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290 relations: A Better Tomorrow, A Better Tomorrow (2010 film), Action hero, Adventure film, Akira Kurosawa, Aliens (film), Amazon Prime, American Ninja, Amitabh Bachchan, Ang Lee, Angela Mao, Antihero, Armageddon (1998 film), Azumi (film), Æon Flux (film), Bad Boys II, BBC, Beat (1997 film), Bhadrachalam (film), Big Bad Mama, Billy Jack, Black people, Bloomsbury Publishing, Bodybuilding, Bodyguard (2011 Hindi film), Brian Trenchard-Smith, British Film Institute, Brotherhood of the Wolf, Bruce Lee, Buffy Summers, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Bulletproof Monk, Bullitt, Caged Heat, Cantonese, Chang Cheh, Charlie's Angels (2000 film), Chen Kaige, China O'Brien, Chinese martial arts, Chor Yuen, Christophe Gans, Chuck Norris, Chunhyang (film), Cinema of Australia, Cinema of Brazil, Cinema of China, Cinema of Hong Kong, Cinema of Italy, Cinema of Japan, ... Expand index (240 more) »
- Action films
A Better Tomorrow
A Better Tomorrow is a 1986 Hong Kong action film directed, co-written and co-produced by John Woo, co-produced by Tsui Hark, and starring Ti Lung, Leslie Cheung and Chow Yun-fat.
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A Better Tomorrow (2010 film)
A Better Tomorrow (lit. "Invincible") is a 2010 South Korean neo-noir action drama film starring Joo Jin-mo, Song Seung-heon, Kim Kang-woo and Jo Han-sun.
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Action hero
An action hero (sometimes action heroine for women) is the protagonist of an action film or other form of entertainment which portrays action, adventure, and often violence.
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Adventure film
An adventure film is a genre of film. Action film and adventure film are film genres.
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Akira Kurosawa
was a Japanese filmmaker and painter who directed 30 films in a career spanning over five decades.
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Aliens (film)
Aliens is a 1986 science fiction action film written and directed by James Cameron.
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Amazon Prime
Amazon Prime (styled as prime) is a paid subscription service of Amazon which is available in various countries and gives users access to additional services otherwise unavailable or available at a premium to other Amazon customers.
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American Ninja
American Ninja is a 1985 American martial arts action film produced by Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus's Cannon Films.
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Amitabh Bachchan
Amitabh Bachchan (born Amitabh Srivastava; 11 October 1942) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi cinema.
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Ang Lee
Ang Lee (born October 23, 1954) is a Taiwanese filmmaker.
Angela Mao
Angela Mao Ying (born Mao Fuching; 20 September 1950) is a Taiwanese actress and martial artist who appeared in martial arts films in the 1970s.
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Antihero
An antihero (sometimes spelled as anti-hero) or anti-heroine is a main character in a narrative (in literature, film, TV, etc.) who may lack some conventional heroic qualities and attributes, such as idealism, courage, and morality.
Armageddon (1998 film)
Armageddon is a 1998 American science fiction disaster film produced and directed by Michael Bay, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, and released by Touchstone Pictures.
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Azumi (film)
is a 2003 Japanese jidaigeki film directed by Ryûhei Kitamura and starring Aya Ueto, Yuma Ishigaki, Shun Oguri, Hiroki Narimiya, Takatoshi Kaneko, Eita, Shogo Yamaguchi and Joe Odagiri.
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Æon Flux (film)
Æon Flux is a 2005 American science fiction action film based on the animated science fiction action television series of the same name created by Peter Chung, which aired on MTV from 1991 to 1995.
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Bad Boys II
Bad Boys II is a 2003 American buddy cop action comedy film directed by Michael Bay, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, and the sequel to the 1995 film Bad Boys, in addition to the second film in the ''Bad Boys'' film series.
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BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.
Beat (1997 film)
Beat is 1997 South Korean action crime film directed by Kim Sung-su and written by Sam Shin about a high school dropout who is forced into gang life.
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Bhadrachalam (film)
Bhadrachalam is 2001 Indian Telugu-language action sports film directed by N. Shankar, starring Srihari and Sindhu Menon in the lead roles.
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Big Bad Mama
Big Bad Mama is a 1974 American action-crime-sexploitation comedy movie produced by Roger Corman, starring Angie Dickinson, William Shatner, and Tom Skerritt, with Susan Sennett and Robbie Lee.
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Billy Jack
Billy Jack is a 1971 American action drama independent film, the second of four films centering on a character of the same name which began with the movie The Born Losers (1967), played by Tom Laughlin, who directed and co-wrote the script.
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Black people
Black is a racialized classification of people, usually a political and skin color-based category for specific populations with a mid- to dark brown complexion.
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Bloomsbury Publishing
Bloomsbury Publishing plc is a British worldwide publishing house of fiction and non-fiction.
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Bodybuilding
Bodybuilding is the practice of progressive resistance exercise to build, control, and develop one's muscles via hypertrophy.
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Bodyguard (2011 Hindi film)
Bodyguard is a 2011 Indian romantic action film directed by Siddique.
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Brian Trenchard-Smith
Brian Medwin Trenchard-Smith (born 1946) is an English-Australian filmmaker and author, known for his idiosyncratic and satirical low-budget genre films.
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British Film Institute
The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves film-making and television in the United Kingdom.
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Brotherhood of the Wolf
Brotherhood of the Wolf (Le Pacte des loups) is a 2001 French period action horror film directed by Christophe Gans, co-written by Gans and Stéphane Cabel, and starring Samuel Le Bihan, Mark Dacascos, Émilie Dequenne, Monica Bellucci and Vincent Cassel.
