Top 100 Action & Adventure Movies of 2023
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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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John Wick: Chapter 2
February 10, 2017Legendary hitman John Wick is forced back out of retirement by a former associate plotting to seize control of a shadowy international assassins’ guild. Bound...
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Arachnophobia
July 18, 1990Hollywood Pictures first theatrical release. An unexpected guest lives in the barn of a quiet, picturesque community overlooking the Pacific Ocean and causes a ...
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The Departed
December 7, 2006Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson and Mark Wahlberg star in Martin Scorsese's new crime drama "The Departed." "The Departed" is set in South Boston ...
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Top Gun: Maverick
May 27, 2022After more than thirty years of service as a top naval aviator, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courage...
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Kiss of the Dragon
January 22, 2002Martial arts and cinema action superstar Jet Li plays Liu Jiuan, China's top government agent, who arrives in Paris from Shanghai to carry out a sensitive, top-...
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Kandahar (2023)
May 26, 2023Tom Harris (Gerard Butler) an undercover CIA operative, is stuck deep in hostile territory in Afghanistan. After his mission is exposed, he must fight his way o...
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The Meg
August 10, 2018A deep-sea submersible filled with an international research crew lies disabled at the bottom of the Pacific after having been attacked by a massive shark previ...
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Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre
March 3, 2023Super spy Orson Fortune (Jason Statham) must track down and stop the sale of a deadly new weapons technology wielded by billionaire arms broker Greg Simmonds (H...
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Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero
August 19, 2022Descendants of the Red Ribbon Army’s sinister leaders have renewed their quest for world domination. As their two ultrapowerful androids seek their own brand ...
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The Ritual Killer
March 10, 2023A detective (Cole Hauser) hunts an international murderer committing ritualistic killings in a small Mississippi town. He seeks help from an anthropology profes...
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Commando (1985)
October 4, 1985In this early action classic that features his unique blend of thrills and offbeat humor, Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as Col. John Matrix, ultimate soldier and ...
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Passengers (2016)
December 21, 2016Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt star in a high-stakes adventure about two passengers, Jim and Aurora, onboard a spaceship transporting them to a new life on a...
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Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
April 15, 2022Professor Albus Dumbledore (Law) knows the powerful Dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald (Mikkelsen) is moving to seize control of the wizarding world. Unable to sto...
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Mission: Impossible
May 22, 1996Tom Cruise ignites the screen in this runaway smash hit that "holds you on the edge of your seat before blasting you out of it." (Howard Rosenberg, Los Angeles ...
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Independence Day: Resurgence
June 24, 2016Twenty years after mysterious aliens nearly wiped out humankind, they’re back with a vengeance in the explosive sequel, Independence Day: Resurgence! Using re...
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March 10, 2023After a catastrophic crash on an unknown planet, pilot Mills (Adam Driver) quickly discovers he’s actually stranded on Earth…65 million years ago. Now, with...
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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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Midway
November 8, 2019MIDWAY centers on the Battle of Midway, a clash between the American fleet and the Imperial Japanese Navy which marked a pivotal turning point in the Pacific Th...
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Kindergarten Cop
December 21, 1990Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as an undercover cop posing as a kindergarten teacher in order to catch a dangerous criminal. Once he wrangles his young charges, as...
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Escape from Alcatraz
June 22, 1979Superstar Clint Eastwood and director Don Siegal re-team for their fifth film in this fascinating account of the only three men ever to escape from the infamous...
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The Amazing Spider-Man 2
May 2, 2014It’s great to be Spider-Man (Andrew Garfield). For Peter Parker, there’s no feeling quite like swinging between skyscrapers, embracing being the hero, and s...
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The Wrath of Becky
May 26, 2023Two years after escaping an attack on her family, Becky is attempting to rebuild her life. But when her home is broken into by a group called the Noble Men and ...
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National Treasure
November 19, 2004From Jerry Bruckheimer, producer of Pirates Of The Caribbean, and Jon Turteltaub, director of Phenomenon, comes National Treasure. It's the thrilling, edge-of-y...
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Fast X
May 19, 2023Ever since their saga started on the streets of L.A.'s underground racing scene, Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel) and his family have overcome impossible odds to outsma...
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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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Air Force One
July 25, 1997The fate of the nation rests on the courage of one man. Harrison Ford and Gary Oldman star in two-time Oscar® nominee Wolfgang Petersen's gripping thriller abo...
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Volcano
May 17, 1997Something unspeakably chilling is heating up The City of Angels. Beneath the famed La Brea Tar Pits, a raging volcano pushes to the surface, raining a storm of ...
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Gone In 60 Seconds
June 9, 2000Randall "Memphis" Raines long ago abandoned his life of crime, but after an ominous visit from an old friend, he finds he has no choice but to return to what he...
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Jaws
June 20, 1975Directed by Academy Award® winner Steven Spielberg, Jaws set the standard for edge-of-your seat suspense, quickly becoming a cultural phenomenon and forever ch...
