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Adventures of Zatoichi (座頭市関所破り)
Adventures of Zatoichi (座頭市関所破り, Zatoichi Breaks the Barrier) is a 1964 Daiei jidaigeki, the ninth Zatoichi film, directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda, written by Shozaburo Asai from Kan Shimozawa's story, released December 30, 1964, 86 minutes, the series' first New Year's feature, set in Kasama.
Billy Jack
Billy Jack is a 1971 American drama film starring Tom Laughlin as a part-Navajo ex-Green Beret who defends a Freedom School on an Arizona reservation from hostile townspeople.
Death Wish (1974 film)
Death Wish (1974) is a Michael Winner vigilante drama starring Charles Bronson as Paul Kersey, based on Brian Garfield's novel, a box-office hit criticized as pro-vigilante propaganda that spawned four sequels and a 2018 remake.
Demetrius and the Gladiators
Demetrius and the Gladiators is a 1954 American biblical epic directed by Delmer Daves and the sequel to The Robe, starring Victor Mature as Demetrius.
Diamonds Are Forever (film)
Diamonds Are Forever is a 1971 James Bond film directed by Guy Hamilton, starring Sean Connery as 007 investigating a diamond smuggling ring led by Blofeld.
Dirty Harry
Dirty Harry is a 1971 American police thriller directed by Don Siegel, starring Clint Eastwood as detective Harry Callahan, who hunts a rooftop sniper named Scorpio.
Dolemite
Dolemite (1975) is a blaxploitation action-comedy directed by D'Urville Martin, starring Rudy Ray Moore as a pimp taking revenge on Willie Green; self-financed for $100,000, it grossed over $3 million and inspired Dolemite Is My Name.
Don (1978 film)
Don (डॉन) is a 1978 Hindi action film directed by Chandra Barot, written by Salim-Javed, starring Amitabh Bachchan in a dual role as gangster Don and lookalike Vijay; a first-week flop that became a hit after re-editing.
Dr. No (film)
Dr. No (1962), Terence Young's first James Bond film starring Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, and Joseph Wiseman; EON/United Artists adaptation of Fleming's 1958 novel, premiered London 5 October 1962, grossed $59.5 million.
Every Which Way but Loose
Every Which Way but Loose is a 1978 American comedy film starring Clint Eastwood as a truck driver and bare-knuckle fighter with a pet orangutan named Clyde.
Fantômas (1964 film)
Fantômas (1964) is a French-Italian comedy-crime film by André Hunebelle, starring Jean Marais as Fantômas and Fandor and Louis de Funès as Juve; first of a trilogy, 4.5 million admissions.
Fantomas contre Scotland Yard
Fantômas contre Scotland Yard (Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard) is a 1967 French-Italian comedy by André Hunebelle, the third and final Fantômas film with Jean Marais and Louis de Funès, set in Scotland and shot mainly in France.
Fantômas se déchaîne
Fantômas se déchaîne (1965), also known as Fantomas Unleashed or The Return of Fantomas, is André Hunebelle's second Fantômas comedy with Jean Marais and Louis de Funès, earning 4.2 million French admissions.
French Connection II
French Connection II (1975), John Frankenheimer's sequel to The French Connection, stars Gene Hackman as Popeye Doyle pursuing Alain Charnier in Marseille, where he is kidnapped and forced into heroin addiction.
From Russia with Love (film)
From Russia with Love (1963) is the second Eon James Bond film, directed by Terence Young, starring Sean Connery, Daniela Bianchi, Robert Shaw, and Lotte Lenya; SPECTRE replaces SMERSH, and the film introduced the pre-credits sequence, John Barry score, and Q.
In Like Flint
In Like Flint (1967) is the Gordon Douglas spy-comedy sequel to Our Man Flint, with James Coburn's Derek Flint fighting the Fabulous Face women's conspiracy, brainwashing via hair dryers, and a presidential impostor; last Fox CinemaScope film.
