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Adventure, Romance Film, adventure film, drama film, romance film
In 1841, 9-year-old Emmeline Foster and 10-year-old Michael Reynolds, two British children, are the survivors of a shipwreck in the South Pacific. After days afloat, they are marooned on a lush tropical island in the company of kindly old …
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Action Comedy, blaxploitation film, buddy cop film, comedy film, comedy thriller, thriller film
Deke "Reverend" O'Malley, a con man, is selling shares at a Harlem rally, for the purchase of a Back-to-Africa movement ship to be called The Black Beauty. During the rally, several masked gunmen jump out of a meat truck and steal $87,000 …
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Western, Western film
thumb|upright=1.1|Joan Collins and Gregory Peck in a film still Jim Douglass is a rancher pursuing four outlaws he is convinced murdered his wife six months before. He rides into Rio Arriba, where these four men, Alfonso Parral, Bill Zacha…
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Classical Western, Western, Western film
In 1866, remorseful former border raider Glyn McLyntock is guiding a wagon train of settlers to Oregon. While he is checking the trail ahead, he rescues Emerson Cole from being lynched for stealing a horse. Laura Baile, one of the pioneers…
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drama film, historical film
In 1809, Sir Arthur Wellesley, commander of the British forces in the Iberian Peninsula, prepares to invade French-controlled Spain. He orders Lieutenant Richard Sharpe and his band of "chosen men" to accompany the arrogant, incompetent, n…
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Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, fantasy film, science fiction film
After being snubbed before a weekend getaway by his teaching assistant, socially awkward professor of physics Tarl Cabot accidentally unlocks the magical properties of a ring that transports him to the planet Gor. After his arrival, Cabot …
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Adventure, drama film, period drama film, swashbuckler film
In 1638, King Louis XIII of France is delighted when his wife bears him a son, Louis, the heir to the throne. However, a few minutes later, a second son is born. Colbert (Walter Kingsford), the king's trusted adviser, persuades the king to…
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Action, Action Comedy, Adventure, Animation, Time Travel, dystopian film, time-travel film
In the present day, Dexter's rival Mandark attempts to steal Dexter's invention, the Neurotomic Protocore. Mandark is thwarted by Dexter, who then returns to work in his lab. After being annoyed by his sister Dee Dee, he tells her to go aw…
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Crime, drama film, mystery film, spy film
Coming to the assistance of a nanny who is almost killed during a bungled hit-and-run assassination attempt, Richard Hannay is surprised to find that there is no baby in her pram. Curious, he meets her at the Palace Music Hall where she ha…
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Adventure, Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film
On May 19, 1927, after waiting a week for the rain to stop on Long Island, New York, pilot Charles A. "Slim" Lindbergh tries to sleep in a hotel near Roosevelt Field before his transatlantic flight from New York to Paris. His friend Frank …
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Pseudohistorical Fantasy, Swashbuckler, action film, fantasy film, medieval film
A year before his death, Sir Bowen visits the cave of his long-dead dragon friend Draco and finds an egg. He entrusts it to the monastery of his friend Brother Gilbert. Aware of a prophecy stating that "a dragon's heart could doom mankind …
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Action, Komödie, action film, adventure film, comedy film
An office team go on a two-day team-building seminar on a tropical island. The group includes Chris, a meek office worker and Eagle Scout; Phil, a manipulative bully who steals his ideas; Lisa, an HR manager and Chris' love interest; and J…
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Komödie, children's film, comedy film
In Los Angeles, nine-year-old Eva Gregory longs for a pet dog but cannot get one because her mother, Amy, believes she is not responsible enough and her stepfather, Tom, a police lieutenant, is allergic to fur. This is further complicated …
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Thriller, adventure film, disaster film, thriller film, treasure hunt film
Robinson, a veteran captain of underwater salvage vessels, who is divorced and estranged from his young son, is made redundant by his firm Agora along with his friends Kurston and Blackie. A depressed Kurston informs them that he has come …
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Western, Western film, drama film
Pacer Burton is the son of a Kiowa mother and a Texan father working as a rancher. His family, including a half-brother, Clint, live a typical life on the Texan frontier. Life becomes anything but typical when a nearby tribe of Kiowa begin…
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Adventure, action film, biographical film, drama film
The narrative of the miniseries primarily follows Attila the Hun (reigned 434–453) during his rise to power, violent unification of the Hunnic tribes, and subsequent campaigns, first against the Eastern Roman Empire, and later against the …
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Action, Exploitation Film, action film, rape and revenge film, thriller film
Rebellious high-school student Brenda spends an evening on Hollywood Boulevard with her group of friends known as the Satins: Rachel, Stella, Francine Ramirez, Stevie and Maria. Accompanying them is Brenda's younger, innocent deaf-mute sis…
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Adventure, Historie, adventure film
In 1797, the humane Captain Crawford is in command of the frigate HMS Defiant during the French Revolutionary Wars. He soon finds himself in a battle of wills with his first officer, the sadistic and supercilious first lieutenant, Mr. Scot…
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Adventure, Historie, adventure film, drama film, swashbuckler film
thumb|upright=1.2|Leslie Howard and Merle Oberon in The Scarlet Pimpernel In 1792, shortly before the Reign of Terror, select French aristocrats are being saved from death by a secret band of English noblemen. The Scarlet Pimpernel, their …
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Action, Blaxploitation, Crime, Thriller, action film, blaxploitation film, crime film, thriller film
Mack "Truck" Turner (Hayes) is a former professional football player who becomes a Los Angeles–based bounty hunter after an injury. Truck visits his girlfriend, Annie (Annazette Chase), who is in jail and wants to leave LA when released. T…
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Action Comedy, Buddy Cop, Crime, action film, buddy film, comedy film, crime film
In Detroit, a federal armory of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is robbed of assault rifles, handguns and ammunition. An ATF agent was killed, and he and his partner Agent Derrick Vann are suspected to have be…
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Action, Horror, action film
Since the beginning of time, Heaven and Hell have fought over Purgatory and the souls trapped inside it. Each side has sent seven warriors: archangels (Arcs) from Heaven, fallen angels (Fallen) from Hell. They must assume human form to ent…
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Western, Western film, adventure film, drama film
Wild Bill Hickok is haunted by his dreams of a giant white buffalo, so much that he travels the West to find the beast. Along the way, he meets the Lakota warrior Crazy Horse, who is also searching the plains for the giant white buffalo, w…
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Adventure, Fantasy, adventure film, drama film, family film, fantasy film
In 1996, scientist Richard Quinn is hunting down the chupacabra, a supposedly mythical creature, in San Javier. A government doctor, he believes that its healing powers will help revolutionize medicine. Locating one with a cub in an old mi…
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