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1. Blade (1998)
R | 120 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
A half-vampire, half-mortal man becomes a protector of the mortal race, while slaying evil vampires.
Director: Stephen Norrington | Stars: Wesley Snipes, Stephen Dorff, Kris Kristofferson, N'Bushe Wright
Votes: 299,450 | Gross: $70.09M
2. Ocean's Twelve (2004)
PG-13 | 125 min | Crime, Thriller
Daniel Ocean recruits one more team member so he can pull off three major European heists in this sequel to Ocean's Eleven (2001).
Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Catherine Zeta-Jones
Votes: 414,526 | Gross: $125.54M
3. The Incredible Hulk (2008)
PG-13 | 112 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Bruce Banner, a scientist on the run from the U.S. Government, must find a cure for the monster he turns into whenever he loses his temper.
Director: Louis Leterrier | Stars: Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth, William Hurt
Votes: 524,053 | Gross: $134.52M
4. The Rundown (2003)
PG-13 | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
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.
Director: Peter Berg | Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Seann William Scott, Christopher Walken, Rosario Dawson
Votes: 143,174 | Gross: $47.73M
5. Meet the Fockers (2004)
PG-13 | 115 min | Comedy, Romance
All hell breaks loose when the Byrnes family meets the Focker family for the first time.
Director: Jay Roach | Stars: Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Blythe Danner, Teri Polo
Votes: 286,849 | Gross: $279.26M
6. Catwoman (2004)
PG-13 | 104 min | Action, Crime, Fantasy
A shy woman, endowed with the speed, reflexes, and senses of a cat, walks a thin line between criminal and hero, even as a detective doggedly pursues her, fascinated by both of her personas.
Director: Pitof | Stars: Halle Berry, Sharon Stone, Benjamin Bratt, Lambert Wilson
Votes: 125,878 | Gross: $40.20M
7. Get Hard (2015)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Crime
When millionaire James King is jailed for fraud and bound for San Quentin, he turns to Darnell Lewis to prep him to go behind bars.
Director: Etan Cohen | Stars: Will Ferrell, Kevin Hart, Alison Brie, Tip 'T.I.' Harris
Votes: 147,145 | Gross: $90.41M
8. Samurai Champloo (2004–2005)
TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Fuu, a waitress who works in a teahouse, rescues two master swordsmen, Mugen and Jin, from their execution to help her find the "samurai who smells of sunflowers."
Stars: Kazuya Nakai, Ginpei Sato, Ayako Kawasumi, Steve Blum
Votes: 55,498
9. Shaft (2019)
R | 111 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
JJ Shaft, a cyber security expert with a degree from MIT, enlists his family's help to uncover the truth behind his best friend's untimely death.
Director: Tim Story | Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Jessie T. Usher, Richard Roundtree, Regina Hall
Votes: 58,810 | Gross: $21.36M
10. Snatched (2017)
R | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
When her boyfriend dumps her before their exotic vacation, a young woman persuades her ultra-cautious mother to travel with her to paradise, with unexpected results.
Director: Jonathan Levine | Stars: Amy Schumer, Goldie Hawn, Kim Caramele, Raven Goodwin
Votes: 37,605 | Gross: $45.83M
11. Tekken (2010)
R | 92 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Jin Kazama witnesses the death of his mother Jun by Tekken in the slums known as Anvil. After finding a Tekken ID he decides to seek out vengeance for his mother's death.
Director: Dwight H. Little | Stars: Jon Foo, Kelly Overton, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Ian Anthony Dale
Votes: 28,571
12. The Protector (2005)
R | 111 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A young fighter named Kham must go to Australia to retrieve his stolen elephant. With the help of a Thai-born Australian detective, Kham must take on all comers, including a gang led by an evil woman and her two deadly bodyguards.
Director: Prachya Pinkaew | Stars: Tony Jaa, Nathan Jones, Xing Jin, Phetthai Vongkumlao
Votes: 39,026 | Gross: $11.91M
13. Undisputed 3: Redemption (2010 Video)
R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Boyka is back. This time he is fighting in the first ever inter-prison tournament with one knee.
Director: Isaac Florentine | Stars: Scott Adkins, Mykel Shannon Jenkins, Mark Ivanir, Hristo Shopov
Votes: 44,624
14. Mindhorn (2016)
TV-MA | 89 min | Comedy, Thriller
A has-been actor best known for playing the title character in the 1980s detective series "Mindhorn" must work with the police when a serial killer says that he will only speak with Detective Mindhorn, whom he believes to be a real person.
