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Midnight Run ( 1988 )

Genre:   Action | Comedy | Crime | Thriller

Runtime:  126

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Martin Brest

Writer:   George Gallo

Stars:   Robert De Niro | Charles Grodin | Yaphet Kotto | John Ashton

Plot:    A bounty hunter pursues a former Mafia accountant who is also being chased by a rival bounty hunter, the F.B.I., and his old mob boss after jumping bail.

Superman ( 1978 )

Genre:   Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

Runtime:  143

Country:  United States | United Kingdom | Switzerland

Language:  English

Director:  Richard Donner

Writer:   Jerry Siegel | Joe Shuster | Mario Puzo | Mario Puzo | David Newman | Leslie Newman | Robert Benton | Tom Mankiewicz

Stars:   Marlon Brando | Gene Hackman | Christopher Reeve | Ned Beatty

Plot:    An alien orphan is sent from his dying planet to Earth, where he grows up to become his adoptive home's first and greatest superhero.

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia ( 1974 )

Genre:   Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller | Western

Runtime:  112

Country:  United States | Mexico

Language:  English | Spanish | Latin

Director:  Sam Peckinpah

Writer:   Gordon T. Dawson | Sam Peckinpah | Frank Kowalski | Sam Peckinpah

Stars:   Warren Oates | Isela Vega | Robert Webber | Gig Young

Plot:    An American barroom pianist and his prostitute girlfriend go on a trip through the Mexican underworld to collect the bounty on the head of a dead gigolo.

Ying hung boon sik ( 1986 )

Genre:   Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Runtime:  95

Country:  Hong Kong SAR China

Language:  Cantonese | Mandarin | English

Director:  John Woo

Writer:   Hing-Ka Chan | Suk-Wah Leung | John Woo

Stars:   Lung Ti | Chow Yun-Fat | Leslie Cheung | Emily Chu

Plot:    A reforming ex-gangster tries to reconcile with his estranged policeman brother, but the ties to his former gang are difficult to break.

Beverly Hills Cop ( 1984 )

Genre:   Action | Comedy | Crime | Thriller

Runtime:  105

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Martin Brest

Writer:   Daniel Petrie Jr. | Danilo Bach | Daniel Petrie Jr.

Stars:   Eddie Murphy | Judge Reinhold | John Ashton | Lisa Eilbacher

Plot:    A freewheeling Detroit cop pursuing a murder investigation finds himself dealing with the very different culture of Beverly Hills.

Thief ( 1981 )

Genre:   Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Runtime:  123

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Michael Mann

Writer:   Michael Mann | Michael Mann | Frank Hohimer

Stars:   James Caan | Tuesday Weld | Willie Nelson | Jim Belushi

Plot:    After years in prison, ace safe-cracker Frank owns a car dealership and a cocktail lounge, which are fronts for high-stakes jewelry heists. He wants to complete one last big heist for the Mob before he goes straight.

Assault on Precinct 13 ( 1976 )

Genre:   Action | Crime | Thriller

Runtime:  91

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  John Carpenter

Writer:   John Carpenter

Stars:   Austin Stoker | Darwin Joston | Laurie Zimmer | Martin West

Plot:    A highway patrol officer, two criminals, and a station secretary defend a defunct Los Angeles precinct office against a siege by a bloodthirsty street gang.

The Getaway ( 1972 )

Genre:   Action | Crime | Thriller

Runtime:  123

Country:  United States

Language:  English | Spanish

Director:  Sam Peckinpah

Writer:   Walter Hill | Jim Thompson

Stars:   Steve McQueen | Ali MacGraw | Ben Johnson | Sally Struthers

Plot:    A recently-released ex-con and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes awry.

Waterloo ( 1970 )

Genre:   Action | Biography | Drama | History | War

Runtime:  134

Country:  Italy | Soviet Union

Language:  English

Director:  Sergey Bondarchuk

Writer:   H.A.L. Craig | Sergey Bondarchuk | Vittorio Bonicelli | Mario Soldati

Stars:   Rod Steiger | Christopher Plummer | Orson Welles | Jack Hawkins

Plot:    Facing the decline of everything he has worked to obtain, conqueror Napoleon Bonaparte and his army confront the British at the Battle of Waterloo.

To Live and Die in L.A. ( 1985 )

Genre:   Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Runtime:  116

Country:  United States

Language:  English | Arabic | Spanish

Director:  William Friedkin

Writer:   Gerald Petievich | William Friedkin | Gerald Petievich

Stars:   William Petersen | Willem Dafoe | John Pankow | Debra Feuer

Plot:    A fearless Secret Service agent will stop at nothing to bring down the counterfeiter who killed his partner.

