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1. American Ninja (1985)
R | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
American soldier, obviously very skilled in martial arts, single-handedly takes on mercenaries in the Philippines.
Director: Sam Firstenberg | Stars: Michael Dudikoff, Steve James, Judie Aronson, Guich Koock
Votes: 16,746 | Gross: $10.50M
2. American Ninja 2: The Confrontation (1987)
R | 90 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
On a remote Caribbean island, Army Ranger Joe Armstrong investigates the disappearance of several marines, which leads him to The Lion, a super-criminal who has kidnapped a local scientist and mass-produced an army of mutant Ninja warriors.
Director: Sam Firstenberg | Stars: Michael Dudikoff, Steve James, Larry Poindexter, Gary Conway
Votes: 9,669 | Gross: $4.00M
3. Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014)
R | 106 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The history of the independent film company, The Cannon Film Group, Inc..
Director: Mark Hartley | Stars: Sam Firstenberg, David Paulsen, Luigi Cozzi, Menahem Golan
Votes: 5,994
4. Revenge of the Ninja (1983)
R | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After ninjas killed his family, Cho and his son Kane come to America to start a new life. He opens a doll shop but is unwittingly importing heroin in the dolls. When his friend betrays him, Cho must prepare for the ultimate battle.
Director: Sam Firstenberg | Stars: Shô Kosugi, Keith Vitali, Virgil Frye, Arthur Roberts
Votes: 5,870 | Gross: $10.33M
5. Ninja III: The Domination (1984)
R | 92 min | Action, Fantasy, Thriller
An evil ninja attempts to avenge his death from beyond the grave, by possessing an innocent woman's body.
Director: Sam Firstenberg | Stars: Shô Kosugi, Lucinda Dickey, Jordan Bennett, David Chung
Votes: 5,230 | Gross: $7.61M
6. Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo (1984)
PG | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
A developer tries to bulldoze a community recreation center. The local breakdancers try to stop it.
Director: Sam Firstenberg | Stars: Lucinda Dickey, Adolfo Quinones, Michael Chambers, Susie Coelho
Votes: 4,790 | Gross: $15.10M
7. Crocodile (2000 Video)
R | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Eight college students board a houseboat for their spring vacation that promises to be the best of their young lives...how many will survive?
Director: Tobe Hooper | Stars: Mark McLachlan, Caitlin Martin, Chris Solari, D.W. Reiser
Votes: 4,777
8. Avenging Force (1986)
R | 104 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A senator is targeted by the Pentangle, a right wing paramilitary group. His pal, a former CIA agent and martial artist, tries to help him. The group kidnaps the agent's sister and tries to hunt him down, "The Most Dangerous Game" style.
Director: Sam Firstenberg | Stars: Michael Dudikoff, Steve James, James Booth, William Wallace
Votes: 3,345 | Gross: $4.68M
9. The Jesus Film (1979)
G | 117 min | Biography, Drama, Family
Filmed on location in Israel at authentic biblical sites, this inspirational drama and commercial success retells the life of Christ.
Directors: John Krish, Peter Sykes | Stars: Brian Deacon, Rivka Neuman, Alexander Scourby, Niko Nitai
Votes: 2,721
10. American Samurai (1992)
R | 94 min | Action
An American reporter teams up with a martial arts expert, whose half-brother is a "yakuza" - Japanese mafia - drug dealer to battle swordsmen from around the world in a Turkish arena.
Director: Sam Firstenberg | Stars: David Bradley, Mark Dacascos, Valarie Trapp, Rex Ryon
Votes: 2,132
11. Sweating Bullets (1991–1993)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Nick Slaughter, a former RCMP and DEA agent, who had left the company after being fired from his job, moves to the Florida town of Key Mariah to set up a detective service.
Stars: Rob Stewart, Carolyn Dunn, Ian Tracey, Ari Sorko-Ram
Votes: 1,943
12. Spiders II: Breeding Ground (2001)
R | 96 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
After the events of Spiders (2000), a scientist conducts genetic tests, and a couple becomes the perfect host. Now, the hunt is on, as an army of arachnids is after the succulent human flesh. Who can stop the spiders' feeding frenzy?
Director: Sam Firstenberg | Stars: Stephanie Niznik, Greg Cromer, Daniel Quinn, Richard Moll
Votes: 1,742
13. In Search of the Last Action Heroes (2019)
140 min | Documentary
A comprehensive retrospective of the 80's and 90's action film genre.
