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Geostorm(2017)

PG-13

| 1h 49min | Action, Science Fiction, Thriller

3.1/5 (with 2,184 votes)

After an unprecedented series of natural disasters threatened the planet, the world's leaders came together to create an intricate network of satellites to control the global climate and keep everyone safe. But now, something has gone wrong: the system built to protect Earth is attacking it, and it becomes a race against the clock to uncover the real threat before a worldwide geostorm wipes out everything and everyone along with it.

Directed by Dean Devlin - With Gerard Butler, Jim Sturgess, Abbie Cornish, Ed Harris, Andy Garcia, Daniel Wu, ...

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Pacific Rim: Uprising(2018)

PG-13

| 1h 51min | Action, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Adventure

3.1/5 (with 2,283 votes)

It has been ten years since The Battle of the Breach and the oceans are still, but restless. Vindicated by the victory at the Breach, the Jaeger program has evolved into the most powerful global defense force in human history. The PPDC now calls upon the best and brightest to rise up and become the next generation of heroes when the Kaiju threat returns.

Directed by Steven S. DeKnight - With John Boyega, Scott Eastwood, Rinko Kikuchi, Adria Arjona, Charlie Day, Jing Tian, ...

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The Meg(2018)

PG-13

| 1h 53min | Action, Science Fiction, Horror

3.1/5 (with 3,570 votes)

A deep sea submersible pilot revisits his past fears in the Mariana Trench, and accidentally unleashes the seventy foot ancestor of the Great White Shark believed to be extinct.

Directed by Jon Turteltaub - With Jason Statham, Li Bingbing, Winston Chao, Cliff Curtis, Rainn Wilson, Ruby Rose, ...

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Armageddon(1998)

PG-13

| 2h 31min | Action, Thriller, Science Fiction, Adventure

3.4/5 (with 3,602 votes)

When an asteroid threatens to collide with Earth, NASA honcho Dan Truman determines the only way to stop it is to drill into its surface and detonate a nuclear bomb. This leads him to renowned driller Harry Stamper, who agrees to helm the dangerous space mission provided he can bring along his own hotshot crew. Among them is the cocksure A.J. who Harry thinks isn't good enough for his daughter, until the mission proves otherwise.

Directed by Michael Bay - With Bruce Willis, Steve Buscemi, Liv Tyler, Billy Bob Thornton, Will Patton, Keith David, ...

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Godzilla: Final Wars(2004)

PG-13

| 2h 5min | Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Thriller

3.5/5 (with 120 votes)

Humanity final rids themselves of Godzilla, in-prisoning him in an icy tomb at the South Pole. All is peaceful until various monsters emerge to lay waste to Earth's cities. Overwhelmed, humanity is seemingly saved by a race of benevolent aliens known as Xiliens. But not all is what it seems with these bizarre visitors. If humanity wishes to survive they must reluctantly resurrect their most hated enemy, Godzilla.

Directed by Ryuhei Kitamura - With Tsutomu Kitagawa, Masahiro Matsuoka, Kazuki Kitamura, Don Frye, Akira Takarada, Kenji Sahara, ...

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Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom(1984)

| 1h 58min | Adventure, Action

3.6/5 (with 4,151 votes)

After arriving in India, Indiana Jones is asked by a desperate village to find a mystical stone. He agrees – and stumbles upon a secret cult plotting a terrible plan in the catacombs of an ancient palace.

Directed by Steven Spielberg - With Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Ke Huy Quan, Amrish Puri, Roshan Seth, Philip Stone, ...

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Shaolin Soccer(2001)

| 1h 53min | Action, Comedy

3.5/5 (with 925 votes)

A young Shaolin follower reunites with his discouraged brothers to form a soccer team using their martial art skills to their advantage.

Directed by Stephen Chow - With Stephen Chow, Zhao Wei, Danny Chan, Ng Man-tat, Patrick Tse, Wong Yat-fei, ...

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Looper(2012)

| 1h 58min | Action, Thriller, Science Fiction

3.4/5 (with 4,661 votes)

In the futuristic action thriller Looper, time travel will be invented but it will be illegal and only available on the black market. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target 30 years into the past where a looper, a hired gun, like Joe is waiting to mop up. Joe is getting rich and life is good until the day the mob decides to close the loop, sending back Joe's future self for assassination.