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Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee (born Lee Jun-fan; November 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973) was a Hong Kong-American martial artist and actor.
Buffy Summers
Buffy Anne Summers is the title character of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer franchise.
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Buffy the Vampire Slayer is an American supernatural drama television series created by writer and director Joss Whedon.
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Bulletproof Monk
Bulletproof Monk is a 2003 American action comedy film directed by Paul Hunter in his feature film directorial debut, and starring Chow Yun-fat, Seann William Scott, and Jaime King.
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Bullitt
Bullitt is a 1968 American action thriller film directed by Peter Yates and produced by Philip D'Antoni.
Caged Heat
Caged Heat, also known as Renegade Girls, is a 1974 women in prison film.
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Cantonese
Cantonese is the traditional prestige variety of Yue Chinese, a Sinitic branch of the Sino-Tibetan languages originating from the city of Guangzhou (historically known as Canton) and its surrounding Pearl River Delta, with over 82.4 million native speakers.
Chang Cheh
Chang Cheh (10 February 1923 – 22 June 2002) was a Chinese filmmaker, screenwriter, lyricist and producer active in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.
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Charlie's Angels (2000 film)
Charlie's Angels is a 2000 American action comedy film directed by McG in his feature film directorial debut, and written by Ryan Rowe, Ed Solomon, and John August.
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Chen Kaige
Chen Kaige (born 12 August 1952) is a Chinese filmmaker.
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China O'Brien
China O'Brien is a 1990 martial arts film produced by Golden Harvest studios and starring actress and martial artist Cynthia Rothrock with co-stars Richard Norton and Keith Cooke.
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Chinese martial arts
Chinese martial arts, commonly referred to with umbrella terms kung fu, kuoshu or wushu, are multiple fighting styles that have developed over the centuries in Greater China.
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Chor Yuen
Chor Yuen, born Cheung Po-kin (張寶堅; 8 October 1934 – 21 February 2022), was a Hong Kong film director, screenwriter, and actor.
Christophe Gans
Christophe Gans (born 11 March 1960) is a French film director, producer, and screenwriter who specializes in horror and fantasy movies.
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Chuck Norris
Carlos Ray "Chuck" Norris (born March 10, 1940) is an American martial artist and actor.
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Chunhyang (film)
Chunhyang is a 2000 South Korean period romantic drama film directed by Im Kwon-taek, with a screenplay by Kang Hye-yeon and Kim Myung-gon.
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Cinema of Australia
The cinema of Australia began with the 1906 production of The Story of the Kelly Gang, arguably the world's first feature film.
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Cinema of Brazil
Brazilian cinema was introduced early in the 20th century but took some time to consolidate itself as a popular form of entertainment.
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Cinema of China
The cinema of China is the filmmaking and film industry of the Chinese mainland under the People's Republic of China, one of three distinct historical threads of Chinese-language cinema together with the cinema of Hong Kong and the cinema of Taiwan.
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Cinema of Hong Kong
The cinema of Hong Kong (t) is one of the three major threads in the history of Chinese-language cinema, alongside the cinema of China and the cinema of Taiwan.
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Cinema of Italy
The cinema of Italy comprises the films made within Italy or by Italian directors.
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Cinema of Japan
The, also known domestically as, has a history that spans more than 100 years.
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Cinema of South Africa
The cinema of South Africa refers to the films and film industry of South Africa.
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Cinema of Thailand
The cinema of Thailand dates back to the early days of filmmaking, when King Chulalongkorn's 1897 visit to Bern, Switzerland was recorded by François-Henri Lavancy-Clarke.
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Cinema of the United Kingdom
The oldest known surviving film (from 1888) was shot in the United Kingdom as well as early colour films.
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Cinema of the United States
The cinema of the United States, consisting mainly of major film studios (also known metonymously as Hollywood) along with some independent films, has had a large effect on the global film industry since the early 20th century.
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Cinephilia
Cinephilia (also cinemaphilia or filmophilia) is the term used to refer to a passionate interest in films, film theory, and film criticism.
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Cold Eyes
Cold Eyes (lit. "Stakeout" or "Surveillance") is a 2013 South Korean action thriller film starring Sol Kyung-gu, Jung Woo-sung, and Han Hyo-joo.
Cold War
The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, that started in 1947, two years after the end of World War II, and lasted until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Cold War (2012 film)
Cold War is a 2012 Hong Kong police procedural action thriller film directed by Sunny Luk and Longman Leung, starring Aaron Kwok and Tony Leung Ka-fai, and guest starring Andy Lau.
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Cold War 2 (film)
Cold War 2 is a 2016 Hong Kong-Chinese police procedural action thriller film written and directed by Longman Leung and Sunny Luk.
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Come Drink with Me
Come Drink with Me (p) is a 1966 Hong Kong wuxia film produced by Shaw Brothers Studio and directed by King Hu.
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Comedy film
Comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. Action film and Comedy film are film genres.
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Commando (1985 film)
Commando is a 1985 American action thriller film directed by Mark L. Lester and produced by Joel Silver.
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Computer-generated imagery
Computer-generated imagery (CGI) is a specific-technology or application of computer graphics for creating or improving images in art, printed media, simulators, videos and video games.
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Crime film
Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Action film and crime film are film genres.
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Crocodile Dundee
Crocodile Dundee is a 1986 action comedy film set in the Australian Outback and in New York City.
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is a 2000 martial arts film directed by Ang Lee and written for the screen by Wang Hui-ling, James Schamus, and Tsai Kuo-jung.
