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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 9,280 films · Page 174.

Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil (2006)

Action, thriller film, war film

The story is not linked to the first part of the series. Instead, it focuses on a fictional explanation for the Ryanggang explosion in 2004, in which an unexplained mushroom cloud occurred in North Korea. After reconnaissance satellites detect a large, three-stage Topol intercontinental ballistic missile carrying a nuclear weapon in North Korea, which can strike anywhere in the continental United States, United States President Adair T.

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Bionicle - The Legend Reborn (2009)

Action, Adventure, fantasy film, Science fiction

Mata Nui, the Great Spirit of the Matoran universe, is exiled from his home by his brother, Makuta Teridax. Teridax takes over Mata Nui's gigantic robot body, while Mata Nui's spirit is transferred into the Mask of Life, which crash lands on the wasteland planet of Bara Magna. Mata Nui creates a new body and befriends a Scarabax beetle named Click, and is attacked by a member of the Bone Hunter tribe.

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Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects (1989)

Action, Crime, Drama, rape and revenge film

Hiroshi Hada, a Japanese businessman in a troubled marriage, sees a woman being groped in a crowded Tokyo subway. He is fascinated by the fact that she moans silently, involuntarily orgasms, but does not cry out or let people know she is being sexually molested. When Hada is transferred to Los Angeles, he has too much to drink at a business party and tries to imitate what he saw by groping a Caucasian school girl while riding a crowded bus.

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Hells Angels on Wheels (1967)

Action, Crime, Drama, Motor-Bike Film, outlaw biker film, thriller film

The Angels first take note of "Poet" (Jack Nicholson) after he is fired from his job for assaulting a customer. Later on, Poet pulls up to a convenience store where the gang are doing motorcycle stunts in the carpark. Here, one of the gang accidentally breaks the headlight on Poet's motorcycle and insults it.

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Moon Zero Two (1969)

Adventure, Dystopian, Science fiction

In May 2021, the Moon is in the process of being colonized, and this new frontier is attracting a diverse human population to lunar settlements like Moon City, Farside 5, and others. Two denizens of this rough-and-tumble lunar society are the notorious millionaire J.J. Hubbard and former-astronaut-turned-satellite-salvager Bill Kemp, the first man to set foot on Mars.

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White Line Fever (1975)

Action, Crime

Sam Hummer is a local truck driver from Tucson, Arizona who works for a Tucson-based produce-shipper called "Red River". His driving partners are Duane Haller and "Pops" Dinwiddie. Eventually Sam's son, Carrol Jo (hereafter known as "CJ"), is old enough to ride with his father and the two of them then become partners as well.

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Welcome to the Punch (2013)

Action, Conspiracy Thriller, Crime, thriller film

Four gunmen emerge from a building in gas masks after a robbery and leave on motorbikes. DI Max Lewinsky sets off in pursuit of the gang in his car. He fails to catch them and suffers an injury after being shot in the leg by Jacob Sternwood, who could have easily killed him.

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The Death Collector (1976)

Action, Crime, Drama, Gangster Film

Jerry Bolanti, a Mafia-connected hoodlum, is released from jail and is looking for a job. During this very uncertain and stressful transitional period, he plays the field to help stay relaxed. He discovers almost by accident that he has a talent for debt collecting and intimidation.

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Big Shots (1987)

Adventure, Crime Comedy

An 11-year-old boy from Hinsdale, Illinois, named Obie Dawkins (Ricky Busker) is out fishing with his father (Bill Hudson), who tells him about the birds and the bees. All the while Obie shows interest in his dad's watch, who eventually gives it to him. Later that morning in school, Obie's mom (Brynn Thayer) arrives to tell him that his dad is in the hospital.

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Edge of Eternity (1959)

Crime, Drama, mystery film, thriller film

A man has parked his car and is looking into the Grand Canyon with binoculars when someone releases the car's parking brake and pushes the vehicle toward him. He is able to leap out of the way at the last moment, and in a fierce struggle knocks his attacker over the rim to his death. The man is then seen wandering, disheveled and talking apparent nonsense, by Eli, an old prospector who tells deputy sheriff Martin about it.

