Desperate Rescue: The Cathy Mahone Story (1993)
Action, Drama
Film based on a true story of a woman who tries to rescue her 7-year-old daughter from the Middle East after she is abducted by her Jordanian father.
Action movies
Explore action, physical conflict and high-stakes confrontations.
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Final Run (1999)
Action
The Grand Royale is a luxury train, which is completely controlled by a computerized system. However, an accidental drink spill on a circuit board by the train pilot causes cascading failures, and soon it becomes a runaway. With the train being out of control, old-fashioned Glen "Lucky" Singer (Robert Urich) has to save the day and slow down the train.
The Gene Generation (2007)
Action, biopunk, Cyberpunk, Dystopian, girls with guns, Science fiction
An assassin named Michelle battles DNA Hackers. Her younger brother Jackie becomes involved in a robbery, propelling him into DNA Hacking and crime. As the siblings face multiple challenges, including gunfights, they must navigate their way through a difficult world.
Day of the Assassin (1979)
Action, Drama, Secret Agent
Various treasure hunters journey to Mexico to find a fortune at the bottom of the ocean.
The Gentle Gunman (1952)
Drama, thriller film
Terence and Matthew Sullivan are two IRA men in London during World War II. Terry starts questioning the worth of the IRA's war against the United Kingdom that involves planting bombs in a crowded London Underground station and becomes marked for death by the IRA. In addition to Terry's questioning of the IRA's methods, Matt is affected by a mother whose husband and son had joined the IRA with fatal results.
Thunder (1983)
Action, Redsploitation
A Native American named Thunder returns home following a long absence and discovers a construction company that is destroying a native burial ground, which is a breach of the treaty signed a century ago between his grandfather with the US Government. His attempt to alert the local authorities results in him being escorted out of the county by one of the sheriff's deputies, who order him to stay out of town. Having done no wrong and after being assaulted by the construction workers, Thunder returns and the situation continues to escalate.
Killpoint (1984)
Action
A psychopathic illegal arms dealer, Joe Marks (Mitchell), and his gang headed by Nighthawk (Pierce), rob a National Guard armory with the intent of selling arms to gangs and criminals in Los Angeles. Lt. James Long (Fong), and FBI agent Bill Bryant (Roundtree), go after Marks.
Operator 13 (1934)
Drama, romance film, spy film, war film
In the American Civil War, Union forces are reeling after their defeat in the Second Battle of Bull Run. The Pauline Cushman Players are performing for wounded soldiers at a Union military hospital. Pauline, a spy who works for Allan Pinkerton, recommends her close friend and fellow showgirl Gail to become a spy for the Union cause as Operator 13 (the previous Operator 13 having been caught and shot).
Outpost in Morocco (1949)
Adventure
thumb|The full film Spahi Captain Paul Gerard is assigned to lead a patrol to the city of Bel-Rashad en route to a French Foreign Legion fort. Gerard is to escort the Emir's daughter, Cara, who has been studying in France, to Bel-Rashad that is off limits to Frenchmen and investigate whether there may be anti-French activity in the city. On their ten-day journey Gerard and Cara fall in love.
San Quentin (1937)
Crime, Drama
Ex-Army officer Steve Jameson, chief guard at San Quentin State Prison, meets San Francisco night club singer May Kennedy. Her brother, Joe "Red" Kennedy, is on the run from the police and is arrested when he visits her. Red arrives in San Quentin and fights hardened criminal "Sailor Boy" Hansen in the courtyard on his first day.
The Hollywood Sign (2001)
Comedy drama
When three formerly top-tier, now has-been actors meet at the funeral of a legendary Hollywood agent, their alcoholic reunion leads them to visit the Hollywood Sign. There they find the body of a man – leading them to uncover an in-progress scam for stealing millions from a Las Vegas casino – which originated as a movie plot written by one of the actors' ex-girlfriends – who could not get her script produced. Desperate to make a comeback, the three risk their lives for production capital ...
Innocent Bystanders (1972)
Action, Adventure, Crime, Secret Agent, spy film
John Craig is an aging British secret agent who is tasked with returning a defector, the Russian scientist Kaplan who has foregone science for a modest life as a goatherd in Turkey. Craig faces opposition from his boss, his younger replacements, an American secret agent, a Turkish hotel keeper, and an organization of Russian Jews hostile to Kaplan. Craig's mission is complicated by Miriam, an innocent bystander who is taken hostage.