Director: Sean Foley | Stars: Julian Barratt, Simon Farnaby, Essie Davis, Steve Coogan
Votes: 13,724
15. Only the Strong (1993)
PG-13 | 99 min | Action, Drama
Ex-Special Forces soldier Louis Stevens returns to Miami to find his former high school overrun by drugs and violence. A master of the Brazilian martial art, capoeira, Stevens pledges to ... See full summary »
Director: Sheldon Lettich | Stars: Mark Dacascos, Stacey Travis, Geoffrey Lewis, Paco Christian Prieto
Votes: 6,901 | Gross: $3.27M
16. The Doorman (2020)
R | 97 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A woman returns from combat and befriends a family in NYC. A gang of thieves plot to take the family's valuables, and she is all that stands between them and their lives.
Director: Ryûhei Kitamura | Stars: Ruby Rose, Jean Reno, Aksel Hennie, Rupert Evans
Votes: 8,109
17. The Contractor (2007 Video)
R | 99 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Ex-C.I.A. Agent James Dial (Wesley Snipes) is asked to take out terrorist Ali Mahmud Jahar (Nikolai Sotirov), only to realize he's been set up by his former employer, Jeremy Collins (Ralph Brown).
Director: Josef Rusnak | Stars: Wesley Snipes, Eliza Bennett, Lena Headey, Ralph Brown
Votes: 9,993
18. Rooftops (1989)
R | 98 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A skilled young street fighter battles criminals across the rooftops of New York City.
Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Jason Gedrick, Troy Byer, Eddie Velez, Tisha Campbell
Votes: 693 | Gross: $2.04M
19. Three Dancing Slaves (2004)
Unrated | 86 min | Drama, Romance
Three Algerian brothers struggle with violence, temptations, and finding purpose after their mother's death, as one seeks revenge, another tries keeping a job, and the youngest may be falling for a capoeira dancer. Can they be a family?
Director: Gaël Morel | Stars: Nicolas Cazalé, Stéphane Rideau, Thomas Dumerchez, Salim Kechiouche
Votes: 1,810 | Gross: $0.02M
20. Bus 174 (2002)
R | 122 min | Documentary, Crime
On June 12, 2000, a young man with a gun took the passengers aboard Bus 174 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil hostage. This documentary examines the event itself, the resulting media frenzy, the police response, and the perpetrator's background.
Directors: José Padilha, Felipe Lacerda | Stars: Sandro do Nascimento, Rodrigo Pimentel, Luiz Eduardo Soares, Anonymous
Votes: 8,627 | Gross: $0.22M
21. Ó Pai, Ó: Look at This (2007)
96 min | Comedy, Musical
During the Carnival in the historical site of Pelourinho (Salvador, Bahia, Brazil), we follow the lives of the tenants of a falling-to-pieces tenement house who try to get by using creativity, irony, humor and music.
Director: Monique Gardenberg | Stars: Lázaro Ramos, Dira Paes, Wagner Moura, Stênio Garcia
Votes: 2,258
22. Catwoman (2011)
PG-13 | 15 min | Animation, Short, Action
Catwoman attempts to track down a mysterious cargo shipment that is linked to a Gotham City crime boss called Rough Cut.
Director: Lauren Montgomery | Stars: Eliza Dushku, John DiMaggio, Liliana Mumy, Kevin Michael Richardson
Votes: 3,718
23. Transmutators (2007)
110 min | Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
An ex-military colonel and his fellow survivors must stand a chance against the alien race called Balangs who conquered their entire world.
Director: Mark A. Reyes | Stars: Ramon 'Bong' Revilla Jr., Dingdong Dantes, Jennylyn Mercado, Michelle Madrigal
Votes: 375
24. The Marksman (2005 Video)
R | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
With Russia on the brink of nuclear annihilation, there's only one man who can save it: an elite U.S. Special Forces operative who's been ordered to take out a Chechen nuclear power plant before terrorists set off a live reactor.
Director: Marcus Adams | Stars: Wesley Snipes, William Hope, Emma Samms, Anthony Warren
Votes: 4,661
25. Redline (1997)
R | 97 min | Action, Sci-Fi
When a man is murdered in Moscow, experimental bionic research brings him back to life. He then sets out to find his murderers and money that was stolen during the crime.