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Cynthia Rothrock
Cynthia Ann Christine Rothrock (Markowski; born March 8, 1957) is an American martial artist and actress best known for her martial arts films.
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Dabangg
Dabangg is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film directed by Abhinav Singh Kashyap and produced by Malaika Arora and Arbaaz Khan under Arbaaz Khan Productions with Dhilin Mehta under Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision.
Dabangg 2
Dabangg 2 is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film directed and produced by Arbaaz Khan under Arbaaz Khan Productions.
David Bordwell
David Jay Bordwell (July 23, 1947 – February 29, 2024) was an American film theorist and film historian.
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Death Wish (1974 film)
Death Wish is a 1974 American vigilante action film directed by Michael Winner.
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Deathcheaters
Deathcheaters is a 1976 Australian action adventure film directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith and starring John Hargreaves and Grant Page.
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Deewaar
Deewaar (Wall) is a 1975 Indian Hindi-language action crime film written by Salim–Javed and directed by Yash Chopra.
Diaspora
A diaspora is a population that is scattered across regions which are separate from its geographic place of origin.
Die Hard
Die Hard is a 1988 American action film directed by John McTiernan and written by Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Souza based on the 1979 novel Nothing Lasts Forever by Roderick Thorp.
Direct-to-video
Direct-to-video or straight-to-video refers to the release of a film, television series, short or special to the public immediately on home video formats rather than an initial theatrical release or television premiere.
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Dirty Harry
Dirty Harry is a 1971 American neo-noir action thriller film produced and directed by Don Siegel, the first in the ''Dirty Harry'' series.
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District 13
District 13 (French title Banlieue 13 or B13), is a 2004 French action film directed by Pierre Morel and written and produced by Luc Besson.
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Edinburgh University Press
Edinburgh University Press is a scholarly publisher of academic books and journals, based in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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Ek Tha Tiger
Ek Tha Tiger is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed and co-written by Kabir Khan.
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Elektra (2005 film)
Elektra is a 2005 superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Elektra Natchios and directed by Rob Bowman.
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Ellen Ripley
Ellen Louise Ripley is a fictional character and the original protagonist of the ''Alien'' film series, played by American actress Sigourney Weaver.
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Enter the Dragon
Enter the Dragon (t) is a 1973 martial arts film directed by Robert Clouse and written by Michael Allin.
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EuropaCorp
EuropaCorp S.A. (stylised in opening logo as EUROPA CORP. until 2022) is a French motion picture company headquartered in Saint-Denis, a northern suburb of Paris, and one of a few full service independent studios that both produces and distributes feature films.
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Fantastic Four (2005 film)
Fantastic Four (sometimes stylized as Fantastic 4) is a 2005 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.
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Femme fatale
A femme fatale, sometimes called a maneater, Mata Hari, or vamp, is a stock character of a mysterious, beautiful, and seductive woman whose charms ensnare her lovers, often leading them into compromising, deadly traps.
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Film genre
A film genre is a stylistic or thematic category for motion pictures based on similarities either in the narrative elements, aesthetic approach, or the emotional response to the film. Action film and film genre are film genres.
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Film International
Film International is a quarterly academic journal (with a companion site, FilmInt, containing exclusive content) covering film studies.
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Film noir
Film noir is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylized Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those that emphasize cynical attitudes and motivations. Action film and Film noir are film genres.
Foxy Brown (film)
Foxy Brown is a 1974 American blaxploitation action film written and directed by Jack Hill.
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From Paris with Love (film)
From Paris with Love is a 2010 English-language French action thriller film directed by Pierre Morel and starring John Travolta and Jonathan Rhys Meyers.
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Gangster film
A gangster film or gangster movie is a film belonging to a genre that focuses on gangs and organized crime. Action film and gangster film are film genres.
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General's Son
General's Son is a 1990 South Korean crime film directed by Im Kwon-taek.
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George Miller (filmmaker)
George Miller (born 3 March 1945) is an Australian filmmaker.
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Green Fish
Green Fish is a 1997 South Korean neo-noir crime film.
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Gu Long
Gu Long (7 June 1938 – 21 September 1985), was a Hong Kong-born Taiwanese novelist, screenwriter, film producer and director.
Handover of Hong Kong
The handover of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China was at midnight on 1 July 1997.
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Hard Boiled
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Hello Brother (1994 film)
Hello Brother is a 1994 Indian Telugu-language action comedy film, produced by K. L. Narayana and directed by E. V. V. Satyanarayana.
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Hero (2002 film)
Hero (p) is a 2002 ''wuxia'' film directed, co-written, and produced by Zhang Yimou, and starring Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Maggie Cheung, Zhang Ziyi, Donnie Yen and Chen Daoming.
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Hindi cinema
Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language.
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Historical drama
A historical drama (also period drama, period piece or just period) is a dramatic work set in a past time period, usually used in the context of film and television, which presents historical events and characters with varying degrees of fictional elements such as creative dialogue or fictional scenes which aim to compress separate events or illustrate a broader factual narrative. Action film and historical drama are film genres.
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Hong Kong action cinema
Hong Kong action cinema is the principal source of the Hong Kong film industry's global fame. Action film and Hong Kong action cinema are 1970s in film, 1980s in film and 1990s in film.
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Hong Kong University Press
Hong Kong University Press (abbreviated as HKU Press) is the university press of the University of Hong Kong.
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Horror film
Horror is a film genre that seeks to elicit fear or disgust in its audience for entertainment purposes. Action film and Horror film are film genres.
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House of Flying Daggers
House of Flying Daggers is a 2004 wuxia romance film directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Andy Lau, Zhang Ziyi and Takeshi Kaneshiro.
