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Interstellar(2014)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 49min | Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction
4.2/5 (with 15,468 votes)

The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One(2023)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 36min | Action, Thriller
3.8/5 (with 1,245 votes)

Ethan Hunt and his IMF team embark on their most dangerous mission yet: To track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity before it falls into the wrong hands. With control of the future and the world's fate at stake and dark forces from Ethan's past closing in, a deadly race around the globe begins. Confronted by a mysterious, all-powerful enemy, Ethan must consider that nothing can matter more than his mission—not even the lives of those he cares about most.

Your Name.(2016)

4.3/5 (with 4,822 votes)

High schoolers Mitsuha and Taki are complete strangers living separate lives. But one night, they suddenly switch places. Mitsuha wakes up in Taki’s body, and he in hers. This bizarre occurrence continues to happen randomly, and the two must adjust their lives around each other.

Directed by Makoto Shinkai

In Time(2011)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 49min | Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
3.5/5 (with 5,089 votes)

In the not-too-distant future the aging gene has been switched off. To avoid overpopulation, time has become the currency and the way people pay for luxuries and necessities. The rich can live forever, while the rest try to negotiate for their immortality. A poor young man who comes into a fortune of time, though too late to help his mother from dying. He ends up on the run from a corrupt police force known as 'time keepers'.

The Fifth Element(1997)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 6min | Adventure, Fantasy, Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
3.8/5 (with 5,103 votes)

In 2257, a taxi driver is unintentionally given the task of saving a young girl who is part of the key that will ensure the survival of humanity.

Mission: Impossible - Fallout(2018)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 27min | Action, Adventure
3.7/5 (with 3,813 votes)

When an IMF mission ends badly, the world is faced with dire consequences. As Ethan Hunt takes it upon himself to fulfill his original briefing, the CIA begin to question his loyalty and his motives. The IMF team find themselves in a race against time, hunted by assassins while trying to prevent a global catastrophe.

2012(2009)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 38min | Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
2.9/5 (with 5,505 votes)

Dr. Adrian Helmsley, part of a worldwide geophysical team investigating the effect on the earth of radiation from unprecedented solar storms, learns that the earth's core is heating up. He warns U.S. President Thomas Wilson that the crust of the earth is becoming unstable and that without proper preparations for saving a fraction of the world's population, the entire race is doomed. Meanwhile, writer Jackson Curtis stumbles on the same information. While the world's leaders race to build "arks" to escape the impending cataclysm, Curtis struggles to find a way to save his family. Meanwhile, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes of unprecedented strength wreak havoc around the world.

Armageddon(1998)

FSK: 12+ years
| 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.

Source Code(2011)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 33min | Thriller, Science Fiction, Mystery
3.6/5 (with 3,881 votes)

When decorated soldier Captain Colter Stevens wakes up in the body of an unknown man, he discovers he's part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train.

Blackhat(2015)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 13min | Crime, Thriller, Action
2.7/5 (with 950 votes)

Nicholas Hathaway, a furloughed convict, and his American and Chinese partners hunt a high-level cybercrime network from Chicago to Los Angeles to Hong Kong to Jakarta. As Hathaway closes in, the stakes become personal as he discovers that the attack on a Chinese nuclear power plant was just the beginning.

1917(2019)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 59min | War, Drama, History
4.0/5 (with 5,429 votes)

At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers.

Drive Angry(2011)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 45min | Fantasy, Thriller, Action, Crime
2.7/5 (with 804 votes)

Milton is a hardened felon who has broken out of Hell, intent on finding the vicious cult who brutally murdered his daughter and kidnapped her baby. He joins forces with a sexy, tough-as-nails waitress, who's also seeking redemption of her own. Caught in a deadly race against time, Milton has three days to avoid capture, avenge his daughter's death, and save her baby before she's mercilessly sacrificed by the cult.

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Apollo 13(1995)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 20min | History, Drama, Adventure
3.7/5 (with 2,401 votes)

The true story of technical troubles that scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew, with the failed journey turning into a thrilling saga of heroism. Drifting more than 200,000 miles from Earth, the astronauts work furiously with the ground crew to avert tragedy.

Salt(2010)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 40min | Action, Mystery, Thriller
3.2/5 (with 2,493 votes)

As a CIA officer, Evelyn Salt swore an oath to duty, honor and country. Her loyalty will be tested when a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy. Salt goes on the run, using all her skills and years of experience as a covert operative to elude capture. Salt's efforts to prove her innocence only serve to cast doubt on her motives, as the hunt to uncover the truth behind her identity continues and the question remains: "Who is Salt?".

No Escape(2015)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 43min | Thriller
3.5/5 (with 1,128 votes)

In their new overseas home, an American family soon finds themselves caught in the middle of a coup, and they frantically look for a safe escape in an environment where foreigners are being immediately executed.

