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Action, action film, boxing film, drama film, martial arts film, prison film
Some years after fighting Monroe "Undisputed" Hutchen in prison, former boxing champion George "Iceman" Chambers visits the Russian Federation for a series of boxing matches and commercial airings, where he is subsequently framed for posse…
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Animalhorror, action film, horror film
In the remote swamps of Australia's Northern Territory, a wild cow drinking from the edge of a lake is suddenly attacked, and devoured by a ferocious, powerful crocodile. American travel journalist Pete McKell joins a small group of touris…
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Western, Western film, bushranging film, crime film, drama film
In 1880s Australia, Charlie Burns and his gang of bushrangers engage in a gunfight with the police. All gang members except Charlie and his younger brother Mikey are killed. Captain Morris Stanley tells Charlie that he will have Mikey exec…
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Japanese Monster Movie, action film, adventure film, alien invasion, crossover fiction, science fiction film
Over the course of the 20th century, environmental disasters cause the appearance of giant monsters and superhumans, dubbed "mutants", who are then recruited into the Earth Defense Force (EDF) to battle the monsters. The strongest of these…
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Action, Adventure, Pseudohistorical Fantasy, action film, adventure film, drama film, fantasy film, medieval film
In 12th century Scandinavian Scotland, a mysterious mute one-eyed thrall is held captive by a Norwegian chieftain from Sutherland and forced to fight to the death against others. He receives his meals from a young thrall boy, who seems to …
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Action, Drama, War Film, action film, drama film, war film
The crew of the Memphis Belle, a B-17 Flying Fortress, take a brief respite between missions to play football while the Belle is repaired for her final, twenty-fifth mission. If successful, they will be the first bomber crew in the Eighth …
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Destiny, Historie, War Film, drama film, war film
Harry Faversham, a young British officer completing his training, celebrates his engagement to Ethne Eustace in a ball with his fellow officers and father. When the Colonel announces that the regiment is being dispatched to Egyptian-ruled …
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action film, science fiction film
Set five years after the events of the second film Beyond Skyline, Sua discovers the powerful Radial Gauntlet, as he must deal with the corrupt Eric and the army of alien invaders.
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Action, Animation, Computeranimation, Drama, Horror, Monster Film, Zombiefilm, action film, biopunk, horror film, zombie film
In 2011, DSO agent Leon S. Kennedy infiltrates the "Eastern Slav Republic", a former Soviet republic, to confirm rumors that Bio-Organic Weapons (BOWs) are being used in the country's civil war, and ignores the government's order to retrea…
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Action, Blaxploitation, Drama, action comedy film, blaxploitation film, drama film, thriller film
A young African-American orphan is sheltered by a Los Angeles brothel in the 1940s. Working as a towel boy, he is seduced by one of the prostitutes. The women name him "Sweet Sweetback" in honor of his sexual prowess and large penis.
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Crime, action film, hood film, neo-noir, thriller film
Frank Wyatt, his younger brother John and their friends, Mike Peterson and Ray Cochran travel in Ray's luxurious RV to watch a professional boxing match in Chicago for the night. Ray exits the expressway and cuts through a run down residen…
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Adventure, action film, adventure film, biographical film, drama film
In 1862 London, Amelia Wren, a balloon pilot, and James Glaisher, a scientist, arrive for the launch of the largest balloon ever constructed. Despite being haunted by a vision of her husband, the late Pierre, Amelia keeps up the brave fron…
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Action, Horror, action film, horror film, science fiction film
On a United Aerospace Corporation (UAC) base on Phobos, Dr. Betruger prepares to teleport a volunteer from a UAC lab in Nevada to Phobos by using ancient teleporters known as "Gates". The experiment proves successful, but the subject emerg…
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Action, Family Comedy, Komödie, action film, comedy film, martial arts film, ninja film
Every summer, the Douglas brothers, 12-year-old Samuel, 11-year-old Jeffrey, and 6-year-old Michael, visit their grandfather, Mori Tanaka, at his cabin. Mori trains his grandsons in the art of ninjutsu. As the summer comes to an end, Mori …
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War Film, drama film, war film
In 1949, former United States Army Air Forces officer Harvey Stovall spots a familiar Toby Jug in an English antique shop and learns it came from Archbury, where Stovall served during World War II. Convinced it's the same jug from the airf…
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Arranged Documentary, Natural Disaster, action film, disaster film, found footage film
Pete, a veteran storm chaser, attempts to intercept and film tornadoes using Titus, a Tornado Intercept Vehicle, but has come up short all year long. Upon learning of a major line of developing storms, his team of chasers decide to head fo…
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Silly Movie, action film, comedy film, martial arts film, ninja film
A clan of ninjas in Japan finds a chest washed ashore with a white baby boy inside. One of their legends speaks of a foreign white man who would become a master like no other. Haru is raised with the expectation that he will become the leg…
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Thriller, crime thriller film, drama film
Dr. Will Jennings, a research physician, has landed his major career break by patenting a new anesthetic drug. After speaking at a conference regarding the patent in a Seattle hotel, he is met by a strange woman, Cheryl, who introduces her…
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Western, Western film
During the American Civil War, a secret Union army payroll train is raided by Confederates, led by Captain Pierre Cordona and Sergeant Tuscarora Phillips. Union Colonel Cord McNally loses his close friend, Lieutenant Ned Forsythe, in the r…
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Thriller, action film, crime film, thriller film
Several years ago, Peter Koslow was released early from prison on condition that he work as an undercover informant for the FBI's New York City field office. Having worked his way into a Polish crime organisation, he is about to provide hi…
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Action, action film
After leaving the criminal world, Mason and his lover Amelia go on vacation. Meanwhile, his technician accomplice Link falls in love with Georgios Caras, the bank manager from a previous robbery. They held their wedding ceremony on an isla…
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Thriller, action film, crime film, drama film, mystery film, thriller film
During a commencement gala at the newly opened Los Angeles headquarters of Nakamoto, a Japanese keiretsu, a call girl, Cheryl Lynn Austin, is strangled while having rough sex on the boardroom table. LAPD Lieutenant Webster "Web" Smith and …
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Action, War Film, drama film, war film
The film opens with the execution of Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba and the outbreak of civil war. As the mineral rich State of Katanga secedes under the leadership of Moise Tshombe, United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskj…
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Crime, Drama, Mysterie
Mumbai police commissioner Prakash Rathod describes in a voiceover that he is going to retire the following day. He goes on to describe the most challenging case he has faced in his career. An unnamed man carries a travel bag, assumed to c…
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