Movies by keyword murder
Gangs of New York
Action / Crime / Drama / History , produced in 2002, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, UK, USA , added: 24 Aug 2004
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Bill "The Butcher" Cutting's (Daniel Day-Lewis) band is fighting the Irish immigrants in 1860's NY to gain control over the underprivileged areas of the city. Bill has killed the father (Liam Nison) of DiCaprio's character called Amsterdam Vallon, several years later the young man returns to NYC and becomes an ally of The Butcher who has no idea about the past of his new crony. Vallon slowly falls under his spell which causes an inner conflict in his life because his primal aim was the ruthless revenge. Concurrently, Leo's character meets the charming pickpocket named Jenny (Cameron Diaz) who turns out to have a close relationship with The Butcher. At the same time, the Civil War rages on...
Snatch.
Comedy / Crime / Thriller , produced in 2000, UK, USA , added: 24 Aug 2004
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The plot centres on a huge diamond stolen from the Orthodox Jewish diamond district in Antwerp by a gang of armed robberies. The diamond's thief and courier, Franky Four Fingers (Benicio Del Toro) must deliver the valuable gem to his crime boss, "Cousin Avi" (Dennis Farina) in America. First he travels to England to give smaller stones to Avi's cousin, Doug "The Head" (Mike Reid) and other local Hatton Garden jewelers. But instead, hapless Franky is drawn into the whirlpool of rather undesirable events. In London he can't help placing a bet on an illegal boxing bout by Boris "The Blade" (Rade Serbedzija) who proves to have taken him over - local pawnshop owners Vincent (Robbie Gee) and Sol (Lennie James), along with their getaway driver, Tyrone (Ade) waylay and rob him at the bookies. As expected, the diamond goes missing. When bad news reaches Avi's ears, he blows off and rushes with a legendary hit man, 'Bullet Tooth' Tony (Vinnie Jones), to London to find Franky and the missing stone. Moreover, the priceless gem is hunted by cunning Mickey O'Neil (Brad Pitt), morose Brick Top (Alan Ford) and many other miscreants, each of whom strives to hit the jackpot.
Platoon
Action / Drama / War , produced in 1986, UK, USA , added: 24 Aug 2004
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A gritty and emotional look at the lives of a platoon of American soldiers as they patrol, fight and die in the jungles of Vietnam as seen through the perspective of a young recruit. Two veteran sergeants clash when one of them precipitates a massacre of villagers.
Total Recall
Action / Adventure / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller , produced in 1990, USA , added: 24 Aug 2004
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The year is 2084. Douglas Quaid is a construction worker, every night Doug has been having horrible nightmares about the planet Mars and it has become very obsessive for Doug. Doug goes to "Rekall INC" a company that sales false memories of ideal holidays. When Doug has a false memory of a holiday on Mars implanted, it all goes terribly wrong. Doug has lost his memory and he is being chased by a group of assassins and his beautiful wife Lori is a agent who claims his whole life is a fake and he isn't who he is. After discovering he is Hauser, a former Mars Intelligence agent, Quaid goes to the colony on Mars, in hoping of finding answers. Where he meets a woman named Melina who is working for rebels and the assassins are working for Vilos Cohaggen, the colony's corrupt administrator. As Doug sets out to discover who he is and why Cohaagen is after him, Doug not only is finding answers, he also begins to question reality. Is the events of Rekall INC, being chased by assassins and going to Mars really happening? or Is it all a dream?
Wild Things
Crime / Drama / Thriller , produced in 1998, USA , added: 24 Aug 2004
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When High School Guidance counselor Sam Lombardo is accused of raping the popular student Kelly Van Ryan, his carefully structured life is ruined. But as the case heads to trial, an outcast school girl Suzie, may have information to free Sam. But the investigating Detective Ray, thinks that a more devious plan is at work that involves Sam, Kelly, and Suzie. As Ray digs deeper into the case, he uncovers a scheme that has very high stakes and where nothing is as it seems.
