Top 100 Action & Adventure Movies of 2024
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Dune: Part Two
March 1, 2024Dune: Part Two explores the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a warpath of revenge against the conspirators who de...
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The Hunger Games
March 23, 2012Based on the best-selling books by Suzanne Collins, THE HUNGER GAMES is the first film in the franchise. Every year in the ruins of what was once North America,...
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Man On Fire (2004)
April 21, 2004Hard-drinking, burnt-out ex-CIA operative John Creasy (Denzel Washington) has given up on life--until his friend Rayburn (Academy Award winner Christopher Walke...
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
November 16, 2001In this enchanting film adaptation of J.K. Rowling's delightful bestseller, Harry Potter learns on his 11th birthday that he is the orphaned first son of two po...
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Excalibur
April 10, 1981Medieval times are brought to vivid life in this spellbinding and stylish retelling of the legend of King Arthur, the Knights of the Round Table and the rise an...
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License to Drive
May 3, 2005Too embarrassed to tell his pals he failed his driving test, Les (Corey Haim) decides to throw caution to the wind (as 16 year olds are apt to do) and go on wit...
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The Last of the Mohicans (Director's Definitive Cut)
October 31, 2003Get even more action and adventure in this special Director's Definitive Cut of The Last of the Mohicans! An epic adventure and passionate romance unfold agains...
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The Dead Don't Hurt
May 31, 2024From the producers of Old Henry, The Dead Don’t Hurt is a story of star-crossed lovers on the western U.S. frontier in the 1860s. Vivienne Le Coudy (Vicky Kri...
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Road House (1989)
May 19, 1989Patrick Swayze stars in this sexy thriller from the producer of Die Hard and the Matrix. Co-starring Ben Gazzara (The Thomas Crown Affair), Kelly Lynch (Charlie...
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District 9
August 14, 2009Over twenty years ago, aliens made first contact with Earth. Humans waited for the hostile attack, or the giant advances in technology. Neither came. Instead, t...
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Mission: Impossible - Fallout
July 27, 2018On a dangerous assignment to recover stolen plutonium, Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) chooses to save his team over completing the mission, allowing nuclear weapons to...
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Civil War
April 12, 2024An adrenaline-fueled thrill ride through a near-future fractured America balanced on the razor's edge. A group of journalists must race through battlefields to ...
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Best of the Best
November 10, 1989Eric Roberts (Academy Award(r) Nominee Best Actor in a supporting Role Runaway Train 1985, National Security, TV's "Less Than Perfect"), Philip Rhee, Christophe...
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The Garfield Movie (2024)
May 24, 2024Garfield (voiced by Chris Pratt), the world-famous, Monday-hating, lasagna-loving indoor cat, is about to have a wild outdoor adventure! After an unexpected reu...
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In the Land of Saints and Sinners
March 29, 2024Eager to leave his dark past behind, Finbar Murphy (Liam Neeson) leads a quiet life in the remote coastal town of Glencolmcille, far from the political violence...
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Ocean's Twelve
December 10, 2004They're back. And then some. Twelve is the new eleven when Danny Ocean and pals return in a sequel to the cool caper that saw them pull off a $160 million heist...
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Duel
April 22, 1983In Steven Spielberg’s first full-length movie, Duel, a traveling salesman (Dennis Weaver) is harassed by a menacing 40-ton truck on a remote desert highway. B...
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Legend
April 18, 1986Legend, from director Ridley Scott (Blade Runner, Gladiator), is a visually stunning fantasy-adventure in which pure good and evil battle to the death amidst sp...
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Law Abiding Citizen
October 16, 2009A psychopathic mastermind (Gerard Butler of GAMER, 300), captured for the murder of his wife's killers, threatens to unleash a gruesome killing spree across the...
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The Big Lebowski
March 6, 1998The hilariously twisted comedy-thriller stars Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi and Julianne Moore. Join the "Dude" and his bowling buddies on their jou...
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Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
May 10, 2024Director Wes Ball breathes new life into the global, epic franchise with this action-adventure spectacle from 20th Century Studios. Set several generations in t...
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Despicable Me 2
July 3, 2013Gru, his adorable girls, and the mischievous Minions are back with a cast of unforgettable new characters in the blockbuster sequel to the worldwide phenomenon....
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Red Sonja
June 28, 1985In the times of sword and sorcery, amazonian Red Sonja avenges her sister's death and deposes an evil queen. With box-office superstar Arnold Schwarzenegger ("E...
