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Rambo: First Blood Part II(1985)

15
| 1h 36min | Action, Adventure, Thriller, War
3.3/5 (with 1,711 votes)

John Rambo is released from prison by the government for a top-secret covert mission to the last place on Earth he'd want to return - the jungles of Vietnam.

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra(2009)

2.9/5 (with 2,080 votes)

From the Egyptian desert to deep below the polar ice caps, the elite G.I. JOE team uses the latest in next-generation spy and military equipment to fight the corrupt arms dealer Destro and the growing threat of the mysterious Cobra organization to prevent them from plunging the world into chaos.

The Shape of Water(2017)

3.6/5 (with 5,607 votes)

An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962, where a mute janitor working at a lab falls in love with an amphibious man being held captive there and devises a plan to help him escape.

V for Vendetta(2006)

16
| 2h 12min | Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
3.9/5 (with 6,840 votes)

In a world in which Great Britain has become a fascist state, a masked vigilante known only as “V” conducts guerrilla warfare against the oppressive British government. When V rescues a young woman from the secret police, he finds in her an ally with whom he can continue his fight to free the people of Britain.

The Day After Tomorrow(2004)

3.3/5 (with 3,758 votes)

After years of increases in the greenhouse effect, havoc is wreaked globally in the form of catastrophic hurricanes, tornadoes, tidal waves, floods and the beginning of a new Ice Age. Paleoclimatologist, Jack Hall tries to warn the world while also shepherding to safety his son, trapped in New York after the city is overwhelmed by the start of the new big freeze.

Hitman(2007)

16
| 1h 29min | Action, Thriller, Drama
3.0/5 (with 1,428 votes)

A genetically engineered assassin with deadly aim, known only as "Agent 47" eliminates strategic targets for a top-secret organization. But when he's double-crossed, the hunter becomes the prey as 47 finds himself in a life-or-death game of international intrigue.

State of Play(2009)

13
| 2h 7min | Thriller, Drama, Mystery
3.4/5 (with 841 votes)

When a congressional aide is killed, a Washington, D.C. journalist starts investigating the case involving the Representative, his old college friend.

Children of Men(2006)

K-17
| 1h 49min | Drama, Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
3.8/5 (with 3,288 votes)

In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea, where her child's birth may help scientists save the future of humankind.

The Day the Earth Stood Still(2008)

13
| 1h 44min | Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller
2.8/5 (with 1,479 votes)

A representative of an alien race that went through drastic evolution to survive its own climate change, Klaatu comes to Earth to assess whether humanity can prevent the environmental damage they have inflicted on their own planet. When barred from speaking to the United Nations, he decides humankind shall be exterminated so the planet can survive.

Conspiracy Theory(1997)

3.3/5 (with 622 votes)

A man obsessed with conspiracy theories becomes a target after one of his theories turns out to be true. Unfortunately, in order to save himself, he has to figure out which theory it is.

The X Files(1998)

3.4/5 (with 679 votes)

Mulder and Scully, now taken off the FBI's X Files cases, must find a way to fight the shadowy elements of the government to find out the truth about a conspiracy that might mean the alien colonization of Earth.

WarGames(1983)

3.5/5 (with 768 votes)

High School student David Lightman has a talent for hacking. But while trying to hack into a computer system to play unreleased video games, he unwittingly taps into the Defense Department's war computer and initiates a confrontation of global proportions. Together with his girlfriend and a wizardly computer genius, David must race against time to outwit his opponent and prevent a nuclear Armageddon.

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Midnight Special(2016)

Κ-12
| 1h 52min | Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction
3.1/5 (with 843 votes)

A father and son go on the run after the dad learns his child possesses special powers.

Sleeper(1973)

3.5/5 (with 330 votes)

Miles Monroe, a clarinet-playing health food store proprietor, is revived out of cryostasis 200 years into a future world in order to help rebels fight an oppressive government regime.

House of Flying Daggers(2004)

PG
| 1h 59min | Adventure, Drama, Action
3.6/5 (with 692 votes)

In 9th century China, a corrupt government wages war against a rebel army called the Flying Daggers. A romantic warrior breaks a beautiful rebel out of prison to help her rejoin her fellows, but things are not what they seem.

Absolute Power(1997)

16
| 2h 1min | Crime, Drama, Action
3.3/5 (with 451 votes)

A master thief coincidentally is robbing a house where a murder—in which the President of The United States is involved—occurs in front of his eyes. He is forced to run, while holding evidence that could convict the President.

