The Terror of the Tongs (1961)
Adventure, Crime
In 1910, Mr. Ming is an agent of a group which secretly fights against tongs, China's criminal organizations. To fulfill his mission, he takes a ship to Hong Kong.
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Hot Rods to Hell (1967)
Action, Drama, thriller film
Traveling salesman Tom Phillips (Dana Andrews) is driving home to Boston, Massachusetts for Christmas when he encounters a drunken driver on a rain-streaked road. He cannot avoid a collision, and is hospitalized with spinal damage. Since he can no longer be a traveling salesman, his brother arranges for Tom to buy a remote motel in the desert town of Mayville, California.
The Scarlet Blade (1964)
Adventure, swashbuckler film
When King Charles I is captured by Roundhead forces led by the tyrant Colonel Judd and his right-hand man Captain Sylvester, it is up to a band of locals loyal to the King led by a Robin Hood–type character named the Scarlet Blade to try to rescue him. They are helped by Judd's daughter Claire who secretly helps them in defiance of her father.
Ninja Terminator (1985)
Action, Adventure, Martial arts, ninja film
A villainous Ninja Empire is celebrating its twentieth anniversary of rulership. The leader, the Supreme Ninja, celebrates by having his three greatest warriors - Ninja Masters Harry, Towne, and Tamashi - bring him the three pieces of a gold bust known as the Golden Ninja Warrior. When the three pieces - two separated arms, each holding a small sword, and a head/torso - are united, it makes the owner impervious to harm from blades.
Tarzan Triumphs (1943)
Action, Adventure, propaganda film, war film
During World War II, Tarzan and his son, Boy, are living on the Great Escarpment, though Jane has returned to the United Kingdom to tend to her sick mother. Jane's letter to Tarzan and Boy describes the ongoing struggle against Nazi Germany. Searching for raw materials in Sub-Saharan Africa to help Germany's cause, a small force of German paratroopers lands and takes over the lost city of "Palandrya" as an advance base and to enslave its people.
Women of the Prehistoric Planet (1966)
Adventure, Science fiction, Space Opera
A spacefaring crew from an advanced civilization is preparing to return home after an extended voyage. The crew includes "humans" (portrayed by White actors) and "Centaurians" (portrayed by Asian actors). The Centaurians have been rescued from their home planet after an unspecified catastrophic event has devastated their planet.
Snowbound (1948)
Adventure, thriller film
British film director Derek Engles recognises Neil Blair, an extra on his set, as he prepares to shoot a scene. He calls him out to have a private chat with him. In order to investigate some intelligence that he has picked up in Italy, Engles offers Blair a job as he trusts him (he used to be Blair's commanding officer).
The Brides of Fu Manchu (1966)
Adventure, crime thriller film, Gangster Film, Horror, Science fiction
In 1924, Dr. Fu Manchu, his army of dacoits and his vicious daughter Lin Tang are kidnapping the daughters of prominent scientists and taking them to his hidden base in the Atlas Mountains, where he demands that their fathers help him to build a device that transmits blast waves through a radio transmitter, which he intends to use to take over the world. He plans to keep (even wed) the girls in question.
Richard the Stork (2017)
Adventure, children's film
A baby Sparrow is orphaned after his parents are killed by a Weasel, and is adopted by a family of Storks who raise him as one of their own, and name him Richard. As the flock's annual winter migration nears, Claudius, Richard's father and the leader of the flock, informs him that, as a sparrow, he is unable to migrate with them, despite the protests of Richard's brother, Max, and his mother, Aurora. When the flock leaves for Africa the following morning, Richard attempts to follow but is knocked unconscious by a storm.
Out-of-Sync (1995)
Crime, Drama, hood film
Jason St. Julian (LL Cool J), a talented yet troubled DJ with a gambling problem. As Jason is sleeping, Crash (Gene Anthony Ray) and Nut (Mark Venturini) break into his apartment to collect a debt.
Run for the Sun (1956)
Action, Adventure, Drama, thriller film
While working for Sight magazine, journalist Katie Connors goes to San Marcos, a remote Mexican fishing village. She seeks novelist and adventurer Mike Latimer, who has abandoned writing "at the peak of his fame" and dropped from sight. He is in the village, indulging in drinking, fishing, hunting, and flying his aircraft.
Quest for Zhu (2011)
Animation
Pipsqueak, a hamster, is scolded by her owner Katie after trying to make a card for her, with Katie believing that Pipsqueak is making a mess. Katie startles Pipsqueak, and she ends up making a real mess. After an angered Katie leaves the room, a shooting star appears above her house, which sucks Pipsqueak in and transports her to the Zhuniverse.
