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Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox (2013)
Plot Summary:
When time travel allows a past wrong to be righted for The Flash and his family, the ripples of the event prove disastrous as a fractured, alternate reality now exists where a Justice League never formed, and even Superman is nowhere to be found. Teaming with a grittier, more violent Dark Knight and Cyborg, Flash races to restore the continuity of his original timeline while this new world is ravaged by a fierce war between Wonder Woman's Amazons and Aquaman’s Atlanteans
Duration: 75 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 59000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: superhero, justice league, alternate timeline, time travel, superman, batman, heroes, save the world, comic book, rivalry, captain, professor, race against time, hopes, changing the past or future, chases and races, death, murder, green lantern, alternate reality, cyborgs, superpower, superhero team, female reporter, universe
Queen (2013)
Plot Summary:
Rani, a 24-year-old homely girl, decides to go on her honeymoon alone when her fiancé calls off the wedding. Traveling around Europe, she finds joy, makes friends, and gains new-found independence
Duration: 146 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 68000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Plot tags: young woman, friendship, self discovery, honeymoon, naivete, life changing experience, vacation, overcoming, encounter, traditional versus modern, wedding preparations and rituals, unhappy, women, feminist, bittersweet, on the road, hindu, teenager, dancing, travel, wedding, food, woman, renaissance, inspiration
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
Plot Summary:
The Dwarves, Bilbo and Gandalf have successfully escaped the Misty Mountains, and Bilbo has gained the One Ring. They all continue their journey to get their gold back from the Dragon, Smaug
Duration: 161 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 693000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: New Zealand, USA
Plot tags: dragon, fantasy world, magical, sword fight, sword and sorcery, magic, good versus evil, imaginary kingdom, creature, elf, warrior, wizard, mythology, adventurer, lord of the rings, middle earth, artifact, heroic mission, heroes, king, sorcery, escapades, hobbit, journey, wizards and magicians
Berserk: The Golden Age Arc III - The Advent (2013)
Plot Summary:
A year has passed since Guts parted ways with the Band of the Hawks. Meanwhile, his former mercenary group is plotting a rescue mission to save an imprisoned Griffith
Duration: 110 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Plot tags: imaginary kingdom, medieval, battles, good versus evil, demon, strength, dark hero, heroes, supernatural, supernatural ability, imaginary, master warrior, escapades, vengeance, rivalry, curses spells and rituals, witchcraft, fight, supernatural power, gore, monster, friendship, macabre, brutality, evil
Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
Plot Summary:
When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis. With a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one man weapon of mass destruction. As our heroes are propelled into an epic chess game of life and death, love will be challenged, friendships will be torn apart, and sacrifices must be made for the only family Kirk has left: his crew
Duration: 132 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 494000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: space travel, outer space, star trek, spacecraft, space and aliens, space wars, self sacrifice, villain, heroic mission, space opera, team, space, alien, teamwork, characters in danger, mission, friendship, tough girl, human alien relationship, imaginary, good versus evil, creature, spaceship, woman, alien planet
Toy Story of Terror (2013)
Plot Summary:
What starts out as a fun road trip for the Toy Story gang takes an unexpected turn for the worse when the trip detours to a roadside motel. After one of the toys goes missing, the others find themselves caught up in a mysterious sequence of events that must be solved before they all suffer the same fate in this Toy Story of Terror
Duration: 22 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Plot tags: halloween, toy story, superhero, cowboy, friendship, happy ending, good versus evil, little girl, dark and stormy night, objects come to life, friends, escapades, danger, imaginary, road trip, hotel, toys, on the road, 007, holiday, escape, astronaut, girl, motel, female protagonist
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
Plot Summary:
Katniss Everdeen has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark. Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a "Victor's Tour" of the districts. Along the way Katniss senses that a rebellion is simmering, but the Capitol is still very much in control as President Snow prepares the 75th Annual Hunger Games (The Quarter Quell) - a competition that could change Panem forever
Duration: 146 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 706000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: female protagonist, survival, distopia, competition, post apocalypse, dystopian future, young heroes, dictator, fight, fight scenes, resistance, anti heroine, kickass women, catastrophe, conspiracy, fantasy world, tournament, adaptation, storytelling, epidemic, manhunt, girl power, young adult, post apocalyptic, trauma
Frozen (2013)
Plot Summary:
Young princess Anna of Arendelle dreams about finding true love at her sister Elsa’s coronation. Fate takes her on a dangerous journey in an attempt to end the eternal winter that has fallen over the kingdom. She's accompanied by ice delivery man Kristoff, his reindeer Sven, and snowman Olaf. On an adventure where she will find out what friendship, courage, family, and true love really means
