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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 7,240 films · Page 250.

The Black Ninja (2003)

Action, Martial arts

Maliq Ali is a defense attorney whose guilt over freeing guilty criminals, and the death of his family, leads him to become a costumed ninja vigilante who stalks these same criminals at night. After refusing to defend Tony Fanelli, a small-time mobster accused of murder, he finds himself involved in protecting the only witness, Tracey Allen, from Fanelli's hired thugs. While protecting this young woman, he is confronted by The Red Ninja, a Japanese assassin, who years before killed his family rather than pay Ali for defending him.

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The Swordsman (1948)

Adventure, Drama, swashbuckler film

In 18th century Scotland, the clans McArden and Glowan are at long standing feud. Alexander, an attractive McArden, falls in love with the beautiful Barbara Glowan. Unfortunately their relationship angers Barbara's cousin, Robert Glowan, who attempts to destroy the McArden clan completely.

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Cool Change (1986)

Action, Adventure, Drama, romance film

The Victorian government want to declare the high country a national park, driving cattlemen off their land. Park ranger Steve Mitchell grew up in the area, but has been working on the coast. He is assigned to his old home.

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They Raid by Night (1942)

Drama, war film

The story follows the insertion of British Commandos into Norway to rescue Norwegian Gen. Heden from captivity and take him to the United Kingdom to lead the Free Norwegian Forces. The film opens with the execution of a British spy who was sent to support partisan activities.

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The Lost Volcano (1950)

Adventure

The parents of a young boy named David Gordon think that Bomba is just David's imaginary friend. David is kidnapped by a pair of crooked jungle guides who are searching for a lost city's treasure. Bomba rescues David, battles a crocodile and, with the help of an erupting volcano and a python, defeats the villains.

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Captain Calamity (1936)

Adventure, Treasure hunt

A penniless ship's captain is taking a passenger ashore after their voyage. The passenger throws a gold coin in the ocean that he says has been bad luck to him as it was a gift from his ex-fiancee. The Captain sends one of his men, an experienced underwater diver, to successfully retrieve it.

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Merry Mavericks (1951)

Comedy, Western

Set in the Old West, the Stooges are wanted for vagrancy, in order to escape custody, Moe suggests they leave for a town known as Peaceful Gulch. Meanwhile, the once-tranquil town of Peaceful Gulch faces turmoil as the notorious Red Morgan and his gang intimidate the populace and drive out the sheriff. In a bid to restore law and order, members of the sheriff's posse devise a plan to deceive Morgan and his cohorts by fabricating the arrival of three renowned marshals.

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At Ground Zero (1994)

Tom and Aysha (character names) are at the economic bottom of the LA scene; no money, on drugs, and selling themselves to exist. Tom brains his drug dealer, steals his drugs and the two split town by bus and thumb, heading 'home'. Hitching a ride from a quixotic, dangerous character, Bubba, they put up with his advances until he too is ejected from his own car as the two free themselves from all restraint.

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King of the Congo (1952)

fantasy film

Captain Roger Drum (Buster Crabbe) shoots down an enemy plane carrying microfilm while on its way to Africa to deliver it to an enemy of America. Intent on revealing this subversive group for whom the microfilm's message is intended, Drum assumes the enemy pilot's identity. He flies his twin-engine aircraft across the Atlantic, where he is forced to crash it in a remote African jungle.

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Target (2004)

Action, thriller film

Charlie Snow (Stephen Baldwin) was a highly decorated war hero, a sniper who never placed emotion before the mission. Except once. Providing cover for an undercover arms dealer sting operation, he was forced into a predicament, as through his scope he saw a hostage crisis unfold.

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Andy Colby's Incredible Adventure (1988)

Action, Adventure, children's film, fantasy film, Science fiction

Andy Colby (Randy Josselyn) is a 12-year-old boy with too much time on his hands and an addiction to movies. He goes to a local video store looking for a movie he hasn't seen and asks the crazy video store clerk (John Bluto), for a real adventure. He is given a new video that isn't even on the shelves yet.

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Bulldog Drummond's Revenge (1937)

Adventure, Mysterie, mystery film

Captain Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond, a British officer, while on a drive with his friend Algy Longworth and valet Tenny, is the first to discover a mysterious suitcase that has been parachuted from an aircraft above, minutes before the plane crashes. The case contains the highly explosive chemical hexanite, the formula for which has been stolen. Despite the urging of his fiancee Phyllis Claverling, Drummond is dragged into the mystery surrounding the affair, traveling by both train and ship to recover the formula.

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Direct Hit (1994)

Action

After informing his CIA handlers that his next hit will be his last, John Hatch (Forsythe) discovers that his target isn't a criminal at all. Refusing to take the woman out, Hatch instead takes it upon himself to protect her and expose the web of corruption at work.

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Uranium Boom (1956)

Adventure

Becoming mining partners after first getting into a fistfight, two men strike uranium pay dirt in remote Colorado. Grady (William Talman) guards the claim while Brad (Dennis Morgan) returns to town to register their find. Unfortunately, Brad is distracted by a young beautiful woman from Denver and quickly marries her, before he realizes she has a past with his partner, who doesn't take the news well.

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Universal Soldiers (2007)

Action, Science fiction

The United States government initiates a program to create genetically modified cybernetic supersoldiers, conducted out of a laboratory on a remote island. However, after an earthquake, the test subjects escape from containment and begin killing the humans around them. A team of Marines is hunted by the supersoldiers as they struggle to survive and stop the rampage, while also overcoming their clashing personalities and strategies.

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Colorado (1940)

Western

During the American Civil War a Confederate officer who is also a Captain in the Union Cavalry is keeping Federal troops in the Colorado Territory from reinforcing their armies in the East by forming an alliance of secessionists, outlaws, and opportunists as well as arming hostile Indians. Unable to send more reinforcements, the United States Secret Service sends one man, Military intelligence officer Lieutenant Jerry Burke to identify who is behind the troubles and put an end to it. Armed with a sweeping letter of both law enforcement and military powers signed by President Abraham Lincoln Jerry meets his old comrade in arms Gabby to go…

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