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Action, Drama, thriller film
In Texas, Sergeant Archie Sparks, an MP, has finally caught up with AWOL Corporal Meredith Cole, who has been accused of assaulting a commanding officer. When Archie turns his back for a moment, Meredith manages to escape his custody once again. Cole finds herself on an American Auto Coach bus on her way to El Paso, along with an eclectic group of passengers for what should be an uneventful ride on Christmas Eve.
Western
Naive Montana cowboy Duke Fergus arrives in San Francisco and visits the notorious Barbary Coast. Fergus becomes smitten with the lovely star attraction of the fanciest gambling hall, "Flaxen" Tarry, the "Flame of the Barbary Coast". Fergus gets talked into gambling against the owner (and Flaxen's lover), card shark Tito Morell.
Action, Adventure, Drama
Aboard a private plane, pilot Hank Brady pulls a gun on his lone passenger, Franz Kovaz, after putting the instruments on automatic pilot. Waiting at Tangier airport is another American pilot, Gil Walker, his French girlfriend Nicki and her companion Danzer, a woman named Susan Lane, and a police lieutenant, Luzon. The plane passes over the airport, then crashes and bursts into flames.
Biography, romance film
"Paris in 1850 Louis Napoleon, nephew of the great Bonaparte, is president of the French Republic." During a tennis match in Paris between Ferdinand de Lesseps and his friend Vicomte Rene de Latour, the enthusiastic admiration of Countess Eugenie de Montijo for de Lesseps attracts the attention of Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte. Bonaparte sees to it that both she and de Lesseps are invited to his reception. At the party, a fortuneteller predicts that Eugenie will have a troubled life, but also wear a crown, and that de Lesseps will dig a ditch.
Action, Science fiction
Jack is back for one more round with the Trancers. Jack Deth must attempt to find his way home from the other-dimensional world of Orpheus, where magic works and the Trancers were the ruling class (before Trancers 4: Jack of Swords, that is). Jack's quest to find the mystical Tiamond in the Castle of Unrelenting Terror may be thwarted by the return of Caliban, King of the Trancers, who was once thought dead.
association football film, Comedy drama, Drama, Social Drama
In Rwanda, football fanatic Dudu Kayenzi is teaching a group of children how to make an "organic football" using a UN condom, plastic bag and string. Meanwhile, his best friend Fabrice longs to pursue his ambition of becoming an association football legend and is seen breaking the local record for the most continuous football kick-ups. When Fabrice is offered the chance to audition for the opening ceremony of the 2010 Football World Cup in South Africa, he fabricates a plan to sneak past his strict, wealthy parents with Dudu and Dudu's sister Beatrice.
children's film, Drama
Rin Tin Tin, the legendary German Shepherd, is rescued as a shell-shocked puppy from the World War I battlefield in Lorraine, France, by Lee Duncan, an American serviceman. The puppy is taken to America and becomes the hero of several films made in the 1920s and 1930s.
Comedy, Gangster Film
Bunny O'Hare, a widow whose savings have been depleted by her selfish, middle-aged children, Lulu and Ad, finds herself homeless when the bank forecloses on her mortgage. She becomes friendly with Bill Green, an aging itinerant salvaging the house's plumbing, who she soon discovers is really fugitive bank robber William Gruenwald. Hoping to recoup her losses from the bank that took her home, Bunny blackmails Bill into teaching her how to rob the institution in exchange for keeping his identity a secret.
Action, Adventure, Natural Disaster
A volcano erupts near the metropolis of Los Angeles, followed by a fatal explosion and a strong, sudden earthquake. Finally, a rain of fire pours on the city and complete chaos breaks out. Family man and journalist John Benson sees his professional opportunity: he intends to write about the events in as much detail as possible in order to make a breakthrough as a journalist.
association football film, Comedy
The plot concerns identical twin brothers who love soccer, but whose team plays badly. When the twins' dad, who's also the coach of their team, has to go away on a business trip, the twins' mother acts as the coach until their dad comes back. Unfortunately, she's not as good at soccer as her husband is, and the twins' soccer team soon starts getting made fun of for having a woman as their coach.
