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- DirectorDonald G. JacksonR.J. KizerStarsJulius LeFloreRCBRoddy PiperAfter a worldwide nuclear war, where 68% of the male population was wiped out and virile men becoming a rarity, Sam Hell, a scavenger and a highly virile man, is assigned to help rescue a group of fertile women kidnapped by humanoid frogs.
- DirectorRoberta FindlayStarsJoe LynnMina BernWalter BryantA drug selling and violent street-gang terrorize the renters of a big trashy apartment-house.
- DirectorRobert Martin CarrollStarsDavid CarradinePaul L. SmithBrad DourifA small-town crime boss accepts delivery of a stolen car, only to find there's a baby in the back-seat. He and his transgender wife cut out the boy's tongue and raise him as a mute accomplice in their crimes. When the grown "Sonny Boy" escapes and tries to make contact with the outside world, the attention he draws to his warped family results in darkly-humored mayhem.
- DirectorWilliam LustigStarsRobert ForsterFred WilliamsonRichard BrightAfter his wife and son got brutalized by a street gang, and a corrupt criminal justice system puts the perpetrators back on the street, a NYC factory worker teams up with a vigilante group to find some measure of bloody justice.
- DirectorFritz KierschStarsJames SpaderKim RichardsPaul MonesThe new kid in school must battle a gang of street toughs after stealing the gang leader's girl.
- DirectorJames GlickenhausStarsRobert GintySamantha EggarChristopher GeorgeA man's best friend is killed on the streets of New York City. The man (Robert Ginty) then transforms into a violent killer, turning New York City into a great war zone, and Christopher George is the only one to stop him.
- DirectorSimon NuchternStarsGeorge KennedyRichard LynchKaren BlackA vicious biker gang is intent on destroying a small town in Arizona. A war veteran visiting an old friend and a few locals with nothing to lose go to war with the gang's ruthless leader.
- DirectorLamberto BavaStarsMichael SopkiwValentina ForteGeorge EastmanA former policeman sets out to unleash violent vengeance upon deer poachers when they rape and kill his long lost daughter.
- DirectorVictor M. OrdonezEd PalmosAl VallettaStarsKarin ManiRobert TortiBritt HelferA martial artist stops a street gang from stealing her car, but her grandmother ends up being killed by the same gang. She witnesses firsthand how corrupt and inept law enforcement is, and decides to take matters into her own hands.
- DirectorChristopher CainStarsJim BelushiLouis Gossett Jr.Rae Dawn ChongA teacher is assigned to be the principal of a violent, crime-ridden high school.
- DirectorRobert RadlerStarsTreat WilliamsDavid JensenBarbara Jane ReamsAt a college visit to a war buddy's professor daughter, mercenary Karl Thomasson finds her brutally beaten. He then poses as a teacher to teach a lesson, and get revenge, on the brash football jocks responsible.
- DirectorSteven PearlStarsOwen StadeleEdoardo BalleriniChristopher CousinsA mercenary masquerades as a teacher in order to enter a tough urban school and wreak his revenge upon his brother's killer.
- DirectorRobert MandelStarsTom BerengerRaymond CruzWilliam ForsytheShale's Mercenary team is retired after a (not so) covert mission in Cuba. He becomes a substitute teacher at his teacher fiancee's Miami high school to get those behind kneecapping her. His team helps him.
- DirectorAntoine FuquaStarsChow Yun-FatMira SorvinoMichael RookerA troubled hitman seeks aid from a forger to help him get papers to China. However, the drug lord has hired replacements to finish the job, and kill the hitman.
- DirectorThomas CarterStarsEddie MurphyMichael RapaportKim MiyoriA Hostage Negotiator teams up with a Sharpshooter to bring down a dangerous jewel thief.
- DirectorJohn FlynnStarsDennis HopperAnne ArcherTomas MilianCop breaks all the rules to go after a gang of drug dealers.
- DirectorDavid S. WardStarsJames CaanHalle BerryOmar EppsSeveral players from different backgrounds try to cope with the pressures of playing football at a major university. Each deals with the pressure differently, some turn to drinking, others to drugs, and some to studying.
- DirectorTanya RosenbergStarsGregory Scott CumminsLaura AlbertLee BentonWhen an all girl baseball team beats a group of rowdy rednecks from a small town, they soon find themselves the prey in a deadly bounty hunt. Now they are playing for their lives. In HD.
- DirectorDaniel Petrie Jr.StarsSean AstinWil WheatonKeith CooganA group of troublemaking boys decide to take a stand when terrorists seize control of their boarding school.