Underworld
Action / Fantasy / Horror / Romance / Thriller , produced in 2003, Germany, Hungary, UK, USA , added: 24 Aug 2004
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The action takes place in the underworld inhabited by two rival clans – Vampires and Lycans (Werewolves) - who have been sworn enemies for centuries. It’s ironical that a beautiful young Vampire warrior, Selene (Kate Beckinsale), falls in love with her clan’s enemy, Michael Corvin (Scott Speedman). In fact he is not a Werewolf; he is a human who has been captured by the Lycans because he has unique blood picture which can save their clan from extinction.
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Thriller , produced in 1984, USA , added: 24 Aug 2004
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After a frightening escape from death at the hands of Chinese gangster Lao Che in Shanghai, Indiana Jones & 2 companions, Short Round (Quan) and Willie Scott (Capshaw) board a freight plane to escape. Over the Himalayas, the pilots dump the fuel, and Indy discovers they are in serious trouble when the plane's engines start to stall. Parachuting out of the plane in a life raft, they survive a 300-foot fall into a raging mountain river and its rapids. They are now in India, and as their raft heads down river they are met by an Indian shaman, who leads them to his village where people are starving, crops are blighted, and there is not a single child! Indy's mastery of their language helps him learn that a sacred stone was taken by some strange men, which caused all the problems facing the villagers now. Short Round & Indy figure out that the missing stone is one of the Sankara stones, which are supposed to have a magical effect on whomever possesses them. The shaman sends them on a mission to Pankot Palace, which once housed the Thuggee cult. After a series of near-death encounters, Indy & the others discover the Temple of Doom, where the human sacrifices to Kali - the Thuggee goddess of death - are carried out, as well as a mine that has enslaved the children of the Shaman's village. Indy must get the stone back and free the children from the Thuggees and their psychopathic high priest, Mola Ram (Puri). What follows are several spectacular fights, a frightening chase through a mine shaft in tiny mine cars, and a bridge collapse 100 feet above a river filled with crocodiles! Hang on - and enjoy!
Die Hard
Action / Crime / Thriller , produced in 1988, USA , added: 24 Aug 2004
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John McClane (Willis) is a cop from New York City who is on his way to Los Angeles to see his kids and his wife Holly (Bedelia), who moved to LA because of a job at the Nakatomi Corporation. When he arrives at Nakatomi Plaza, he meets Holly's boss Joe Takagi and her co-worker Harry Ellis. He and Holly go into a private bathroom and get into an argument. When Holly leaves to give a speech, thirteen armed terrorists lead by Hans Gruber (Rickman) seize control of the building and take the occupants of the 30th floor, who are the only ones left in the building, hostage. Luckily, they missed John since he was in the bathroom. He sneaks out and witnesses Gruber kill Takagi. He goes to floor 32 and pulls the fire alarm, but the terrorists cancel the alarm and send someone up to kill John. However, he kills the terrorist and steals his machine gun. Now he has to kill the rest of the terrorists and save the hostages before the terrorists get their way.
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Action / Adventure / Fantasy , produced in 2001, Germany, Japan, UK, USA , added: 24 Aug 2004
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She is an exceptional case. Divinely beautiful, incredibly clever and courageous – a rose without thorn! She speaks foreign languages, is skilled in hand-to-hand fighting and weapons training, and able to survive in extreme conditions. There is no woman on the planet to compare with her. This girl is a daughter of Lord Richard Croft (Jon Voight). Her name is Lara Croft (Angelina Jolie). She is a tireless adventurer and archeologist who travels to exotic places in search of lost treasures and artifacts. This time she must find the unique artifact that grants the possessor ultimate power over space and time. Lara starts a race against time to get the two halves of the Triangle of Light before a crew of villains called the Illuminati acquires the talisman. The destiny of the human race is in Lara's delicate and safe hands...
