Dead In A Heartbeat (2002)
Action, thriller film
Dr. Gillian Hayes is performing heart surgery to attempt to save a patient. Another doctor decides that saving the patient is hopeless.
Action movies
Explore action, physical conflict and high-stakes confrontations.
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The Quick and the Undead (2006)
Action, Horror, Science fiction, Zombie
In the present, a plague breaks out causing the infected to become zombies. The action starts 80 years later, where the western United States has devolved into a series of ghost towns overrun by zombies. The government awards bounty hunters bounties in exchange for pinkies of the undead.
Storm Over Bengal (1938)
Action, Adventure, war film
Two Royal Air Force officers, Flt Lt Hallett and F/O Neil Allison visit a British outpost in India. Neil is the younger brother of Army Intelligence officer Captain Jeffrey Allison who is away on an undercover mission in the unaligned and independent princely state of Lhanapur. The British are worried about radio broadcasts from Ramin Khan inciting the Indian people to revolt.
Parachute Nurse (1942)
Action
Inspired by a visit from their old friend Lieutenant Mullins, an officer in the Aerial Nurse Corps, nurses Glenda White and Dottie Morrison decide to enlist in the Paranurses, an elite unit of nurses that parachute into hard-to-reach areas to aid injured soldiers. At the training center, Glenda and Dottie are assigned to the squad led by Captain Jane Morgan. At the cantina, the two nurses befriend Gretchen Ernst, a cadet who is being ostracized because her brother is an officer in the German army.
Sea Devils (1937)
Action
A Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer's personality conflict with his younger counterpart gets physical when the seaman casts his eye on the Chief's librarian daughter, among iceberg destruction missions, dramatic boat rescues, and fistfights.
Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land (1952)
In Wasabi, Africa, anthropologist Dr. Linda Roberts embarks on an expedition to find the rumored land of the Giant People, aided by guide Jungle Jim after her original crew abandons her. As they navigate wildlife attacks and local dangers, government officials and traders become entangled in conflicts over ivory poaching and the captured giants.
Rose of the Rancho (1936)
Action
Joe Kincaid, the leader of an organised gang of land-grabbers, is taking advantage of a loophole in the law to appropriate land in California in 1852. California has only recently been surrendered by Mexico to the United States to be admitted to the union. Joe uses the loophole in the law, whereby the title-deeds of current landowners are not recognised, to claim the legitimate plunder of the land.
Trapped Beneath the Sea (1974)
Action, disaster film
Barricade (1939)
Drama
A singer named Emmy meets broken-down journalist Hank Topping while travelling across Mongolia by train. A romance sparks, but is soon interrupted by a fierce group of murderous bandits. Fleeing, Emmy and Hank team up with others, eventually culminating in a fierce shootout with the marauders.
Denizen (2010)
Action, Horror, LGBTQ-related film, monster film, Science fiction
A group of scientists must stop a mysterious creature from attacking a small town. Sierra Deacon's (J.A. Steel) team, consisting of Dexter Maines (Ben Bayless) and Dallas Murphy (Jody Mullins), must help the locals led by Callie Calhoun (Julie Lisandro) in saving the town from the creature that is killing the residents.
Fuego (2007)
Action, thriller film
The Phantom of the Air (1933)
Adventure
Scientist Thomas Edmunds (William Desmond) and his daughter Mary (Gloria Shea) attend the National Air Races in Cleveland, Ohio to find a pilot. They select pilot Bob Raymond (Tom Tyler) from the U.S. Border Patrol, to demonstrate an anti-gravity device called the "Contragrav".
California Straight Ahead! (1937)
Action, Drama, romance film
A trucker named Biff Smith (Wayne) wins a contest between his caravan of trucks and a special train, the two competing against each other in a race to see who can deliver a load of aviation parts to an ocean liner before a labor strike takes place.
Red Snow (1952)
Action
Lieutenant Johnson, a U.S. Air Force pilot, on the tip of Alaska, a few miles from the Bering Straits from Siberia, helps foil a Soviet plot to test a few secret weapon by loyal Alaskan Eskimos. He is aided by Sergeant Koovuk, an Alaska native Eskimo also in the U.S.
The Romantic (2009)
Action, Adventure, Horror
thumb|300px|right|The Romantic was praised by critics for its smooth animation and unique visual style. Set in a world of autumn landscapes, a young man, the Romantic, falls out of love with his girlfriend. He visits the goddess Love, asking her to restore his feelings.
Budrus (2009)
documentary film, Political Documentary
Jordana Horn in The Jewish Daily Forward states that: Budrus [is] a documentary by Julia Bacha that examines one West Bank town’s reaction to Israel’s construction of the security barrier. The town, with a population of 1,500, was set to be divided and encircled by the barrier, losing 300 acres of land and 3,000 olive trees. These trees were not only critical for economic survival but also sacred to the town’s intergenerational history.
Moro Witch Doctor (1964)
Action
CIA agent Jefferson Stark is ordered to the Philippines to investigate the double homicide of two American plantation owners, Cameron and Kruger. Authorities believe the two were killed as a result of local gun smuggling and drug dealing. Cameron's sister Paula helps Stark in his investigation, and learns her brother is still alive and has gone into hiding from the syndicate.
Hell Squad (1958)
Action
During World War II, a squad of five American soldiers become lost in Tunisia and are killed one by one in fights with German units. Finally only one man, Private Russo, is left, in the midst of a mine field, together with a German officer, locked in a stalemate. Russo has water, while the German claims to have a map revealing the mine positions.
The Master Key (1945)
spy film
Nazi spies, led by the mysterious "Master Key", kidnap Professor Henderson in order to acquire his "Orotron machine" which is capable of extracting gold from sea water. FBI agent Tom Brant, aided by reporter Janet Lowe and Detective Lt. Jack Ryan, attempt to rescue him and crack the Nazi spy ring.
Madame X (2010)
Action, Comedy, Superhero
A hairdresser transforms into the superhero Madame X to fight off the threat of Kanjeng Badai and his militant, homophobic political party in order to prevent him from winning the election.
Rangers (2000)
Action
Terrorists capture a member of a US military unit deployed in the Middle East and offer him the opportunity to take revenge against his superiors.
Junior G-Men (1940)
Crime
A group of saboteurs called the "Order of the Flaming Torch" who are trying to undermine the "social order" of the United States kidnaps several prominent scientists, including Colonel Robert Barton, the father of Billy Barton, the leader of a group of young local street toughs. When FBI Agent Jim Bradford investigates the mysterious disappearances, Billy is reluctant to help the authorities. Billy's gang team up with the FBI and the youthful "Junior G-Men", led by Harry Trent in order to stop the saboteurs.
¡Mucha Lucha!: The Return of El Maléfico (2005)
Action, Action Comedy, Adventure, Comedy, family film, fantasy film, slapstick, sport film, teen film
Men Against the Sky (1940)
Drama
Phil Mercedes (Richard Dix), once a record-setting pilot with a fame resembling Charles Lindbergh's, is now an aging alcoholic. Reduced to his carnival roots to an air show performer, he crashes his stunt aircraft into a barn while drunk and is grounded for a year. His sister Kay (Wendy Barrie), becomes his only means of support.