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Deadpool 2
May 18, 2018The sequel to the first one.
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Django Unchained
December 25, 2012Set in the South two years before the Civil War, DJANGO UNCHAINED stars Academy Award®-winner Jamie Foxx as Django, a slave whose brutal history with his forme...
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Bad Boys: Ride or Die
June 7, 2024The world's favorite Bad Boys are back with their iconic mix of edge-of-your seat action and outrageous comedy but this time with a twist: Miami's finest are no...
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The Terminator
October 26, 1984A cyborg (part man, part machine) is sent from the 21st century to present-day Los Angeles to assassinate a seemingly innocent women whose child will play an im...
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Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
March 29, 2024The epic battle continues! The cinematic Monsterverse follows up the explosive showdown of “Godzilla vs. Kong” with an all‐new adventure that pits the alm...
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How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
February 22, 2019From DreamWorks Animation comes a surprising tale about growing up, finding the courage to face the unknown… and how nothing can ever train you to let go. Wha...
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Trolls World Tour
April 10, 2020Queen Poppy (Anna Kendrick), Branch (Justin Timberlake), and the rest of your favorite Trolls are back for another musical adventure that's bigger—and louder�...
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Big Trouble In Little China
July 2, 1986Jack Burton (Kurt Russell) is a simple man who doesn’t believe in ghosts or magic until he’s swept into a mind-boggling adventure deep within Chinatown’s ...
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Venom: Let There Be Carnage
October 1, 2021Tom Hardy returns to the big screen as the lethal protector Venom, one of Marvel’s greatest and most complex characters. In search of his next big story, jour...
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E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
June 11, 1982Journey back to the magic and adventure with E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, the beloved masterpiece from Academy Award®-winning director Steven Spielberg. Henry ...
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Back to the Future Part II
November 22, 1989Getting back was only the beginning as the most spectacular time-travel adventure ever continues in Back to the Future Part II - the sequel that proves that lig...
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The Blues Brothers (Theatrical Version)
June 20, 1980After the release of Jake Blues (John Belushi) from prison, he and brother Elwood (Dan Aykroyd) go to visit the orphanage where they were raised by nuns. They l...
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Cobra
May 23, 1986"Crime is the disease. Meet the cure." First came Rocky, then he was Rambo, and now Sylvester Stallone ("The Specialist," "Cliffhanger," "Tango & Cash") plays h...
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National Lampoon's Vacation
July 29, 1983The all-American Griswold family just wants to go on an all-American vacation. Everyone is packed. The route is planned ... And absolutely everything goes wrong...
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Running Scared
June 27, 1986Gregory Hines and Billy Crystal are two wisecracking, best-buddy street cops. As they explore the grim alleyways of the city, they stumble upon Snake (Joe Panto...
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The Martian
October 2, 2015From legendary director Ridley Scott (Alien, Prometheus) comes a gripping tale of human strength and the will to survive. During a mission to Mars, American ast...
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Bloodsport
February 26, 1988Jean-Claude Van Damme makes his starring debut in the descriptively titled Bloodsport. An American soldier at large in Hong Kong, Van Damme becomes involved in ...
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Runaway
December 14, 1984From the creator of Jurassic Park and Sphere comes another spine-tingling sci-fi action thriller. It is the future. A sinister plot is turning helpful robots in...
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Deadpool
February 12, 2016Hold onto your chimichangas, folks. From the studio that brought you all 3 Taken films comes the block-busting, fourth-wall-breaking masterpiece about Marvel Co...
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Jurassic Park
June 11, 1993Director Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park masterpiece is one of the most successful films in worldwide box office history and remains a compelling and spectacul...
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Kill Bill: Volume 1
October 10, 2003Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, and Vivica A. Fox in an astonishing, action-packed thriller about brutal betrayal and an epic vendetta! Four years after taking a bullet ...
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The Empty Man
October 23, 2020The Empty Man is a supernatural horror film filled with action, suspense and sheer terror! After teenagers from a small Midwestern town begin to mysteriously va...
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Die Hard
July 15, 1988Facing Christmas 3,000 miles from his estranged wife and two children, New York policeman John McClane (Bruce Willis) flies to Los Angeles bearing presents and ...
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Ocean's Thirteen
June 8, 2007It's bolder. Riskier. The most dazzling heist yet. George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon and more re-team with director Steven Soderbergh for a split-second cap...
