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Action, war film
In June 1942, on the eve of the Battle of El Alamein, American Sergeant Joe Gunn and the crew of his M3 Lee tank Lulu Belle are the sole survivors of their unit. Boxed in by the enemy, they have no choice but to head south. They come across a group of Allied stragglers at a destroyed first aid station.
Action, buddy cop film, Crime, Drama, thriller film
Jack Murphy, a hardened, antisocial alcoholic LAPD detective, frequently escapes the harsh reality that his ex-wife has become a stripper and his career is going nowhere by drinking. His world is turned upside down, however, when he is framed by ex-convict Joan Freeman for putting her in prison earlier in his career. Freeman murders the detective's ex-wife and her boyfriend and begins killing off his associates while framing him for the crimes.
Action, buddy film, buddy cop film, Comedy, Criminal Comedy Film, Drama, fantasy film, Ghost
Hoskins plays police sergeant Jack Moony, a racist bigoted cop; and Washington plays Napoleon Stone, an irresistible persuader and ambulance-chasing lawyer who Moony hates. The feelings are mutual. Stone goes on to date Moony's ex-girlfriend which stirs up the pot between the two.
Action, Late Western, Western
Ben Stride walks into a desert cave encampment during a nighttime rainstorm. He encounters two men taking shelter next to a fire and asks to join them. Stride says he is from the town of Silver Springs.
Action, Crime, crime thriller film, thriller film
Bent follows Danny Gallagher (Karl Urban), a discredited narcotics detective who, upon his release from prison, makes plans to seek revenge on the accuser who framed him and killed his partner. Through his quest, Gallagher is forced to confront a ruthless, seductive government agent Rebecca (Sofía Vergara), who may or may not be on his side; and his mentor Jimmy Murtha (Andy García), a retired cop who has fought corruption his entire career.
Action, fantasy film, Superhero
Tori Olafsdotter is a meteorologist working at the Eno Meteorological Institute who will later become Ice. The city of New Metro is faced with a tornado controlled by a terrorist calling himself the Weatherman. The Flash dissipates the tornado using his super speed while the other members of the JLA use their powers to save civilians.
Action, Drama, thriller film, war film
A British tramp steamer named the SS Glencairn is on the long voyage home from the West Indies to Baltimore, and then to England during World War II. The crew is a motley, fun-loving, hard-drinking lot. Among them is their consensus leader, a middle-aged Irishman named Driscoll; a young Swedish ex-farmer, Ole Olsen; a spiteful steward nicknamed Cocky; a brooding Lord Jim-like Englishman, Smitty; and a burly, thoroughly dependable bruiser, Davis.
Action, Crime, Drama, war film
The film opens in Saigon late in the Vietnam War. John Converse, a disillusioned war correspondent, approaches Ray Hicks, a merchant marine sailor and acquaintance of Converse from the U.S., for help in smuggling a large quantity of heroin from Vietnam to San Francisco, where he will exchange the drugs for payment with Converse's wife Marge, who has become addicted to Dilaudid. When Hicks gets back to the U.S.
Action, Crime, thriller film
In New York City, special effects expert Rollie Tyler is contacted by his girlfriend Kim Brandon's ex-husband, NYPD detective Mike Brandon, to help apprehend a murderer targeting models who was arrested previously but served a reduced sentence and could strike again. The trap involves luring the murderer to the apartment of a model, where Mike will arrest him. Rollie sets up the trap and watches using hidden cameras, but Mike is killed by an unidentified assailant in the apartment, while Mike's superior Ray Silak shoots the model murderer.
Action, Horror
Medical student Zoe Parker reluctantly attends a party at her medical school at the behest of her friends. While retrieving a keg of beer from the morgue, Zoe is confronted by her disturbed patient Max, who is obsessively in love with her and whose blood has an unusually high level of antibodies. He attacks and attempts to rape her, but a corpse reanimates and bites into Max's shoulder.
Action, Dystopian, Post-apocalyptic, Science fiction, sport film
In a barren world caused by wars waged in the 20th century and now forgotten, most live from hand to mouth in enclaves known as "market-towns" or "dog-towns", scrounging out a bare subsistence harvesting hardy crops, raising dogs as food, and trading in trinkets from the past. What little entertainment exists comes primarily from a brutal sport known as The Game. It is played by bands of roving teams known as juggs, who challenge local teams.
