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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 7,238 films · Page 165.

The Black Knight (1954)

Adventure, Knights Tale, medieval film

The blacksmith and swordsmith John is tutored at the court of King Arthur, but as a commoner he cannot hope to win the hand of Lady Linet, daughter of the Earl of Yeonil. The earl's castle is attacked by Saracens and Cornishmen — disguised as Vikings — and his wife is killed, making him lose his memory. The attack was part of a plot by the Saracen Sir Palamides and the pagan Cornish King Mark to overthrow Arthur and Christianity and take over the country, whilst pretending to be Arthur's friends and allies; Palamides is a knight of the Round Table and Mark has faked his own baptism.

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Barbie Dolphin Magic (2017)

Adventure, Computeranimation

A mermaid and her four dolphin companions hide from a ship. The youngest dolphin, named Emerald, curiously goes near the boat and is instantly captured as a rare "gemstone dolphin", as there is a mysterious woman offering a reward for these. The mermaid tells the dolphins to stay put and sets off in pursuit of the boat.

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The Celestine Prophecy (2006)

Adventure, Modern-Day Fantasy

Having lost his job as a middle school teacher, John Woodson (Matthew Settle) finds himself at a turning point in his life. He takes a vacation to Peru, where he spends his time exploring and searching for the ninth scroll, lost from a set of eight ancient texts, rumored to reveal the future of humanity.

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Back to the Secret Garden (2001)

children's film, fantasy film

In 1946, 38-year-old Lady Mary Craven visits an American orphanage, telling the children about an exchange program that will allow one child to travel to England and stay at Misselthwaite Manor, now an orphanage. She meets young Lizzie Buscana, who is in the garden trying to take care of her mother's rose bush. Lady Mary tells Lizzie about the exchange program and the secret garden, whereupon Lizzie agrees to participate so she can see the garden for herself.

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Between Heaven and Hell (1956)

Drama, war film

In 1945, on a Pacific island, Sergeant Sam Gifford is demoted to private after striking an officer. He is transferred to a punishment company, run by the dictatorial Captain Grimes, who insists on being called "Waco" in order to prevent his own death by Japanese snipers. Through flashbacks, we learn Gifford's backstory—his civilian status as a wealthy cotton farmer, hard and uncaring towards his employees, and married to Jenny, the beautiful daughter of his National Guard commander, well-to-do plantation owner Colonel Cousins.

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Ironclad: Battle for Blood (2014)

Action, Adventure, Drama, medieval film

Five years after the events of Ironclad, the de Vesci family struggles with Scot raiders along the English-Scottish border. A blood feud begins after the Scot chieftain's son is killed in one of these raids. The wounded de Vesci patriarch, Gilbert, sends his son Hubert to seek help from his nephew, a "great warrior" named Guy de Lusignan.

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Tarzan and the Lost City (1998)

Action, Adventure

In 1913 on the night before Jane Porter's wedding to John Clayton II (also known as Tarzan, who is something of a celebrity), her bridegroom receives a disturbing vision of his childhood homeland in peril. The educated explorer and treasure seeker Nigel Ravens is seeking the legendary city of Opar to plunder its ancient treasures and uncover dangerous powers. Much to Jane's distress and confusion, Clayton leaves for Africa to help, meeting up with the shaman Mugambe whose village was plundered by Ravens' group to find a key to Opar.

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Partners (1982)

buddy film, buddy cop film, Crime Comedy, LGBTQ-related film

After a series of murders in Los Angeles's gay community, heterosexual police officer Sgt. Bob Benson is assigned to go undercover as half of a gay couple with Officer Fred Kerwin, a records clerk. Kerwin naively believes that he is closeted, although the entire department knows about his sexual identity.

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Buchanan Rides Alone (1958)

Drama, Western

thumb|Buchanan (Randolph Scott) confronts corrupt Sheriff Lew Agry (Barry Kelley)|left While returning to West Texas from Mexico, Tom Buchanan rides into the California border town of Agry and becomes embroiled in an internecine feud involving the powerful Agry clan. In self-defense, Tom punches young Roy Agry, a drunken hothead who then declares he is going to kill Tom. However, a young vaquero, Juan de la Vega, rides in and kills Roy Agry.