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Spider-Man: No Way Home
December 17, 2021For the first time in the cinematic history of Spider-Man, our friendly neighborhood hero's identity is revealed, bringing his Super Hero responsibilities into ...
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The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
November 17, 2023In this prequel to The Hunger Games, a young Coriolanus (Tom Blyth) is the last hope for the once-proud Snow family that has fallen from grace in a post-war Cap...
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Kill Bill: Volume 2
April 16, 2004In this thrilling sequel, acclaimed writer-director Quentin Tarantino complete the quest for revenge begun by The Bride (Uma Thurman) in Kill Bill, Vol. 1. Havi...
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Armed and Dangerous
August 15, 1986John Candy and Eugene Levy charge into the world of private security in the outrageous action-comedy ARMED AND DANGEROUS. Unfortunately, they're usually chargin...
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Thelma
June 21, 2024Oscar® nominee June Squibb portrays Thelma Post, a feisty 93-year-old grandmother who gets conned by a phone scammer pretending to be her grandson (The White L...
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The Land Before Time
November 18, 1988From Steven Spielberg and George Lucas comes the animated classic that started a global phenomenon. Go back in time with Littlefoot, Cera, Spike, Ducky and Petr...
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John Wick: Chapter 4
March 24, 2023John Wick (Keanu Reeves) uncovers a path to defeating The High Table. But before he can earn his freedom, Wick must face off against a new enemy with powerful a...
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Drive
September 16, 2011Drive, directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, about a Hollywood stunt performer (Gosling) who moonlights as a wheelman for criminals discovers that a contract has be...
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The Running Man
November 13, 1987Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as Ben Richards, a cop in the totalitarian America of 2019, framed for massacring rioting civilians during a famine. After escaping ...
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Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
May 24, 2024As the world fell, young Furiosa is snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers and falls into the hands of a great Biker Horde led by the Warlord Dementus. S...
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Despicable Me
July 9, 2010In a happy suburban neighborhood surrounded by white picket fences and flowering rose bushes sits a black house with a dead lawn. Unbeknownst to the neighbors, ...
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Terminator: Dark Fate
November 1, 2019Decades after Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) prevented Judgment Day, a lethal new Terminator is sent to eliminate the future leader of the resistance. In a fight...
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The Gentlemen
January 24, 2020Mickey Pearson is an American expatriate who became rich by building a highly profitable marijuana empire in London. When word gets out that he's looking to cas...
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The Maze Runner
September 19, 2014In this thrilling action-adventure based on the best-selling novel, a teenager named Thomas (Dylan O’Brien) wakes up trapped in a massive, ever-changing maze ...
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The Abyss
August 9, 1989After a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks in a remote part of the ocean floor, a team of divers on a prototype underwater oil rig are pressed into service by...
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Twister (1996)
May 10, 1996Don't Breathe! Don't Look Back! Just run for your life when a destructive force of nature comes howling straight toward you, destroying everything in its path--...
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The Bourne Identity
June 6, 2002"A new action hero is Bourne!" (Access Hollywood) Get ready for the explosive, action-packed hit with incredible fight sequences, starring Academy Award® winne...
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Stand By Me
August 8, 1986In a small woodsy Oregon town, a group of friends -sensitive Gordie (Wil Wheaton), tough guy Chris (River Phoenix), flamboyant Teddy (Corey Feldman), and scared...
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Twisters
July 19, 2024Twisters brings back the blockbuster disaster epic with a whirlwind of heart-stopping action and exhilarating thrills. Ever since a devastating tornado encounte...
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The Twisters
July 28, 2024A deadly patchwork of destructive cyclones is on an apocalyptic path of convergence at a populated Midwest city center. There, the twisters will merge into one ...
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Colors
April 15, 1988An experienced cop and his rookie partner patrol the streets of East Los Angeles while trying to keep the gang violence under control.
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Lethal Weapon 2
January 1, 1994This high-voltage sequel continues the adventures of Los Angeles detectives Riggs and Murtaugh (Oscar-winner Mel Gibson and Danny Glover) as they try to thwart ...
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Kung Fu Panda 4
March 8, 2024Jack Black returns as Po, the world's most unlikely kung fu master, in this butt-kicking new chapter from DreamWorks Animation's beloved action-comedy franchise...
