Film Index
American cinema: Action/Adventure
13 Rue Madeleine (1947)
Henry Hathaway
During the later years of WWII, Bob Sharkey has the job of training spies in the American Strategic Services. His boss informs him that one of his latest recruits, Bill O'Connell, is a Nazi agent...
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Henry Hathaway
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
Nathan Juran
Sinbad the Sailor is returning to Baghdad with the Princess Parisa, whom he intends to marry to secure a lasting peace between their two countries...
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Nathan Juran
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
Richard Attenborough
September, 1944. D-Day has come and gone but the allied advance has slowed to a crawl owing to over-extended supply lines...
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Richard Attenborough
A View to a Kill (1985)
John Glen
When it is discovered that the Soviets have managed to duplicate a revolutionary microchip capable of withstanding a nuclear explosion, British Intelligence suspects that the chip's manufacturer, Zorin Industries, has been infiltrated by Russian agents...
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John Glen
The Adventures of Hajji Baba (1954)
Don Weis
In ancient Persia, Hajji Baba is a humble barber who has dreams of leaving his hometown of Ispahan and going off in search of adventure and fortune...
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Don Weis
Alien 3 (1992)
David Fincher
When a fire breaks out aboard the Colonial Marine spaceship Sulaco, an escape pod containing the surviving crew members is ejected into space... [More...]
David Fincher
When a fire breaks out aboard the Colonial Marine spaceship Sulaco, an escape pod containing the surviving crew members is ejected into space... [More...]
Alien: Resurrection (1997)
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
It has been 200 years since Ellen Ripley sacrificed herself to destroy the Alien queen that was growing within her. Scientists on a United Systems Military spaceship have succeeded in creating a clone of Ripley and were then able to allow the Alien in her body to be born... [More...]
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
It has been 200 years since Ellen Ripley sacrificed herself to destroy the Alien queen that was growing within her. Scientists on a United Systems Military spaceship have succeeded in creating a clone of Ripley and were then able to allow the Alien in her body to be born... [More...]
Aliens (1986)
James Cameron
57 years after her encounter with an alien being which wiped out her crew aboard the space freighter Nostromo, Ellen Ripley is picked up and taken back to Earth... [More...]
James Cameron
57 years after her encounter with an alien being which wiped out her crew aboard the space freighter Nostromo, Ellen Ripley is picked up and taken back to Earth... [More...]
Die Another Day (2002)
Lee Tamahori
James Bond's mission to assassinate rogue Korean colonel Tan-Sun Moon ends in a frantic chase in which 007's target appears to fall to his death... [More...]
Lee Tamahori
James Bond's mission to assassinate rogue Korean colonel Tan-Sun Moon ends in a frantic chase in which 007's target appears to fall to his death... [More...]
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Francis Ford Coppola
Vietnam, 1969. Captain Willard, an American special operations agent, is in Saigon recuperating after a successful mission when intelligence officers approach him with a new assignment... [More...]
Francis Ford Coppola
Vietnam, 1969. Captain Willard, an American special operations agent, is in Saigon recuperating after a successful mission when intelligence officers approach him with a new assignment... [More...]
Armored Car Robbery (1950)
Richard Fleischer
Dave Purvis leads a gang of hardened criminals who plan to ambush an armoured car when it makes a collection outside a baseball station in Los Angeles... [More...]
Richard Fleischer
Dave Purvis leads a gang of hardened criminals who plan to ambush an armoured car when it makes a collection outside a baseball station in Los Angeles... [More...]
Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)
Jay Roach
On his return to Earth after his latest lunar tussle with his archenemy Austin Powers, Dr Evil wastes no time setting his latest diabolical plan in motion... [More...]
Jay Roach
On his return to Earth after his latest lunar tussle with his archenemy Austin Powers, Dr Evil wastes no time setting his latest diabolical plan in motion... [More...]
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
Jay Roach
In 1967, Britain's top secret agent and number one hipster, Austin Powers, is on the trail of his deadly archenemy Dr Evil, the world's greatest criminal mastermind... [More...]
Jay Roach
In 1967, Britain's top secret agent and number one hipster, Austin Powers, is on the trail of his deadly archenemy Dr Evil, the world's greatest criminal mastermind... [More...]
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)
Jay Roach
On his return to Earth in 1999, Dr Evil wastes no time putting his next dastardly scheme into operation. Whilst his Number Two has been frittering away his time building up a huge corporate empire by legitimate means, Dr Evil has devoted his efforts to building a time machine... [More...]
Jay Roach
On his return to Earth in 1999, Dr Evil wastes no time putting his next dastardly scheme into operation. Whilst his Number Two has been frittering away his time building up a huge corporate empire by legitimate means, Dr Evil has devoted his efforts to building a time machine... [More...]
The Bandit of Sherwood Forest (1946)
Henry Levin
It has been some years since Robin Hood and his merry men thwarted the tyranny of King John and brought justice to the people of England... [More...]
Henry Levin
It has been some years since Robin Hood and his merry men thwarted the tyranny of King John and brought justice to the people of England... [More...]
Batman (1989)
Tim Burton
Gotham City is a sprawling metropolis mired in crime and the detritus of social decay. The town's district attorney, Harvey Dent, is fighting a losing battle against an army of hoodlums led by criminal mastermind Carl Grissom... [More...]
