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83
7.6
/230133/
75
/7183/
74
/4468/
3.8
/279128/
91
/116/
85
/4859/
90
/10/
cc age 8+

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
After an encounter with UFOs, an electricity linesman feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.
poster
76
6.8
/44703/
70
/1604/
66
/649/
3.7
/88302/
98
/49/
78
/1515/
82
/21/
cc age 17+

Repo Man (1984)
A down and out young punk gets a job working with a seasoned repo man, but what awaits him in his new career is a series of outlandish adventures revolving around aliens, the CIA, and a most wanted '64 Chevy.
poster
Kanopy
74
6.9
/91844/
71
/3241/
66
/1625/
3.4
/58426/
92
/52/
69
/1120/
71
/8/
cc age 16+

48 Hrs. (1982)
A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
72
7.9
/37109/
81
/909/
81
/1466/
4.0
/22049/
64
/14/
94
/1853/
47
/12/

Bound by Honor (1993)
Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on half-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. It opens in 1972, as the three are members of an East L.A. gang known as the "Vatos Locos", and the story focuses on how a violent crime and the influence of narcotics alter their lives. Miklo is incarcerated and sent to San Quentin, where he makes a "home" for himself. Cruz becomes an exceptional artist, but a heroin addiction overcomes him with tragic results. Paco becomes a cop and an enemy to his "carnal", Miklo.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
70
6.9
/14365/
68
/407/
66
/272/
3.5
/9641/
80
/25/
73
/224/
68
/15/

The Long Riders (1980)
The origins, exploits and the ultimate fate of the James gang is told in a sympathetic portrayal of the bank robbers made up of brothers who begin their legendary bank raids because of revenge.
poster
68
7.1
/63024/
69
/1872/
64
/828/
3.5
/105779/
78
/114/
79
/3804/
47
/14/
cc age 7+

Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)
The eccentric and childish Pee-wee Herman embarks on a big adventure when his beloved bicycle is stolen. Armed with information from a fortune-teller and a relentless obsession with his prized possession, Pee-wee encounters a host of odd characters and bizarre situations as he treks across the country to recover his bike.
poster
67
6.7
/9647/
69
/260/
62
/182/
3.6
/9703/
80
/10/
60
/99/
51
/16/

Extreme Prejudice (1987)
Lean, mean Texas Ranger Jack Benteen locks horns with a former friend, Cash Bailey, now a ruthless drug kingpin. Though they're on opposite sides of the law, they share a love interest in the sensual Sarita. When a crew of rogue soldiers descends upon the border town for an off-the-books mission, all roads lead to a bloody, to-the-death showdown, as loyalties shift and the lines between good and evil are blurred.
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Netflix
63
6.6
/14965/
69
/398/
63
/276/
3.2
/7282/
52
/21/
52
/144/
58
/22/

Geronimo: An American Legend (1993)
The Apache Indians have reluctantly agreed to settle on a US Government approved reservation. Not all the Apaches are able to adapt to the life of corn farmers. One in particular, Geronimo, is restless. Pushed over the edge by broken promises and necessary actions by the government, Geronimo and thirty or so other warriors form an attack team which humiliates the government by evading capture, while reclaiming what is rightfully theirs.
poster
Kanopy
62
6.4
/11371/
63
/265/
62
/149/
3.0
/3381/
69
/119/
57
/322/
61
/35/
cc age 16+

Criminal (2004)
Needing a new partner capable of intricate cons, Richard Gaddis, recruits Rodrigo, a crook with a perfect poker face. The two plan a big-time scam: selling a fake Silver Certificate to currency collector William Hannigan. Rodrigo distrusts his new associate, but needs money to help out his ill father. The situation becomes more complicated when Rodrigo falls for Gaddis' sister, Valerie, drawing another player into the game.
poster
MGM Plus
62
6.5
/16948/
69
/525/
60
/230/
3.2
/13985/
63
/24/
58
/269/
49
/14/

Running Scared (1986)
Two street-wise Chicago cops have to shake off some rust after returning from a Key West vacation to pursue a drug dealer that nearly killed them in the past.
poster
61
6.1
/80542/
64
/2363/
62
/1548/
3.0
/31718/
67
/27/
38
/684/
61
/13/

Red Heat (1988)
A tough Russian policeman is forced to partner up with a cocky Chicago police detective when he is sent to Chicago to apprehend a Georgian drug lord who killed his partner and fled the country.
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64
56
6.6
/4695/
66
/115/
64
/82/
3.8
/13384/
47
/15/
66
/141/

Walker (1987)
William Walker and his mercenary corps enter Nicaragua in the middle of the 19th century in order to install a new government by a coup d'etat.
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Amazon Prime Video
71
55
6.3
/2295/
65
/57/
58
/40/
3.2
/1106/
100
/5/
71
/34/
78
/10/

