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Action, spy film
In Southern France, a mysterious assassin shoots one man, then another. A wandering young American adventurer, Bowman (David Birney), meets a pretty young British photographer, Lila (Charlotte Rampling) when she hitches a ride. They run into the assassin while helping a couple who have broken down by the side of the road.
Action, Crime, Drama, Police Film
Two detectives caught in a crossfire between dirty cops and gangland members.
Action, Adventure, historical film, spy film, war film
The film takes place in Bulgaria during the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878). Erast Fandorin is put on the trail of a Turkish agent who is trying to disrupt the Russian advance during the Siege of Plevna. The agent, known as Anwar Efendi, is a master of disguise and has excellent command of Russian.
war film
In Hawaii, during World War II, U.S. Navy pilot Alec Brooke (Van Johnson) commands a flying boat, named the "High Barbaree". During a bombing mission against a Japanese submarine, his PBY Catalina is shot down with all but one of his crew killed, but still able to stay afloat, adrift far from Allied territory.
Action, Christmas film, Comedy
Nine year old Heather Lofton comes from a very rich family, but somehow she's not so lucky; in fact, her stepmother can't stand her. Heather is forced to escape away from home, searching for her real mother. The woman Heather has been put in the care of hires a bounty hunter to find her.
Crime, Drama, Noir, propaganda film
Information comes to light of a Communist spy ring infiltrating the Lakeview Laboratory of Nuclear Physics, a southern California atomic research center. Federal Bureau of Investigation agent Dan O'Hara teams up with Scotland Yard detective Philip Grayson, to hunt down the perpetrators responsible for the leak. At least one of the scientists at the nuclear plant is suspected of being involved in the clandestine espionage operation and the two investigators set out to find the mole and work out how the complex formulas are being smuggled out.
Action
When U.S. Customs agent Vic Cooper's personnel file is reviewed, it shows that he struggles to disassociate his undercover identities from his real one. Despite the file's recommendation that he not return to active duty, he is cleared for work by Lieutenant Brian Margate.
Action, mockbuster, thriller film
Secret Service rookie Alexandra D'Artagnan enlists the help of legendary black ops unit, The 3 Musketeers (master strategist Oliver Athos, enigmatic martial arts expert Renee Aramis and wisecracking hacker Isaac Porthos), to investigate a government coup. They uncover a corrupt general's plans to assassinate the President of the United States and install a military regime. D'Artagnan and the three infamous international spies work together to stop the threat.
Action, Drama, sport film
At age twelve, Michael Shaw (Cody Hackman) is a prodigy in Karate. After receiving his brown belt in Karate, his parents' car is stopped on the way home by two armed car jackers. During the car jacking, one of the men kills both of Michael's parents before driving the car elsewhere, but the men never see Michael who is hiding in the back seat of the car.
Action, Drama, Motor-Bike Film
After winning a top motorbike in a race, biker Dan has it stolen by Tony, a jealous competitor. Dan sets off to retrieve it and finds the bike is now in the hands of a motorcycle gang, led by Tampa, who has stolen it after beating up Tony. After failing to steal his bike back and receiving a beating himself from Tampa, Dan heads off in pursuit of the gang and his bike, this time reluctantly accompanied by leather miniskirted biker girl Cathy who has been "gifted" to Dan by Tampa in exchange for the bike.
Action, Adventure
An airplane crashes in the jungle of the Kenya Colony of British East Africa in 1956, stranding passengers Gamage Dean (Yolande Donlan), Diana Penrod (Betta St. John), "Doodles" Fletcher (Wilfrid Hyde-White), Carl Kraski (George Coulouris), and Dick Penrod (Peter Arne). Before the plane slides into a gorge the group is rescued by Tarzan (Gordon Scott), who undertakes to lead them back to civilization.
Horror, Modern-Day Fantasy, monster film, Science fiction
Five thousand years ago, in Sumer, the fallen angels had intercourse with human females and their offspring were a race of giants called Nephilim, destroyed by the great flood. The evil angel Ammon (Navid Negahban) mummifies his son Aramis to save him and hides in hell. In the present day, the archaeologist Matt Fletcher (Casper Van Dien) finds Aramis tomb while excavating for building a resort for the entrepreneur Morton (Robert Wagner).
