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Skyscraper(2018)

PG-13
| 1h 42min | Action, Thriller
3.2/5 (with 2,228 votes)

Framed and on the run, a former FBI agent must save his family from a blazing fire in the world's tallest building.

Mission: Impossible II(2000)

PG-13
| 2h 3min | Adventure, Action, Thriller
3.1/5 (with 3,109 votes)

With computer genius Luther Stickell at his side and a beautiful thief on his mind, agent Ethan Hunt races across Australia and Spain to stop a former IMF agent from unleashing a genetically engineered biological weapon called Chimera. This mission, should Hunt choose to accept it, plunges him into the center of an international crisis of terrifying magnitude.

Cloverfield(2008)

PG-13
| 1h 25min | Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
3.4/5 (with 3,299 votes)

Five young New Yorkers throw their friend a going-away party the night that a monster the size of a skyscraper descends upon the city. Told from the point of view of their video camera, the film is a document of their attempt to survive the most surreal, horrifying event of their lives.

Gremlins 2: The New Batch(1990)

PG-13
| 1h 46min | Comedy, Horror, Fantasy
3.2/5 (with 1,094 votes)

Young sweethearts Billy and Kate move to the Big Apple, land jobs in a high-tech office park and soon reunite with the friendly and lovable Gizmo. But a series of accidents creates a whole new generation of Gremlins. The situation worsens when the devilish green creatures invade a top-secret laboratory and develop genetically altered powers, making them even harder to destroy!

Tower Heist(2011)

PG-13
| 1h 44min | Action, Comedy
3.0/5 (with 1,338 votes)

A luxury condo manager leads a staff of workers to seek payback on the Wall Street swindler who defrauded them. With only days until the billionaire gets away with the perfect crime, the unlikely crew of amateur thieves enlists the help of petty crook Slide to steal the $20 million they’re sure is hidden in the penthouse.

Entrapment(1999)

PG-13
| 1h 52min | Romance / Love, Drama, Mystery
3.1/5 (with 866 votes)

Two thieves, who travel in elegant circles, try to outsmart each other and, in the process, end up falling in love.

Ultraviolet(2006)

PG-13
| 1h 27min | Science Fiction, Action, Thriller
2.6/5 (with 691 votes)

In the late 21st century, a subculture of humans have emerged who have been modified genetically by a vampire-like disease, giving them enhanced speed, incredible stamina and acute intelligence. As they are set apart from "normal" and "healthy" humans, the world is pushed to the brink of worldwide civil war aimed at the destruction of the "diseased" population. In the middle of this crossed-fire is - an infected woman - Ultraviolet, who finds herself protecting a nine-year-old boy who has been marked for death by the human government as he is believed to be a threat to humans.

The Walk(2015)

PG
| 2h 3min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller, History
3.5/5 (with 1,443 votes)

The story of French high-wire artist Philippe Petit's attempt to cross the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in 1974.

The Towering Inferno(1974)

PG
| 2h 45min | Action, Drama, Thriller
3.5/5 (with 382 votes)

At the opening party of a colossal—but poorly constructed—skyscraper, a massive fire breaks out, threatening to destroy the tower and everyone in it.

Earthquake(1974)

PG
| 2h 3min | Action, Drama, Thriller
3.1/5 (with 133 votes)

Various interconnected people struggle to survive when an earthquake of unimaginable magnitude hits Los Angeles, California.

High-Rise(2015)

R
| 1h 59min | Drama
2.8/5 (with 511 votes)

Life for the residents of a tower block begins to run out of control.

Paperman(2012)

4.0/5 (with 781 votes)

An urban office worker finds that paper airplanes are instrumental in meeting a girl in ways he never expected.

Directed by John Kahrs
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The Lift(1983)

2.9/5 (with 67 votes)

A lift technician finds himself drawn into a web of mystery and peril as he investigates the perplexing deadly accidents occurring in the elevators of a new office building.

11'09''01 September 11(2002)

2h 15min | Drama
3.3/5 (with 48 votes)

Filmmakers from all over the world provide short films – each of which is eleven minutes, nine seconds, and one frame of film in length – that offer differing perspectives on the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Games of Love and Chance(2003)

3.4/5 (with 56 votes)

A group of teenagers living in a housing project in the outskirts of Paris rehearse a scene from Marivaux's play of the same name. Krimo is determined not to take part, but after developing feelings for Lydia, he quickly assumes the main role and love interest in the play.

The Crimson Permanent Assurance(1983)

PG
| 16min | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
3.6/5 (with 47 votes)

A group of down-and-out accountants mutiny against their bosses and sail their office building onto the high seas in search of a pirate's life.

Firetrap(2001)

1h 37min | Action, Crime, Thriller
2.3/5 (with 9 votes)

Master burglar Max Hopper is released early after three years and soon gets an exceptional job: stealing an advanced computer-chip from the IQ Industries headquarters. His first attempt fails; when he enters in cop uniform during an emergency board meeting, a fire quickly spreads- he considers it a godsend opportunity and stays, but soon has his hands too full saving other lives and just surviving to concentrate on the chip; only the owner, his wife who just filed for divorce and a few employees remain, but it soon turns out one of them stole company secrets but the arsonist and/or another chip-thieves are among them.

