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Biggles: Adventures in Time (1986)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Unassuming catering salesmen Jim Ferguson falls through a time hole to 1917 where he saves the life of dashing Royal Flying Corps pilot James "Biggles" Bigglesworth after his photo recon mission is shot down. Before he can work out what ...
Style: dieselpunk, cult classic, fast, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: time travel, world war one, steampunk, time loop, great war, superhero, fish out of water, danger, rescue, heroes, twin brother, military life ...
Time: 80s, 1910s, year 1917
Place: new york, usa, london, tower bridge london, belgium
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 6.4
 1K
Movie Movie (1978)
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Sport
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Three movie genres of the 1930s, boxing films, WWI aviation dramas, and backstage Broadway musicals, are satirized using the same cast.
Style: not serious, feel good, humorous, stylized, realistic ...
Plot: backstage, moral dilemma, human spirit, boxing, nightclub, terminal illness, chorus girl, ambition, artists and showbiz, desire for fame, athlete and trainer, athlete's life ...
Time: 1930s, year 1978
Place: california, new york
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 3.3
 737
Air Rage (2001)
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: When a Marine Colonel orders his men to massacre a village they were sent to rescue some hostages but when they found them dead they decide to get some payback. Upon returning to the States the Colonel would be court-martialed and made a plea ...
Style: suspenseful, exciting, serious, action packed, fast ...
Plot: terrorism, airplane, save the day, daring rescue, hostage, rivalry, danger, government agency, air disaster, hijacking, die hard, escape ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
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The Great Santini (1979)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: As he approaches manhood, Ben Meechum struggles to win the approval of his demanding alpha male father, an aggressively competitive, but frustrated marine pilot.
Style: realistic, emotional, captivating, serious, independent film
Plot: dysfunctional family, military, vietnam war, family drama, military base, family relations, bittersweet, aviation, basketball, high school, father son relationship, army ...
Time: 60s, year 1979, 20th century, year 1962
Place: california, south carolina, atlanta georgia, spain
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The Adam Project (2022)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: After accidentally crash-landing in 2022, time-traveling fighter pilot Adam Reed teams up with his 12-year-old self on a mission to save the future.
Style: enigmatic, funny, mysterious, disturbing, motivational ...
Audience: family outing, teens
Plot: time travel, father, time, child, suv, female warrior, travel, space, assignment, death of father, astronaut, dystopia ...
Time: future, 2010s, 2020s
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Star Blazers 2199: Odyssey of the Celestial Ark (2014)
Genre: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story: 2199 AD. Yamato tried to leave behind the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy, after receiving a "Cosmo Reverse System" at its destination, Iscandar. However, suddenly, it encounters a mysterious group at the edge of the Large Magellanic Cloud. ...
Style: anime, suspense, tense, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot: space battle, space opera, battles, surrealism, good versus evil, trapped, pilot, technology, advanced technology, spacecraft, alien, teenage boy ...
Time: 22nd century, future
Place: japan
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 7.4
 296K
Sully (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: On 15 January 2009, the world witnessed the 'Miracle on the Hudson' when Captain 'Sully' Sullenberger glided his disabled plane onto the frigid waters of the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 aboard. However, even as ...
Style: inspirational, factual, realistic, suspense, intense ...
Audience: family outing, teens, chick flick, family friendly, adult
Plot: aviation, airplane, investigation, courage, pilot, airplane accident, crash landing, accident, plane crash, biopic, co pilot, air traffic controller ...
Time: year 2016, year 2009, 2010s, 20th century, year 2015 ...
Place: new york, usa, persia, manhattan new york city
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 6.8
 143
Area 88 (2004)
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: The adventures of a young pilot in a war torn country. Shin Kazama was duped into singing a three-year contract at Area 88, a secluded mercenary air force base. Determined to earn $1.5 million to buy his way out of the obligation and return home, ...
Style: anime
Plot: fighter plane, fiancee, journalist, military base, fictional country, sniper, false friend, debt, fighter pilot, fighter jet, missile, photographer ...
Time: 80s
Place: middle east
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 3.2
 5K
Air Strike (2018)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: China
Duration: 120 min.
Story: An American pilot is sent to a Chinese province to teach a crew of would-be pilots how to fly war planes against the Japanese during World War II.
Style: serious, breathtaking, epic, rough, realistic
Plot: sino japanese war, japanese occupation of china, aviation, world war, war, world war two, human nature, bombing, fight, military, brutality, breast feeding ...
Time: 1940s, year 1937, 1930s, year 1938
Place: china
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Terminator Salvation (2009)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Germany, UK, Italy
Duration: 115 min.
Story: All grown up in post-apocalyptic 2018, John Connor must lead the resistance of humans against the increasingly dominating militaristic robots. But when Marcus Wright appears, his existence confuses the mission as Connor tries to determine whether ...