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Warhorse One
June 30, 2023When a SEAL team helicopter is downed during a rescue mission after the 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan, the lone surviving operator must evade hostile insurge...
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Cocaine Bear
February 24, 2023Inspired by the 1985 true story of a drug runner's plane crash, missing cocaine, and the black bear that ate it, this wild dark comedy finds an oddball group of...
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Dunkirk (2017)
July 21, 2017“Dunkirk” opens as hundreds of thousands of British and Allied troops are surrounded by enemy forces. Trapped on the beach with their backs to the sea they ...
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The Angry Birds Movie 2
August 13, 2019In The Angry Birds 2, the flightless angry birds and the scheming green piggies take their beef to the next level when a new threat emerges that puts both Bird ...
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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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Knights of the Zodiac
May 12, 2023Based on the international anime sensation, Knights of the Zodiac brings the Saint Seiya saga to the big screen in live-action for the first time. Seiya (Macken...
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Straight Outta Compton
August 14, 2015Straight Outta Compton tells the true story of how five young cultural rebels - armed only with their lyrics, swagger, bravado and raw talent - stood up to the ...
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Armageddon
June 30, 1998From the blockbuster-making team who produced and directed Pearl Harbor and The Rock (Jerry Bruckheimer and Michael Bay) comes the biggest movie of 1998 -- Arma...
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Interstellar
November 7, 2014From director Christopher Nolan (Inception, The Dark Knight trilogy) comes the story of a team of pioneers undertaking the most important mission in human histo...
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Flash Gordon (1980)
December 5, 1980Prepare to save the universe with the King of the Impossible! Alex Raymond's famous comic strip blasts to life in the timeless sci-fi cult adventure Flash Gordo...
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Inception
July 16, 2010Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a skilled thief, the best in the dangerous art of extraction: stealing valuable secrets from deep within the subconscious during...
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The Lone Ranger
July 3, 2013From Disney/Jerry Bruckheimer Films and Director Gore Verbinski (Pirates Of The Caribbean franchise) come Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer in The Lone Ranger. Fille...
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The Negotiator
November 12, 1998Samuel L. Jackson and Kevin Spacey star in this tense thriller about a hostage negotiator who, after being framed for murder, tries to clear his name by taking ...
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Blade Runner 2049
October 6, 2017Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K (Ryan Gosling), unearths a long buried secret that has the potential to plun...
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The Recruit
January 31, 2003James Clayton might not have the attitude of a typical CIA recruit, but he is one of the smartest graduating seniors in the country - and he's just the person t...
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Dungeons & Dragons Honor Among Thieves
March 3, 2023A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the ...
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Olympus Has Fallen
March 22, 2013When the White House (Secret Service Code: "Olympus") is captured and the President (Aaron Eckhart) is kidnapped by a terrorist mastermind, disgraced former Pre...
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U-571
April 21, 2000A U.S. Navy Captain and his crew are just beginning to enjoy 48 hours of leave when they receive word to immediately return to duty. On a top-secret assignment,...
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Sisu
April 28, 2023During WWII, a solitary prospector crosses paths with Nazis in northern Finland. When the Nazis steal his gold, they quickly discover he is no ordinary miner. W...
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Spider-Man: Far From Home
July 2, 2019Peter Parker returns in Spider-Man: Far From Home, following the events of Avengers: Endgame. Our friendly neighborhood Super Hero decides to join his best frie...
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Dragon Ball Super: Broly
December 18, 2018Destinies collide in the latest Dragon Ball movie! Goku is back to training hard so he can face the most powerful foes the universes have to offer, with Vegeta ...
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Tropic Thunder
August 13, 2008Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr. lead an ensemble cast in "Tropic Thunder," an action comedy about a group of self-absorbed actors who set out to m...
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Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
September 18, 2015In this next chapter of the epic Maze Runner saga, Thomas (Dylan O’Brien) and his fellow Gladers face their greatest challenge yet: searching for clues about ...
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Beau Is Afraid
April 14, 2023A paranoid man (Joaquin Phoenix) embarks on an odyssey to get home to his mother (Patti LuPone) in this bold and ingeniously depraved film from writer-director ...
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John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
May 17, 2019In this third installment of the adrenaline-fueled action franchise, super-assassin John Wick (Keanu Reeves) returns with a $14 million price tag on his head an...
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The Fugitive
August 6, 1993Catch him if you can. The Fugitive is on the run! Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones race through the breathless manhunt movie based on the classic TV series. Fo...
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Independence Day
August 9, 1996On July 2nd, communications systems worldwide are sent into chaos by a strange atmospheric interference. First thought to be meteors, they are later revealed to...
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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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Kingsman: The Golden Circle
September 22, 2017Kingsman: The Secret Service introduced the world to Kingsman -- an independent, international intelligence agency operating at the highest level of discretion,...
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Joe Dirt
April 11, 2001From the producing team that brought you Deuce Bigalow and Big Daddy. David Spade plays Joe, whose search for his family has him hittin' the road and keepin' it...