Directed by Rian Johnson - With Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt, Paul Dano, Piper Perabo, Jeff Daniels, ...

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Mission: Impossible III(2006)

PG-13

| 2h 6min | Adventure, Action, Thriller

3.4/5 (with 3,013 votes)

Retired from active duty, and training recruits for the Impossible Mission Force, agent Ethan Hunt faces the toughest foe of his career: Owen Davian, an international broker of arms and information, who is as cunning as he is ruthless. Davian emerges to threaten Hunt and all that he holds dear -- including the woman Hunt loves.

Directed by J. J. Abrams - With Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Maggie Q, Billy Crudup, ...

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Kung Fu Hustle(2004)

| 1h 39min | Action, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy

3.7/5 (with 1,179 votes)

It's the 1940s, and the notorious Axe Gang terrorizes Shanghai. Small-time criminals Sing and Bone hope to join, but they only manage to make lots of very dangerous enemies. Fortunately for them, kung fu masters and hidden strength can be found in unlikely places. Now they just have to take on the entire Axe Gang.

Directed by Stephen Chow - With Stephen Chow, Danny Chan, Lam Suet, Xing Yu, Yuen Wah, Leung Siu-lung, ...

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Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer(2007)

PG-13

| 1h 32min | Adventure, Fantasy, Action, Thriller

2.8/5 (with 3,569 votes)

The Fantastic Four return to the big screen as a new and all powerful enemy threatens the Earth. The seemingly unstoppable 'Silver Surfer', but all is not what it seems and there are old and new enemies that pose a greater threat than the intrepid superheroes realize.

Directed by Tim Story - With Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis, Julian McMahon, Kerry Washington, ...

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Skyfall(2012)

PG-13

| 2h 23min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

3.6/5 (with 7,280 votes)

When Bond's latest assignment goes gravely wrong, agents around the world are exposed and MI6 headquarters is attacked. While M faces challenges to her authority and position from Gareth Mallory, the new Chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee, it's up to Bond, aided only by field agent Eve, to locate the mastermind behind the attack.

Directed by Sam Mendes - With Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Bérénice Marlohe, Albert Finney, ...

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The Wandering Earth(2019)

PG-13

| 2h 6min | Science Fiction, Action, Drama

3.3/5 (with 385 votes)

When the Sun begins to expand in such a way that it will inevitably engulf and destroy the Earth in a hundred years, united mankind finds a way to avoid extinction by propelling the planet out of the Solar System using gigantic engines, moving it to a new home located four light years away, an epic journey that will last thousands of years.

Directed by Frant Gwo - With Qu Chuxiao, Li Guangjie, Ng Man-tat, Zhao Jinmai, Wu Jing, Qu Jingjing, ...

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In the Mood for Love(2000)

| 1h 39min | Drama, Romance / Love

4.1/5 (with 1,102 votes)

Two neighbors become intimate after discovering that their spouses are having an affair with one another.

Directed by Wong Kar-wai - With Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung, Joe Cheung, Rebecca Pan, Roy Cheung, Paulyn Sun, ...

Fist of Fury(1972)

| 1h 48min | Drama, Action, Thriller

3.6/5 (with 383 votes)

Chen Chen returns to his former school in Shanghai when he learns that his beloved instructor has been murdered. While investigating the man's death, Chen discovers that a rival Japanese school is operating a drug smuggling ring. To avenge his master’s death, Chen takes on both Chinese and Japanese assassins… and even a towering Russian.

Directed by Lo Wei - With Bruce Lee, Nora Miao, Lo Wei, Jackie Chan, Corey Yuen, James Tien, ...

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Bade Miyan Chote Miyan(2024)

2h 44min | Action, Comedy, Science Fiction

Elite soldiers team up to recover a stolen weapon from a masked madman who wants to destroy India.

Directed by Ali Abbas Zafar - With Akshay Kumar, Tiger Shroff, Prithviraj Sukumaran, Sonakshi, Manushi Chhillar, Alaya F, ...

