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The Real McCoy (1993)

Action, Crime, Drama, Heist, thriller film

Karen McCoy, a renowned bank robber, is released from prison after serving six years and resolves to lead a law-abiding life. Upon returning home, she discovers that her ex-husband has told their young son, Patrick, that she died, further complicating her efforts to reconnect with him. Despite her determination to go straight, Karen is subjected to harassment from her corrupt parole officer, Gary Buckner, and faces difficulty securing honest employment.

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Revenge of the Ninja (1983)

Action, Martial arts, ninja film, thriller film

In Japan, the home of Cho Osaki is attacked by an army of a rival ninja clan, resulting in the slaughter of his entire family except for his mother and his younger son, Kane. When Cho arrives at his estate and discovers the carnage, the ninjas attempt to kill him as well, but Cho, a highly skilled ninja himself, avenges his family and kills the attacking ninjas. Afterwards, however, he swears off being a ninja forever and moves with his son and mother to America, where he opens an Oriental art gallery with the help of his American business partner and friend, Braden, and his assistant Cathy.

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War Hunt (1962)

Drama, war film

Near the end of the Korean War, a replacement, Private Loomis, is assigned to an infantry company on the front line. One night, Loomis notices a soldier leaving camp in dark clothing and face paint. He learns that this is Private Endore, who routinely infiltrates enemy lines.

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The Saint (2017)

Action, Crime

Simon Templar, also known as "The Saint," foils a terrorist plot to trade gold for bombs. After seizing most of the gold, he leaves his signature calling card. Meanwhile, a mysterious figure instructs a banker, Arnie Valecross, to steal $2.5 billion in aid meant for Nigeria.

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Land of the Pharaohs (1955)

Adventure, Drama, Monumental Film

Pharaoh Khufu, an all-powerful ruler of ancient Egypt, amasses a great treasure by conquering other lands. He wants to be entombed with it when he dies (so he can enjoy it in the "second life"), free from the threat of grave robbers. Dissatisfied with the unoriginal security features of his architects' plans for his tomb, he offers Vashtar, a brilliant, newly enslaved architect, a bargain: freedom for his conquered people if he can design a robber-proof pyramid; however, he will be killed once it is completed, so its secrets will die with him.

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Corrective Measures (2022)

Action, Modern-Day Fantasy, speculative fiction

Set in San Tiburon, the world's most dangerous maximum-security prison, designed to incarcerate supervillains and enhanced individuals. The facility is equipped with power inhibitors to neutralize the abilities of its inmates, ensuring control over the diverse and often dangerous population. The narrative begins with the arrival of Payback, a zealous vigilante whose mission to hunt down enhanced humans leads to his incarceration at San Tiburon.

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Broken Horses (2015)

Action, Crime, Drama, mystery film, thriller film

Firmly in the tradition of American Westerns, it follows the lives of the two orphaned brothers. The older one, Buddy, sees his father being shot. Vulnerable and described as "slow", Buddy gets co-opted by gangster Julius Hench and turns into his key assassin.

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Caged Heat (1974)

Action, Crime, Drama, LGBTQ-related film, sexploitation film, thriller film, women in prison film

In Los Angeles, undercover police officers arrive at a motel where those inside, including Jacqueline Wilson, are trafficking illegal drugs. During the escape, an officer and one of Jacqueline's accomplices are shot, while two of them escape. Jacqueline is arrested and sentenced to 40 years inside a women's correctional prison for possession of illegal drugs and attempted murder.

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Birth of the Dragon (2016)

Action, Biography, Drama, Eastern, Martial arts

In 1964, a young Bruce Lee owns and operates a San Francisco Kung Fu Academy, specializing in the Chinese martial art Wing Chun. Lee provides advice, roles as extras, and defends them from Chinatown gangs. One student, Steve McKee, spars with Lee while fighting in anger, causing Lee to counter and embarrass him.

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Ninja: Shadow of a Tear (2013)

Action, Drama, Martial arts, ninja film, thriller film

Casey has settled down at the Kōga ninja dojo and married Namiko, who is pregnant with their first child. One day, while shopping for a pendant in town, he encounters and fends off two knife-wielding muggers. Later that night, Casey goes grocery shopping, but when he remembers that the muggers took his wallet, he rushes home only to find Namiko slain, with markings of a barbed wire weapon around her neck.

