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    Tank Girl (1995)

    A renegade (Lori Petty) challenges the controller (Malcolm McDowell) of the world's water supply on...

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    Hook (1991)

    Aided by Tinker Bell (Julia Roberts), a corporate lawyer (Robin Williams) turns into Peter Pan to...

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    Places in the Heart (1984)

    A widowed mother (Sally Field) fights for her cotton farm with a laborer and a blind boarder (John...

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    The Running Man (1987)

    A police-state scapegoat (Arnold Schwarzenegger) must play a TV host's (Richard Dawson) deadly game...

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    Newsies (1992)

    A newsboy (Christian Bale) leads his shortchanged buddies in a strike against publisher Joseph...

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    Tombstone (1993)

    Doc Holliday (Val Kilmer) joins Wyatt Earp (Kurt Russell) and his brothers for an OK Corral showdown...

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    Morituri (1965)

    An Allied agent (Marlon Brando) tries to disarm scuttling explosives aboard a German captain's (Yul...

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    Three Amigos! (1986)

    Three silent-film cowboys (Chevy Chase, Steve Martin, Martin Short) come to Mexico to perform but...

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    The Road Warrior (1981)

    Loner lawman Mad Max (Mel Gibson) fights barbarian bikers for gasoline in the wasteland of the...

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    Alien3 (1992)

    The survivor (Sigourney Weaver) of several alien attacks is the only woman on a prison planet with a...

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    The Tiger and the Snow (2006)

    A resourceful Italian poet (Roberto Benigni) tries to get into war-torn Iraq to visit the woman...

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    Predator (1987)

    A sneaky alien monster attacks commandos (Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Jesse Ventura) on a...

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    Don Q, Son of Zorro (1925)

    Don Cesar, son of Zorro, is framed for murder while visiting Spain, and becomes the whip-wielding...

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    Tumbleweeds (1925)

    Tumbleweeds marked silent-screen cowboy legend William S. Hart's return to the screen after a long...

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    Manila Calling (1942)

    Those obviously hastily assembled to cash in on current headlines, Manila Calling shows no signs of...

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    Journey into Fear

    Orson Welles had planned to produce, direct and star in RKO's Journey Into Fear, but prior...

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    The Black Pirate (1926)

    A noble pirate (Douglas Fairbanks) walks the plank, rescues a princess (Billie Dove) and slides down...

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    Uncommon Valor (1983)

    A colonel (Gene Hackman) with a sponsor (Robert Stack) leads five Marine veterans into Laos to find...

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    Walking Tall (1973)

    Based on the life of Tennessee sheriff Buford Pusser whom almost single-handily cleaned up his small...

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    Yellowbeard (1983)

    Nonsensical farce about an ornery pirate who escapes from prison after 20 years to look for his son...

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    Gor (1987)

    A 20th-century professor (Urbano Barberini) and a desert beauty (Rebecca Ferratti) fight a high...

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    Viva Max!

    This comedy was banned in Mexico and plagued by vandalism and threats of violence during film...

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    Soul Survivor (1995)

    A young Black man struggles to find a job in Canada.

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    Terra Estrangeira (1997)

    After the death of her mother, a young Brazilian decides to leave his country and travel to her...

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    Timemaster (1995)

    A 12-year-old looks for his parents through time and space.

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    Innocent Voices (2005)

    Civil war in El Salvador threatens the life of an 11-year-old (Carlos Padilla) and his family who...

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    The Ascent

    Set in British East Africa during World War II, based on a true story of an Italian prisoner-of-war...

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    Bab El-oued City (1994)

    The tearing down of a propaganda loudspeaker pits an Algiers apprentice (Hassan Abdou) against the...

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    Rambo III (1988)

    Loner Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) leaves a Buddhist monastery to free his Green Beret mentor (Richard...

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    The Rescue (1988)

    A group of kids go to North Korea to rescue their fathers who are Nave SEAL's who are being held...