Director: Oliver Harper | Stars: Scott Adkins, Stuart Ashen, Shane Black, James Bruner
Votes: 1,423
14. Cyborg Cop (1993)
R | 95 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Ex-D.E.A. Agent Jack receives an emergency message from his brother Phillip, whose team was ambushed on the Caribbean island of St. Keith. Jack goes to St. Keith to find his brother, who ... See full summary »
Director: Sam Firstenberg | Stars: David Bradley, John Rhys-Davies, Todd Jensen, Alonna Shaw
Votes: 1,327
15. Mansion of the Doomed (1976)
R | 87 min | Horror, Thriller
A mad scientist fills his basement dungeon with victims in an insane attempt to restore his daughter's eyesight.
Director: Michael Pataki | Stars: Richard Basehart, Gloria Grahame, Trish Stewart, Lance Henriksen
Votes: 1,181
16. Delta Force 3: The Killing Game (1991)
R | 97 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A terrorist places an atomic bomb somewhere in an American metropolis. The U.S. president has no choice but to call in the Delta Force.
Director: Sam Firstenberg | Stars: Nick Cassavetes, Eric Douglas, Mike Norris, Matthew Penn
Votes: 1,088
17. Operation Delta Force (1997 TV Movie)
R | 93 min | Action, Thriller
A team of military experts and scientists go after a terrorist group that has seized a deadly virus and is threatening to release it.
Director: Sam Firstenberg | Stars: Ernie Hudson, Jeff Fahey, Rob Stewart, Frank Zagarino
Votes: 1,035
18. Operation Thunderbolt (1977)
PG | 124 min | Action, Drama, History
In July 1976, an Air France flight from Tel-Aviv to Paris via Athens was hijacked and forced to land in Entebbe, Uganda. The Jewish passengers were separated and held hostage in demand to ... See full summary »
Director: Menahem Golan | Stars: Yehoram Gaon, Gila Almagor, Assi Dayan, Klaus Kinski
Votes: 1,027
19. Cyborg Cop II (1994)
R | 97 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A fancy, loner cop loses his partner to a crazed terrorist during a hostage rescue. He settles for the terrorist going to Death Row in jail. What Jack doesn't know is that the terrorist ... See full summary »
Director: Sam Firstenberg | Stars: David Bradley, Morgan Hunter, Jill Pierce, Victor Melleney
Votes: 966
20. The Alternate (2000)
R | 95 min | Action, Drama
A staged kidnapping of the President of the United States becomes very real, forcing a lone hero to save the day.
Director: Sam Firstenberg | Stars: Eric Roberts, Bryan Genesse, Ice-T, Michael Madsen
Votes: 905
21. McCinsey's Island (1998)
PG | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A former secret agent finds a treasure map and decides to find the loot. But he is not the only one.
Director: Sam Firstenberg | Stars: Hulk Hogan, Grace Jones, Robert Vaughn, Todd Sheeler
Votes: 740
22. Lepke (1975)
R | 110 min | Biography, Drama
Louis 'Lepke' Buchalter is head of Murder Inc., the syndicate that spattered the headlines of the day with blood.
Director: Menahem Golan | Stars: Tony Curtis, Anjanette Comer, Michael Callan, Warren Berlinger
Votes: 438 | Gross: $0.20M
23. Diamonds (1975)
PG | 108 min | Crime, Drama
Richard Roundtree (SHAFT), Robert Shaw (JAWS) and $100 Million of the Hottest Rocks in the World!
Director: Menahem Golan | Stars: Robert Shaw, Richard Roundtree, Barbara Hershey, Shelley Winters
Votes: 357
24. Quicksand (2002)
R | 92 min | Drama, Thriller
Randi Stewart is a sergeant on a marine base where her father is the commanding officer. She is being treated by the new base psychiatrist, Bill Turner. Her brother, Gordon Stewart is ... See full summary »
Director: Sam Firstenberg | Stars: Michael Dudikoff, Brooke Theiss, Douglas Weston, Richard Kind
Votes: 249
25. Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business (2020)
98 min | Documentary
Following five years in the life and career of an independent filmmaker, supported by dozens of interviews, posing one question: how does an indie filmmaker survive in the current film business?
Director: Justin McConnell | Stars: Chris Alexander, Dave Alexander, Chad Archibald, Charles Band
Votes: 237
26. Blood Warriors (1993)
R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An ex-Marine finds out a old buddy is leading a private army of mercenaries. When an ex-Marine refuses to join an old friendship's personal army of mercenaries a deadly violent battle erupts between the two men! And this is not good.
