Movie List for "action 2"

Caligula and Messalina (1981) Action Adventure Biography Drama History Movie

The seductive Messalina (Betty Roland) will stop at nothing to become the most powerful woman in Rome. Gaining the attention of the Emperor Caligula (Gino Turini), she soon finds herself at… Year 1981.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Director: Bruno Mattei, Antonio Passalia, Jean-Jacques Renon(co-director)
Writer: Antonio Passalia
Actors: Vladimir Brajovic, Betty Roland, Françoise Blanchard, Raul Cabrera

Mr. India (1987) Action Comedy Drama Family Musical Sci-Fi Movie

A poor but big-hearted man takes orphans into his home. After discovering his scientist father’s invisibility device, he rises to the occasion and fights to save his children and all of India from the clutches of a megalomaniac. Year 1987.

Generes: Action, Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical, Sci-Fi
Director: Shekhar Kapur
Writer: Javed Akhtar, Salim Khan
Actors: Anil Kapoor, Sridevi, Amrish Puri, Satish Kaushik

Sholay (1975) Action Adventure Comedy Drama Musical Thriller Western Movie

After his family is murdered by a notorious and ruthless bandit, a former police officer enlists the services of two outlaws to capture the bandit. Year 1975.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Musical, Thriller, Western
Director: Ramesh Sippy
Writer: Javed Akhtar, Salim Khan
Actors: Sanjeev Kumar, Dharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan, Amjad Khan

Michael Clayton (2007) Crime Drama Mystery Thriller Movie

A law firm brings in its “fixer” to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multibillion-dollar class action suit. Year 2007.

Generes: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Tony Gilroy
Writer: Tony Gilroy
Actors: Tom Wilkinson, Michael O’Keefe, Sydney Pollack, Danielle Skraastad

Deewaar (1975) Action Crime Drama Thriller Movie

Vijay struggles as a dockworker and eventually becomes a leading figure of the underworld, while his younger brother Ravi is an educated, upright policeman. This divide causes problems in their relationship. Year 1975.

Generes: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: Yash Chopra
Writer: Javed Akhtar (dialogue), Javed Akhtar (screenplay), Javed Akhtar (story), Salim Khan (dialogue), Salim Khan (screenplay), Salim Khan (story)
Actors: Amitabh Bachchan, Shashi Kapoor, Nirupa Roy, Parveen Babi

High Sierra (1941) Action Adventure Crime Drama Film-Noir Thriller Movie

After being released from prison, notorious thief Roy Earle is hired by his old boss to help a group of inexperienced criminals plan and carry out the robbery of a California resort. Year 1941.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
Director: Raoul Walsh
Writer: John Huston (screen play), W.R. Burnett (screen play), W.R. Burnett (from a novel by)
Actors: Ida Lupino, Humphrey Bogart, Alan Curtis, Arthur Kennedy

The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter (1984) Action Drama Movie

The Yang family was the loyal strong-arm of the Imperial army. But a jealous General betrays the Eilte Spearman and their father to the opposing Mongol army. After an ambush of a battle, … Year 1984.

Generes: Action, Drama
Director: Chia-Liang Liu
Writer: Chia-Liang Liu, Kuang Ni
Actors: Chia-Hui Liu, Sheng Fu, Lily Li, Kara Wai

White Heat (1949) Action Crime Drama Film-Noir Movie

A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. Year 1949.

Generes: Action, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Director: Raoul Walsh
Writer: Ivan Goff (screen play), Ben Roberts (screen play), Virginia Kellogg (suggested by a story by)
Actors: James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O’Brien, Margaret Wycherly

Kala Pani (1996) Action Drama History Movie

Govardhan, a doctor by profession, is wrongly accused of bombing a train and is jailed by the British in Cellular Jail, also known as Kala Pani, in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. He witnesses the sufferings of hundreds of Indian prisoners there. Year 1996.

Generes: Action, Drama, History
Director: Priyadarshan
Writer: T. Damodaran (screenplay), Priyadarshan (story)
Actors: Mohanlal, Amrish Puri, Prabhu, Tabu

Yella (2007) Drama Horror Romance Thriller Movie

Yella is estranged from her possessive and violent husband; but he can’t quite bring himself to give her up. When their fraught interaction finally comes to dramatic conclusion, Yella’s life takes an odd shift. Year 2007.

Generes: Drama, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Director: Christian Petzold
Writer: Christian Petzold
Actors: Nina Hoss, Devid Striesow, Hinnerk Schönemann, Burghart Klaußner

A History of Violence (2005) Drama Thriller Movie

A mild-mannered man becomes a local hero through an act of violence, which sets off repercussions that will shake his family to its very core in this action thriller. Year 2005.

Generes: Drama, Thriller
Director: David Cronenberg
Writer: John Wagner (graphic novel), Vince Locke (graphic novel), Josh Olson (screenplay)
Actors: Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, Ed Harris, William Hurt

Wheels on Meals (1984) Action Comedy Crime Romance Movie

Two Chinese friends, who operate a food truck in Barcelona, Spain, use their martial arts expertise to help their private investigator friend protect the pickpocket Sylvia, who’s been targeted by a ruthless gang. Year 1984.

Generes: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Director: Sammo Kam-Bo Hung
Writer: Edward Tang, Gwing-Gai Lee
Actors: Jackie Chan, Biao Yuen, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Benny Urquidez

City on Fire (1987) Action Adventure Crime Drama Thriller Movie

An undercover cop infiltrates a gang of thieves who plan to rob a jewelry store. Year 1987.

Generes: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: Ringo Lam
Writer: Ringo Lam (story), Sai-Shing Shum (scriptwriter), Jack Maeby (english adaptation)
Actors: Yun-Fat Chow, Yueh Sun, Danny Lee, Carrie Ng

The Path of Fire (1990) Action Crime Drama Movie

A young boy’s quest for revenge leads him to become a gangster as an adult, and with each day he becomes more and more like his enemies. Can he find vengeance and redemption? Year 1990.

Generes: Action, Crime, Drama
Director: Mukul Anand
Writer: H. Banerjee (Subtitles), Kader Khan (dialogue), Santosh Saroj (screenplay), Santosh Saroj (story)
Actors: Amitabh Bachchan, Mithun Chakraborty, Madhavi, Neelam Kothari

Zombi 57: The Zombie that couldn’t stop being no. 1 (1997) Action Comedy Crime Movie

When Ah-Gou, a smalltime Hong Kong street rascal, visits a fortune teller and hears that soon he will face a life-changing choice, he surely can’t imagine that his life reached a middle … Year 1997.

Generes: Action, Comedy, Crime
Director: Ka-Fai Wai
Writer: Ka-Fai Wai (script writer), Kam-Yuen Szeto (script writer), Matt Chow (script writer)
Actors: Ching Wan Lau, Carman Lee, Francis Ng, Ruby Wong

Escape from Alcatraz (1979) Action Biography Crime Drama Thriller Movie

Alcatraz is the most secure prison of its time. It is believed that no one can ever escape from it, until three daring men make a possible successful attempt at escaping from one of the most infamous prisons in the world. Year 1979.

Generes: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: Don Siegel
Writer: J. Campbell Bruce (book), Richard Tuggle (screenplay)
Actors: Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan, Roberts Blossom, Jack Thibeau