Return to Macon County (1975)
Action, Drama
Bo (Nick Nolte) is the driver and Harley (Don Johnson) is the mechanic. They stop at a roadside diner to eat and meet Junell (Robin Mattson). Junell, while attractive, is in a world of her own.
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Time Under Fire (1997)
Action, Science fiction
In 1990, the naval submarine accidentally enters a portal in the Bermuda Triangle and disappears. Captain Alan Deakins, the submarine's commander, resurfaces several years later claiming to have traveled into the future. The navy refuses to believe him and he is confined to a mental institution.
Trancers III (1992)
Science fiction, science fiction action film, thriller film, Time travel
Around 1992, Jack Deth (Tim Thomerson) is now a successful private detective, catching cheating lovers in the act. However, Jack's life with Lena (Helen Hunt) has gotten rocky and he faces divorce if he cannot clean up his act. Lena agrees to meet for supper to try fix the relationship.
Red Scorpion 2 (1994)
Action
Disenfranchised white youths known as skinheads are attacking racial minorities in the U.S. A government investigator traces them to a wealthy neo-Nazi businessman, Andrew Kendrick, who is secretly bankrolling the attacks, while preaching a non-violent message to his wider following. Nick Stone is an agent with the National Security Agency who wants to retire after his last undercover job resulted in the death of a fellow agent.
Kraken: Tentacles of the Deep (2006)
B movie, Horror, natural horror film, television film
As a child, Ray Reiter was the sole survivor, when a kraken had attacked his parents' boat. In the present, marine archaeologist Nicole and her assistants, Michael and Jenny are searching for a legendary opal and a Trojan death mask in the same area. During an outing, Nicole's boat is attacked and the boat's captain is killed leaving everyone in a panic frenzy.
The Veil (2017)
Action, Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Post-apocalyptic
The Veil is set in a war-torn land where tribal factions live in fear of annihilation, and tells the story of a deadly warrior leading a destructive war campaign. When he is betrayed by his own and left for dead, he is healed by a mysterious princess and taken in by a hidden tribe that believes he was chosen to wage a final battle.
Tornado! (1996)
Action, disaster film
Jake Thorne (Bruce Campbell) is a storm chaser whose friend and former graduate school advisor, Dr. Joe Branson (Ernie Hudson), has developed a machine that may be able to provide earlier tornado warnings. To work properly, the machine has firing mechanisms on each of its 4 legs.
Assault on a Queen (1966)
Action, Heist, thriller film
After a World War II-era German submarine that has been missing for 20 years is retrieved in the Bahamas by diver Mark Brittain, the wealthy Rosa Lucchesi and her partner Vic Rossiter, who have been searching for sunken Spanish galleons, hire the submarine. Eric Lauffnauer, a U-boat officer during the war, devises a plan to stage a daring million-dollar heist aboard the British ocean liner while the ship is crossing the Atlantic Ocean. Brittain returns the submarine to operational order with the assistance of his partner Linc and new man Moreno, a war hero and expert with engines.
The Purple Heart (1944)
propaganda film, war film
In April 1942, after a raid on Japan, eight American aircrew made up of the crews from two North American B-25 Mitchell bombers, are captured. Capt. Harvey Ross (Dana Andrews), becomes the leader of the captives.
New Alcatraz (2001)
Action, Horror, monster film, prison film, Science fiction
In New Alcatraz, the world's most secure prison located in Antarctica, a drilling operation inadvertently releases a giant, boa constrictor (fictional species Serpuca largas) from a large, hollow rock that had been preserving it in suspended animation. The Boa chews a hole through the ice, enabling it to escape into the prison. The hole is discovered by workers and Jenkins, a guard is placed on it until the engineers can assess the hole and block it up.
The Timber (2015)
Action, Western
During the Yukon Gold Rush, brothers Wyatt and Samuel set off to take in their estranged father, Jebediah, who is rumored to have turned violent after the gold mine he was working dried up. Samuel and his family are about to be evicted from their land, and Sheriff Snow suspects Wyatt of a recent murder. Wyatt desires to kill their father, but Samuel insists they take him in alive.
Satan's Sadists (1969)
Action, Horror, thriller film
The plot centers around an outlaw motorcycle gang called the "Satans", who roam the deserts of the Southwestern United States. The gang's leader goes by the name of Anchor, and other members include Firewater, Acid, Muscle, Willie, Romeo and Gina. The gang comes upon two lovers whom they proceed to attack: they beat up the boyfriend and rape the girl.