- DirectorRoger YoungStarsMichael KeatonRae Dawn ChongRic AbernathyA mysterious black box spells danger to a con man and female detective.
- DirectorJon HessStarsCorey HaimMichael IronsideChristopher CaryA boy takes in a stray dog, later discovering that it is an ultra-intelligent runaway being stalked by a dangerous creature from the same genetic research lab.
- DirectorLyman DaytonStarsCorey HaimEvan RichardsJeremy SlateBarry drives his parents to the airport, then tunes a rich woman's piano. He gets her cheating husband's Porsche. The husband's body's in the trunk. Then there's the fraternity's extreme initiation ritual. Will he get his dream girl?
- DirectorRichard SchenkmanStarsDarlene VogelShane FraserAlan PicardiMolly, now a police photographer, reconnects with an old friend. The friend is murdered, so Molly assumes the Angel identity to find the killer, searching clubs as a groupie.
- DirectorThierry NotzStarsMarc SingerTracy ScogginsJonathan FarwellA genetically re-engineered dog develops a psychic link with a monster created in a lab experiment which goes awry.
- DirectorJeremy StanfordStarsWings HauserGregory Scott CumminsDaryl Keith RoachWhen a new and dangerous "Outsider" chases an intelligent golden retriever in the South American jungles, Terror grips a team of ex-Military convicts sent to capture the creature.
- DirectorJohn Carl BuechlerStarsMark HamillLisa WilcoxStephen MachtAn extra-smart dog and detective team up to stop a DNA enhanced killer.
- DirectorRussell MulcahyStarsDenzel WashingtonJohn LithgowIce-TA District Attorney is terrorized by the criminal he put away years ago when he was a cop.
- DirectorJoan FreemanStarsMelissa LeoRandall BatinkoffDale MidkiffA high school dropout working as a street prostitute spends one night turning tricks and avoiding her emotionally unstable pimp who's starting to turn very violent.
- DirectorRichard FleischerStarsDennis QuaidCarlene WatkinsStan ShawA C and W singer has a family to support so he boxes at a TOUGHMAN amateur boxing contest, hoping to win $5000 and maybe go on to the nationals and sing on national TV.
- DirectorLawrence David FoldesDeran SarafianStarsErnest BorgnineRichard RoundtreeLynda Day GeorgeA young woman is gang raped and murdered in a California college town, sparking her brother Kevin to take up arms by night with a gang of like-minded vigilantes from his fraternity, brutally punishing any miscreants they catch in a criminal act. In the meantime, Kevin debates the issue of violent crime in the U.S. with his teachers and others during the day. As Kevin and his gang head toward a final, bloody confrontation with the low-lifes who murdered his sister, other scenes show the difference between his character, now violent, and the normal people he is supposedly protecting.
- DirectorJerry SchatzbergStarsChristopher ReeveKathy BakerMimi RogersA New York journalist lies when his fake story about a pimp describes a real pimp up for murder.
- DirectorRobert A. FerrettiStarsCliff De YoungKay LenzZoe TrillingA family living in an isolated cabin in the woods are terrorized by a gang of escaped convicts. Their leader, a serial killer, is a disturbed Vietnam veteran. What the gang doesn't know is that the family's father is also a Vietnam veteran, and he has no intention of letting his family come to any harm.
- DirectorWalter HillStarsNick NolteEddie MurphyAnnette O'TooleA hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him in order to track down a killer.
- DirectorWalter HillStarsEddie MurphyNick NolteBrion JamesJack Cates once again enlists the aid of ex-con Reggie Hammond - this time to take down The Iceman, a ruthless drug lord operating in the San Francisco bay area.
- DirectorPaul NicholasStarsLinda BlairJohn VernonSybil DanningYoung Carol Henderson ends up in prison where she must learn how to survive in an environment plagued by violence, murder, rape, racism, drugs and staff corruption and brutality.
- DirectorMarvin J. ChomskyStarsHelmut BergerLinda BlairKirk DouglasIn 1976, terrorists hijack an Air France airplane, and divert it to Uganda, where they demand to exchange their hostages for fellow terrorists held in Israeli jails.
- DirectorMax KlevenStarsDirk BenedictLinda BlairRichard FarnsworthA Vietnam veteran passing through a small town is harassed by local bullies but he fights back, using his wartime skills, and triggers a full-scale police manhunt.
- DirectorLawrence David FoldesStarsLinda BlairJames Van PattenRichard LynchCarla is devastated when her friend is kidnapped by a Mexican cartel. After going to her father, a U.S. Senator, she gets her friends, and arms, to cross the border for a rescue mission.
