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Action, thriller film
Marine Veteran Nick Prescott returns to his hometown. His father, who is the sheriff, tries to stand up against a brutal gang of ruthless criminals who intimidate and blackmail the people to sell them their business. He is then killed by the gang's leader Harvey Morris.
Action, film based on a novel, fantasy film, Horror, Martial arts, Vampire
In 1804 Transylvania, Taoist monk Kah, the high priest of the Temple of the Seven Golden Vampires in rural China, travels through the countryside to Castle Dracula. There, Kah summons Count Dracula. The Seven Golden Vampires' power is fading and Kah needs Dracula to restore them to their former glory.
Action, Drama, neo-noir, thriller film
In Newcastle upon Tyne, Irishman Brendan finds an ad for a janitorial position at the Key Club owned by Mr. Finney. En route to his interview, Brendan stops at a local shopping centre, where he crosses paths with an American woman, Kate.
Action, action thriller
Former convict Cole and his accomplice Taylor kill the gang leader Rodrigo in a drive-by shooting. The gang, hearing the shooting, rush out of the bar and shoots the truck, mortally wounding Taylor and injuring Cole as they drive away to the parking lot near the amusement park and makes an emergency call. Infuriated, the bikers begin to chase down the truck.
Western
Bounty hunter Ben Brigade catches up with Billy John, who is wanted for murder. While being captured, Billy tells his gang to escape and tell Billy's brother Frank what has happened. When Ben and Billy arrive at a swing station, they are greeted by Sam Boone and his partner Whit.
Action, Crime, thriller film
Mikey and his younger brother JP grow up in their teens on the streets with crime, baseball and brothers looking out for one another. Mikey protects JP when he walks in on his Uncle Rich who's committed suicide with a shotgun. Mikey witnesses Eddie torture and kill somebody who crossed him in the back of the Video Arcade.
satanic film, Science fiction, Secret Agent, spy film, thriller film
Lee Barrett, a former intelligence agent, is approached by a man offering him a job to join a political organization against bioweapons. However, the man turns out to be an impersonator sent by Barrett's former boss, Eric Cavanaugh, to test his loyalty. Cavanaugh asks Barrett to investigate the murder of the security chief and the disappearance of Dr.
Action
The film follows the biggest manhunt in the history of Israel to find Yahya Ayyash, the chief bombmaker of Hamas who oversaw a series of Palestinian suicide attacks in Israel in the middle of the 1990s.
Action, Drama
Just released from prison, Vietnam War veteran Buck Matthews returns to his small town to start his life over with his wife Christie and their five-year-old daughter Jennifer, but soon learns that it has fallen into the clutches of a motorcycle gang. On his first night back to his old job at a construction yard, Buck hears the screams of a local nurse about to get raped by several bikers. Buck manages to chase them off using his truck.
Classical Western, Comedy, Drama, Western
In 1882, the town of Vinegaroon, Texas, is run by Judge Roy Bean, who calls himself "the only law west of the Pecos." Conducting trials from his saloon, Bean makes a corrupt living meting out his own eccentric form of justice. Those who annoy him are usually hanged. That includes an unfortunate homesteader who put up barb-wire fencing, which causes a shootout with Bean's cattlemen cronies.
Action, Horror, Mysterie, Science fiction, thriller film
In the prologue, the mother of Sara (Jessica Lowndes) is transporting a family of three (two parents and their son) in a small aircraft. The child is extremely nervous and starts hyperventilating. Wondering why he is so afraid, the parents suddenly see an out-of-control aircraft that crashes into them, and everyone plummets to the ground.
Action, Action Comedy, comedy thriller
LAPD detective Rita Rizzoli stages an undercover buy of a new strain of cocaine called "Fatal Beauty" with dealer Tito Delgadillo, but ruins it by leaving to save her informant Charlene from a beating by her pimp. Delgadillo steals her money and retreats to a warehouse in Chinatown where Fatal Beauty is manufactured. Two small-time hoods, Leo Nova and Earl Skinner, storm the warehouse and kill the entire gang, unknowingly stealing a botched batch of the drug.
