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Black Mask (1996)
黑俠
director: 李仁港 actor: Jet Li / 刘青云 …
other title: 黑侠 / 黑俠 …
Super-soldier recruit Tsui Chik is forced to escape with his comrades after the project is canceled. Months later, he's trying to have a quiet life as a librarian with his best friend, Inspector Shek Wai-Ho. However, a string of vicious gangland murders begins that has all the markings of Tsui's former compatriots who seem to have turned to crime. Realizing that the police are helpless, he decides to take them on himself. With a disguise, Tsui becomes the mysterious superhero known only as Black Mask.
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The Tournament (1974) WikiData IMDb TMDB
中泰拳壇生死戰
director: Huang Feng actor: Angela Mao Ying / Carter Huang Chia-Ta …
other title: Der Todestritt der Gelben Katze / 中泰拳壇生死戰
After an unsanctioned match between a Chinese martial arts student and a Thai boxer results in disgrace for the Chinese, they determine to train and salvage their master’s reputation.
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Kung Fu Deadly (2026) IMDb TMDB
Kung Fu Deadly
director: Fergal Costello actor: Steven He / Michael Tient …
Danny and Frank, two bumbling pest exterminators, cross paths with the enigmatic Lien, a Taoist guardian hunting an ancient Chinese jiangshi in Dublin. Together they set out to deal with this menace the only way they know how: extermination.
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Island of Lost Souls (1932)
Island of Lost Souls
director: Erle C. Kenton actor: Charles Laughton / Richard Arlen …
other title: L'isola delle anime perdute / Insel der verlorenen Seelen …
An obsessed scientist conducts profane experiments in evolution, eventually establishing himself as the self-styled demigod to a race of mutated, half-human abominations.
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The Old Man and the Sea (1958) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Old Man and the Sea
director: John Sturges actor: Spencer Tracy / Felipe Pazos …
other title: Il vecchio e il mare / Der alte Mann und das Meer …
Santiago is an aging, down-on-his-luck, Cuban fisherman who, after catching nothing for nearly 3 months, hooks a huge Marlin and struggles to land it far out in the Gulf Stream.
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
director: Norman Taurog actor: Tommy Kelly / May Robson …
other title: Le avventure di Tom Sawyer / Toms Abenteuer …
Tom Sawyer and his pal Huckleberry Finn have great adventures on the Mississippi River, pretending to be pirates, attending their own funeral and witnessing a murder.
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Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
Sweet Smell of Success
★ 7.2 (6 ratings) director: Alexander Mackendrick actor: Burt Lancaster / Tony Curtis …
other title: Piombo rovente / Magtens sødme …
New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion with his Broadway column, but one thing that he can't control is his younger sister, Susan, who is in a relationship with aspiring jazz guitarist Steve Dallas. Hunsecker strongly disapproves of the romance and recruits publicist Sidney Falco to find a way to split the couple, no matter how ruthless the method.
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Kings Row (1942) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Kings Row
director: Sam Wood actor: Ann Sheridan / Robert Cummings …
other title: Delitti senza castigo / Crimes sans châtiment …
Five young adults in a small American town face the revelations of secrets that threaten to ruin their hopes and dreams.
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Fire Over England (1937) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Fire Over England
director: William K. Howard actor: Flora Robson / Raymond Massey …
other title: Elisabetta d'Inghilterra / Feuer über England …
The film is a historical drama set during the reign of Elizabeth I (Flora Robson), focusing on the English defeat of the Spanish Armada, whence the title. In 1588, relations between Spain and England are at the breaking point. With the support of Queen Elizabeth I, British sea raiders such as Sir Francis Drake regularly capture Spanish merchantmen bringing gold from the New World.
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Hud (1963)
Hud
director: Martin Ritt actor: Paul Newman / Melvyn Douglas …
other title: Hud il selvaggio / Den Utæmmelige …
Hud Bannon is a ruthless young man who tarnishes everything and everyone he touches. Hud represents the perfect embodiment of alienated youth, out for kicks with no regard for the consequences. There is bitter conflict between the callous Hud and his stern and highly principled father, Homer. Hud's nephew Lon admires Hud's cheating ways, though he soon becomes too aware of Hud's reckless amorality to bear him anymore. In the world of the takers and the taken, Hud is a winner. He's a cheat, but, he explains, "I always say the law was meant to be interpreted in a lenient manner."
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Body and Soul (1947) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Body and Soul
director: Robert Rossen actor: John Garfield / Lilli Palmer …
other title: Anima e corpo / Lev farligt …
Charley Davis, against the wishes of his mother, becomes a boxer. As he becomes more successful the fighter becomes surrounded by shady characters, including an unethical promoter named Roberts, who tempt the man with a number of vices. Charley finds himself faced with increasingly difficult choices.
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Seven Days in May (1964)
Seven Days in May
director: John Frankenheimer actor: Burt Lancaster / Kirk Douglas …
other title: 7 giorni a maggio / Syv dage i maj …
A U.S. Marine Corps colonel alerts the president of a planned military coup against him.
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Grand Prix (1966) WikiData IMDb TMDB Skybridge
Grand Prix
director: John Frankenheimer actor: James Garner / Eva Marie Saint …
other title: Grande Prémio
The most daring drivers in the world have gathered to compete for the 1966 Formula One championship. After a spectacular wreck in the first of a series of races, American wheelman Pete Aron is dropped by his sponsor. Refusing to quit, he joins a Japanese racing team. While juggling his career with a torrid love affair involving an ex-teammate's wife, Pete must also contend with Jean-Pierre Sarti, a French contestant who has previously won two world titles.
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Space Boy (1973) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Space Boy
director: Renate Druks actor: Florence Marly / Stuart Thomson
Unofficial sequel to Curtis Harrington's Queen of Blood (1966). Drums and orchestration are rumoured to be by Frank Zappa.
Sept. 21, 2026 to watch Unofficial sequel to Queen of Blood (1966)
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The Purifiers (2004) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
The Purifiers
director: Richard Jobson actor: Kevin McKidd / Dominic Monaghan …
The story of martial arts clubs who have created their own city infrastructure after tiring of government initiatives. Responding to the greed and corruption creeping into the other clubs, headed by capitalist-wannabe Moses, The Purifiers battle to maintain the successful system which has rid the city of crime and violence.
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Mars Express (2023)
Mars Express
★ 7.6 (26 ratings) director: Jérémie Périn actor: Léa Drucker / Bárbara Del Sol …
other title: 火星号列车 / 火星叛客 …
In 2200, private detective Aline Ruby and her android partner Carlos Rivera are hired by a wealthy businessman to track down a notorious hacker. On Mars, they descend deep into the underbelly of the planet's capital city where they uncover a darker story of brain farms, corruption, and a missing girl who holds a secret about the robots that threatens to change the face of the universe.
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Dead of Night (1945)
Dead of Night
★ 7.8 (5 ratings) director: Charles Crichton / Robert Hamer … actor: Mervyn Johns / Roland Culver …
other title: Incubi notturni / Nattens Mysterier …
An architect, visiting an English country house, realizes the other guests are familiar from his recurring nightmare. When they share their tales of the supernatural, he is filled with a growing dread.