The Karate Kid ( 1984 )

Genre:   Action | Drama | Family | Sport

Runtime:  126

Country:  United States

Language:  English | Japanese

Director:  John G. Avildsen

Writer:   Robert Mark Kamen

Stars:   Ralph Macchio | Pat Morita | Elisabeth Shue | Martin Kove

Plot:    Recently relocated from NJ to LA, Daniel becomes the target of a gang of Cobra Kai dojo students. When Mr. Miyagi saves him with expert Karate skills, Daniel convinces him to teach him to defend himself, and put his bullies in their place.

Meng long guo jiang ( 1972 )

Genre:   Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Runtime:  99

Country:  Hong Kong SAR China

Language:  Mandarin | Cantonese | English

Director:  Bruce Lee

Writer:   Bruce Lee

Stars:   Bruce Lee | Nora Miao | Chuck Norris | Ping-Ou Wei

Plot:    A country bumpkin martial artist visits his relatives in Rome, Italy, where he must defend them and their restaurant against harassment from brutal gangsters.

Jing wu men ( 1972 )

Genre:   Action | Drama | Romance | Thriller

Runtime:  106

Country:  Hong Kong SAR China

Language:  Mandarin | Cantonese | English

Director:  Wei Lo

Writer:   Wei Lo

Stars:   Bruce Lee | Nora Miao | James Tien | Maria Yi

Plot:    During the Japanese occupation of Shanghai, the star pupil of a recently-deceased martial arts teacher battles a Japanese dojo which seeks the demise of his master's fighting school.

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves ( 2023 )

Genre:   Action | Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy

Runtime:  134

Country:  United States | Canada | United Kingdom

Language:  English

Director:  John Francis Daley | Jonathan Goldstein

Writer:   Jonathan Goldstein | John Francis Daley | Michael Gilio | Chris McKay | Michael Gilio

Stars:   Chris Pine | Michelle Rodriguez | RegĂ©-Jean Page | Justice Smith

Plot:    A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers embark on an epic quest to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people.

They Live ( 1988 )

Genre:   Action | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Runtime:  94

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  John Carpenter

Writer:   Ray Nelson | John Carpenter

Stars:   Roddy Piper | Keith David | Meg Foster | George 'Buck' Flower

Plot:    They influence our decisions without us knowing it. They numb our senses without us feeling it. They control our lives without us realizing it. They live.

Big Trouble in Little China ( 1986 )

Genre:   Action | Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy

Runtime:  99

Country:  United States

Language:  English | Cantonese

Director:  John Carpenter

Writer:   Gary Goldman | David Z. Weinstein | W.D. Richter

Stars:   Kurt Russell | Kim Cattrall | Dennis Dun | James Hong

Plot:    A rough-and-tumble trucker and his sidekick face off with an ancient sorcerer in a supernatural battle beneath Chinatown.

The Transformers: The Movie ( 1986 )

Genre:   Animation | Action | Adventure | Family | Sci-Fi

Runtime:  84

Country:  United States | Japan

Language:  English | Japanese

Director:  Nelson Shin

Writer:   Ron Friedman | Flint Dille | Douglas Booth | Roger Slifer | Henry Orenstein

Stars:   Norman Alden | Jack Angel | Michael Bell | Gregg Berger

Plot:    The Autobots must stop a colossal planet-consuming robot who goes after the Autobot Matrix of Leadership. At the same time, they must defend themselves against an all-out attack from the Decepticons.

'A' gai wak ( 1983 )

Genre:   Action | Adventure | Comedy

Runtime:  105

Country:  Hong Kong SAR China

Language:  Cantonese | English

Director:  Jackie Chan | Sammo Kam-Bo Hung

Writer:   Jackie Chan | Edward Tang

Stars:   Jackie Chan | Sammo Kam-Bo Hung | Biao Yuen | Dick Wei

Plot:    Fighting against pirates at the turn of the 20th century, the Hong Kong navy are failing miserably. It's up to Sergeant Dragon Ma to take matters into his own hands.

Casualties of War ( 1989 )

Genre:   Action | Crime | Drama | War

Runtime:  113

Country:  United States

Language:  English | Vietnamese

Director:  Brian De Palma

Writer:   Daniel Lang | David Rabe

Stars:   Michael J. Fox | Sean Penn | Don Harvey | John C. Reilly

Plot:    During the Vietnam War, a soldier finds himself the outsider of his own squad when they unnecessarily kidnap a female villager, for their sexual enjoyment.

Thelma ( 2024 )

Genre:   Action | Comedy

Runtime:  98

Country:  Switzerland | United States

Language:  English

Director:  Josh Margolin

Writer:   Josh Margolin

Stars:   June Squibb | Fred Hechinger | Parker Posey | Clark Gregg

Plot:    When 93-year-old Thelma Post gets duped by a phone scammer pretending to be her grandson, she sets out on a treacherous quest across the city to reclaim what was taken from her.

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