Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)

The Dead Pool (1988)

Summary: Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan must stop a sick secret contest to murder various San Francisco celebrities, with himself being one of the targets.

Release Date: July 13, 1988

Genres: Action, Crime, Mystery

Director: Buddy Van Horn

Writers: Harry Julian Fink

, Rita M. Fink

, Steve Sharon

Runtime: 1 h 31 min

MPAA: R

Production: Warner Bros., Malpaso Productions

Distributor: Warner Bros., CBS, Warner Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Dirty Harry

Movie budget: $ 31,000,000

Domestic: $ 37,903,295

Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)

Summary: John McClane and a Harlem store owner are targeted by German terrorist Simon in New York City, where he plans to rob the Federal Reserve Building.

Release Date: May 19, 1995

Genres: Action, Adventure, Thriller

Director: John McTiernan

Writers: Jonathan Hensleigh

, Roderick Thorp

Runtime: 2 h 08 min

MPAA: R

Production: Cinergi Pictures Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox

Distributor: Fox Video, Fox Network, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Die Hard

Movie budget: $ 90,000,000

Domestic: $ 100,012,499

International: $ 266,089,167

The Strangers: Prey at Night (2018)

Summary: A family of four staying at a secluded mobile home park for the night are stalked and then hunted by three masked psychopaths.

Release Date: March 09, 2018

Genre: Horror

Director: Johannes Roberts

Writers: Bryan Bertino

, Ben Ketai

Runtime: 1 h 25 min

MPAA: R

Production: Aviron Pictures, thefyzz, White Comet Films, SoundNode

Countries: United States, United Kingdom

Language: English

Franchise: Strangers

Movie budget: $ 5,000,000

Domestic: $ 24,586,708

International: $ 6,452,418

Black Adam (2022)

Summary: Nearly 5,000 years after he was bestowed with the almighty powers of the Egyptian gods--and imprisoned just as quickly--Black Adam is freed from his earthly tomb, ready to unleash his unique form of justice on the modern world.

Release Date: October 21, 2022

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Director: Jaume Collet-Serra

Writers: Adam Sztykiel

, Rory Haines

, Sohrab Noshirvani

Runtime: 2 h 05 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Warner Bros., New Line Cinema, DC Entertainment, Motion Picture Foundation of Hungary, New Zealand Film Commission, Québec Production Services Tax Credit, DC Entertainment

Distributor: Studio Distribution Services (SDS), Warner Bros. Home Entertainment

Countries: United States, Canada, New Zealand, Hungary

Language: English

Franchise: DC Extended Universe

Movie budget: $ 195,000,000

Domestic: $ 168,152,111

International: $ 225,300,000

Kelly's Heroes (1970)

Summary: A group of U.S. soldiers sneaks across enemy lines to get their hands on a secret stash of Nazi treasure.

Release Date: June 23, 1970

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, War

Director: Brian G. Hutton

Writer: Troy Kennedy-Martin

Runtime: 2 h 24 min

MPAA: GP

Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Katzka-Loeb, Avala Film, The Warriors Company

Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), CBS, MGM Home Entertainment, MGM/UA Home Entertainment, Warner Home Video

Countries: United States, Yugoslavia

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 4,000,000

Domestic: $ 5,200,000

Mimic (1997)

Summary: Three years ago, entomologist Dr. Susan Tyler genetically created an insect to kill cockroaches carrying a virulent disease. Now, the insects are out to destroy their only predator, mankind.

Release Date: August 22, 1997

Genres: Horror, Sci-Fi

Director: Guillermo del Toro

Writers: Donald A. Wollheim

, Matthew Robbins

, Guillermo del Toro

Runtime: 1 h 45 min

MPAA: R

Production: Dimension Films, Baltimore Pictures, Miramax, Dimension Films

Distributor: Dimension Films, Action Channel, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Dimension Home Video, Lionsgate Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 30,000,000

Domestic: $ 25,480,490

International: $ 313

Shooter (2007)

Summary: A marksman living in exile is coaxed back into action after hearing of a plot to kill the President. After being-double crossed for the attempt and on the run, he sets out for the real killer and the truth.