The 355(2022)

PG-13

| 2h 2min | Action, Thriller

3.1/5 (with 384 votes)

A group of top female agents from American, British, Chinese, Colombian, and German government agencies are drawn together to try and stop an organization from acquiring a deadly weapon to send the world into chaos.

Directed by Simon Kinberg - With Jessica Chastain, Lupita Nyong'o, Diane Kruger, Penélope Cruz, Fan Bingbing, Sebastian Stan, ...

Escape Plan 2: Hades(2018)

1h 36min | Action

2.6/5 (with 607 votes)

Ray Breslin manages an elite team of security specialists trained in the art of breaking people out of the world's most impenetrable prisons. When his most trusted operative, Shu Ren, is kidnapped and disappears inside the most elaborate prison ever built, Ray must track him down with the help of some of his former friends.

Directed by Steven C. Miller - With Sylvester Stallone, Dave Bautista, Jaime King, Jesse Metcalfe, Titus Welliver, 50 Cent, ...

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Fist of Legend(1994)

| 1h 43min | Action

3.7/5 (with 216 votes)

Chen Zhen, a Chinese engineering student in Kyoto, who braves the insults and abuse of his Japanse fellow students for his local love Mitsuko Yamada, daughter of the director, returns in 1937 to his native Shangai, under Japanse protectorate -in fact military occupation- after reading about the death of his kung-fu master Hou Ting-An in a fight against the Japanese champion Ryuichi Akutagawa.

Directed by Gordon Chan - With Chin Siu-ho, Shinobu Nakayama, Billy Chow, Yasuaki Kurata, Paul Chun, Toshimichi Takahashi, ...

Lust, Caution(2007)

NC-17

| 2h 36min | Action, Drama, Romance / Love, Thriller

3.6/5 (with 273 votes)

During World War II, a secret agent must seduce then assassinate an official who works for the Japanese puppet government in Shanghai. Her mission becomes clouded when she finds herself falling in love with the man she is assigned to kill.

Directed by Ang Lee - With Tony Leung, Tang Wei, Joan Chen, Wang Leehom, Anupam Kher, Wang Hui-ling, ...

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Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life(2003)

PG-13

| 1h 57min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller

2.9/5 (with 1,937 votes)

Lara Croft is tasked by MI6 to find the mythologicalPandora's Box, an object from ancient legends which supposedly contains one of the deadliest plagues on Earth, before evil Nobel Prize-winning scientist turned bioterroristJonathan Reiss can get his hands on it. Lara ventures to an underwater temple in search of a magical luminous orb, the key to finding Pandora's Box, but after securing it, it is promptly stolen by the villainous leader of a Chinese crime syndicate who in turn plans to sell the orb to Reiss. Lara must recover the box before evil mastermind Reiss uses it to construct a weapon of catastrophic capabilities.

Directed by Jan de Bont - With Angelina Jolie, Ciarán Hinds, Gerard Butler, Noah Taylor, Djimon Hounsou, Til Schweiger, ...

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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen(2009)

PG-13

| 2h 29min | Science Fiction, Action, Adventure

3.1/5 (with 3,829 votes)

Sam Witwicky leaves the Autobots behind for a normal life. But when his mind is filled with cryptic symbols, the Decepticons target him and he is dragged back into the Transformers' war.

Directed by Michael Bay - With Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, John Turturro, Ramón Rodríguez, Tyrese Gibson, ...

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Fearless(2006)

PG-13

| 1h 43min | Drama, Action

3.7/5 (with 543 votes)

Huo Yuan Jia became the most famous martial arts fighter in all of China at the turn of the 20th Century. Huo faced personal tragedy but ultimately fought his way out of darkness, defining the true spirit of martial arts and also inspiring his nation. The son of a great fighter who didn't wish for his child to follow in his footsteps, Huo resolves to teach himself how to fight - and win.

Directed by Ronny Yu - With Jet Li, Susan Sun, Dong Yong, Nathan Jones, Nakamura Shidō II, Collin Chou, ...

