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Action, thriller film
Police detective Vickie Stewart goes undercover as a prostitute for a drug operation. Her police sidekick and boyfriend Al searches for drugs along with her. But then the drug operation goes sour, the thugs begin shooting at the police and vehicles begin exploding into flames.
Action, Western
Trying to put his life as a gunfighter behind him, Brazos Kane goes off to join old pal Bob Tyrell at the Inskip ranch. As Brazos approaches the spread, he hears a gunshot and sees two people riding off. He finds his friend shot dead.
buddy film, Comedy drama, Crime, Drama, thriller film
Returning from Missouri as a medical school dropout, Meg Kennedy moves to Staten Island, New York City, staying with her grandmother due to not having found a place for herself. With the recommendation of Mrs. Saladino, a woman who looks after Meg's grandmother, Meg takes work at an Italian restaurant, run by Gio Esposito.
Action, thriller film
A former Black Ops soldier searching for his missing daughter uncovers a conspiracy involving a web of corruption in a small town in California. His daughter, a drug addict, was given an overdose by the son of the corruption linchpins, he takes revenge on all concerned.
Action, Drama, fantasy film, speculative fiction
In the underworld, Rainer guides the dead Queen Conann through her previous lives. Rainer has followed Conann throughout her life, photographing her with a camera. During these memories, Conann appears at ten-year intervals, with each new incarnation killing and replacing her younger self.
live-action/animated film
Kathy Lane, a reporter, goes to Theodor Geisel's La Jolla, California, home and meets a strange character. Kathy tells him that the editor of The Ferncrest Times demands from her an article on Dr. Seuss.
Action, Drama, thriller film, vigilante film
When a small California town is overrun with unruly and rowdy behavior from oil-field workers, Ben Arnold (Jan-Michael Vincent), one of the locals, and the brother of Aaron (Kris Kristofferson), a Vietnam War veteran, is hired to assist the police in restoring the peace. Aaron hires mercenaries trained in combat to help. After controlling the oil field workers, the veterans take over the town for their own not-always-legal purposes.
Adventure, Science fiction, science fiction action film
College student Joe is drawn into a battle to save the world from arch-enemy Ferris. Joe's heirloom pendant just happens to be the key to a sceptre that opens doors to the Crossworlds, another dimension. When Laura shows up to check on the key and Ferris' goons begin their assaults, they run to semi-retired adventurer A.T.
Action, Erotic Thriller
Anna Nicole Smith plays Vickie Lynn, an ex-CIA agent going by the pseudonym "Collette" who is attempting to track down the leader of an organization of trained assassins to exact revenge for the murder of her husband. Joey Travolta is Frank DaVinci, an ex Vietnam War veteran who is also after the same man for his own reasons. In light of this, they agree to work together to track him down with the help of Lynn's boyfriend, assassin China Smith, played by Michael Nouri.
Action, Adventure, Comedy drama, Road Movie
In spring 1978, in the Northland town of Kaitaia, nineteen-year-old Gerry Austin (a.k.a. 'Blondini') steals a lost wallet and uses the cash and driver's licence to rent a yellow Mini. With no particular aim in mind, he drifts down to Auckland.
Action, Adventure, Animal horror, Horror, independent film, monster film, Science fiction, science fiction horror film, suspense film, television film, thriller film
Since its fight with the Pteracuda, the Sharktopus is still at large and is lurking in the waters of the Dominican Republic. An alcoholic boat captain named Ray (Casper Van Dien) and his sidekick Pablo (Jorge Eduardo de los Santos) are enlisted by a voodoo priest named Tiny (Tony Almont) to obtain the heart of the Sharktopus. Meanwhile, Dr.
Action
An L.A. police officer (Roddy Piper) and an exchange officer from Asia (Sonny Chiba) became good friends. They are also reincarnated Mayan warriors.
Adventure, Pirate Film
The movie is set some time after the events of Treasure Island. Long John Silver and crew are broke and bumming around Portobello (a fictional port in the British West Indies). Long John has a map to a second treasure cache on Treasure Island; but needs a special medallion to decode it.