Comedy
In 12th Century India, a huge ruby was bestowed with the power of good and the curse of evil by the spilt blood of Princess Lafla. In the 18th Century, the British stole it. In today's India, small-time crook Paul Lorre steals the stone back.
war film
During the Korean War, Major Cleve "Iceman" Saville, a veteran World War II ace, returns to combat, eager to fly the F-86 Sabre jet fighter. His commanding officer, Colonel "Dutch" Imil, assigns him command of a flight. Among his pilots is a new replacement, talented but brash Lieutenant Ed Pell.
action thriller, Crime, LGBTQ-related film, sexploitation film
Molly Stewart (Betsy Russell) is off the streets and studying to become a lawyer. Molly learns that Lt. Andrews (Robert F.
Comedy, comedy thriller, Crime Comedy, mystery film, neo-noir
Ira Wells, an aging Los Angeles private detective, is writing his memoir at his boarding house when his ex-partner Harry Regan appears, mortally wounded, and dies shortly after. At Harry's funeral, Ira is introduced to Margo Sperling by a mutual acquaintance, Charlie Hatter. Margo asks Ira to locate her stolen cat Winston, and Ira learns Harry was murdered while on the case to find Margo's cat.
Western
John Parrish, a former Union Army cavalry officer, has been living out west to facilitate his recovery from an old war wound on his lung. Known for foolishly not carrying a gun and avoiding trouble, now that he has a clean bill of health, he plans to sell his land to Anchor Ranch and move back east with his fiancée of three years, Caroline Vail. However, he is disturbed when he witnesses the town sheriff being gunned down by Wade Matlock, one of the cowardly henchmen working for the Anchor Ranch.
Action, Adventure, Drama, fantasy film
Hazen Kaine is a ruthless modern-day assassin, wanting out, and determined to quit the business after carrying out one last job involving a European royal family: kidnapping the two daughters. Hazen easily completes this task, and locks the two girls in a connex box and discovers that one of the girls is wearing a necklace with a charm that looks similar to a tattoo he has and takes the charm from the young girl, which opens a portal to the Middle Ages. Once there Hazen soon gains his bearing and realizes quickly that a village before him is being attacked by a dragon.
Action, biopunk, Cyberpunk, Horror, Science fiction
Anthony is a man with an American father and a deceased Japanese mother living and working in Tokyo. One day, his son is killed in a car accident and shortly afterward, Anthony begins to transform into metal after arguing with his wife who wants revenge for the death of their son. He is shot dead by a hitman accompanied by a mysterious individual who taunts Anthony's dead body.
buddy film, Comedy, Crime, Drama
The story takes place in a mysterious underworld of swanky nightclubs where armed criminals listen to Rat Pack music and hold shootouts from a seated position, behind desks. Mickey Holliday is the top enforcer for Vic, the mob boss, who is about to be released from a psychiatric facility. In his absence, Ben London has been running Vic's nightclub while Mickey has been romancing both Rita and Grace Everly, which is doubly dangerous inasmuch as they are sisters and Grace was previously Vic's girl.
Action, thriller film
In the midst of a drug deal between two parties exchanging cash for illegal drugs, masked men with guns suddenly appear and shoot all of them to death, despite one who claims to be a DEA agent involved in a sting operation. Two girls are then seen fleeing from the scene, and are pursued by the masked men, but manage to escape. Detective Travis is called by his boss Hernandez, who informs him that DEA agents were killed during a drug bust operation, and that Travis should bring the two missing witnesses who have now been caught shoplifting in Mexico.
fantasy film
An adult Dorothy Gale is now a successful children's book author and has moved from Kansas to present day New York City. Dorothy quickly learns that her popular books are based on repressed childhood memories, and that the wonders of Oz are real. When the Wicked Witch of the West shows up in Times Square, Dorothy must find the inner courage to stop her.
Action, Drama, Dystopian, fantasy film, Martial arts, samurai cinema, Spaghetti Western, thriller film
In the aftermath of a major global conflict, which caused untold amounts of death and destruction, guns have been outlawed. However, even in spite of there not being firearms anymore, people still continue to fight and kill one another, except now they rely on either bladed weapons or their bare fists. Within this new world of might makes right, where your strength and skill in combat determine your place in life, Nicola the Woodcutter is the most powerful man East of the Atlantic, a shadowy crime boss who rules his territory with an iron fist and his nine elite assassins called "The Killers" with his right-hand man, Killer No.
buddy film, Comedy
Former actor Bill Williams (Tom Arnold) is about to commit suicide over his ruined career. He throws out all his stuff and gives his clothes to a homeless man. The man drinks Bill's vodka and takes half of his pills messing up his suicide plan and takes off.