Jaws (film)
Jaws is a 1975 thriller directed by Steven Spielberg, based on a novel by Peter Benchley. The film depicts a great white shark attacking Amity Island.
Jaws 2
Jaws 2 is a 1978 American horror-thriller sequel directed by Jeannot Szwarc, in which Chief Martin Brody confronts a second shark attacking teenagers on sailboats off Amity.
Live and Let Die (film)
Live and Let Die (1973) is the eighth James Bond film and Roger Moore's 007 debut, directed by Guy Hamilton, with Paul McCartney's Oscar-nominated title song, a $7M budget, and $161.8M worldwide gross.
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx (子連れ狼 三途の川の乳母車)
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx (子連れ狼 三途の川の乳母車), aka Kozure Ōkami: Sanzu no kawa no ubaguruma, is Kenji Misumi's 1972 Toho samurai film starring Tomisaburo Wakayama as Ogami Itto, second of the Katsu Production Lone Wolf and Cub adaptations, with the Besshiki onna female assassins and a sand-dune duel against the Hidari three brothers.
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (子連れ狼 子を貸し腕貸しつかまつる)
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (子連れ狼 子を貸し腕貸しつかまつる) is the 1972 first film of the six-film Japanese samurai series, directed by Kenji Misumi, starring Tomisaburo Wakayama as framed executioner Ogami Itto, produced by Shintaro Katsu, released by Toho on January 15, 1972.
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell (子連れ狼 地獄へ行くぞ!大五郎)
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell (子連れ狼 地獄へ行くぞ!大五郎; Kozure Ōkami: Jigoku e ikuzo! Daigorō) is the sixth and final 1974 Lone Wolf and Cub film, directed by Yoshiyuki Kuroda, starring Tomisaburo Wakayama, with a ski-and-sled climax and resurrected Tsuchigumo warriors.
Mad Max (film)
Mad Max (1979) is George Miller's low-budget Australian action film starring Mel Gibson as a cop seeking revenge on a motorcycle gang in a decaying near-future Australia; it grossed $5,355,490 locally and spawned a franchise.
Murderers' Row (1966 film)
Murderers' Row is the second Matt Helm spy comedy (1966), starring Dean Martin, Ann-Margret, and Karl Malden, directed by Henry Levin, based on Donald Hamilton's novel; a $17 million-grossing Bond parody for Columbia.
New Tale of Zatoichi (新・座頭市物語)
New Tale of Zatoichi (新・座頭市物語, Shin Zatoichi monogatari) is the 1963 third Zatoichi film and the first in color, directed by Tokuzo Tanaka, starring Shintaro Katsu, with Zatoichi's sword teacher Banno as his final adversary.
Olsen Gang in a Fix
Olsen Gang in a Fix (Olsen-banden på spanden, 1969) is the second Erik Balling Olsen Gang comedy: Egon tries to go straight, the gang is wrongly suspected of a National Bank crown-jewel theft, and Preben Kaas debuts as Dynamit-Harry.
Olsen Gang on the Track
Olsen Gang on the Track (Olsen-banden på sporet) is a 1975 Danish comedy by Erik Balling, seventh Olsen-banden film, in which Egon's gang loses its money to Bøffen in Spain and plots to steal a railroad car of gold bars.
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (film)
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) is the sixth Eon James Bond film, Peter Hunt's directing debut, and George Lazenby's only outing as 007, with Diana Rigg as Tracy and Telly Savalas as Blofeld at Piz Gloria.
Samaritan Zatoichi (座頭市喧嘩太鼓)
Samaritan Zatoichi (座頭市喧嘩太鼓, Zatoichi kenka-daiko) is a 1968 Daiei chambara film, the 19th Zatoichi entry, directed by Kenji Misumi and starring Shintaro Katsu; it was the last Zatoichi produced solely by Daiei, released December 28, 1968.
Shaft (1971 film)
Shaft is a 1971 American action crime film directed by Gordon Parks, starring Richard Roundtree as private detective John Shaft, hired to rescue a Harlem mobster's kidnapped daughter.