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The Adventures of Robin Hood
William Keighley, Michael Curtiz 1938 1h 42m 8.1

Robin Hood (Errol Flynn) fights nobly for justice against the evil Sir Guy of Gisbourne (Basil Rathbone) while striving to win the hand of the beautiful Maid Marian (Olivia de Havilland).

Commando
Mark L. Lester 1985 1h 30m 6.7

John Matrix, the former leader of a special commando strike force that always got the toughest jobs done, is forced back into action when his young daughter is kidnapped. To find her, Matrix has to fight his way through an array of punks, killers, one of his former commandos, and a fully equipped private army. With the help of a feisty stewardes...

Die Hard
John McTiernan 1988 2h 12m 8.6

New York cop John McClane gives terrorists a dose of their own medicine as they hold hostages in an LA office building.

Dirty Harry
Don Siegel 1971 1h 42m 7.7

Dirty Harry is an American police thriller from director Don Siegel and starring Clint Eastwood as a rebellious police officer who is hunting down a serial murderer. The film was one of the most successful films of the 1970’s and spawned numerous films with the Dirty Harry figure.

Enter the Dragon
Robert Clouse 1973 1h 42m 7.9

A martial artist agrees to spy on a reclusive crime lord using his invitation to a tournament there as cover.

First Blood
Ted Kotcheff 1982 1h 33m 7.6

A mentally unstable Vietnam war vet gets abused by a bigoted small town police force and begins a one man war with it.

Lethal Weapon
Richard Donner 1987 1h 50m 7.7

A veteran cop, Murtough, is partnered with a young homicidal cop, Riggs. Both having one thing in common, hating working in pairs. Now they must learn to work with one and other to stop a gang of drug smugglers.

Mad Max 2
George Miller 1981 1h 36m 7.7

In the post-apocalyptic Australian wasteland, a cynical drifter agrees to help a small, gasoline rich, community escape a band of bandits.

Raiders of the Lost Ark
Steven Spielberg 1981 1h 55m 8.4

The adventure-seeking whip-slinging archaeologist goes on a mission to find the lost Ark Of The Covenant before the Nazis can get their hands on it and use it for evil.

RoboCop
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RoboCop

Paul Verhoeven 1987 1h 42m 7.5

In a dystopic & crime ridden Detroit, a terminally wounded cop returns to the force as a powerful cyborg with submerged memories haunting him.

Speed
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Speed

Jan de Bont 1994 1h 56m 7.4

Bomber terrorist's elevator plan backfires, so he rigs a bomb to a LA city bus. The stipulation is: once armed, the bus must stay above 50 mph to keep from exploding. Also if LAPD Officer tries to unload any passengers off, Payne will detonate it.

Star Wars
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Star Wars

George Lucas 1977 2h 1m 8.7

When Princess Leia is taken prisoner by Darth Vader, she sends her two droids on a mission to find an old Jedi Knight. Their paths cross that of Luke Skywalker who, along with Obi Wan Kenobi, Han Solo and Chewbacca, heads off to Alderaan to deliver the droids to the Rebellion.

Terminator 2: Judgment Day
James Cameron 1991 2h 17m 8.7

It has been ten long years since a Terminator failed to kill Sarah Connor and her unborn son, John. Now, Skynet has sent back another Terminator. John Connor, who is now ten years old, is the target. The future John sends back a replica of the Terminator that tried to kill him back in time to 1995.

The Terminator
James Cameron 1984 1h 48m 8.1

In the year 2029, the rulers of Earth, to ensure their success, decide to reshape the future by changing the past. They send The Terminator back in time to the year 1984 to destroy the mother of a future rebel leader - Sarah Connor, who doesn't realize the awesome role her unborn child will play in the decades to come.

Cliffhanger
Renny Harlin 1993 1h 53m 6.3

A botched mid-air heist results in suitcases full of cash being searched for by various groups throughout the Rocky Mountains.

Jui kuen
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Jui kuen

Yuen Woo-ping 1978 1h 51m 7.6

After getting into trouble, a mischievous young man is sent to train under a brutal, but slovenly old beggar, who teaches him the secret of the Drunken Fist.

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Steven Spielberg 1984 1h 58m 8.0

After arriving in India, Indiana Jones is asked by a desperate village to find a mystical stone. He agrees, and stumbles upon a secret cult plotting a terrible plan in the catacombs of an ancient palace.

