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Action, Adventure
At the beginning of the Nome Gold Rush in 1899, Sean McLennon, a Scots-Irish-American land baron, owns the majority of property titles surrounding Nome and declares that only American citizens are legally entitled to placer claims. He uses power, influence and nationalism to make local politics and law enforcement work in his favor. Unbeknownst to those outside of McLennon's gang, the original owners of the land were all killed on McLennon's orders.
Action, Horror, Vampire
Corbin Nash, a New York police officer and boxer, learns from a mysterious stranger that his parents were demon hunters who were slain by vampires. Investigating the lead in Los Angeles, Nash is captured and forced to engage in brutal fights run by demons. After defeating the other competitors, Nash is turned into a vampire and dumped on the streets.
Action, Drama
Edward is a teenager living in a family the father abandoned years before. His mother has become a Christian fundamentalist and courts a self-righteous school principal.
Drama, propaganda film, Secret Agent
In post-World War II Europe, Mike Kells returns to Paris from a courier mission but is reassigned by the State Department to fly to Salzburg and meet his Navy friend Sam Carew, who will pass him a top-secret document on a train-station platform. On the flight, Mike meets Joan Ross. At the railway station, Sam, tailed by two men, is forced to ignore Mike, who boards the same train.
Western
In the town of Red Rock, gun salesman Steve Farrell demonstrates the new Colt .45 repeating pistols to the sheriff. The demonstration is interrupted when men arrive to transfer one of the prisoners to another jail. As he is being led away, prisoner Jason Brett grabs the pistols, shoots the sheriff and escapes.
Action, Comedy, thriller film
A terrorist, Michael Kittredge (Vinnie Jones), posing as an environmentalist protester leads a team of highly skilled mercenaries to take control of an oil rig off the coast of California, intending to detonate an electromagnetic bomb over the United States, striking a sort of "new Pearl Harbor" attack on behalf of enemies to the nation. What Kittredge didn't count on is a tugboat captain, Lamont Dixon (Eddie Griffin), who survives an attack on his ship, and is soon recruited by an FBI agent (Vivica A. Fox) to infiltrate the oil rig and procure information about their plans, and if possible, stop them.
Action, Martial arts
While training for the Jersey Shore Karate Championship, ruthless and sadistic kickboxer Trevor Gottitall (Trent Bushey) is put up against a fierce and determined competitor. However, when his opponent's pants unexpectedly fall down during the fight, leaving him in his briefs, his humiliation distracts him long enough for Trevor to easily defeat him. Trevor's trainer uses this opportunity to remind Trevor that beating an opponent is not enough; he also must humiliate him, so that whoever he’s fighting will fear him for life.
Action, Crime, thriller film
An American doctor, Dr. Nicholas Pinter (Val Kilmer), working in Bulgaria for Doctors Beyond Borders, is mistakenly identified as a secret agent by the Russian mob. He escapes a close brush with death and is then rescued by the British Secret Service and a beautiful but mysterious woman named Katrine (Izabella Miko).
Action, Adventure, Animal horror, Comedy, Comedy horror, Horror, monster film, Science fiction, science fiction horror film, suspense film, thriller film
A megalodon (prehistoric shark) is accidentally unleashed after an oil rig in the middle of a small island on a lake drills too far into the lake floor. The resulting malfunction also creates an explosion. The shark eats two girls before attacking a group of art thieves, in a boat, which consists of Barb, Rich, Doug, Jerry, and Jack.
Action, Drama, fantasy film, Horror, war film
Action, Crime, Drama
The film starts with Gloria (Adrienne Shelly), who is being held hostage, bothering her captors in charge of watching her, Mooney (Anthony Clark) and Titus (Matt Adler), by changing the channel the two were watching on television and jumping in front of the TV. Titus then scolds and takes the remote from Gloria and suggests she should go take a swim in the pool outside which she subsequently obliges. While playing in the pool, Gloria hauls a trampoline near the edge of the pool and begins to jump on it before slipping and falling in the pool.
Action, Comedy
Terry Yue Siu-bo is a single father who single-handedly raises his two children, Natalie and Nicky, to young adulthood after his wife's death. Nicky works as a dolphin trainer at Ocean Park and Natalie goes to school with Ella, Nicky's girlfriend. Natalie's boyfriend, Jason, is a musician who does not speak Cantonese very well and, in his first scene, gives Natalie a pet pig.
Action, Adventure, Drama
In the Depression era, Turner is a World War I veteran who is haunted not only by memories of the war, but by the civil and economic unrest of the time. He stumbles on a beautiful backwoods mountainside named Samuels Mountain while wandering in the Appalachian Mountains. While camping, he meets Flo, the daughter of tyrannical landowner, Clayton Samuels.
