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Movies: Best "reluctant hero" Movies


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Waterworld(1995)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 15min | Adventure, Action, Science Fiction
3.1/5 (with 1,587 votes)

In a futuristic world where the polar ice caps have melted and made Earth a liquid planet, a beautiful barmaid rescues a mutant seafarer from a floating island prison. They escape, along with her young charge, Enola, and sail off aboard his ship.

Escape from New York(1981)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 39min | Science Fiction, Action
3.5/5 (with 1,330 votes)

In the future, crime is out of control and New York City's Manhattan is a maximum security prison. Grabbing a bargaining chip right out of the air, convicts bring down the President's plane in bad old Gotham. Gruff Snake Plissken, a one-eyed lone warrior new to prison life, is coerced into bringing the President, and his cargo, out of this land of undesirables.

Escape from L.A.(1996)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 37min | Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller
2.9/5 (with 632 votes)

This time, a cataclysmic temblor hits Los Angeles, turning it into an island. The president views the quake as a sign from above, expels Los Angeles from the country and makes it a penal colony for those found guilty of moral crimes. When his daughter, part of a resistance movement, steals the control unit for a doomsday weapon, Snake again gets tapped to save the day.

The Golden Child(1986)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 34min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
3.0/5 (with 458 votes)

After a Tibetan boy, the mystical Golden Child, is kidnapped by the evil Sardo Numspa, humankind's fate hangs in the balance. On the other side of the world in Los Angeles, the priestess Kee Nang seeks the Chosen One, who will save the boy from death. When Nang sees social worker Chandler Jarrell on television discussing his ability to find missing children, she solicits his expertise, despite his skepticism over being "chosen.".

Two Much(1995)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 58min | Comedy, Romance / Love
2.7/5 (with 66 votes)

Art Dodge is a painter-turned-gallerist drowning in debt. He gets in over his head when a con job leads to an engagement with a rich divorcee. He gets in deeper when he falls for her sister, and invents a twin brother to be her beau; and deeper still when his fiancée's ex-husband comes looking for revenge.

Fist of the North Star(1995)

2.3/5 (with 28 votes)

From the immensely popular FIST OF THE NORTH STAR comic book series, comes a new hero. The fate of mankind rests with superhuman warrior Kenshiro who roams the wastelands of the future waging a battle against overwhelming evil. With the spiritual guidance of his dead father, Kenshiro fights to free his stolen love from the brutal tyrant Lord Shin. Through his struggle he must confront his destiny.