- DirectorJun GallardoStarsChristopher MitchumGordon MitchellLinda BlairSpecial effects producer Steve Baker helps a woman being chased by the Mafia, but then they follow him and his wife.
- DirectorLee Doo-yongScott ThomasStarsSam J. JonesLinda BlairJun ChongThe evil criminal leader Kendrick has kidnapped an elderly biochemist who holds the secret to creating a biological superweapon. The only person who can possibly stop Kendrick and his gang is L. A. cop Sam Kettle and martial arts master Jun Kim (uncle of a little girl also kidnapped by Kendrick). Together, they go to war against an army of ninjas to rescue the hostages and bring their kidnappers to justice.
- DirectorMax KlevenStarsDavid HasselhoffLinda BlairTony BrubakerA trio of hapless bounty hunters are recruited by a shady bail bondsman to try to keep a witness in drug trial alive to testify.
- DirectorTim SpringStarsLinda BlairDale CookJoe EstevezTwo kids with martial arts training and their black belt father rescue a female professor from gangsters, because they want a stone tablet that she has discovered which may lead to untold riches.
- DirectorFred Olen RayStarsHeather ThomasJeffrey CombsAshley FerrareA young woman must deliver a top-secret motorcycle to the US military after the man assigned to deliver it, her lover, is murdered by enemy agents.
- DirectorHarley CokelissStarsMichael BeckAnnie McEnroeJames WainwrightPost World War III futuristic tale of collapsed governments & bankrupt countries heralding a new lawless age.
- DirectorFred Olen RayStarsRichard HarrisonTroy DonahueDawn WildsmithA trigger-happy cop agrees to work on a case during his suspension.
- DirectorFred Olen RayStarsMarc SingerMatthias HuesRochelle SwansonA futuristic bounty hunter is assigned to track down four female androids smuggled to Earth for illicit purposes.
- DirectorMichael Caton-JonesStarsBruce WillisRichard GereSidney PoitierAn imprisoned I.R.A. fighter is freed to help stop a brutal, seemingly "faceless" assassin from completing his next job.
- DirectorEddy MatalonStarsJames MitchumRobert CarradineBelinda MontgomeryThriller about four sadistic criminals who, after escaping during a transfer, take over a posh Manhattan apartment complex and start looting and terrorizing its occupants during New York City's famous 1977 blackout.
- DirectorJohn FrankenheimerStarsRobert De NiroJean RenoNatascha McElhoneA freelancing former U.S. Intelligence Agent tries to track down a mysterious package that is wanted by the Irish and the Russians.
- DirectorClay BorrisStarsJames RemarDaphne AshbrookAdam Coleman HowardJoe Dylanne is a plainclothes NYC cop with a badge... and a robust personality. He always resorts to unconventional methods in order to capture the city's slickest criminals. When Dylanne receives a message from Katy, an old sweetheart of his, the news is not as pleasant as he anticipated. Rather, it is an imperative call for help. Dylanne must swing into full action. This cop must travel to a remote location in the northwest in order to investigate the disappearances of his friend's relatives. It turns out that most of Kate's relatives have been murdered in cold blood. The only survivor of the slaughter is Joshua, an angst-ridden survivalist who explains to Dylanne about a sophisticated plan implicating marijuana plant growers. Dylanne and Joshua must trespass enemy territory in the name of revenge...
- DirectorLewis TeagueStarsRutger HauerMimi RogersJoan ChenA male prison escapee heads for his hidden loot electronically attached to a female prisoner.
- DirectorJohn LandisStarsJeff GoldblumMichelle PfeifferStacey PickrenAfter discovering that his wife is cheating on him, an insomniac aerospace engineer accidentally meets, and tries to help, a beautiful model on the run from some extremely dangerous people.
- DirectorFabrizio De AngelisStarsOliver TobiasErnest BorgnineCharles NapierSomewhere on an island in the Caribean a girl is imprisoned for owning drugs. As she is the daughter of a football team coach help is soon on the way: the entire team mounts an expedition to set her free.
- DirectorWalter HillStarsNick NoltePowers BootheMichael IronsideA Texas Ranger and a ruthless narcotics kingpin - they were childhood friends, now they are adversaries...
- DirectorAndrew V. McLaglenStarsJohn WayneKatharine RossJim HuttonDivorced Chance Buckman fights international oil rig fires. An injury brings his daughter and to his dismay, she weds Greg, a team member. Chance gets a desk-job, so he and Madelyn remarry, but a Venezuelan oil rig fire reunites them.