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Empire of the Sun(1987)

| 2h 33min | Drama, History, War

3.8/5 (with 822 votes)

Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all foreigners into prison camps. Jamie is captured with an American sailor, who looks out for him while they are in the camp together. Even though he is separated from his parents and in a hostile environment, Jamie maintains his dignity and youthful spirits, providing a beacon of hope for the others held captive with him.

Directed by Steven Spielberg - With Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson, Nigel Havers, Joe Pantoliano, Leslie Phillips, ...

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The Eight Hundred(2020)

2h 27min | War, History, Drama, Action

3.6/5 (with 94 votes)

In 1937, eight hundred Chinese soldiers fight under siege from a warehouse in the middle of the Shanghai battlefield, completely surrounded by the Japanese army.

Directed by Guan Hu - With Huang Zhizhong, Oho Ou, Zhang Junyi, Wang Qianyuan, Jiang Wu, Zhang Yi, ...

Shanghai Fortress(2019)

1h 47min | Science Fiction, War

2.8/5 (with 49 votes)

Set in the future, the city of Shanghai battle to defend itself against an ongoing attack by an alien force that has attacked and laid siege to numerous cities around the globe in it's quest to harvest a hidden energy only found on earth.

Directed by Teng Huatao - With Lu Han

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Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen(2010)

| 1h 45min | Drama, Action, History, Thriller

3.3/5 (with 115 votes)

Seven years after the apparent death of Chen Zhen, who was shot after discovering who was responsible for his teacher's death (Huo Yuanjia) in Japanese-occupied Shanghai. A mysterious stranger arrives from overseas and befriends a local mafia boss. That man is a disguised Chen Zhen, who intends to infiltrate the mob when they form an alliance with the Japanese. Disguising himself as a caped fighter by night, Chen intends to take out everyone involved as well as get his hands on an assassination list prepared by the Japanese.

Directed by Andrew Lau - With Donnie Yen, Shu Qi, Anthony Wong, Huang Bo, Shawn Yue, Zhou Yang, ...

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Dying to Survive(2018)

1h 57min | Drama, Comedy

4.1/5 (with 53 votes)

When a mysterious visitor appears, the life of Yong Cheng, owner of a store that stocks aphrodisiac products, changes dramatically. He becomes the exclusive selling agent of a cheap Indian generic drug against Chronic Granulocytic Leukemia in China. Not only does Yong Cheng see his profits skyrocket, but he is dubbed the god of medicine“ by his customers.

Directed by Wen Muye, Jianv Han - With Ning Hao, Xu Zheng, Zhou Yiwei, Eric Wang, Tan Zhuo, Zhang Yu, ...

The Painted Veil(2006)

PG-13

| 2h 5min | Romance / Love, Drama

3.6/5 (with 535 votes)

A British medical doctor fights a cholera outbreak in a small Chinese village, while also being trapped at home in a loveless marriage to an unfaithful wife.

Directed by John Curran - With Naomi Watts, Edward Norton, Liev Schreiber, Toby Jones, Diana Rigg, Anthony Wong, ...

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Catwoman: Hunted(2022)

1h 18min | Animation, Action, Crime

3.0/5 (with 34 votes)

Catwoman's attempt to steal a priceless jewel puts her squarely in the crosshairs of both a powerful consortium of villains and the ever-resourceful Interpol, not to mention Batwoman.

Directed by Shinsuke Terasawa

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Movies Set in Shanghai

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Geostorm(2017)

Pacific Rim: Uprising(2018)

The Meg(2018)

Armageddon(1998)

Godzilla: Final Wars(2004)

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom(1984)

Shaolin Soccer(2001)

Looper(2012)

Mission: Impossible III(2006)

Kung Fu Hustle(2004)

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer(2007)

Skyfall(2012)

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The Wandering Earth(2019)

In the Mood for Love(2000)

Fist of Fury(1972)

Bade Miyan Chote Miyan(2024)

The 355(2022)

Escape Plan 2: Hades(2018)

Fist of Legend(1994)

Lust, Caution(2007)

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life(2003)

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen(2009)

Fearless(2006)

Empire of the Sun(1987)

The Eight Hundred(2020)

Shanghai Fortress(2019)

Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen(2010)

Dying to Survive(2018)

The Painted Veil(2006)

Catwoman: Hunted(2022)

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