Retrospective movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant retrospective movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, cult classic, suspenseful, exciting, surprise ending and slasher films and TV shows about / with violence, danger, rivalry, fight, death, heroes, blood, cigarette smoking, good versus evil and escapades plots mostly in Action, Thriller and Sci-Fi genres shot in USA, Japan, UK and other countries.
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retrospective movies
TOP 10 movies tagged as retrospective: Enter the Void (2009), Battle Royale (2000), Audition (1999), The Cure (1997), Moonwalker (1988), Outrage (2010), Mother (2009), Superman Returns (2006), Dick Tracy (1990), Darkman (1990).

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 7.2
 87K
Enter the Void (2009)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: France, Germany, Italy, Canada, Japan
Duration: 161 min.
Story: This psychedelic tour of life after death is seen entirely from the point of view of Oscar (Nathaniel Brown), a young American drug dealer and addict living in Tokyo with his prostitute sister, Linda (Paz de la Huerta). When Oscar is killed by ...
Style: psychedelic, art house, philosophical, atmospheric, disturbing ...
Audience: adult
Plot: surrealism, afterlife, trippy, stripper, hallucination, drug trip, life after death, lsd, male nudity, youth, incest, abortion ...
Time: year 2010, year 2009, 2000s, future, 21st century
Place: tokyo, japan, asia
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 7.5
 194K
Battle Royale (2000)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story: In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.
Style: disturbing, suspense, bleak, bloody, exciting ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: game of death, survival, death, dystopia, suicide, gory, desperation, cruelty, social commentary, school class, dystopian future, contests and competitions ...
Time: future, year 2000, distant future, 2000s, near future
Place: japan, asia, east asia
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 7.1
 89K
Audition (1999)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan, South Korea
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Seven years after the death of his wife, company executive Aoyama is invited to sit in on auditions for an actress. Leafing through the resumés in advance, his eye is caught by Yamazaki Asami, a striking young woman with ballet training.
Style: psychological thriller, scary, disturbing, tense, dark ...
Plot: torture, femme fatale, psychopath, murder, sadism, macabre, revenge, serial killer, twists and turns, unsettling, violence, obsession ...
Time: 90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place: japan, asia, tokyo
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 7.5
 22K
The Cure (1997)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A wave of gruesome murders is sweeping Tokyo. The only connection is a bloody X carved into the neck of each of the victims. In each case, the murderer is found near the victim and remembers nothing of the crime. Detective Takabe and psychologist ...
Style: psychological, scary, tense, enigmatic, suspenseful ...
Plot: murder, serial killer, investigation, amnesia, hypnosis, monkey, hallucination, interrogation, murder mystery, mind control, stranger, psychosis ...
Time: 90s, year 1997
Place: japan, tokyo, asia, okinawa japan
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 6.1
 18K
Moonwalker (1988)
Genre: Action, Crime, Fantasy, Music, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A movie that starts out with the "Man in the Mirror" music video, it then changes to a montage of video clips of Michael's career. Next comes a parody of his Bad video by children, and then Michael is chased by fans in a fantasy ...
Style: parody, surreal, entertaining, exciting, cult classic ...
Audience: kids
Plot: music, rock and roll, dancing, surrealism, chase, creativity, insanity, hip hop, adaptation, gangster, mentor, performer's life ...
Time: 1930s
Place: usa
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 6.8
 15K
Outrage (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story: The story begins with Sekiuchi, boss of the Sannokai, a huge organized crime syndicate controlling the entire Kanto region, issuing a stern warning to his lieutenant Kato and right-hand man Ikemoto, head of the Ikemoto-gumi. Kato orders Ikemoto to ...
Style: serious, tense, cynical, realistic, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: yakuza, gang member, organized crime, gangster, hanging, gang war, danger, rivalry, gory, merciless, criminal's revenge, violence spree ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, asia
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 7.7
 71K
Mother (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 129 min.
Story: A mother lives quietly with her twenty-eight-year-old son, Do-joon, providing herbs and acupuncture to neighbors. One day, a girl is brutally murdered, and Do-joon is charged with the killing. Now, it's his mother's call whether to prove ...
