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RoboCop
RoboCop is a 1987 American science fiction action film directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner. The film stars Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Daniel O'Herlihy, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smith, and Miguel Ferrer. Set in a crime-ridden Detroit in the near future, RoboCop centers on police officer Alex Murphy (Weller) who is murdered by a gang of criminals and revived by the megacorporation Omni Consumer Products as the cyborg law enforcer RoboCop. Unaware of his former life, RoboCop executes a campaign against crime while coming to terms with the lingering fragments of
Gran Torino
2009 film by Clint Eastwood
Transformers: Age of Extinction
2014 science fiction film directed by Michael Bay
8 Mile
2002 film directed by Curtis Hanson
The Crow
1994 superhero film directed by Alex Proyas
The Irishman
2019 film directed by Martin Scorsese
Up in the Air
2009 comedy-drama film by Jason Reitman
The Karate Kid
2010 film directed by Harald Zwart
Ford v Ferrari
2019 film by James Mangold
I, Tonya
2017 film directed by Craig Gillespie
Beverly Hills Cop
1984 film directed by Martin Brest
True Romance
1993 film by Tony Scott
RoboCop
2014 film by José Padilha
Dreamgirls
2006 film by Bill Condon
Christine
1983 film directed by John Carpenter
Don't Breathe
2016 film directed by Fede Álvarez
Real Steel
2011 film by Shawn Levy
Beverly Hills Cop II
1987 film directed by Tony Scott
Need for Speed
2014 film directed by Scott Waugh
RoboCop 2
1990 film directed by Irvin Kershner
XXX: Return of Xander Cage
XXX: Return of Xander Cage is a 2017 American action spy film directed by D.J. Caruso and written by F. Scott Frazier. The third installment in the XXX film series and a sequel to both XXX (2002) and XXX: State of the Union (2005), it stars Vin Diesel in the title role along with Donnie Yen, Deepika Padukone, Kris Wu, Ruby Rose, Tony Jaa, Nina Dobrev, Toni Collette, Ariadna Gutiérrez, Hermione Corfield, and Samuel L. Jackson.
Beverly Hills Cop III
1994 film directed by John Landis
RoboCop 3
1993 science fiction film directed by Fred Dekker
Only Lovers Left Alive
2013 film directed by Jim Jarmusch
Four Brothers
2005 film by John Singleton
Scarecrow
1973 film by Jerry Schatzberg
Bird on a Wire
1990 film by John Badham
Barbarian (2022 film)
Barbarian is a 2022 American horror film written and directed by Zach Cregger in his solo screenwriting and directorial debut. It is produced by Arnon Milchan, Roy Lee, Raphael Margules, and J. D. Lifshitz. The film stars Georgina Campbell, Bill Skarsgård, and Justin Long. The story follows a woman who rents a house on Airbnb and discovers a dark secret inside.
Out of Sight
1998 film by Steven Soderbergh
Brick Mansions
2014 film directed by Camille Delamarre
Hoffa
1992 film by Danny DeVito
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
2024 film directed by Mark Molloy
Darkman
Darkman is a 1990 American superhero horror film directed and co-written by Sam Raimi. The film stars Liam Neeson as scientist Peyton Westlake, who is brutally attacked, disfigured, and left for dead by ruthless mobster Robert Durant (Larry Drake), after his girlfriend, attorney Julie Hastings (Frances McDormand), runs afoul of corrupt developer Louis Strack Jr. (Colin Friels). An experimental treatment gives Westlake super-human strength and resilience, with the unintended side-effect of rendering him mentally unstable and borderline psychotic. Consumed with vengeance, Westlake continues his
Don't Breathe 2
2021 film directed by Rodo Sayagues
Assault on Precinct 13
2005 film by Jean-François Richet
Detroit
2017 film directed by Kathryn Bigelow
Exit Wounds
2001 film by Andrzej Bartkowiak
Respect
2021 film directed by Liesl Tommy
White Boy Rick
2018 film directed by Yann Demange
No Sudden Move
2021 film by Steven Soderbergh
Action Jackson
1988 film by Craig R. Baxley
Detroit Rock City
1999 film by Adam Rifkin
Roger & Me
1989 film by Michael Moore
Blue Collar
1978 film by Paul Schrader
Alex Cross
2012 film directed by Rob Cohen
Private Parts
1997 film by Betty Thomas
The Man
2005 film by Les Mayfield
Polar
2019 movie directed by Jonas Åkerlund
Mr. Mom
1983 film directed by Stan Dragoti
Damnation Alley
1977 film by Jack Smight
Gridlock'd
'''''Gridlock'd''''' is a 1997 American crime black comedy drama film written and directed by Vondie Curtis-Hall (in his directorial debut film), and starring Tupac Shakur, Tim Roth, Lucy Liu, and Thandiwe Newton. It follows two heroin addicts, who decide to kick the habit following the overdose of their bandmate. They confront the police and local criminals, while bureaucracy prevents them from entering a drug rehabilitation program. Curtis-Hall had a small role for the film. Shakur died four months before the film's release. The film's opening was relatively low, despite critical acclaim. It
Narc
2002 film directed by Joe Carnahan
C'mon C'mon
2021 film directed by Mike Mills
Kin
2018 film directed by Jonathan Baker and Josh Bakeres
My Life
1993 American film by Bruce Joel Rubin
Deadfall
2012 film directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky
Life of Crime
2013 film by Daniel Schechter
Vanishing on 7th Street
2010 film by Brad Anderson
The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations
2009 film directed by Seth Grossman
If Looks Could Kill
1991 film by William Dear