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John Q (2002) Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData NeoDB
John Q
5.6 (5 ratings) director: Nick Cassavetes actor: Denzel Washington / James Woods
other title: John Q. / John Q. - Verzweifelte Wut
John Quincy Archibald is a father and husband whose son is diagnosed with an enlarged heart and then finds out he cannot receive a transplant because HMO insurance will not cover it. Therefore, he decides to take a hospital full of patients hostage until the hospital puts his son's name on the donor's list.
BASEketball (1998) NeoDB IMDb Douban TMDB WikiData
BASEketball
director: David Zucker actor: Trey Parker / Matt Stone
other title: Sem Trapaça Não Tem Graça / Die Sportskanonen
Two losers from Milwaukee, Coop and Remer, invent a new game combining basketball with the rules of baseball. When the game becomes a huge success, they, along with a billionaire's help, form the Professional Baseketball League where everyone gets the same pay and no team can change cities. When a rival owner wants to institute major rule changes, Coop and Remer's team is the only one standing in the way.
Glass (2019) Douban TMDB IMDb NeoDB WikiData
Glass
7.4 (10 ratings) director: M. Night Shyamalan actor: James McAvoy / Bruce Willis
other title: Glass (Cristal)
In a series of escalating encounters, former security guard David Dunn uses his supernatural abilities to track Kevin Wendell Crumb, a disturbed man who has twenty-four personalities. Meanwhile, the shadowy presence of Elijah Price emerges as an orchestrator who holds secrets critical to both men.
Jason and the Argonauts (1963) TMDB Douban IMDb WikiData
Jason and the Argonauts
director: Don Chaffey actor: Todd Armstrong / Nancy Kovack
other title: Gli Argonauti / Jason og det gyldne skind
Jason, a fearless sailor and explorer, returns to his home land of Thessaly after a long voyage to claim his rightful throne. He learns, however, that he must first find the magical Golden Fleece. To do so, he must embark on an epic quest fraught with fantastic monsters and terrible perils.
Half a Loaf of Kung Fu (1978) NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
招半式闖江湖
director: Chen Chi-Hwa actor: Jackie Chan / James Tien Chun
other title: Karate Bomber / Le Protecteur
A young daydreamer assumes the identity of a dead martial arts hero and quickly finds himself caught up in a plot by several clans to steal famous martial arts artifacts being transported by an escort company.
A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box (1995) Douban NeoDB TMDB WikiData IMDb
西遊記第壹佰零壹回之月光寶盒
8.7 (19 ratings) director: Jeffrey Lau actor: Stephen Chow / Karen Mok
other title: Chinese Odyssey (Part I), A / A Chinese Odyssey Part One - Pandora's Box
When the Goddess of Happiness tosses the Longevity Monk and his disciples out of heaven (because the Monkey King tried to attain immortality), the Monkey King is reincarnated as the Joker. He now spends his time chasing two jealous women. When one of them is dying, the Joker goes back in time in an attempt to save her.
Animal Crackers (1930) TMDB IMDb
Animal Crackers
director: Victor Heerman actor: Groucho Marx / Harpo Marx
other title: Det tossede hus / Os Galhofeiros
The well-known explorer and hunter Captain Spaulding has just returned from Africa, and is being welcomed home with a lavish party at the estate of influential society matron Mrs. Rittenhouse when a valuable painting goes missing. The intrepid Captain Spaulding attempts to solve the crime with the help of his silly secretary Horatio Jamison, while sparring with the anarchic Signor Emanuel Ravelli and his nutty sidekick The Professor.
Turkey Shoot (1982) NeoDB IMDb TMDB Douban WikiData
Turkey Shoot
director: Brian Trenchard-Smith actor: Steve Railsback / Olivia Hussey
other title: Fangejagten / Insel der Verdammten
In the near future, after an unspecified holocaust, survivors are herded into prison camps. There, they are hunted for sport by the leaders of the camp. Paul, one of the newest prisoners, is determined not to go down as quietly as the others.
Throne of Blood (1957) Douban IMDb TMDB NeoDB WikiData
蜘蛛巣城
director: Akira Kurosawa actor: Toshirō Mifune / Isuzu Yamada
other title: Il trono di sangue / Blodets trone
Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spirit's prophecy comes true, Washizu's scheming wife, Asaji, presses him to speed up the rest of the spirit's prophecy by murdering his lord and usurping his place. Director Akira Kurosawa's resetting of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" in feudal Japan is one of his most acclaimed films.
