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Adventure, Drama
Young, lovely Naila becomes queen of the ancient Egyptian kingdom of Khemis when her father is killed in a slave revolt. Continuing her penchant for going incognito among the people, she seeks out rebel leader Herua. But through palace treachery, she herself is captured and enslaved.
Action, Blaxploitation, Bruceploitation, Martial arts, Science fiction, spy film, thriller film
A rogue scientist, Dr. Mason (T.E. Foreman), who invents a weather control device, is unknowingly being funded by gangster leader nicknamed "The Pig" (Sakata).
Adventure
In 1220, Sir Guy of Devon and a small band of English crusaders arrive at Samarkand in Central Asia. The city and its ruling princess Shalimar are threatened by Genghis Khan and his hordes. Despite the mutual attraction between Shalimar and Sir Guy, their differing methods threaten any hope of victory over Genghis Khan.
beach party film
A mostly deserted island, which is believed to be the home to the fountain of youth, lies off the coast of Florida. The island gets some visitors in the form of a teenage rock band, The Wild Ones, and their gang of swimsuit-clad young people, including Frankie (Jordan Christopher) and Nanette (Lauree Berger), and their sidekick Dodo (Johnny Tillotson). The gang heads there in a crowded powerboat, ostensibly for a scavenger hunt.
Heist
Pat Morrison runs a shady salvage operation in Manila. His latest scheme involves finding $3 million worth of gold bars hidden by the military during World War II. To this end, he needs the help of several former soldiers who were present when the gold was hidden.
Action, Adventure, Science fiction
Action, Adventure, Drama, Science fiction, thriller film
An alien species called the Kulku demand that eight million human beings be handed over to them to produce a cure for the virus that is killing them. In return, the Kuklu promise not to wipe out the planet and take what they want. While other countries empty their prisons to try to meet their quotas, the U.S.
Adventure, Drama
Ten-year-old Pete lives at a run-down drive-in theatre with his grandfather Jagamarra, whom he calls "Jubbi". The grandfather continually imparts wisdom of the old ways to Pete, who wishes to open a restaurant on the property. The boy hopes his absent mother, Lynelle will return to help with the restaurant, although Jubbi doubts her return to the desolate area of Kimberley.
Adventure, Drama
In the early 19th century, after a heated congressional debate, the United States Military Academy at West Point opens despite some doubting its worth - including the officer in charge, Major Sam Carter. A number of men enlist in the first class, including rich Howard Shelton who arrived with his valet, Kentucky backwoodsman Joe Dawson and also a cadet who is trying to regain his family's honour because he happens to be a nephew of the American traitor Benedict Arnold. The men are initially antagonistic towards each other, especially when Joe falls for Howard's fiancé, Carolyn Brainbridge.
Adventure, Drama, romantic comedy, Tragicomedy
Nelly, a young Frenchwoman, becomes engaged to Vittorio, an overbearing and hot-tempered Italian man, in Caracas. Shortly afterwards, she has a change of heart and runs away in the middle of the night, checking into a hotel. Vittorio soon finds Nelly and breaks into her hotel room by entering the next room, which is occupied by a middle-aged Frenchman named Martin, and jumping over the balcony.
exploitation film
thumb|left|Advertisement from 1958 for She Gods of Shark Reef and co-feature, Night of the Blood Beast. While stealing weapons as part of his gun running operation, young and reckless criminal Jim (Don Durant) kills two men. Wanted by the authorities, he escapes on the boat of his brother, Chris (Bill Cord).
Action, thriller film
A rape victim, comic book artist Lisa Roberts is given the runaround by the New York City Police Department. Tired of city life, she heads for the wide open spaces of Arizona. Not long afterward, she is propositioned by lowlife Randall Atkins.
Adventure, animated film
During a field trip to the history museum, the students Freddy, Atzi, and Kimo discover a giant stone disk called the Codex in the storage room they are exploring. Three of the brijes within it, the deities Quetzalcoatl, Ra and Chu Jung, emerge and reveal to them that they are the three people chosen to restore the ancestral alliance between humans and brijes, an alliance that was fractured with the emergence of science and technology. The brijes are magical animal spirits that have been in contact with human beings since the beginning of time.