Half-Life: Escape from City 17 (2009)
fan film
Part One Part One is set during the second half of events of Half-Life 2: Episode One. Dr. Isaac Kleiner is making his "Kleinercasts" on City 17's PA system, warning that the Combine Citadel is set to explode at any moment; should the Citadel detonate, the resulting explosion will destroy the city and the surrounding area.
Night of the Warrior (1991)
Action, sport film
Checkpoint (1956)
Action, Crime, Drama, thriller film
O'Donovan breaks into a safe in a factory in Florence, Italy, late at night. That triggers a burglar alarm, and he shoots the night watchman and at least one policeman; his gunfire also starts a fire that consumes the factory. He goes to Francesca and demands she put him in contact with Petersen, her boss.
Snake Eater II: The Drug Buster (1989)
Action, Martial arts
After several inner city youths die from overdose after consuming drugs cut with rat poison, police officer Jack "Soldier" Kelly arms himself with weapons he saved from his Marine days, and busts into a local drug house from which the substance was sold, killing four dealers in the process. His renegade efforts lead to his arrest, but he is saved from jail thanks to his lawyer's insanity plea, and sent to an insane asylum under the supervision of Dr. Pierce.
Driving Force (1989)
Action, Science fiction
A widower Steve (Sam Jones) and his girlfriend Harry (Catherine Bach) stop Nelson (Don Swayze) and his tow-truck drivers of the future who boost business with accidents and start a war with them that leads to bloodshed and violence.
The Green Archer (1940)
Action
The struggle over the Bellamy estate ends with Michael Bellamy accused of murder and killed on the way to prison, while his brother, Abel Bellamy, takes control of the estate for his own nefarious plans. Bellamy is using Garr Castle as a base for his jewelry-theft ring, and he kidnaps his brother's wife to keep things quiet. Insurance investigator Spike Holland enters the case, and Bellamy continually dispatches his resident gang to do away with him.
Dick Tracy's Dilemma (1947)
Action, Noir
Ruthless killer Steve Michel is known to the public as "the Claw" for his way of killing his victims with his prosthetic hook. After his accomplices Ryan and Taylor have broken in and stolen furs from the Flawless Furs warehouse, Steve kills the guard with his hook. Detective Dick Tracy arrives and talks to the store owner Humphries, Peter Premium, a representative for the insurance company, and Cudd the insurance investigator.
Lightspeed (2006)
Science fiction, Superhero
The covert world of government Ghost Squad agent Daniel Leight (Jason Connery) comes crashing down when he gets critically injured in a building collapse triggered by the genetically mutated terrorist called Python (Daniel Goddard). When Leight's radiation treatments are later sabotaged by Python, Leight discovers that he has the ability to move at hyper speeds, though only by risking potentially fatal metabolic damage.
Foxbat (1977)
Action, Drama, spy film
An international race is being waged to obtain the blueprints of a MiG-25 Foxbat Soviet fighter plane that has landed in Japan. Michael Saxon, an undercover U.S. spy, has secretly taken photos of the aircraft, and now he faces overwhelming odds to transport the microfilm back to his home country.
Jack London (1943)
Adventure, Biography, Drama
The film follows scenes from the life of the writer-adventurer Jack London (Michael O'Shea, who somewhat resembled London) who was, among other things, oyster pirate, hobo, sailor, prospector and war correspondent. The film begins and ends with footage from 1943 of the launch of the Liberty ship Jack London. In Oakland in 1890, after an accident involving a female colleague at the factory where he works, the young London quits and borrows money to buy a boat in which to illegally harvest oysters.
Sand Serpents (2009)
Action, Horror
A group of special forces led by Lieutenant Richard Stanley (Jason Gedrick) arrives in Afghanistan in order to deal with the Taliban for their final mission before heading home to the states. However, the group is soon captured by the ambushing Taliban soldiers, who tie them up and plan to use them to request for money and the release of Taliban prisoners. Soon, there is an apparent earthquake with roars and screams that the group hears before managing to release themselves.
Savage Sisters (1974)
Action, Drama, women in prison film
In a revolution-torn country, 1 million US dollars is stolen by a group of revolutionaries, including Mai Ling and Jo Turner. The revolutionaries are betrayed by gang members Malavasi and One Eye, who helped them with the job, and are imprisoned. Policewoman Lynn Jackson busts Mai Ling and Jo out of prison.