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Plot Summary:
Melvin, a reluctant hero who is far from super, has been suppressing his telekinetic powers for years with booze, drugs, and women. In the process, he has failed at practically everything, most of all as a parent to his son. After a brush with death, Melvin decides to use his powers for good and clean up the streets of New Orleans with the help of his best friend/definitely-not-a-sidekick, Lucille. For a man who can do the impossible, it might be a fight even he can’t win.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: exciting, parody, humorous, light, captivating, intense, indie film, fake documentary
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A Man Who Was Superman (2008)
Plot Summary:
SONG Soo-jung is a producer going on her third year at a small company. Her specialty is human interest stories. She is driven to produce these shallow stories for the sake of her ambition of one day becoming Korea’s own Oprah Winfrey. However, she is reaching the end of what’s left of her pride. One day, after months of not getting paid, she leaves her office with the company camera to produce a story on a lion apparently refusing to eat its meal. On her way, however, she comes across a robber, but she is saved somehow by Superman in a Hawaiian shirt. “Superman” claims he’s unable to tap into his supernatural powers as the bad guys have placed kryptonite inside his head. However, he doesn’t let that get in his way from helping others, from saving the world from global warming to saving a lost puppy.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, feel good, sentimental, light, touching, captivating, psychotronic
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The Black Ninja (2003)
Plot Summary:
Infamous defense attorney Malik Ali's haunted past causes him to double as a vigilante ninja, defending the cities worst thugs by day and battling them by night. While protecting a beautiful witness, in a case against a ruthless mobster, Malik is led closer to the evil ninja that killed his wife and children years ago. Meet the new face of justice! Infamous defense attorney Malik Ali's (Clayton Prince) haunted past causes him to double as a vigilante ninja, defending the city's worst thugs by day and battling them by night. While protecting a beautiful witness in a case against a ruthless mobster, Malik is led closer to the evil ninja who killed his wife and children many years ago.
IMDB Rating: 2.1
IMDB Votes: 244
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, humorous, captivating, entertaining, rough, serious, realistic, campy
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To Boldly Flee (2012)
Plot Summary:
After discovering a mysterious entity that is located near the planet and attempting to spread the word, The Nostalgia Critic is placed under house arrest by the government in order to maintain their secret. Quickly, he calls upon his fellow reviewers Linkara, Lindsay, Spoony, Cinema Snob, Film Brain, 8-Bit Mickey, MarzGurl, JewWario, C.R., Todd in the Shadows, JesuOtaku, Luke Mochrie, Phelous, Lupa, Sad Panda, Oancitizen and Angry Joe for help, and together, they convert the Critic's house into an intergalactic cruiser and blast off into space to see what's up for themselves.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 209 min
Plot tags: parody, unusual plot structure, light, humorous, captivating, contemplative
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Officer Downe (2016)
Plot Summary:
A rookie cop is tasked with shadowing Officer Downe, a no-nonsense LAPD cop with regenerative powers, as he wages an ultra-violent war against the nefarious villains of Los Angeles.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: retro
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Shafted! (2000)
Plot Summary:
Steven Byzinsky is convinced he's a blaxploitation superhero. Like Shaft, Dolemite and Black Belt Jones before him, he's keeping' the streets safe for the brother and trying to stay one step ahead of The Man. There's only one problem: Steven's white.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 132
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, not serious, absurd, captivating, exciting, realistic, suspenseful, independent film, spoof
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The FP (2011)
Plot Summary:
Two rival gangs fight for control of Frazier Park -- a deadly arena in competitive dance-fight video game "Beat-Beat Revolution.".
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, light, feel good, retro, grindhouse, independent film, offbeat, futuristic, semi serious
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Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses (2014)
Plot Summary:
Vietnam vet Frank Vega now runs an East L.A. community center where he trains young boxers to survive in and out of the ring. But when his prize student falls in with the wrong crowd and turns up dead, Frank teams up with his pal Bernie to take matters into their own fists and prove that justice never gets old.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: rough, humorous, realistic, semi serious, action comedy, action thriller, independent film
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FDR: American Badass! (2012)
Plot Summary:
Chronicles the adventures of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, as he rides a "wheelchair of death" to stop the world from being taking over by polio-carrying werewolves during WWII. A deadly menace that are led by Werewolf Hitler, Mussolini and Emperor Hirohito.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, exciting, not serious, captivating, spoof, offbeat, slapstick, campy
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Avengers of Justice: Farce Wars (2018)
Plot Summary:
While trying to remain a good husband and father, Superbat and the Avengers of Justice come out of retirement to stop Dark Jokester and Lisp Luthor from freezing the planet.