Western
In 1860, Buffalo Bill and Wild Bill Hickok join forces to establish a mail route from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California. On the way, they battle the weather, hostile Indians and California secessionists intent on shutting the operation down to encourage California to secede from the Union.
Action, Action Comedy, Martial arts, Parody
The film opens with a young boy running to meet his grandfather (played by Yune), who lies dying on his bed. The young boy sadly explains that he could not find the medicine required to cure his grandfather's ailment and wonders aloud who will take care of him after his grandfather dies. His dying grandfather attempts to reassure the young boy and explains that he should go to America.
Action, Auto Racing, Drama, sport film
Nick Freeman (David Essex) is an aspiring motorcycle racer, whose brother has been developing an experimental motorcycle. When his brother dies before being able to test and race the new bike, Nick inherits the responsibility to prove his brother's design. In spite of a series of tough setbacks, including the loss of his girlfriend, Nick goes into the big race at the British Grand Prix with all his energy and concentration bent on winning.
Action, Science fiction
Mild-mannered watchmaker Eddy Kay runs into a burning building to save a trapped woman and is featured in the news as a result. Watching the news, Colonel Taylor is shocked to see Eddy, whom he had assumed to be dead. A game of cat and mouse begins as Eddy, with the help of psychiatrist Dr.
Action, Drama, Horror, Vampire
In the year 2014, Japan suffers a major economic collapse and people are forced to emigrate to mainland China. The movie introduced the story with two vampires, Kei and Luka, of whom the first was probably made a vampire by the former, and in later Kei's flashback is revealed that Luka decided to end his existence by watching the sunrise. Three orphaned boys live in a fictional Chinese city called Mallepa, a 'melting pot' of different Asian groups.
Action, Gangster Film
Two expatriates living in Thailand go to Cambodia and steal a drug lord's money.
Noir, Western
Set in New Mexico around the turn of the 20th century and told in flashback, the film tells the story of Jeb Rand, whose entire family was slaughtered when he was a child. In the aftermath of the massacre Jeb is found by Mrs Callum, a widow, who raises him in her family. Traumatized by the killings, Jeb does not recall anything from that night, except for vague images that he sees in a frequent nightmare.
Action, Animation, Comedy, crossover fiction
Robin Hood, his companion Jerry, and the merry men attempt to ambush a tax money transport going through Sherwood Forest; the transport is a setup for a trap by the Sheriff of Nottingham, Prince John’s right-hand man who is accompanied by his henchcat Tom. However, thanks to Jerry’s warning, Robin has summoned his Merry Men to the scene, ambushing the ambushers and successfully seizing the gold transport. When John and the Sheriff discuss this latest fiasco, the Sheriff deduces that Robin uses Jerry to ferry information to and from a spy inside the castle, and tasks Tom to catch Jerry to flush out the traitor.
Action, war film
Sergeant Brock and Goldie are American Korean War veterans now serving as French Foreign Legion mercenaries in the First Indochina War. Brock's wife is a "half caste" Chinese-European named "Lucky Legs" who resorts to smuggling to feed her five-year-old son she had with Brock. Brock abandoned her and the baby when he was born with Asian features, feeling a "half breed" would not be welcome in America; an attitude towards miscegenation prevalent at the time.
Action, Animal horror, Horror, mystery film, natural horror film, Science fiction, science fiction horror film, television film, thriller film
When marine biologist Steven McKray learns that a friend died in a mysterious shark attack in South Africa, he decides to find out what really happened. Upon arriving in the village, he meets Lawrence Rhodes, a local hotel owner, and scientist Miles Craven, who informs Steven of the mysterious increase in shark attacks in the area. When Steven teams up with his late friend's sister for a fact-finding dive, they make a surprising discovery.
Action, war film
In August 1944, the Allies have invaded German-occupied Southern France. German Army Second Lieutenant Erich Neumann (Lincoln Hoppe) executes two French men. On the early morning of August 15, paratroopers from the 517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team land in Provence, France, under heavy fire from the Germans.