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1) Rat race
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Language
English
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An all-star comedy cast brings laughs from start to finish when a casino tycoon gives six money-crazed contestants the chance to win {dollar}2 million in a race from Las Vegas to New Mexico. Who will win this dash for the cash is anybody's guess, but one thing is for sure - it's going to be a hilarious ride.
3) Airport
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
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The manager of an international airport must juggle personal crises with professional responsibilities as he attempts to keep his blizzard-torn facility open to rescue a bomb-damaged jetliner.
4) Speed
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English
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Jack Traven is a L.A.P.D. SWAT team specialist. He and his partner diffuse a bomb planted in an office elevator, saving the passengers inside. Later, he is sent to diffuse a bomb that the same revenge-driven extortionist has planted on a bus. But until he does, Jack and the passengers must keep the bus speeding through the streets of Los Angeles at more than 50 miles per hour-- or the bomb will explode.
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English
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On the turbo-charged streets of Los Angeles, every night is a championship race. With nitro-boosted fury, Dominic Toretto rules the road. He turns all of his challengers into dust. He and his rival, Johnny Tran are the boldest, the baddest and the best. But now, there is a new rage out on the road. They know he's tough, they know he's fast, but what they don't know is that he's a detective with enough drive and determination to come out a winner.
6) Desperado
Language
English
Description
A mysterious Mexican guitar player searches for vengeance against the men who murdered his girlfriend.
7) Die hard
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English
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New York detective John McClane has just arrived in Los Angeles to spend Christmas with his family. As he waits for his estranged wife's office Christmas party to break up, German terrorists occupy the building, and McClane wages a one-man war to stop them.
8) Magnum Force
Series
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Detective Harry Callahan is pitted against an unexpected lawbreaker: one who carries a badge. Sharpshooting rookie motorcycle cops have turned vigilante, rubbing out crooks the courts can't touch. Their real enemy is the system. Unfortunately for them, the system is what Harry is sworn to protect.
10) Apollo 13
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English
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It had been less than a year since the first man walked on the Moon, but to the American public, Apollo 13 was just another "routine" space flight. That is until the words pierced the immense void of space: "Houston, we have a problem." Stranded in a crippled spacecraft 205,000 miles from Earth, astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, and Jack Swigert fight a desperate battle to survive. Meanwhile, at Mission Control, astronaut Ken Mattingly, flight director...
11) Cool hand Luke
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English
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Description
Lucas Jackson is a man who refuses to be nailed down, conform to rules and regulations, or fit into society, and now, he's on a chain gang. He's a likable enough guy, always smiling, always ready for a little fun. He eats 50 hard-boiled eggs on a bet and collects all the money in the camp. He's more or less like the people he hangs around with, except he won't be pushed. He knows his own mind. This makes him the only prisoner with guts enough to talk...
12) Proof of life
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English
Description
Rebels in a politically volatile Latin American country have kidnapped Alice Bowman's husband for ransom--$3million. Terry Thorne is the hostage retrieval expert who becomes Alice's only hope in navigating a high-stakes game where terrorists value money over life.
When an American man working in a South American country is kidnapped, a special agent works with the man's wife to free him.
14) The avengers
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
Mrs. Peel and Mr. Steed fight against an evil genius out to control the world with a high-tech weather machine.
15) Sholay
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
Hindi
Description
In this film, India's best-known "curry" western, two adventurous crooks are hired by ex-cop, Thakur, to hunt down the dreaded dacoit Gabbar Singh who massacred Thakur's family.
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English
Description
Doc Brown has decided to live in the Old West of the 1880's. But when he's in danger of meeting an untimely end, Marty travels back into the past to rescue him. There's just one problem: Doc is so smitten by a schoolteacher that he's become distracted. Now, it's up to Marty to keep Doc out of trouble, get the DeLorean running, and put the past, present and future on track so they can all get back to where and when they belong.
17) Batman & Robin
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
The Caped Crusader and Robin battle Mr. Freeze and Poison Ivy. Uncle Alfred is dying and his niece comes to help and becomes Batgirl.
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English
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The hunt for Red October: A new technologically superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading the the United States coast under the command of Captain Ramius. The American government thinks Ramius is planning to attack. A lone CIA analyst has a different idea: he thinks Ramius is planning to defect, but he has only a few hours to find him and prove it. At the same time, the entire Russian naval and air commands are trying to find Ramius...
20) Orca
Series
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
The epic tale of a strong, determined fisherman versus an equally determined killer whale, which seeks revenge for the killing of its mate, smashing boats, collapsing buildings and even causing enormous destruction by fire.
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