Style: atmospheric, suspense, tense, neo noir, disturbing ...
Plot: investigation, murder, revenge, family relations, determination, amateur detective, uncover truth, murder mystery, asian, mother, mentally challenged, character study ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s, 2010s, year 2002, 21st century
Place: south korea, asia, korea, east asia
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Superman Returns (2006)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 154 min.
Story: Superman returns to discover his 5-year absence has allowed Lex Luthor to walk free, and that those he was closest to felt abandoned and have moved on. Luthor plots his ultimate revenge that could see millions killed and change the face of the ...
Style: exciting, intense, serious, saga, sentimental ...
Audience: teens, family outing, boys' night
Plot: superhero, superhuman powers, double life, secret identity, transformation, save the world, superman, super powers, vigilante, adaptation, superpower, self sacrifice ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, future, 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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Armour of God 2: Operation Condor (1991)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Agent Jackie is hired to find WWII Nazi gold hidden in the Sahara desert. He teams up with three bungling women (the 3 stooges?) who are all connected in some way. However a team of mercenries have ideas on the ownership of the gold. A battle / ...
Style: humorous, entertaining, semi serious, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: treasure hunt, martial arts, chase, kung fu, treasure, desert, treasure hunter, car chase, adventurer, heroes, wu shu, rivalry ...
Place: spain, sahara, europe
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 6.2
 65K
Dick Tracy (1990)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Music, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice's united mob.
Style: stylized, visually stunning, visual, light, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing, boys' night
Plot: gangster, organized crime, good versus evil, superhero, police detective, comic book, storytelling, corruption, mafia, fighting crime, villain, femme fatale ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: chicago, usa
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 6.4
 69K
Darkman (1990)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Dr. Peyton Westlake is on the verge of realizing a major breakthrough in synthetic skin when his laboratory is destroyed by gangsters. Having been burned beyond recognition and forever altered by an experimental medical procedure, Westlake becomes ...
Style: suspense, atmospheric, exciting, gothic, serious ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: revenge, scientist, disfigurement, vigilante, gangster, comic book, superhero, vengeance, experiment, danger, vigilantism, heroes ...
Time: 90s, future, 80s, year 1989, year 1990
Place: los angeles, usa
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Back to the Future Part III (1990)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: The final installment of the Back to the Future trilogy finds Marty digging the trusty DeLorean out of a mineshaft and looking for Doc in the Wild West of 1885. But when their time machine breaks down, the travelers are stranded in a land of spurs. ...
Style: light, futuristic, sentimental, not serious, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, date night ...
Plot: time travel, time machine, mad scientist, changing the past or future, time, sent to the past, old west, time loop, inventor, parallel universe, time paradox, science ...
Time: 19th century, year 1955, 90s, 1950s, future ...
Place: space western, los angeles, california
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 7.1
 8K
The Flash (1990)
Genre: Action, Crime, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story: The Flash is a 1990 American television series that starred John Wesley Shipp as the superhero, the Flash, and co-starred Amanda Pays. The series was developed from the DC Comics characters by the writing team of Danny Bilson and Paul De Meo, and ...
Style: exciting, semi serious, captivating, tense, epic ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: super powers, superhero, secret identity, fighting crime, chases and races, danger, save the day, multiverse, good versus evil, escapades, rivalry, superhuman powers ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa
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 7.1
 13K
Violent Cop (1989)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Detective Azuma is a Dirty-Harry style rogue cop who often uses violence and unethical methods to get results.
Style: neo noir, bloody, detective, bleak, witty ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police, police corruption, violence, yakuza, drug dealer, police officer, mafia, gangster, vigilante, drug, corrupt cop, criminal ...
Time: year 1989, 80s
Place: japan, east asia, tokyo
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 5.6
 26K
The Punisher (1989)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The avenging angel of Marvel Comics fame comes brilliantly to life in this searing action-adventure thriller! Dolph Lundgren stars as Frank Castle, a veteran cop who loses his entire family to a mafia car bomb. Only his ex-partner believes Castle ...
