Category Archives: Adventure

The 300 Spartans

IMDB Rating: 6.60
2162 votes

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Essentially true story of how Spartan king Leonidas led an extremely small army of Greek Soldiers (300 of them his personal body guards from Sparta) to hold off an invading Persian army more than 20 times as large. The actual heroism of those who stood (and ultimately died) with Leonidas helped shape the course of Western Civilization, allowing the Greek city states time to organize an army which repelled the Persians. Set in 480 BC.
Actors
King LeonidasRichard Egan
Themistocles of AthensRalph Richardson
EllasDiane Baker
Also posted in 1962, Drama, High IMDB rating, History, War | Comments (0)

Virgin Territory

IMDB Rating: 5.30
427 votes

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Young Florentines regale one another in the Italian countryside while the black plague decimates their city.
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LorenzoHayden Christensen
PampineaMischa Barton
DioneoChristopher Egan
Also posted in 2007, Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comments (0)

Enchanted

IMDB Rating: 8.20
5050 votes

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In an animated fairy tale world, a young girl meets and falls in love with the handsome prince of her dreams. News of this romance upsets the prince's mother, the evil queen, who uses her black magic to send the girl hurtling out of the animated world into the one place in the universe where there is no true love: modern day Manhattan. The now-real girl has to survive in New York City and find her way home again to her true love.
Actors
GiselleAmy Adams
Prince EdwardJames Marsden
Nancy TremaineIdina Menzel
Also posted in 2007, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, High IMDB rating, Musical, Romance | Comments (0)

The Monster Squad

IMDB Rating: 6.80
3893 votes

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Young kids form a club that is devoted to monsters, but soon get more than they bargained for when Count Dracula adjourns to Earth, accompanied by Frankenstein's Monster, the Wolfman, the Mummy, and the Gillman. The uglies are in search of a powerful amulet that will grant them power to rule the world. Our heroes - the Monster Squad are the only ones daring to stand in their way.
Actors
Sean CrenshawAndre Gower
PatrickRobby Kiger
Del CrenshawStephen Macht
Also posted in 1987, Comedy, High IMDB rating, Horror | Comments (0)

The King and I

IMDB Rating: 7.40
5935 votes

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After the death of her husband, Anna Owens moves from England to Siam with her son Louis to become a teacher for the children of the king of Siam. She finds Siamese customs to be quite different from English ones, which brings her often in conflict with the king. However, after some time they find themselves getting along much better.
Actors
Anna LeonowensDeborah Kerr
King Mongkut of SiamYul Brynner
TuptimRita Moreno
Also posted in 1956, Drama, Family, High IMDB rating, Musical, Romance | Comments (0)

The Ghost and the Darkness

IMDB Rating: 6.50
13333 votes

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In 1896, a construction engineer from the British Army, J.H. Patterson (Kilmer) is sent to build a railway bridge across Uganda's Tsavo River for the British East African Railway. Soon after he arrives, workmen begin to disappear at night from their tents - never to be seen alive again. The engineer soon discovers that a pair of man-eating lions are stalking around the bridge and campsites, killing the workmen for food. He tries a number of different methods to get rid of them, but the beasts always seem to know what Patterson is doing and avoid being shot. After 30 men have been killed Patterson's boss recruits a hunter, Charles Remington (Douglas) to hunt down and destroy the lions. But the lions continue killing the workmen until they flee the camps, jumping onto the train as it rolls through Tsavo. Now Remington, Patterson & his aide (John Kani) must face these brilliant yet frightening monsters alone.
Actors
Charles RemingtonMichael Douglas
Col. John Henry PattersonVal Kilmer
Robert BeaumontTom Wilkinson
Also posted in 1996, Action, Drama, High IMDB rating, Horror, Thriller | Comments (0)

Sharpe’s Challenge

IMDB Rating: 7.80
721 votes

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Sean Bean is back as the swashbuckling hero in Sharpe's Challenge, an action packed mini-series to be shot on location in Rajasthan, India. Two years after the Duke of Wellington crushes Napoleon at Waterloo, dispatches from India tell of a local Maharaja, Khande Rao, who is threatening British interests there. Wellington sends Sharpe to investigate on what turns out to be his most dangerous mission to date. When a beautiful general's daughter is kidnapped by the Indian warlord, the tension mounts, leaving Sharpe no option but to pursue the enemy right into its deadly lair. Deep in the heart of enemy territory he also has to keep at bay the beautiful but scheming Regent, Madhuvanthi, who is out to seduce him. The fate of an Empire and the life of a General's daughter lie in one man's hands...
Actors
Richard SharpeSean Bean
Patrick HarperDaragh O'Malley
William DoddToby Stephens
Also posted in 2006, Action, High IMDB rating, War | Comments (0)

The Poseidon Adventure

IMDB Rating: 7.00
10262 votes

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At midnight on New Years Eve the S.S. Poseidon is struck by a 90' tidal wave and is capsized. The Reverend Frank Scott leads nine Survivors; an elderly couple, Manny and Belle Rosen headed to Israel to see their grandson; A New York detective and his ex-prostitute wife, Mike and Linda Rogo on their second honeymoon to Italy; A young brother and sister, Robin and Susan Shelby going to meet their parents in Greece; A haberdasher James Martin; a pop singer Nonnie Parry, and a waiter from the ship Acres. They travel from the grand ballroom struggling through, steam, fire and rising water in the up-side-down ship to reach the bottom (the propeller shaft), now the top.
Actors
Rev. Frank ScottGene Hackman
Det. Lt. Mike RogoErnest Borgnine
James MartinRed Buttons
Also posted in 1972, Action, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

The Darjeeling Limited

IMDB Rating: 8.10
6058 votes

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Three American brothers who have not spoken to each other in a year set off on a train voyage across India with a plan to find themselves and bond with each other — to become brothers again like they used to be. Their "spiritual quest", however, veers rapidly off-course (due to events involving over-the-counter pain killers, Indian cough syrup, and pepper spray), and they eventually find themselves stranded alone in the middle of the desert with eleven suitcases, a printer, and a laminating machine. At this moment, a new, unplanned journey suddenly begins.
Actors
FrancisOwen Wilson
PeterAdrien Brody
JackJason Schwartzman
Also posted in 2007, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

The Great Escape

IMDB Rating: 8.40
37514 votes

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Based on a true story, "The Great Escape" deals with the largest Allied escape attempt from a German POW camp during the Second World War. The first part of the film focuses on the escape efforts within the camp and the process of secretly digging an escape tunnel. The second half of the film deals with the massive effort by the German Gestapo to track down the over 70 escaped prisoners who are at this point throughout the Third Reich attempting to make their way to England and various neutral countries.
Actors
Capt. Hilts "The Cooler King"Steve McQueen
Flight Lt. Hendley "The Scrounger"James Garner
Squadron Leader Roger Bartlett "Big X"Richard Attenborough
Also posted in 1963, Action, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller, War | Comments (0)