Girls of the Road (1940)
Action
Action movies
Explore action, physical conflict and high-stakes confrontations.
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Git Along Little Dogies (1937)
Western
When Doris Maxwell (Judith Allen) starts drilling for oil, cowboy Gene Autry (Gene Autry) tries to stop the drilling, believing the territory's water supply will be ruined. Doris' father, bank president Maxwell (William Farnum), embezzled $25,000 to support the drilling project. Doris and Gene's fight heats up after he shoots out the tires on her car and she steals his horse, Champion.
The Frontier Boys (2011)
Drama
Four high-school friends in the small town of Charlevoix, Michigan find their basketball season disrupted when a drug dealer moves to town. Brent Fencett (Timothy Lofing) becomes a witness to the drive-by shooting of T.J. Lewis (Taylor DeRoo), the high school's basketball star.
Wings of Chance (1961)
Action
Two Canadian bush pilots, Steve Kirby (James Brown) and Johnny Summers (Richard Tretter), are best friends and partners in a small flying business. They are also rivals for the affections of local girl Arlene Baker (Frances Rafferty). When Steve goes to the mountain lodge where Arlene works, a jealous Johnny flies there, and against air regulations, lands on a nearby lake, attracting the attention of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Polymorph (1996)
Action, Aliens, Horror, Science fiction
Nightworld: 30 Years to Life (1998)
Action, Drama, Science fiction
In a futuristic society where prison has been abolished, a 15-year-old is punished for a murder he didn't commit by being subjected to a process that ages him thirty years. As an older man he sets out to find the real killer.
We Go Fast (1941)
Action
With his attention held by Rose Coughlin, a waitress, police officer Herman Huff nearly lets a thief get away until a customer, Bob Brandon saves the day. Bob decides to become a motorcycle cop like Herman and they end up partners, as well as rivals for Rose. When the arrogant Diana Hempstead is pulled over by Herman for speeding, she uses her wealthy father's clout to get out of the ticket.
Homicide Bureau (1939)
Action, Crime
Club Life (1986)
Action, Drama, musical film
Midnight Warrior (1989)
Action, thriller film
Stringer Nick Branca (Bernhardt) is considering getting out of the sensationalist TV news business when he and his partner, Sam (Marty Brinton), are called to a jumper on Hollywood Boulevard. Despite it being a great scoop, Nick's conscience gets the better of him and he tries to talk the woman down but is unsuccessful. He gives the footage to a distressed man claiming to be the dead woman's husband, but he turns out to be a rival stringer, costing Nick and Sam thousand of dollars.
Schneeflöckchen (2017)
Action, Comedy
TeraStorm (2022)
Action, Science fiction
Set in a fictional Nairobi, a group of African superheroes join forces in an attempt to defeat an ancient wizard who threatens to destroy the earth with a powerful and mysterious artifact.
Undercover Girl (1950)
Action
Christine "Chris" Miller, a newly graduated New York policewoman, vows to finish the work of her murdered detective father by infiltrating the drug ring that killed him. Under an alias, she moves into a rough neighborhood, gains the trust of Moocher, a low‑level addict, and uses information from Liz Crow, a faded ex‑moll, to build herself a convincing cover. Working her way up, Chris eventually reaches Doc Holmes, a doctor fronting for the gang, and Menig, a ruthless lieutenant, feeding intelligence back to Lieutenant Mike Trent while her suspicious targets and an intrusive boyfriend put her cover at risk.
Max Rules (2004)
Action, Comedy
Max (Andrew C. Maier) and his friends Jessica (Jennifer Lancheros) and Scott (Spencer Esau) find thrills in spying on their families, sneaking into each other's houses, and organizing elaborate pranks at school. They have unique access to some of the most sophisticated equipment in the world, thanks to Max's Uncle, Rick Brinkley (William B.
White Slave Ship (1961)
Action, Adventure, Pirate Film
Set in 1675, the film was about a group of convicts being transported from London to the New World as white slaves aboard the ship Albatross, captained by Isaac Cooper (Ivan Desny). Among the convicts held in chains below decks are Doctor Robert Bradley, a political prisoner being transported to the American colonies for treating a wounded rebel (Purdom); Polly, a prostitute (Pier Angeli) and a murderer, John Rackham (Armand Mestral). Above decks and living in comparative luxury are an upper class English family, the Medford's, including their beautiful daughter Anna (Michele Girardon).
The Mutiny of the Elsinore (1937)
Action
Following a mutiny on a ship against a brutal mate, a writer who happens to be aboard as a passenger is asked to take over after the murder of the Captain.
Men of the Sky (1931)
musical film
In the years before World War I, a love affair takes place between an American pilot named Jack Ames and a French spy named Madeleine Aubert. Madeleine leaves her American fiancé to join her father, another French spy, at an estate in Germany. Her father instructs her to accept the invitation of a Prussian officer, Eric von Coburg, to live at his estate for a month.
Tumbling Tumbleweeds (1935)
musical film, Western
Gene Autry (Gene Autry) returns to his home after a five-year absence as a singing cowboy with a group of strolling players that includes Smiley (Smiley Burnette) and Eightball (Eugene Jackson), who sell Dr. Parker's Painless Panacea. Gene's father, a cattle baron and one of the original "nesters" in the West, was recently murdered during a conflict with his landlord.
Nightside (1980)
Action, Drama
Television pilot about the adventures of a streetwise cop working the night shift in Los Angeles with a naive partner.
Gold Mine in the Sky (1938)
Western
Gene Autry plays a singing ranch foreman who, as executor of the will of the property's owner, must ensure that Cody, the daughter/heiress (played by Hughes) doesn't marry without his approval. Cody wishes to marry Larry Cummings (Craig Reynolds), but Gene refuses, prompting Cummings to attempt to have Gene killed. When this fails, Cummings then demands money so Cody stages a fake kidnapping to raise the funds.
Overdrive (1997)
Action
Rose Against the Odds (1991)
Action, Biography
Flight at Midnight (1939)
Action
Norwark's field director "Pop" Hussey has a lot of trouble. His airport is well-equipped, but a high-voltage line located on the edge leads the administration to close it and Hussey is given two months to find a solution. Hussey does not have the money to move the line, and the municipality is turning a deaf ear.
The Man Without a Face (1928)
Action, Adventure, serial film, silent film