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Sean Mercer (played by John Wayne) runs a business in East Africa. He and his team capture wild animals for zoos. It is dangerous work - on of his men almost dies after being gored by a rhino. He accepts a request from a photographer to join his business and capture their experiences but is very sur β¦prised, and bit inconvenienced, when the photographer turns out to be a woman. However, over time he grows fond of her. Meanwhile, plans to capture certain animals lead to all sorts of plans and adventures. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | huntingalcoholismhomophobiaracismherodrunkennesslove |
Mood: | wedding night |
Locations: | africahospital |
Characters: | action heroamerican abroadalcoholictough guyphotographerdoctorboyfriend girlfriend relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | great white hunterdrunk drivingwild animalkilling an animalbolt action rifletarget shootingbeer drinkingadventure heroaboriginal tribemud maskblood transfusionchain smokingtrappersavannahsunshine β¦swahilihyenagerman accenthomophobic slurlung cancerwoman in bedsafarifrench accentostrichrhinoceroshornlassogiraffefamous scoreunsubtitled foreign languagehangovercrocodilehit in the facemisogynistshortsrocketdrunklionzootarget practicebuddybreakfastblockbustermale bondinghunterelephantropepickup truckmonkeywildlifeopening action sceneexclamation point in titleanimalalcoholbeerrifleshootingpunched in the facepunctuation in titlesurprise endingchasecigarette smokingone word titlebloodviolencekiss (See All) |
Oddball cop and tough guy, Jack Cates is the only survivor of a cop shooting and in hunting down the murderer collects Reggie Hammond from jail for 48 hours. Hammond is oddly motivated to help. The killer is searching for his stash of cash. Cates and Hammond who have the Black-white, cop-crook thing β¦ to work out make surprisingly good partners as they navigate through the city looking for their suspect. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | huntingalcoholismracismhero |
Characters: | action heroalcoholictough guy |
Story: | beer drinkingbuddyblockbusteropening action scenebeershootingsurprise endingchasecigarette smokingkissviolenceblood |
Following his parents' death in Africa, John Clayton has been be raised by an ape, was known by the name Tarzan, but eventually left Africa and for his parents' home in England, along with the woman he fell in love with and married, Jane Porter. He is asked by Belgian King Leopold to go to Africa to β¦ see what he has done there to help the country. Initially, he refuses. But an American, George Washington Williams, wants him to accept so he can accompany him. He says that Leopold might be committing all sorts of atrocities to achieve his goal, like slavery. Clayton agrees and his wife insists that she accompany him because she misses Africa. When they arrive, a man named Rom, who works for Leopold, attacks their village and captures Tarzan and Jane. With Washington's help he escapes and sets out to rescue Jane by going across the jungle. Washington joins him despite being told that he might not make it. (Read More)
Themes: | huntinglove |
Locations: | africa |
Characters: | action heroamerican abroadtough guyhusband wife relationship |
Story: | killing an animaladventure herosavannahostrichcrocodilelionblockbusterhunterelephantmonkeyopening action scenebeerriflepunched in the facesurprise ending β¦chaseone word titlekissviolence (See All) |
Follows the life of 'Karen Blixen' (qv), who establishes a plantation in Africa. Her life is Complicated by a husband of convenience (Bror Blixen), a true love (Denys), troubles on the plantation, schooling of the natives, war, and catching VD from her husband.