FantastiCozzi (2016) TMDB IMDb WikiData
FantastiCozzi
director: Felipe M. Guerra actor: Luigi Cozzi / Caroline Munro
A feature-length documentary about the life and career of Italian director Luigi Cozzi and his obsession with Science Fiction and Fantasy.
The Adventures of Hercules (1985) IMDb WikiData
The Adventures of Hercules
director: Luigi Cozzi actor: Lou Ferrigno / Milly Carlucci
other title: Le avventure dell'incredibile Ercole / Die neuen Abenteuer des Herkules
Hercules searches for the Seven Thunderbolts of Zeus, which have been stolen by renegade gods.
One, Two, Three (1961) NeoDB IMDb TMDB Douban WikiData
One, Two, Three
8.0 (11 ratings) director: Billy Wilder actor: James Cagney / Horst Buchholz
other title: Uno, due, tre! / Cupido Não Tem Bandeira
C.R. MacNamara is a managing director for Coca Cola in West Berlin during the Cold War, just before the Wall is put up. When Scarlett, the rebellious daughter of his boss, comes to West Berlin, MacNamara has to look after her, but this turns out to be a difficult task when she reveals to be married to a communist.
The Damned: Don't You Wish That We Were Dead (2015) WikiData IMDb
The Damned: Don't You Wish That We Were Dead
director: Wes Orshoski actor: Dave Vanian / Captain Sensible
other title: The Damned: Don’t You Wish That We Were Dead
From Lemmy filmmaker Wes Orshoski comes the story of the long-ignored pioneers of punk: The Damned, the first U.K. punks on wax and the first to cross the Atlantic. This authorized film includes appearances from Chrissie Hynde, Mick Jones (The Clash), Lemmy and members of Pink Floyd, Black Flag, GNR, the Sex Pistols, Blondie, Buzzcocks, and more. Shot around the globe over three years, the film charts the band's complex history and infighting, as it celebrated its 35th anniversary and found its estranged former members striking out on their own anniversary tour, while still others battle cancer.
Peking Opera Blues (1986) NeoDB TMDB IMDb WikiData Douban
刀馬旦
7.8 (6 ratings) director: Tsui Hark actor: Brigitte Lin / Sally Yeh
other title: Peking Action Blues / Peking opera blues
In 1913 Beijing, three fierce women—disguised rebel Tsao Wan, jewel-seeking Sheung Hung, and opera heiress Pat Neil—embark on a daring quest filled with intrigue and betrayal, challenging societal norms amidst political turmoil and the vibrant world of Peking Opera.
The Killer Elite (1975) TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Killer Elite
director: Sam Peckinpah actor: James Caan / Robert Duvall
other title: Killer Elite / Assassinos de Elite
Mike Locken is one of the principal members of a group of freelance spies. A significant portion of their work is for the CIA, and while on a case for them one of his friends turns on him and shoots him in the elbow and knee. His assignment, to protect someone, goes down in flames. He is nearly crippled, but with braces is able to again become mobile. For revenge as much as anything else, Mike goes after his ex-friend.
Lake Placid (1999) IMDb TMDB
Lake Placid
director: Steve Miner actor: Bill Pullman / Bridget Fonda
other title: Lake Placid - Il terrore corre sul lago / Pânico no Lago
When a man is eaten alive by an unknown creature, the local Game Warden teams up with a paleontologist from New York to find the beast. Add to the mix an eccentric philanthropist with a penchant for "Crocs", and here we go! This quiet, remote lake is suddenly the focus of an intense search for a crocodile with a taste for live animals...and people!
Come Drink with Me (1966) NeoDB TMDB IMDb WikiData Douban
大醉俠
7.1 (7 ratings) director: King Hu actor: Cheng Pei-Pei / Elliot Ngok Wah
other title: Le implacabili lame di rondine d'oro / O Grande Mestre Beberrão
Golden Sparrow is a fighter-for-hire who has been contracted by the local government to retrieve the governor's kidnapped son. Holding him is a group of rebels who are demanding that their leader be released from prison in return for the captured son. After a brief encounter with the gang at a local restaurant, Golden Sparrow is joined by an inebriated wanderer Drunken Cat who aids her in her mission.