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I.B. Tauris
I.B. Tauris is an educational publishing house and imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing.
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Im Kwon-taek
Im Kwon-taek (born December 8, 1934) is one of South Korea's most renowned film directors.
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IMDb
IMDb (an acronym for Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, podcasts, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews.
Independence Day (1996 film)
Independence Day (also promoted as ID4) is a 1996 American science fiction action film directed by Roland Emmerich, written by Emmerich and the film's producer Dean Devlin, and stars an ensemble cast that consists of Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell, Judd Hirsch, Margaret Colin, Randy Quaid, Robert Loggia, Vivica A.
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Indiana Jones (character)
Dr.
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Infernal Affairs
Infernal Affairs is a 2002 Hong Kong action thriller film directed by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak, from a screenplay written by Mak and Felix Chong.
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Jackie Chan
Chan Kong-sang (born 7 April 1954), known professionally as Jackie Chan, is a Hong Kong actor, director, writer, producer, martial artist, and stuntman known for his slapstick acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, and innovative stunts, which he typically performs himself.
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James Cameron
James Francis Cameron (born August 16, 1954) is a Canadian filmmaker.
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James Monaco
James F. Monaco (November 15, 1942 – November 25, 2019) was an American film critic, author, publisher, and educator.
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Jason Statham
Jason Statham (born 26 July 1967) is an English actor and martial artist.
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Jean-Claude Van Damme
Jean-Claude Camille François Van Varenberg (born 18 October 1960), known professionally as Jean-Claude Van Damme, is a Belgian martial artist and actor.
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Jet Li
Li Lianjie (courtesy name Yangzhong; born 26 April 1963), better known by his stage name Jet Li, is a Chinese-born Singaporean martial artist and actor.
Jidaigeki
is a genre of film, television, video game, and theatre in Japan. Action film and Jidaigeki are film genres.
Jin Yong
Louis Cha Leung-yung (10 March 1924 – 30 October 2018), better known by his pen name Jin Yong, was a Hong Kong wuxia novelist.
Joel Silver
Joel Silver (born July 14, 1952) is an American film producer.
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Johan Anders Höglund
Johan Anders Höglund (born 1967) is a Swedish academic, postcolonial scholar and cultural critic.
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John McClane
John McClane Sr. is a fictional character and the protagonist of the ''Die Hard'' film series, based on Joe Leland from Roderick Thorp's action novel Nothing Lasts Forever.
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John McTiernan
John Campbell McTiernan Jr. (born January 8, 1951) is an American retired filmmaker.
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John Woo
John Woo Yu-sen (born 22 September 1946) is a Hong Kong film director known as a highly influential figure in the action film genre.
Johnnie To
Johnnie To Kei-fung (born 22 April 1955) is a Hong Kong filmmaker.
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Journal of Cinema and Media Studies
The Journal of Cinema and Media Studies (formerly Cinema Journal and The Journal of the Society of Cinematologists) is the official academic journal of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies (formerly the Society for Cinema Studies).
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Journal of Film and Video
The Journal of Film and Video is the official academic journal of the University Film and Video Association.
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Jule Selbo
Jule Britt Selbo is an American screenwriter, playwright, author, producer and professor.
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Jump Cut (journal)
Jump Cut: A Review of Contemporary Media is a journal covering the analysis of film, television, video, and related media.
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Kickboxer (1989 film)
Kickboxer is a 1989 American martial arts film directed by David Worth and starring Jean-Claude Van Damme.
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Kill Bill: Volume 1
Kill Bill: Volume 1 is a 2003 American martial arts film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino.
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Kill Bill: Volume 2
Kill Bill: Volume 2 is a 2004 American martial arts film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino.
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King Hu
Hu Jinquan (胡金銓, 29 April 1932 – 14 January 1997), better known as King Hu, was a Chinese film director and actor based in Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Kiss of the Dragon
Kiss of the Dragon (Le Baiser mortel du dragon in French) is a 2001 French-American action film directed by Chris Nahon, written and produced by French filmmaker Luc Besson, and starring an international cast of Jet Li, Bridget Fonda, and Tchéky Karyo. It follows a Chinese intelligence agent who is sent to Paris to apprehend a Chinese mob boss, only to be framed of murders and enlists a prostitute to help him prove his innocence.
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Kung fu film
Kung fu film is a subgenre of martial arts films and Hong Kong action cinema set in the contemporary period and featuring realistic martial arts. Action film and Kung fu film are action films and film genres.
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Kung Fu Hustle
Kung Fu Hustle (l) is a 2004 martial arts action comedy film directed, produced and co-written by Stephen Chow, who also stars in the leading role, alongside Huang Shengyi, Yuen Wah, Yuen Qiu, Danny Chan Kwok-kwan and Leung Siu-lung in prominent roles.
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Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider is a 2001 action adventure film based on the Tomb Raider video game series featuring the character Lara Croft, portrayed by Angelina Jolie.
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Last Action Hero
Last Action Hero is a 1993 American fantasy action comedy film directed and produced by John McTiernan and co-written by Shane Black and David Arnott.
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Lau Kar-leung
Lau Kar-leung (28 July 1934 – 25 June 2013) was a Chinese actor, filmmaker, choreographer, and martial artist from Hong Kong.
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Lethal Weapon
Lethal Weapon is a 1987 American buddy cop action film directed and co-produced by Richard Donner, written by Shane Black, and co-produced by Joel Silver.
