Tarzan and the Leopard Woman (1946)
Action, Adventure
Travelers near Zambezi are being killed, apparently by leopards. The commissioner asks Tarzan to look into the matter. Tarzan immediately doubts that leopards are the problem.
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The Three Musketeers (1935)
Adventure, swashbuckler film
Callow youth d'Artagnan sets off from Gascony for Paris, armed with his father's sword, an old horse and a letter of introduction to his godfather, Captain de Treville, commander of the King's Musketeers. Along the way, he attempts to rescue Milady de Winter from highwaymen, but it turns out she came to meet their leader, the Count de Rochefort. When Rochefort insults d'Artagnan, the latter insists on a duel.
Cops and Robbers (1973)
Action, Comedy, Criminal Comedy Film, Heist
NYPD Detective Tom Loomis and Officer Joe Fortunato are working class neighbors in a high-density residential community in Queens. Though they have rather content lives with families and homes, Tom and Joe are unhappy with their dangerous policing jobs that offer little pay, and seek more money for a better lifestyle. One night, Joe robs a liquor store while in uniform and simply walks away.
Lady Dragon (1992)
Action, Martial arts
Kathy Galagher is on a mission of revenge against ruthless crime boss Ludwig Hauptman, who ordered the death of her husband on the day of her wedding. She gets close to Hauptman, only to be punished for her blind vengeance. Kathy is found by a martial arts master that teaches her a fighting style so she can exact revenge against her enemy.
Ruben Brandt, a gyujto (2018)
action thriller, Adventure, Cartoon, Crime, Detective, Heist, Noir, Surrealist, thriller film
Unlikely as it seems, Ruben Brandt travels by train along with Duveneck's Whistling Boy and is attacked by Velázquez's Infanta Margarita Teresa. It is revealed that he had been having a nightmare. Acrobatic thief Mimi steals Cleopatra's Fan from the Louvre Museum.
Vigilante Diaries (2016)
Action, vigilante film
Strategic Command (1997)
Action, thriller film
Rick Harding (Michael Dudikoff) is a former US Marine officer, now working as biological weapons scientist for the FBI. Harding's lab is infiltrated, which results in terrorists getting their hands on a deadly nerve agent, Bromax 365. Led by Carlos Gruber (Richard Norton), the terrorists hijack Air Force Two, the aircraft of the vice president), a Boeing VC-25 en route from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C.
Fifty/Fifty (1992)
Action
General Bosavi, a maniacal tyrant ruling the island country of Tengara, has run afoul of the CIA, who wishes to replace him with a more palatable opponent named Akhantar. There are just two men around for the job: American mercenaries and bickering former colleagues Jake Wyer and Sam French, who don't have much of an allegiance to either side of the conflict, and are more interested in fattening their pockets. Under duress, both men are reunited and tasked with raising a ramshackle army to overthrow Bosavi.
The Chosen One (2007)
Action
Satan's Harvest (1970)
Action
After inheriting a farm in South Africa, Cutter Murdock, an American private detective, travels there to claim his inheritance and almost immediately finds himself in danger. Follows an attempted assassination while leaving the plane at Jan Smuts Airport (the person behind him is shot dead) and a further attempt on his life when his chauffeur and car are blown in an explosion. Members of an interloper family excluded from Murdock's uncle's will want Murdock's farm as it is a heroin and marijuana "goldmine".
Black Gunn (1972)
Action, Blaxploitation, Crime, Heist, thriller film
In Los Angeles, a nighttime robbery of an illegal mafia bookmaking operation is carried out by the militant African-American organization BAG (Black Action Group). Though successful, several of the bookmakers and one of the burglars are killed. The mastermind behind the robbery, a Vietnam veteran named Scott, is the brother of a prominent nightclub owner, Gunn.
Shark Swarm (2008)
Animal horror, Horror, natural horror film, television film
Corporate real estate tycoon Hamilton Lux (Armand Assante) sets his sights on developing the quaint seaside town of Full Moon Bay, California into a prime getaway for the wealthy, but runs into some unexpected problems. Lifelong fisherman Daniel Wilder (John Schneider) and wife Brooke (Daryl Hannah) own property exactly where Lux wants to build high-priced condos, and are not planning to sell. Lux secretly laces the local waters with a toxin deadly to marine life, devastating the local fishing industry in an attempt to starve Daniel out.