Style: futuristic, intense, serious, apocalyptic, action packed ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cyborgs, apocalypse, robot, cyberpunk, future war, androids and robots, post apocalypse, distopia, man versus machine, dystopian future, time travel, artificial intelligence ...
Time: future, year 2009, near future, 2010s, year 2003 ...
Place: los angeles, california, san francisco
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 6.2
 20K
Revenge (1990)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Michael ‘Jay’ Cochran has just left the Navy after 12 years and he's not quite sure what he's going to do, except that he knows he wants a holiday. He decides to visit Tiburon Mendez, a powerful but shady Mexican businessman who he ...
Style: sexy, erotic, suspense, emotional, intense ...
Plot: betrayal, dangerous attraction, love triangle, couple relations, revenge, vengeance, adultery, unfaithful wife, friendship, desert, extramarital affair, love ...
Time: 80s, 90s
Place: mexico, latin america
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 7.3
 33
Red Scarf (1964)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: South Korea
Duration: 100 min.
Story: South Korean Air Force pilots engage in perilous missions against Communist North Koreans during the Korean War.
Plot: military, communism, anti communism, helicopter, patriotism, mountain, fighter pilot, air force, rescue, war widow, camaraderie, korean war ...
Time: 1950s, year 1952
Place: north korea, south korea
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The Stewardess (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Keung suffers from a recurring nightmare in which a woman in red chases him down a highway and tries to kill him with a plastic toy jet. When his girlfriend Apple leaves on a business trip, Keung pounces on the chance to approach his new neighbor, ...
Style: surprise ending, slapstick comedy, freeze frame
Plot: voice over narration, bare chested male, wannabe, murder, hostess, taxi, stewardess, party, airplane, hotel room, elevator, flashback ...
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Sundays and Cybele (1962)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Austria
Duration: 111 min.
Story: The tragic story of a young orphan girl who is befriended by an innocent but emotionally disabled veteran of the French Indochina War.
Style: anthology, intense, serious, psychological, realistic ...
Plot: children, youth, mental disorder, orphan, girl, amnesia, foreign legion, legion, loneliness, dialogue, time travel, swing ...
Time: year 1962, 60s, 20th century
Place: france, europe, paris france
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 3.7
 618
Black Thunder (1998)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: When the top secret prototype of the Nova Stealth fighter has been stolen, the Pentagon launches big alarm; the plane shouldn't come into hostile hands...
Style: serious, rough, exciting, suspense, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: military, airplane, danger, save the day, undercover, escapades, rivalry, female warrior, pilot, invisibility, die hard, world war ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: libya
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The Motel Life (2012)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A pair of working-class brothers flee their Reno Motel after getting involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident.
Style: road movie, suspense, psychological, realistic, serious ...
Plot: on the run, brother brother relationship, family relations, misfit, introspection, working class, siblings relations, sibling relationship, family problems, life is a bitch, social misfits, society ...
Time: 21st century
Place: nevada, usa, hawaii, reno nevada
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The Chaos Factor (2000)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: An American army intelligence officer discovers corruption and murder by American soldiers in Vietnam.
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, independent film
Audience: boys' night
Plot: investigation, military, car chase, espionage, rebellion, fighting the system, undercover, military life, race against time, terrorism, danger, vengeance ...
Time: 90s, 70s
Place: cambodia, asia, china, vietnam
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Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Russia
Duration: 120 min.
Story: We always knew they were coming back. Using recovered alien technology, the nations of Earth have collaborated on an immense defense program to protect the planet. But nothing can prepare us for the aliens’ advanced and unprecedented force. Only ...
Style: futuristic, exciting, entertaining, suspense, action adventure ...
Audience: teens
Plot: alien invasion, alien, end of the world, disaster, human versus alien, apocalypse, space travel, ufo, president, independence day, monster, creature ...
Time: future, year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, las vegas, london, tower bridge london, minnesota ...
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Commander Hamilton (1998)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Norway
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Swedish agents Carl Hamilton and Åke Stålhandske are ordered to stop Russian smugglers.
Style: realistic, semi serious, exciting, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: espionage, secret agent, terrorism, nordic, special forces, james bond, spy, hostage, male bonding, police officer, execution, smuggler ...
Time: 90s
Place: washington d.c., usa, europe, africa, libya ...
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Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: The Moving Finger (1985)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA, Australia
Duration: 102 min.
TV show
Story: The residents of a quiet English village begin to receive nasty, threatening letters. The wife of the local vicar calls in her friend Miss Marple to investigate.
Style: detective, serious, realistic, suspenseful, clever
Plot: amateur detective, whodunit, mysticism, village, uncover truth, law enforcement, who done it, village life, riddles and clues, siblings relations, attorney, priest ...
Place: england, europe
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 3.3
 406
Deep Water (2000)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Hotshot Navy special ops guys get assigned to take a cruise to keep an eye on a VIP's daughter. Once the voyage is under way, somehow a nuke A) gets lost in the vicinity, and goes off. The resulting tidal wave capsizes the cruise ship, and its ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, tense, exciting, independent film ...