Release Date: March 23, 2007

Genres: Action, Drama, Thriller

Director: Antoine Fuqua

Writers: Jonathan Lemkin

, Stephen Hunter

Runtime: 2 h 04 min

MPAA: R

Production: Paramount Pictures, Di Bonaventura Pictures

Distributor: Paramount Pictures, Paramount Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 61,000,000

Domestic: $ 47,003,582

International: $ 48,693,414

King Solomon's Mines (1985)

Summary: Fortune hunter Allan Quatermain teams up with a resourceful woman to help her find her missing father lost in the wilds of 1900s Africa while being pursued by hostile tribes and a rival German explorer.

Release Date: November 22, 1985

Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy

Director: J. Lee Thompson

Writers: H. Rider Haggard

, Gene Quintano

, James R. Silke

Runtime: 1 h 40 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: The Cannon Group, Golan-Globus Productions, Cannon Productions, Golan-Globus Productions, Cinema '84, Limelight

Distributor: The Cannon Group, Viacom, MGM/UA Home Entertainment, Warner Home Video, MGM Home Entertainment, Olive Films, BuckRay TV

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 12,500,000

Domestic: $ 15,057,465

Lord of War (2005)

Summary: An arms dealer confronts the morality of his work as he is being chased by an INTERPOL Agent.

Release Date: September 16, 2005

Genres: Action, Drama, Crime

Director: Andrew Niccol

Writer: Andrew Niccol

Runtime: 2 h 02 min

MPAA: R

Production: Entertainment Manufacturing Company, VIP 3 Medienfonds, Ascendant Pictures, Saturn Films, Rising Star, Copag V, Endgame Entertainment, Majority Entertainment, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Distributor: Lions Gate Films, Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment, Lionsgate Home Entertainment, Lionsgate

Countries: United States, Germany

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 50,000,000

Domestic: $ 24,149,632

International: $ 48,467,436

Death Race (2008)

Summary: Ex-con Jensen Ames is forced by the warden of a notorious prison to compete in our post-industrial world's most popular sport: a car race in which inmates must brutalize and kill one another on the road to victory.

Release Date: August 22, 2008

Genres: Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi

Director: Paul W.S. Anderson

Writers: Paul W.S. Anderson

, Robert Thom

, Charles B. Griffith

Runtime: 1 h 45 min

MPAA: R

Production: Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, Impact Pictures, Cruise/Wagner Productions, H2S2 Filmproduktionsgesellschaft, Scion Films

Distributor: Universal Studios, Universal Pictures, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE), FX Network

Countries: United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 45,000,000

Domestic: $ 36,316,032

International: $ 39,698,303

One for the Money (2012)

Summary: Unemployed and newly-divorced Stephanie Plum lands a job at her cousin's bail-bond business, where her first assignment puts her on the trail of a wanted local cop from her romantic past.

Release Date: January 27, 2012

Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime

Director: Julie Anne Robinson

Writers: Stacy Sherman

, Karen Ray

, Liz Brixius

Runtime: 1 h 31 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Lakeshore Entertainment, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment

Distributor: Lionsgate, Lionsgate Home Entertainment, The CW Network (The CW)

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 40,000,000

Domestic: $ 26,414,527

International: $ 11,669,635

Need for Speed (2014)

Summary: Fresh from prison, a street racer who was framed by a wealthy business associate joins a cross-country race with revenge in mind. His ex-partner, learning of the plan, places a massive bounty on his head as the race begins.

Release Date: March 14, 2014

Genres: Action, Thriller

Director: Scott Waugh

Writers: George Gatins

, John Gatins

Runtime: 2 h 12 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Dreamworks Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, Reliance Entertainment

Countries: United States, India

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 66,000,000

Domestic: $ 43,577,636

International: $ 159,700,000

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The Getaway (1972)

Summary: A recently-released ex-con and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes awry.

