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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 446 films · Page 8.
Parodie, comedy film, katastrophe, parody film, road movie, science fiction film
Coyote Bus Lines' scientists and designers work feverishly to complete Cyclops, a state-of-the-art articulated jumbo bus, enabling man to achieve a new milestone in bus history, namely non-stop service between New York City and Denver. Alm…
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Accident, Action, Thriller, action film, crime thriller film, disaster film, drama film, mystery film, neo-noir, thriller film
An unnamed man sneaks into Ocean View Amusement Park and places a small radio-controlled bomb on the tracks of the park's wooden roller coaster, The Rocket. The bomb detonates, causing the ride's train to derail, killing or injuring the ri…
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Drama, Family Drama, drama film, romance film
In pre-World War I northern China, young farmer Wang Lung (Paul Muni) marries O-Lan (Luise Rainer), a slave at the Great House, the residence of the most powerful family in their village. O-Lan proves to be an excellent wife, hard working …
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Animalhorror, Horror, Monster Film, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, comedy film, comedy horror film, disaster film, horror film, independent film, monster film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, television film
Geneticist Nathan Sands and his daughter Nicole are hired by the U.S. Navy to create a new weapon; they create an intelligent shark that has the tentacles of an octopus, dubbed S-11, controlling the creature using electromagnetic pulses wi…
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American football film, Thriller, action film, disaster film, mystery film, neo-noir, thriller film
An unknown sniper (Warren Miller) positions himself at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum before a professional football championship dubbed "Championship X" (Ten) between Baltimore and Los Angeles, similar to the Super Bowl. He is spotted …
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Drama, Thriller
Dennis Scott, new chief of metallurgy at the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough, is introduced to Theodore Honey, an eccentric American scientist who is testing his theory that the new Rutland Reindeer aircraft is susceptible to s…
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Drama, disaster film, drama film
The SS Claridon is an aging transpacific ocean liner, scheduled to be scrapped after just a few more voyages. Cliff (Robert Stack) and Laurie Henderson (Dorothy Malone), and their daughter, Jill (Tammy Marihugh), are relocating to Tokyo an…
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disaster film, katastrophe
Shelby Gilmore, an international hotel magnate who owns the Kalaleu Gilmore, a resort hotel on a Pacific island, wants desperately to marry his secretary, Kay Kirby and proposes to her under the impression that she'll become his seventh wi…
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Horror, Thriller, disaster film, horror film, katastrophe, thriller film
Gringo, Ariel, and Pollo meet Hungarian sisters Monica and Kylie and their Russian friend Irina at a club in Chile. They decide to travel together to Valparaíso but during a party at another club, an earthquake strikes, trapping them under…
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Thriller, adventure film, disaster film, thriller film, treasure hunt film
Robinson, a veteran captain of underwater salvage vessels, who is divorced and estranged from his young son, is made redundant by his firm Agora along with his friends Kurston and Blackie. A depressed Kurston informs them that he has come …
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Secret Agent, action film, disaster film, spy film, thriller film
Soviet General Marenkov decides to defect to the West. He is in charge of Operation Winter Harvest, a plot to poison crops in the West. CIA agent Harry Wargrave leads the extraction team.
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B movie, Monster Film, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, disaster film, horror film, monster film, natural horror film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, thriller film
A nuclear submarine on its shakedown cruise in the Pacific Ocean, captained by Commander Pete Mathews, comes into contact with a massive sonar return. Unable to outrun or outmaneuver the object, the boat is disabled, but frees itself and r…
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Drama, Historie, disaster film, katastrophe
First class passengers include a May–December couple, multi-millionaire John Jacob Astor IV (David Janssen) and his new wife Madeleine Talmage Force as they sought to maintain a reputable position in society; their friend, Molly Brown; ano…
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Action, action film, disaster film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film
Nomad (Patrick Swayze), a swordsman, wanders through the desert in a post-World War III world. He searches for his mentor's killer, the assassin Sho (Christopher Neame). In the past, Nomad had a position of privilege as a soldier of the el…
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Horror, comedy horror, psychological horror fiction, science fiction film, splatter film
Mya is cheating on her husband, Lewis, with Ben. Ben asks Mya to leave the city with him, but she remains noncommittal. As Mya exits, Ben turns the television on and watches a bizarre psychedelic sequence of images.
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adventure film, disaster film, drama film, katastrophe
In 1883, the volcano on the island of Krakatoa begins to erupt, terrorizing the children at a mission school in Palembang on nearby Sumatra. In Anjer, Java, the steamer Batavia Queen, commanded by Captain Chris Hanson, takes aboard passeng…
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Drama, Thriller, action film, disaster film
Aging, respected Captain Paul Blanchard is on his final submarine tour before promotion to command of a submarine squadron (COMSUBRON). Surfaced and returning to port, the submarine, USS Neptune, is struck by a Norwegian freighter en route…
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Horror, Monster Film, Sci-Fi, action film, disaster film, fantasy film, horror film, kaiju, science fiction film, thriller film
The Japanese fishing vessel Yahata Maru is trying to find its way to shore in a horrible storm, when a giant monster emerges from an eruption on a nearby uninhabited island and attacks the boat. A day later, reporter Goro Maki finds the ve…
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Thriller, action film, drama film
Annie and Matthew, a young married couple, find their infant daughter screaming with a high temperature and an earache. Matthew calls the doctor, who promises to phone in a prescription to the pharmacist the following day. During the night…
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Documentation, documentary film, environmental film
With contributions from over 50 politicians, scientists, and environmental activists, including former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, physicist Stephen Hawking, Nobel Prize winner Wangari Maathai, journalist Armand Betscher, and Paul Haw…
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Accident, Family Drama, disaster film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film
Harry Baldwin, his wife Ann, their son Rick, and daughter Karen leave suburban Los Angeles at sunrise to go on a fishing trip to the southern Sierra Nevada wilderness, bringing with them a small camping trailer. After a couple of hours on …
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Natural Disaster, action film, disaster film, thriller film
David Shelby, a prosperous owner of a newly established ski resort nestled beneath a snow-laden mountain, extends an invitation to his ex-wife, Caroline Brace, for the grand opening. This event marks the commencement of both a ski tourname…
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Drama, disaster film, drama television series, romance film
In Southampton in 1916, HMHS Britannic, a sister ship of the Titanic, is commissioned as a hospital vessel for wounded Allied soldiers fighting in the Gallipoli Campaign. Among the nurses who are to serve aboard her is Lady Lewis, who is b…
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Sci-Fi, apocalyptic film, disaster film, katastrophe, science fiction film
An international consortium of scientists, operating as Project Inner Space in Tanganyika, Africa, is trying to tap into the Earth's geothermal energy by drilling a very deep hole down to the planet's core. The scientists are foiled by an …
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