Barbarosa (1982)
Karl Westover, an inexperienced farm boy, runs away after unintentionally killing a neighbor, whose family pursues him for vengeance. He meets Barbarosa, a gunman of near-mythical proportions, who is himself in danger from his father-in-law Don Braulio, a wealthy Mexican rancher. Don Braulio wants Barbarosa dead for marrying his daughter against the father's will. Barbarosa reluctantly takes the clumsy Karl on as a partner, as both of them look to survive the forces lining up against them.
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52
6.4
/63177/
67
/1569/
63
/940/
3.1
/19589/
42
/33/
51
/1155/
44
/24/
cc age 16+

Last Man Standing (1996)
John Smith is a mysterious stranger who is drawn into a vicious war between two Prohibition-era gangs. In a dangerous game, he switches allegiances from one to another, offering his services to the highest bidder. As the death toll mounts, Smith takes the law into his own hands in a deadly race to stay alive.
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62
51
5.2
/1727/
54
/44/
53
/40/
2.7
/1971/
73
/66/
82
/6069/
70
/8/

Big Trouble (1986)
Leonard Hoffman is an insurance salesman struggling to make ends meet. The fact that he has triplet sons who all want to go to Yale isn't making things any easier. Blanche Rickey is also worried about money; her husband is a millionaire with a weak heart, and she worries that he'll blow through all his cash before he finally dies. When Blanche meets Leonard, she devises a murderous plan that she claims will fix both their problems.
poster
51
5.6
/2975/
61
/50/
53
/43/
3.1
/3589/
30
/10/
58
/114/

Straight to Hell (1987)
A gang of bank robbers with a suitcase full of money go to the desert to hide out. After burying the loot, they find their way to a surreal town full of cowboys who drink an awful lot of coffee.
poster
49
5.7
/843/
50
/16/
54
/19/
3.1
/362/
20
/5/
36
/1/

Heart Beat (1980)
An exploration of the relationship between Beat Generation writers Jack Kerouac and Neal Cassady, and Cassady's wife, Carolyn.
poster
48
5.8
/38467/
60
/1037/
58
/661/
2.6
/28651/
39
/28/
48
/845/
34
/7/

1941 (1979)
In the days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, panic grips California, where a military officer leads a mob chasing a Japanese sub.
poster
The Roku Channel
47
5.7
/4950/
62
/114/
57
/100/
2.8
/1596/
21
/14/
29
/44/

Sunset (1988)
Tom Mix and Wyatt Earp team up to solve a murder at the Academy Awards in 1929 Hollywood.
poster
43
5.4
/786/
41
/5/
42
/13/
3.1
/265/
22
/2/

The Last Married Couple in America (1980)
Jeff and Mari Thompson are contently married, but they are stunned to see many of their friends and neighbors going through separations and divorces. Seemingly surrounded by people with domestic problems, Jeff and Mari begin to question their own relationship.
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Amazon Prime Video
45
39
5.2
/4200/
47
/133/
49
/87/
2.8
/5834/
23
/59/

Dollman (1991)
Brick Bardo is a traveller from outer space who is forced to land on Earth. Though regular sized on his home planet, he is doll-sized here on Earth, as are the enemy forces who have landed as well. While Brick enlists the help of an impoverished girl and her son, the bad guys enlist the help of a local gang. When word leaks out as to his location, and all hell breaks loose, Brick is besieged by an onslaught of curious kids, angry gang members, and his own doll-sized enemies, and he must protect the family who has helped him and get off the planet alive.
poster
MGM Plus
49
38
5.5
/2783/
54
/116/
56
/58/
2.8
/2729/
27
/28/

After Midnight (1989)
A college professor teaching a course called "The Psychology of Fear" brings his students (including a psychic) to his home, one dark and stormy night to tell scary stories. The first involves a young couple whose car breaks down by an old, abandoned house. The second has four trendy teenage girls getting lost in a bad part of town and chased by a pack of vicious dogs. Last, a woman on crutches confronting a stalker at the answering service where she works the night shift.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
37
4.6
/12034/
54
/310/
46
/192/
2.3
/6866/
15
/13/
33
/582/
cc age 9+

Suburban Commando (1991)
Shep Ramsey is an interstellar hero, righting wrongs, etc. His ship is damaged after a fight with an interstellar nasty and he must hide out on Earth until it can recharge. He leaves his power suit at home, but still finds himself unable to allow wrongs to go unrighted and so mixes it up with bad drivers, offensive paperboys, muggers and the like.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
56
36
6.0
/2666/
60
/37/
60
/48/
3.1
/946/
38
/510/

Borderline (1980)
Jeb Maynard is a patrolman guarding the U.S.-Mexican border, whose partner and buddy Scooter has just been murdered. Maynard knows that a smuggler of illegal aliens is responsible for Scooter's death, but the feds insist that drug dealers committed the crime.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
59
33
6.0
/1367/
60
/54/
55
/33/
3.1
/670/
60
/321/