Director: Tibor Takács | Stars: Rutger Hauer, Mark Dacascos, Yvonne Sciò, Patrick Dreikauss
Votes: 1,408
26. The Base (1999 Video)
R | 93 min | Action, Drama
In a U.S. army base, a senior army officer leads a group of young men into drug trafficking.
Director: Mark L. Lester | Stars: Mark Dacascos, Tim Abell, Paula Trickey, Noah Blake
Votes: 1,000
27. Tekken 6 (2007 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Drama
Whilst continuing vast stories of all the characters, Tekken 6 includes new modes, over 40 fighters, bigger stages with more interactivity, enhanced character customization, and introduces a new rage system.
Directors: Katsuhiro Harada, Toshiharu Hijiya, Kiyoshi Minami, Yuko Mizoguchi, Shoji Nakamura, Yuichi Yonemori | Stars: Ken'ichi Morozumi, John Owens, Cindy Robinson, Sang Hyun Uhm
Votes: 1,615
28. Morris Men (2022)
90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When a seaside town is gripped in a vice of drug fueled corruption, sometimes the only solution is to book a dance with the Morris Men.
Director: Gregg Masuak | Stars: Ross O'Hennessy, Eloise Lovell Anderson, Jamie B. Chambers, Charlie Rich
Votes: 169
29. The Bourne Conspiracy (2008 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Crime
Game that takes place prior to, and during the events of the film The Bourne Identity (2002).
Directors: Emmanuel Valdez, David Wheeler | Stars: Franka Potente, William Sadler, Jeffrey Pierce, Dayo Ade
Votes: 498
30. The Assailant (2009)
R | 94 min | Action, Biography, Drama
Based on the life of a legendary capoeira fighter from Bahia, "Besouro" spins a fantastic tale of a young Brazilian man of African descent in search of his mission.
Director: João Daniel Tikhomiroff | Stars: Aílton Carmo, Jéssica Barbosa, Flávio Rocha, Irandhir Santos
Votes: 1,792
31. Amor en custodia (I) (2005–2006)
60 min | Romance, Drama
Stars: Osvaldo Laport, Soledad Silveyra, Sebastián Estevanez, Claudia Fontán
Votes: 72
32. Intergalactic Combat (2007)
90 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Aliens appear at the UN and invite Earth to join the Galactic Federation, there is a catch though, Earth has one year to send a team of it's best fighters to represent the planet in an ... See full summary »
Director: Ray Brady | Stars: Gordon Alexander, Elizabeth Tan, Neil Rayment, Adrian Rayment
Votes: 255
33. The Circuit 2 (2002 Video)
R | 90 min | Action, Drama, Sport
Prisoners are dying at the Ogden Correctional Institution, a prison where a corrupt Warden has taken justice and business into his own hands.
Director: Jalal Merhi | Stars: Olivier Gruner, Jalal Merhi, Lorenzo Lamas, Michael Blanks
Votes: 265
34. Mortal Enemies (2011)
R | 103 min | Action, Crime
After making a brotherly bond with a fellow orphan and reunited by tragedy they fight to save Verdy's fiancée and stop the international crime scandal together.
Director: Asun Mawardi | Stars: Robin Shou, Verdy Bhawanta, Yayu A.W. Unru, Marcio Sebsam
Votes: 132
35. I Am (2019– )
Action, Drama
A high-school senior's thirst for power and the peers who oppose him. Here, everyone's a villain.
Stars: Doug Jones, Milynn Sarley, RiRia, Maximilian Acevedo
36. The King of Fighters XIII (2010 Video Game)
T
Ash Crimson has absorbed power from the two descendants of the clans that locked away the Orochi 1800 years ago. His former ally, Elisabeth Blanctorche, prepares to prevent him from using these powers at The King of Fighters tournament.
Director: Kei Yamamoto | Stars: Monster Maetsuka, Bunsyu Shinoya, Iain Gibb, Eiji Yano
Votes: 200
37. Fatal Fury: King of Fighters (1991 Video Game)
Unrated | Action
One or two players choose from either Terry Bogard, Andy Bogard, or Joe Higashi and fight eight opponents, including the crime boss, Geese Howard.