Themes: | huntinglove |
Mood: | wedding night |
Locations: | africa |
Characters: | doctorhusband wife relationship |
Story: | great white hunterswahilisafarifamous scorelionblockbusterhunterwildlife |
Set in 1935, a professor, archaeologist, and legendary hero by the name of Indiana Jones is back in action in his newest adventure. But this time he teams up with a night club singer named Wilhelmina "Willie" Scott and a twelve-year-old boy named Short Round. They end up in an Indian small distresse β¦d village, where the people believe that evil spirits have taken all their children away after a sacred precious stone was stolen! They also discovered the great mysterious terror surrounding a booby-trapped temple known as the Temple of Doom! Thuggee is beginning to attempt to rise once more, believing that with the power of all five Sankara stones they can rule the world! Now, it's all up to Indiana to put an end to the Thuggee campaign, rescue the lost children, win the girl and conquer the Temple of Doom. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | herolove |
Characters: | action heroamerican abroad |
Story: | bolt action rifleadventure herofamous scoreunsubtitled foreign languagecrocodileblockbusterelephantmonkeyriflechasekissbloodviolence |
Renowned adventurer Allan Quatermain leads a team of extraordinary figures with legendary powers to battle the technological terror of a madman known as "The Fantom." This "League" comprises seafarer/inventor Captain Nemo, vampiress Mina Harker, an invisible man named Rodney Skinner, American secret β¦ service agent Tom Sawyer, the ageless and invincible Dorian Gray, and the dangerous split personality of Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | hero |
Locations: | africa |
Characters: | action herodoctor |
Story: | great white huntertarget shootingadventure herotarget practiceopening action sceneriflesurprise endingchaseviolenceblood |
Sir Robert Beaumont is behind schedule on a railroad in Africa. Enlisting noted engineer 'John Henry Patterson' (qv) to right the ship, Beaumont expects results. Everything seems great until the crew discovers the mutilated corpse of the project's foreman, seemingly killed by a lion. After several m β¦ore attacks, Patterson calls in famed hunter Charles Remington, who has finally met his match in the bloodthirsty lions. (Read More)
Themes: | huntingdrunkenness |
Locations: | africa |
Characters: | doctorhusband wife relationship |
Story: | killing an animalswahililionhunterrifleblood |
An imaginative Disney version of the Robin Hood legend. Fun and romance abound as the swashbuckling hero of Sherwood Forest and his valiant sidekick plot one daring adventure after another to outwit the greedy prince and his partner as they put the tax squeeze on the poor.
Themes: | hero |
Characters: | action hero |
Story: | adventure herorhinoceroscrocodilelionblockbusterelephantchasekiss |
Rocky Balboa is enjoying life. He has a lovely wife, Adrian, had a successful fight with Apollo Creed and is able to enjoy the money he earned from the fight and a new endorsement deal. Unfortunately, Rocky becomes embarrassed when failing to complete an advert and ends up working in a meat packing β¦company. He believes that he will no longer have a career as a boxer. Apollo wants to rematch with Rocky to prove all his critics wrong that he can beat Rocky. Can Rocky once again have a successful fight? (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | herolove |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | action herotough guydoctorboyfriend girlfriend relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | famous scorehit in the facelionzooblockbusteropening action scenepunched in the facesurprise endingcigarette smokingviolenceblood |
The Rock as a bounty hunter who attempts to square a debt by heading to the Amazon jungle to capture someone. The bounty hunter discovers that his quarry isn't the bad guy he'd been warned about, and the two team up in pursuit of riches stored in a mine in the Amazon.
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | hero |
Characters: | action herotough guy |
Story: | buddyhuntermonkeybeersurprise endingchaseviolenceblood |
In 1880, four men travel together to the city of Silverado. They come across many dangers before they finally engage the "bad guys" and bring peace and equality back to the city.
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | racismhero |
Characters: | action herotough guy |
Story: | lassofamous scoreopening action scenebeerriflesurprise endingviolencekiss |
In Bangkok, the young Kham was raised by his father in the jungle with elephants as members of their family. When his old elephant and the baby Kern are stolen by criminals, Kham finds that the animals were sent to Sidney. He travels to Australia, where he locates the baby elephant in a restaurant o β¦wned by the evil Madame Rose, the leader of an international Thai mafia. With the support of the efficient Thai sergeant Mark, who was involved in a conspiracy, Kham fights to rescue the animal from the mobsters. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | hero |
Characters: | action herotough guy |
Story: | killing an animalelephantanimalpunched in the facechaseviolenceblood |
A boy named Walter is dropped by his mother Mae at his great-uncles' house. Later,Walter will find out his great-uncles' big secret. And rumors say that Hub & Garth, Walter's great uncles, have stolen much gold & money. (some say they stole it from Al Capone) Did they really steal that money or not?
