klu9 - Marks
M (1931) NeoDB TMDB Douban IMDb WikiData
M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder
8.0 (8 ratings) director: Fritz Lang actor: Peter Lorre / Ellen Widmann
other title: M - Il mostro di Düsseldorf / Matou
In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. Beckert's heinous crimes are so repellant and disruptive to city life that he is even targeted by others in the seedy underworld network. With both cops and criminals in pursuit, the murderer soon realizes that people are on his trail, sending him into a tense, panicked attempt to escape justice.
The Amsterdam Kill (1977) WikiData TMDB IMDb
The Amsterdam Kill
director: Robert Clouse actor: Robert Mitchum / Richard Egan
other title: Poliziotto privato: un mestiere difficile / Der Tiger aus Taipeh
Former DEA Agent Quinlan, removed from the force some years earlier for stealing confiscated drug money, is hired by Chung Wei, a leader in the Amsterdam drug cartel, who wants out of the business. Quinlan's job is to use Chung's information to tip DEA agents to drug busts, thereby destroying the cartel. But when the first two "tips" go awry, resulting in murdered DEA officers, the feds must decide whether to trust Quinlan further...
March 3, 2026 watched
Robert Mitchum wants to show he's still got it, and Golden Harvest gave him the chance. But it comes off as a so-so TV movie.

Watched in the #MondayActionMovie watch party on Mastodon
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Hercules (1983) IMDb WikiData
Hercules
director: Luigi Cozzi actor: Lou Ferrigno / Sybil Danning
other title: Herkules / Hercule
Hercules, a semi-divine being, squares off against King Minos, who is attempting to use science to gain power and take over the world. With the help of a benevolent sorceress, Circe, Hercules tries to save his beloved Cassiopeia from being sacrificed by Minos, and struggles against laser-breathing creatures and an evil sorceress.
The Blues Brothers (1980) TMDB NeoDB Douban IMDb KevGa-NeoDB WikiData
The Blues Brothers
8.7 (6 ratings) director: John Landis actor: Dan Aykroyd / John Belushi
other title: The Blues Brothers - I fratelli Blues / Blues Brothers
Jake Blues, just released from prison, puts his old band back together to save the Catholic home where he and his brother Elwood were raised.
March 1, 2026 watched
One of my all time faves!

Seen multiple times over the decades. This latest watch (28 February 2026) was of the extended version (2hrs 28mins), which I missed in the #SundayFunnies watch party on Mastodon.
Musical Comedon USA 1980s Soul
The Mysterious Heroes (1978) IMDb
南龙北凤西山虎
director: Shao-Peng Chen actor: Polly Shang-Kuan Ling-Feng / Chin Kang
other title: 南龙北凤西山虎
Mysterious Heroes centers around Lau Tien, master of the deadly 13-Sword Style. Thrown into prison by a group of jealous enemies, the 13-Sword Style is rarely spoken of, let alone seen, until 20 years later, when a second swordsman going by the name of Lau Tien proves to be the world's second 13-Sword expert. Action-packed martial arts chaos ensues when the enemies of the original Lau Tien vow to destroy his successor.
Tai-Chi Master (1993) TMDB NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData
太极张三丰
8.5 (6 ratings) director: Yuen Woo-Ping actor: Jet Li / Michelle Yeoh
other title: Batalha de Honra / Tai Chi
Falsely accused for cheating in a martial arts competition, two boyhood friends are banished from their Shaolin Temple and go their separate ways. As adults, they join opposing sides in a civil war. When one betrays the other, they settle their differences mano-a-mano.
Snakes on a Plane (2006) NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
Snakes on a Plane
director: David R. Ellis actor: Samuel L. Jackson / Julianna Margulies
other title: Snakes On A Plane / Serpentes a Bordo
FBI agent Neville Flynn boards a flight from Honolulu, Hawaii to Los Angeles, escorting a key witness to testify against a mob boss at an upcoming trial. An on-board assassin releases a crate full of hundreds of deadly venomous snakes in an attempt to eliminate the witness. Flynn and a host of frightened passengers and crew must band together to survive the slithery threat.
Cooley High (1975) WikiData IMDb
Cooley High
director: Michael Schultz actor: Glynn Turman / Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
In the mid-1960s, a group of high school friends who live on the Near North Side of Chicago enjoy life to the fullest...parties, hanging out, meeting new friends. Then life changes for two of the guys when they are falsely arrested in connection with stealing a Cadillac. We follow their lives through to the dramatic end of high school.
Prom Night (1980) TMDB IMDb WikiData
Prom Night
director: Paul Lynch actor: Leslie Nielsen / Jamie Lee Curtis
other title: Non entrate in quella casa / Blodig midnat
At a high school senior prom, a masked killer stalks four teenagers who were responsible for the accidental death of a classmate six years prior.
Feb. 24, 2026 watched
A slasher that takes a long time to get to the slashing. And not enough disco dancing!