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The Big Bus (1976)

Comedy, katastrophe, Parody, Road Movie, Science fiction

Coyote Bus Lines' scientists and designers work feverishly to complete Cyclops, a state-of-the-art articulated jumbo bus, enabling man to achieve a new milestone in bus history, namely non-stop service between New York City and Denver. Almost immediately after the bus engine is equipped with nuclear fuel, a bomb goes off, critically injuring Professor Baxter, the scientist in charge of the project. Cyclops itself is undamaged, but Coyote Bus Lines has lost both its driver and co-driver.

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New Jersey Drive (1995)

Crime, Drama, Gangster Film, hood film

New Jersey Drive opens with Jason heading off to juvenile detention then unfolds in flashback as, chronologically, the incidents leading to his arrest surface one by one. First the audience sees the violent and poverty-ridden project where he chooses to hang out at; next his go-nowhere delinquent friends are introduced, as is their hobby: joy riding. Soon some of the teens, including Jason, begin to convert their hobby into a part-time job as they steal cars and sell them to a sleazy chop-shop owner for pennies on the dollar.

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The Big Bounce (2004)

Action, Comedy, Crime, Criminal Comedy Film

Jack Ryan, a surfer and small-time thief, has a fight with the intimidating Lou Harris, involving a baseball bat. Harris is a foreman on a Hawaii construction site run by duplicitous millionaire Ray Ritchie. When Jack is released from jail, both the police and Ritchie's business partner, Bob Rogers Jr., tell Jack to leave the island.

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Rollercoaster (1977)

Accident, Action, crime thriller film, disaster film, Drama, mystery film, neo-noir, thriller film

An unnamed man sneaks into Ocean View Amusement Park and places a small radio-controlled bomb on the tracks of the park's wooden roller coaster, The Rocket. The bomb detonates, causing the ride's train to derail, killing or injuring the riders as a result. Safety inspector Harry Calder, who initially cleared the ride, is called to the park to investigate.

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Firebreather (2010)

Action, Comedy, monster film

On the final day of the war between humans and the giant monsters known as Kaiju, the king of all kaijus, Belloc, a dragon-like being, attacks a city. But during the attack, a human woman, Margaret Rosenblatt, confronts him; they fall in love. Because of this, Belloc ceases his attack and leaves with Margaret.

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My Father Is a Hero (1995)

Action, Martial arts

Kung Wei, a police officer of the People's Republic of China, is sent undercover to spy on a group of Hong Kong criminals. Despite his worries about his sick wife, who has severe asthma, and his eight-year-old son Ku Kung, a martial arts student, Wei's duty interferes with his familial relationship. Before he leaves, Wei gives Ku a beeper number to keep in touch.

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Blue's Big City Adventure (2022)

Adventure, children's film, Comedy, Computeranimation, Educational Film, family film, interactive film, live-action/animated film, musical film

Josh has dreamed of singing in a Broadway musical since he was a kid. One day, he receives a letter from Rainbow Puppy, a friend of Periwinkle, telling him to come to New York City later that day to audition for her new Broadway show, Happiness is Magic. Josh is excited, though also nervous, but then receives encouragement from the others.

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Beyond the Law (1993)

Action, Crime, Drama, police procedural, thriller film

Based on a true story, the film centers on Dan Saxon, a cop with a troubled childhood. After getting fired following a physical confrontation with his corrupt boss (who secretly works with a biker gang known as the Jackals, led by their president "Blood") at the sheriff's office, he is enlisted by Conroy Price, an agent in Arizona's State Attorney General's office, to go undercover to bust the illegal drugs and arms trafficking. Saxon is unsuccessful until he meets and befriends Virgil, a mechanic who introduces him to the seedy world of criminal bikers.

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Chato's Land (1972)

Western

The half-Apache Chato is racially abused in a bar by the sheriff. He shoots the sheriff dead in self-defense and rides out of town on his Paso Fino. Former Confederate Captain Quincey Whitmore dons his uniform and gathers a posse of former Confederate soldiers and sympathizers.

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Iron Eagle II (1988)

Action, Military Film, Romantic drama, thriller film

While on a routine patrol in United States airspace west of Alaska, pilots Doug "Thumper" Masters and Matt "Cobra" Cooper test the g-forces of their F-16C fighter aircraft. Their antics get them carried away and they stray over Soviet airspace. As they are being escorted back into U.S.

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