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | hero |
Locations: | africahospital |
Story: | bolt action riflebeer drinkinggiraffeliontarget practiceriflecigarette smokingviolence |
In 'Gegen die Wand' Cahit, a 40-something male from Mersin in Turkey has removed everything Turkish from his life. He has become an alcoholic drug addict and at the start of the movie wants to end it all. Sibel a 20-something female from Hamburg wishes to please her Turkish parents yet yearns for fr β¦eedom. She has had her nose broken by her brother for being seen holding hands with a boy and yet she can not break her mother's heart and run away. She too attempts suicide and she first approaches Cahit there at the Hospital. Sibel asks Cahit to marry her, as she believes this to be the way out of her parent's house. She promises Cahit that their relationship will be like roommates, not like a married couple. The film follows Sibel and Cahit as they get married, become closer and eventually fall in love. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | drunkennesslove |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | alcoholicdoctorboyfriend girlfriend relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | drunk drivinghangoverhit in the facedrunkalcoholbeerriflechasecigarette smokingkissbloodviolence |
Hard-drinking journalist Paul Kemp takes a job at a besieged newspaper in San Juan, Puerto Rico. His volatile editor, Lotterman, assigns him to tourist pieces and horoscopes, but promises more. Paul rooms with Sala, an aging and equally alcoholic reporter, in a rundown flat. Sanderson, a wealthy ent β¦repreneur, hires Paul to flack for a group of investors who plan to buy an island near the capital and build a resort. Sanderson's girl-friend, the beguiling Chenault, bats her eyes at Paul. His loyalties face challenges when he and Sala get in trouble with locals, when a Carnival dance enrages Sanderson, and when the paper hits the skids. Is the solution always alcohol? (Read More)
Themes: | alcoholismdrunkenness |
Characters: | american abroadalcoholicphotographer |
Story: | unsubtitled foreign languagehangoveralcoholbeercigarette smokingkiss |
Martin Riggs finally meets his match in the form of Lorna Cole, a beautiful but tough policewoman. Together with Roger Murtaugh, his partner, the three attempt to expose a crooked former policeman and his huge arms racket. The crooked cop (Jack Travis) thwarts them at every turn, mainly by killing a β¦nyone who is about to talk, but Murtaugh has personal problems of his own as his family are brought into the equation. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | hero |
Characters: | action heroalcoholictough guyboyfriend girlfriend relationship |
Story: | buddyblockbusteropening action scenepunched in the facechaseviolencebloodkiss |
Riggs and Murtaugh are trying to take down some drug dealers but the they turn out to be not run of the mill drug dealers; they have automatic weapons and helicopters. Eventually they grab one of their vehicles and find a million dollars worth of gold coins or Krugerrands in the trunk. Later Murtaug β¦h is threatened by the men they're pursuing. That's when the Captain reassigns them to protect a man named Leo Getz who is suppose to testify in a big case. When they get to where Leo is, someone tries to kill him and that's when they learn he laundered half a billion dollars worth of drug money. He then takes them to a place he once went to and that's when the people there start shooting at them. Later when they come back with back up they learn that the men work for the South African consulate and have diplomatic immunity. They deduce that they are the ones they were looking for, but because of they have diplomatic immunity they can't do anything. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | hero |
Characters: | action herotough guy |
Story: | beer drinkingbuddyblockbusterpickup truckopening action scenebeershootingsurprise endingchasecigarette smokingbloodkissviolence |
