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Explore journeys, exploration and adventurous quests.

Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 7,240 films · Page 171.

Ambush at Cimarron Pass (1958)

Western

The survivors of a squad of cavalry led by Sergeant Blake are escorting a prisoner, Corbin, back to their fort. Corbin had been attempting to sell repeating rifles to the Apache, and the cavalry are now carrying the rifles. They encounter the survivors of a Texas cattle drive, all former Confederate soldiers led by Sam Prescott, who include the young Keith Williams who still hates northerners and has to be restrained from shooting Blake.

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Extreme Justice (1993)

Action, thriller film

After an incident where he used questionable police tactics, Jeff Powers is placed on probation. Upon hearing of his probation, a friend from the force later invites Jeff to join the Special Investigation Section, an elite and highly secretive Los Angeles Police Department(LAPD) unit designed to track and shut down high-profile criminals. Jeff discovers that the group is actually a group of rogue cops who actually function like an unofficially sanctioned death squad, and are given wide latitude in dealing with criminals.

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Theeb (2014)

Adventure, Drama

In 1916, recently orphaned brothers Hussein and Theeb, the second and third sons of a Bedouin sheik of the Howeitat tribe, come from a family of pilgrim guides and are accustomed to a nomadic lifestyle. One night, their camp is visited by Edward, a British officer, and an Arab named Marji. Custom requires that a goat be slaughtered for the visitors, but Theeb, still a boy, has great difficulty bringing himself to do it.

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Saddle the Wind (1958)

Western

Retired gunslinger and former Confederate soldier Steve Sinclair is living as a rancher in a small western community. He collaborates with the main landowner Dennis Deneen, from whom he rents the ranch, to preserve communal stability. His quiet life is disrupted by the appearance of his emotionally unstable younger brother Tony and Tony's beautiful girlfriend Joan.

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Red Water (2003)

Action, Adventure, Crime, crime drama film, crime thriller film, Horror, monster film, natural horror film, Science fiction, science fiction horror film, suspense film, television film, thriller film

A small oil rig located on a small river in Louisiana hits it big and former oiler John Sanders (who quit when a blowout occurred on a rig he was the boss of and four men died) and his friend Emery are hired to take his ex-wife Kelly and her boss to the location. Nearby, some thugs go diving for stolen goods that have been dumped in the river. Unfortunately, at the same time, a huge bull shark enters the river.

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Kim (1950)

Adventure, Drama

Kim, an orphan boy in 1885 India during the British Raj, occasionally works for his friend Mahbub Ali, a roguish horse trader who is also a secret agent for the British. Mahbub Ali becomes aware of a Russian-backed plot to invade India from Afghanistan. Meanwhile, Kim encounters an elderly Buddhist lama from Tibet, who is on a quest to find the "River of the Arrow", whose waters will cleanse him spiritually.

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Aftershock: Earthquake in New York (1999)

Action, disaster film, Natural Disaster

While Dori Thorell (Sharon Lawrence) and her 9-year-old son, Danny (Michal Suchánek), eat breakfast, Sam Thorell (Garwin Sanford) calls from his business trip. Ballerina Diane Agostini (Jennifer Garner) is on the phone with her father when a blender shakes off the counter. Dismissing it, she ends the call and rushes off to a rehearsal session at the New York City Ballet.

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Mercenary for Justice (2006)

Action, Drama, thriller film

CIA dirty deeds man John Dresham (Luke Goss) and black ops organiser Anthony Chapel (Roger Guenveur Smith) hire mercenary John Seeger (Steven Seagal) and his crew for a mission in the French-controlled Galmoral Island in Southern Africa. Ostensibly, the purpose of the operation is to aid the local population, though in reality Dresham and Chapel plan to seize and profit off the island's rich oil and diamond reserves. Seeger gets steamed when the mission goes wrong.

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King Solomon's Mines (1937)

Adventure, fantasy film, Treasure hunt

In 1881, Irish dream chaser Patrick "Patsy" O'Brien and his daughter Kathy have failed to strike it rich in the diamond mines of Kimberley, South Africa (then the Cape Colony). They persuade a reluctant Allan Quartermain to drive them to the coast in his wagon. Along the way, they encounter another wagon carrying two men in bad shape.

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The Savage Innocents (1960)

Adventure, Drama

An Inuk hunter kills a Christian missionary who rejects his traditional offer of food and his wife's company. Pursued by white policemen, the Inuk saves the life of one of them, resulting in a final confrontation in which the surviving cop must decide between his commitment to law enforcement and his gratitude to the Inuk.

