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Flesh for Frankenstein (1973) TMDB WikiData IMDb
Flesh for Frankenstein
director: Paul Morrissey actor: Joe Dallesandro / Udo Kier
other title: Il mostro è in tavola... barone Frankenstein / Frankenstein
Within the decadent walls of the Frankenstein mansion, the Baron and his depraved assistant Otto have discovered the means of creating new life. As the Baron's laboratory begins to fill up with stitched body parts, the Baroness dallies with the randy new manservant and soon the decadent, permissive household is consumed by an outrageous, bizarre and hilarious combination of death and dismemberment.
High and Low (1963) TMDB Douban IMDb WikiData NeoDB
天国と地獄
9.2 (5 ratings) director: Akira Kurosawa actor: Toshirō Mifune / Tatsuya Nakadai
other title: Anatomia di un rapimento / Himmel og helvede
In the midst of an attempt to take over his company, a powerhouse executive is hit with a huge ransom demand when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped by mistake.
Absolute Beginners (1986) IMDb WikiData
Absolute Beginners
director: Julien Temple actor: Eddie O'Connell / Patsy Kensit
other title: Principiantes / Absolute Beginners – Junge Helden
A musical adaptation of Colin MacInnes' novel about life in late 1950s London. Nineteen-year-old photographer Colin is hopelessly in love with model Crepe Suzette, but her relationships are strictly connected with her progress in the fashion world. So Colin gets involved with a pop promoter and tries to crack the big time. Meanwhile, racial tension is brewing in Colin's Notting Hill housing estate...
Election (2005) TMDB IMDb NeoDB Douban WikiData
黑社會
7.9 (17 ratings) director: Johnnie To actor: Simon Yam / Tony Leung Ka-fai
other title: Election 1 / 黑社會
After losing an election to become chairman of the Wo Lin Shing triad, a gang leader lashes out and tries to seize the dragon-head baton, the official symbol of a chairman's authority.
Pedicab Driver (1989) NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData
群龍戲鳳
director: Sammo Hung Kam-Bo actor: Sammo Hung Kam-Bo / Nina Li Chi
other title: 群龍戲鳳
Lo Tung and his friend Malted Candy, pedicab drivers working the streets of Macao, have both fallen in love. The problem is that both their objects of affection - one a baker, the other a prostitute - are working under cruel and lecherous bosses. Somehow, the pair must find a way to win the ladies' hearts and free them from their unpleasant jobs.
The Club (1981) WikiData IMDb
舞廳
director: Kirk Wong Chi-Keung actor: Michael Chan Wai-Man / Norman Tsui
other title: 舞廳
Mainly the story of Sai, a rascal who works at a gang-operated nightclub, and his conflicts with a rival gang.
Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (1978) NeoDB Douban TMDB WikiData IMDb
蛇形刁手
director: Yuen Woo-Ping actor: Jackie Chan / Simon Yuen Siu-Tien
other title: Il serpente all'ombra dell'aquila / Die Schlange im Schatten des Adlers
Everyone abuses and humiliates a downtrodden orphan until he befriends an old man, who turns out to be the last master of the snake fist fighting style. Jackie becomes the old man's student and finds himself in battle with the master of the eagle's claw style, who has vowed to destroy the snake fist clan.
Nov. 23, 2025 to watch
Five Fingers of Death (1972) NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData
天下第一拳
director: Jeong Chang-hwa actor: Lo Lieh / Wang Ping
other title: Cinque dita di violenza / Zhao, der Unbesiegbare
A young boxer joins a martial arts school to increase his skill so he can enter a martial arts competition. He leaves the school when he hears that a local gangster is terrorizing the town. He comes to the aid of a young singer and brings on the wrath of the local gang. He eventually enters the martial arts competition after learning iron palm technique and takes out all competition.
The Screaming Tiger (1973) IMDb WikiData
唐人票客
director: Chien Lung actor: Jimmy Wang Yu / Liu Ping
other title: Wang Yu - Stärker als tausend Kamikaze / Mano de hacha (El hacha del dragón)
Rare was the film in 1973 that incorporated the star's name in the title. One of the few such films was Screaming Ninja, aka Wang Yu, King of Boxing. The story is set in China in the early 1900x. Essentially playing an extension of himself, action-star Wang-Yu spends much of the time defending himself against evil martial-arts masters. He also tries to make sense of a tragic incident in his past.
