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Action, Thriller, Time Travel, War Film, mystery film, science fiction film, time-travel film, war film
In 1980, the aircraft carrier departs Naval Station Pearl Harbor for naval exercises in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The ship takes on a civilian observer, Warren Lasky, a systems analyst for Tideman Industries working as an efficiency expert fo…
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Action, Drama, Martial-Arts, action film, drama film, martial arts film, romance film
Po Sing is the youngest son of Chinese Triad boss Ch'u Sing, who is accosted by African-Americans in a nightclub owned by Silk in Oakland, California. Po is rescued and admonished by Kai, Ch'u's chief lieutenant. Po leaves the club, but is…
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Komödie, Western, action film, comedy film
In the Old West, Tommy, known as "White Knife" by the Indigenous American tribe who raised him after his mother was murdered, is to marry a member of the tribe named Smoking Fox, as arranged by his adoptive father Chief Screaming Eagle. Fo…
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Girls with Guns, Komödie, Secret Agent, action film, adventure film, comedy film, female buddy film, martial arts film
Three years after the events of the first film, after rescuing U.S. Marshal Ray Carter in Mongolia, the Angels (Natalie Cook, Dylan Sanders, and Alex Munday) and Jimmy Bosley (John Bosley's adoptive brother) are sent to recover titanium ri…
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Action, action film, comedy film, comedy horror, crime thriller film, katastrophe, thriller film
After witnessing crime lord Eddie Kim brutally murder prosecutor Daniel Hayes in a secluded forest in Hawaii, Sean Jones is escorted by FBI agents Neville Flynn and John Sanders on a Boeing 747-400 to testify in a trial against Kim in Los …
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Action, Cyberpunk, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, arthouse science fiction film, comedy film, science fiction comedy, science fiction film
In the Mojave Desert, a policeman pulls over a 1964 Chevrolet Malibu driven by J. Frank Parnell. The policeman opens the trunk, sees a blinding flash of white light, and instantly vaporizes, leaving only his boots behind.
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Martial-Arts, Sitcom, martial arts film, parody film
A man, called The Chosen One by the narrator, wanders from town to town to search for the man who killed his family and tried to kill him when he was a baby. In one town, he meets Master Tang, a very ill and slightly deranged sifu, and ask…
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Action, Military Film, action film, thriller film
In 1980, Operation Eagle Claw is aborted after a fatal helicopter crash, with the U.S. Delta Force evacuating to their C-130 transports. Among them is Captain Scott McCoy, who, against orders, rescues his wounded comrade, Pete Peterson, fr…
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Western, Western film, action film, drama film
In June 1880, stage driver Buck prepares a stagecoach to run from Tonto, Arizona Territory, to Lordsburg, New Mexico. Among the passengers are Dallas, a prostitute driven out of town by the "Law and Order League"; the alcoholic doctor Josi…
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Computeranimation, Super Hero, action film, drama film, mystery film, science fiction film
Chapter I In 1985, in a reality in which superheroes have existed since World War II, Eddie Blake, an aging semi-retired government operative, is thrown to his death from the window of his apartment. A police investigation reveals that he …
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Drama, Military Film, action film, biographical film, crime film, drama film, police film, vigilante film
Sergeant Chris Vaughn is a former Green Beret who returns to his small hometown in Kitsap County. Looking for work, Chris finds that the local cedar mill was closed down three years earlier by its owner, Jay Hamilton, who opened a casino t…
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Adventure, Monster Film, action film, adventure film, horror film, monster film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, suspense film
thumb|right|Autographed Julie Adams publicity photo, featuring the Creature menacing Kay A geology expedition in the Amazon rainforest uncovers fossilized evidence (a skeletal hand with webbed fingers) from the Devonian period that provide…
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Action, Horror, Obsession, Western film, action film, adventure film, fantasy film, ghost film, horror film, horror western, science fiction action film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, space Western film, supernatural film, supernatural horror film, thriller film
In the year 2176, Mars has been 84% terraformed, giving the planet an Earth-like atmosphere. Martian society has become matriarchal, centering on the city of Chryse, with smaller outposts connected by an expansive network of trains. In the…
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Conspiracy Thriller, Police Film, action film, buddy cop film, crime film, drama film
Chicago Police Lieutenant Danny Roman is a top hostage negotiator for the east precinct. His partner, Nate Roenick, warns him that an informant inside the department suspects members of their own unit have embezzled millions from the polic…
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Adventure, Biographical picture, Historie, action film, biographical film, drama film, romance film, swashbuckler film, war film
The film is set in Scotland, 1713, with a fictionalised Robert Roy MacGregor, of Clan MacGregor, as its main protagonist. Although providing the Lowland gentry with protection against cattle rustling, he barely manages to feed his people. …
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American football film, Drama, Komödie, action film, comedy drama, prison film
Former star pro football quarterback Paul "Wrecking" Crewe walks out on his wealthy girlfriend Melissa in Palm Beach, Florida. After taking her Citroën SM without permission and leading police on a car chase, and subsequent attack of two p…
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Action, Thriller, action film
Fox is a young girl growing up with her sister Spooky. Their dad got into an accident and mom was doing alcohol and drugs, hence Fox decides to leave her home. After a while of living on the street, Fox meets a drug dealer Goldie and becom…
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Splatstick, action film, adventure film, comedy film
Beavers sneak into Jean Kayak's apple orchard and eat the support beams of his two giant applejack kegs. Jean is too inebriated to notice one keg roll away. The second keg smashes into Jean's house and explodes, destroying the orchard and …
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Crime, Forensic, Thriller, crime film, drama film, thriller film
Radio host Erica Bain and her fiancé Dr. David Kirmani are viciously attacked by three men while walking their dog in Central Park; the men record the assault on their phones and take Erica's engagement ring and her dog. David dies from hi…
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Animalhorror, Dark Comedy, Splatter Film, Zombiefilm, action film, black comedy film, comedy film, comedy horror film, drama film, exploitation film, horror film, monster film, science fiction action film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, splatter film, thriller film, zombie film
In 1957, on Skull Island, zoo official Stewart McAlden and his team attempts to smuggle out a Sumatran rat-monkey, a hybrid creature that resulted from the rape of tree monkeys by plague-carrying rats. While fleeing from the island's warri…
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Action, Computeranimation, Sci-Fi, action film, fantasy film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film
In 2065, Earth is infested by alien life forms known as Phantoms. By physical contact Phantoms consume the Gaia spirit of living beings, killing them instantly, although minor contact may only result in an infection. The surviving humans l…
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Buddy Cop, Police Film, action film, buddy cop film, buddy film, thriller film
Two years after the events of the first film, LAPD sergeants Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh are pursuing unidentified suspects suspected of drug trafficking. However, they discover they have been transporting an illegal shipment of gold i…
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Horror, action film, comedy film, comedy horror, science fiction film, splatter film
Melvin Ferd is a scrawny, socially awkward janitor at a health club in the fictional town of Tromaville, New Jersey. He's regularly harassed and bullied by customers Bozo, Slug, Wanda and Julie, who also regularly engage in random, sensele…
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Action Comedy, Pirate Film, action film, adventure film, children's film, pirate film, romantic comedy, swashbuckler film, treasure hunt film
In 1668 Jamaica, having escaped a trap set by authorities, Morgan Adams hunts down her paternal uncle and fellow pirate Douglas "Dawg" Brown after he kidnaps her father Black Harry. Harry has one of three pieces of a map to a huge stash of…
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