Style: futuristic, cult classic, exciting, stylized, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vigilante, superhero, crime fighter, mafia, vigilante justice, vengeance, torture, comic book, gangster, one man army, revenge, vigilantism ...
Time: 80s
Place: new york
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 6.6
 111K
Licence to Kill (1989)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Mexico
Duration: 133 min.
Story: James Bond and his American colleague Felix Leiter arrest the drug lord Sanchez who succeeds in escaping and takes revenge on Felix and his wife. Bond knows but just one thing: revenge.
Style: saga, exciting, controversial, cult classic, slasher ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: james bond, 007, vengeance, spy, woman with a gun, drug lord, secret agent, secret service, shark, secret service agent, revenge, cold war ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: latin america, colombia, florida, mexico, miami ...
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 5.8
 23K
Leviathan (1989)
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Underwater deep-sea miners encounter a Soviet wreck and bring back a dangerous cargo to their base on the ocean floor with horrifying results. The crew of the mining base must fight to survive against a genetic mutation that hunts them down one by ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, rough, exciting, suspense ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: ship, monster, creature feature, experiment gone awry, race against time, sea, survival, sea monster, ocean, suicide, survival horror, shipwreck ...
Time: 80s
Place: atlantic ocean, rome italy, italy
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 6.4
 60K
Kickboxer (1989)
Genre: Action, Sport, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: If your enemy refuses to be humbled... Destroy him. Accompanied by his brother Kurt (Van Damme), American kickboxing champion Eric Sloane (Dennis Alexio), arrives in Thailand to defeat the Eastern warriors at their own sport. His opponent: ruthless ...
Style: cult classic, harsh, inspirational, realistic, serious ...
Audience: manly, teens, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, muay thai, martial arts tournament, heroes, violence, kickboxer, vengeance, kung fu, kickboxing, mentor, master warrior, tough guy ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: thailand, bangkok thailand, asia
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The Karate Kid Part III (1989)
Genre: Action, Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Kreese, his life in tatters after his karate school was defeated by Daniel and Mr. Miyagi, visits Terry, a friend from Vietnam. Terry is a ruthless business man and a martial arts expert, and he vows to help Kreese take revenge on Daniel and Mr. ...
Style: spiritual, saga, action packed, serious, realistic ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot: martial arts, bullying, teacher, karate, teenager, fight, ninja, children, childhood, fight scenes, underdog, teachers and students ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: tahiti, usa, vietnam, los angeles
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 8.0
 203K
Akira (1988)
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Childhood friends Tetsuo and Kaneda are pulled into the post-apocalyptic underworld of Neo-Tokyo and forced to fight for their very survival. Kaneda is a bike gang leader, and Tetsuo is a member of a tough motorcycle crew who becomes involved in a ...
Style: anime, surreal, futuristic, atmospheric, adult animation ...
Audience: kids, boys' night, adult
Plot: cyberpunk, experiment, post apocalypse, motorcycle gang, distopia, psychic power, protest, post apocalyptic, military, post thermonuclear war, hallucination, motorcycle ...
Time: future, 2010s, distant future, year 1988, year 2019 ...
Place: japan, tokyo, east asia, asia
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 6.0
 1K
Superboy (1988)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Superboy is a half-hour live-action television series based on the fictional DC Comics comic book character Kal-El's early years as Superboy. The show ran from 1988–1992 in syndication. It was renamed The Adventures of Superboy at the start ...
Style: saga, epic, exciting, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: family outing, teens
Plot: superman, superhero, time travel, comic hero, multiverse, comic book, college, super powers, missing person, monster, secret identity, good versus evil ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 90s
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Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: With global superpowers engaged in an increasingly hostile arms race, Superman leads a crusade to rid the world of nuclear weapons. But Lex Luthor, recently sprung from jail, is declaring war on the Man of Steel and his quest to save the planet. ...
Style: epic, saga, hilarious, cult classic, suspenseful ...