The three best of the disbanded Musketeers - Athos, Porthos, and Aramis - join a young hotheaded would-be-Musketeer, D'Artagnan, to stop the Cardinal Richelieu's evil plot: to form an alliance with enemy England by way of the mysterious Milady. Rochefort, the Cardinal's right-hand man, announces the β¦ official disbanding of the King's Musketeers. Three, however, refuse to throw down their swords - Athos the fighter and drinker, Porthos the pirate and lover, and Aramis the priest and poet. Arriving in Paris to join the Musketeers, D'Artagnan uncovers the Cardinal's plans, and the four set out on a mission to protect King and Country. (Read More)
Themes: | herodrunkennesslove |
Characters: | action hero |
Story: | killing an animaladventure herotarget practicebuddyriflepunched in the facechaseviolence |
The powerful superhero John Hancock has become a joke because of his alcoholism and clumsiness. He has also become the most hated man in Los Angeles. Though he has saved many lives, he also destroyed a lot of property, costing the city millions every time he goes into action. When he saves the life β¦of PR expert Ray Embrey from an oncoming train, the executive is thankful and believes he can restore Hancock's image as a true superhero. He brings the anti-hero home for dinner and introduces him to his son Aaron, a big fan, and to his wife, Mary. But for some mysterious reason Mary doesn't want Hancock anywhere near her or her family. (Read More)
Themes: | alcoholismhero |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | action heroalcoholictough guy |
Story: | homophobic slurblockbusteropening action scenealcoholsurprise endingone word titleviolence |
Inspector Wing of the Hong Kong Police Force has become the victim of a gang, led by the evil Joe. When his entire team is killed, Wing becomes a hapless drunk, feeling guilty for the deaths of his team. A young man with a troubled past pretends to be a police officer working on the case with Wing, β¦to get him back on his feet and begin an adventure to get revenge on the evil Joe and his Gang of Five, especially when it becomes personal. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | alcoholismherodrunkenness |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | action heroalcoholictough guyboyfriend girlfriend relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | drunktarget practiceropeopening action scenepunched in the facesurprise endingchaseviolenceblood |
Young Danny Madigan is a big fan of Jack Slater, a larger-than-life action hero played by Arnold Schwarzenegger. When his best friend, Nick the projectionist, gives him a magic ticket to the new Jack Slater film, Danny is transported into Slater's world, where the good guys always win. One of Slater β¦'s enemies, Benedict the hitman, gets hold of the ticket and ends up in Danny's world, where he realises that if he can kill Schwarzenegger, Slater will be no more. Slater and Danny must travel back and stop him. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | herolove |
Characters: | action herotough guy |
Story: | opening action scenepunched in the facechaseviolencekiss |
U.S. Marshal deputy John Kruger is one of the toughest Marshals, his methods are to "Erase" The identities of his witnesses he is assigned to protect. Meanwhile, a woman named Lee Cullen who works for a corporation named Cyrez performed an undercover job for the FBI to unveil a top secret weapon whi β¦ch uses an electromagnetic pulse to dispatch targets. Cyrez discovered this about Lee and are now out to kill her, Kruger's job is now to protect Lee so she can testify against Cyrez. But, when Kruger was assigned to perform a job with another Marshal named Robert Deguerin, he discovers that Deguerin is behind some kind of scam that will involve the EM Gun, which will change hands to a Russian criminal if Kruger does not stop them, Kruger must not only protect Lee's life but his own. (Read More)
Themes: | hero |
Characters: | action herotough guy |
Story: | unsubtitled foreign languagecrocodilezooblockbusteropening action sceneshootingsurprise endingchasecigarette smokingone word titleviolenceblood |
After being trapped in a jungle board game for 26 years, a Man-Child wins his release from the game. But, no sooner has he arrived that he is forced to play again, and this time sets the creatures of the jungle loose on the city. Now it is up to him to stop them.