The Matrix Revolutions
Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller , produced in 2003, USA , added: 24 Aug 2004
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As Neo (Keanu Reeves) somehow becomes trapped in a train station between The Matrix and the real world, Morpheus, Trinity, and Seraph set out to rescue him by means of the Merovingian. As this is going on, the Machines are approaching Zion with the intent of laying waste to every human there, but they do not realize that something is taking over The Matrix, with the intent of destroying everything: Smith. After Neo is freed, he and Trinity take the Logos and make a beeline for the Machine City. The Machines have reached Zion and the battle of a lifetime rages on. However, there is one way to save Zion and put an end to the war, and that is Neo. He must venture into the Matrix and put an end to Smith's evil plans once and for all, and if he succeeds, Zion will live to see another day. It's like the Oracle says, "Everything that has a beginning has an end."
Unbreakable
Drama / Fantasy / Thriller , produced in 2000, USA , added: 24 Mar 2005
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David Dunn (Bruce Willis), a Philadelphia football-stadium security guard, is famous for his uncanny ability to survive all horrendous catastrophes. David is "unbreakable": he has never been injured or sick, not even a day.
Elijah Price (Samuel L. Jackson), a comic book dealer, is David's opposite. He is an accident-prone guy who even emerged from the womb with broken arms and legs. All his life, Elijah, nicknamed "Mr. Glass", has been sick because of his strange and rare bone disease. One day, after a disastrous train crash, David encounters the cripple Elijah, who offers an odd theory as to why David has so tremendous potential, why he has survived without a single scratch...
Once Upon a Time in America
Crime / Drama , produced in 1984, Italy, USA , added: 24 Aug 2004
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Epic, episodic, tale of the lives of a small group of New York City Jewish gangsters spanning over 40 years. Told mostly in flashbacks and flash-forwards, the movie centers on small-time hood David 'Noodles' Aaronson and his lifelong partners in crime; Max, Cockeye and Patsy and their friends from growing up in the rough Jewish neighborhood of New York's Lower East Side in the 1920s, to the last years of Prohibition in the early 1930s, and then to the late 1960s where an elderly Noodles returns to New York after many years in hiding to look into the past.
Minority Report
Action / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller , produced in 2002, USA , added: 24 Aug 2004
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In the midst of the XXI century, new psychological technologies have made the crime prevention almost absolutely effective in this movie set in Washington DC. All crimes are being interrupted even before its commission, all future offenders get jailed before the coming victim will suffer. John Anderton (Tom Cruise) works for the Pre-crime Division, which obtains future crime data from three genetically altered humans (Pre-Cogs), a kind of extrasensory individuals who are maintained by the chemicals. John had lost his child, a little girl several years ago. Suddenly it becomes known that Anderton is soon-to-kill somebody, a man he don't even know. John can't believe this, and now he is outlawed trying to find the truth about himself, he gets to know that the minority report exists: Agatha, one of the Pre-Cogs, is having her separate opinion on the difficult situation...
The Transporter
Action / Crime / Thriller , produced in 2002, France, USA , added: 24 Aug 2004
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Frank Martin is a former soldier now living a solitary existence in France, Frank runs a private business as a "Transporter" a hired criminal whose job is to transport cargo, packages and passengers without question. Playing by the rules, Frank is the best in the business and he has never broken the rules. Until, Frank is hired by an American criminal known as "Wall Street" to deliver a package. Frank's curiosity leads him to break the rules, and he discovers the package he is delivering to Wall Street is a Chinese woman named Lai. Learning that Frank broke the rules and learn about Lai, Wall Street sends his mercenaries to assassinate him. With his own life in danger, Frank takes it upon himself to protect not only himself, but Lai, as he agrees to help Lai rescue enslaved people from China, who are being smuggled into France by Wall Street helped by Lai's father.