Brazil(1985)

K-16
| 2h 23min | Comedy, Science Fiction
3.8/5 (with 1,531 votes)

Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an innocent man instead of wanted terrorist Harry Tuttle, he meets the woman from his daydream, and in trying to help her gets caught in a web of mistaken identities, mindless bureaucracy and lies.

Battle Royale(2000)

In an apocalyptic future in which schools are overrun by uncontrolled violence, the government responds by organizing an annual Battle Royale in which a school class is picked at random and students are pitted against each other on an abandoned island in a game of survival.

The Cold Light of Day(2012)

Κ-15
| 1h 33min | Action, Thriller, Mystery
2.6/5 (with 388 votes)

After his family is kidnapped during their sailing trip in Spain, a young Wall Street trader is confronted by the people responsible: intelligence agents looking to recover a mysterious briefcase.

The Atticus Institute(2015)

1h 32min | Horror
2.9/5 (with 140 votes)

In the early 1970s, Dr. Henry West creates an institute to find people with supernatural abilities. When Judith Winstead comes to the facility, she exhibits amazing abilities that the military wants to turn into a weapon.

Iron Eagle(1986)

PG
| 1h 57min | Action
2.7/5 (with 124 votes)

When Doug's father, an Air Force Pilot, is shot down by MiGs belonging to a radical Middle Eastern state, no one seems able to get him out. Doug finds Chappy, an Air Force Colonel who is intrigued by the idea of sending in two fighters piloted by himself and Doug to rescue Doug's father after bombing the MiG base.

The 36th Chamber of Shaolin(1978)

1h 55min | Action, Adventure
3.7/5 (with 164 votes)

The anti-Ching patriots, under the guidance of Ho Kuang-han, have secretly set up their base in Canton, disguised as school masters. During a brutal Manchu attack, Lui manages to escape, and devotes himself to learning the martial arts in order to seek revenge.

Directed by Lau Kar-leung - With Gordon Liu, Lo Lieh, Wong Yue, Yu Yang, Norman Chui, Wu Hang-Sheng, ...

Team America: World Police(2004)

1h 38min | Adventure, Action, Comedy
3.3/5 (with 800 votes)

Team America World Police follows an international police force dedicated to maintaining global stability. Learning that dictator Kim Jong il is out to destroy the world, the team recruits Broadway star Gary Johnston to go undercover. With the help of Team America, Gary manages to uncover the plan to destroy the world. Will Team America be able to save it in time? It stars… Samuel L Jackson, Tim Robbins, Sean Penn, Michael Moore, Helen Hunt, Matt Damon, Susan Sarandon, George Clooney, Danny Glover, Ethan Hawke, Alec Baldwin… or does it?

Rendition(2007)

16
| 2h | Drama, Thriller
3.2/5 (with 288 votes)

When an Egyptian terrorism suspect "disappears" on a flight from Africa to Washington DC, his American wife and a CIA analyst find themselves caught up in a struggle to secure his release from a secret detention facility somewhere outside the US.

The Hills Have Eyes(1977)

1h 30min | Horror, Thriller
3.1/5 (with 363 votes)

On the way to California, a family has the misfortune to have their car break down in an area closed to the public, and inhabited by violent savages ready to attack.

Secret Reunion(2010)

1h 56min | Drama, Action
3.3/5 (with 49 votes)

Six years ago a mysterious shooting takes place in Seoul. The after effects of the shooting results in Han-kyu Lee losing his job at the NIS. Six years later, Ji-won Song, an ex North Korean spy, now operates somewhere in the Seoul metropolitan area. As these two men hide their identities and work their particular angles, trouble brews again.

Inside Men(2015)

2h 10min | Drama, Crime, Action
3.5/5 (with 48 votes)

A disgruntled henchman teams up with an ambitious prosecutor to bring down a leading presidential candidate and the news editor behind him who is truly pulling the strings.

Directed by Woo Min-ho - With Lee Byung-hun

The Quiet Earth(1985)

3.3/5 (with 229 votes)

After a top-secret experiment misfires, a scientist may be the only man left alive in the world.

Suspect(1987)

2h 1min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 88 votes)

When a Supreme Court judge commits suicide and his secretary is found murdered, all fingers point to Carl Anderson, a homeless veteran who's deaf and mute. But when public defender Kathleen Riley is assigned to his case, she begins to believe that Anderson may actually be innocent. Juror Eddie Sanger, a Washington lobbyist, agrees, and together the pair begins their own investigation of events.

Nixon(1995)

3h 12min | Drama, History
3.5/5 (with 146 votes)

A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while battling the self-destructive demands from within—spanning his troubled boyhood in California to the shocking Watergate scandal that would end his Presidency.

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