Film Index
American cinema: Action/Adventure
Superman II (1980)
Richard Lester
In the nick of time, Superman manages to thwart a plot by terrorists to blow up Paris from the top of the Eiffel Tower with a hydrogen bomb, but when the bomb detonates in deep space it releases three criminals from the planet Krypton from their two-dimensional prison...
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Richard Lester
The Swarm (1978)
Irwin Allen
When the personnel at a top secret nuclear missile base in Texas are mysteriously wiped out, the military are at a loss to explain what may have happened...
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Irwin Allen
The Three Musketeers (1935)
Rowland V. Lee
France, 1625. The young D'Artagnan leaves his home in Gascony and sets out for Paris, hoping to serve under King Louis XIII as a musketeer...
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Rowland V. Lee
The Three Must-Get-Theres (1922)
Max Linder
France, 1625. Dart-In-Again is a young man with high hopes of becoming a musketeer in the service of King Louis XIII, but the king already has three perfectly able musketeers - Walrus, Octopus and Porpoise - and one more might be considered de trop...
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Max Linder
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
Roger Spottiswoode
Media mogul Elliot Carver has big ambitions for his global media empire, the Carver Media Group Network, but unfortunately to achieve his aims he must risk provoking World War Three...
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Roger Spottiswoode
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
Richard Fleischer
1941. In an attempt to weaken Japan after its seizure of Indochina, the United States imposes an embargo that will deprive the country of essential raw materials... [More...]
Richard Fleischer
1941. In an attempt to weaken Japan after its seizure of Indochina, the United States imposes an embargo that will deprive the country of essential raw materials... [More...]
The Towering Inferno (1974)
John Guillermin
The Glass Tower, San Francisco, is the crowning achievement in the career of architect Doug Roberts. At 138 storeys, it is the tallest building in the world, and to celebrate this fact an inaugural party is to be held at the top of the titanic superstructure... [More...]
John Guillermin
The Glass Tower, San Francisco, is the crowning achievement in the career of architect Doug Roberts. At 138 storeys, it is the tallest building in the world, and to celebrate this fact an inaugural party is to be held at the top of the titanic superstructure... [More...]
The Transporter (2002)
Louis Leterrier
Frank leads a comfortable life by the sea in Nice. He earns a decent wage as a courier, delivering anything, anywhere for anyone, but only if the price is right... [More...]
Louis Leterrier
Frank leads a comfortable life by the sea in Nice. He earns a decent wage as a courier, delivering anything, anywhere for anyone, but only if the price is right... [More...]
The True Story of Jesse James (1957)
Nicholas Ray
When a bank robbery in Northfield, Minnesota goes disastrously wrong, Jesse James and his brother Frank escape across country on horseback, leaving most of their gang behind, either dead or captured... [More...]
Nicholas Ray
When a bank robbery in Northfield, Minnesota goes disastrously wrong, Jesse James and his brother Frank escape across country on horseback, leaving most of their gang behind, either dead or captured... [More...]
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
Luc Besson
In the 28th century, Alpha deserves its epithet as the City of a Thousand Planets. This sprawling futuristic metropolis is home to an ever-expanding population, beings that have come from many worlds to settle and live together in harmony, creating a civilisation of unprecedented sophistication... [More...]
Luc Besson
In the 28th century, Alpha deserves its epithet as the City of a Thousand Planets. This sprawling futuristic metropolis is home to an ever-expanding population, beings that have come from many worlds to settle and live together in harmony, creating a civilisation of unprecedented sophistication... [More...]
Von Ryan's Express (1965)
Mark Robson
1944. After his plane is shot down over Italy, American airman Colonel Joseph L. Ryan soon finds himself in an Italian prisoner of war camp, which is run with an iron hand by the cruel Major Battaglia... [More...]
Mark Robson
1944. After his plane is shot down over Italy, American airman Colonel Joseph L. Ryan soon finds himself in an Italian prisoner of war camp, which is run with an iron hand by the cruel Major Battaglia... [More...]
The War of the Worlds (1953)
Byron Haskin
The peace of a small Californian town is disturbed when a huge meteorite crashes into the ground. Dr Clayton Forrester, an eminent physicist, happens to be holidaying in the area and cannot resist examining the meteorite... [More...]
Byron Haskin
The peace of a small Californian town is disturbed when a huge meteorite crashes into the ground. Dr Clayton Forrester, an eminent physicist, happens to be holidaying in the area and cannot resist examining the meteorite... [More...]
Westworld (1973)
Michael Crichton
In the throes of a messy divorce, Peter Martin agrees to accompany his friend John Blane on a visit to Delos, an adult amusement park where the guests can live out their wildest fantasies for a thousand dollars a day... [More...]
Michael Crichton
In the throes of a messy divorce, Peter Martin agrees to accompany his friend John Blane on a visit to Delos, an adult amusement park where the guests can live out their wildest fantasies for a thousand dollars a day... [More...]
The Whip Hand (1951)
William Cameron Menzies
Whilst on a fishing holiday at Lake Winnoga, Wisconsin, reporter Matt Corbin stumbles across a town with a mysterious secret... [More...]
William Cameron Menzies
Whilst on a fishing holiday at Lake Winnoga, Wisconsin, reporter Matt Corbin stumbles across a town with a mysterious secret... [More...]
The World Is Not Enough (1999)
Michael Apted
A mission goes horribly wrong when MI6 agent James Bond is unwittingly used in an assassination plot to kill the British oil tycoon Sir Robert King... [More...]
Michael Apted
A mission goes horribly wrong when MI6 agent James Bond is unwittingly used in an assassination plot to kill the British oil tycoon Sir Robert King... [More...]
The Young Lions (1958)
Edward Dmytryk
On the eve of World War II, Christian Diestl has high hopes that Hitler's National Socialist Party will bring about a better future for his country, but his illusions are soon shattered by the harsh realities of warfare... [More...]
Edward Dmytryk
On the eve of World War II, Christian Diestl has high hopes that Hitler's National Socialist Party will bring about a better future for his country, but his illusions are soon shattered by the harsh realities of warfare... [More...]
Zoo in Budapest (1933)
Rowland V. Lee
The zoo in Budapest is a popular attraction but no one loves the zoo's animals more than Zani, the son of a former keeper who has a natural rapport with beasts of any kind... [More...]
Rowland V. Lee
The zoo in Budapest is a popular attraction but no one loves the zoo's animals more than Zani, the son of a former keeper who has a natural rapport with beasts of any kind... [More...]