IMDB Rating: 2.4
IMDB Votes: 718
Genere: Action, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, parody
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Now Hiring (2014)
Plot Summary:
An out of work husband takes his wife's advice on exaggerating his work experience. When he does, he accidentally lands a job as a superhero. Now with no powers to speak of, he must become a hero as his city is threatened by a great evil.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 70
Genere: Action, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, not serious, captivating, independent film, campy
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Metalloid Vol. 1: Origins (2018)
Plot Summary:
High-schooler Finnigan Greed has found a stone that gives him superpowers. As he tries to hide his powers and new identity, he meets a new friend, Jordan Peralta, who just so happens to have similar powers.
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Genere: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: exciting, tense, humorous, captivating, entertaining, sad
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Cicak Man 3 (2015)
Plot Summary:
Set after 7 years of the event of Cicakman 2: Planet Hitam. Metrofulus superhero, Cicakman had disappeared, many people say Cicakman is dead or retire. So, The new superhero has emerged known as Superbro has become a major superhero in Metrofulus and he is venerated by many people. The man named Man (Zizan Razak) has found a box left by former Cicakman (Saiful Apek) at the Cicakman monument.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 164
Genere: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Malaysia
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: exciting, psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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SpiderBabe (2003)
Plot Summary:
A socially awkward young woman gets bitten by a radioactive spider and becomes a crime-fighting superhero and tries to defeat a nefarious super villain while going after any man (or woman) she wants to bed down with.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 939
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: sexy, parody, not serious, erotic, humorous, sexual, psychotronic, campy
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Batbabe: The Dark Nightie (2009)
Plot Summary:
When heartless supercriminal the Jerker steals Bacchum City's entire supply of adult movies, lusty crime-fighter Batbabe (Darian Caine) strips down and steps up to vanquish the villain and get Bacchum's lifeblood flowing once again. But just how far will Batbabe go to restore passion to the streets? And what's the connection between Batbabe and mysterious strip club owner Wendy Wane? John Bacchus directs this titillating romp.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 333
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, not serious, sexy, captivating, erotic, absurd, sexual, hot, campy
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Zebraman 2: Attack on Zebra City (2010)
Plot Summary:
Zebra City 2025 – music echoing across what used to be Tokyo from Zebra Queen marks the start of Zebra Time, a 5 minute window twice a day when the city population is free to commit any crime and the Vengeful Zebra Mini-Skirt Police and masked Zebra Police can shoot civilians at will. Zebraman wakes in the street, unable to remember the last 15 years, or his superhero past. He must rely on a band Zebra Time survivors, a man who played him in a TV show version of Zebraman and a mysterious silent girl to battle this Zebra obsession that is splitting the city in to absolutes of black and white.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 805
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: exciting, futuristic, stylized, semi serious, humorous, weird, campy
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To Love and Die (2008)
Plot Summary:
A fun-loving 30-something (Shiri Appleby) with abandonment issues becomes convinced that her dating problems will be resolved if she can only track down the father she never knew. When she finds him (Tim Matheson), she discovers that he's an assassin and that she may have found her calling.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 471
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: semi serious, captivating, suspense, exciting, tense, offbeat, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, tv series pilot
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Bad Asses on the Bayou (2015)
Plot Summary:
The third installment in the successful Bad Ass action-comedy franchise. Bad Asses on the Bayou reunites the dynamic duo, Frank Vega (Danny Trejo) and Bernie Pope (Danny Glover), as they travel to Louisiana to attend the wedding of their dear friend Carmen Gutierrez (Loni Love). What was pictured as a wedding weekend escape to the south turns violently ugly as madness and mayhem ensue, pressing our senior heroes to once again serve justice.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, humorous, realistic, semi serious, action comedy, independent film
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Pizza Man (2011)
Plot Summary:
A pizzeria employee who is shot during a robbery, acquires self-healing powers when he eats a genetically-altered tomato and must prevent corporate villains from stealing the formula.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 337
Genere: Action, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious
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Girls Gone Gangsta (2011)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 140
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, captivating, entertaining, mockbuster, semi serious, neo noir, sex comedy, campy
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Sparks (2013)
Plot Summary:
A masked vigilante who discovers the dark side to heroism. Going after the nation's most notorious super criminal leaves Sparks' life and reputation in ruins.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, melancholic, enigmatic, neo noir, serious, noir