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American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt (1989)

Action, Martial arts, ninja film, Science fiction

A powerful terrorist known as "The Cobra", has infected Sean Davidson, the American Ninja, with a deadly virus. He uses Sean as a test subject in his biological warfare experiments. Sean and his partners Curtis Jackson and Dexter have no choice but to fight The Cobra and his army of genetically-engineered ninja clones led by the female ninja Chan Lee.

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The Ambulance (1990)

Action, Horror, thriller film

Aspiring comic book artist Josh Baker meets a young woman named Cheryl on the streets of New York City, who proceeds to collapse and is rushed to a hospital by an ambulance. When Josh arrives at the hospital, he is shocked to find that there is no record of Cheryl ever being admitted. He soon learns another startling discovery: Cheryl's roommate also vanished after being picked up by the same ambulance.

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In the Mix (2005)

Comedy drama, Drama, musical film

While working in New York's hottest night club, disc jockey Darrell Williams is asked to DJ a party for his friend Frankie Jr.'s mob boss father Frank, whom Darrell's father worked for. Frank is planning a surprise party for his daughter Dolly, who is coming home from law school for summer break. At the party, Darrell takes a bullet meant for Frank and saves his life.

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Kill Chain (2019)

Action, thriller film

Two men, both assassins, enter a hotel, and speak to the manager Araña (Cage). They take away his shotgun and revolver from the front lobby, and talk about pursuing him for a while now. An old sniper is on the lookout with his rifle from a high storey window of a building.

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Masterminds (1997)

Action, Action Comedy

Oswald "Ozzie" Paxton is a computer engineering prodigy and expert hacker whose actions often have his father Jake threatening to send him to military school if he does not shape up. One day, he begins an unauthorized download of a soon-to-be-released movie. His download is interrupted when his younger stepsister Melissa Randall enters his room without permission.

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Shaft's Big Score (1972)

Action, Blaxploitation, Crime, Detective, Drama, mystery film, neo-noir, Secret Agent

Queens private detective John Shaft is contacted by his old friend Cal Asby, an insurance salesman and mortician, who tells him he's in trouble and asks him to come immediately. As soon as Shaft arrives, Asby is killed by a bomb planted inside of his house. Shaft is questioned by a suspicious police Captain Bollin, but is quickly released due to a lack of evidence.

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The War of the Worlds (2005)

Action, Drama, Horror, independent film, Science fiction, thriller film

Set in late 19th-century England, the film follows a journalist from Woking known as "the Writer" as he struggles to reunite with his wife during a Martian invasion. After witnessing the arrival of the alien invaders and their towering tripod war machines, he journeys across a war-torn southern England while his brother attempts to escape London with two women amid the widespread chaos and destruction.

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Stick (1985)

Action, Crime

Ernest "Stick" Stickley, a former carjacker, has just been released from prison after serving seven years for armed robbery. He meets up with an old friend, Rainy, who talks Stick into accompanying him for a "quick stop" near the Florida Everglades before they go to his home. The "quick stop" turns out to be an illegal drug deal set up by Rainy's dealer, Chucky, that goes sour.

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Comanche Station (1960)

Western

Jefferson Cody, whose wife was captured by Comanches, frees another man's wife and is taking her home. Three outlaws, led by the charming but malevolent Ben Lane, reveal that the woman's husband has offered a $5,000 reward, making the woman, Lordsburg resident Mrs. Lowe, suspicious of Cody's motives in coming to her rescue.

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The Expert (1995)

Action, Crime, thriller film

John Lomax is an ex-Special Forces trainer whose sister is attacked and murdered by serial killer Martin Kagan. Kagan represents himself at trial, calling in testimony from Dr. Alice Barnes that the murders were committed by Martin Mirman, one of Martin Kagan's other personalities.

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