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Liang Yusheng
Chen Wentong (5 April 1924 – 22 January 2009), better known by his pen name Liang Yusheng, was a Chinese-born Australian novelist best known for being a pioneer of the "new school" of the wuxia genre in the 20th century.
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List of action film actors
Action film actors appear in action movies, a film genre in which one or more heroes are thrust into a series of challenges that typically include physical feats, extended fight scenes, violence, and frantic chases. Action film and List of action film actors are action films.
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List of action film directors
Action film directors guide the filming and creative elements in action movies, a film genre where action sequences, such as fights, shootouts, stunts, car chases or explosions either take precedence, or, in finer examples of the genre, are used as a form of exposition and character development. Action film and List of action film directors are action films.
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List of female action heroes and villains
The following is a list of female action heroes and villains who appear in action films, television shows, comic books, and video games and who are "thrust into a series of challenges requiring physical feats, extended fights, extensive stunts and frenetic chases." Elizabeth Abele suggests that "the key agency of female action protagonists is their ability to draw on the full range of masculine and feminine qualities in ever-evolving combinations.". Action film and list of female action heroes and villains are action films.
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List of James Bond films
James Bond is a fictional character created by British novelist Ian Fleming in 1953.
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Lists of action films
This is chronological list of action films split by decade. Action film and lists of action films are action films.
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Live Free or Die Hard
Live Free or Die Hard (released as Die Hard 4.0 outside North America) is a 2007 American action thriller film directed by Len Wiseman, and serves as the fourth installment in the ''Die Hard'' film series.
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Luc Besson
Luc Paul Maurice Besson (born 18 March 1959) is a French filmmaker.
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Mad Max (film)
Mad Max is a 1979 Australian dystopian action film directed by George Miller, who co-wrote the screenplay with James McCausland, based on a story by Miller and Byron Kennedy.
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Mad Max 2
Mad Max 2 (released as The Road Warrior in the United States) is a 1981 Australian post-apocalyptic dystopian action film directed by George Miller, who co-wrote it with Terry Hayes and Brian Hannant.
Mad Max: Fury Road
Mad Max: Fury Road is a 2015 Australian post-apocalyptic action film co-written, co-produced, and directed by George Miller.
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Malayalam cinema
Malayalam cinema is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Malayalam language, which is widely spoken in the state of Kerala, India.
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Mandarin Chinese
Mandarin is a group of Chinese language dialects that are natively spoken across most of northern and southwestern China.
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Martial arts film
Martial arts films are a subgenre of action films that feature martial arts combat between characters. Action film and martial arts film are film genres.
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Memento Mori (film)
Memento Mori (also known as Whispering Corridors 2: Memento Mori) is a 1999 South Korean horror film, and the second installment of the ''Whispering Corridors'' film series.
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Michael Bay
Michael Benjamin Bay (born February 17, 1965) is an American film director and producer.
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Michelle Yeoh
Michelle Yeoh Choo Kheng (born Yeoh Choo Kheng;; 6 August 1962) is a Malaysian actress.
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Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005 film)
Mr.
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My Super Ex-Girlfriend
My Super Ex-Girlfriend is a 2006 American superhero romantic comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman and starring Uma Thurman and Luke Wilson with Anna Faris, Eddie Izzard, Rainn Wilson and Wanda Sykes in supporting roles.
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Netflix
Netflix is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service.
New Hollywood
The New Hollywood, Hollywood Renaissance, American New Wave, or New American Cinema (not to be confused with the New American Cinema of the 1960s that was part of avant-garde underground cinema), was a movement in American film history from the mid-1960s to the early 1980s, when a new generation of filmmakers came to prominence. Action film and new Hollywood are 1960s in film, 1970s in film and 1980s in film.
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New World (2013 film)
New World is a 2013 South Korean epic crime film written and directed by Park Hoon-jung.
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New York (magazine)
New York is an American biweekly magazine concerned with life, culture, politics, and style generally, with a particular emphasis on New York City.
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Nowhere to Hide (1999 film)
Nowhere to Hide is a 1999 South Korean film written and directed by Lee Myung-se.
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Once Upon a Time in China
Once Upon a Time in China (also known as Enter the New Game of Death in the Philippines) is a 1991 Hong Kong biographical martial arts film directed and produced by Tsui Hark, who also wrote with Yuen Kai-chi, Leung Yiu-ming, and Elsa Tang.
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Orange Sky Golden Harvest
Orange Sky Golden Harvest (OSGH), previously known as Golden Harvest from 1970 to 2009, is a film production, distribution, and exhibition company based in Hong Kong.
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Otaku USA
Otaku USA is a bimonthly magazine published by Sovereign Media, which covers various elements of the "otaku" lifestyle (such as anime, manga, video games, cosplay and Japanese popular music) from an American perspective.
Palgrave Macmillan
Palgrave Macmillan is a British academic and trade publishing company headquartered in the London Borough of Camden.
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Pam Grier
Pamela Suzette Grier (born May 26, 1949) is an American actress and singer.
Police Story (1985 film)
Police Story is a 1985 Hong Kong action film directed by and starring Jackie Chan, who co-wrote the screenplay with Edward Tang.
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Postfeminism
Postfeminism (alternatively rendered as post-feminism) is a term popularized by the mass media to describe an alleged decrease in support for feminism from the 1990s onwards.
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Postmodernism
Postmodernism is a term used to refer to a variety of artistic, cultural, and philosophical movements that claim to mark a break with modernism.
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Prakash Mehra
Prakash Mehra (13 July 1939 – 17 May 2009) was a legendary Indian film director and producer known for his work in Hindi films.
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Quentin Tarantino
Quentin Jerome Tarantino (born March 27, 1963) is an American filmmaker and actor.