Dances with Wolves
Adventure / Drama / Western , produced in 1990, USA , added: 24 Aug 2004
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Lt. John Dunbar is dubbed a hero after he accidentally leads Union troops to a victory during the Civil War. He requests a position on the western frontier, but finds it deserted. He soon finds out he is not alone, but meets a wolf he dubs "Two-socks" and a curious Indian tribe. Dunbar quickly makes friends with the tribe, and discovers a white woman who was raised by the Indians. He gradually earns the respect of these native people, and sheds his white-man's ways.
Ronin
Action / Crime / Thriller , produced in 1998, UK, USA , added: 24 Aug 2004
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The Japanese word 'Ronin' means 'samurai who lost his master'. According to the Code of the Samurai, a Ronin is supposed to commit 'hara kiri' upon his master's death. One who doesn't follow the code becomes dishonored and is doomed to be on his own or serve whomever pays him. Four Ronin, former intelligence agents who were left without masters and work now as hired guns, are thrown together by a young Irish woman, Deirdre (Natascha McElhone). Sam (Robert De Niro), Vincent (Jean Reno), Gregor (Stellan Skarsgard), Larry (Skip Sudduth), and Spence (Sean Bean) are assigned to get hold of a mysterious suitcase wanted by some Irish terrorists and the Russian Mafia.
Swordfish
Action / Crime / Thriller , produced in 2001, USA , added: 24 Aug 2004
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One of the most dangerous and perfidious spies in the world, charismatic Gabriel Shear (John Travolta), once a CIA agent and now a criminal genius, has the intention of stealing $9 billion in illegal government funds. To steal dirty money, however, he needs a superhacker able to break into the most complicated computer system. It is Stanley Jobson (Hugh Jackman) who can pull off the impossible. After having done time for hacking into the FBI's cyber surveillance systems, Stanley, penniless, computerless and solitary, leads a miserable life. Gabriel, along with his charming henchman Ginger Knowles (Halle Berry), entices him into breaking the law once again in exchange for custody of his daughter Holly (Camryn Grimes) he lost in a divorce.
Open Range
Drama / Western , produced in 2003, USA , added: 24 Aug 2004
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Set in 1882, four friends, Boss Spearman (Robert Duvall), Charley Waite (Kevin Costner), Mose Harrison (Abraham Benrubi) and "Button" (Diego Luna), moving their cattle across the vast prairies of the Wild West, lead a life by a code of honor. But the fate takes an unexpected turn in the small town of Harmonville where bribal Sheriff Poole (James Russo) and a wealthy rancher, Denton Baxter (Michael Gambon), keep the entire town in awe and break the laws. Faced with their flagrant outrages, the valiant cowboys must battle with the local criminals to defend their love, freedom and values of a lifestyle.
Sleepy Hollow
Fantasy / Horror / Thriller , produced in 1999, Germany, USA , added: 24 Aug 2004
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Set in the late 18th century, England, the story revolves around Ichabod Crane (Johnny Depp), a New York constable who is charged with investigating a series of mysterious decapitations which take place in a godforsaken small village called Sleepy Hollow. The locals are terrified, for they strongly believe in the legend of a monstrous Headless Horseman (Christopher Walken). They claim that the sinister ghost of a Hessian soldier rides out of the night, attacking innocent victims and returning to the Underworld with their heads cut off. Crane, the highly educated man believing only in logic, is certain that it is a ruthless serial murderer who wanders in the nearby woods. But when he launches his investigation, he encounters terrifying, inexplicable phenomena.
Phone Booth
Crime / Drama / Thriller , produced in 2002, USA , added: 24 Aug 2004
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Even a telephone kiosk can become a deadly trap when you have something to hide in connection with your dubious reputation, if you have such. A New-Yorker, journalist Steven Shepard (Colin Farrell) who used to lie to everybody from his boss to his wife and lover, picks up a receiver at a phone booth and becomes the hostage of a maniac sniper who targets him with a laser sight. This guy draws Steve out demanding a forced confession in all his lies, a confession which can cost him his job and relations with his wife. In other hand, denial will cost him his life as well as if he'd hang up the phone. Meanwhile, police forces which gathered around the booth as a passing pedestrian is injured by a maniacal shooter, consider Steve himself as a maniac, being unaware of sniper existence. For liars to notice: one should never pick up a phone ringing in a telephone booth...