Duration: 102 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 653000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Plot tags: princess, sisters, disney princess, snow, magic, magical, happy ending, power of love, female protagonist, wizards and magicians, love and romance, snowman, sister sister relationship, ice, royal family, imaginary, save the day, reindeer, supernatural ability, first love, family relations, prince, hopes, imaginary kingdom, good versus evil
Patema Inverted (2013)
Plot Summary:
In an underground world where tunnels extend everywhere, even though they live in dark and confined spaces, people wear protective clothes and lead quiet and enjoyable lives. Patema, a princess in her underground village, loves to explore the tunnels. Her favorite place is a "danger zone" that her village prohibits people from entering. Even though she's scolded, Patema's curiosity can't be held back. No one ever explained what the supposed danger was. On her usual trip to the "danger zone," Patema faces unexpected events. When hidden secrets come to light, the story begins to unfold
Duration: 98 min
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Plot tags: friendship, fighting the system, self discovery, dystopia, steampunk, love and romance, imaginary, culture clash, conspiracy, escapades, investigation, good versus evil, youth, school, relationships, adventurer, gravity, trippy, thoughtful, surrealism, xenophobia, heroes, supernatural, cave, getting home
Despicable Me 2 (2013)
Plot Summary:
Gru is recruited by the Anti-Villain League to help deal with a powerful new super criminal
Duration: 98 min
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
IMDB Votes: 419000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, France, Japan
Plot tags: adoption, single father, minion, father daughter relationship, spy, female agent, dating, good versus evil, villain, imaginary, parent child relationship, assistant, master villain, chicken, overprotective father, heroes, scientist, family relations, parents and children, family life, rivals, love, kids and family, happy ending, wilhelm scream
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
Plot Summary:
A timid magazine photo manager who lives life vicariously through daydreams embarks on a true-life adventure when a negative goes missing
Duration: 114 min
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
IMDB Votes: 334000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Plot tags: travel, self discovery, daydreamer, life changing experience, loneliness, adventurer, journey, photographer, obsessive quest, disorder, lifestyle change, dream, workplace, traveler, magazine, photography, journal, workplace situations, midlife crisis, philosophy, escapades, escape from reality, life, wanderlust, socially awkward
Monsters University (2013)
Plot Summary:
A look at the relationship between Mike and Sulley during their days at Monsters University — when they weren't necessarily the best of friends
Duration: 104 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 382000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Plot tags: college, monster, friendship, unlikely friendships, underdog, university, competition, teamwork, foe turned friend, creativity, fraternity, student life, odd couple, teachers and students, social relations, college life, halloween, creature, good versus evil, teacher, student, friends, fear, contests and competitions, wilhelm scream
The Croods (2013)
Plot Summary:
The Croods is a prehistoric comedy adventure that follows the world's first family as they embark on a journey of a lifetime when the cave that has always shielded them from danger is destroyed. Traveling across a spectacular landscape, the Croods discover an incredible new world filled with fantastic creatures -- and their outlook is changed forever
Duration: 98 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 228000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Plot tags: father daughter relationship, youth, caveman, family life, parents and children, survival, family relations, parenthood, jungle, road trip, animal, forces of nature, end of the world, prehistoric man, peril, parent child relationship, creature, journey, fantasy world, happy ending, curiosity, tradition versus modernity, dimwit, teen romance, against the rules
The Physician (2013)
Plot Summary:
The story of Rob Cole, a boy who is left a penniless orphan in an 11th-century English mining town when his mother dies of a mysterious illness. Vowing to become a physician and vanquish Death itself, he travels to Isfahan in Persia to study medicine under the great Ibn Sina. Through countless ordeals and challenges, and making many sacrifices along the way, he struggles on unwaveringly. His unflagging quest for knowledge leads to the blossoming of friendship and true love
Duration: 155 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 41000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Germany
Plot tags: medicine, follow your dream, surgery, apprentice, medieval, ambition, culture clash, orphan, medical school, doctors and patients, mentor, christian, society, illness, science, doctor, segregation, life & death, prejudice, unlikely friendships, journey, medical student, surgeon, revolution, adaptation
Table No. 21 (2013)
Plot Summary:
A couple live a mediocre life and are thrilled to have won an exotic vacation to Fiji & their excitement increases when they get a chance to play "Tell all truth" game for a mind boggling prize money. The game begins and the couple discovers that the game isn't really a game, but is a game of survival
