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Plot Summary:
After "The Poseidon Adventure", in which the ship got flipped over by a tidal wave, the ship drifts bottom-up in the sea. While the passengers are still on board waiting to be rescued, two rivaling salvage parties enter the ship on search for money, gold and a small amount of plutonium.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, serious, suspenseful, captivating, psychotronic, parody, romantic, feel good, unusual plot structure
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Ffolkes (1980)
Plot Summary:
A terrorist (Anthony Perkins) holds an offshore drilling rig and production platform for ransom in the North Sea. Ffolkes (Roger Moore) a wealthy eccentric, volunteers to send his crack team of soldiers in to stop the terrorists. With few other options available, the British Government reluctantly accepts his help.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: political thriller, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, black comedy, exciting, tense, light, sexy
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Combustion (2004)
Plot Summary:
Millwood City engineer Scott Daniels, moved from Houston, investigates a series of mysterious fires. Scott's and Lourie Harper's only son Jesse, who hated the move or dad's youth home, fakes a fever and invites his new girlfriend Carmen. She's reporter Allison Saunders, Scott's high-school ex's, daughter and finds Jesse unconscious, overtaken by fumes. The sewers are full of dead rats. Cracks appear in various buildings. Gass leaks start explosive fires. Mayor Walker, who only care for politics and publicity, overrules Scott's call for a mass evacuation. Scott and city administration friend Kenny Barrows later discover the link is steam pressure drilling by Talbot's oil exploration firm, but fire chief Patterson is in league with Talbot for years, covers their tracks and undermines Scott's credibility. Written by KGF Vissers.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 214
Genere: Adventure, Action
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, captivating, tense
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The Island (1980)
Plot Summary:
David Warner leads a band of modern day pirates who raid yachts and sail boats of people on vacation out in the Caribbean. Michael Caine is a reporter who goes out there with his son to investigate the mystery of the disappearing boats. He runs across Warner and his band of raiders and they decide to induct them into their tribe.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, suspense, rough, cult classic, psychotronic, serious, slasher, scary, psychological
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Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)
Plot Summary:
The crew of an atomic submarine battle to save the world from global destruction.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: suspense, melancholic, talky, serious, suspenseful, futuristic, intense, apocalyptic, nautical, classic horror
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Plot Summary:
Navy SEALs launch a rescue mission after terrorists plunge a jet carrying a missile-launching computer into the sea.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 830
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, independent film, realistic, disaster movie
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Plot Summary:
A diplomatic official is captured and imprisoned while touring a war zone, so a team of elite female commandos is assembled to infiltrate a women's prison for a daring rescue.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: mockbuster, exciting, rough, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, independent film, realistic, black comedy, dark comedy
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Airport '77 (1977)
Plot Summary:
Flight 23 has crashed in the Bermuda Triangle while taking VIPs and valuable art to Philip Stevens new museum. But when hijackers take off the plane and knock everyone out with sleeping gas the plane crashes in the sea. The passengers survive but a small hole at the front is flooding the plane and 2 daring rescues must be put into action because everyone is trapped 200 feet underwater.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, psychological, cult classic, rough, bleak, fast
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Raise the Titanic (1980)
Plot Summary:
To obtain a supply of a rare mineral, a ship raising operation is conducted for the only known source, the Titanic.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller, Adventure
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film, serious, suspenseful, surprise ending, exciting, bad ending, harsh, talky, interesting
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Plot Summary:
An active volcano threatens a south Pacific island resort and its guests as a power struggle ensues between the property's developer and a drilling foreman.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, cult classic, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disaster movie, cult film
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IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 61000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, suspenseful, serious, rough, realistic, intense, anamorphic, cult classic, action thriller
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 85000
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Country: USA
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: suspense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, breathtaking, grindhouse, anamorphic, cult classic, disgusting
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Broken Arrow (1996)
Plot Summary:
When rogue stealth-fighter pilot Vic Deakins deliberately drops off the radar while on maneuvers, the Air Force ends up with two stolen nuclear warheads -- and Deakins's co-pilot, Riley Hale, is the military's only hope for getting them back. Traversing the deserted canyons of Utah, Hale teams with park ranger Terry Carmichael to put Deakins back in his box.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 104000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: exciting, stylized, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, entertaining, heroic, cliffhanger, cult classic
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Plot Summary:
In a vein similar to Bond movies, a British agent Philip Calvert is on a mission to determine the whereabouts of a ship that disappeared near the coast of Scotland.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, black comedy, dark comedy, eurospy
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Plot Summary:
A British Special Boat Service commando tracks down an international terrorist cell.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, exciting, captivating, suspenseful, action thriller, independent film, surprise ending
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 404
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, tense, suspenseful, surprise ending, independent film, disaster movie, cult film
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 106 min
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 103 min
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IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
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IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
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IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 402000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 2.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, suspense, mockbuster, independent film, disaster movie
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IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 76000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
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The Poseidon Adventure (2005)
Plot Summary:
A cruise ship succumbs to a terrorist act and capsizes on New Year's eve. A rag-tag group of survivors, spearheaded by a priest and a homeland security agent, must journey through the upside down vessel and attempt an escape.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 174 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, exciting, intense, serious, realistic, psychotronic, sexy, bad ending, bloody
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 207000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 147000
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Country: USA, Australia, Spain
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 176000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
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The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
Plot Summary:
The Poseidon Adventure was one of the first Catastrophe films and began the Disaster Film genre. Director Neame tells the story of a group of people that must fight for their lives aboard a sinking ship. Based on the novel by Paul Gallico.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: exciting, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, tense, serious, psychological, psychotronic, cult classic, erotic
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IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 83000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
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Plot Summary:
The Coast Guard makes a daring rescue attempt off the coast of Cape Cod after a pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a blizzard in 1952.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 70000
Genere: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 337000
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Country: USA, Australia, UK, Canada
Duration: 129 min
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