Story: | rhinoceroscrocodilelionblockbusterhunterelephantmonkeyriflesurprise endingone word title |
Corporate billionaire Edward Cole and working class mechanic Carter Chambers have nothing in common except for their terminal illnesses. While sharing a hospital room together, they decide to leave it and do all the things they have ever wanted to do before they die according to their bucket list. I β¦n the process, both of them heal each other, become unlikely friends, and ultimately find joy in life. (Read More)
Themes: | love |
Locations: | africahospital |
Characters: | doctorhusband wife relationship |
Story: | savannahsafarilionbuddymale bondingelephantanimalcigarette smoking |
In New York, the owner of a sophisticated antique shop Russell Edwin Nash is challenged to a sword fight in the parking lot of the Madison Square Garden by a man called Iman Fasil that is beheaded by Russell. He hides his sword and is arrested by the police while leaving the stadium. Russell recalls β¦ his life in the Sixteenth Century in Scotland, when he is Connor MacLeod and is deadly wounded in a battle against another Clan. However he surprisingly survives and his Clan believes he has a pact with the devil and expels him from their lands. Then he meets Juan Sanchez Villa-Lobos Ramirez that explains that he is immortal unless he is beheaded. Further, the immortals dispute a game killing each other and in the end only one survives receiving a price with the power of the other immortals. Russell is released by the police, but the snoopy forensic agent Brenda J. Wyatt is attracted by the case since she founds fragments of an ancient Katana and follows Russell. But the also immortal Kurgan is hunting down MacLeod and Brenda is in the middle of their battle. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | huntingherolove |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | action herotough guyphotographerboyfriend girlfriend relationship |
Story: | lionzooopening action sceneanimalshootingpunched in the faceone word titlekissviolenceblood |
Narcotics cops Mike Lowrey ('Will Smith (I)' (qv)) and Marcus Burnett ('Martin Lawrence (I)' (qv)) head up a task force investigating the flow of ecstasy into Miami. Their search leads to a dangerous kingpin Johnny Tapia ('Jordi Molla' (qv)), whose plan to control the city's drug traffic has touched β¦ off an underground war. Meanwhile, things get sexy between Mike and Syd ('Gabrielle Union' (qv)), Marcus's sister. (Read More)
Themes: | racismhero |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | action herotough guyboyfriend girlfriend relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | hit in the facebuddyshootingpunched in the facechasecigarette smokingviolenceblood |
A team of special force ops, led by a tough but fair soldier, Major "Dutch" Schaefer, are ordered to assist CIA man, Colonel Al Dillon, on a rescue mission for potential survivors of a Helicopter downed over remote South American jungle. Not long after they land, Dutch and his team discover that the β¦y have been sent in under false pretenses. This deception turns out to be the least of their worries though, when they find themselves being methodically hunted by something not of this world. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | hunting |
Characters: | action heroamerican abroadtough guy |
Story: | killing an animalunsubtitled foreign languagehunterpunched in the facechasecigarette smokingone word titleviolenceblood |
Russell and his younger brother Rodney live in the economically-depressed Rust Belt, and have always dreamed of escaping and finding better lives. But when a cruel twist of fate lands Russell in prison, his brother becomes involved with one of the most violent and ruthless crime rings in the Northea β¦st - a mistake that will cost him everything. Once released, Russell must choose between his own freedom, or risk it all to seek justice for his brother. (Read More)
Themes: | huntinghomophobia |
Characters: | tough guyboyfriend girlfriend relationship |
Story: | drunk drivingkilling an animalpickup truckopening action scenerifleshootingpunched in the facechasecigarette smokingbloodviolence |
Gloria (Anne Hathaway) is an out-of-work girl who, after getting kicked out of her apartment by her boyfriend, is forced to leave her life in New York and move back to her hometown. When news reports surface that a giant creature is destroying Seoul, South Korea, Gloria gradually comes to the realiz β¦ation that she is somehow connected to this far-off phenomenon. As events begin to spin out of control, Gloria must determine why her seemingly insignificant existence has such a colossal effect on the fate of the world. (Read More)
Themes: | alcoholismdrunkenness |
Characters: | american abroadalcoholic |
Story: | beer drinkingpickup truckbeerpunched in the facesurprise endingchaseone word titlebloodviolencekiss |