Tim Burton
Gotham City is a sprawling metropolis mired in crime and the detritus of social decay. The town's district attorney, Harvey Dent, is fighting a losing battle against an army of hoodlums led by criminal mastermind Carl Grissom... [More...]
Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)
J. Lee Thompson
In the aftermath of a devastating nuclear conflict, some time towards the end of the 20th Century, apes have supplanted humans as the dominant life-form on planet Earth... [More...]
J. Lee Thompson
In the aftermath of a devastating nuclear conflict, some time towards the end of the 20th Century, apes have supplanted humans as the dominant life-form on planet Earth... [More...]
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
Eugène Lourié
In the aftermath of an atomic bomb test in the Arctic Circle, physicist Tom Nesbitt catches a glimpse of a gigantic prehistoric reptile, which seems to have been released by the blast after being trapped in the ice for millions of years... [More...]
Eugène Lourié
In the aftermath of an atomic bomb test in the Arctic Circle, physicist Tom Nesbitt catches a glimpse of a gigantic prehistoric reptile, which seems to have been released by the blast after being trapped in the ice for millions of years... [More...]
Behind the Headlines (1937)
Richard Rosson
Eddie Haines is radio station KBC's star reporter. His talent for scooping big news stories has made him massively unpopular with his rival journalists, not least of whom is his former girlfriend, Mary Bradley... [More...]
Richard Rosson
Eddie Haines is radio station KBC's star reporter. His talent for scooping big news stories has made him massively unpopular with his rival journalists, not least of whom is his former girlfriend, Mary Bradley... [More...]
Ben-Hur (1959)
William Wyler
Jerusalem, 27 AD. Recently appointed commander of a Roman garrison, the Tribune Messala greets his old friend Judah Ben-Hur with warmth and affection, but their reunion turns cold when their political differences become apparent... [More...]
William Wyler
Jerusalem, 27 AD. Recently appointed commander of a Roman garrison, the Tribune Messala greets his old friend Judah Ben-Hur with warmth and affection, but their reunion turns cold when their political differences become apparent... [More...]
Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)
Ted Post
Two astronauts crash-land on a seemingly deserted planet. They are Brent and Maddox, on a rescue mission to discover what happened to the crew of another spaceship led by a man named Taylor... [More...]
Ted Post
Two astronauts crash-land on a seemingly deserted planet. They are Brent and Maddox, on a rescue mission to discover what happened to the crew of another spaceship led by a man named Taylor... [More...]
The Big Noise (1944)
Malcolm St. Clair
Alva P. Hartley believes that with his new invention, the most powerful bomb in history, he can shorten the length of the war by years... [More...]
Malcolm St. Clair
Alva P. Hartley believes that with his new invention, the most powerful bomb in history, he can shorten the length of the war by years... [More...]
Blade Runner (1982)
Ridley Scott
Los Angeles, 2019. Android technology has now become so sophisticated that robotic humans have become almost indistinguishable from real humans... [More...]
Ridley Scott
Los Angeles, 2019. Android technology has now become so sophisticated that robotic humans have become almost indistinguishable from real humans... [More...]
The Bridge at Remagen (1969)
John Guillermin
March 1945. The war in Europe has entered its final phase, with German troops retreating eastwards, driven back by a relentless Allied assault... [More...]
John Guillermin
March 1945. The war in Europe has entered its final phase, with German troops retreating eastwards, driven back by a relentless Allied assault... [More...]
Bullitt (1968)
Peter Yates
What starts out as a routine assignment for San Francisco police lieutenant Frank Bullitt soon turns into something far deadlier... [More...]
Peter Yates
What starts out as a routine assignment for San Francisco police lieutenant Frank Bullitt soon turns into something far deadlier... [More...]
Captain Blood (1935)
Michael Curtiz
England, 1685. Dr Peter Blood is convicted of treason when he treats a wounded man who took part in an uprising against King James II... [More...]
Michael Curtiz
England, 1685. Dr Peter Blood is convicted of treason when he treats a wounded man who took part in an uprising against King James II... [More...]
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)
Michael Curtiz
In the early 1850s, Geoffrey Vickers and his brother Perry are British officers in the 27th Lancers, a regiment stationed in the Indian city of Chukoti... [More...]
Michael Curtiz
In the early 1850s, Geoffrey Vickers and his brother Perry are British officers in the 27th Lancers, a regiment stationed in the Indian city of Chukoti... [More...]
Clash of the Titans (1981)
Desmond Davis
The Greek god Zeus is outraged when King Acrisius of Argos sends his daughter Danaë and her newborn son Perseus out to sea in a sealed coffin... [More...]
Desmond Davis
The Greek god Zeus is outraged when King Acrisius of Argos sends his daughter Danaë and her newborn son Perseus out to sea in a sealed coffin... [More...]
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)
J. Lee Thompson
In 1991, North America is run by an oppressively fascist regime. Eight years previously, a plague wiped out all domestic animals, and householders replaced these with apes... [More...]
J. Lee Thompson
In 1991, North America is run by an oppressively fascist regime. Eight years previously, a plague wiped out all domestic animals, and householders replaced these with apes... [More...]
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
George A. Romero
The world is in the grip of an unexplained pandemic. The bodies of the dead have become reanimated and are preying on the flesh of the living, creating worldwide pandemonium... [More...]
George A. Romero
The world is in the grip of an unexplained pandemic. The bodies of the dead have become reanimated and are preying on the flesh of the living, creating worldwide pandemonium... [More...]