Release Date: December 16, 1972

Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller

Director: Sam Peckinpah

Writers: Walter Hill

, Jim Thompson

Runtime: 2 h 03 min

MPAA: PG

Production: First Artists, Foster-Brower Productions, Solar Productions

Distributor: Warner Home Video, American Movie Classics (AMC), Bravo Networks, CBS, HBO Max, Turner Classic Movies (TCM), Warner Bros. Domestic Pay TV / Cable and Network Features, Warner Bros. Television Distribution

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 3,352,254

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Rambo III (1988)

Summary: Rambo mounts a one-man mission to rescue his friend Colonel Trautman from the clutches of the formidable invading Soviet forces in Afghanistan.

Release Date: May 25, 1988

Genres: Action, Adventure

Director: Peter MacDonald

Writers: David Morrell

, Sylvester Stallone

, Sheldon Lettich

Runtime: 1 h 42 min

MPAA: R

Production: Carolco Pictures

Distributor: International Video Entertainment (IVE), Image Entertainment, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Artisan Entertainment, Avid Home Entertainment, HBO Zone, Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment, Lionsgate Home Entertainment, Lionsgate, Live Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Rambo

Movie budget: $ 63,000,000

Domestic: $ 53,715,611

International: $ 135,300,000

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Act of Valor (2012)

Summary: An elite team of Navy SEALs embark on a covert mission to recover a kidnapped CIA agent.

Release Date: February 24, 2012

Genres: Action, Adventure, Thriller

Directors: Mike McCoy

, Scott Waugh

Writer: Kurt Johnstad

Runtime: 1 h 50 min

MPAA: R

Production: Relativity Media, Bandito Brothers

Distributor: Relativity Media, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, CBS

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 12,000,000

Domestic: $ 70,012,847

International: $ 12,486,552

The Covenant (2006)

Summary: Four young men who belong to a New England supernatural legacy are forced to battle a fifth power long thought to have died out. Meanwhile, jealousy and suspicion threaten to tear them apart.

Release Date: September 08, 2006

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Director: Renny Harlin

Writer: J.S. Cardone

Runtime: 1 h 37 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Screen Gems, Lakeshore Entertainment, Sandstorm Films, Spacedog, Eyetronics, Mel's Cite du Cinema

Distributor: Screen Gems, Sony Pictures Releasing, Pluto TV, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, The CW Network (The CW)

Countries: United States, Canada

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 20,000,000

Domestic: $ 23,380,495

International: $ 14,218,272

The Rundown (2003)

Summary: A tough aspiring chef is hired to bring home a mobster's son from the Amazon but becomes involved in the fight against an oppressive town operator and the search for a legendary treasure.

Release Date: September 26, 2003

Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy

Director: Peter Berg

Writers: R.J. Stewart

, James Vanderbilt

Runtime: 1 h 44 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Columbia Pictures, Universal Pictures, WWE Studios, IM3 Entertainment

Distributor: Universal Pictures, Fox Network, Mill Creek Entertainment, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 85,000,000

Domestic: $ 47,726,342

International: $ 33,255,572

Machine Gun Preacher (2011)

Summary: Sam Childers is a former drug-dealing biker tough guy who found God and became a crusader for hundreds of Sudanese children who've been forced to become soldiers.

Release Date: November 02, 2011

Genres: Action, Crime, Biography

Director: Marc Forster

Writers: Jason Keller

, Ian Urbina

Runtime: 2 h 09 min

MPAA: R

Production: Relativity Media, Virgin Produced, Apparatus Productions, Mpower Pictures, ITS Capital, Merlina Entertainment, MGP Productions, Moonlighting Films, Safady Entertainment

Distributor: Relativity Media, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, HBO Max

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 30,000,000

Domestic: $ 538,690

International: $ 2,800,000