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Ainbo: Spirit of the Amazon (2021)

Adventure, Comedy, Computeranimation, family film, fantasy film

In the uncharted civilization of Candámo, hidden in the deepest jungles of Amazon, a 13-year-old girl named Ainbo dreams to be her tribe's best huntress. She is best friends with the chief Huarinka's daughter Zumi, whose family informally adopted Ainbo after her mother's death. However, the day Zumi is going to be crowned new chief of Candámo, Ainbo is shocked to find two animal spirits, armadillo Dillo and tapir Vaca, who claim to be Zumi's spirit guides against the Yacuruna, the mysterious curse that threatens the jungle.

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Elephant White (2011)

Action, fantasy film, thriller film

American assassin Curtie Church (Hounsou) is completing a job in Thailand when 14-year-old child prostitute, Mae, witnesses Church killing a group of her captors, the Chang Cao gang, and afterwards framing the Jong Ang Gang for the murders. Church collects his payment for the job from his client, Rajahdon, whose daughter was murdered. Church travels to his hideout near a monastery and within sight of Kitty Kat, a Jong Ang Gang club.

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Ten Canoes (2006)

Adventure, Comedy, Drama

The film is set in Arnhem Land, in a time separate of Western influence, and tells the story of a group of ten men in a traditional hunting context. The leader of the group, Minygululu, tells the young Dayindi (Jamie Gulpilil) a story about another young man even further back in time who, like Dayindi, coveted his elder brother's youngest wife. The sequences featuring Dayindi and the hunt are in black and white, while shots set in distant past are in colour.

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Sammy's avonturen 2 (2012)

Adventure, Animation

Sammy and Ray are supervising their new grandchildren, when seagulls attack them and both Sammy and Ray and two of their grandchildren Ella and Ricky are captured on trawler net. While Ella and Ricky are separated and sent to the seabed, Sammy and Ray are taken to an aquarium with Lulu, a crazy lobster and Jimbo a bug-eyed blobfish. Escape plans are run and tried by the leading seahorse Big D.

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Company Man (2000)

Comedy, spy film

In the 1960s, Alan Quimp is a schoolteacher of English grammar and married to the very demanding Daisy Quimp. In order to avoid the constant mockery in Daisy's family, Alan says that he is a secret CIA agent. Daisy tells everybody, the CIA acknowledges the lie, but due to a coincidence, Alan has just helped and hidden the professional Russian dancer Petrov who wanted to leave Russia.

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The Call of the Wild (1972)

Adventure, Drama, family film

John Thornton, a prospector in the 1897 Klondike Gold Rush, is trying to eke out a living in the harsh conditions of the bitterly cold Yukon region of Canada, with Buck the German Shepherd dog he befriends. Thornton struggles against unscrupulous rivals and natural hazards in the extreme conditions and is greatly helped by Buck who has his own story to tell: he was abducted from a family home and taken north to become a working sled dog. Man and dog forge a true bond of friendship, working together to survive life in the treacherous frozen North.

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Eliminators (1986)

Action, Adventure, Science fiction, thriller film

After returning from a scouting mission in a time machine, the Mandroid gives a Roman centurion shield to his master Abbot Reeves. Reeves orders the Mandroid to be dismantled (killed), but Reeves' assistant Takada tries to help the Mandroid to escape. Although Takada dies in the escape attempt, he tells the Mandroid to seek scientist Col.

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Hardwired (2009)

Action, Conspiracy Thriller, Cyberpunk, Science fiction

In the not-too-distant future where corporations control nearly every aspect of human life, a man named Luke Gibson is involved in a car accident that claims the life of his wife and their unborn child. Luke has severe brain damage, but Hope Corporation agrees to implant a chip into his brain to save his life. He discovers that this chip also constantly sends advertisements until either the person obtains the product, or they go insane.

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Some Girls Do (1969)

Action Comedy, spy film

A series of inexplicable accidents befall the development of the world's first supersonic airliner, the SST1 – a man falls victim to a homicidal air stewardess and two women perform separate acts of sabotage during tests. The Air Ministry calls on Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond to investigate. Aided by ditzy American blonde Flicky, Drummond uncovers a plot by criminal mastermind Carl Petersen, who stands to gain eight million pounds if the aircraft is not ready by a certain date.

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7 Seconds (2005)

Action, crime thriller film, Gangster Film, thriller film

After professional thief Jack Tulliver and his crew pull off a meticulously planned armored vehicle heist, they are ambushed in Bucharest by a group of Romanian racketeers. This rogue group, tipped off to the heist by an unknown turncoat, kills Tulliver's associate Bull and most of his crew. Tulliver escapes with a mysterious sealed case that was the most valuable part of the stolen loot.

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