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Raiders of the Lost Ark
Raiders of the Lost Ark is a 1981 American action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan, based on a story by George Lucas and Philip Kaufman.
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Rambo (2008 film)
Rambo is a 2008 action film directed and co-written by Sylvester Stallone, based on the character John Rambo created by author David Morrell for his novel First Blood.
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Rashomon
is a 1950 jidaigeki drama film directed and co-written by Akira Kurosawa.
Ready (2011 film)
Ready is a 2011 Indian Hindi-language masala film directed by Anees Bazmee.
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Resident Evil (film series)
Resident Evil is a biopunk action horror film series based on the Japanese video game franchise by Capcom.
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Resident Evil (film)
Resident Evil is a 2002 action horror film written and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson.
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Ringo Lam
Ringo Lam Ling-Tung (8 December 1955 – 29 December 2018) was a Hong Kong film director, producer, and screenwriter.
Road movie
A road movie is a film genre in which the main characters leave home on a road trip, typically altering the perspective from their everyday lives. Action film and road movie are film genres.
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Robert Clouse
Robert Clouse (March 6, 1928 – February 4, 1997) was an American film director and producer, known primarily for his work in the action/adventure and martial arts genres.
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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.
Routledge
Routledge is a British multinational publisher.
RRR
RRR (subtitled onscreen as Roudram Ranam Rudhiram) is a 2022 Indian Telugu-language epic period action drama film directed by S. S. Rajamouli, who co-wrote the film with V. Vijayendra Prasad.
Ryuhei Kitamura
is a Japanese film director, producer, and screenwriter.
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S. S. Rajamouli
Koduri Srisaila Sri Rajamouli (born 10 October 1973) is an Indian filmmaker who primarily works in Telugu cinema.
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Salman Khan
Abdul Rashid Salim Salman Khan (born 27 December 1965) is an Indian actor, film producer, and television personality who predominantly works in Hindi films.
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Salt (2010 film)
Salt is a 2010 American action thriller film directed by Phillip Noyce, written by Kurt Wimmer, and starring Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber, Daniel Olbrychski, August Diehl and Chiwetel Ejiofor.
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Sam Peckinpah
David Samuel Peckinpah (February 21, 1925 – December 28, 1984) was an American film director and screenwriter.
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Samurai cinema
, also commonly spelled "chambara", meaning "sword fighting" films,Hill (2002). Action film and Samurai cinema are film genres.
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Sandy Harbutt
Sandy Harbutt (1941 – 21 November 2020) was an Australian actor, writer and director, best known for the outlaw biker film, Stone (1974) starring his friend Ken Shorter.
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Sarah Connor (Terminator)
Sarah Jeanette Connor is a fictional character and the female protagonist of the ''Terminator'' franchise.
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Science fiction film
Science fiction (or sci-fi or SF) is a film genre that uses speculative, fictional science-based depictions of phenomena that are not fully accepted by mainstream science, such as extraterrestrial lifeforms, spacecraft, robots, cyborgs, mutants, interstellar travel, time travel, or other technologies. Action film and science fiction film are film genres.
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Screen (journal)
Screen is an academic journal of film and television studies based at the University of Glasgow and published by Oxford University Press.
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September 11 attacks
The September 11 attacks, commonly known as 9/11, were four coordinated Islamist terrorist suicide attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States in 2001.
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Seven Samurai
is a 1954 Japanese epic samurai action film co-written, directed and edited by Akira Kurosawa.
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Sexualization, Media, and Society
Sexualization, Media, and Society (SMS) is a peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary open-access academic journal, published by SAGE, to provide a resource for diverse scholars and activists interested in critically examining the phenomenon of sexualized media as it affects individuals, relationships, communities, and societies.
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Shaolin kung fu
Shaolin kung fu, also called Shaolin Wushu, or Shaolin quan, is one of the oldest, largest, and most famous styles of wushu, or kung fu of Chan Buddhism.
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Shaw Brothers Studio
Shaw Brothers (HK) Limited was the largest film production company in Hong Kong, operating from 1925 to 2011.
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Shiri (film)
Shiri is a 1999 South Korean action film, written and directed by Kang Je-gyu.
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Sho Kosugi
is a Japanese actor, martial artist and writer with extensive training in Shindō jinen-ryū Karate, Kendo, Judo, Iaido, Kobudo, Aikido and Ninjutsu.
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Sidekick
A sidekick is a slang expression for a close companion or colleague who is, or is generally regarded as, subordinate to those whom they accompany.
Sister Street Fighter
, original titled in Japan as, also released in the United Kingdom as, also released in Germany as is a spin-off of The Street Fighter (1974).
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Sky High (2003 film)
is a Japanese supernatural action film from director Ryuhei Kitamura.
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Smokey and the Bandit
Smokey and the Bandit is a 1977 American action comedy road film starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, Pat McCormick, Paul Williams, and Mike Henry.
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Softcore pornography
Softcore pornography or softcore porn is commercial still photography, film, or art that has a pornographic or erotic component but is less sexually graphic and intrusive than hardcore pornography, defined by a lack of visual sexual penetration.
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Song Hae-sung
Song Hae-sung (born October 11, 1964) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter.
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Sonny Chiba
, known internationally as Sonny Chiba, was a Japanese actor and martial artist.
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Spider-Man in film
Spider-Man in film dates back to 1977, the rights belonging to Marvel until 1999, when Sony bought them for $7 million.
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Srihari
Srihari (15 August 1964 – 9 October 2013) was an Indian actor who was active mainly in Telugu cinema.
