Under Pressure (2000)
Action
An extremely rare artifact on a Greek island sets off a ferocious battle on the deck of a sinking ferryboat.
Action movies
Explore action, physical conflict and high-stakes confrontations.
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King of the Congo (1952)
fantasy film
Captain Roger Drum (Buster Crabbe) shoots down an enemy plane carrying microfilm while on its way to Africa to deliver it to an enemy of America. Intent on revealing this subversive group for whom the microfilm's message is intended, Drum assumes the enemy pilot's identity. He flies his twin-engine aircraft across the Atlantic, where he is forced to crash it in a remote African jungle.
Cane arrabbiato (1984)
Action, Spaghetti Western, Western
"When You Have Been Wrongly Jailed, The Only Thing On Your Mind Is Justice." Wayne plays a nameless cowboy in modern-day Arizona who buys two horses at a fair but who is then arrested for theft because he failed to get the papers which would prove his ownership. He's sentenced to prison but escapes and begins a desperate search to find the man who sold him the horses.
Rigged (2008)
Action, boxing film, Crime, LGBTQ-related film, sport film, thriller film
Michael Dublin (Chad Ortis) is a shyster specialised in illegal betting. One night during an illegal car race he gets beaten up by a participant whose car he's previously sabotaged. When his opponents are about to stash him away, a feisty female neighbor steps in.
Target (2004)
Action, thriller film
Charlie Snow (Stephen Baldwin) was a highly decorated war hero, a sniper who never placed emotion before the mission. Except once. Providing cover for an undercover arms dealer sting operation, he was forced into a predicament, as through his scope he saw a hostage crisis unfold.
Doomsday Rock (1997)
Action, Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, disaster film
Dr. Karl Sorenson, a noted astronomer, believes that an asteroid is on a collision course with Earth based on his study of an ancient civilization's prophetic timeline, but few other scientists believe him. Desperate, he leads a group of militant followers to take over a nuclear missile silo in order to use its missiles to destroy the asteroid.
Pressed (2011)
Action, Crime, crime thriller film, Drama
Business executive Brian Parker (played by Goss) has been fired from his job at a top investment firm and is facing serious financial troubles. He decides to invest his personal money in a dangerous drug deal that may end his problems quickly. However, two young joyriders, Jesse and Sam, steal the illicit drug money.
Andy Colby's Incredible Adventure (1988)
Action, Adventure, children's film, fantasy film, Science fiction
Andy Colby (Randy Josselyn) is a 12-year-old boy with too much time on his hands and an addiction to movies. He goes to a local video store looking for a movie he hasn't seen and asks the crazy video store clerk (John Bluto), for a real adventure. He is given a new video that isn't even on the shelves yet.
Chameleon II: Death Match (1999)
Action, Science fiction
Kam (Bobbie Phillips), a genetically altered agent, is called back to action when the clientele of a luxury casino is taken hostage by an audacious criminal.
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge (1937)
Adventure, Mysterie, mystery film
Captain Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond, a British officer, while on a drive with his friend Algy Longworth and valet Tenny, is the first to discover a mysterious suitcase that has been parachuted from an aircraft above, minutes before the plane crashes. The case contains the highly explosive chemical hexanite, the formula for which has been stolen. Despite the urging of his fiancee Phyllis Claverling, Drummond is dragged into the mystery surrounding the affair, traveling by both train and ship to recover the formula.
Direct Hit (1994)
Action
After informing his CIA handlers that his next hit will be his last, John Hatch (Forsythe) discovers that his target isn't a criminal at all. Refusing to take the woman out, Hatch instead takes it upon himself to protect her and expose the web of corruption at work.
Demonstone (1990)
Action, thriller film
Universal Soldiers (2007)
Action, Science fiction
The United States government initiates a program to create genetically modified cybernetic supersoldiers, conducted out of a laboratory on a remote island. However, after an earthquake, the test subjects escape from containment and begin killing the humans around them. A team of Marines is hunted by the supersoldiers as they struggle to survive and stop the rampage, while also overcoming their clashing personalities and strategies.