Director: Takashi Nishiyama | Stars: Satoshi Hashimoto, Nobuyuki Hiyama, Kong Kuwata, Shigefumi Nakai
Votes: 135
38. Oya: Rise of the Suporisha (2014)
12 min | Short, Action, Fantasy
OYA: RISE OF THE SUPORISHAS is an exciting action packed film, written and directed by Nosa Igbinedion. The film resurrects mythical deities from African folklore, known as Orishas, into ... See full summary »
Director: Nosa Igbinedion | Stars: Orwi Manny Ameh, Luiana Bonfim, Ethosheia Hylton, Quincy Okpkpor
Votes: 22
39. Brazil: An Inconvenient History (2000)
47 min | Documentary
At first glance Brazil appears to be an alluring playground of exciting carnivals, sultry samba, divine football and a vibrantly diverse people. But behind this dazzling facade lies a ... See full summary »
Director: Phil Grabsky | Stars: Sean Barrett, Joao Jose Reis, John Hemming, Hakim Adi
Votes: 37
40. Beat Down: Fists of Vengeance (2005 Video Game)
M | Action, Crime, Drama
You assume the role of one of the five underworld enforcers: Raven, Jason G, Aaron, Gina or Lola. When you witnessed the dead bodies of the drug dealers in the warehouse as taking part of ... See full summary »
Directors: Yasuhiro Seto, Nobuhiko Ikeuchi | Stars: Michael Forest, Eddie Frierson, Steve Kramer, Beau Billingslea
Votes: 46
41. Amazing Masters of Martial Arts (1986 Video)
Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary
A showcase of fight sequences featuring many of the world's best-known practitioners of the martial arts, including Sonny Chiba, Bruce Lei, and Carter Wong.
Director: Domonic Paris | Stars: Ken Howard, Shin'ichi Chiba, Bruce Li, Carter Wong
Votes: 22
42. Pequeno Gigante (2020– )
26 min | Drama
Little Giant narrates the trajectory of Davi, a young man a poor community in Itaparica Island. Now in the city of Salvador, he fights against real estate speculation.
Star: Harildo Deda
43. Catwoman: The Diamond Exchange (2006)
20 min | Short, Action
Catwoman steals a valuable diamond in this six part mini-series and the owner wants it back at all costs.
Director: Chris R. Notarile | Stars: Niki Rubin, Kofi Nsafoah, Kon Tanaka, Kasey Williams
Votes: 108
44. O Zelador (2007 Video)
84 min | Documentary
O Zelador explores the life of Master Russo who lives with him family in a tough suburb of Rio de Janeiro. At a young age Russo discovered the value of Capoeira. The music, physical agility... See full summary »
Director: Daren Bartlett
Votes: 19
45. Gatos (2005)
52 min | Documentary
The film follows 4 young Brazilians from a village that was just recently discovered by tourists. It shows the immense influence that the tourists have over the lives of the locals, and the... See full summary »
Director: Gali Meiri | Star: Uelinton Santos-Barbosa
46. Herren (2019 TV Movie)
87 min | Comedy, Drama
Teaching Capoeira - that's his life. But when the martial arts master Ezequiel throws down out of frustration and pride, because not he, but the son of the boss becomes the new head of the ... See full summary »
Director: Dirk Kummer | Stars: Tyron Ricketts, Komi Mizrajim Togbonou, Nyamandi Adrian, Dalila Abdallah
Votes: 149
47. Pastinha! Uma Vida Pela Capoeira (1998)
52 min | Documentary
Documentary about one of the most famous masters of Capoeira (an Afro-Brazilian martial art and dance), Vicente Ferreira Pastinha, aka Mestre Pastinha, guardian of the traditional style of ... See full summary »
Director: Toninho Muricy | Stars: Mestre Braga, Mestre Zé Carlos, Mestre Curió, Mestre João Grande
Votes: 18
48. The Collectors (2003 Video)
Not Rated | 81 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Logan wanted to follow in his father's footsteps as a kickboxing champion. But his dreams are literally shattered when an automobilie accident leaves him without the use of his legs. His ... See full summary »
Director: John Lyde | Stars: Adam Abram, Jesse Angeles, Joseph Brickey, Miguel González
Votes: 33
49. Kakuto Chojin: Back Alley Brutal (2002 Video Game)
T | Action
It's a fighting game where each character has two styles of fighting; the "Kakuto" and the "Chojin"
Director: Kunihiko Nakata | Stars: Jin Dai, Javier Gamir, Paqui Horcajo, Gérard Surugue
Votes: 60
50. Capoeira Master Rates 9 Capoeira Scenes in Movies and TV (2023 Video)
15 min | Documentary, Short
Capoeira practitioner Amen Santo rates nine capoeira scenes in movies and TV shows for realism. Santo breaks down common capoeira strikes, kicks, and defense tactics as well as the ... See full summary »
Star: Joselito 'Amen' Santo