1983. Tom Highway is a well-decorated career military man in the United States Marine Corps, he who has seen action in Korea and Vietnam. His current rank is Gunnery Sergeant. His experiences have led him to become an opinionated, no nonsense man, who is prone to bursts of violence, especially when β¦he's drunk, if the situation does not suit him, regardless of the specifics or people involved. Because of these actions, he has spent his fair share of overnighters behind bars. Close to retirement, one of his last assignments, one he requested, is back at his old unit at Cherry Point, North Carolina, from where he was transferred for insubordination. He is to train a reconnaissance platoon. His superior officer, the much younger and combat inexperienced Major Malcolm Powers, sees Highway as a relic of an old styled military. Highway's commanding officer, Lieutenant Ring, the platoon leader, is also a younger man who has no combat experience, but is academically inclined and happy-go-lucky. Highway finds that his team is a rag-tag bunch of slackers, who includes wannabe rock musician Stitch Jones, with who Highway had an inauspicious earlier meeting. The men in the platoon, who truly believe Highway is crazy, hate him, and don't understand why they have to follow his harsh training regimen when the United States is not currently at war. The major, who is all about efficiency regardless of combat readiness, has the same views of Highway. He is clear that he sees Highway's platoon sβ¦ (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | herodrunkenness |
Characters: | action heroalcoholictough guyboyfriend girlfriend relationship |
Story: | beer drinkingdrunktarget practicemale bondingpickup truckopening action scenebeerpunched in the facecigarette smokingviolence |
The wandering barbarian, Conan, alongside his goofy rogue pal, Malak, are tasked with escorting Queen Taramis' virgin niece, Princess Jehnna and her bodyguard, Bombaata, to a mystical island fortress. They must retrieve a magical crystal that will help them procure the horn that legends say can awak β¦en the god of dreams, Dagoth. Along the way, Conan reunites with the wise wizard, Akiro and befriends the fierce female fighter, Zula. Together the heroes face ancient traps, powerful Wizards, plots of betrayal, and even the dream god, Dagoth, himself! (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | hero |
Characters: | action herotough guy |
Story: | adventure herohornopening action scenepunched in the faceviolenceblood |
A down and out cynical detective teams up with a down and out ex-quarterback to try and solve a murder case involving a pro football team and a politician.
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | hero |
Characters: | action heroalcoholictough guyphotographerboyfriend girlfriend relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | killing an animalbuddyopening action scenepunched in the facesurprise endingchasecigarette smokingviolenceblood |
Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh, after escaping death from the previous movies are put on a hit list by The Triads. When blood thirsty mercenaries are on their tail they team up again with Leo Getz and Lorna Cole, a newcomer (Chris Rock) to finally put an end to the Triads for good.
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | racismhero |
Characters: | action herotough guy |
Story: | buddyblockbusteropening action scenechaseviolenceblood |
Following the murder of her father by hired hand Tom Chaney, 14-year-old farm girl Mattie Ross sets out to capture the killer. To aid her, she hires the toughest U.S. marshal she can find, a man with "true grit," Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn. Mattie insists on accompanying Cogburn, whose drinking, sl β¦oth, and generally reprobate character do not augment her faith in him. Against his wishes, she joins him in his trek into the Indian Nations in search of Chaney. They are joined by Texas Ranger LaBoeuf, who wants Chaney for his own purposes. The unlikely trio find danger and surprises on the journey, and each has his or her "grit" tested. (Read More)
Themes: | drunkenness |
Characters: | alcoholicdoctor |
Story: | killing an animaltarget shootingtrappertarget practiceropealcoholriflesurprise endingcigarette smokingblood |
It's 1913, and the traditional American West is dying. Among the inhabitants of this dying time era are a outlaw gang called "The Wild Bunch". After a failed bank robbery, the gang head to Mexico to do one last job. Seeing their times and lives drifting away in the newly formed world of the 20th cen β¦tury, the gang take the job and end up in a brutally, violent last stand against their enemies who deemed to be corrupt in a small Mexican town, ruled by a ruthless general. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | drunkenness |
Characters: | action herotough guyhusband wife relationship |
Story: | famous scoreunsubtitled foreign languageopening action scenealcoholrifleshootingsurprise endingchasecigarette smokingviolenceblood |
Walt Kowalski is a widower who holds onto his prejudices despite the changes in his Michigan neighborhood and the world around him. Kowalski is a grumpy, tough-minded, unhappy old man who can't get along with either his kids or his neighbors. He is a Korean War veteran whose prize possession is a 19 β¦72 Gran Torino he keeps in mint condition. When his neighbor Thao, a young Hmong teenager under pressure from his gang member cousin, tries to steal his Gran Torino, Kowalski sets out to reform the youth. Drawn against his will into the life of Thao's family, Kowalski is soon taking steps to protect them from the gangs that infest their neighborhood. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | racism |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | tough guydoctorhusband wife relationship |
Story: | lung cancerunsubtitled foreign languagemisogynistblockbustermale bondingpickup truckbeerriflepunched in the facesurprise endingcigarette smokingblood |
