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Thunder in Carolina

1960

Thunder in Carolina

1960
4
A stock-car veteran (Rory Calhoun) teaches a grease monkey to race in the Southern 500 in Darlington, S.C.
The Fixer: Millennium

2019

The Fixer: Millennium

2019
6.5
2008 year. Old friends Kostya and Zavgar come up with not quite legal schemes of earnings. Money comes easy and just as easy to leave. It seems that this success will be eternal. But each has its own trap, especially if you want even more money. Kostya starts a big game, which can cost him and Zavgar freedom, friendship and even life itself.
The Baron

1977

The Baron

1977
4.5
A black actor tries to make his own movie with an all-black cast, but to make it he's forced to borrow money from the Mafia.
The Fearless Young Boxer

1979

The Fearless Young Boxer

1979
7.2
While on a fishing trip, Shao Lung's father is killed by Wu Pa Feng in front of the young man's eyes. Lung takes shelter with his uncle's traveling group of Kung Fu acrobats and begins honing his skills so he can one day have his revenge.
Missing Persons

2022

Missing Persons

2022
6.7
Two grizzled war veterans go missing after kidnapping a soldier who turns out to be a con artist.
Dames and Dreams

1974

Dames and Dreams

1974
3.4
Four beautiful young women are foretold of mysterious adventures that will have them each take advantage of men with their enchanting looks. But, will they survive their escapade? And, in the end, are things really as they seem?
Target of Opportunity

2005

Target of Opportunity

2005
4.2
Jim Jacobs and Nick Carlton, childhood friends, are CIA operatives on a sting operation in Chechnya. The raid of a rebel militia group goes bad and the entire teams gets wiped out except for Jim and Nick, who manages to save them both. Five years later, they are out of the CIA game.
The Spy Who Went Into Hell

1965

The Spy Who Went Into Hell

1965
4.8
CIA agent Jeff Larson is sent to investigate suspicious activities at a U.S. base located in southern Spain. He discovers the base is being heavily monitored by the KGB via hidden cameras and moles within the base, and he must find a way to ferret the traitors out whilst avoiding discovery of his investigation.
The Cascadia Treasure

2020

The Cascadia Treasure

2020
5.5
Believing it's the key to keeping her family together, a teenage farm girl embarks on a quest to find a long-lost treasure -- not realizing her closest ally on the project is in league with her chief nemesis.
The True Game of Death

1978

The True Game of Death

1978
5.6
The film begins with footage of Bruce Lee's funeral. The narrator then says that there is a new actor "who looks quite like him" that will become Lee's successor. His name is Hsao Lung. Later Hsao Lung is filming a movie. On the set, he is approached by a group of gangsters, led by a man named George, who want to control Hsao Lung. Hsao Lung declines, so they go after his girlfriend Alice, forcing her poison Hsao. During sex, the poison takes action and Hsao supposedly dies. Hsao fakes his death and pretends to be a chef so that he can watch over Alice. Alice is kidnapped by the gangsters, so Hsao starts looking for her and goes to a shipyard. There he fights off 4 motorcycle-riding gangsters that are wearing multi-colored tracksuits, one of them being the iconic green and black one from Game of Death. He defeats them and goes to the tower of death.
Santo vs. Doctor Death

1973

Santo vs. Doctor Death

1973
4.9
Masked Mexican wrestler and superhero Santo plays private investigator, called in by government officials to investigate the mysterious vandalism of a high profile painting. With the help of his two counterparts, he uncovers the truth behind an art collector/chemist who may be murdering female models.
Petey Wheatstraw

1977

Petey Wheatstraw

1977
5.5
Petey Wheatstraw is a candidate to become the devil's son-in-law. The storyline is a scaffolding on which Rudy Ray Moore's standup humor can be unfolded. Beginning life as the afterbirth to a watermelon, the young Wheatstraw becomes a martial artist, but is unable to best the evil comedy team of Leroy and Skillet, who also indulge in wholesale murder. Satan restores the comedians' victims to life, and charges Petey with the task of marrying his clock-stoppingly ugly daughter to give him a grandchild. When Petey attempts to default on the deal, he is pursued by the devil's henchmen.
The Icing

2014

The Icing

2014
An ex-cop whose only goal is to assassinate a state senator and collect $100,000 dollars. Marilyn Bellows, the senator's wife, orders the hit. Marilyn will go to any extreme – lust, betrayal, and even murder to get what she wants.
In Retirement

1984

In Retirement

1984
5.4
A former Triple A (Argentine anti-communist alliance) is abandoned by his former colleagues after the Argentine dictatorship falls, in the course of his solitude he slowly becomes more insane and falls further into dementia, at the same time as one of the parents of the many children that he murdered and tortured during the dictatorship persecute him for revenge.
Revenge

2017

Revenge

2017
4.5
Ex-cop, ex-convict, now unlicensed private detective Frank Beriat only takes cases he deems truly worthy. When Camille seeks revenge for her sister, Frank reluctantly takes the job.
Sudden Fury

1997

Sudden Fury

1997
3
Intent on seizing control of South East England's cocaine business, small-time crime boss Randall hires notorious hit-man Walker to take out his competition. When Randall betrays the hit-man, however, the tables are turned.
Angels of the City

1989

Angels of the City

1989
3.4
College girls dressed as hookers for a sorority initiation ceremony are kidnapped by pimps.
The River Thief

2016

The River Thief

2016
5
A reckless teenage drifter endangers the lives of a man and his granddaughter after stealing money from a drug dealer.
Piercing Wounds

2023

Piercing Wounds

2023
4.3
V, an elite military assassin escapes a life of killing and is taken in by a family suffering from much loss. When a life of love looks possible for them all, V's past suddenly puts them all in danger.
Slaughterhouse

2022

Slaughterhouse

2022
4.7
1975. An American filmmaker arrives in Argentina to film the story of the first revolt of laborers against landowners. Hoping to document history, instead, he finds himself becoming part of it as he’s swept into the revolt and soon finds himself on the run from the dark bloodiness that is sweeping the country.