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The Fall Guy (2024)
May 3, 2024Ryan Gosling stars as Colt Seavers, a battle-scarred stuntman fresh off an almost career-ending accident. Colt is persuaded to return to his stunt career when h...
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The Rock
September 20, 2002For years Brigadier General Francis Xavier Hummel, a decorated military hero, has petitioned the United States Government to honor his men who have lost their l...
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Streets of Fire
June 1, 1984Get ready for a “rock ‘n’ roll fable” unlike anything you’ve seen before in this sexy, gritty thriller starring Hollywood heavyhitters Willem Dafoe, D...
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Blue Thunder
May 13, 1983Roy Scheider stars in this intense action thriller as a courageous police officer pilot battling government fanatics planning to misuse an experimental attack h...
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Darkness of Man
May 21, 2024Russell Hatch (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is a washed up, former Interpol operative who vowed to protect the son of an informant killed years earlier in a raid gone...
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Sherlock Holmes (2009)
December 25, 2009In a dynamic new portrayal of Arthur Conan Doyle's most famous characters, "Sherlock Holmes" sends Holmes (Robert Downey Jr.) and his stalwart partner, Dr. Wats...
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Cloak & Dagger
August 10, 1984Davey Osborne is an imaginative youngster who loves role-playing games, and who often enlists the aid of his best friend, an imaginary super-spy named Jack Flac...
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Arthur the King
March 15, 2024Over the course of ten days and 435 miles, an unbreakable bond is forged between pro adventure racer Michael Light (Mark Wahlberg) and a scrappy street dog comp...
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Thief
March 27, 1981Michael Mann directs this action-packed drama starring James Caan as a master safe cracker who is planning his last heist for the sake of a woman.
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Lethal Weapon
March 26, 1997Box office superstar and Academy Award-winner Mel Gibson ("Maverick," "Braveheart") and Danny Glover ("The Color Purple," "Grand Canyon") team up as L.A. cops i...
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Aladdin (1992)
November 25, 1992What would you do if a powerful genie granted you three wishes? Relive the thrilling possibilities in Disney’s animated classic Aladdin—now part of the este...
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Watchmen Chapter I
June 20, 2024In an alternate world history shaped by superheroes, once-celebrated “costumed adventurers” have been banned by a society disenchanted with vigilantism. Now...
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Logan Lucky
August 18, 2017Hoping to reverse a 'curse' that's hung over his family for generations, Jimmy Logan (Channing Tatum) hatches a plan to rob the Charlotte Motor Speedway during ...
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Despicable Me 3
June 30, 2017Illumination, who brought moviegoers Despicable Me, Despicable Me 2, and the biggest animated hit of 2015, Minions, continues the story of Gru, Lucy, their ador...
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The Boy and the Heron
December 8, 2023In this Academy Award-winning film from Studio Ghibli and legendary director Hayao Miyazaki, young Mahito accompanies a mysterious heron into a fantastical worl...
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Back to the Future
July 3, 1985From the Academy Award-winning filmmakers Steven Spielberg and Robert Zemeckis comes Back to the Future - the original, groundbreaking adventure that sparked on...
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Spies Like Us
December 6, 1985Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd star in this Cold War farce as two complete misfits who aspire to spy for the CIA. Much to their surprise, they are trained as opera...
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Coraline
February 6, 2009From the Director of The Nightmare Before Christmas comes a visually stunning stop-motion animated feature like you've never seen before! Coraline Jones is bore...
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Boy Kills World
April 26, 2024A dystopian fever dream action film that follows Boy, a deaf person with a vibrant imagination. When his family is murdered, he is trained by a mysterious shama...
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The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
April 19, 2024Directed and co-written by Guy Ritchie, this action-comedy tells the incredible untold true story of the first-ever special forces organization formed during WW...
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Blade
August 21, 1998The power of an immortal. The soul of a human. The heart of a hero. Sworn to defend humanity, although not entirely human ... Born with the cunning and superhum...
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Top Gun
May 12, 1986A hip, heart-pounding combination of action, music and incredible aerial photography helped make Top Gun the blockbuster hit of 1986. Top Gun takes a look at th...
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The Arctic Convoy
July 26, 2024English dub available. In the midst of WWII, following Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union, a convoy of 35 civilian cargo ships from around the world embar...
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Rambo: First Blood
October 22, 1982Academy Award-nominee Sylvester Stallone stars as war hero, ex-Green Beret John Rambo, in the one that started it all! FIRST BLOOD is an explosive action-thrill...
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