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Plot Summary:
After accidentally crash-landing in 2022, time-traveling fighter pilot Adam Reed teams up with his 12-year-old self on a mission to save the future.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 224000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: enigmatic, funny, mysterious, disturbing, motivational, thought provoking, emotional, entertaining, satirical, action adventure
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Men in Black: International (2019)
Plot Summary:
Continuing adventures of the crime fighting duo Jenko and Schmidt.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 144000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: China, USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: action adventure, psychotronic, action comedy, funny, sweet, epic, saga, hilarious, surprise ending, black comedy
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Boss Level (2020)
Plot Summary:
A retired special forces officer is trapped in a never-ending time loop on the day of his death.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 77000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: ambiguous ending, intense, funny, offbeat, humorous, futuristic, smart, action comedy, anamorphic, perverse
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R.I.P.D. (2013)
Plot Summary:
A recently slain cop joins a team of undead police officers working for the Rest in Peace Department and tries to find the man who murdered him. Based on the comic by Peter M. Lenkov.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 142000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: buddy comedy, not serious, stylized, exciting, entertaining, action comedy, detective, absurd, visually appealing, psychological
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Secret Headquarters (2022)
Plot Summary:
While hanging out after school, Charlie and his friends discover the headquarters of the world’s most powerful superhero hidden beneath his home. When villains attack, they must team up to defend the headquarters and save the world.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: exciting, action thriller
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Captain Marvel (2019)
Plot Summary:
The story follows Carol Danvers as she becomes one of the universe’s most powerful heroes when Earth is caught in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races. Set in the 1990s, Captain Marvel is an all-new adventure from a previously unseen period in the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 599000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: exciting, entertaining, humorous, action adventure, psychotronic, saga, inspirational, epic, slasher, smart
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)
Plot Summary:
Peter Quill, still reeling from the loss of Gamora, must rally his team around him to defend the universe along with protecting one of their own. A mission that, if not completed successfully, could quite possibly lead to the end of the Guardians as we know them.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 351000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, New Zealand, France, Canada
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: humorous, exciting, captivating, suspense, disturbing, surprise ending, touching, psychotronic, black comedy, motion capture
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X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
Plot Summary:
After the re-emergence of the world's first mutant, world-destroyer Apocalypse, the X-Men must unite to defeat his extinction level plan.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 455000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min
Plot tags: exciting, epic, intense, entertaining, suspense, saga, action adventure, surprise ending, thought provoking, humorous
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Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
Plot Summary:
Predominantly set during World War II, Steve Rogers is a sickly man from Brooklyn who's transformed into super-soldier Captain America to aid in the war effort. Rogers must stop the Red Skull – Adolf Hitler's ruthless head of weaponry, and the leader of an organization that intends to use a mysterious device of untold powers for world domination.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 883000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: heroic, exciting, psychotronic, entertaining, stylized, epic, saga, action packed, action adventure, intense
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Maximum Ride (2016)
Plot Summary:
Six children genetically cross-bred with avian DNA, complete with wings, take flight around the country to discover their origins.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: enigmatic, tense, suspense, exciting, novela, teen, surprise ending, independent film
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Free Guy (2021)
Plot Summary:
A bank teller realizes he's a background character in an open world action game.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 410000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: entertaining, humorous, heroic, captivating, exciting, feel good, uplifting, action comedy, surprise ending, fairy tale
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Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018)
Plot Summary:
Thomas leads his group of escaped Gladers on their final and most dangerous mission yet. To save their friends, they must break into the legendary Last City, a WCKD-controlled labyrinth that may turn out to be the deadliest maze of all. Anyone who makes it out alive will get answers to the questions the Gladers have been asking since they first arrived in the maze.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 157000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min
Plot tags: captivating, apocalyptic, action adventure, exciting, tense, disturbing, fairy tale, intellectual, saga, novela
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Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015)
Plot Summary:
Thomas and his fellow Gladers face their greatest challenge yet: searching for clues about the mysterious and powerful organization known as WCKD. Their journey takes them to the Scorch, a desolate landscape filled with unimaginable obstacles. Teaming up with resistance fighters, the Gladers take on WCKD’s vastly superior forces and uncover its shocking plans for them all.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 269000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min
Plot tags: exciting, futuristic, suspense, serious, absurd, intense, apocalyptic, tense, psychotronic, action adventure
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Spectral (2016)
Plot Summary:
A special-ops team is dispatched to fight supernatural being that have taken over a European city.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 63000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Hungary
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, stylized, serious, intense, tricky, suspense, futuristic, psychotronic, scenic
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G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)
Plot Summary:
From the Egyptian desert to deep below the polar ice caps, the elite G.I. JOE team uses the latest in next-generation spy and military equipment to fight the corrupt arms dealer Destro and the growing threat of the mysterious Cobra organization to prevent them from plunging the world into chaos.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 214000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: exciting, entertaining, action adventure, action packed, predictable, captivating, serious, sweet, social, saga
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Deadpool 2 (2018)
Plot Summary:
Wisecracking mercenary Deadpool battles the evil and powerful Cable and other bad guys to save a boy's life.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 627000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, New Zealand, Canada, Denmark, India, UK
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: funny, psychotronic, entertaining, bloody, action comedy, saga, action adventure, humorous, anamorphic, meta