Drama, Secret Agent, spy film
Jonas Wilde, a leading British agent, returns home from a mission in Guyana to Jersey, where he has a cover identity as the owner of a boatyard. He finds his handler Peter Ravenspur in the company of a mysterious woman named Mari, who claims to be Ravenspur's long lost niece. Responding to a personal message placed in The Times, Wilde travels to London to meet his superior Canning.
Adventure, Drama, family film, fantasy film
Rosie Ming lives in Vancouver with Gloria and Stephen, her maternal grandparents who are of Chinese descent. Rosie's mother Caroline died in a car accident when Rosie was a child. An aspiring poet with a fixation on Paris, France, Rosie collects her poems in a book which she self-publishes.
Adventure, historical film
Drama, Western
Will Kane, now a private citizen living happily with his family, returns to the town of Hadleyville one year after the events of High Noon to conduct some business. He finds that the town is now in the hands of J.D. Ward, a corrupt marshal who allows his deputies to abuse and terrorize the citizens.
Drama, Western
Best friends Clay Clayburn and Will Denning graduate from West Point and visit their friend and fellow graduate Braxton Summers at his Georgia plantation in 1861. Clay is in love with Braxton's wife Kathy and has for many years. When war is declared, they soon find themselves fighting on opposite sides of the Civil War.
Drama, romance film
Mary Sharron (Susan Hayward) has lost her husband to a forest fire. To help her run the ranch, she hires handyman Fred Carter (Stephen Boyd). A handsome, but taciturn man who has known much tragedy, Fred works hard for her.
Action, disaster film, Natural Disaster, Science fiction, thriller film
An ancient prophecy comes to pass when archaeologists unearth an Egyptian chamber 10,000 feet below ground in Maine USA, sparking a devastating electromagnetic pulse that triggers Stonehenge and, in turn, sends destructive shockwaves around the globe. When the Aztec pyramids crumble and the stones take on a life of their own, a renegade radio host, a team of scientists, and a team of British commandos race to prevent the same force responsible for creating life on Earth from cleansing the planet in order to herald the dawn of a new age. Dr.
Adventure, crime thriller film, Gangster Film
In his remote hideaway in the Chinese province of Gansu, the evil Fu Manchu plots the death and downfall of his arch rival, Inspector Nayland Smith of Scotland Yard, as the first step in his plan to become leader of the world's most terrible criminals.
swashbuckler film, Western
The mysterious Don Del Oro ("Lord of Gold"), an idol of the Yaqui, emerges and attacks the gold trade of the Republic of Mexico, intent on becoming Emperor. A man named Francisco is put in charge of a fighting legion to combat the Yaqui tribe and protect the gold; he is attacked by men working for Don Del Oro. Francisco's partner recognizes Zorro as the hidalgo Don Diego Vega.
Action, Drama, thriller film
When the peaceful Morris family move to a small town and buy the town grocery store, they run afoul of the Cullen family. The Cullen's have been bullying the town's folk for years, and now they are harassing the Morris family every chance they get. Matt meanwhile meets and starts seeing a lot of Becky who also likes him.
Western
J.W. Coop is an ex-convict making up for lost time. His dream is to be the best rodeo cowboy, and the film follows his competitions on the circuit.
Comedy, Drama, romance film
Adventure, Drama
Decorated United States Navy submarine commander William Talbot's submarine USS Bluefin is sailing on maneuvers with the goal of simulating the sinking of the aircraft carrier . Midway is transporting a senator to view the test firing of a V-2 rocket from its flight deck. Sighting the carrier, Bluefin simulates a torpedo attack but is detected by a destroyer, which simulates the Bluefin's destruction with a depth-charge attack.
Action, Adventure
The film is set in the fictional state of Zahrain, located in the Arabian Peninsula. An officer in the security service of a despotic regime arranges to murder a jailed revolutionary leader (Brynner) while he is being transferred between prisons. The leader's supporters stage a rescue, intending to subsequently flee across the desert to the Protectorate of Aden.