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller , produced in 2003, Germany, UK, USA , added: 24 Aug 2004
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In the second part of the saga, John Connor (Nick Stahl) helped to prevent Judgment Day and keep the human race from mass destruction. Since then Connor has been living on the run having no cell phone, no credit cards and no job. Two terminators are once again sent back through time: a female Terminator, the T-X (Kristanna Loken), is anxious to kill John and a reprogrammed T-800 (Arnold Schwarzenegger), his former assassin, has a mission to protect him and his future wife, Kate Brewster (Claire Danes), in the upcoming lethal battle. To resist Terminatrix is no easy matter, for the relentless killing machine is much more powerful and advanced than her predecessor, the T-1000. The liquid metal-based Terminatrix has a right arm that transforms into different weapons; she can take on the form of other people and even become invisible. Connor and the T-800 must triumph over the destructive machine by joining forces.
Spider-Man
Action / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Thriller , produced in 2002, USA , added: 02 Dec 2004
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Well-known and deeply respected for his great deeds, the red-and-blue-suited Spider-Man is an idol and hero in New York City. Meanwhile, the modest Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) leads a regular, almost ascetic lifestyle, trying to win his spurs as a photographer, and Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst) is the star of a great Broadway show. She is one of few people who know about Peter’s crime-fighting alter-ego. Harry Osborn (James Franco), once Peter’s friend, who is also aware of his secret identity, has become the New Goblin, bent on taking revenge the death of his father, the Green Goblin, by killing Spider-Man. Moreover, he is attracted by the charming Mary Jane and willing to take her away from Peter. To make matters more complicated, Peter is taken over by mysterious black alien substance Venom which amplifies his powers and changes his personality for the worst. And now he must battle not only with his remorseless foes, Harry and Flint Marko (Thomas Haden Church), a crime fugitive incidentally transformed into Sandman, but also with...himself.
Alien³
Action / Drama / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller , produced in 1992, USA , added: 24 Aug 2004
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After she escaped the Aliens' planet, Riply (Sigourney Weaver) gets out of the frying pan into the fire: her spaceship wrecks nearby the so-called Prison planet where different social scum (violators, murderers and other recidivists) serves their long terms. Along with our brave Lt, the Alien embryo gets there, and then the hell begins again. The monstrous giant creature with its large-toothed telescopic jaws begins to judge unarmed prisoners. Who can stop the biological killing machine?
Secret Window
Drama / Horror / Thriller , produced in 2004, USA , added: 24 Aug 2004
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Mort Rainey's (Johnny Depp) life is getting worse gradually in this adaptation of Stephen King's novella. Mort is a recently divorced writer who decides to take some time off at his cottage. His lack of energy and creativity left him incapable of even stringing a simple sentence together notwithstanding the former success. In addition, Mort finds himself beleaguered by a psychotic stranger (John Turturro) who claims Rainey plagiarized his story idea and demands satisfaction. Though Rainey claims he's done nothing wrong, the stranger isn't pacified, instead growing more and more threatening. As Mort's wife (Maria Bello) pushes him to complete their separation and Shooter methodically destroys his life, he struggles to restore order to an increasingly insane situation. When Shooter's demands turn to murder Rainey involves in a private detective (Timothy Hutton) for help. But the horror spirals out of control on and on, Mort soon discovers he can't trust anyone or anything. The ending of this psychological thriller is really shocking and horrifying as the writer of "Panic Room", David Koepp, and Johnny Depp, 2003 Best Actor (Pirates of the Caribbean) do their best.