- DirectorPeter YatesStarsTom SelleckF. Murray AbrahamLaila RobinsA man is framed by two corrupt cops for drugs. After he gets out of prison, he comes after them.
- DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsKurt RussellSteve BuscemiStacy KeachSnake Plissken is once again called in by the United States government to recover a potential doomsday device from Los Angeles, now an autonomous island where undesirables are deported.
- DirectorRon HowardStarsKurt RussellWilliam BaldwinRobert De NiroTwo feuding siblings carrying on a heroic family tradition as Chicago firefighters. But when a puzzling series of arson attacks is reported, they are forced to set aside their differences to solve the mystery surrounding these crimes.
- DirectorKiefer SutherlandStarsForest WhitakerKiefer SutherlandClancy BrownA killer on death row finds an unlikely friend in a prison guard.
- DirectorMichelle ManningStarsJudd NelsonAlly SheedyDavid CarusoA drifter returns to his Florida hometown only to discover that his father, the local mayor, was mysteriously murdered during his absence. Vowing to find the killer and avenge his father's death, he starts his own investigation.
- DirectorCraig R. BaxleyStarsBrian BosworthLance HenriksenWilliam ForsytheA tough Alabama cop is blackmailed by the FBI into going undercover in a violent Mississippi biker gang.
- DirectorRichard C. SarafianStarsGary BuseyYaphet KottoSeymour CasselReturning home from prison, a Vietnam War veteran sets out to clean up his hometown which has come under the control of a violent motorcycle gang.
- DirectorDennis HopperStarsSean PennRobert DuvallMaria Conchita AlonsoAn experienced cop and his rookie partner patrol the streets of East Los Angeles while trying to keep the gang violence under control.
- DirectorRick RosenthalStarsSean PennReni SantoniJim MoodyChicago crime kid Mick O'Brien is sent to reform school after accidentally killing a rival's kid brother.
- DirectorAndrey KonchalovskiyStarsJon VoightEric RobertsRebecca De MornayTwo escaped convicts and a female railway worker find themselves trapped on a speeding train with no brakes and nobody driving.
- DirectorPhil JoanouStarsSean PennEd HarrisGary OldmanA Boston cop is recruited to return to his hometown and infiltrate the mob ran by his best friend's brother.
- DirectorMichael BayStarsSean ConneryNicolas CageEd HarrisA mild-mannered chemist and an ex-con must lead the counterstrike when a rogue group of military men, led by a renegade general, threaten a nerve gas attack from Alcatraz against San Francisco.
- DirectorRick AveryWilliam LustigStarsJeff SpeakmanJames BrolinMichael ShanerJohnny's sister is brutally attacked and murdered by a sadistic serial killer. At the trial, he is sentenced to be electrocuted, but a bleeding heart liberal has the sentence commuted to a mental facility. Here, he will interact with other model prisoners and give talks at schools while he is being treated. The only problem is that Johnny, being a ex-special forces trainer, is coming to the prison to seek his own justice and that does not include rehabilitation.
- DirectorMike MarvinStarsCharlie SheenNick CassavetesSherilyn FennIn a small town in Arizona, a mysterious man/spirit descends from the sky and manifests in a sports car and targets a local violent road-racing gang of motor heads, headed by a ruthless bully who'll do anything to get what he wants.
- DirectorRobert Vincent O'NeilStarsCliff GormanSusan TyrrellDick ShawnMolly, a high schooler, secretly earns her living as Angel, a street prostitute whose only family and friends are the ones she works with on the streets. She has to survive against a serial killer who is targeting people of her profession.
- DirectorRobert Vincent O'NeilStarsBetsy RussellRory CalhounSusan TyrrellMolly, former prostitute, has managed to leave her street life with help from Lt. Andrews. She studies law and leads a normal life. When Andrews is killed by a brutal gang, she returns to the streets as Angel to find his killers.
- DirectorTom DeSimoneStarsMitzi KaptureMark BlankfieldEmile BeaucardMolly accidentally takes a picture of a woman who turns out to be her mother, who abandoned her fourteen years ago. She tracks her down, only to find that she has another daughter, and both are connected to a dangerous crime element.
- DirectorPeter ManoogianStarsAndrew PrineDenise CrosbyPatrick ReynoldsA former pilot rebels against his creator, teaming up with the scientist responsible for android technology, her pet robot Spot, a rough-and-tumble riverboat guide, and a martial arts warrior.
- DirectorJohn G. AvildsenStarsRalph MacchioPat MoritaElisabeth ShueA martial arts master agrees to teach karate to a bullied teenager.