Action, Martial arts
The film opens with kickboxer Jake Raye fighting Mickey Sheehan for the Lightweight Championship. Jake kicks Mickey in the throat, instantly killing him. Jake decides to give up kickboxing.
Action, Adventure, ninja film, spy film, thriller film
Duncan Jax, played by Ian Hunter, must stop neo-Nazis from destroying communication satellites and awakening Hitler from a cryogenic sleep. Jax assembles a band of the dirtiest fighters in the world to do it.
Adventure, Drama
Tony Fitzjohn (John Michie) has just come to work on Kora, a lion preserve, for two elderly brothers, George and Terrence Adamson (Ian Bannen). On his first day, Fitzjohn ignores George's advice not to run and is nearly mauled. Being informed this is how the last person to fill his position died, Fitzjohn writes the whole place off as crazy and decides to leave.
Adventure, Science fiction
The movie takes place some thirty years after a devastating war between the Union and the Consortium that resulted in the death of 10% of the Earth's population. The Newton 5 space colony is suddenly attacked by a vast extraterrestrial spacecraft, killing 200,000 people in the process. The alien spaceship then proceeds to annihilate a military base on Jupiter's moon Io.
Action
Donna Taylor is a young prostitute recruited by a criminal organization known as "the Syndicate" to help blackmail their latest target, a politician. She agrees to carry out their plan of meeting him in his hotel room, drugging his drink, and having pictures taken of him while he is unconscious. She soon finds out the drug she administered was not a simple sedative as she had been told by Sandra and Erica, the two members of the Syndicate accompanying her, but a lethal poison.
Action, Adventure, Drama, historical film, Historie, medieval film, Monumental Film, Sword-and-sandal
In what is now Russia, a settlement of Vikings lives in peace with both the Tatars and the Slavs. All is well until Togrul (Folco Lulli), a Tatar chief seeks the help of Oleg (Victor Mature), the chief of the Vikings, to war on the Slavs in a surprise attack. Oleg refuses and the group does battle ending with Oleg killing Togrul and abducting Togrul's daughter Samia (Bella Cortez) as a hostage.
Adventure, Drama
A journalist for a struggling television station travels to Africa to meet conservationist and filmmaker John Varty, who has been following a mother leopard for several years. She believes this would make an interesting story for the station's viewers. However, things don't work out as planned as one of the station's executives is trying to stop her filming idea and the unfortunate death of the mother leopard.
Action, Adventure, Martial arts
The story of Diamond Dogs concerns a group of American fortune hunters who hire a mercenary called Xander Ronson (Lundgren) to act as their guide and bodyguard, while they search for a priceless Buddhist artifact deep within the Chinese wilderness. They get more than they bargained for, however, as they come face to face with Russian mercenaries also after the artifact.
Action
Former LAPD cop, Dakota Varley (Bas Rutten), enters a power boat race seeking the prize of $250,000, but immediately discovers, first hand, that this race's risk matches the prize: one racer is killed, three others seriously injured in crashes and explosions. Varley tries to leave the lake and collect his prize money but is drugged and kidnapped by Dawson (Michael Rooker) and thrown into a different world: a world where survival means everything and no one follows the rules. Varley awakens on an island, strapped to pole, like a pig being carried to a barbecue.
Adventure, romance film
George Brissac owns a large country mansion in New Orleans in 1860. He is engaged but having an affair with the French Creole girl Lea, a maid in his household who has a gypsy aunt named Jezebel. George stands to inherit the estate from his childless uncle as long he avoids trouble.
Action, Crime, Drama, mystery film, thriller film
Homicide inspector Lindsay Boxer (Tracy Pollan) teams up with three other professional women to investigate a serial killer who targets brides on their honeymoon. While trying to solve the biggest case of her career, she finds herself falling for her partner (Gil Bellows) and battling a life-threatening illness.