The Chinese Boxer (1970) TMDB NeoDB IMDb Douban WikiData
龍虎鬪
director: Jimmy Wang Yu actor: Jimmy Wang Yu / Lo Lieh
other title: La morte nella mano / Wang Yu - Sein Schlag war tödlich
Lei Ming, a noble young martial arts student who doesn't know the meaning of giving up. He faces a treacherous, blood-thirsty Japanese karate expert, which leads to many memorable battles as well as several unforgettable training sequences.
The One-Armed Swordsman (1967) NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData
獨臂刀
director: Chang Cheh actor: Jimmy Wang Yu / Lisa Chiao Chiao
other title: Mantieni l'odio per la tua vendetta / A Raiva do Tigre
A noble swordsman, whose arm had been chopped off, returns to his former teacher to defend him from a villainous gang of rival swordsmen.
The Boxer's Omen (1983) NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
director: Kuei Chih-Hung actor: Phillip Ko Fai / Elvis Tsui Kam-Kong
other title: Mo
After his brother was crippled in the ring by a cheating Thai boxer, Chan Hung goes to Thailand to avenge his brother, and finds the key to an omen which may release their family from an ancient curse. He is then caught up in a spiraling web of fate, Buddhist curses, and black magic.
Security (2017) NeoDB IMDb Douban TMDB WikiData
Security
director: Alain Desrochers actor: Antonio Banderas / Ben Kingsley
other title: Assalto ao Shopping
An ex-special services veteran, down on his luck and desperate for work, takes a job as a security guard at a run-down mall in a rough area of town. On his first night on the job, he opens the door to a distraught and desperate young girl who has fled the hijacking of a Police motorcade that was transporting her to testify as a witness in a trial. Hot on her heels is the psychopathic hijacker and his team of henchmen, who will stop at nothing to extract and eliminate the witness.
Night and Fog in Japan (1960) NeoDB TMDB Douban WikiData IMDb
日本の夜と霧
director: Nagisa Ōshima actor: Miyuki Kuwano / Fumio Watanabe
other title: Notte e nebbia in Giappone / Nacht und Nebel über Japan
Long takes and a highly theatrical visual approach combine to form a tense and confrontational look at the decline of a socialist student activists' movement in Japan.
Nov. 22, 2025 to watch "A film about the failure of left-wing anti-imperialists. '16 years later, nothing much had changed,' to quote a more recent one on the same theme... Highly theatrical and innovative." 4/5
@ishmaellasting@mastodonapp.uk
1960s Drama Japan
New Wave (2025) IMDb NeoDB Douban
New Wave
5.8 (5 ratings) director: Richard Linklater actor: Guillaume Marbeck / Zoey Deutch
other title: Nouvelle Vague
After writing for Cahiers du cinéma, young Godard decides making films is the best film criticism. He gets Beauregard to fund a low-budget feature, creating a treatment with Truffaut about a gangster couple.
Primitive War (2025) WikiData IMDb
Primitive War
director: Luke Sparke actor: Jeremy Piven / Tricia Helfer
During the Vietnam War, a recon unit ventures to an isolated jungle valley to uncover the fate of a missing platoon. They soon find themselves in a fight for their lives against an unexpected enemy — prehistoric dinosaurs.
Trouble in Mind (1985) IMDb WikiData
Trouble in Mind
director: Alan Rudolph actor: Kris Kristofferson / Keith Carradine
other title: Stati di alterazione progressiva / Vidas em Conflito
The lives of an ex-con, a coffee-shop owner, and a young couple looking to make it rich intersect in the hypnotic Rain City.
Nov. 22, 2025 to watch https://watch.plex.tv/en-GB/movie/trouble-in-mind
https://tubitv.com/es-mx/movies/264339/trouble-in-mind

"standout... a flawed, timely, neo-noir set in the fascist future of the 80’s"
@ryan@social.miyaku.media
1980s AlanRudolph AlbertHall DirkBlocker Divine
The Octagon (1980) WikiData IMDb
The Octagon
director: Eric Karson actor: Chuck Norris / Karen Carlson
other title: Mænd uden nåde / A Fortaleza Secreta
Scott James, a veteran martial arts expert, is recruited as the protector of the wealthy and beautiful Justine after she becomes the target of a ninja clan. When Scott finds out that his ruthless arch-nemesis, McCarn , is involved with the stealthy and dangerous criminals, he is eager to settle old scores. Soon Scott is facing off against McCarn and the entire ninja horde in an effort to take them all down.
The Impostors (1998) IMDb WikiData
The Impostors
director: Stanley Tucci actor: Oliver Platt / Stanley Tucci
other title: Gli imbroglioni / Os Impostores
Wrongly accused of physically abusing a fellow actor, starving thespians Arthur and Maurice find themselves pursued by the law aboard a cruise ship.