The Chronicles of Riddick
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller , produced in 2004, USA , added: 01 Sep 2004
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This sequel to Pitch Black follows escaped convict Riddick (Vin Diesel) as he finds himself between the hammer and the anvil in a raging galactic war. After spending five years on the run and pursued by ruthless bounty-hunters, Riddick is to fight for the future of the human race, which is about to annihilate by the efforts of an evil Necromongers. Notwithstanding he is not a hero but an antihero, he is an evil to defeat evil. Aided by the mysterious ethereal being named Aereon (Judi Dench), who helps him uncover the secrets of his past, Riddick has to fight against the evil Lord Marshal (Colm Feore) and his army. He meets the girl Kyra (Alexa Davalos), with whom he escaped from the monster-swarmed planet, together they should stand the battle that will determine the fate of the universe.
The Silence of the Lambs
Crime / Thriller , produced in 1991, USA , added: 10 Sep 2004
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Brutal maniac kills young women one by one, and FBI orders its agent Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) to investigate the subject. To uncover the beast's identity, she pays several visits to another maniac who can be aware. This man, dr Hannibal Lecter (Antony Hopkins) is a prisoner-psychopathologist who is an ominous murderer and a cannibal, and the evil-minded Doctor begins to play his own game. This Oscars-winning film is a very scary story, so if only you have nerves strong enough, you can watch it... but not later then eight A.M.
The Pianist
Biography / Drama / Music / War , produced in 2002, France, Germany, Poland, UK , added: 29 Sep 2004
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One of the most accomplished piano players in Poland, Wladyslaw Szpilman becomes subject to the anti-Jewish laws imposed by the conquering Germans in the 1930s. At last deciding to escape, suffering the tragedy of his family deported to a death camp, Szpilman goes into hiding as a Jewish refugee where he is witness to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943 and the Warsaw City Revolt in August/October 1944.
Gosford Park
Comedy / Crime / Drama / Mystery , produced in 2001, Germany, Italy, UK, USA , added: 10 Feb 2005
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Set in the 1930's in England, the story takes place at Gosford Park, the majestic country estate where Sir William McCordle (Michael Gambon) and his wife, Lady Sylvia (Kristin Scott Thomas), are giving a splendid party for their relatives and friends, aristocrats and celebrities. The guests intend to spend the weekend enjoying the luxurious decor of the gilded drawing rooms and indulging in gluttony. The personal maids and servants are ready to satisfy every wish and caprice of the carefree Corinthians. The party is about to begin but the host is unexpectedly found dead, and what is worse is that somebody has had a hand in dispatching him to the next world.
Ghost Ship
Adventure / Horror / Thriller , produced in 2002, Australia, USA , added: 14 Feb 2005
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When Canadian Air Force pilot Jack Ferriman recruits the team to investigate a mysterious vessel he has spotted floating adrift off the coast of Alaska in a remote region of the Bering Sea, they discover the remains of the fabled Antonia Graza, thought lost at sea for more than 40 years. It's a hell of a find # the salvage rights alone could be worth a fortune. And by the law of the sea, any vessel discovered on international waters can be claimed by whomever is fortunate enough to find her and skilled enough to haul her back to port. But once onboard the eerie, cavernous ship, the crew of the Arctic Warrior discovers that the decaying vessel is anything but deserted. It's home to something more deadly and horrific than anything they've encountered in all their years at sea.
007 Goldfinger
Action / Adventure / Thriller , produced in 1964, UK, USA , added: 15 Feb 2005
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The powerful tycoon Auric Goldfinger (Gert Frobe) has initiated "Operation Grand Slam," a cataclysmic scheme to raid Fort Knox and obliterate the world economy. James Bond, armed with his specially equipped Aston Martin (its accessory package includes built-in machine guns, a smoke screen and an ejector seat), must stop the plan by overcoming several outrageous adversaries. First there's Oddjob (Harold Sakata), the mute servant who kills at the toss of a lethal hat; next, the beautiful Jill Masterson (Shirley Eaton), who gives new meaning to the phrase "golden girl"; and finally, sexy pilot Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman), whose romantic feelings for Bond complicate her involvement in Goldfinger's high-flying scheme.