Léon
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Léon

Luc Besson 1994 1h 51m 8.9

Leon/The Professional is a story of a lonely hit-man who saves a little girl, played by Natalie Portman in her first starring role, and thus having to give her a place to stay. It’s an intense and fragile story of their relationship and how they take care of one another.

Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
Richard Marquand 1983 2h 12m 8.5

After rescuing Han Solo from the palace of Jabba the Hutt, the Rebels attempt to destroy the Second Death Star, while Luke Skywalker tries to bring his father back to the Light Side of the Force.

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
Irvin Kershner 1980 2h 4m 8.7

While Luke takes advanced Jedi training from Yoda, his friends are relentlessly pursued by Darth Vader as part of his plan to capture Luke.

The Spy Who Loved Me
Lewis Gilbert 1977 2h 5m 7.0

Russian and British submarines with nuclear missiles on board both vanish from sight without a trace. England and Russia both blame each other as James Bond tries to solve the riddle of the disappearing ships. But the KGB also has an agent on the case.

Zulu
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Zulu

Cy Endfield 1964 2h 18m 7.7

Outnumbered British soldiers do battle with Zulu warriors at Rorke's Drift. Based on a true story.

48 Hrs.
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48 Hrs.

Walter Hill 1982 1h 36m 6.8

48 HRS. A film about a white cop who takes a black criminal out of jail to help him find a killer. They end up making a very comical pair.

Adventures of Don Juan
Vincent Sherman 1948 1h 46m 7.0

A 1948 adventure Technicolor romance film made by Warner Bros. highlighting Errol Flynn's swashbuckling and romantic antics.

Aliens
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Aliens

James Cameron 1986 2h 17m 8.4

Ripley, the sole survivor of the Nostromo's deadly encounter with the monstrous Alien, returns to Earth after drifting through space in hypersleep for 57 years. Although her story is initially met with skepticism, she agrees to accompany a team of Colonial Marines back to LV-426.

American Ninja
Sam Firstenberg 1985 1h 35m 6.5

Joe Armstrong, an orphaned drifter with little respect for much other than martial arts, finds himself on an American Army base in the Philippines after a judge gives him a choice of enlistment or prison. On one of his first missions driving a convoy, his platoon is attacked by a group of rebels who try to steal the weapons the platoon is transp...

American Ninja 2: The Confrontation
Sam Firstenberg 1987 1h 30m 5.3

On a remote Caribbean island, Army Ranger Joe Armstrong saves an old friend from the clutches of "The Lion", an evil super-criminal who has kidnapped a local scientist and mass-produced an army of mutant Ninja warriors.

Blue Thunder
John Badham 1983 1h 50m 7.5

Officer Frank Murphy, an experienced LAPD helicopter pilot, is given command of the advanced new "Blue Thunder" chopper. But he begins to wonder why the LAPD would need a helicopter so powerful and why it is such a secret.

Death Race 2000
Paul Bartel 1975 1h 20m 7.3

In a boorish future, the government sponsors a popular, but bloody, cross-country race in which points are scored by mowing down pedestrians. Five teams, each comprised of a male and female, compete using cars equipped with deadly weapons. Frankenstein, the mysterious returning champion, has become America's hero, but this time he has a passenge...

Demolition Man
Marco Brambilla 1993 1h 55m 6.8

Simon Phoenix, a violent criminal cryogenically frozen in 1996, has escaped during a parole hearing in 2032 in the utopia of San Angeles. Police are incapable of dealing with his violent ways and turn to his captor, John Spartan, who had also been cryogenically frozen when wrongfully accused of killing 30 innocent people while apprehending Phoenix.

Desperado
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Desperado

Robert Rodriguez 1995 1h 44m 7.5

We pick up the story as a continuation of "El Mariachi," where an itinerant musician, looking for work, gets mistaken for a hitman and thereby entangled in a web of love, corruption, and death. This time, he is out to avenge the murder of his lover and the maiming of his fretting hand, which occurred at the end of the earlier movie.

Diamonds Are Forever
Guy Hamilton 1971 2h 6.8

Diamonds are stolen only to be sold again in the international market. James Bond infiltrates a smuggling mission to find out who’s guilty. The mission takes him to Las Vegas where Bong meets his archenemy Blofeld. The seventh film from the Legendary James Bond series starring Sean Connery as a British super agent.