While exploring g uncharted wilderness in 1823, legendary fronjitiersman Hugh Glass sustains injuries from a brutal bear attack. When his hunting team leaves him for dead, Glass must utilize his survival skills to find a way back home while avoiding natives on their own hunt. Grief-stricken and fuel β¦ed by vengeance, Glass treks through the wintry terrain to track down John Fitzgerald, the former confidant who betrayed and abandoned him. (Read More)
Themes: | huntingdrunkenness |
Characters: | action herotough guy |
Story: | killing an animaltrappermale bondinghunteropening action sceneriflesurprise endingchaseviolenceblood |
Michael, Steven and Nick are young factory workers from Pennsylvania who enlist into the Army to fight in Vietnam. Before they go, Steven marries the pregnant Angela, and their wedding party also serves as the men's farewell party. After some time and many horrors, the three friends fall in the hand β¦s of the Vietcong and are brought to a prison camp in which they are forced to play Russian roulette against each other. Michael makes it possible for them to escape, but they soon get separated again. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | huntingdrunkenness |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | doctorboyfriend girlfriend relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | breakfastblockbusterhunterbeerriflepunched in the facechaseviolencekissblood |
A former Australian policeman now living in the post-apocalyptic Australian outback as a warrior agrees to help a community of survivors living in a gasoline refinery to defend them and their gasoline supplies from evil barbarian warriors.
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | hero |
Characters: | action herotough guy |
Story: | killing an animalblockbusteropening action scenesurprise endingchaseviolenceblood |
Marcus Burnett is a hen-pecked family man. Mike Lowry is a foot-loose and fancy free ladies' man. Both are Miami policemen, and both have 72 hours to reclaim a consignment of drugs stolen from under their station's nose. To complicate matters, in order to get the assistance of the sole witness to a β¦murder, they have to pretend to be each other. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | hero |
Characters: | action herotough guyboyfriend girlfriend relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | buddyblockbusteropening action scenesurprise endingchaseviolencekissblood |
A cyborg is sent from the future on a deadly mission. He has to kill Sarah Connor, a young woman whose life will have a great significance in years to come. Sarah has only one protector - Kyle Reese - also sent from the future. The Terminator uses his exceptional intelligence and strength to find Sa β¦rah, but is there any way to stop the seemingly indestructible cyborg ? (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | hero |
Characters: | action heroamerican abroadtough guy |
Story: | killing an animalunsubtitled foreign languageblockbusteropening action scenepunched in the facecigarette smokingbloodviolencekiss |
Zululand, South Africa, 1879. The British are fighting the Zulus and one of their columns has just been wiped out at Isandlwana. The Zulus next fix their sights on the small British outpost at Rorke's Drift. At the outpost are 150 British troops under the command of Lieutenants Bromhead and Chard. I β¦n the next few days these 150 troops will fight about 4,000 Zulus in one of the most courageous battles in history. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | huntingracismherodrunkenness |
Locations: | africahospital |
Characters: | alcoholictough guydoctor |
Story: | hunterrifleone word titleblood |
The arch-villains of the United Underworld - the Joker, the Penguin, the Riddler and the Catwoman - combine forces to dispose of Batman and Robin as they launch their fantastic plot to control the entire world. From his submarine, Penguin and his cohorts hijack a yacht containing a dehydrator, which β¦ can extract all moisture from humans and reduce them to particles of dust. The evildoers turn the nine Security Council members in the United World Building into nine vials of multicolored crystals! Batman and Robin track the villains in their Batboat and use Batcharge missiles to force the submarine to surface. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Characters: | action herotough guy |
Story: | beer drinkingadventure herobuddyropeopening action scenepunched in the facesurprise endingchasecigarette smokingone word titleviolence |
Frank Dux has spent most his life being trained by Tanaka to participate in the Kumite, the ultimate martial arts tournament, where participants are seriously injured, even killed. Frank decides to go despite being told by his superiors in the army that he can't because they need him. Two army offic β¦ers are sent to get him and the trail leads to Hong Kong but Frank eludes them. While Frank advances, he knows that he may have to face Chong Li, the defending champion, who has killed a few participants. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | hero |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | action heroamerican abroadtough guydoctorhusband wife relationship |
Story: | opening action scenebeerpunched in the facesurprise endingchaseone word titlekissviolenceblood |
A series of strange robberies brings Axel Foley back to Beverly Hills to help his two fellow cops solve the case. All the familiar faces of the first film are back...