The Grissom Gang (1971)
Crime, Drama
In 1931, outside Kansas City, Missouri, wealthy heiress Barbara Blandish is robbed by three small-time criminals. The trio panic after murdering her boyfriend and kidnap her. At their hideout, the trio are ambushed and killed by mobster Eddie Hagan, who happened to witness the crime, and the rest of the notorious Grissom Gang.
Commandos Strike at Dawn (1942)
Drama, war film
Erik Toresen, a widower and peaceful man, is stirred to violence after the Nazis occupy his quiet Norwegian fishing village. German abuses lead Erik to form a Resistance group. He kills the head of the Nazis occupying his village, and then escapes to Britain, and guides some British Commandos to a raid on a secret airstrip the Germans are building on the Norwegian coast.
Fighter Squadron (1948)
Action, war film
At an American air base in England in 1943, conniving, womanizing Sergeant Dolan (Tom D'Andrea) manipulates everyone, while insubordinate, maverick pilot fighter ace Major Ed Hardin (Edmond O'Brien) gives his commanding officer and close friend, Colonel Brickley (John Rodney), headaches by ignoring the out-of-date rules of engagement formulated by Brigadier General M. Gilbert (Shepperd Strudwick). When Major General Mike McCready (Henry Hull) promotes Brickley to whip a new squadron into shape, Brickley also recommends Hardin as his replacement.
The Net 2.0 (2006)
Action, Conspiracy Thriller, mystery film
A young woman runs from her pursuers in the streets of Istanbul. She is captured and imprisoned, accused of various crimes, and questioned by Dr. Kavak.
Gridlocked (2015)
Action
Deadly Voyage (1996)
Biography
Aboard the cargo ship MC Ruby, docked in New York City, six stowaways burst from one of the containers being unloaded. They flee from the ship, but are apprehended by dock workers and the New York police. The MC Ruby's Ukrainian crew watches the detention with some amusement, but the ship's captain and his first mate, Ion Plesin, are displeased, aware that the illegal immigrants will cost the shipping company hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines.
The Liquidator (1965)
Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, spy film, thriller film
During the Allies' occupation of Paris late in World War II, bumbling tank corps Sergeant "Boysie" Oakes stumbles when responding to a fellow Englishman's call for help, and unwittingly shoots and kills two men attempting to assassinate British Intelligence Major Mostyn. A grateful Mostyn mistakenly believes Oakes is a born killer. Twenty-one years later, Mostyn (then a colonel in British Intelligence) and his boss are in trouble due to a series of embarrassing security leaks.
Rocky Mountain (1950)
Action, Drama, Western
A car pulls up to an historical marker in the desert that reads: ROCKY MOUNTAIN, also known as Ghost Mountain. On March 26, 1865, a detachment of Confederate cavalry crossed the state line into California under secret orders from Gen. Robert E.
Rescue Me (1993)
Action, Action Comedy, Adventure, Comedy
When Fraser Sweeney takes a picture of Ginny Grafton (Ami Dolenz), she is kidnapped, and Daniel and Fraser go after the kidnappers. The kidnappers hold her hostage inside the house until she climbs out the bathroom window and escapes the kidnappers, After she escapes the kidnappers, She finds a new boyfriend leaving Fraser unhappy.
Youngblood (1978)
Action, Crime, neo-noir
Michael Gordon Jr. is an African-American teenager in South-Central Los Angeles, being raised by a single mother and beginning to drift away from school. Before long, Michael is running with a tough local street gang, the Kingsmen, who christen him with the nickname Youngblood.
The Last of the Finest (1990)
Action, Crime, Drama
The film opens at Canyon Park where LAPD narcotics Detective Lieu. Frank Daly (Brian Dennehy) is coaching fellow unit members Wayne Gross (Joe Pantoliano), Ricky Rodriguez (Jeff Fahey), and Howard Jones (Bill Paxton) during a flag football game. After the game, Daly tells Captain Joe Torres (Henry Darrow) that his team is working on a major bust.
The Camp on Blood Island (1958)
Action, Drama, Historie, Military Film, war film
Emperor Hirohito announces Japan's surrender to the Allies in a recorded radio address across the Empire on August 15, 1945, marking the end of the Pacific War. Crucially, this news has not reached the Japanese at the "Blood Island" prisoner-of-war camp, where commandant Colonel Yamamitsu, has told senior allied officer Colonel Lambert, he will order the massacre of the entire camp, including a nearby camp for women and children, if Japan surrenders. The news of the end of the war is known to Colonel Lambert, and former rubber planter Piet van Elst (or 'Dutch') from their secret radio receiver.