Director: Sam Firstenberg | Stars: David Bradley, Frank Zagarino, Jennifer Campbell, Frans Tumbuan
Votes: 235
27. Motel Blue (1997)
R | 96 min | Thriller
Kyle Rivers has joined the Dpt of Defense as an investigator. Her first assignment is to do a background check on Lana Hawking, scientist for a top secret clearance.
Director: Sam Firstenberg | Stars: Sean Young, Soleil Moon Frye, Rob Stewart, Robert Vaughn
Votes: 191
28. Riverbend (1989)
R | 106 min | Action, Drama
A black major (Steve James) and his men are on the run from a rigged court martial and hide out in a small Georgia town where a cruel white sheriff is terrorizing the black population. ... See full summary »
Director: Sam Firstenberg | Stars: Steve James, Margaret Avery, Tony Frank, Julius Tennon
Votes: 138
29. Criss Cross (2001)
Not Rated | 88 min | Crime, Thriller
When maverick private eye Nick Slaughter is hired by the seductive and mysterious Liora Burke to investigate a dubious life insurance claim, almost everyone involved tells him it's nothing ... See full summary »
Director: Sam Firstenberg | Stars: Rob Stewart, Carolyn Dunn, Ari Sorko-Ram, Cynthia Belliveau
Votes: 131
30. The Day We Met (1990)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Drama
After being called for his mandatory yearly Israeli army reserve duty, Arik Schwartzman finds himself looking for a uniform wearing serial rapist. He is aided by Natalie, a young female soldier who looks for her lost father.
Director: Sam Firstenberg | Stars: Yehuda Barkan, Rami Danon, Zachi Noy, Michal Yannai
Votes: 130
31. The Interplanetary Surplus Male and Amazon Women of Outer Space (2003 Video)
Unrated | 86 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
Science professor Harvey Kirk is a sex addict and his marriage is falling apart. One night, sexy alien amazons kidnap him. They need him to repopulate their hot species. His wife hides in their spaceship and tries to save him.
Director: Sam Firstenberg | Stars: David Rabius, Michael Dorn, Barbara Sharp, Valentina Chepiga
Votes: 96
32. The Fox in the Chicken Coop (1978)
90 min | Comedy
Amitz Dolniker, an Israeli politician who speaks way to much has a heart attack in the middle of his speech. In the ambulance on the way to the hospital the doctor orders him to "go ... See full summary »
Director: Ephraim Kishon | Stars: Shaike Ophir, Seffy Rivlin, Zaharira Harifai, Ya'ackov Bodo
Votes: 91
33. One More Chance (1981)
Unrated | 90 min | Drama
An ex-convict, after spending six years in prison, tries to re-establish a relationship with the son he hasn't seen in all that time.
Director: Sam Firstenberg | Stars: John LaMotta, Marvin Flint, Kirstie Alley, Logan Clarke
Votes: 86
34. The Amorous Adventures of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza (1976)
R | 104 min | Comedy, Musical
This adult movie is a costume period piece, filmed on location in Spain. Corey John Fisher stars as Don Quixote. The movie even included musical numbers, with suggestive lyrics too adult to be played on the radio.
Director: Raphael Nussbaum | Stars: Corey John Fisher, Hy Pyke, Shmuel Livneh, Adriana Van Hemert
Votes: 81
35. Tzanani Family (1976)
87 min | Comedy
A story about two neighbours and their families during a weekend.
Director: Boaz Davidson | Stars: Gabi Amrani, Levana Finkelstein, Chaim Banai, Geula Nuni
Votes: 53
36. Lupo Goes to New York (1976)
G | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
Lupo is leaving Israel, moving to New York and misses his family.
Director: Boaz Davidson | Stars: Yehuda Barkan, Gabi Amrani, Yehuda Efroni, Moti Giladi
Votes: 45
37. Hamesh Ma'ot Elef Shahor (1977)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Shaike Ophir | Stars: Mosko Alkalai, Rachel Baharav, Gavri Banai, Rolf Brin
Votes: 30
38. Let's Blow a Million (1977)
90 min | Drama
For eight and a half years Grego, known as "The Greek", is in prison and contimuously planning his revenge former partner, Shaby. So is it a big surprise when the great enemy of Shaby is extracting him from the prison?
