Beating
"beating" Movies and TV Shows
#1
Mannix
Synopsis:
Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS. Created by Richard Levinson and William Link and developed by executive producer Bruce Geller, the title character, Joe Mannix, is a private investigator. He is played by Mike Connors. Mannix was the last series produced by Desilu Productions.
Starring:
Mike Connors,
Gail Fisher
Plot:
1970s,
1960s,
hitman,
crime boss,
boss,
sniper,
witness,
shooter,
long range rifle,
fingerman
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#2
Bird Box Barcelona
Synopsis:
After a mysterious force decimates the world’s population, Sebastian must navigate his own survival journey through the desolate streets of Barcelona. As he forms uneasy alliances with other survivors and they try to escape the city, an unexpected and even more sinister threat grows.
Starring:
Patrick Criado,
Mario Casas,
Michelle Jenner
#3
Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I - The Egg of the King
Synopsis:
Guts, an immensely strong sword-for-hire, has little direction in his life, simply fighting one battle after the next. However, this all changes suddenly when he meets and is bested by Griffith, a beautiful and charismatic young man who leads the Band of the Hawk mercenary army. After Guts joins the Band and the relationship between the two men begins to blossom, Casca, the tough, lone swordswoma…
Starring:
Minako Kotobuki,
Aki Toyosaki,
Takahiro Sakurai
Plot:
mercenary,
sorcery,
sword fight,
gore,
based on manga,
medieval times,
shapeshifting,
arrow,
arrow in chest,
arrogance
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#4
Redo of Healer
Synopsis:
In a world of monsters, adventurers and magic, some of the most gifted healers are subjugated to brute force. Keyaru gains the ability to rewind time and turns the tables on those who’ve exploited him in this dark fantasy tale of vengeance and fury.
Starring:
Natsumi Takamori,
Shizuka Ishigami,
Tetsu Inada
Plot:
rape,
based on novel or book,
magic,
orgy,
gore,
anime,
ecchi,
fanservice,
nipples,
isekai
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#5
Bungo Stray Dogs
Synopsis:
Atsushi Nakajima was kicked out of his orphanage, and now he has no place to go and no food. While he is standing by a river, on the brink of starvation, he rescues a man whimsically attempting suicide. That man is Osamu Dazai, and he and his partner Kunikida are members of a very special detective agency. They have supernatural powers and deal with cases that are too dangerous for the police or …
Starring:
Mamoru Miyano,
Yuto Uemura,
Sumire Morohoshi
Plot:
literature,
detective,
supernatural,
rivalry,
mafia,
tiger,
based on manga,
organization,
anime animation,
supernatural ability
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#6
Ghosted
Synopsis:
Salt-of-the-earth Cole falls head over heels for enigmatic Sadie — but then makes the shocking discovery that she’s a secret agent. Before they can decide on a second date, Cole and Sadie are swept away on an international adventure to save the world.
Starring:
Adrien Brody,
Marwan Kenzari,
Lizze Broadway
Plot:
shot in the head,
cactus,
gun,
shooting,
shot in head,
shot in chest,
girls with guns,
automatic rifle,
automatic pistol,
handgun
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#7
Z
Synopsis:
Repression is the rule of the day in this film that skewers Greek governance of the 1960s. Z, a leftist rabble rouser, is killed in what appears to be a traffic accident. But given the political climate, the death of such a prominent activist raises troubling questions. Though it's too late to save Z's life, a postmortem examination suggests that the ruling party was behind his death. As the fact…
Starring:
Jacques Perrin,
Jean-Louis Trintignant,
Magali Noël
Plot:
murder investigation,
rally,
right wing,
police,
government,
military,
politician,
1960s,
violence,
political cover up
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#8
Yojimbo
Synopsis:
A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both silk merchant Tazaemon and sake merchant Tokuemon to hire him as a personal bodyguard, then artfully sets in motion a full-scale gang war between the two ambitious and un…
Starring:
Eijirô Tôno,
Takashi Shimura,
Tatsuya Nakadai
Plot:
samurai,
gang war,
tough guy,
revolver,
bodyguard,
small town,
captive woman,
mother son reunion,
rivalry,
ronin
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#9
Windtalkers
Synopsis:
Joe Enders is a gung-ho Marine assigned to protect a "windtalker" - one of several Navajo Indians who were used to relay messages during World War II because their spoken language was indecipherable to Japanese code breakers.
