to stop "El Diablo" and extradite Morales.
Action, Horror comedy, Zombiefilm, comedy film, comedy horror, zombie comedy
In a building site being developed by Hartman Construction in the East End of London, two builders discover a catacomb from the year 1666, sealed by order of Charles II. Instead of alerting the construction crew or the authorities, they enter into the catacomb to search for treasure, but inadvertently awaken two zombies, which causes them to get attacked and bitten, becoming zombies themselves and starting a zombie outbreak in the area starting with the rest of the construction crew outside. Elsewhere, Terry MacGuire and his younger brother Andy have planned a bank robbery so they can save their grandfather Ray's retirement home from…
Western, Western film, biographical film
A railroad representative named Barshee forces farmers to give up land a railroad is going to go through, giving them $1 per acre (much less than fair price) for it. When they come to Jesse's home, Barshee is told by Jesse that his mother Mrs Samuels is the farm's owner. Barshee repeatedly tries to force her into selling, until her other son Frank James gets involved.
Drama, Historie, drama film, romance film
The film opens with a portion of the famous introduction to the novel: “ It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us... In short, it was a period very like the present...” Lucie Manette (Elizabeth Allan) and her servant and companion Miss Pross (Edna May Oliver) are informed by elderly banker Mr. Jarvis Lorry (Claude Gillingwater) that her father, Dr.
Action, action film
In a park, a young girl named Sarah Dillon is kidnapped by Irish criminal Maddy Hayes. Maddy calls Sarah's father, Patrick, a juror, and she threatens to kill Sarah if Patrick doesn't force a mistrial on her father, Horace, who is on trial in a court case. Meanwhile, former US Marines, Jake Carter and Luke Trapper, later meet up with a man named Graham at a disused brewery.