Mel Gibson
42) Dangerous
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English
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After the mysterious death of his brother, a reformed sociopath on parole sets off in search of answers and must contend with mercenaries on a remote island with the FBI in pursuit.
43) The bounty
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English
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A remake of the story that claims to expose "the truth behind the legend" of the Bounty mutiny. In doing so it provides a stirring and dramatic portrait of the delicately balanced friendship between Christian and Bligh.
44) Tequila sunrise
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English
Description
Mac McKussic has decided to quit the drug-smuggling business, but it won't quit him. Nick Frescia, the cop assigned to reel in boyhood pal Mac, and a sexy restaurateur make for sexy, tough, volatile thriller.
45) Apocalypto
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Mayan
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As the Mayan kingdom faces its decline, the rulers insist the key to prosperity is to build more temples and offer human sacrifices. Jaguar Paw is a young man who is captured for sacrifice, but flees to avoid his fate. He is taken on a perilous journey to a world that is ruled by fear and oppression, where a harrowing end awaits him. Through a twist of fate and spurred by the power of his love for his woman and his family he will make a desperate...
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English
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The founder: Directed by John Lee Hancock (Saving Mr. Banks), The Founder features the true story of how Ray Kroc (Michael Keaton), a struggling salesman from Illinois, met Mac and Dick McDonald, who were running a burger operation in 1950s Southern California. Kroc was impressed by the brothers' speedy system of making the food and saw franchise potential. Writer Robert Siegel (The Wrestler) details how Kroc maneuvered himself into a position to...
47) The patriot
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English
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A hero of the French and Indian conflict, Benjamin Martin had renounced fighting forever to raise his family in peace. However, when British troops arrive at his South Carolina home and endanger his family, he takes up arms alongside his idealistic patriot son, Gabriel.
48) We Were Soldiers
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English
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Lt. Col. Hal Moore is the commander of the First Battalion, Seventh Cavalry. As part of the Pleiku Campaign of late 1965, Moore is assigned to action at Landing Zone X-Ray in the Ia Drang Valley, an area known to be overrun by North Vietnamese troops and nicknamed "The Valley of Death." Moore soon finds himself and his men contained to an area about the size of a football field, surrounded by more than 2,000 enemy troops and engaged in the first major...
49) The road warrior
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English
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Max is loner who drives the roads of the Australian outback on an unending search for gasoline. Fighting against him and the other scraggly defenders of a fuel-depot encampment are the bizarre warriors commanded by The Humungus.
50) The patriot
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English
Description
A hero of the French and Indian conflict, Benjamin Martin had renounced fighting forever to raise his family in peace. However, when British troops arrive at his South Carolina home and endanger his family, he takes up arms alongside his idealistic patriot son, Gabriel.
51) Machete kills
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English
Description
In his latest mission, Machete is recruited by the U.S. President to stop a crazed global terrorist who is planning to start a nuclear war. Meanwhile, Machete has a bounty on his head, and he faces death from a series of deadly assassins.
52) Hot seat
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English
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"IT expert Friar finds a hair-trigger bomb strapped to his desk chair. An unseen hacker orders him to steal digital funds online or have his daughter abducted. As a fearless bomb expert arrives on the scene, the hacker frames Friar as the bomber. The tension mounts as Friar races to clear his name and expose the real terrorist without getting himself blown to smithereens"--Container.
53) Fatman
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English
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Description
Santa's workshop is in financial peril and to make matters worse, a disgruntled boy puts a sizable hit on the fatman's head after receiving a lump of coal for Christmas.
55) Panama
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English
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Set during the political upheaval of 1989 when the U.S. is on the brink of invading Panama, a former marine is hired by a CIA operative for a top-secret arms trade mission.
57) Payback
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English
Description
Mel Gibson is Porter, a career criminal bent on revenge after his partners in a street heist betray him.
58) Desperation road
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English
Description
"In a small Mississippi town, justice and the law are two very different things. A modern noir-thriller based on the acclaimed novel by Michael Farris Smith. Two lost souls, tortured by the mistakes of their past, are bound by a secret that keeps them running"--Container.
59) Mad Max
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English
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In the ravaged near future, a savage motorcycle gang rules the road. Terrorizing innocent civilians while tearing up the streets, the ruthless gang laughs in the face of a police force hell-bent on stopping them. But they underestimate one officer: Max Rockatansky. And when the bikers brutalize Max's best friend and family, they send him into a mad frenzy that leaves him with only revenge to live for.
60) Lethal weapon 3
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English
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Further action by Riggs and Murtagh, L.A. police detectives, whose work routine is anything but routine, joined by an Internal Affairs investigator who loves taking risks as much as Riggs does.