Watched in the #MondayActionMovie watch party on Mastodon
USA Canada JamieLeeCurtis 1980s Slasher
Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965) IMDb WikiData TMDB
Dr. Who and the Daleks
director: Gordon Flemyng actor: Peter Cushing / Roy Castle
other title: Dr. Who: Krig på Skaro / Dr. Who und die Daleks
Scientist Doctor Who accidentally activates his new invention, the Tardis, a time machine disguised as a police telephone box. Who, his two granddaughters Barbara and Susan, and Barbara's boyfriend Ian are transported through time and space to the planet Skaro, where a peaceful race of Thals are under threat of nuclear attack from the planet's other inhabitants: the robotic mutant Daleks.
Almost Famous (2000) Douban TMDB NeoDB IMDb
Almost Famous
7.8 (6 ratings) director: Cameron Crowe actor: Billy Crudup / Frances McDormand
other title: Quasi famosi / Quase Famosos
In 1973, 15-year-old William Miller's unabashed love of music and aspiration to become a rock journalist lands him an assignment from Rolling Stone magazine to interview and tour with the up-and-coming band, Stillwater.
Devil in a Blue Dress (1995) IMDb WikiData TMDB NeoDB Douban
Devil in a Blue Dress
director: Carl Franklin actor: Denzel Washington / Tom Sizemore
other title: Il diavolo in blu / Djævel i blåt
In late 1940s Los Angeles, Easy Rawlins is an unemployed black World War II veteran with few job prospects. At a bar, Easy meets DeWitt Albright, a mysterious white man looking for someone to investigate the disappearance of a missing white woman named Daphne Monet, who he suspects is hiding out in one of the city's black jazz clubs. Strapped for money and facing house payments, Easy takes the job, but soon finds himself in over his head.
Texas Rangers (2001) WikiData IMDb
Texas Rangers
director: Steve Miner actor: James Van Der Beek / Rachael Leigh Cook
other title: Texas Rangers : La Revanche des justiciers
Ten years after the Civil War has ended, the Governor of Texas asks Leander McNelly to form a company of Rangers to help uphold the law along the Mexican border. With a few veterans of the war, most of the recruits are young men who have little or no experience with guns or policing crime.
The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) NeoDB IMDb TMDB Douban WikiData
The Quatermass Xperiment
director: Val Guest actor: Brian Donlevy / Richard Wordsworth
other title: L'astronave atomica del dottor Quatermass / Terror Que Mata
The first manned spacecraft, fired from an English launchpad, is first lost from radar, then roars back to Earth and crashes in a farmer's field, and is found to contain only one of the three men who took off in it; and he is unable to talk but appears to be undergoing a torturous physical and mental metamorphosis.
4D Man (1959) Douban TMDB WikiData IMDb
4D Man
director: Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr. actor: Robert Lansing / Lee Meriwether
other title: Delitto in quarta dimensione / Demônio Enfurecido
Two brothers, scientists Scott and Tony Nelson, develop an amplifier which enables a person to enter a 4th dimensional state, allowing him to pass through any object. Scott experiments on himself and discovers that each time he passes through something he ages rapidly. He begins killing people, sucking out their life energies and regaining his youth as a result.
Invincible Swordswoman (1977) TMDB IMDb
冷月孤星針無情
director: Chen Ming-Hua actor: Chang Ling / Elliot Ngok Wah
other title: 冷月孤星針無情
Evil Ming dynasty eunuch bullies the emperor and forms a group of invincible kung fu fighters to defeat any competition.