Stephen Chow
Stephen Chow Sing-chi (born 22 June 1962) is a Hong Kong filmmaker, former actor and comedian, known for Shaolin Soccer and Kung Fu Hustle.
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Steven Seagal
Steven Frederic Seagal (born April 10, 1952) is an American actor, producer, screenwriter, martial artist, and musician.
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Steven Spielberg
Steven Allan Spielberg (born December 18, 1946) is an American filmmaker.
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Stone (1974 film)
Stone is a 1974 Australian outlaw biker film written, directed and produced by Sandy Harbutt.
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Stunt Rock
Stunt Rock is a 1978 Australian mockumentary musical action film directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith and starring Grant Page.
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Sudden Impact
Sudden Impact is a 1983 American neo-noir action thriller film, the fourth in the ''Dirty Harry'' series, directed, produced by and starring Clint Eastwood (making it the only Dirty Harry film to be directed by Eastwood himself) and co-starring Sondra Locke.
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SUNY Press
The State University of New York Press (more commonly referred to as the SUNY Press) is a university press affiliated with the State University of New York system.
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Taken (film)
Taken is a 2008 English-language French action-thriller film directed by Pierre Morel and written by Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen.
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Taxi (1998 film)
Taxi is a 1998 French action comedy film starring Samy Naceri, Frédéric Diefenthal and Marion Cotillard, written by Luc Besson and directed by Gérard Pirès.
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Taxi 2
Taxi 2 (Taxi Deux) is a 2000 French action comedy film directed by Gérard Krawczyk and released in March 2000.
Taylor & Francis
Taylor & Francis Group is an international company originating in England that publishes books and academic journals.
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Telugu cinema
Telugu cinema, also known as Tollywood, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Telugu language, widely spoken in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Terminator 2: Judgment Day is a 1991 American science fiction action film directed by James Cameron, who co-wrote the script with William Wisher.
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The Born Losers
The Born Losers is a 1967 American outlaw biker film.
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The Brave One (2007 film)
The Brave One is a 2007 vigilante action-thriller film directed by Neil Jordan and written by Roderick Taylor, Bruce A. Taylor and Cynthia Mort.
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The Cannon Group, Inc.
The Cannon Group, Inc. was an American group of companies, including Cannon Films, which produced films from 1967 to 1994.
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The Expendables (2010 film)
The Expendables is a 2010 American action film directed by Sylvester Stallone, who co-wrote it with David Callaham and also starred in the lead role.
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The Expendables (franchise)
The Expendables is an American ensemble action thriller franchise conceived by David Callaham, spanning a film series, the first three ones cowritten by Sylvester Stallone, and additional media.
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The French Connection (film)
The French Connection is a 1971 American neo-noirSilver & Ward 1992 action thriller film directed by William Friedkin and starring Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider and Fernando Rey.
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The Hidden Fortress
is a 1958 Japanese jidaigeki adventure film directed by Akira Kurosawa, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya.
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The Journal of Popular Culture
The Journal of Popular Culture (JPC) is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes academic essays on all aspects of popular or mass culture.
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The Killer (1989 film)
The Killer is a 1989 Hong Kong action film written and directed by John Woo, and produced by Tsui Hark.
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The Long Kiss Goodnight
The Long Kiss Goodnight is a 1996 American action thriller film co-produced and directed by Renny Harlin, and produced by Shane Black and Stephanie Austin with screenplay written by Black.
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The Matrix
The Matrix is a 1999 science fiction action film written and directed by the Wachowskis.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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The Promise (2005 film)
The Promise is a 2005 Chinese epic fantasy film directed by Chen Kaige, starring Jang Dong-gun, Hiroyuki Sanada, Cecilia Cheung, and Nicholas Tse.
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The Story of the Kelly Gang
The Story of the Kelly Gang is a 1906 Australian Bushranger film directed by Charles Tait.
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The Street Fighter
is a 1974 Japanese martial arts film produced by Toei Company, directed by Shigehiro Ozawa, and starring Sonny Chiba.
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The Wachowskis
Lana Wachowski (born Larry Wachowski; June 21, 1965) and Lilly Wachowski (born Andy Wachowski; December 29, 1967) are American film and television directors, writers and producers.
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The White Storm (film series)
The White Storm is a Hong Kong action film series of three films.
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The Wild Bunch
The Wild Bunch is a 1969 American epic revisionist Western film directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Edmond O'Brien, Ben Johnson and Warren Oates.
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The Yakuza
The Yakuza is a 1974 neo-noir crime drama film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Robert Mitchum, Ken Takakura and Brian Keith.
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Time Out (magazine)
Time Out is a global magazine published by Time Out Group.
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Time Out Group
Time Out Group is a British media and hospitality company.
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Toei Company
is a Japanese entertainment company.
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Tomboy
Tomboy is a term used for girls or young women with masculine traits.
Transporter (franchise)
Transporter (French: Le Transporteur) is a French action thriller film franchise, comprising four films released between 2002 and 2015, and a television series.
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Tsui Hark
Tsui Hark (Từ Khắc, born 15 February 1950), born Tsui Man-kong (Từ Văn Quang), is a Hong Kong filmmaker.
Turkey Shoot (1982 film)
Turkey Shoot (originally released in the US as Escape 2000 and also known in the UK as Blood Camp Thatcher) is a 1982 Australian dystopian action film directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith.
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Twin Dragons
Twin Dragons is a 1992 Hong Kong action comedy film directed by Ringo Lam and Tsui Hark, and starring Jackie Chan in a double role as identical twin brothers separated at birth.