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | hero |
Characters: | action herotough guy |
Story: | target practiceblockbusteropening action scenesurprise endingchasecigarette smokingviolenceblood |
John McClane is now almost a full-blown alcoholic and is suspended from the NYPD. But when a bomb goes off in the Bonwit Teller Department Store the police go insane trying to figure out what's going on. Soon, a man named Simon calls and asks for McClane. Simon tells Inspector Walter Cobb that McCla β¦ne is going to play a game called "Simon Says". He says that McClane is going to do the tasks he assigns him. If not, he'll set off another bomb. With the help of a Harlem electrician, John McClane must race all over New York trying to figure out the frustrating puzzles that the crafty terrorist gives him. But when a bomb goes off in a subway station right by the Federal Reserve (the biggest gold storage in the world) things start to get heated. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | racismhero |
Characters: | action heroalcoholictough guy |
Story: | hangoverbuddyblockbusteropening action scenepunched in the facesurprise endingchasecigarette smokingbloodviolence |
While protecting his village from rampaging boar-god/demon, a confident young warrior, Ashitaka, is stricken by a deadly curse. To save his life, he must journey to the forests of the west. Once there, he's embroiled in a fierce campaign that humans were waging on the forest. The ambitious Lady Ebos β¦hi and her loyal clan use their guns against the gods of the forest and a brave young woman, Princess Mononoke, who was raised by a wolf-god. Ashitaka sees the good in both sides and tries to stem the flood of blood. This is met be animosity by both sides as they each see him as supporting the enemy. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | herolove |
Story: | famous scoreblockbusterhunteropening action sceneanimalriflechaseviolenceblood |
A love story set in a dystopian near future where single people are arrested and transferred to a creepy hotel. There they are obliged to find a matching mate in 45 days. If they fail, they are transformed into an animal and released into the woods.
Themes: | huntinglove |
Characters: | doctorhusband wife relationship |
Story: | killing an animaltarget practicebreakfastanimalrifleshootingchasecigarette smokingkissblood |
In the early 1970s, Nicholas Garrigan, a young semi-idealistic Scottish doctor, comes to Uganda to assist in a rural hospital. Once there, he soon meets up with the new President, Idi Amin, who promises a golden age for the African nation. Garrigan hits it off immediately with the rabid Scotland fan β¦, who soon offers him a senior position in the national health department and becomes one of Amin's closest advisers. However as the years pass, Garrigan cannot help but notice Amin's increasingly erratic behavior that grows beyond a legitimate fear of assassination into a murderous insanity that is driving Uganda into bloody ruin. Realizing his dire situation with the lunatic leader unwilling to let him go home, Garrigan must make some crucial decisions that could mean his death if the despot finds out. (Read More)
Themes: | racismdrunkenness |
Locations: | africahospital |
Characters: | photographerdoctorhusband wife relationship |
Story: | killing an animalswahilibeershootingpunched in the facecigarette smokingviolenceblood |
James Bond's next mission sends him to the circus. A British agent was murdered and found holding onto a priceless Faberge egg. Kamal Kahn buys the egg at an auction, but Bond becomes suspicious when Kahn meets up with Russian General, Orlov. Bond soon finds out that Kahn's and Orlov's plan is to bl β¦ow a nuclear device in an American Air Force Base. Bond teams up with a circus group, which are headed by the beautiful Octopussy, who is also close friend of Kahn. Will Bond be quick enough, before World War III begins? (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | hunting |
Characters: | action herophotographer |
Story: | crocodilerocketblockbusterhunterelephantriflepunched in the facechaseone word title |