Colorado (1940)
Western
During the American Civil War a Confederate officer who is also a Captain in the Union Cavalry is keeping Federal troops in the Colorado Territory from reinforcing their armies in the East by forming an alliance of secessionists, outlaws, and opportunists as well as arming hostile Indians. Unable to send more reinforcements, the United States Secret Service sends one man, Military intelligence officer Lieutenant Jerry Burke to identify who is behind the troubles and put an end to it. Armed with a sweeping letter of both law enforcement and military powers signed by President Abraham Lincoln Jerry meets his old comrade in arms Gabby to go…
Track of Thunder (1967)
Action, Drama
Gary and Bobby are two stock car drivers who grew up together and both love the same girl, Shelley. Fake newspaper articles by Georgina Clark start appearing highlighting a feud between them. At first Bobby and Gary ignore the reports but eventually the rivalry becomes genuine.
Brush with Danger (2014)
action thriller
Siblings Ken and Alice become entangled with Seattle criminals who want to exploit their talent as martial artists.
Primary Suspect (2000)
Action, Mysterie, thriller film
While on an undercover infiltration mission, Denver police detective Christian Box played by William Baldwin has to use some drugs, and is believed by many to have become an addict; it goes wrong, and his wife, also on the operation, is killed and Christian Box gets blamed. Thanks to Lieutenant Blake played by Lee Majors, Box is not officially charged, but instead is demoted to desk work. Two years later he grabs a unique opportunity to mount a new, Box goes on a personal mission to destroy his wife's killer.
Bei po (1977)
Action, Drama, Eastern, Martial arts
Three refugees in Hong Kong befriend a young teenager and get mixed up in a world of gangs and violence.
Toby McTeague (1986)
Action, children's film, Drama, sport film
Dragon Crusaders (2011)
Action, fantasy film, speculative fiction
A group of fugitive Knights Templar attacks a pirate ship and they are cursed to turn into hideous monsters. To fight the curse and ultimately save the world, they must defeat the Sorcerer (The Black Dragon) who is determined to destroy it.
Deadly Love (1995)
Horror, Vampire
Rebecca Barnes (Susan Dey) is a successful photographer who has it all—including the curse of vampiric immortality. Longing for companionship, Barnes leaves a disastrous trail of blood-less bodies in her wake. Shockingly, photographs that she snapped of one of the victims brings Rebecca into the police investigation and into the arms of Detective Sean O'Connor (Stephen McHattie).
The House of Hate (1918)
Action, Drama, serial film, silent film
thumb|upright|The hooded villain Shortly after Winthrop Waldron, munitions magnate and head of the house of Waldon, arranges for the betrothal of his only heir, his adopted daughter Pearl, to her cousin so that control of his munitions empire will remain in the family, he is mysteriously murdered by a black-cowled killer who has sworn an oath of hate against him and Pearl. With Waldron's death, Pearl becomes the owner of America's largest munitions factory - the Waldon War Works. Harry Gresham, a young scientist/engineer, is in love with Pearl, and after the betrothal she finds that she regards him more highly than she does her cousin.
Steel Cowboy (1978)
Action, Drama, Road Movie
With his marriage, sanity and livelihood on the line, an independent trucker and his buddy agree to haul a load of stolen cattle for a black marketer.
Damon's Law (1987)
Action
Set in Rutherford County, North Carolina, Damon's Law tells the story of Sheriff Damon Huskey's experiences as Sheriff of Rutherford County. He is portrayed as a man who is admired by his town and who is well respected. Huskey, played by Earl Owensby (who also produced the film), faces instances where he calms an uncontrollable prisoner, approaches an armed suspect, without his own weapon drawn, as well as an animal cruelty report that in turn ends with a child abuse case.