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Directed by James W. Horne,
Ray TaylorOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Action,
CrimeThemes Superhero filmsActors Warren Hull,
Iris Meredith,
Richard Fiske,
Kenne Duncan,
Marc Lawrence,
Donald DouglasRating67%
"The Octopus," a masked crime lord, is bent on crippling America with a wave of terror. He demands tribute from railroad magnates and other captains of industry. Richard Wentworth (Warren Hull), an amateur criminologist who is friendly with the police and is secretly "The Spider," a masked vigilante, is equally determined to destroy the Octopus and his gang. Pleasant and smiling in civilian life, Wentworth is frequently ruthless as The Spider, using his two .45 automatic pistols against any public enemies who attack him.Directed by James W. HorneOrigin USAGenres Action,
Adventure,
CrimeThemes Superhero filmsActors Warren Hull,
Mary Ainslee,
Dave O'Brien,
Joseph W. Girard,
Kenne Duncan,
Bryant WashburnRating62%
Amateur criminologist Richard Wentworth, formerly the masked vigilante, The Spider, brings his former alter ego out of retirement for 15 action-packed chapters to help his old friend, police commissioner Kirk (Kirkpatrick in the pulp novels), battle a dangerous, power-obsessed maniac called The Gargoyle. This mysterious crime lord and his henchmen threaten the world with acts of sabotage and wholesale murder in an effort to wreck the U. S. national defense. Directed by James W. HorneOrigin USAGenres Action,
CrimeActors Victor Jory,
Iris Meredith,
Dorothy Fay,
Robert Fiske,
Forrest Taylor,
Jack IngramRating64%
The struggle over the Bellamy estate ends with Michael Bellamy accused of murder and killed on the way to prison, while his brother, Abel Bellamy, takes control of the estate for his own nefarious plans. Bellamy is using Garr Castle as a base for his jewelry-theft ring, and he kidnaps his brother's wife to keep things quiet. Insurance investigator Spike Holland enters the case, and Bellamy continually dispatches his resident gang to do away with him. Detective Thompson, representing the law, is seldom of any help. Meanwhile, the estate's fabled "Green Archer", a masked, leotard-clad marksman, steals silently through Garr Castle and the estate grounds, confounding the enemy forces. , 1h43
Directed by Frank MillerOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Science fiction,
Thriller,
Comedy,
Fantasy,
Action,
CrimeThemes Superhero films,
Super-héros inspiré de comicsActors Gabriel Macht,
Samuel L. Jackson,
Scarlett Johansson,
Johnny Simmons,
Eva Mendes,
Sarah PaulsonRating47%
In a cat-filled mausoleum in Central City, Denny Colt, also known as The Spirit, receives a call from Detective Sussman about a major case that could involve the Spirit's arch-nemesis, The Octopus. The Spirit dons his costume and travels across rooftops while delivering a voice-over soliloquy about the city being his one true love. A woman (Kimberly Cox) is being mugged in an alley below. He manages to save her, receiving a knife wound that he barely seems to notice. The woman asks, "What are you?", with an arriving officer answering, "That's The Spirit". The Spirit runs away, catching a ride from Officer Liebowitz and heading toward the flats.Directed by René CardonaGenres Drama,
Science fiction,
Action,
Adventure,
Horror,
CrimeThemes Superhero filmsActors El Santo,
Alberto Vazquez,
María Duval,
Roberto Cañedo,
Ofelia Montesco,
Carlos López MoctezumaRating52%
, 1h37
Directed by Ivan ReitmanOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Science fiction,
Comedy,
Romantic comedy,
Fantasy,
Action,
Crime,
RomanceThemes Superhero films,
Children's filmsActors Luke Wilson,
Uma Thurman,
Anna Faris,
Rainn Wilson,
Eddie Izzard,
Wanda SykesRating51%
After foiling a purse snatcher who tries to steal Jenny Johnson (Uma Thurman)'s purse on the subway, Matt (Luke Wilson) becomes Jenny's "hero" and starts dating this shy stranger. After several dates, Jenny displays increasingly neurotic and aggressive behavior, becoming more demanding and ultimately injuring Matt and destroying his bed the first time they have sex. Soon after, Jenny reveals to him that she is in fact the voluptuous blonde superheroine, G-Girl, who accidentally received powers such as flight, superhuman strength, speed, and senses, invulnerability, super breath, and heat vision after she was exposed to radiation from a crashed meteorite as a teenager. Jenny starts to become more controlling after she reveals her powers and Matt starts to lose his mind., 1h58
Directed by Gabriele MainettiOrigin ItalieGenres Drama,
Science fiction,
Thriller,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Action,
CrimeThemes Superhero filmsActors Claudio Santamaria,
Antonia Truppo,
Steven Seagal,
Adriano GianniniRating70%
Enzo Ceccotti est un petit voleur qui vit dans la banlieue romaine de Tor Bella Monaca. Un jour, en fuyant la police, il se jette dans le Tibre et entre en contact avec des substances radioactives. Ces substances le contaminent et lui confèrent des pouvoirs surnaturels, une super force et la capacité de guérir les blessures. Initialement réticent à utiliser ses pouvoirs pour faire le bien, il change d'avis lorsqu'il rencontre Alessia, une jeune femme un peu folle, victime d'abus qui l'identifie comme le héros du dessin animé japonais Jeeg Robot. Enzo devient un super-héros au service du bien, pour sauver Alessia et la ville de Rome de la fureur de Fabio, un criminel fou et narcissique connu sous le nom de « le Gitan »., 1h46
Directed by M. Night ShyamalanOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Science fiction,
Thriller,
Fantastic,
Fantasy,
Action,
CrimeThemes Medical-themed films,
Superhero films,
Films about disabilitiesActors Bruce Willis,
Samuel L. Jackson,
Robin Wright,
Spencer Treat Clark,
John Patrick Amedori,
Michael KellyRating72%
Elijah Price (Samuel L. Jackson) is born with Type I osteogenesis imperfecta, a rare disease in which bones break easily. As revealed later in flashbacks, Elijah draws a theory, based on the comic books he has read during his many hospital stays, that if he represents extreme human frailty, perhaps there is someone "unbreakable" at the opposite extreme., 2h4
Directed by Quentin Tarantino,
Robert Rodríguez,
Frank MillerOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Science fiction,
Thriller,
Action,
CrimeThemes Films about sexuality,
Films about suicide,
Films about pedophilia,
Superhero films,
Serial killer films,
Gangster films,
StripteaseActors Jessica Alba,
Alexis Bledel,
Rosario Dawson,
Benicio del Toro,
Jaime King,
Nick StahlRating79%
The Salesman steps out of the elevator and walks onto a penthouse balcony where The Customer, wearing a beautiful red dress, looks out over Basin City. He offers her a cigarette and says that she looks like someone who is tired of running and that he will save her. She smiles to him, the two share a kiss and he shoots her; she dies in his arms. He says he will never know what she was running from but that he’ll cash her check in the morning., 2h33
Directed by Christopher NolanOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Science fiction,
Thriller,
Fantastic,
Action,
CrimeThemes Films about children,
Films about terrorism,
Batman films,
Superhero films,
Super-héros inspiré de comicsActors Christian Bale,
Michael Caine,
Heath Ledger,
Aaron Eckhart,
Gary Oldman,
Maggie GyllenhaalRating85%
In Gotham City, the Joker and his crew rob a mob bank of millions of dollars, killing each other in the process, the Joker as sole survivor.