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Plot Summary:
An expedition enters an unexplored jungle to search for a legendary ruby.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 197
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: fantasy adventure
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Indio (1989)
Plot Summary:
A half-breed Marine takes on greedy industrialists in the Amazonian rain forests. Marvelous Marvin proves his ability as a fighter!.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 252
Genere: Adventure, Action
Country: Italy
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags:
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Turkish First Blood (1983)
Plot Summary:
Former war veteran Kan Rambo (Turkish cult cinema legend Cuneyt Arkin) has to fight against an evil gang of bikers when they refuse to let him enter their village and live a peaceful life.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 402
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: mockbuster
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Code Name: Wild Geese (1984)
Plot Summary:
Commander Robin Wesley, leader of a group of mercenaries, go to the Golden Triangle in Southeast Asia to overthrow the dictator, who is a major manufacturer and dealer of the world's opium.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: cult classic, macaroni combat, cult film
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Gold Raiders (1982)
Plot Summary:
An SOS message is sent out when a plane carrying gold worth $200 million dollars belonging to the free world is brought down somewhere in Thailand, and Robert Ginty is called upon to team up with his old flame Claudia Dubois. Together, they head up a small crack group of six undercover agents who are given the mission to infiltrate enemy lines and recover the gold.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 128
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: UK, Thailand
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: cult classic, independent film
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Cross Mission (1988)
Plot Summary:
General Romero, leader of a small Latin American country, is showing the UN how he's taking care of his country's drug problems by publicly burning crops of marijuana. As soon as the inspectors leave, however, Romero quickly returns to business, producing and shipping the illegal crop. When his right-hand man is convinced by a crusading reporter to turn away from his life of crime and help bring his boss to justice, Romero vows to stop at nothing to prevent this traitor from talking.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 98
Genere: Action
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspense, hispanic
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D.R.E.A.M. Team (1999)
Plot Summary:
J.W. Garrison, the head of a top-secret sub agency of the United Nations, discovers that a team of terrorists, led by the murderous Oliver Maxwell, plan on producing a bomb carrying an anthrax virus to be used in the United States. Garrison summons CIA agent Zack Hamilton who puts together a team of three beautiful women; CIA trainer Kim Taylor; photographer Victoria Carrera; and actress Eva Kirov to go to undercover as fashion models to infiltrate the terrorist organization to find the bomb before it can be used.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 243
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: independent film, tv series pilot
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Crackerjack 3 (2000)
Plot Summary:
A group of retired spies once former enemies, are forced to work together in an attempt to retrieve a neutron bomb stolen by a group of new-wave, high-tech operatives who have supplanted them in the post-Cold War intelligence game.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 171
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: Canada, Czech Republic
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags:
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The Hunters of the Golden Cobra (1982)
Plot Summary:
An American soldier and a British intelligence agent try to track down an ancient relic called the Golden Cobra, rumored to have supernatural powers. An early Raiders rip-off directed Antonio Margheriti.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 392
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Fantasy, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags:
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The Ark of the Sun God (1984)
Plot Summary:
A safecracker takes a job where he must go to Istanbul and steal a scepter that once belonged to the god Gilgamesh but is now in the temple of a secret cult.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 430
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime
Country: Italy, Turkey, Spain
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: fantasy adventure, grindhouse
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Kiss of the Cobra (1986)
Plot Summary:
Phil Stone steals in North Africa, where he is with the fidanzara, a precious ring, because he needs money in order to return to the United States, but is arrested, sentenced to a harsh punishment. An agreement with the prison director who promises freedom in exchange for the discovery of the treasure of Cleopatra that should be buried in the vicinity.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 55
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: Italy
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags:
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Indio 2 - The Revolt (1991)
Plot Summary:
A corporation building a highway through the rainforest hires a gang of mercenaries to get rid of the local Indians, who don't want the highway built through their lands. The mercenaries resort to murder, massacres and enslavement to rid the company of its Indian problem. Sgt. Irons, a former Marine NCO, helps to unite the jungle tribes and leads them in their fight to protect their homes and their families.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 146
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags:
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The Jewel of the Gods (1989)
Plot Summary:
While doing field work in Australia's Gibson Desert, Snowy Grinder meets up with a wierdo named Archie. Together they set off to find the missing Dr. Jim Hartwell and Monomotapa, the Palace of Purple Diamonds.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 59
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: South Africa
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: independent film, low-budget
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Nam Angels (1989)
Plot Summary:
Lt. Vance Calhoun takes on a dangerous rescue mission of American P.O.W.s in the treacherous Darloc Valley in Vietnam. His only chance to escape is with the help of five young, fearless soldiers on motorcycles.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 341
Genere: Action, Adventure, War
Country: Philippines
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: independent film, cult film
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Strike Commando (1987)
Plot Summary:
While operating behind enemy lines, Sgt. Mike Ransom learns of a Russian presence in North Vietnam. Ordered to obtain proof of this discovery, Ransom returns to enemy territory but is captured and subjected to a variety of tortures. Eventually he escapes to continue his mission despite being hampered by a traitor in his own ranks.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, War
Country: Italy, Philippines
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: macaroni combat, surprise ending, psychotronic, independent film, campy, cult film
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Diamond Dogs (2007)
Plot Summary:
"Diamond Dogs" is the story of a group of American fortune hunters, who come to China looking for a long-lost-treasure. During the Soviet crack-down on religion in the 1930's, a priceless Buddhist artifact, a Tangka was taken across the border to China and hidden in the mountains. The diamonds alone, decorating this huge gold-inlaid textile, are thought to be worth $50 million. The fortune hunters.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: Canada, China
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, serious, captivating, fast
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Any Gun Can Play (1967)
Plot Summary:
Any Gun Can Play (Italian: Vado... l'ammazzo e torno) is a 1967 spaghetti western starring Gilbert Roland, Edd Byrnes and George Hilton. The film is directed by Enzo G. Castellari and features a score by Francesco De Masi and Alessandro Alessandroni. It follows a familiar pattern of protagonists searching for gold, double-crossing one another and a high body count. The three main characters continually change allegiances and get the upper hand only to be thwarted by fellow outlaws, mysterious insurance investigators and each other. In the opening scene one of the three outlaws is dressed very similar to Clint Eastwood's character in the "Dollars" trilogy, one is dressed as Lee Van Cleef's characters in those and other westerns, and one as Franco Nero's character Django.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 788
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, grindhouse, euro western, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, cult film
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The Hunt for the Amber Room (2012)
Plot Summary:
It's the greatest myth of the German post-war era: The Amber Room. Since its disappearance in 1945 from Koenigsberg Castle, legions of treasure hunters have tried and failed to find the room. It is said that Physics genius, Albert Einstein hid the legendary Amber Room from the Nazis in the turmoil of the last days of the war. It bears a secret within its amber - in wrong hands, it could destroy mankind! Our adventurers, Eik, Katharina and Justus, come across an incredible trace and with the help of Einstein's great-granddaughter Mila, together they fight off a ruthless pharmaceutical magnate who spares no effort to get ahold of the Amber Room. From Europe's biggest monument in Leipzig, through the halls of Munich's German Museum, across the dunes of St. Peter-Ording, to the Nazi caves of the Berchtesgaden Alps. The adventurous hunt begins. Written by Dreamtool Entertainment.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 325
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: Germany
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, entertaining
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Tarzan and the Lost City (1998)
Plot Summary:
Tarzan returns to his homeland of Africa to save his home from destruction.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Germany, Australia
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: exciting, fairy tale, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, road movie, unusual plot structure, entertaining, melancholic, visually appealing
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Allan Quatermain and the Temple of Skulls (2008)
Plot Summary:
Filmed on location in South Africa, a retelling of H. Rider Haggard's classic novel "King Solomon's Mines," featuring the adventurer who was the inspiration for Indiana Jones.
IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: realistic, exciting, atmospheric, rough, humorous, semi serious, mockbuster, stylized
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High Adventure (2001)
Plot Summary:
Petit-fils du célèbre explorateur Allan Quaterman, Chris Quaterman ne vit que pour l'aventure. Riche et séduisant,décontacté et déterminé, il se lance au péril de sa vie et celles de ses compagnons sur les traces du trésor d'Alexandre Le Grand. Une entreprise d'autant plus périlleuse qu'il n'est pas le seul à suivre une piste piégée qui mène au bouclier, au casque et à l'épée du plus grand conquérant de l'antiquité.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 219
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: UK, Bulgaria, Canada
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, suspenseful, stylized
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The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Hollywood Follies (1994)
Plot Summary:
Indy takes a job as assistant to a Hollywood studio executive in an attempt to earn his college fees. His job is to get flamboyant and difficult director Erich Von Stroheim to complete his latest epic on time and with the budget, or else.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 660
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags:
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The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Spring Break Adventure (1999)
Plot Summary:
The sixth film in the series.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 716
Genere: Action, Adventure, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: cult film
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Escape from New York (1981)
Plot Summary:
In 1997, the island of Manhattan has been walled off and turned into a giant maximum security prison within which the country's worst criminals are left to form their own anarchic society. However, when the President of the United States crash lands on the island, the authorities turn to a former soldier and current convict, Snake Plissken, to rescue him.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 154000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, exciting, futuristic, grindhouse, serious, rough, dark, stylized, allegory, retro
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Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Plot Summary:
After arriving in India, Indiana Jones is asked by a desperate village to find a mystical stone. He agrees – and stumbles upon a secret cult plotting a terrible plan in the catacombs of an ancient palace.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 527000
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: entertaining, exciting, humorous, intense, semi serious, dieselpunk, epic, action packed, action adventure, saga
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Sahara (2005)
Plot Summary:
Scouring the ocean depths for treasure-laden shipwrecks is business as usual for a thrill-seeking underwater adventurer and his wisecracking buddy. But when these two cross paths with a beautiful doctor, they find themselves on the ultimate treasure hunt.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 102000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: UK, France, Germany, Spain, USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: exciting, entertaining, action packed, scenic, buddy comedy, hilarious, action adventure, romantic, atmospheric, action comedy
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Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Plot Summary:
When Dr. Indiana Jones – the tweed-suited professor who just happens to be a celebrated archaeologist – is hired by the government to locate the legendary Ark of the Covenant, he finds himself up against the entire Nazi regime.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 10000000
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: exciting, breathtaking, epic, atmospheric, semi serious, saga, action adventure, witty, visual, humorous
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Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1986)
Plot Summary:
After his brother Robeson disappears without a trace while exploring Africa in search of a legendary 'white tribe', Allan Quatermain decides to follow in his footsteps to learn what became of him. Soon after arriving, he discovers the Lost City of Gold, controlled by the evil lord Agon, and mined by his legions of white slaves.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: fantasy adventure, grindhouse, independent film, stylized, semi serious, fast, unusual plot structure, humorous, bad ending, harsh
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The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Treasure of the Peacock's Eye (1995)
Plot Summary:
Finds Indy vagabonding around the South Pacific on a treasure hunt for a fabled lost diamond. The war in Europe ends but a new adventure begins for Indy when a mysterious man's dying words, "The eye of the peacock!" send him and Remy on a thrilling treasure hunt for one of Alexander the Great's most prized possessions. Pursued by a dangeroud one-eyes man, Indy follows the trail of the diamond from London to Alexandria to the South Seas, where he has a run-in with a murderous band of Chinese pirates. The shipboard battle that ensues is a spectacular display of swords, guns and flying fists. Marooned by the priates on a remote desert island, Indy is captured by savage headhunters, but before they can turn him into a shrunken head and cannibal stew, he is rescued by anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski, and makes a life-altering decision.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: exciting, semi serious, fast, cult film
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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
Plot Summary:
Set during the Cold War, the Soviets – led by sword-wielding Irina Spalko – are in search of a crystal skull which has supernatural powers related to a mystical Lost City of Gold. After being captured and then escaping from them, Indy is coerced to head to Peru at the behest of a young man whose friend – and Indy's colleague – Professor Oxley has been captured for his knowledge of the skull's whereabouts.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 485000
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: entertaining, exciting, action packed, scenic, action adventure, humorous, suspenseful, saga, breathtaking, epic
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Uncharted (2022)
Plot Summary:
A descendent of explorer Sir Francis Drake uncovers the location of the legendary El Dorado. With the help of his mentor and an ambitious journalist he works to uncover its secrets while surviving on an island filled with pirates, mercenaries, and a mysterious enemy.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 246000
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: USA, Spain
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychotronic, visually appealing, epic, cult classic, action adventure, ambiguous ending, feel good, suspenseful, buddy comedy