Action, war film
In April 1953, during the Korean War, K Company, 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, under the command of Lieutenant Joe Clemons, is assigned to recapture Pork Chop Hill from a larger Chinese People's Volunteer Army force. Clemons leads 2nd Platoon, while putting his friend and Executive Officer, Lieutenant Tsugio Ohashi in charge of 1st Platoon, while 3rd Platoon is kept as a reserve. They succeed in taking the hill, trench by trench, but at the cost of high casualties.
Action, Crime, Drama, mystery film, thriller film, vigilante film
Judge Steven Hardin (Michael Douglas) is an idealistic Los Angeles judge who becomes frustrated when the technicalities of the law prevent the prosecution of three criminals. The first is a man who was charged with murdering several elderly women for their welfare money. The second and third are two men who were accused of raping and killing a young boy named Daniel Lewin as part of a suspected child pornography ring.
Action, Adventure, Drama, war film
German field marshal Erwin Rommel and his Afrika Korps have driven the British Army back toward Egypt and the vital Suez Canal. Standing in Rommel's way is Tobruk, a constant threat to his supply lines. The 9th Australian Division are charged with holding the port.
Action, thriller film
Joe Linwood of the US Marine Force Recon attempts to rescue his wife, Robin and other guests from a hotel that has been taken over by terrorists. The Linwoods are vacationing at a lavish Thailand resort when the terrorists invade during the hotel's grand opening. Joe escapes the initial onslaught and must find a way to save his wife and the other hostages.
Adventure, Drama
Robinson Crusoe, his parents' third son with few prospects, goes to sea against his father's wishes. On a voyage from Brazil to Africa to purchase slaves, a storm forces him to abandon ship. He manages to swim to a deserted island somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean on September 30, 1659.
Action, Comedy, comedy thriller, Crime Comedy
Michael Jordon, an architect, accidentally becomes involved in a web of intrigue and murder when a strange woman, who enters a taxi with him, is later found murdered. As a result, he flees from false murder charges. Kate is a woman out to find her brother's killer.
Action, disaster film, Natural Disaster, thriller film
David Shelby, a prosperous owner of a newly established ski resort nestled beneath a snow-laden mountain, extends an invitation to his ex-wife, Caroline Brace, for the grand opening. This event marks the commencement of both a ski tournament and a figure skating competition. Among the diverse array of guests are David's spirited mother, Florence; Bruce Scott, a globally renowned ski champion; and two rival figure skaters.
Action, Science fiction, thriller film
Action Comedy, Comedy
Jay Trotter and his best friend Looney are cab drivers. Looney records his passengers' private conversations with a hidden microphone. He has a new tape of two men talking about an upcoming horse race and how one of the horses, due to unethical practices by its owner and trainer, is sure to win.
Parody
The short film is presented as a trailer for a faux parody of a Peanuts television special whilst playing its signature song "Linus and Lucy". A narrator describes the premise of the special: the Great Pumpkin has placed a bounty on Charlie Brown, prompting the Peanuts characters to try to kill Charlie Brown in various ways (Lucy turning a football into a bomb, Schroeder using his piano to crush him, Snoopy biting his arm off, the Kite-Eating Tree falling on him, and Linus strangling him with his blanket), until the narrator announces Charlie Brown, "has been pushed too far." Charlie Brown cuts his hair into a Mohawk, adopts a thick…
Action, Crime, Dark Comedy, Heist, thriller film
Young police Sergeant David Waters and his older boss and friend Lieutenant Jim Stone both work in the Evidence Management unit of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. Disillusioned and bored with their jobs, they also find it hard to make ends meet financially. While looking through case files, Jim comes across a mysterious case: a low level drug dealer who was bailed out of jail—paid for with $200,000 in cash—indicating that this dealer has access to large amounts of money.
Action, Drama, Social Drama, Western
A man carrying a gun enters a frontier church in Garlow, a town on the California Trail, and a shot rings out. In the past, the man, Patrick Tate, attends a service at the church during which the preacher claims that some in the congregation regret banning alcohol, gambling, and prostitution, but that this has made theirs a "Christian" town. After church Pat talks with his friend Ed, who offers to babysit his two kids.
Action, thriller film
Jake Carter, a Marine Corps Force Recon and MARSOC member, returns to his rural hometown of Bridgeton near Seattle, Washington. He reunites with his best friend Harkin, a police chief, and greets his sisters Lilly and Amanda, who throw him a homecoming party. Meanwhile, in Seattle, a regional bank is robbed by a syndicate led by Jonas Pope, who forces the bank manager to comply.