El Diablo (1990)
When mild-mannered teacher Billy Ray Smith (Anthony Edwards) vows to bring a student's kidnapper to justice, he needs a bit of help. Lacking any cowboy skills of his own, he signs on a speedy gunslinger (Joe Pantoliano) and a no-nonsense cowboy (Louis Gossett Jr.) to help. Now, Smith may just have a chance at capturing his man: the merciless bandit El Diablo (Robert Beltran).
poster
55
25
6.1
/1087/
59
/21/
52
/17/
3.4
/2271/
38
/7/

Walking the Edge (1985)
A Los Angeles taxi driver helps a distraught woman on the run from gangsters after they murder her husband and young son.
poster
37
20
4.4
/1522/
44
/37/
47
/29/
2.5
/1114/
24
/12/
18
/8/

Blue City (1986)
Returning to the small Florida town where he grew up, Billy Turner learns that his father has been killed. With little help from the police, Billy will take matters into his own hands and go up against a ruthless local mob boss in a desperate search to find the killer.
poster
45
15
5.2
/522/
41
/9/
52
/16/
3.0
/431/
36
/7/
32
/4/

Stand Alone (1985)
A World War II vet is pushed to the limit when gang members and drug dealers take over his neighborhood.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
40
12
4.7
/996/
60
/17/
43
/17/
3.1
/392/
20
/5/
9
/3/

The Winner (1996)
A long lucky streak makes a nice guy the target of opportunists like his brother, his girlfriend, and some guys from New Jersey.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
49
6
5.4
/396/
43
/13/
39
/10/
62
/2/

Across the Line (2000)
Across the Line (2000) is a truthful representation of both hope and corruption, focusing on critical events transpiring at America's border with Mexico and known both to those who live on the "line" (physical and metaphorical) and to those with the courage to cross it. Further it is a fine example of the filmmaker's art, featuring convincing portrayals underpinned by a convincing script and the directorial talent of Martin Spottl.
poster
50
?
5.4
/261/
53
/3/
48
/4/
48
/7/

American Tragedy (2000)
Johnnie Cochran defends O.J. Simpson who is on trial for his wife's murder.
poster
57
?
6.4
/189/
55
/4/
53
/3/

Police Story: The Freeway Killings (1987)
Thriller/Drama about LAPD detectives tracking down two serial killers who are murdering hookers.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
47
?
5.4
/438/
57
/9/
47
/6/
31
/8/

Rio Diablo (1993)
Kenny Roger's leaves his good-guy image behind as the rugged, gutsy Quentin Leach, a bounty hunter with a quick temper and a trigger finger to match. If you're an outlaw with a price on your head, Leach is the last man you'll want to meet. Travis Tritt, in an impressive acting debut, stars as Benjamin Tabor, a man out for blood after a gang of murderous bank robbers flee with his beautiful young bride. Together, Tabor and Leach take to the Trail with guns blazing in search of the same outlaws. And they're not going to stop until they find them - dead or alive.
poster
The Roku Channel
46
?
5.3
/331/
48
/5/
44
/8/
3.2
/209/
25
/2/

Lower Level (1991)
A young female architect is left stranded in an empty highrise while her secret "admirer" stalks her.
poster
?
7.6
/66/

Wednesday Afternoon (2004)
There is no right or wrong in the world that Miguel, an East L.A. teenager, and his father live in, only choices. One's an American, the other an immigrant, and though they are son and father, they are separated by a culture that threatens to tear them apart.
poster
The Roku Channel
48
?
5.9
/234/
30
/3/
56
/8/

Missing Pieces (2001)
Atticus (James Coburn) goes to the small Mexican town where his estranged son (Paul Kersey) was a resident to discover how he died.
poster
?
5.7
/56/
10
/1/

A Touch of Scandal (1984)
Katherine Gilvey is a comely councilwoman, whose campaign for Attorney General is being managed by her ambitious, but cold-hearted husband Benjamin, which takes a turn when photographs surface of her liasion with a male prostitute, who used to be a law client of hers, and has now turned up dead. Also is a note telling her to withdraw from the campaign or the photos will be made public. Investigating on her own, Katherine's suspects to the idenity of the blackmailer are: a shadowy power broker, a charismatic minister, an activist priest, or even her own husband.
poster
33
?
4.6
/251/
24
/5/
34
/5/
30

Dragstrip Girl (1994)
Johnny is a bad guy trying to go straight and becomes smitten with Laura, a wealthy good girl who is rebelling against her parents, all set among the backdrop of 1950s Los Angeles.
poster
43
?
4.2
/277/
48
/6/
39
/7/

Desert Kickboxer (1992)
A kickboxing cop abandons the violent life after he accidentally kills his opponent during a match. After quitting, he heads for the Arizona desert to live alone and occasionally work tracking drug runners for the area sheriff. One particularly wily Mexican drug lord, Santos, has been a real thorn in tracker Joe Highhawk's side, so when he encounters the beautiful Claudia and her simpleton brother Anthony running for their lives because she, an accountant, embezzled $20 million from Santos, he decides to help them. This actioner follows what happens next. Along the way, they encounter all sorts of danger, and double cross until the exciting final standoff between the kickboxer and the villain.


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