Duration: 108 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Plot tags: resort, couples, survival, danger, contests and competitions, couple relations, woman in danger, dishonesty, bullying, male female relationship, relationship problems, struggle for survival, truth, learning the truth, relationships, family problems, marital problem, hidden truth, island, revenge, education, vendetta, game of death, haunted by the past, anti villain
The Kings of Summer (2013)
Plot Summary:
Joe Toy, on the verge of adolescence, finds himself increasingly frustrated by his single father, Frank's attempts to manage his life. Declaring his freedom once and for all, he escapes to a clearing in the woods with his best friend, Patrick, and a strange kid named Biaggio. He announces that they are going to build a house there, free from responsibility and parents. Once their makeshift abode is finished, the three young men find themselves masters of their own destiny, alone in the woods
Duration: 95 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 84000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: coming of age, runaway, summer, friendship, high school, lifestyle change, teenage runaway, wilderness, teenage protagonist, forest, hospital, teenager, friendship between boys, teenage life, woods, love triangle, father son relationship, bare chested male, self discovery, choice, rebelliousness, single father, children, childhood, youth
Tracks (2013)
Plot Summary:
Accompanied only by her faithful dog and four camels, an Australian satisfies her craving for solitude by embarking on a solo trip across the desert from Alice Springs to the Indian Ocean
Duration: 112 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: Australia
Plot tags: wilderness, desert, travel, solitude, camel, survival, human spirit, photographer, explorer, beautiful scenery, obsessive quest, dog, aborigine, independent woman, traveler, journey, life philosophy, on the road, loneliness, wanderlust, freedom, outback, photography, jungle, coming of age
Man of Steel (2013)
Plot Summary:
A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation and become the symbol of hope for all mankind
Duration: 143 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 802000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Plot tags: superhero, good versus evil, superhuman powers, alien invasion, comic book, double life, secret identity, superman, heroes, vigilante, earth, villain, space travel, male protagonist, adopted son, adoptive father, family relations, imaginary, space and aliens, fantasy world, mentor, fight scenes, space, alien, adoption
Iron Man 3 (2013)
Plot Summary:
When Tony Stark's world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, he starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution
Duration: 130 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 887000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: superhero, superhuman powers, hotshot hero, billionaire, rescue, heroes, kidnapping, terrorism, revenge, flying superhero, androids and robots, comic book, betrayal, vengeance, u.s. president, christmas, war on terror, prodigy, lifesaver, vigilante, villain, good versus evil, catastrophe, destiny, life philosophy
Fast & Furious 6 (2013)
Plot Summary:
Hobbs has Dominic and Brian reassemble their crew to take down a team of mercenaries: Dominic unexpectedly gets convoluted also facing his presumed deceased girlfriend, Letty
Duration: 130 min
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 412000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan, Spain, UK
Plot tags: car chase, car, chases and races, car race, street racing, speed, heist, racing, chase, hotshot, car theft, organized crime, auto racing, thief, teamwork, kidnapping, amnesia, fbi, theft, team, rivalry, race, fight scenes, torture, subway
Oblivion (2013)
Plot Summary:
Jack Harper is one of the last few drone repairmen stationed on Earth. Part of a massive operation to extract vital resources after decades of war with a terrifying threat known as the Scavs, Jack’s mission is nearly complete. His existence is brought crashing down when he rescues a beautiful stranger from a downed spacecraft. Her arrival triggers a chain of events that forces him to question everything he knows and puts the fate of humanity in his hands
Duration: 124 min
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 547000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: post apocalypse, apocalypse, dystopian future, alien, survival, space travel, alien invasion, twists and turns, catastrophe, space and aliens, destruction, danger, disorder, alien encounter, resistance, distopia, mysterious character, invasion, dystopic future, society, outer space, escapades, cyberpunk, memory, spacecraft
World War Z (2013)
Plot Summary:
Life for former United Nations investigator Gerry Lane and his family seems content. Suddenly, the world is plagued by a mysterious infection turning whole human populations into rampaging mindless zombies. After barely escaping the chaos, Lane is persuaded to go on a mission to investigate this disease. What follows is a perilous trek around the world where Lane must brave horrific dangers and long odds to find answers before human civilization falls
Duration: 116 min
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 706000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Malta
Plot tags: zombie, apocalypse, virus, epidemic, zombie apocalypse, post apocalypse, deadly virus, survival, end of the world, infected, pandemic, natural disaster, post apocalyptic, disease, plague, vaccine, zombie outbreak, save the world, dystopia, chaos, catastrophe, self sacrifice, infection, disaster, asthma
The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared (2013)
Plot Summary:
After living a long and colorful life, Allan Karlsson finds himself stuck in a nursing home. On his 100th birthday, he leaps out a window and begins an unexpected journey
Duration: 114 min
