Film Index
American cinema: Action/Adventure
Dick Tracy (1945)
William Berke
After a middle-aged schoolteacher is savagely assaulted and killed one evening, police detective Dick Tracy finds he has to cancel his dinner date with his girlfriend and embark on yet another murder investigation...
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William Berke
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Robert Aldrich
England, 1944. On the eve of the Allied invasion of Normandy in WWII, Major John Reisman is offered a most unusual assignment...
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Robert Aldrich
Dirty Harry (1971)
Don Siegel
When a young woman is shot dead by a rooftop sniper, San Francisco police inspector Harry Callahan is tasked with finding the killer...
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Don Siegel
Divergent (2014)
Neil Burger
In the not too distant future, Béatrice is a 16-year-old girl who is confronted with a decision that will determine the future course of her life...
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Neil Burger
Duel (1971)
Steven Spielberg
David Mann is driving his red Plymouth Valiant through the California desert on his way to a business meeting. The only other vehicle on the otherwise empty highway is a lumbering tanker truck which is expelling noxious black exhaust fumes in his direction...
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Steven Spielberg
Dune (1984)
David Lynch
In the distant future, the advanced worlds of the Spacing Guild are dependent on a spice known as melange, which can be found on only one planet, Arrakis, a desert world that is also known as Dune... [More...]
David Lynch
In the distant future, the advanced worlds of the Spacing Guild are dependent on a spice known as melange, which can be found on only one planet, Arrakis, a desert world that is also known as Dune... [More...]
Earthquake (1974)
Mark Robson
A junior employee at the California Seismological Institute has evidence that a major earthquake will hit Los Angeles within a day or two but his superiors are reluctant to make known his findings, through fear that this might cause widespread panic... [More...]
Mark Robson
A junior employee at the California Seismological Institute has evidence that a major earthquake will hit Los Angeles within a day or two but his superiors are reluctant to make known his findings, through fear that this might cause widespread panic... [More...]
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Irvin Kershner
The destruction of the Death Star by the Rebel Alliance is followed by a swift retaliation from the Galactic Empire, with Darth Vader leading the offensive... [More...]
Irvin Kershner
The destruction of the Death Star by the Rebel Alliance is followed by a swift retaliation from the Galactic Empire, with Darth Vader leading the offensive... [More...]
The Enforcer (1976)
James Fargo
Inspector Callahan's sledgehammer methods of dealing with hoodlums again lands him in trouble with his superiors. No one thanks him for rescuing a pair of hostages from some gun-toting thugs... [More...]
James Fargo
Inspector Callahan's sledgehammer methods of dealing with hoodlums again lands him in trouble with his superiors. No one thanks him for rescuing a pair of hostages from some gun-toting thugs... [More...]
Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)
Don Taylor
In the early 1970s, a spaceship lands off the coast of California. As a party of US marines watch in anticipation, three astronauts emerge... [More...]
Don Taylor
In the early 1970s, a spaceship lands off the coast of California. As a party of US marines watch in anticipation, three astronauts emerge... [More...]
Flash Gordon (1980)
Mike Hodges
Intent on destroying the planet Earth for his own wicked amusement, the Emperor Ming the Merciless instigates a series of catastrophes which are taken to be natural disasters... [More...]
Mike Hodges
Intent on destroying the planet Earth for his own wicked amusement, the Emperor Ming the Merciless instigates a series of catastrophes which are taken to be natural disasters... [More...]
Frantic (1988)
Roman Polanski
Dr Richard Walker and his wife Sondra, an American couple, arrive in Paris ahead of a medical conference at which Dr Walker is to give a paper... [More...]
Roman Polanski
Dr Richard Walker and his wife Sondra, an American couple, arrive in Paris ahead of a medical conference at which Dr Walker is to give a paper... [More...]
The General (1927)
Clyde Bruckman
America, 1861. Train driver Johnnie Gray has two loves in his life - his locomotive, named The General, and his sweetheart, Annabelle Lee... [More...]
Clyde Bruckman
America, 1861. Train driver Johnnie Gray has two loves in his life - his locomotive, named The General, and his sweetheart, Annabelle Lee... [More...]
The Getaway (1972)
Sam Peckinpah
Carter McCoy is serving a ten-year stretch in prison. After he is refused parole, he sends his wife Carol to make a deal with crooked businessman Jack Benyon... [More...]
Sam Peckinpah
Carter McCoy is serving a ten-year stretch in prison. After he is refused parole, he sends his wife Carol to make a deal with crooked businessman Jack Benyon... [More...]
The Godfather: Part III (1990)
Francis Ford Coppola
In 1979, Michael Corleone appears to be a reformed character. As he nears his 60th birthday, he has almost completely severed his links with the Mafia and now presides as the head of a wholly legitimate business empire... [More...]
Francis Ford Coppola
In 1979, Michael Corleone appears to be a reformed character. As he nears his 60th birthday, he has almost completely severed his links with the Mafia and now presides as the head of a wholly legitimate business empire... [More...]
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1974)
Gordon Hessler
Sinbad is out sailing one sunny afternoon when a strange bat-like creature appears from nowhere and accidentally drops a gold ornament at his feet... [More...]
Gordon Hessler
Sinbad is out sailing one sunny afternoon when a strange bat-like creature appears from nowhere and accidentally drops a gold ornament at his feet... [More...]
GoldenEye (1995)
Martin Campbell
British agent James Bond is sent to Monte Carlo to tail Xenia Onatopp, a member of the mysterious Janus crime syndicate. Bond fails to prevent Onatopp and her associate General Ourumov from stealing a revolutionary new helicopter which is capable of withstanding an electromagnetic pulse... [More...]