Directed by Harris Done - With Dean Cain, Richard Tyson, Mel Harris

Skyline(1931)

1h 8min | Drama

Skyline is a 1931 drama film directed by Sam Taylor and starring silent film veteran Thomas Meighan. It is based on a novel, East Side, West Side by Felix Riesenberg. It was produced and released by Fox Film Corporation.

Grill Point(2002)

1h 51min | Comedy, Drama
3.5/5 (with 11 votes)

In the style of a documentary this tragic comedy tells the story of a relationship crisis between two married couples and their longing to break out of their miserable daily lives. In this East German post-wall movie Andreas Dresen introduces the sad everyday life of two couples from Frankfurt an der Oder in a honest and tolerable manner.

Spoiled Children(1977)

1h 54min | Drama
3.0/5 (with 7 votes)

Successful writer/director Bernard Rougerie is at a creative dead end and decides to isolate himself from his wife in order to complete the script for his next film. Bernard moves into an apartment building whose tenants are in the midst of a revolt against their abusive landlord. Reluctant at first, he joins their cause and then becomes involved in an affair with young, unemployed resident Anne.

Terror on the 40th Floor(1974)

1h 37min | Drama, TV Movie, Action
2.3/5 (with 3 votes)

A number of business people, keeping the Christmas Eve office party going longer than was originally intended, are beset by a fire that starts in the basement of their office building and creeps up at them from floor to floor.

Man Push Cart(2006)

1h 27min | Drama
3.4/5 (with 16 votes)

Every night while the city sleeps, Ahmad, a former Pakistani rock star turned immigrant, drags his heavy cart along the streets of New York. And every morning, he sells coffee and donuts to a city he cannot call his own. One day, however, the pattern of this harsh existence is broken by a glimmer of hope for a better life.

Directed by Ramin Bahrani

The Last Hour(1991)

R
| 1h 25min | Action, Crime
1.5/5 (with 1 vote)

A former cop's ex-wife marries a stockbroker, who it turns out has cheated the Mafia out of a large sum of money. They kidnap the wife to force the husband to pay the money back. The ex-cop has to rescue her.

Directed by William Sachs - With Michael Paré

Automatic(1995)

2.5/5 (with 9 votes)

Robgen industries newest security system is "The J Series Automatic", an android model designed and programmed to protect humans from violent attacks. But one night, an Automatic named J269 discovers a Robgen executive trying to rape a female employee named Nora Rochester. While trying to stop the crime, he inadvertently kills the executive. At this point, J269 then calls Goddard Marx (his creator and a Robgen chairman) to inform him of the incident. Marx tells the android to stay there with Rochester until help arrives, but Marx is intent on sweeping the fiasco under the rug by sending mercenaries to eliminate both J269 and Rochester. Now the two are fugitives on the run from a para-military hit squad.

Skyscraper Souls(1932)

NR
| 1h 39min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.2/5 (with 3 votes)

Skyscraper Souls is a Pre-Code 1932 drama film starring Warren William and Maureen O'Sullivan. The film was directed by Edgar Selwyn and is based upon the novel Skycraper by Faith Baldwin. The film depicts the aspirations and lives of several people in the Seacoast National Bank Building. Among them is David Dwight, the womanizing bank owner who keeps his estranged wife happy by paying her bills. His secretary Sarah wants him to get a divorce so they can marry.

The Love Life of Budimir Trajković(1977)

2.7/5 (with 4 votes)

Trajković family are bridge builders. Being forced to move every once in a while, the bridges are everything but pleasant thing for 17 year old Budimir, who is unable to make any permanent love relationship. In their last attempt to settle down in capital, a boy will experience love in its full meaning.

Backbone(1975)

1h 26min | Horror, Drama
3.1/5 (with 3 votes)

An unbearable stench makes quite wide confusion among the residents of Belgrade. The microbiologist Pavle can not remember immediately where he smelled it, but recalls the event he witnessed as a child and the smell of a burning human. A visit to the crematorium gives him the assurance: The high number of suicides in the city has meant that the ovens are in continuous operation and will probably stay that way - because the stench is slowly making other people commit suicide, too.

Flight to Holocaust(1977)

1h 40min | TV Movie, Drama, Action
2.2/5 (with 2 votes)

A team of troubleshooters is called to a skyscraper where a plane has crashed into the 20th floor and is stuck in the side of the building.

Skyscrapers and Brassieres(1963)

10min | Documentary
2.1/5 (with 2 votes)

- No description / details available yet. -

Directed by Russ Meyer - With Russ Meyer

Protest(1967)

1h 24min | Drama
2.5/5 (with 2 votes)

A man cannot bear the superficiality of human relationships, and when his best friend lets him down, he commits suicide by jumping off a skyscraper.

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