Director: Shmuel Imberman | Stars: Yehuda Barkan, Reuven Bar-Yotam, Jacques Cohen, Ilan Dar
Votes: 26
39. Silent Life: The Story of the Lady in Black (2023)
96 min | Drama
The mysterious Lady in Black claiming to be the last love of the first screen sex symbol Rudolph Valentino, dies in her Hollywood apartment. The only contact the detective finds is the business card of the young filmmaker Paul Harts.
Director: Vladislav Alex Kozlov | Stars: Sherilyn Fenn, Isabella Rossellini, Franco Nero, Terry Moore
Votes: 23
40.
Sweating Bullets (1991–1993)
Episode:
Double Fault
(1992)
TV-14 | 49 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
An insurance company hires Nick and Sylvie to investigate if the wife of a man recently found decapitated and the sole beneficiary of his life insurance, had something to do with it. Nick's friend Spider, Tropical Heat owner, is introduced.
Director: Sam Firstenberg | Stars: Rob Stewart, Carolyn Dunn, Ian Tracey, Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
Votes: 20
41.
Sweating Bullets (1991–1993)
Episode:
Deadly Switch: Part 1
(1992)
TV-14 | 49 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A woman dies under suspicious circumstances at her dentist's. Her business partner receives the money from her life insurance. Then the money goes missing and more dead bodies turn up.
Director: Sam Firstenberg | Stars: Rob Stewart, Carolyn Dunn, Ian Tracey, Ari Sorko-Ram
Votes: 19
42.
Sweating Bullets (1991–1993)
Episode:
Over My Dead Body
(1992)
TV-14 | 49 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Nick gets seriously injured and Sylvie must care for him.
Directors: Sam Firstenberg, Harel Goldstein | Stars: Rob Stewart, Carolyn Dunn, Ian Tracey, Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
Votes: 19
43.
Sweating Bullets (1991–1993)
Episode:
Frame Up
(1992)
TV-14 | 49 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Nick is framed for double murder.
Director: Sam Firstenberg | Stars: Rob Stewart, Carolyn Dunn, Ian Tracey, Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
Votes: 18
44.
Sweating Bullets (1991–1993)
Episode:
Deadly Switch: Part 2
(1992)
TV-14 | 49 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Nick is finally able to put the pieces of this complex case together, but he may have met his match this time.
Director: Sam Firstenberg | Stars: Rob Stewart, Carolyn Dunn, Ian Tracey, Ari Sorko-Ram
Votes: 17
45.
Sweating Bullets (1991–1993)
Episode:
Going to the Dogs
(1992)
TV-14 | 49 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Someone is trying to assassinate a club owner Rupert . Since he's a friend of Nick and Sylvie's, he asks the duo to check whether or not his biggest competitor has something to do with it.
Director: Sam Firstenberg | Stars: Rob Stewart, Carolyn Dunn, Ian Tracey, Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
Votes: 16
46. Remo, Rambo, Reagan and Reds: The Eighties Action Movie Explosion (2014 Video)
67 min | Documentary, Action
This feature-length documentary takes a close look at some of the most popular action movies from the '80s and the different political overtones in them.
Director: Calum Waddell | Stars: Howard S. Berger, Donald P. Borchers, Garrick Dion, Sam Firstenberg
Votes: 15
47. Nanaroscope ! (2017– )
7 min | Documentary
Stars: Séverine Amato, Richard Tribouilloy, Fausto Fasulo, Christophe Bier
Votes: 13
48. Retrofiend Radio (2020 Podcast Series)
Documentary, Talk-Show
A video docucast series and podcast showcasing the underrated treasures of pop culture. Inspired by the multimedia late night music video talk shows of the 1980s like "Night Flight," "Radio 1990," and many more.
Stars: Dustin Niño, Kristian Smock, Mira Bai Winsby, Tom Stern
Votes: 7
49. Groove Street (2018)
90 min | Action
Old meets new when a dance instructor takes on a group of kids from the streets. They have a new style of dance but need the old school technique. Caught up in a world of drug lords and ... See full summary »
Director: Gabriel Knight | Stars: Claudia Wells, Mike Tyson, Michael Chambers, Robert Catrini
50. Worlds Apart (1979)
94 min | Drama
After fighting the Arab armies, Assaf, an Israeli soldier, falls in love with an American living in the Arab district of Jerusalem. One day, he believes he recognizes a wanted terrorist.
Director: Barbara Noble | Stars: Amos Kollek, Shelby Livingston, Joe Cortez, Yossi Yadin