Martin Campbell
British agent James Bond is sent to Monte Carlo to tail Xenia Onatopp, a member of the mysterious Janus crime syndicate. Bond fails to prevent Onatopp and her associate General Ourumov from stealing a revolutionary new helicopter which is capable of withstanding an electromagnetic pulse... [More...]
The Great Escape (1963)
John Sturges
During the Second World War, German High Command decides to place all of the most troublesome Allied prisoners of war in a single camp managed by Luftwaffe Colonel von Luger... [More...]
John Sturges
During the Second World War, German High Command decides to place all of the most troublesome Allied prisoners of war in a single camp managed by Luftwaffe Colonel von Luger... [More...]
Gunga Din (1939)
George Stevens
The Northwest Frontier of India, 1880. When contact is lost with a colonial outpost at Tandipur, three sergeants in the British Army are sent to investigate... [More...]
George Stevens
The Northwest Frontier of India, 1880. When contact is lost with a colonial outpost at Tandipur, three sergeants in the British Army are sent to investigate... [More...]
The Guns of Navarone (1961)
J. Lee Thompson
It is 1943. Two thousand British soldiers are stranded on the island of Keros in the Aegean Sea and face certain death when the Germans launch an all-out assault on the region in a bid to draw neutral Turkey into the war... [More...]
J. Lee Thompson
It is 1943. Two thousand British soldiers are stranded on the island of Keros in the Aegean Sea and face certain death when the Germans launch an all-out assault on the region in a bid to draw neutral Turkey into the war... [More...]
Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
Don Chaffey
In ancient Greece, Aristo, the benevolent King of Thessaly, is overthrown by his rival, Pelias, but a prophesy foretells that one day Aristo's son Jason will return to reclaim the throne... [More...]
Don Chaffey
In ancient Greece, Aristo, the benevolent King of Thessaly, is overthrown by his rival, Pelias, but a prophesy foretells that one day Aristo's son Jason will return to reclaim the throne... [More...]
Jesse James (1939)
Henry King
In the aftermath of the American Civil War, the St Louis Midland railroad company goes from strength to strength, buying up land as cheaply as possible by threatening and cajoling gullible landowners... [More...]
Henry King
In the aftermath of the American Civil War, the St Louis Midland railroad company goes from strength to strength, buying up land as cheaply as possible by threatening and cajoling gullible landowners... [More...]
Jungle Book (1942)
Zoltan Korda
In India, a party of British tourists listen in rapture as an old local storyteller recounts a tale from his youth. Years ago, he lived in a village that was attacked by the tiger Shere Khan... [More...]
Zoltan Korda
In India, a party of British tourists listen in rapture as an old local storyteller recounts a tale from his youth. Years ago, he lived in a village that was attacked by the tiger Shere Khan... [More...]
Knights of the Round Table (1953)
Richard Thorpe
After Rome has withdrawn her legions, England has descended into anarchy, with rival factions constantly at war. Arthur Pendragon and his half-sister Morgan LeFay have an equal claim to the crown of England and it is Merlin, a renowned sorcerer, who settles their dispute... [More...]
Richard Thorpe
After Rome has withdrawn her legions, England has descended into anarchy, with rival factions constantly at war. Arthur Pendragon and his half-sister Morgan LeFay have an equal claim to the crown of England and it is Merlin, a renowned sorcerer, who settles their dispute... [More...]
The Last of the Mohicans (1920)
Maurice Tourneur
By 1757, the Seven Years' War that is ravaging the continent of Europe has reached the colonies in the Americas. A British stronghold in New York, Fort William Henry, is threatened by French armies and their Huron Indian allies... [More...]
Maurice Tourneur
By 1757, the Seven Years' War that is ravaging the continent of Europe has reached the colonies in the Americas. A British stronghold in New York, Fort William Henry, is threatened by French armies and their Huron Indian allies... [More...]
Licence to Kill (1989)
John Glen
On his wedding day, CIA agent Felix Leiter assists British agent James Bond in capturing the notorious drugs baron Franz Sanchez... [More...]
John Glen
On his wedding day, CIA agent Felix Leiter assists British agent James Bond in capturing the notorious drugs baron Franz Sanchez... [More...]
The Longest Day (1962)
Ken Annakin
June, 1944. Thousands of Allied troops assembled in the south of England impatiently await the go-ahead for a full-scale invasion of France, the one military manoeuvre that will decisively crush the resolve of the Axis powers and hasten the end of the war... [More...]
Ken Annakin
June, 1944. Thousands of Allied troops assembled in the south of England impatiently await the go-ahead for a full-scale invasion of France, the one military manoeuvre that will decisively crush the resolve of the Axis powers and hasten the end of the war... [More...]
Magnum Force (1973)
Ted Post
Shortly after being acquitted of a murder charge, the high-profile gangster Carmine Ricca is shot dead by a man dressed as a motorcycle traffic cop... [More...]
Ted Post
Shortly after being acquitted of a murder charge, the high-profile gangster Carmine Ricca is shot dead by a man dressed as a motorcycle traffic cop... [More...]
The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
John Huston
Rudyard Kipling is working in his office in Lahore, where he is employed as a newspaper correspondent, when he is visited by a dishevelled wreck of a man... [More...]
John Huston
Rudyard Kipling is working in his office in Lahore, where he is employed as a newspaper correspondent, when he is visited by a dishevelled wreck of a man... [More...]
The Mark of Zorro (1940)
Rouben Mamoulian
Some time in the 19th Century, Don Diego de la Vega is at a military school in Spain when he is summoned back to his home in Southern California by his father, Don Alejandro Vega... [More...]
Rouben Mamoulian
Some time in the 19th Century, Don Diego de la Vega is at a military school in Spain when he is summoned back to his home in Southern California by his father, Don Alejandro Vega... [More...]