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Dark Phoenix (2019)
Plot Summary:
Gathered together by Professor Charles Xavier to protect a world that fears and hates them, the X-Men had fought many battles, been on adventures that spanned galaxies, grappled enemies of limitless might, but none of this could prepare them for the most shocking struggle they would ever face. One of their own members, Jean Grey, has gained power beyond all comprehension, and that power has corrupted her absolutely! Now, they must decide if the life of the woman they cherish is worth the existence of the entire universe!.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 201000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: exciting, entertaining, action adventure, suspense, saga, surprise ending, psychotronic, intense, comic
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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
Plot Summary:
The next installment in the franchise and the conclusion of the “Star Wars“ sequel trilogy as well as the “Skywalker Saga“.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 482000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min
Plot tags: entertaining, saga, action adventure, surprise ending, exciting, tense, enigmatic, suspense, captivating, sad
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Bumblebee (2018)
Plot Summary:
On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie, on the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, discovers Bumblebee, battle-scarred and broken. When Charlie revives him, she quickly learns this is no ordinary yellow VW bug.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 184000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: China, USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, suspense, futuristic, psychotronic, action adventure, inspirational, saga, anime, mystic
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Bloodshot (2020)
Plot Summary:
After he and his wife are murdered, marine Ray Garrison is resurrected by a team of scientists. Enhanced with nanotechnology, he becomes a superhuman, biotech killing machine - Bloodshot. As Ray first trains with fellow super-soldiers, he cannot recall anything from his former life. But when his memories flood back and he remembers the man that killed both him and his wife, he breaks out of the facility to get revenge, only to discover that there's more to the conspiracy than he thought.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 83000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: tense, psychological, exciting, captivating, entertaining, anime, smart, cyber, cult classic, action adventure
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Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
Plot Summary:
Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his mighty future copilot Chewbacca and encounters the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 372000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: saga, action adventure, futuristic, psychotronic, exciting, captivating, epic, suspense, funny, retro
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Back to the Future Part II (1989)
Plot Summary:
Marty and Doc are at it again in this wacky sequel to the 1985 blockbuster as the time-traveling duo head to 2015 to nip some McFly family woes in the bud. But things go awry thanks to bully Biff Tannen and a pesky sports almanac. In a last-ditch attempt to set things straight, Marty finds himself bound for 1955 and face to face with his teenage parents -- again.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 563000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: futuristic, entertaining, clever, light, humorous, funny, teen, saga, cult classic, exciting
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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.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 494000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: futuristic, semi serious, exciting, epic, action adventure, tense, atmospheric, entertaining, saga, anamorphic
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Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
Plot Summary:
Major Bill Cage is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously demoted and dropped into combat. Cage is killed within minutes, managing to take an alpha alien down with him. He awakens back at the beginning of the same day and is forced to fight and die again... and again - as physical contact with the alien has thrown him into a time loop.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 721000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: futuristic, mind bending, exciting, heroic, clever, captivating, suspenseful, intense, entertaining, smart
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Tenet (2020)
Plot Summary:
Plot unknown. The project is described as an action epic revolving around international espionage.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 571000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: unusual plot structure, suspense, mindfuck, twist ending, mind blowing, mind bending, tense, surprise ending, philosophical, entertaining
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Star Trek Beyond (2016)
Plot Summary:
The USS Enterprise crew explores the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where they encounter a mysterious new enemy who puts them and everything the Federation stands for to the test.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 256000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, China
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: futuristic, entertaining, exciting, light, absurd, intense, epic, humorous, saga, action adventure
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The Tomorrow War (2021)
Plot Summary:
An ordinary man is recruited by time travellers from 30 years in the future to fight in a war against deadly aliens.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 222000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min
Plot tags: suspense, futuristic, exciting, apocalyptic, anamorphic, action adventure, tense, captivating, retro, entertaining
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Venom (2018)
Plot Summary:
When Eddie Brock acquires the powers of a symbiote, he will have to release his alter-ego "Venom" to save his life.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 525000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, China
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, epic, psychotronic, surprise ending, funny, atmospheric, psychedelic
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Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)
Plot Summary:
Super-Hero partners Scott Lang and Hope van Dyne, along with with Hope's parents Janet van Dyne and Hank Pym, and Scott's daughter Cassie Lang, find themselves exploring the Quantum Realm, interacting with strange new creatures and embarking on an adventure that will push them beyond the limits of what they thought possible.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 214000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia, Canada
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, interesting, bizarre
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Ready Player One (2018)
Plot Summary:
When the creator of a popular video game system dies, a virtual contest is created to compete for his fortune.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 471000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, India
Duration: 140 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, atmospheric, stylized, futuristic, cyber, surreal, clever, entertaining, apocalyptic
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Plot Summary:
Nearly 10 years have passed since Sarah Connor was targeted for termination by a cyborg from the future. Now her son, John, the future leader of the resistance, is the target for a newer, more deadly terminator. Once again, the resistance has managed to send a protector back to attempt to save John and his mother Sarah.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 12000000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: exciting, apocalyptic, suspense, futuristic, tense, suspenseful, cyber, action packed, breathtaking, cult classic