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Three Inches (2011)
Plot Summary:
Walter Speckman is a nobody, until one day he is struck by lightning and gains the ability to move any object with his mind... but only for 3 inches at a time. A recruiter who knows of super-powered individuals finds Walter and offers him the chance to use his powers to do good... and join with a team of other people with similar abilities. Walter accepts, but soon discovers that "good" and "evil" aren't as easy to differentiate as he thought.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspenseful, exciting, serious, psychotronic
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Superhero Movie (2008)
Plot Summary:
The team behind Scary Movie takes on the comic book genre in this tale of Rick Riker, a nerdy teen imbued with superpowers by a radioactive dragonfly. And because every hero needs a nemesis, enter Lou Landers, aka the villainously goofy Hourglass.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 74000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, slapstick, funny, not serious, humorous, satirical, absurd, hilarious, sex comedy
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The Meteor Man (1993)
Plot Summary:
One night Jefferson Reed gets hit in the chest by a souped-up chunk of meteor. So he can fly, but he's scared of heights. He can master the information in any book ... for about fifteen minutes. Now his friends and family want him to protect their community from the dreaded Golden Lords.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: humorous, epic, black comedy, exciting, semi serious, fast, psychotronic, spoof, sentimental, parody
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Death Kappa (2010)
Plot Summary:
When military experiments go haywire and trigger an atomic bomb, the consequences are of epic proportions. A monster arrives in the midst of the nuclear fallout, and Japan's defenses are helpless against it. Mankind's only savior is an irradiated water goblin from Japanese folklore called the "Death Kappa". The two rival monsters must go head-to-head in the ultimate battle between good and evil!.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 338
Genere: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, exciting, retro, surreal, offbeat, suspenseful, stylized, psychotronic
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Level Up (2012)
Plot Summary:
Level Up was a live-action television series that is broadcast on Cartoon Network. A film with the same title, which served as a pilot for the series, premiered on November 23, 2011. The series premiered on Tuesday, January 24, 2012, at 8 p.m. ET/PT. The series later ended on February 19, 2013. It is one of the only Cartoon Network shows outside of Adult Swim to have the U.S. rating of TV-PG-V. Its rating in Canada for most episodes is "G", or else "PG".
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, exciting, tense, captivating, semi serious
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The Specials (2000)
Plot Summary:
America's 7th Best Superhero Team, the Specials, are a group of geeks and oddballs. We get to see one day in their lives as fan and new member Nightbird joins the group, just in time for the group to get a new line of action figures. But the members' extreme personalities and personal issues threaten to rip the group apart.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: light, not serious, exciting, entertaining, independent film, spoof, parody, offbeat, fast, humorous
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Gagamboy (2004)
Plot Summary:
Gagamboy (Spiderboy) is -you guessed it- Spiderman parody. both the main villain and Spiderboy gain their powers by eating radioactive bugs.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 139
Genere: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Philippines
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, exciting, captivating, entertaining, offbeat, witty, stylized, semi serious, spoof
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Gatchaman (2013)
Plot Summary:
By the year 2050 AD, a mysterious organization called Galactor has occupied half of the Earth and threatens to exterminate the human race. Around the same time, the International Science Organization had uncovered mysterious stones that bear unusual powers. It is said that one person out of approximately eight million is able to harness the power of the stones; they are known as a "Receptor". Dr. Kozaburo Nambu gathers a team of these five lucky Receptors together. Known as the "Gatchaman" team, it is their mission to defeat Galactor.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 510
Genere: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, anime, captivating, tense, heroic, intense, scenic, serious
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Ant-Man (2015)
Plot Summary:
Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, master thief Scott Lang must embrace his inner-hero and help his mentor, Doctor Hank Pym, protect the secret behind his spectacular Ant-Man suit from a new generation of towering threats. Against seemingly insurmountable obstacles, Pym and Lang must plan and pull off a heist that will save the world.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 710000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: entertaining, exciting, light, humorous, witty, serious, funny, psychotronic, epic, saga
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Sky High (2005)
Plot Summary:
Set in a world where superheroes are commonly known and accepted, young Will Stronghold, the son of the Commander and Jetstream, tries to find a balance between being a normal teenager and an extraordinary being.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 93000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: feel good, entertaining, exciting, teen, light, humorous, not serious, stylized, funny, cult classic