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Plot Summary:
Fact-based story about a tracker who searches for a little girl who was lost in the desert, but suffers internally because her own children were kidnapped by her ex-husband.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 405
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
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Escape: Human Cargo (1998)
Plot Summary:
An American entrepreneur is closing a deal in Saudi Arabia in 1977. After a fallout with his influential Saudi partners, they have him arrested. Due to the US policy of noninterference in SA, the embassy won't help him. He must escape.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 477
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: informative
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Troubled Child (2012)
Plot Summary:
Inspired by true-life events, this is the sobering story of the Williams family and their process of coping with an adopted child suffering from Reactive Attachment Disorder.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 282
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological
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Black Wind (1965)
Plot Summary:
The building of a railroad under tough conditions from searing heat to freezing cold in the Sonora desert provokes clashes of passion and struggles between the engineers and the workers at the campsite. The workers also contend with sudden dust storms that are called the 'black wind'.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 303
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 127 min
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Wild Justice (1994)
Plot Summary:
Colonel Peter Stride is on the trail of a mysterious international criminal known only as Caliph.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 76
Genere: Action
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 172 min
Plot tags:
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Clementine (2004)
Plot Summary:
Kim, a Taekwondo champion decides to give up his fighting career for good in order to take care of his daughter Sa Rang. But when an evil gambling kingpin kidnaps Sa Rang, Kim must agree to fight in a rigged boxing match in exchange for Sa Rang's freedom.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: South Korea, USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: neo noir, cult film
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Ponniyin Selvan: Part Two (2023)
Plot Summary:
968 AD. The Pandyan assassins gather once again to destroy the Chola dynasty. Now the mighty Chola princes must fight the Pandyas, the Rashtrakutas and other Chola enemies who have joined forces. Also, at play are the rumours of Ponniyin Selvan’s death at sea, the powerful Pazhuvettarayar’s betrayal, and the tragic destiny of Aditha Karikalan, whose heart was long lost to the vengeful Nandini.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 164 min
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Amarkalam (1999)
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Vasu is a tough street crook who lives at a movie theater. One day while transporting the reels of a new film, he clashes with a music student Mohana. Mohana is the daughter of the Police Commissioner, who Tulsidas an ex-gang leader released from jail has an old grudge against. He tells Vasu to kidnap Mohana for two days in order to ruin the family's honor. While being held captive by Vasu, Mohana falls in love with him after hearing him sing. Vasu rejects her love, but on learning of it, Tulsidas pays him to pretend to be in love with her. By the time Tulsidas learns that his enmity with the police commissioner is false and tells Vasu to stay away from Mohana it is too late, Vasu's love has become real.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 148 min
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Sometimes a Great Notion (1971)
Plot Summary:
Hank Stamper and his father, Henry, own and operate the family business by cutting and shipping logs in Oregon. The town is furious when they continue working despite the town going broke and the other loggers go on strike ordering the Stampers to stop, however Hank continues to push his family on cutting more trees. Hank's wife wishes he would stop and hopes that they can spend more time together. When Hank's half brother Leland comes to work for them, more trouble starts.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: sincere, rough, serious, realistic, gloomy
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Escape from Zahrain (1962)
Plot Summary:
Yul Brynner plays political leader Sharif who is sprung from a police van on his way to a firing squad by young loyalists led by Sal Mineo. Yul and the other prisoners kidnap an ambulance and head into the Arabian desert with the police in hot pursuit. All the performances are magnificent: Sal Mineo showing his acting talents, Jack Warden in a wiseguy performance as an employee of Zahrain oil who was involved in embezzlement, Anthony Caruso as a slimy psychotic and the underrated Madlyn Rhue as a nurse who becomes emotionally involved in the proceedings.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 814
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: retro, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Daisy Winters (2017)
Plot Summary:
An eleven year-old girl's unconventional yet deeply loving relationship with her mother is harshly broken. Along her journey, including her quest to discover her father, she learns how to embrace every moment with determination and unrelenting self-confidence.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 352
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Prince of Central Park (2000)
Plot Summary:
A young boy sets out to find his mother. After setting up camp in Central Park, he encounters a group of people even needier than himself.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 649
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: touching, psychological, sincere, atmospheric, serious, independent film, emotional, realistic
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Disappearances (2006)
Plot Summary:
Quebec Bill Bohomme is a hardy schemer and dreamer, who, desperate to raise money to preserve his endangered herd through the rapidly approaching winter, resorts to whiskey-smuggling, a traditional family occupation. Quebec Bill takes his son, Wild Bill, on the journey. Also Henry Coville, an inscrutable whiskey smuggler, and Rat Kinneson, Quebec Bill's perpetually disconsolate ex-con hired man. Together, they cross the border into vast reaches of Canadian wilderness for an unforgettable four days "full of terror, full of wonder.".