Plot: cruise ship, one against many, hostage, survival, conspiracy, terrorist group, kidnapping, fight, betrayal, ocean, teenage girl, disaster ...
Time: 2000s, 90s
Place: san francisco, pentagon, san diego california
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Iron Eagle IV (1995)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story: While Chappy Sinclair is saddled with a bunch of misfits and delinquents for his flight school, he turns to his protégé Doug Masters to assist him in rounding them into shape for an important competition. During their training, they stumble upon a ...
Style: independent film, fast, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: aerial combat, military, aviation, terrorism, biological warfare, flying, airplane, chase, u.s. air force, colonel, training, conspiracy ...
Time: 90s
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The Green Berets (1968)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story: Col. Mike Kirby picks two teams of crack Green Berets for a mission in South Vietnam. First off is to build and control a camp that is trying to be taken by the enemy the second mission is to kidnap a North Vietnamese General
Style: realistic, serious, thought provoking, captivating, retro ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vietnam war, propaganda, green beret, military, culture clash, politics, war, freedom, soldier, battlefield, journalism, special forces ...
Place: vietnam, asia
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Super Space Fortress Macross (1984)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Music, Romance, Sci-Fi, War
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story: It is A.D. 2009 and the human race is caught in a war between giant humanoids, male Zentrans and female Meltrans. Returning from the edge of our solar system after making a space fold, the SDF-1 Macross makes the long journey back to Earth with ...
Style: anime, mecha, manga, serious, exciting ...
Audience: teens
Plot: space wars, love triangle, evil alien, alien invasion, refugee, underground, fighter plane, robot, space opera, intergalactic, heroic mission, chaos ...
Time: future, 2000s, year 2009, 21st century
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 6.1
 105K
Broken Arrow (1996)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: When rogue stealth-fighter pilot Vic Deakins deliberately drops off the radar while on maneuvers, the Air Force ends up with two stolen nuclear warheads -- and Deakins's co-pilot, Riley Hale, is the military's only hope for getting them ...
Style: exciting, stylized, suspense, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, kids
Plot: terrorism, betrayal, mexican standoff, train, desert, danger, chases and races, escapades, fighter jet, female warrior, rivalry, aviation ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa, utah
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Aurora: Operation Intercept (1995)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: There have been two mysterious plane crashes in only 48 hours. The aircraft suddenly lose control and crash, killing everyone aboard. A woman of Russian descent, Francesca Zaborszin, the daughter of a slain Federal investigator, claims ...
Style: suspense, independent film, fast, serious, exciting ...
Plot: law enforcement, aviation, air disaster, race against time, terrorism, hostage, airplane accident, airplane crash, tough heroes, espionage, heroes, chases and races ...
Time: 90s
Place: washington d.c., pentagon
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A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman (2012)
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story: John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam pay tribute to their late Monty Python colleague Graham Chapman in this hilarious, 3-D animated adaptation of Chapman's brazenly fictionalized life story. (TIFF)
Style: humorous, not serious, surreal, witty, realistic ...
Plot: monty python, artists and showbiz, actor's life, fictional biography, writer's life, father son relationship, biopic, broadway, drinking problem, gay, gay sex, gay subtext ...
Time: 20th century, year 1979, year 1942
Place: england, europe, new zealand, ibiza, new york
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 6.1
 2K
Darling Lili (1970)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story: Set in Paris during World War I. Lili Smith/Schmidt is a German spy being requested to go under cover to help Germany during the war, to try and find out their plans. Her "uncle" wishes her to fulfill the operation, whereas one of his ...
Style: romantic, serious, realistic, tense, entertaining ...
Plot: world war one, great war, aviation, stripper, battles, singing, spy, uncle, war, human nature, femme fatale, betrayal ...
Time: 1910s, year 1918
Place: paris france, france, europe, switzerland, england
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 6.6
 2K
Zaytoun (2012)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK, Israel, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Beirut, 1982: a young Palestinian refugee and an Israeli fighter pilot form a tentative bond in their attempt to make their way across war-torn Lebanon back to their home.
Style: realistic, sincere, touching, captivating, tense ...
Plot: boy, friendship, refugee, battle zone, danger, military, military life, soldier, israeli, on the road, revolution, children in wartime ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1982
Place: middle east, palestine, lebanon, beirut lebanon
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 8.4
 2K
Star Blazers (1979)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Star Blazers is an American animated television series adaptation of the Japanese anime series, Space Battleship Yamato I, II, and III. Star Blazers was first broadcast in the United States in 1979. Significantly, it was the first popular ...
Style: anime, serious, exciting, captivating, futuristic ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: space, alien invasion, space opera, spaceship, space adventure, superhero, spacecraft, outer space, space wars, battles, siege, radiation ...
Time: future, 22nd century
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