Action, Crime, exploitation film
The protagonist is Stacey Hanson (Anne Randall), a private eye and race car driver. She is hired by aging heiress Florence Chambers (Marjorie Bennett) to investigate several close members of the Chambers family for potential inclusion in her will. They are Florence's nephew John (Stewart Moss), his wife Tish (Anitra Ford), and Florence's grand-niece Pamela (Cristina Raines).
Action
Batgirl, Supergirl, Wonder Woman and Bumblebee go on an adventure to uncover the truth about Uber High, a school for supervillains.
Action, Adventure
thumb|The full film Eleanor Reed accompanies her parents, Roger and Penny, and Nevin Potter, her fiance, on an expedition to Africa to capture wild animals to sell to a zoo. Ben Alleu Bey spots Eleanor and wishes her to become the one hundredth wife in his harem. When she refuses, he follows their safari.
action thriller, thriller film
Sylvia Dudek, an art professional, discusses seeking funding to open her own gallery with her gardener, Carl before her husband Mark arrives home, stashing two briefcases away in the basement and a bedroom closet, depositing the money from one in a safe. Later that evening they have a dinner party with Mark's colleague and co-conspirator in an industrial espionage scheme. Sean brings his girlfriend Christina with him, and they have a polite evening marred by awkward moments brought about by Sean's rudeness.
Action, disaster film, Science fiction
A worldwide scientific conference is taking place in Sydney, Australia when Dr. Austin Shepard (Peter Fonda) suddenly disappears. Dr.
When a serial killer mysteriously and savagely murders a young native woman in rural Los Angeles County, her sister McKenna (Carmen Electra) must replace her as the keeper of an amulet, the sacred crescent. Reluctantly, McKenna accepts the role of chosen one. With the amulet and after the rigors of the ritual, she takes on the spirit and powers of the raven, the good forces in the battle against evil, the wolf.
Action, Heist
The plot centers around three brothers, sophisticated armed robbers led by the shrewd Dale, who work with their long-time lawyer, Frank, and corrupt police to pull off the biggest heist in Australian history. Matters become complicated when Dale begins to realise that while he has been in jail his wife, Carol, has been sleeping with Frank, who has schemes of his own. The major heist is a reworking of the 1976 Great Bookie Robbery, with a number of variations, including the murders of several people.
Action, Noir, romance film, Western
Two soldiers have been robbed and murdered while guarding a shipment of gold. Into town rides Haven (Dick Powell), a military intelligence officer traveling incognito. When he rides into town, the hotel clerk (Burl Ives) is sitting at the front desk, playing his guitar and singing "a man can't grow old where there's women and gold," segueing the lyrics into a clear warning to leave town.
Action, Drama
A teenage outcast road movie, Jimmy and Judy follows a pair of outsiders who fall in love and out of control as they travel across an American landscape dotted with hypocrisy, materialism, drugs and violence. The film focuses on themes such as adolescent rebellion, love, and anger. Jimmy and Judy are modern-day Bonnie and Clyde: destructive young lovers who leave the comfort of their suburban community in rural Kentucky in search of a better life.
Action, Post-apocalyptic, Science fiction
A group of refugees from Earth land on a planet inhabited by ruthless aliens and fight for their survival. The film opens on a scene of battle and retreat as spaceship 'arks' are loading civilians for transplant to other worlds. Lt.
Drama, Western
The movie is based on a true story from the North-West Territories in the 1890s after the North-West Rebellion. A young Woods Cree man named Almighty Voice (Gordon Tootoosis in his first film role) is arrested by the North-West Mounted Police. Reacting to comments by officer Dan Candy (played by Donald Sutherland), he breaks out of imprisonment and kills Sergeant Malcolm Grant (played by Kevin McCarthy) under desperate circumstances.
Action, war film
Colonel Cooper is a U.S. airborne commando who comes to Vietnam in 1973, with a special mission to liberate imprisoned American soldiers. He gets caught in a North Vietnamese P.O.W.