Hell-Bent for Frisco (1931)
Action
After his girlfriend's brother is murdered, a San Francisco newspapermen goes on the track of his killers.
Action movies
Explore action, physical conflict and high-stakes confrontations.
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Law and Lead (1936)
Action, Western
Range Detective Jimmy Sawyer has earned time off after apprehending four offenders. He overhears one his fellow detectives being assigned to apprehend Pancho Gonzales, a bandit known as the Juarez Kid. As Sawyer previously arrested Gonzalez and believed him when he said he would never break the law again, Sawyer takes the assignment to discover if Gonzalez is really the Juarez Kid, or someone is masquerading as the bandit.
The Smoke Eaters (1926)
Action, silent film
Wansapanataym (1999)
Action
Flame of the Argentine (1926)
Action, silent film
Doña Aguila owns a large ranch and a valuable emerald mine in Argentina, but her estate manager Emilio Tovar is trying to swindle her. On a visit to New Orleans, he persuades cabaret performer Inez Remírez to pose as Aguila's long-lost daughter. She returns with him and Doña Aguila it taken in by her, but Remírez is shamed by the older woman's kindness and refuses to help Tovar.
Looking for Trouble (1926)
Action, silent film
Avenging Fangs (1927)
Action, silent film
Hollywood Thrill-Makers (1954)
Action
Lugard (2021)
Action
An intelligent student at the university was forceful dragged into cultism because of his talent. It became complicated when his first assignment led to the death of the rival gang's leader and he had to battle with his life and study through the film.
The Rider of the King Log (1921)
Action, silent film
Bonnie & Clyde Copycats (2017)
Action
Bruges is threatened by two notorious mob gangs: the truthful Alfredo's gang and the Toriettis, who have more values. Betty and Marc are an average couple who hate their jobs and dress up as Bonnie & Clyde to try and have a little fun. When they accidentally witness Alfredo, killing a key figure in the Torrieti family, they get entangled in their gang war.
The Rise of Igbinogun (2021)
Action
The Rise of Igbinogun is a story of a young female warrior who wants to close the dichotomy that exists between the rich and the poor in the society. She steals from the rich in order to take care of the poor. She becomes wanted by the king's guards, the rich, including her father, but she also becomes the messiah of the needy and poor people.
The Apocalypse (2007)
Action, Adventure, Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, disaster film, Drama, Science fiction
The film takes place in the United States in what is presumably the present day. A large, colossal meteorite is heading towards the Earth, and threatens to wipe out the human race in a manner similar to the extinction of the dinosaurs. Whilst the Earth begins a series of efforts to divert and later destroy the meteorite, two parents - Jason and Ashley - search for their missing child, who is in Los Angeles, whilst attempting to overcome various catastrophes somehow triggered by the arrival of the meteorite.
Midnight Secrets (1924)
Action, silent film
As described in a film magazine, Tip O’Neil is the livest wire on the Herald's staff. He has gathered evidence against Logan, the head of the Titanic Construction Co., and Dan Macey, a politician. Dan calls on Inspector Murphy of the Police Department, and warns him to “lay off.” While in the Inspector’s office Dan sees Ruth, the girl that Tip loves, at the safe where the evidence is placed.
Frontera Sur (1993)
Action
Foreign Devils (1927)
Drama, silent film
Captain Robert Kelly (McCoy) while attached to the American Embassy in Peking at the time of the Boxer Rebellion befriends Lady Patricia Rutledge (Windsor) and rescues her from the priests of a Chinese temple that she has gone to visit. He then asks a friend to escort her to safety and battles the Chinese in order to give them time to escape. Eventually he brings news or the approach of the Eight-Nation Alliance to the barricade.
Lightning Speed (1928)
Action
A journalist in love with the daughter of a state governor tries to prevent her being kidnapped by a notorious criminal, who plans to force her father to pardon his brother.
Santa Fe Bound (1936)
Action, Western
Out on the trail cowboy Tom Crenshaw is forced to shoot and kill a bushwhacker. He takes the dead man's money belt and a letter he finds on him into the nearest town. It turns out that the bushwhacker was a killer hired by a local bandit leader, and the gang thinks that Tom is the man they hired.
The Down Grade (1927)
Action
Hutch Stirs 'em Up (1923)
Action, silent film
Danger Quest (1926)
Action, silent film
Armitage III: Dual-Matrix (2001)
action anime and manga, Cyberpunk, science fiction anime, science fiction anime and manga
Speed Cop (1926)
Action, silent film
The Man Who Played Square (1924)
Action, silent film
As described in a review in a film magazine, riding madly to his rescue, Matt (Jones) finds his buddy Steve (Scott) has been flogged and later murdered by Spofford (Foster), when Steve attempted to claim his share of the Red Eagle mine, but that Steve also got Spofford. Steve makes over his claim to Matt and has him promise to avenge him. Matt gets a job at the mine where the foreman is crooked and tries to plant stolen gold on him, but fails through the quick-wit of the cook.