Crime, Drama, thriller film
While driving alone in the Mojave Desert, Sandra Thomas's (Plummer) car breaks down after a road rage incident with another driver, Santini (Thewlis), who is later revealed to be a notorious scam artist. Sandra is offered a lift by soft-spoken passerby Jake Nyman (Forster), who identifies himself as a Los Angeles psychiatrist on a pleasure trip with decisions based on a flip of a coin. Sandra intended to meet her down-on-her-luck hitchhiking sister Alice (Fairuza Balk) in the town of Pearblossom.
Classical Western, Western
In 1848, after the end of the Mexican–American War and with the advent of California statehood, an American gunslinger named Hatfield Carnes (Dennis Hopper) kills a Mexican man in California. He is arrested for the murder by Jim Ellison (Patrick Wayne), a former United States marine and now sheriff with neither a gun nor a badge. Appointed by prominent local businessman and politico Don Roberto de la Madrid (Roberto de la Madrid), Ellison has designs on de la Madrid's spoiled daughter, Elena (Yvonne Craig).
Action, Adventure, girls with guns, sexploitation film, spy film, thriller film
In 1864, the Battle of Pleasant Hill rages. General Quantrill of the Confederate army orders twelve of his men to break off behind enemy lines to disrupt the Union supply lines and seize a shipment of gold. Only two soldiers survive and manage to escape with the gold.
Action, Martial arts
The story centers around Max Havoc (Mickey Hardt), an ex-kickboxing champion known as "Mad Max", turned globetrotting sports photographer. Max quit kickboxing after accidentally killing a fellow boxer during an unlikely comeback in the ring, but still suffers from flashbacks to the fight. After a bar scuffle over a biker girl (Nikki Ziering), his agent (Diego Walraff) sends him to Guam for a publicity photo shoot.
Action, Crime, Drama, hood film
Reggie Cooper is a young man who lives with his father in order to avoid the violent gang activity that almost claimed his life when he was a teenager. However, when his recently paroled mentor, J-Bone reconnects with Reggie, and when his father is murdered, Reggie slips back into a life of crime. Reggie murders a local preacher, whose daughter later develops a relationship with him.
Action, Adventure, Erotic Film, Science fiction, spy film
Jeff Sutton arrives in Rio, allegedly carrying $10 million in stolen money. Checking into a hotel, he connects with Lesley, a manicurist, apparently oblivious to his alleged crimes. He is also pursued by minions of Sir Macius, a crime lord, who also wants Sutton's stolen millions.
Action, Drama, Gangster Film
Charlie Wright's (Aidan Quinn) business empire is revealed to be a Ponzi scheme, having taken as much as eleven billion from his clients. Leaving his office after hearing about his punishment, Wright is intercepted by FBI Agent Hobbs (Mario Van Peebles), who is unable to arrest Wright as at the moment there is not a warrant. Stalling time, Hobbs gets his warrant and Hobbs' partner Jimmy (Jordan Belfi) intercepts Wright as he pulls out of the office garage.
Adventure
The Bantons (father, Abel and four sons, Coy, Ethan, Johnny and Martin) rob a pay office in a settlement, killing some people. Coy Banton is tracked down to their camp and taken away by a policeman, Wyntors. Taking him back to town, Wyntors is killed as two of the brothers seek to rescue Coy.
Action, children's film, fantasy film
The movie opens on what appears to be another average day in Hoagie's Alley (which, for the purposes of this story, has apparently been relocated closer to Beverly Hills) for Top Cat and his gang, who are today posing as Boy Scouts, out doing good deeds in the hopes of getting rewards. During the course of this, Benny the Ball saves the life of a bag lady. Unbeknownst to Benny, it is revealed afterwards that she is actually a rich woman named Gertrude Vandergelt, who plans to leave her fortune to her missing niece, a 16-year-old teenager named Amy.
Action, fantasy film, Horror, medieval film, Werewolf
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Action Comedy, Comedy, Comedy drama
Anthony Falcon, a multibillionaire, passes away in a strange accident and gives Guido Falcone, a laid-back Italian mechanic, the entirety of his estate. In order to claim his billion-dollar inheritance, Guido must reach San Francisco within twenty days to sign a document. His uncle's greedy assistant, John Cutler (Jackie Gleason), wants the money for himself, and hires female detective Rosie Jones (Valerie Perrine) to prevent Guido claiming his inheritance.