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Rocky II (1979) | Sylvester Stallone
After a replay of the climax ofRocky,Rocky IIpicks up exactly where the first film leaves off, with Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone)and Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers)taken to a nearby hospital aft
Rocky (1976) | John Avildsen
The film tells the tale of Rocky Balboa (Sylverster Stallone), a washed-up Philadelphia boxer who just barely scrapes by, fighting in small clubs for meager pay, while supplementing his income as a th
Tango & Cash (1989) | Andrei Konchalovsky
Sylvester Stallone plays Ray Tango, a flashy narco cop in the LAPD who is all business and efficient. Kurt Russell plays Gabriel Cash, more of a devil-may-care type who just so happens to get the big
The Running Man (1987)
Set in the post-world financial demise of the year 2019,The Running Man stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as law enforcement officer and helicopter pilot Ben Richards, who ends up getting framed for instig
Action Jackson (1988) | Craig R. Baxley
Carl Weathers stars as Detroit cop Jericho "Action" Jackson, who earned his nickname due to putting his body on the line time and again in the line of duty in roughhousing and apprehending perps. Unf
Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) | Tony Scott
This follow-up to the mega-smashBeverly Hills Cop sees the Beverly Hills police department stymied by the so-called Alphabet Robberies, whereby stores with monographed goods are hit by a gang of high
Beverly Hills Cop (1984) | Martin Brest
Eddie Murphy's superstar-making role has him playing crafty Detroit cop Axel Foley, who travels to Beverly Hills in order to try to uncover the reasons behind the professional hit placed on an old fri
Die Hard (1988) | John McTiernan
New York cop John McClane (Bruce Willis) flies to Los Angeles to attend the swanky party of his separated wife Holly's (Bonnie Bedelia)company on an upper floor of their high-rise corporate building.
Frantic (1988) | Roman Polanski
Dr. Richard Walker (Harrison Ford) and his loving wife (Betty Buckley)travel to Paris where he is to speak at a medical convention. In their hotel room, they discover that his wife has picked up the
The Bedroom Window (1987) | Curtis Hanson
Steve Guttenberg stars as Terry Lambert, a businessman who is having an affair with his boss's alluring French wife, Sylvia Wentworth (Isabelle Huppert). After their latest coupling, they are startle