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Ultraviolet (film)
Ultraviolet is a 2006 American science fiction action film written and directed by Kurt Wimmer and produced by Screen Gems.
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Underworld (film series)
Underworld is an American action horror film series created by Kevin Grevioux, Len Wiseman, and Danny McBride.
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University of California Press
The University of California Press, otherwise known as UC Press, is a publishing house associated with the University of California that engages in academic publishing.
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Unleashed (2005 film)
Unleashed (Danny the Dog) is a 2005 French British action thriller film directed by Louis Leterrier, written by Luc Besson and co-produced by Jet Li and Luc Besson.
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Versus (2000 film)
is a 2000 Japanese zombie action film directed and co-written by Ryuhei Kitamura.
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Vigilante film
The vigilante film is a film genre in which the protagonist or protagonists engage in vigilante behavior, taking the law into their own hands. Action film and vigilante film are 1960s in film, 1970s in film, 1980s in film and film genres.
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Wanted (2009 film)
Wanted is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Prabhu Deva and produced by Boney Kapoor.
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War film
War film is a film genre concerned with warfare, typically about naval, air, or land battles, with combat scenes central to the drama. Action film and war film are film genres.
Wesleyan University Press
Wesleyan University Press is a university press that is part of Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut.
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Western film
The Western is a film genre defined by the American Film Institute as films which are "set in the American West that the spirit, the struggle, and the demise of the new frontier." Generally set in the American frontier between the California Gold Rush of 1849 and the closing of the frontier in 1890, the genre also includes many examples of stories set in locations outside the frontier – including Northern Mexico, the Northwestern United States, Alaska, and Western Canada – as well as stories that take place before 1849 and after 1890. Action film and Western film are film genres.
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Wheeler Winston Dixon
Wheeler Winston Dixon (born March 12, 1950) is an American filmmaker and scholar.
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White Lightning (1973 film)
White Lightning is a 1973 American action film directed by Joseph Sargent, written by William W. Norton, and starring Burt Reynolds, Jennifer Billingsley, Ned Beatty, Bo Hopkins, R. G. Armstrong and Diane Ladd.
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White people
White (often still referred to as Caucasian) is a racial classification of people generally used for those of mostly European ancestry.
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Wikipedia
Wikipedia is a free content online encyclopedia written and maintained by a community of volunteers, known as Wikipedians, through open collaboration and the wiki software MediaWiki.
Wiley (publisher)
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., commonly known as Wiley, is an American multinational publishing company that focuses on academic publishing and instructional materials.
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Wiley-Blackwell
Wiley-Blackwell is an international scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons.
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Wong Fei-hung
Wong Fei-hung (born Wong Sek-cheung with the courtesy name Tat-wun; 19 August 1847 – 17 April 1925) was a Chinese martial artist, physician, and folk hero.
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Working class
The working class is a subset of employees who are compensated with wage or salary-based contracts, whose exact membership varies from definition to definition.
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Wudangquan
Wudangquan (s) is a class of Chinese martial arts.
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X-Men (film series)
X-Men is an American superhero film series based on the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name.
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Xena
Xena is a fictional character from the Xena: Warrior Princess franchise, portrayed by New Zealand actress Lucy Lawless and co-created by Robert Tapert and John Schulian.
Xena: Warrior Princess
Xena: Warrior Princess is an American fantasy television series filmed in New Zealand, which aired in first-run syndication from September 4, 1995, to June 18, 2001.
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Yash Chopra
Yash Raj Chopra (27 September 1932 21 October 2012) was an Indian film director and film producer who worked in Hindi cinema.
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Yojimbo
is a 1961 Japanese samurai film directed by Akira Kurosawa, who also co-wrote the screenplay and was one of the producers.
Yuen Woo-ping
Yuen Woo-ping (alias: Yuen Wo-ping; born 1945) is a Hong Kong martial arts choreographer and film director who worked in Hong Kong action cinema and later Hollywood films.
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Yvonne Tasker
Yvonne Tasker is a British author and professor of media and communication in the School of Media and Communication at the University of Leeds.
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Zanjeer (1973 film)
Zanjeer is a 1973 Indian Hindi-language action crime film directed and produced by Prakash Mehra from a screenplay written by Salim–Javed.
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Zhang Yimou
Zhang Yimou (born 14 November 1950) is a Chinese filmmaker.
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1954 in film
The year 1954 in film involved some significant events and memorable ones.
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1969 in film
The year 1969 in film involved some significant events, with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid dominating the U.S. box office and becoming one of the highest-grossing films of all time and Midnight Cowboy, a film rated X, winning the Academy Award for Best Picture. Action film and 1969 in film are 1960s in film.
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1973 in film
The significant events of the year 1973 in film are covered in this page. Action film and 1973 in film are 1970s in film.
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1981 in film
The following is an overview of events in 1981 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. Action film and 1981 in film are 1980s in film.
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1985 in film
The following is an overview of events in 1985 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Action film and 1985 in film are 1980s in film.
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1986 in film
The following is an overview of events in 1986 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. Action film and 1986 in film are 1980s in film.
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1988 in film
The following is an overview of events in 1988 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. Action film and 1988 in film are 1980s in film.
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1991 in film
The year 1991 in film involved numerous significant events. Action film and 1991 in film are 1990s in film.
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1992 in film
The year 1992 in film involved many significant film releases. Action film and 1992 in film are 1990s in film.
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See also
Action films
- Action film
- Børning
- Kung fu film
- List of action film actors
- List of action film directors
- List of female action heroes and villains
- List of highest-grossing action films
- List of male action heroes and villains
- Lists of action films
- Vulgar auteurism
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