Hit! (1973)
Action, Crime
In Marseille, a man and his girlfriend board a yacht. He retrieves a bundle of opium attached to a sea buoy and delivers it to a man in a chateau who processes the opium into heroin. The chateau man transfers the processed heroin to the ringleader who takes it to the docks and hides the drugs inside bicycle frames designated for transport to the U.S.
Mighty Mouse in the Great Space Chase (1982)
Action, Adventure
In the vast reaches of space, Oil Can Harry is chasing Queen Pearl Pureheart of the Interstellar Federation, when she informs him he is both speeding and has violated sector code 6655A, attacking a star cruiser. His reason for wanting to destroy her and the ISF is that "everybody's got to have a hobby". Pearl's ship escapes both an asteroid belt and the Milky Way, while Harry's ship does not.
Bad Day (2026)
Action Comedy
A single mom fights to keep one little promise to her daughter on the absolute worst day of her life.
The Patriot (1986)
Action, Drama
A gang led by a man called Atkins (played by Stack Pierce) steal nuclear weapons from a storage facility in the desert. A burnt-out former Navy SEAL and Vietnam veteran who was dishonorably discharged is contacted by his former commanding officer to help retrieve the weapons.
El Muerto (2007)
Action, fantasy film, Horror
Centuries ago, the Aztec Empire of Mexico was conquered by the Spanish conquistadors. Horrified by their religious practices, the Spaniards set out to convert the native population to Catholicism, effectively declaring war upon the Aztec religion. According to an ancient prophecy, the Aztecs and their religion will return to dominance in a time known as the Sixth Sun.
Exit the Dragon, Enter the Tiger (1976)
Action, Bruceploitation, kung fu film, Martial arts
The film tells the story of David "The Tiger" Lee, who was a student, protégé and successor of Bruce "The Dragon" Lee. "The Tiger" comes to Hong Kong in search of answers regarding the mysterious death of his shih-fu "The Dragon". The character Susie Yung represents Betty Ting Pei, whom "The Tiger" teams up with as they both take on "The Baron", the head of the Hong Kong mafia, in search of the truth regarding the death of the late martial arts legend "The Dragon".
Tarzan and the Slave Girl (1950)
Action, Adventure
Tarzan and Jane are spending time by a river when they hear a scream. A local tribal girl has gone missing, and the tribesmen believe that it is the work of an evil spirit. Tarzan and Jane quickly realize that the girl has been kidnapped.
Viking Destiny (2018)
Action, Adventure, fantasy film
A Viking Princess (Demetriou) is forced to flee her kingdom after being framed for the murder of her father the King. Under the guidance of the god Odin (Terence Stamp), she travels the world gaining wisdom and building the army she needs to win back her throne.
Running on Empty (1982)
Action, Coming-of-age
Mike, a factory worker and street car racer, owns an XY Ford Falcon GTHO. His hippie parents are somewhat distant. He gets involved with a local race gang headed by Fox, club ("aces") owner and drug dealer, then starts a relationship with Fox's girl, Julie.
The Shadow Effect (2017)
Action, action thriller, Science fiction
A US senator is assassinated and his guards are killed by an assassin. He then blows up himself and some other guards with a grenade. Gabriel wakes up with nightmares every day.
Atlantic (1929)
Action, disaster film, Drama
thumb|thumbtime=5|Atlantic (1929) Atlantic is a drama film based on the sinking of the and set aboard a fictional ship, called the Atlantic. The main plotline revolves around a group of friends; a man named Mr. Tate Hughes who has a shipboard affair with a fellow passenger, which is eventually discovered by his wife, an elderly couple, the Rools, who are on their anniversary cruise.
Ghost Machine (2009)
Action, Science fiction
The film opens with a tied and hooded woman being taken to some sort of jail run by the British military. Nine years later, military technicians and video gamers; Tom and Vic perform a training exercise for several candidates for a special force. They smuggle their top secret, virtual warfare program into a disused prison (as seen before), to experiment with it using two of the candidates.