Labyrinth(1986)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 42min | Adventure, Kids & Family, Fantasy
3.6/5 (with 1,037 votes)

When teen Sarah is forced to babysit Toby, her baby stepbrother, she summons Jareth the Goblin King to take him away. When he is actually kidnapped, Sarah is given just thirteen hours to solve a labyrinth and rescue him.

Mr. Car and the Knights Templar(2023)

3.0/5 (with 65 votes)

A well-known art historian, treasure hunter and owner of an unusual car stumbles upon a Templar treasure, which is the key to a great power that can upset the balance of good and evil in the world. Supported by friendly scouts, Mr. Car starts a big race against time and a hostile organization, the stake of which is the heritage of knightly orders.

Directed by Antoni Nykowski - With Mateusz Janicki, Sandra Drzymalska

3:10 to Yuma(2007)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 2min | Western
3.6/5 (with 1,590 votes)

In Arizona in the late 1800s, infamous outlaw Ben Wade and his vicious gang of thieves and murderers have plagued the Southern Railroad. When Wade is captured, Civil War veteran Dan Evans, struggling to survive on his drought-plagued ranch, volunteers to deliver him alive to the "3:10 to Yuma", a train that will take the killer to trial.

Buried(2010)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 34min | Drama, Thriller, Mystery
3.3/5 (with 1,245 votes)

Paul is a U.S. truck driver working in Iraq. After an attack by a group of Iraqis he wakes to find he is buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lighter and a cell phone it's a race against time to escape this claustrophobic death trap.

Premium Rush(2012)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 31min | Crime, Action, Thriller
3.2/5 (with 961 votes)

In Manhattan, a bike messenger picks up an envelope that attracts the interest of a dirty cop, who pursues the cyclist throughout the city.

Daylight(1996)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 55min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
3.1/5 (with 663 votes)

A group of armed robbers fleeing the police head for the New Jersey Tunnel and run right into trucks transporting toxic waste. The spectacular explosion that follows results in both ends of the tunnel collapsing and the handful of people who survived the explosion are now in peril. Kit Latura is the only man with the skill and knowledge to lead the band of survivors out of the tunnel before the structure collapses.

Frequency(2000)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 58min | Science Fiction, Thriller
3.6/5 (with 735 votes)

When a rare phenomenon gives police officer John Sullivan the chance to speak to his father, 30 years in the past, he takes the opportunity to prevent his dad's tragic death. After his actions inadvertently give rise to a series of brutal murders he and his father must find a way to fix the consequences of altering time.

Getaway(2013)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 30min | Action, Crime
2.5/5 (with 286 votes)

Former race car driver Brent Magna is pitted against the clock. Desperately trying to save the life of his kidnapped wife, Brent commandeers a custom Ford Shelby GT500 Super Snake, taking it and its unwitting owner on a high-speed race against time, at the command of the mysterious villain holding his wife hostage.

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea(1961)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 45min | Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction
2.9/5 (with 53 votes)

The crew of an atomic submarine battle to save the world from global destruction.

FearDotCom(2002)

1h 41min | Horror, Thriller, Crime
1.9/5 (with 155 votes)

When four bodies are discovered among the industrial decay and urban grime of New York City, brash young detective Mike Reilly teams with ambitious Department of Health researcher Terry Huston to uncover the cause behind their violent and inexplicable deaths. The only common factor shared by the victims? Each died exactly 48 hours after logging onto a website called feardotcom.

Point Blank(2010)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 24min | Action, Thriller, Crime
3.3/5 (with 194 votes)

Samuel Pierret is a nurse who saves the wrong guy – a thief whose henchmen take Samuel's pregnant wife hostage to force him to spring their boss from the hospital. A race through the subways and streets of Paris ensues, and the body count rises. Can Samuel evade the cops and the criminal underground and deliver his beloved to safety?

D.O.A.(1988)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 36min | Mystery, Thriller
3.2/5 (with 79 votes)

Dexter Cornell, an English Professor becomes embroiled in a series of murders involving people around him. Dexter has good reason to want to find the murderer but hasn't much time. He finds help and comfort from one of his student, Sydney Fuller.

Countdown(2016)

1h 30min | Action, Crime, Mystery
2.5/5 (with 37 votes)

A madman captures a young boy and rigs him with explosives. Ray Fitzpatrick, still haunted by the loss of his own son, will defy orders to stop the clock and save a life.

The Returned(2013)

1h 38min | Horror, Thriller, Drama
3.1/5 (with 92 votes)

In a post-zombie world, where the infected live normal lives, their retroviral drug is running out.

Momo(1986)

FSK: 6+ years
| 1h 41min | Comedy, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Kids & Family, Mystery
3.5/5 (with 28 votes)

In the ruins of an amphitheatre just outside an unnamed Italian city lives Momo, a little girl of mysterious origin. She is remarkable in the neighbourhood because she has the extraordinary ability to listen — really listen. By simply being with people and listening to them, she can help them find answers to their problems, make up with each other, and think of fun games.

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