Feuer, Eis & Dynamit (1990)
Action, Adventure, Comedy, sport film
The plot functions primarily as link between the stunt action scenes which mainly deal with skiing like in Fire and Ice. It also contains heavy product placement (for example, VW released a special edition of the Golf MK II named "Fire & Ice" which featured some special equipment details like the seat covers being said to be designed by Bogner himself). Roger Moore plays an entrepreneur who is in debt with many companies.
The Southern Star (1969)
Adventure, Comedy
In 1912, fortune hunter Dan Rockland comes to West Africa pretending to be a geologist. He is actually employed by Kramer, whose business is diamonds. Kramer's workers discover a huge uncut gem.
Cuban Rebel Girls (1959)
Adventure, Drama
Errol Flynn arrives in Cuba on behalf of the Hearst Press to do a series of articles on the revolution of Fidel Castro. He notices some changes in Cuba caused by the rebellion. He checks into a hotel and is contacted by one of Castro's agents, a female, who takes him to a beach resort.
Class of '61 (1993)
Drama, war film
The film follows the lives of several West Point classmates who fight on opposite sides of the American Civil War, which disrupts their previously close community. The film also follows the adventures of Lucius, a slave who escapes via the Underground Railroad to freedom. The film cuts between the First Battle of Bull Run and the birth of Lucius' child into slavery.
The Son of Robin Hood (1958)
Adventure, historical film
It is ten years since Robin Hood has died, and his band of merry men in the forest is ageing and depleted. The villainous Des Roches covets the English throne, and has locked the Prince Regent in his dungeon to persuade him to sign the throne over to him. But the merry men have been in touch with Deering Hood in Spain, who they believe is Robin Hood’s son, and Deering is on their way to England to help.
51 (2011)
Aliens, Horror, Science fiction, science fiction horror film
Political and public pressure coerces the government into allowing two well-known reporters and their assistants limited access to the ultra-secretive Area 51. The group consists of 20-year news veteran Sam Whitaker (John Shea); his camera-woman Mindy (Lena Clark); Claire Felon (Vanessa Branch), an ambitious writer, journalist, and head of an acclaimed news blog called The Fact Zone; and her cameraman Kevin (Damon Lipari). The four tour the base and things go well for a while, but when one of the base's "occupants" attempts to liberate both himself and those of his fellow species, Area 51 changes from being a secured government facility…
Mountain Family Robinson (1979)
Adventure, children's film
In the third and final film, the Robinsons celebrate the arrival of spring after surviving a harsh winter. However, their happiness is short-lived when a Forest Service ranger informs them that they must prove their mountain home is located on a legitimate mining claim (which is on government land) or face eviction. Additionally, Pat discovers that her mother is ill and decides to return to Los Angeles.
Against the Wild (2013)
Adventure, family film, survival film
13-year-old Zach Wade and 12-year-old Hannah are brother and sister, whose parents have separated and are planning a divorce. It's a tough time for the entire family. Life is made a little easier for Zach and Hannah though because they have their trusty dog, Chinook (an Alaskan Malamute), the three make a great team and they have a lot of fun together.
Red Sonja: Queen of Plagues (2015)
Adventure
Red Sonja, the She-Devil with a Sword, intends to pay back a blood debt owed to the one man who has gained her respect even if it means leading a doomed army to their certain deaths. Who is Dark Annisia, and how has this fearsome warrior accomplished what neither god nor demon has been able to do – force Sonja to her knees in surrender? An epic tale of blood, lust, and vengeance, Queen of the Plagues takes Red Sonja from the depths of her own grave to the heights of battlefield glory.
The Princess and the Pirate (1944)
Comedy, Parody, Pirate Film
A pirate captain known as the Hook (Victor McLaglen) buries his treasure on an island and kills the map maker so no one else will find it. He and his cut-throat crew go after the Mary Ann, a ship on which Princess Margaret (Virginia Mayo) is running away from her father, the King (Robert Warwick), in order to marry a commoner. The Hook plans to hold her for a large ransom.
Tarzan's Secret Treasure (1941)
Adventure
An expedition team arrives on Tarzan's escarpment. By chance, the two villainous members Medford and Vandermeer find out that there is plenty of gold on the escarpment. They kidnap Jane and Boy in order to make Tarzan show them the location of the gold.
The Thousand Plane Raid (1969)
Adventure, war film
In 1943, Colonel Greg Brandon (Christopher George), stationed at a United States Army Air Forces 8th Air Force, 103rd Bomb Group base in England, attempts to persuade superiors that a massive, co-ordinated daylight bombing raid will hasten the end of World War II. In spite of the mission's extreme difficulty and risk, his plan is eventually put into effect against a vital enemy aircraft factory in central Germany. Brandon has never been popular with his men, many of whom feel he drives them too hard.