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Fail Safe (1964) TMDB IMDb WikiData
Fail Safe
director: Sidney Lumet actor: Henry Fonda / Walter Matthau
other title: A prova di errore / Fejl-sikker
Because of a technical defect an American bomber team mistakenly orders the destruction of Moscow. The President of the United States has but little time to prevent an atomic catastrophe from occurring.
Ladyhawke (1985) TMDB IMDb Douban WikiData
Ladyhawke
director: Richard Donner actor: Matthew Broderick / Rutger Hauer
other title: Ladyhawke og lommetyven / A Mulher Falcão
Captain Etienne Navarre is a man on whose shoulders lies a cruel curse. Punished for loving each other, Navarre must become a wolf by night whilst his lover, Lady Isabeau, takes the form of a hawk by day. Together, with the thief Philippe Gaston, they must try to overthrow the corrupt Bishop and in doing so break the spell.
Zerograd (1988) TMDB IMDb WikiData
Город Зеро
director: Karen Shakhnazarov actor: Leonid Filatov / Oleg Basilashvili
other title: Città Zero / Ville Zéro
Going on a business trip, the hero of the film suddenly finds himself in a fantastic city. It is very similar to our world, only the hidden absurdity of everyday life here has become apparent.
Nov. 27, 2025 to watch Available on Mosfilm channel on Youtube

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The Mighty Peking Man (1977) NeoDB IMDb TMDB Douban WikiData
猩猩王
director: Ho Meng-Hua actor: Evelyne Kraft / Danny Lee Sau-Yin
other title: Il gigante dell'Himalaya / Der Koloss von Konga
Word of a monster ape ten stories tall living in the Himalayas reaches fortune hunters in Hong Kong. They travel to India to capture it, but wild animals and quicksand dissuade all but Johnny, an adventurer with a broken heart. He finds the monster and discovers it's been raising a scantily-clad woman, Samantha, since she survived a plane crash years before that killed her parents. In the idyllic jungle, Johnny and Samantha fall in love. Then Johnny asks her to convince "Utam" to go to Hong Kong. Lu Tien, an unscrupulous promoter, takes over: Utam is in chains for freak show exhibitions. When Lu Tien assaults Samantha, Utam's protective instincts take over: havoc in Hong Kong.
Moon (2009) Douban NeoDB IMDb WikiData TMDB
Moon
7.7 (21 ratings) director: Duncan Jones actor: Sam Rockwell / Kevin Spacey
other title: Moon - O Outro Lado da Lua
With only three weeks left in his three-year contract, Sam Bell is eager to return to Earth. Stationed alone at a Moon-based facility with his computer assistant GERTY, an unexpected accident sets off a series of unsettling events that shake his isolation.
The Secret Agent (2025) NeoDB IMDb TMDB WikiData Douban
O Agente Secreto
8.0 (11 ratings) director: Kleber Mendonça Filho actor: Wagner Moura / Carlos Francisco
other title: L'agente segreto / O Agente Secreto
In 1977 Recife, Marcelo, a technology expert in his early forties, returns in the midst of Carnaval to reunite with his son and plot a dangerous escape under the ever-watchful eyes of Brazil’s repressive military regime.
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
9.0 (6 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.