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Pirates of the Plain (1999)

Adventure, Pirate Film

Bobby, who lives on a farm in an unspecified area of Nebraska with his mother, Glenna, father Karl, and grandfather, is a typical eight-year-old boy with an overactive imagination. Often receiving punishment for his make-believe adventures, Bobby believes his imagination to be a negative trait. When Bobby's grandfather falls and breaks his arm due to an approaching storm, Bobby is left on the farm alone while his mother accompanies his grandfather to the hospital.

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Number One with a Bullet (1987)

Action, Crime

Nick Barzack ("Berserk"), an irrational, unkempt and unpredictable cop, and Frank Hazeltine, his cultured, polite, and suave partner, follow a circuitous and highly circumstantial trail of clues, evidence, witnesses, and accomplices through Los Angeles. Barzack pauses only briefly for his mother, but repeatedly for his ex-wife. Hazeltine is almost too busy with every attractive woman he sees to pay attention to the thugs trying to kill him and his partner.

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Planet of Dinosaurs (1977)

Adventure, Animal horror, Drama, fantasy film, Horror, monster film, Science fiction, thriller film

After a mechanical failure aboard the spaceship Odyssey, Captain Lee Norsythe is forced to crash land on a planet with atmosphere and conditions much like that of Earth, although it is many light-years away. As the ship sinks into the lake that it landed in, Cindy realizes that she forgot the radio in the ship and attempts to retrieve it, with the assistance of fellow crew-member navigator Chuck. En route, Cindy is attacked and killed by an unidentified aquatic creature, prompting Chuck to return to shore without the radio.

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Catlow (1971)

Comedy, Western

Jed Catlow and Ben Cowan served together in the Civil War and became friends but now Catlow is a thief and Cowan a marshal tracking him down. Catlow is accused of rustling cattle, especially from the wealthy rancher Parkman. Parkman has hired vicious gunfighter Orville Miller to kill Catlow.

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The Little Vampire 3D (2017)

Adventure, Comedy, Computeranimation, Vampire

While on holiday with his parents, 13-years old Tony Thompson meets Rudolph Sackville-Bagg, a vampire. Tony has had nightmares about vampires, and Rudi has been brought up to think of all mortals as heartless killers - but they become friends due to childish curiosity and a lack of anybody else their equivalent age. Rudi's clan have been tracked by Vampire hunter Rookery and with the exception of his parents and sister Anna are all imprisoned in a crypt which Rookery intends on blowing up to kill them all.

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Journey to the Center of Time (1967)

Science fiction

Stanton has taken charge of a research company following the death of his father. He warns scientists Mark Mannin, "Doc" Gordon, and Karen White that unless they prove that their time travel experiments can produce some results, their funding will be cut off. In desperation, they push their equipment past the level of safety, and they and Stanton travel 5000 years into the future.

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Deathstalker IV: Match of Titans (1990)

Action, Adventure, fantasy film, Knights Tale, sexploitation film, Superhero, sword and sorcery film

Deathstalker takes part in a contest of strength—a challenge to lure competitors into the main arena of Queen Kana's castle. Mysteriously, combatants disappear from the castle one by one. Deathstalker acts to defend his fellow warriors, his life and his newfound love against an army of Stone Warriors and the Queen.

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Maneater (2007)

Horror, natural horror film, Science fiction, science fiction horror film, television film

Two people disappear along the Appalachian Trail: a young man jogging with his girlfriend and a hermit who rarely leaves his home. Sheriff Grady Barnes finds a trail that leads him to parts of the hermit's body. That night, young Roy Satterly is reading by flashlight when a Bengal tiger briefly appears in front of his bedroom window.

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The City Under the Sea (1965)

Adventure, fantasy film, Science fiction

Around the turn of the century, American mining engineer Ben Harris is working on the Cornish coast in England when he finds a body washed up on the beach. Ben makes inquiries at the nearby hotel. While talking to the hotelier's daughter, fellow American Jill Tregellis, and an eccentric artist, Harold Tufnell-Jones, a mysterious intruder appears but disappears.

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In Old Chicago (1938)

Action, disaster film, Drama, historical film, musical film

In 1854, the O'Leary family are traveling to Chicago to start a new life when Patrick O'Leary tries to race a steam train in his wagon. He is killed when his wagon hits a bump and his horses break loose, dragging him. His wife Molly and their three boys are left to survive on their own.

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Odd Squad: The Movie (2016)

Adventure, Comedy

Olympia and Otis are partners at Odd Squad, an organization run by kids that uses math and gadgets to correct peculiar problems. After stopping a giant mouse from ruining the mayor's cheese festival, they visit Delivery Debbie to fix her feet, which have turned into snails. While they are working on a solution, they are interrupted by a new rival, Weird Tom, who boasts that he is a doer instead of a thinker and "fixes" Debbie's feet using a hologram gadget.

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