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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 7,240 films · Page 186.

Showdown (1973)

Western

Childhood friends Billy Massey and Chuck Jarvis go in opposite directions after Chuck ends up married to Billy's former sweetheart. Billy becomes a bank robber, Chuck a lawman. But they end up joining forces against common enemies in a final showdown.

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Rescue Heroes: The Movie (2003)

children's film

After rescuing the citizens of in the fictional city of Berkheiser, North Dakota, from an earthquake, the Rescue Heroes are sent to Ecuador to evacuate two reporters who are trapped in a crashed helicopter following an eruption of the Mount Sangay volcano. While climbing the volcano, Rocky Canyon, out of overconfidence, neglects to use the piton gloves, resulting in both him and Billy Blazes falling off the mountain. He brings Billy to safety and the two are able to rescue the reporters.

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Gang of Roses (2003)

Action, Western

The film starts off with Left Eye Watkins and his gang attempting to bully Sheriff Shoeshine Michel into giving them gold and women. A female member of the gang is extremely enthusiastic about the women and sets out to rape a can-can girl in the middle of town. While resisting, the can-can cuts the female gang member who in turns shoots her in the middle of the road.

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Road to Zanzibar (1941)

Adventure, buddy film, Comedy, musical film, romantic comedy

The film starts with con-artist Chuck Reardon singing "You Lucky People, You" as a side-show caller at an African circus advertising an act featuring his friend Hubert "Fearless" Frazier. "Fearless" poses as a human cannonball, but quickly substitutes a dummy at the last minute and hides in a secret compartment. The flaming dummy sets the big tent on fire and the two of them flee through Africa.

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Call of the Wild (2009)

Adventure, Drama, family film, Family Drama

A modern-day retelling of Jack London's 1903 classic novel The Call of the Wild. A recently widowed man, "Grandpa" Bill Hale, in Montana takes his granddaughter Ryann in for several weeks while her parents are out of the country. When a wild wolf-dog hybrid shows up injured on the back porch one night, Ryann decides to take the wolf, whom she names Buck, named after the Jack London character, back to Boston with her as a pet, but Grandpa knows Buck will eventually have to return to the wild.

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Zandy's Bride (1974)

Drama, Romantic drama, Western

Zandy Allan is a hard-working cattle rancher in a remote part of the American West who needs a hired hand more than he needs a wife. He sends away for a mail-order bride, a Swedish woman who lives near Minneapolis. Expecting a woman in her 20s, Zandy is disappointed when Hannah Lund turns out to be 32.

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Ghost Shark (2013)

Action, Adventure, Animal horror, Drama, fantasy film, Ghost, Horror, monster film, mystery film, Science fiction, science fiction horror film, supernatural horror film, television film, thriller film

When a great white shark eats the potential catch of a sport fisherman, the man and his daughter violently retaliate by sadistically torturing and killing the shark. The shark's corpse then sinks to the bottom of an underwater cave. It is subsequently resurrected as a ghost due to the cave's mysterious paranormal properties.

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Slash/Back (2022)

Adventure, Horror, Science fiction

Set in Pangnirtung, Nunavut, a remote community, this story follows four teenage girls. We are introduced to them as they are living a typical boring day. The girls decide to take a boat to the land, where they have always been warned never to go without an adult.

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Blind Justice (1994)

Western

Canaan, a mysterious gunfighter left nearly blind from Civil War combat, roams through Mexico with a baby he has sworn to protect. On his way to a town where a family will supposedly adopt the baby, Canaan passes through a border town where U.S. Cavalry officers assigned to deliver a shipment of silver are under attack from bandits.

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Dangerous Moonlight (1941)

Drama

During the German invasion of Poland, Polish airman and piano virtuoso Stefan Radetzky meets American reporter Carole Peters. He volunteers to fly a suicide mission but is not selected. Radetzky is among the last to escape Warsaw and months later, in New York, he and Carole reunite and marry.

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Gung Ho! (1943)

Drama, war film

Lieutenant C.J. Cristoforos announces that the United States Marine Corps is seeking volunteers for a hazardous mission and special unit. Among the volunteers are a hillbilly who, when asked whether he can kill someone, responds that he already has.

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Green Hell (1940)

Adventure, Drama, Treasure hunt

A group of adventurers journey deep into the South American jungle in search of ancient Incan treasure. A beautiful woman, brought to their camp by hired bearers, has come to join her husband, a newer member of the group, who was recently killed by hostile natives. As the months pass, jealousies and tempers flare as fights break out over the woman.

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Daddy-O (1958)

Crime, Drama

Hotshot street-racer Phil Sandifer (Contino) is working as a truck driver when he is harassed by a sports car driving on the highway. He later meets up with the driver, Jana (Giles), in a local club. Jana challenges Phil to a race; Jana runs Phil off the road, and he loses.

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Pandemic (2007)

Action, disaster film, Drama, thriller film

On a beach in Australia, two American surfers say goodbye to each other as one is about to leave for his flight back to California. The two men don't notice the large number of dead birds on the beach. On the flight, the surfer returning home starts coughing up blood and dies before the plane can land.

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Trick Baby (1972)

Action, Blaxploitation, Crime, Drama, Gangster Film

"Blue" Howard (Mel Stewart) and "White Folks" (Kiel Martin) are two con men in Philadelphia. Blue is an older black hustler who raised "White Folks” and taught him "the con". White Folks is the son of a black mother who is a prostitute and a white father.

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Mega Piranha (2010)

Action, Adventure, Animal horror, black comedy film, Comedy, Comedy horror, disaster film, fantasy film, Horror, independent film, mockbuster, romance film, Science fiction, science fiction horror film, thriller film

The film focuses on the Orinoco River in Venezuela, where a strain of genetically modified piranha have escaped into an isolated tributary of the river. Through human interference of the local environment, the megapiranha manage to escape from their isolated spot and swim downstream, killing all that cross their path. The megapiranha gradually make their way towards Florida at the height of the tourist season.

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