Starring:
Mark Ruffalo,
Nicolas Cage,
Peter Stormare
Plot:
navajo indian,
year 1944,
saipan,
military,
japanese army,
japanese soldier,
arizona,
tortoise,
semper fi,
bigotry
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#10
Wild at Heart
Synopsis:
After serving prison time for a self-defense killing, Sailor Ripley reunites with girlfriend Lula Fortune. Lula's mother, Marietta, desperate to keep them apart, hires a hitman to kill Sailor. But he finds a whole new set of troubles when he and Bobby Peru, an old buddy who's also out to get Sailor, try to rob a store. When Sailor lands in jail yet again, the young lovers appear further than ever…
Starring:
Nicolas Cage,
Crispin Glover,
Harry Dean Stanton
#11
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Synopsis:
Gilbert Grape is a small-town young man with a lot of responsibility. Chief among his concerns are his mother, who is so overweight that she can't leave the house, and his mentally impaired younger brother, Arnie, who has a knack for finding trouble. Settled into a job at a grocery store and an ongoing affair with local woman Betty Carver, Gilbert finally has his life shaken up by the free-spirit…
Starring:
John C. Reilly,
Crispin Glover,
Johnny Depp
#12
Watch Out, We're Mad
Synopsis:
After a tied 1st place in a local stunt race, two drivers start a contest to decide who of them will own the prize, a dune buggy. But when a mobster destroys the car, they are determined to get it back.
Starring:
Donald Pleasence,
Manuel de Blas,
Terence Hill
Plot:
two man army,
dune buggy,
car crash,
buddy movie,
friendship,
crime boss,
fistfight,
hitman,
rehearsal,
conductor
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#13
Wasabi
Synopsis:
Hubert is a French policeman with very sharp methods. After being forced to take 2 months off by his boss, who doesn't share his view on working methods, he goes back to Japan, where he used to work 19 years ago, to settle the probate of his girlfriend who left him shortly after marriage without a trace.
Starring:
Jean Reno,
Carole Bouquet,
Yoshi Oida
Plot:
frenchman abroad,
hit with a golf ball,
dinner date,
will,
video arcade,
facial scar,
stadium,
sidekick,
kyoto japan,
wasabi
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#14
Walking Tall
Synopsis:
A former U.S. soldier returns to his hometown to find it overrun by crime and corruption, which prompts him to clean house.
Starring:
Ashley Scott,
Neal McDonough,
Dwayne Johnson
Plot:
pole dancing,
stripper,
hixploitation,
weapon,
broken bone,
knee injury,
slot machine,
memory,
good memory,
childhood memory
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#15
Vanishing Point
Synopsis:
Kowalski works for a car delivery service, and takes delivery of a 1970 Dodge Challenger to drive from Colorado to San Francisco. Shortly after pickup, he takes a bet to get the car there in less than 15 hours.
Starring:
Dean Jagger,
Cleavon Little,
Barry Newman
#16
Universal Soldier
Synopsis:
An American soldier who had been killed during the Vietnam War is revived 25 years later by the military as a semi-android, UniSols, a high-tech soldier of the future. After the failure of the initiative to erase all the soldier's memories, he begins to experience flashbacks that are forcing him to recall his past.
Starring:
Jean-Claude Van Damme,
Jerry Orbach,
Dolph Lundgren
Plot:
soldier,
reporter,
scientist,
super soldier,
top secret,
female reporter,
vietnam war,
severed ear,
flashback,
vietnam
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#17
Unforgiven
Synopsis:
William Munny is a retired, once-ruthless killer turned gentle widower and hog farmer. To help support his two motherless children, he accepts one last bounty-hunter mission to find the men who brutalized a prostitute. Joined by his former partner and a cocky greenhorn, he takes on a corrupt sheriff.
Starring:
Clint Eastwood,
Morgan Freeman,
Frances Fisher
#18
Under Siege
Synopsis:
Disgruntled ex-CIA operative Strannix, his assistant Krill and their group of terrorists seize the battleship with nuclear blackmail in mind. They've planned for every contingency but ignore the ship's cook, former Navy SEAL Casey Ryback -- an error that could be fatal.
Starring:
Tommy Lee Jones,
Raymond Cruz,
Erika Eleniak
#19
Trainspotting
Synopsis:
Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends -- Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy. He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane, along for the ride. After cleaning up and moving from Edinburgh to London, Mark finds he can't escape the life he left behind when Begbie shows up at his front door on the lam, and a scheming Sick Boy follows.
Starring:
Ewen Bremner,
Ewan McGregor,
James Cosmo
Plot:
filthy toilet,
scotland,
drugs,
drug culture,
scottish,
1990s,
heroin,
voice over narration,
female nudity,
heroin addict
...
#20
Training Day
Synopsis:
On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears.
Starring:
Denzel Washington,
Cliff Curtis,
Harris Yulin
Plot:
narc,
day of reckoning,
die hard scenario,
wedding ring,
neo noir,
threatened with a knife,
lapd,
detective,
rookie,
vomiting
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