Escape from New York
John Carpenter 1981 1h 39m 7.6

In 1997, when the US President crashes into Manhattan, now a giant maximum security prison, a convicted bank robber is sent in to rescue him.

Flash Gordon
Mike Hodges 1980 1h 51m 6.8

A football player and his friends travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyrant, Ming the Merciless, to save Earth.

Goldfinger
Guy Hamilton 1964 1h 50m 7.8

Someone is planning a major robbery of Gold that could destroy the economy. James Bond is dispatched by the MI6 and the Bank of England to find the people responsible and stop them. This is the third film from the legendary James Bond series starring Sean Connery as the British super agent.

Highlander
Russell Mulcahy 1986 1h 56m 7.6

He fought his first battle on the Scottish Highlands in 1536. He will fight his greatest battle on the streets of New York City in 1986. His name is Connor MacLeod. He is immortal.

Lethal Weapon 2
Richard Donner 1989 1h 54m 7.1

Riggs and Murtaugh are on the trail of South African diplomats who are using their immunity to engage in criminal activities

Live and Let Die
Guy Hamilton 1973 2h 1m 6.7

The chief of a group of grips, often doubling for a construction co-ordinator and a backup for the camera crew, that also moves a dolly. Key grips work closely with the gaffer.

Mad Max
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Mad Max

George Miller 1979 1h 31m 7.5

In a dystopic future Australia, a vicious biker gang murder a cop's family and make his fight with them personal.

Ging chat goo si
Jackie Chan 1985 1h 39m 7.3

Chan Ka Kui (Jackie Chan) is a Hong-Kong policeman, who single handedly captures and arrests a big drug lord. The drug-lord then frames Kevin with the murder of a corrupt cop. Now a fugitive cop killer, Chan Ka Kui must try to catch the drug lord and clear his name.

Predator
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Predator

John McTiernan 1987 1h 47m 7.7

Predator is a big mix of science fiction, horror, action, war films and of course the muscle packed Arnold Schwarzenegger as the leader of a group of solders on a mission in to rescue a Guatemalan cabinet member from guerilla forces. Set in the jungle the group is attacked by a mysterious predator.

Rapid Fire
Dwight H. Little 1992 1h 35m 5.0

College student Jake Lo is pursued by smugglers, mobsters and crooked federal agents after he witnesses a murder by a Mafia kingpin.

Road House
Rowdy Herrington 1989 1h 54m 6.1

A nightclub owner frames a romantic rival for murder.

Romancing the Stone
Robert Zemeckis 1984 1h 46m 7.1

Though she can spin wild tales of passionate romance, novelist Joan Wilder has no life of her own. Then one day adventure comes her way in the form of a mysterious package. It turns out that the parcel is the ransom she'll need to free her abducted sister, so Joan flies to South America to hand it over. But she gets on the wrong bus and winds up...

Shogun Assassin
Robert Houston, Kenji Misumi 1980 1h 25m 7.5

A Shogun who grew paranoid as he became senile sent his ninjas to kill his samurai. They failed but did kill the samurai’s wife. The samurai swore to avenge the death of his wife and roams the countryside with his toddler son in search of vengeance.

The Hidden
Jack Sholder 1987 1h 37m 7.3

When average, law-abiding citizens suddenly turn to a life of hedonistic behavior and violent crime, Detective Tom Beck is tasked with helping young FBI agent Lloyd Gallagher determine the cause.

The Running Man
Paul Michael Glaser 1987 1h 41m 6.3

Set in 2019, a wrongly-convicted man must try to survive a public execution gauntlet staged as a TV game show. --- Adapted from a Stephen King novel.

Timecop
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Timecop

Peter Hyams 1994 1h 38m 5.9

An officer for a security agency that regulates time travel, must fend for his life against a shady politician who has a tie to his past.

Total Recall
Paul Verhoeven 1990 1h 53m 7.7

The construction worker Douglas Quaid leads a simple life with his attractive wife Lori. Yet Doug dreams of a life on Mars. One wish and this dream is all to soon a reality. A dark science fiction film from Paul Verhoeven.

Under Siege
Andrew Davis 1992 1h 42m 5.5

A ship is taken over by a former high level military hitman in order to blackmail the united states government and protect himself from being taken out. Little does he know that the ships cook is a former green beret who will stop at nothing.