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 42000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy
Country: Sweden, Croatia
Plot tags: retirement home, deadpan, aging, cold war, brutality, storytelling, escapades, comedy of errors, runaway, chase, wanted, old age, dark humor, elderly, eccentricity, escape, moral ambiguity, nordic, starting over, submarine, old man, senior citizen, mission, working class, atmosphere
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet (2013)
Plot Summary:
A 12-year-old cartographer secretly leaves his family's ranch in Montana where he lives with his cowboy father and scientist mother and travels across the country on board a freight train to receive an award at the Smithsonian Institute
Duration: 105 min
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: France, Canada
Plot tags: prodigy, genius, coming of age, on the road, young heroes, children, childhood, loneliness, cowboy, tragedy, dysfunctional family, unlikely friendships, train, adventurer, train travel, parents and children, farm, magic realism, child, father son relationship, youth, boy, boyhood, boy genius, child prodigy
All Is Lost (2013)
Plot Summary:
During a solo voyage in the Indian Ocean, a veteran mariner awakes to find his vessel taking on water after a collision with a stray shipping container. With his radio and navigation equipment disabled, he sails unknowingly into a violent storm and barely escapes with his life. With any luck, the ocean currents may carry him into a shipping lane -- but, with supplies dwindling and the sharks circling, the sailor is forced to face his own mortality
Duration: 106 min
IMDB Rating: 6.9/10
IMDB Votes: 83000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: survival, boat, loneliness, storm, ocean, survivor, isolation, ship, human spirit, sailor, sailing, desperation, forces of nature, sea, disaster, sailboat, lost at sea, overcoming, stranded, wilderness, shipwreck, storm at sea, danger, hopes, water
Pacific Rim (2013)
Plot Summary:
When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity's resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge. But even the Jaegers are proving nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless Kaiju. On the verge of defeat, the forces defending mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes—a washed-up former pilot (Charlie Hunnam) and an untested trainee (Rinko Kikuchi)—who are teamed to drive a legendary but seemingly obsolete Jaeger from the past. Together, they stand as mankind's last hope against the mounting apocalypse
Duration: 131 min
IMDB Rating: 6.9/10
IMDB Votes: 523000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Mexico
Plot tags: giant monster, robot, monster, kaiju, creature, battles, androids and robots, invasion, chaos and mayhem, destruction, danger, survival, heroic mission, save the world, giant, heroes, alien, alien invasion, fate of humanity, evil alien, characters in danger, deadly creature, worldwide chaos, dystopia, space and aliens
The East (2013)
Plot Summary:
An operative for an elite private intelligence firm finds her priorities irrevocably changed after she is tasked with infiltrating an anarchist group known for executing covert attacks upon major corporations
Duration: 116 min
IMDB Rating: 6.8/10
IMDB Votes: 52000
Genere: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Plot tags: terrorism, fighting the system, spy, anarchist, environmentalism, espionage, fbi, revenge, anti capitalism, radical, undercover, twists and turns, rebellion, danger, social activist, poisoning, secret organization, ecological disaster, society, rebelliousness, fighting illness, corporate world, terrorist group, murder, working undercover
Thor: The Dark World (2013)
Plot Summary:
Thor fights to restore order across the cosmos… but an ancient race led by the vengeful Malekith returns to plunge the universe back into darkness. Faced with an enemy that even Odin and Asgard cannot withstand, Thor must embark on his most perilous and personal journey yet, one that will reunite him with Jane Foster and force him to sacrifice everything to save us all
Duration: 112 min
IMDB Rating: 6.8/10
IMDB Votes: 715000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Plot tags: superhero, legends and myths, warrior, heroes, superhuman powers, norse mythology, mythology, alien, wizards and magicians, supernatural, magic, comic book, viking, villain, good versus evil, creature, invasion, scientist, save the world, protector, supernatural ability, king, medieval, alien invasion, fantasy world
Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons (2013)
Plot Summary:
In a world plagued by demons who cause great human suffering, young demon hunter Xuan Zang risks his all to conquer a water demon, a pig demon and the demon of all demons, Sun Wukong
Duration: 110 min
IMDB Rating: 6.7/10
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: China, Hong Kong
Plot tags: monkey king, martial arts, buddhism, supernatural, wuxia, kung fu, good versus evil, deadly creature, heroic mission, heroes, battles, legends and myths, danger, imaginary, folk hero, daring rescue, save the day, kickass women, magic, chinese mythology, fight, transformation, demon, magical, stoner
Epic (2013)
Plot Summary:
A teenager finds herself transported to a deep forest setting where a battle between the forces of good and the forces of evil is taking place. She bands together with a rag-tag group characters in order to save their world -- and ours
Duration: 102 min
IMDB Rating: 6.6/10
IMDB Votes: 109000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA, UK
Plot tags: imaginary kingdom, imaginary, good versus evil, teenage life, friendship, save the kingdom, young heroes, protector, daughter, danger, father daughter relationship, flying, unlikely friendships, bird, magic, fantasy world, queen, scientist, artifact, happy ending, love, teenager, insect, chase, redhead