Audience: family outing, teens
Plot: superhero, superman, comic book, superpower, space, super powers, multiverse, heroes, alien, superhuman powers, astronaut, villain ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: san francisco, new york, italy, russia
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 6.6
 166K
The Running Man (1987)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: By 2017, the global economy has collapsed and American society has become a totalitarian police state, censoring all cultural activity. The government pacifies the populace by broadcasting a number of game shows in which convicted criminals fight ...
Style: exciting, futuristic, serious, rough, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: dystopian future, distopia, chase, cyberpunk, chases and races, dystopic future, danger, prison, prison escape, tough heroes, stephen king, game of death ...
Time: future, 80s, 20th century, 2010s, year 2019 ...
Place: los angeles
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 7.6
 281K
RoboCop (1987)
Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: In a violent, near-apocalyptic Detroit, evil corporation Omni Consumer Products wins a contract from the city government to privatize the police force. To test their crime-eradicating cyborgs, the company leads street cop Alex Murphy into an armed ...
Style: futuristic, entertaining, black comedy, cyber, intense ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, teens, kids
Plot: cyberpunk, robot, cyborgs, police, androids and robots, robocop, violence, revenge, dystopia, graphic violence, gory, superhero ...
Time: future, 80s, year 1987, near future
Place: detroit, usa, michigan
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Prince of Darkness (1987)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A research team finds a mysterious cylinder in a deserted church. If opened, it could mean the end of the world.
Style: suspense, scary, dark, stylized, slasher ...
Plot: supernatural, demon, satan, devil, zombie, antichrist, cosmic horror, monster, occult, church, end of the world, research ...
Time: 80s, year 2016, 20th century, 90s
Place: los angeles
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 7.8
 451K
Predator (1987)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Dutch and his group of commandos are hired by the CIA to rescue downed airmen from guerillas in a Central American jungle. The mission goes well but as they return they find that something is hunting them. Nearly invisible, it blends in with the ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, scary, cult classic, futuristic ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, adult
Plot: monster, alien, survival, jungle, creature, military, hunting, deadly creature, mission, gory, chase, alien invasion ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1987, future
Place: latin america, south america, central america
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A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: It's been many years since Freddy Krueger's first victim, Nancy, came face-to-face with Freddy and his sadistic, evil ways. Now, Nancy's all grown up; she's put her frightening nightmares behind her and is helping teens cope with ...
Style: slasher, scary, surreal, suspense, bloody ...
Audience: teens, date night, adult
Plot: serial killer, mental institution, murder, supernatural, nightmare, dream, dead teenager, sleep disorder, trapped, serial murder, nightmare on elm street, nightmare comes true ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1990
Place: los angeles, usa, ohio
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 6.9
 44K
Near Dark (1987)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A mid-western farm boy reluctantly becomes a member of the undead when a girl he meets turns out to be part of a band of southern vampires who roam the highways in stolen cars.
Style: scary, road movie, gothic, dark, tense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: vampire, supernatural, femme fatale, hitchhiker, goth, farm, truck, motel, blood, small town, monster, kidnapping ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1987
Place: oklahoma, nebraska, austin texas, usa, kansas ...
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Masters of the Universe (1987)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: The world of Eternia in the aftermath of Skeletor's war on Castle Grayskull, which he has won after seizing Grayskull and the surrounding city using a cosmic key developed by the locksmith Gwildor. The Sorceress is now Skeletor's prisoner ...
Style: serious, crying, surprise ending, stylized, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, boys' night
Plot: superhero, good versus evil, sword fight, villain, violence, skeleton, sword and sorcery, magical sword, shapeshifter, female warrior, beast, time travel ...
Time: 80s, year 1987
Place: new jersey
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The Living Daylights (1987)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 130 min.
Story: James Bond helps a Russian General escape into the west. He soon finds out that the KGB wants to kill him for helping the General. A little while later the General is kidnapped from the Secret Service leading 007 to be suspicious.
Style: suspense, saga, exciting, spectacular, action adventure ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: 007, espionage, cold war, soviet afghanistan war, betrayal, spy, secret service, cello, secret agent, agent, assassin, car chase ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: czechoslovakia, vienna, tangier morocco, england, morocco ...
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