The Dallas Connection (1994)
Action, spy film, thriller film
Action movies
Explore action, physical conflict and high-stakes confrontations.
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Gun (2010)
Action, Crime, thriller film
Angel (Kilmer) is released from prison only to get involved in the gun-running ring of his old friend, Rich (Jackson). They raid a club, which results in the killing of a rival arms dealer called Ali Tyrell. A police officer is assigned to investigate and calls a meeting, but two ATF agents come in disrupting the meeting.
72 Hours (2024)
Action, thriller film
At the FBI Field Office in Georgia, senior agent Sebastian James and his team remotely monitor an unfolding guns-for-crypto transaction at night, concerned for their undercover agent Sean. An unknown third party closes in on them, so Carl speeds off with Sean to complete the transfer at a hotel. Marco calls Carl to alert him that Sean is undercover, so he kills Sean and takes off with the laptop and hard drive before the FBI can get him.
Take Back (2021)
Action
Zara (Gillian White) and Brian (Michael Jai White) are a couple living a quaint small-town life. A mysterious person from Zara's past arrives and kidnaps their daughter. Zara and Brian are forced to come to terms with Zara's past, and enlists the help of the sheriff (James Russo) to try and race to save their daughter's life before she vanishes into the sex trade.
Hunt to Kill (2010)
Action
The film begins with US Border Patrol Agents Jim Rhodes and Lee Davis exploring a seemingly abandoned trailer in Texas. Before entering the trailer, Lee gives Jim a watch made from climbing rope that can be used as emergency gear. They find a meth lab and are promptly attacked by men who shoot Lee and set the trailer on fire.
Guadalcanal Diary (1943)
Drama, war film
On July 26, 1942, the 1st Marine Division is sailing towards Guadalcanal. On August 7, the Marines land on Guadalcanal with no initial opposition. They find an abandoned village and capture an airfield, which the Americans work to complete, and rename it Henderson Field.
No Man's Land (2021)
Action, Adventure, thriller film, Western
Bill Greer is a Texas rancher living with his two sons, Jackson and Lucas, and his wife, Monica, in a ranch close to the Rio Grande where illegal immigrants from Mexico cross the U.S. Mexican Border. Jackson was prepared to move to New York City so he could join the New York Yankees.
Escape from Fort Bravo (1953)
Classical Western, Western
Fort Bravo is a Union prison camp with a strict disciplinarian named Captain Roper (William Holden). A pretty woman named Carla Forester (Eleanor Parker) shows up to help with the wedding of her friend, but she has really come to assist in freeing some prisoners including her previous beau Confederate Captain John Marsh (John Forsythe). Roper falls in love with her and she with him, and the escape happens after the wedding celebrations.
Warning Sign (1985)
Action, Horror, Science fiction, thriller film
In a secret military laboratory operating under the guise of a pesticide manufacturer, a sealed tube is broken, starting an outbreak of a virulent bacteria. Detecting the release of the biological weapon, Joanie Morse, the plant's security officer, activates "Protocol One," a procedure sealing all of the workers inside from the outside world. Tom Schmidt, believing the cause for the lock down to be a pump malfunction, and co-worker Bob restart the pump.
Lucky Break (2001)
Crime Comedy, prison film
James 'Jimmy' Hands and Rudy 'Rud' Guscott are two friends who used to play "Cops & Robbers" when they were young. Now adults, they plan to actually rob a bank, but the robbery goes wrong and Hands flees the bank leaving Guscott trapped behind the security shutters. Hands is caught and arrested not long later.
The Black Knight (1954)
Adventure, Knights Tale, medieval film
The blacksmith and swordsmith John is tutored at the court of King Arthur, but as a commoner he cannot hope to win the hand of Lady Linet, daughter of the Earl of Yeonil. The earl's castle is attacked by Saracens and Cornishmen — disguised as Vikings — and his wife is killed, making him lose his memory. The attack was part of a plot by the Saracen Sir Palamides and the pagan Cornish King Mark to overthrow Arthur and Christianity and take over the country, whilst pretending to be Arthur's friends and allies; Palamides is a knight of the Round Table and Mark has faked his own baptism.
On the Job (2013)
Action, Crime, crime thriller film, neo-noir
In the Philippines, Mario and Daniel are prisoners who are frequently released and paid to commit contract killings. Mario spends his earnings on Tina, his daughter, and Lulette, his estranged wife, while Daniel sends remittances to his family and spends the rest on goods and privileges in prison. Daniel has come to see Mario as a mentor and father figure.
For Better or Worse (1995)
Action, Comedy, Comedy drama
Michael Makeshift is a lonely, sad man who can't get over the fact his fiancée dumped him. He regularly attends various support groups to meet people. To make matters worse, his landlord is beginning to bug him for long-overdue rent.