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 659
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: sincere, atmospheric, touching, serious, captivating, realistic, independent film
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Vanishing Point (1997)
Plot Summary:
When his wife goes into a troubled labor while he is on the road over 1200 miles away James Kowalski, an ex race car driver and a former Army Ranger, attempts to elude police while trying to get home. After numerous chases he turns into a Native American reservation and reflects on his life, and his wife. He heads off to break through a police roadblock.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, road movie, suspense, grindhouse, surprise ending
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Taken Heart (2017)
Plot Summary:
When her daughter is kidnapped in Belize and held hostage to be used for human organ trafficking, Kate Johnson goes on a crusade to infiltrate the cartel and rescue her.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 561
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, entertaining
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Extortion (2017)
Plot Summary:
A doctor desperately tries to save his wife and their 5 year old son after their vacation in the Bahamas takes an unexpected turn.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: suspense, disturbing, tense, colorful, feel good, colourful, low-budget
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Beyond Justice (1991)
Plot Summary:
A woman's ex-husband, who is the son of an Arab chieftain, kidnaps their teenage son and brings him back to Morocco, where the boy is to be made the leader of the tribe. The child's mother hires a mercenary to get her son and bring him back to her.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 645
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: suspense, action thriller, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, vintage, cult film
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Mercury Plains (2016)
Plot Summary:
A troubled man runs away to Mexico and is recruited to join a paramilitary group of teens fighting the drug cartels. He proves himself to the group, but questions their motive.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, suspenseful, action adventure, exciting
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King Kong Lives (1986)
Plot Summary:
Kong falls from the twin towers and he appears to be alive!.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: scary, natural horror, independent film, serious, suspenseful, fast, crying, psychotronic, spoof, weeping
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Treasure of the Yankee Zephyr (1981)
Plot Summary:
In a lake high in the mountains of New Zealand hunter Gibbie Gibson discovers a plane wreck from WW2. When he tells it around, a gang of crooks follows and threatens him and his daughter, because they know there are 50 million dollars in the wreck. Helicopter pilot Barney helps Gibbie against them, risking his life thereby.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Australia, New Zealand, USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic, independent film
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Timepiece (1996)
Plot Summary:
Set in the 1940's, James Earl Jones as an an old clockmaker faces racism and is tried for murder when the racist is killed. However, Kevin Kilner comes forward and claims to have commmitted the crime in self defense. All the while, Kilner's family life is in disarray with various crises including his daughter catching meningitis.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 514
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, serious, realistic
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Go Toward the Light (1988)
Plot Summary:
A young couple faces the realities of life with their child who is diagnosed with AIDS.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 572
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, captivating, emotional, realistic, gloomy
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The Wind and the Lion (1975)
Plot Summary:
At the beginning of the 20th century an American woman is abducted in Morocco by Berbers. The attempts to free her range from diplomatic pressure to military intervention.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: scenic, serious, suspenseful, captivating, realistic, epic, intense, historical drama, light, romantic
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The Professionals (1966)
Plot Summary:
The Professionals is a 1966 American Western film directed by Richard Brooks. A kidnap-rescue adventure set in about 1917, it features a small group of experts heading into Mexico to free the Mexican-born wife of a wealthy Texan from several hundred bandits. The film is based on the novel A Mule for the Marquesa by Frank O'Rourke.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: retro, epic, spaghetti western, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, independent film
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Kidnapped (1995)
Plot Summary:
When Scottish young gentleman David Balfour's father dies, he leaves school to collect his inheritance from uncle Ebenezer, who in turn sells the boy as a future slave to a pirate ship. When staunch Stuart dynasty supporter Alan Breck Stewart accidentally boards the ship, he takes David along on his escape back to Edinburgh. They part and meet again repeatedly, mutually helpful against the Redcoats and respectful, although David is loyal to the English crown, but learns about its cruel oppression. Both ultimately face their adversaries.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 508
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 155 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, period drama
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Sweepers (1998)
Plot Summary:
Dolph Lundgren is Christian Erickson, a leading demolition expert trained to disarm mine fields in a humanitarian minesweeping operation in Angola. His son is killed and he discovers that mines are being planted during the war to kill people in the area.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: cliffhanger, independent film, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Rescue (1988)
Plot Summary:
A team of Navy Seals are sent to destroy a disabled submarine so it will not fall into the "wrong" hands. They complete their mission, but are captured before they can return to their base. The U.S. Government will not mount a rescue mission to free the soldiers, so their teenage children take over. The kids find a way to venture into the foreign country and then must overcome many obstacles.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: bleak, serious, independent film
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Follow the River (1995)
Plot Summary:
Mary Ingles is pregnant when she and her two sons are captured from their homestead in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains by Shawnee Indians. Her husband, Will, narrowly escapes death during the attack. Impressed by her grace under the pressure of captivity, Wildcat, the Shawnee chief, confers special privileges on Mary and her children, eventually proposing that Mary become his mate. Surprised by her attraction to the handsome brave, Mary nonetheless opts to remain faithful to Will and engineers a plan for her escape. Separated from her children, Mary joins another female settler, and together they embark on a harrowing homeward trek. Her odyssey comes full circle more than a decade later when she is finally reunited with her long-lost children.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 494
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, epic
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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.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 83000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: harsh, reflective, touching, suspenseful, tense, serious, minimal cast, rough, captivating, philosophical
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The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)
Plot Summary:
Years have passed since the Three Musketeers, Aramis, Athos and Porthos, have fought together with their friend, D'Artagnan. But with the tyrannical King Louis using his power to wreak havoc in the kingdom while his twin brother, Philippe, remains imprisoned, the Musketeers reunite to abduct Louis and replace him with Philippe.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 176000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: exciting, period piece, costume drama, suspense, atmospheric, serious, epic, gothic, political, historical drama
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Dune (2021)
Plot Summary:
A mythic and emotionally charged hero’s journey, “Dune” tells the story of Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet's exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence—a commodity capable of unlocking humanity's greatest potential—only those who can conquer their fear will survive.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 733000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 155 min
Plot tags: epic, suspense, captivating, tense, atmospheric, visual, action adventure, philosophical, futuristic, visually stunning