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Transformers
July 3, 2007From director Michael Bay and executive producer Steven Spielberg comes a thrilling battle between the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons. When their epic...
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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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The Black Demon
April 28, 2023Josh Lucas (Ford v Ferrari, Yellowstone) stars in this edge-of-your-seat action thriller from the director of Rambo: Last Blood. Oilman Paul Sturges' (Lucas) id...
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Transformers: The Last Knight
June 21, 2017From Director Michael Bay and Executive Producer Steven Spielberg comes the biggest, most explosive Transformers yet. Our world's greatest hero becomes our fier...
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Avatar: The Way of Water
December 16, 2022Avatar: The Way of Water reaches new heights and explores undiscovered depths as James Cameron returns to the world of Pandora in this emotionally packed action...
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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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First Man
October 12, 2018From Oscar®-winning director Damien Chazelle and star Ryan Gosling, First Man is the riveting and triumphant story behind the first manned mission to the moon,...
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Plane
January 13, 2023In the white-knuckle action movie Plane, pilot Brodie Torrance (Gerard Butler) saves his passengers from a lightning strike by making a risky landing on a war-t...
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Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
June 12, 1981Get ready for edge-of-your-seat thrills in Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. Indy (Harrison Ford) and his feisty ex-flame Marion Ravenwood (Karen A...
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John Wick
October 24, 2014When sadistic young thugs senselessly attack John Wick (Keanu Reeves)—a brilliantly lethal ex-assassin—they have no idea they've messed with the wrong guy. ...
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Army of Darkness
January 1, 1993Bound in human flesh, inked in blood-and amazingly hard to pronounce-the ancient "Necronomicon" (Book of the Dead) unleashes unspeakable evil upon mankind in di...
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Highlander
June 7, 1986Christopher Lambert and Sean Connery star in the epic tale of immortality that launched one of the most beloved action-adventure series in film and TV history. ...
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Black Hawk Down
January 18, 2002From acclaimed director Ridley Scott (Gladiator, Hannibal) and renowned producer Jerry Bruckheimer (Pearl Harbor, Armageddon) comes a gripping true story about ...
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The Patriot
June 28, 2000In 1776 South Carolina, widower and legendary war hero Benjamin Martin (Mel Gibson) finds himself thrust into the midst of the American Revolutionary War as he ...
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Gettysburg
October 8, 1993The epic story of the three day battle that forever changed the course of the American Civil War, this sweeping drama is compassionately recounted through the e...
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London Has Fallen
March 4, 2016Gerard Butler returns as Secret Service Agent Mike Banning in London Has Fallen, the high-octane sequel to the box office smash Olympus Has Fallen. In London fo...
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Stakeout (1987)
August 5, 1987Convinced that a dangerous escaped convict (Aidan Quinn) is headed for his ex-girlfriend's (Madeleine Stowe), a pair of Seattle detectives (Richard Dreyfuss, Em...
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F9: The Fast Saga
June 25, 2021No matter how fast you are, no one outruns their past. Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel) leads a quiet life off the grid with Letty and his son, little Brian, but they k...
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Clear and Present Danger
August 3, 1994This is the third film based on Tom Clancy's high-tech espionage potboilers starring CIA deputy director Jack Ryan. Harrison Ford, returning to the Ryan role af...
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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
December 14, 2018Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, the creative minds behind “The Lego Movie” and “21 Jump Street,” bring their unique talents to a fresh vision of a dif...
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PAW Patrol: The Movie
August 11, 2021The PAW Patrol is on a roll…in their first big-screen adventure! When their rival, Humdinger, becomes Mayor of nearby Adventure City and starts wreaking havoc...
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The Little Rascals (1994)
August 5, 1994They’re all here! Spanky, Alfalfa, Buckwheat, Darla, Stymie, Porky, Petey the dog and all of the Little Rascals star in this hilarious heartwarming classic di...
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Bloodsport (1988)
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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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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The Patriot (Extended Cut) (2000)
June 28, 2000In 1776 South Carolina, widower and legendary war hero Benjamin Martin (Mel Gibson) finds himself thrust into the midst of the American Revolutionary War as he ...
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The Machine
May 26, 2023Bert Kreischer rose to fame as a stand-up comedian known as The Machine, and in his signature set he recounts his true experience with Russian mobsters while on...
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Confidential Informant
June 27, 2023This gritty crime thriller starring Mel Gibson tells the tale of two narcotics agents hunting for a cop killer during a crack epidemic. Hoping for leads, Moran ...
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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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Guy Ritchie's The Covenant
April 21, 2023When Sergeant John Kinley is wounded, his Afghani interpreter risks his own life to carry an injured John across miles of brutal terrain to safety.
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Hypnotic
May 12, 2023A detective finds himself spiraling down a rabbit hole as he investigates a series of strange, reality-bending crimes mysteriously connected to his missing daug...
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