Fatal Deviation (1998)
Action
Fatal Deviation tells the story of Jimmy Bennett, a disenfranchised young man trying to rebuild his life. When returning home after a ten year stay in St. Claude's Reform School, he aims to discover who he is, what it is he should do and what happened to his father.
Between Heaven and Hell (1956)
Drama, war film
In 1945, on a Pacific island, Sergeant Sam Gifford is demoted to private after striking an officer. He is transferred to a punishment company, run by the dictatorial Captain Grimes, who insists on being called "Waco" in order to prevent his own death by Japanese snipers. Through flashbacks, we learn Gifford's backstory—his civilian status as a wealthy cotton farmer, hard and uncaring towards his employees, and married to Jenny, the beautiful daughter of his National Guard commander, well-to-do plantation owner Colonel Cousins.
Ironclad: Battle for Blood (2014)
Action, Adventure, Drama, medieval film
Five years after the events of Ironclad, the de Vesci family struggles with Scot raiders along the English-Scottish border. A blood feud begins after the Scot chieftain's son is killed in one of these raids. The wounded de Vesci patriarch, Gilbert, sends his son Hubert to seek help from his nephew, a "great warrior" named Guy de Lusignan.
Tarzan and the Lost City (1998)
Action, Adventure
In 1913 on the night before Jane Porter's wedding to John Clayton II (also known as Tarzan, who is something of a celebrity), her bridegroom receives a disturbing vision of his childhood homeland in peril. The educated explorer and treasure seeker Nigel Ravens is seeking the legendary city of Opar to plunder its ancient treasures and uncover dangerous powers. Much to Jane's distress and confusion, Clayton leaves for Africa to help, meeting up with the shaman Mugambe whose village was plundered by Ravens' group to find a key to Opar.
Alphabet City (1984)
Action, Crime, Drama, Gangster Film
The film takes place entirely in one evening, with the time being indicated chronologically on the clock in Johnny's Trans Am. Johnny, a working-class Italian-American from Alphabet City, works for the New York Italian-American Mafia, which has placed him in charge of running organized crime operations and rackets in his neighborhood, including drug-dealing operations and the collection of protection money, debts, and street taxes and kick-ups from other local gangsters. Early in the evening, Johnny meets with his friend Lippy, an eccentric cocaine dealer.
The Spoilers (1942)
Action, Comedy, Drama, Western
Nome, Alaska, 1900: Flapjack and Banty come to town to check on their gold mine claim. Saloon owner Cherry Malotte is aware of the corruption all around, including that Bennett and Clark are out to steal the men's claim. In on the scheme is the new gold commissioner, Alexander McNamara, as well as the last word of law and order in the territory, Judge Stillman.
Partners (1982)
buddy film, buddy cop film, Crime Comedy, LGBTQ-related film
After a series of murders in Los Angeles's gay community, heterosexual police officer Sgt. Bob Benson is assigned to go undercover as half of a gay couple with Officer Fred Kerwin, a records clerk. Kerwin naively believes that he is closeted, although the entire department knows about his sexual identity.
Buchanan Rides Alone (1958)
Drama, Western
thumb|Buchanan (Randolph Scott) confronts corrupt Sheriff Lew Agry (Barry Kelley)|left While returning to West Texas from Mexico, Tom Buchanan rides into the California border town of Agry and becomes embroiled in an internecine feud involving the powerful Agry clan. In self-defense, Tom punches young Roy Agry, a drunken hothead who then declares he is going to kill Tom. However, a young vaquero, Juan de la Vega, rides in and kills Roy Agry.
Born American (1986)
Action, Drama, thriller film
Three college friends, Savoy Brown, Mitch Sheppard, and K.C., head to Finland for winter break. They cross the border into the Soviet Union, and end up clashing with corrupt leaders in a small village before being arrested and taken to a prison. KGB agents torture the three young men until they confess to being American spies and throw them into the brutal general population.
Elephant White (2011)
Action, fantasy film, thriller film
American assassin Curtie Church (Hounsou) is completing a job in Thailand when 14-year-old child prostitute, Mae, witnesses Church killing a group of her captors, the Chang Cao gang, and afterwards framing the Jong Ang Gang for the murders. Church collects his payment for the job from his client, Rajahdon, whose daughter was murdered. Church travels to his hideout near a monastery and within sight of Kitty Kat, a Jong Ang Gang club.
Book of Swords (2007)
Action
The Book of Swords series blends science fiction and fantasy, combining fantastical settings with logic-puzzle plots based on science fiction. Setting The books are set far into the future. Approximately 50,000 years before the story, sometime during the third millennium, mankind was almost driven to extinction by a global nuclear World War prior to the events in Empire of the East.