Movies (170) tagged by 'Hero'
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Enemy at the Gates (2001)
In World War II, the fall of Stalingrad will mean the collapse of the whole country. The Germans and Russians are fighting over every block, leaving only ruins...
Wrath of the Titans (2012)
A decade after his heroic defeat of the monstrous Kraken, Perseus-the demigod son of Zeus-is attempting to live a quieter life as a village fisherman and the so...
The Patriot (2000)
It is 1776 in colonial South Carolina. Benjamin Martin, a French-Indian war hero who is haunted by his past, now wants nothing more then to live peacefully on h...
Hercules (1997) (1997)
After Zeus fights and sends the Titans to the underworld, he becomes the ruler of Mount Olympus, home of all greek gods. Hades is sent to rule the underworld, b...
Black Dynamite (2009)
This is the story of 1970s African-American action legend Black Dynamite. The Man killed his brother, pumped heroin into local orphanages, and flooded the ghett...
The Butterfly Effect (2004)
Some people want to forget the past. Others want to change it. Ashton Kutcher (Just Married) stars as Evan Treborn, who ties his emotional scars...
Ben 10: Race Against Time (2007)
Bringing to life Cartoon Network's animated series, this live-action feature explores the origins of Ben 10's superhero-like powers. As fans of the show alrea...
Uncharted (2022)
Street-smart Nathan Drake is recruited by seasoned treasure hunter Victor "Sully" Sullivan to recover a fortune amassed by Ferdinand Magellan and lost...
Shoot 'Em Up (2007)
Mr. Smith (Clive Owen), the angriest, most hardboiled man in the world, finds himself entrusted to protect the most innocent thing of all--a n...
The Space Between Us (2017)
The first human born on Mars travels to Earth for the first time, experiencing the wonders of the planet through fresh eyes. He embarks on an adventure with a s...
George of the Jungle (1997)
Baby George got into a plane crash in a jungle, stayed alive and was adopted by a wise ape. Ursula Stanhope, US noble woman is saved from death on safari by gro...
Black Mask (1999)
Jet Li is the Black Mask. Michael (Li) was an integral part of Project 701, an experimental government program that created superhuman men and women and turne...
Nim's Island (2008)
Anything can happen on Nim's Island, a magical place ruled by a young girl's imagination. It is an existence that mirrors that of her favorite literary charact...
History of Violence, A (2005)
Tom Stall (Viggo Mortensen) is living a happy and quiet life with his lawyer wife (Maria Bello) and their two children in the small town of Millbrook, Indiana...
Tirante el Blanco (2006)
Tirante the knight is as committed to fighting the Turks in Constantinople as he is to relieving Carmesina, the heiress to the Byzantine Empire, of her virginit...
Rocky V (1990)
Rocky Balboa is forced to retire after having permanent damage inflicted on him in the ring by the Russian boxer Ivan Drago. Returning home after the Drago bou...
The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury (2004)
This story opens with the new action hero and the two other survivors of Pitch Black already caught by a giant spaceship filled with dread. The sinewy leader h...
Fist of Legend (1994)
A Chinese martial arts student (Jet Li) leads his classmates in revolt against Japanese invaders who killed their instructor.
Superhero Movie (2008)
After being bitten by a genetically altered dragonfly, high school loser Rick Riker develops superhuman abilities like incredible strength and a...
Direct Contact (2009)
Mike Riggins, an imprisoned ex-US Special forces operative in Eastern Europe, is offered his freedom and money to rescue an American woman, Ana Gale, who has b...
Dragon Hunters (2008)
Set in ancient China at a time when the Empire was divided between three powers, the Kingdom of Wei, the Kingdom of Shu, and the Kingdom of Wu, Three Kingdoms: ...
Sergeant York (1941)
A Tennessean becomes one of World War I's most decorated heroes by single-handedly capturing a German position.
Robin Hood (1974)
Retelling of the Robin Hood legend with animals for the characters. Robin Hood is an outlaw who starts to form a gang in Sherwood Forest to fight the injustices...
Last Action Hero (1993)
Danny Madigan is a big movie buff. While watching an action movie, Danny's magic ticket transports him inside the movie alongside his number one hero Jack Slat...
Batman Returns (1992)
In director Tim Burton's sequel to his successful BATMAN (1989), the Caped Crusader (Michael Keaton) is pitted against the demented, ravenous Penguin (Danny De...
Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds (2011)
Maltazard, the Evil M, is now 7 feet tall and evolving among the humans, causing terror wherever he goes. His goal is simple: forming an army of giant henchmen ...
Samson and Delilah (1996)
A beautiful Philistine woman betrays a man whose strength can single-handedly defeat entire armies in this dramatization of the famous Bible story. A story of...
Led Zeppelin: The Song Remains the Same (1976)
The members of Led Zeppelin are called back from vacation by manager Peter Grant to play Madison Square Garden. The film is enhanced by each of the band member'...
Cloak & Dagger (1984)
11-year-old Davey, whose mother is dead and whose father is preoccupied with his own problems, has retreated into a world of video games and an imaginary hero-...
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966)
A meek Kansas typesetter (Don Knotts) who wants to be a reporter spends the night in a haunted house.
Zorro, the Gay Blade (1981)
In 1840's Mexico, wealthy landowner Don Diego Vega learns of his late father's secret as Zorro, the masked folk hero, and Vega adopts his new persona. But when...
Broken Arrow (1996)
Major Vic Deakins and Commander Riley Hale are training and combat partners and good friends. One day, they receive orders to perform another training exercise...
Puss in Boots (2011)
Long before he met Shrek, Puss in Boots (Antonio Banderas), having just been named a hero for saving a woman from a charging bull, is run out of...
The Legend of Zorro (2005)
The Legendary Zorro goes off on another adventure to protect the future of California and its citizens. This time, he fights against evil-doers with the help o...
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022)
A cash-strapped Nicolas Cage agrees to make a paid appearance at a billionaire super fan's birthday party, but is really an informant for the CIA since the bill...
Machine Gun Preacher (2011)
The story of Sam Childers, a former drug-dealing biker tough guy who found God and became a crusader for hundreds of Sudanese children who've been forced to bec...
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (2010)
The new animated marvel series "The Avengers Earths Mighties Heroes" Premieres on Oct 20! To promote the series, they released 20 "micro" episodes prior to the ...
Reach for the Sky (1956)
The true story of airman Douglas Bader who overcame the loss of both legs in a 1931 flying accident to become a successful fighter pilot and wing leader during...
New Police Story (2004)
Massive explosions and incredible stunts abound as Jackie Chan stars in this Hong Kong release. He plays the burned-out Inspector Wing, whose motivation died ...
Wong Fei Hung (1991)
Set in late 19th century Canton this martial arts film depicts the stance taken by the legendary martial arts hero Wong Fei-Hung (1847-1924) against foreign fo...
Hammers Over the Anvil (1993)
This is the story of the crippled young Alan Marshall and his hero worship of the local he-man horse trainer East Driscoll, the schoolboy crush Alan has on the...
The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire (1981)
The hero is given his mentor's bow (the Heartbow) which chooses its new owner when passed on. It fires arrows that blow up like grenades, but can only be wield...
Nick Fury: Agent of Shield (1998)
Marvel's hard-boiled hero is brought to TV. He is brought back to fight the menace of Hydra after exiling himself in the Yukon since the end of the Cold War. Th...
101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure (2003)
Roger, Anita and their canine clan are packing for the big move to Dalmatian Plantation, a home in the country with plenty of room for the 101 pups and far from...
Hero and the Terror (1988)
Chuck Norris stars as Detective Danny O'Brien who, three years ago, captured Simon Moon, a psychotic killer. But Moon is always on the loose in O'Brien's nigh...
Starchaser: The Legend of Orin (1985)
Accompanied by a swashbuckling rogue, a young man battles the evil villain who holds his world in slavery.
Jackie Chan’s First Strike (1997)
Jackie, a cop, participates in a sting operation on an international spy-ring. But when one of them (Tsui) gets away, Jackie is ordered to apprehend him. This l...
Animals United (2010)
A group of animals waiting for the annual flood they rely on for food and water discover that the humans, who have been destroying their habitats have built a d...
Porco rosso (1992)
In Early 1930's era Italy, air pirates, bounty hunters and high flyers of all sorts rule the skies. The most cunning and skilled of these pilots is Porco Rosso,...
Darkman III: Die Darkman Die (1996)
Darkman, needing money to continue his experiments on synthetic skin, steals a crate of cash from drug lord Peter Rooker, attracting the gangster's attention. R...
Kung Pow: Enter the Fist (2002)
A rough-around-the-edges martial arts master seeks revenge for his parent's death.
Shadowhunters (2004)
Four demon hunters enter an abandoned hospital to battle with a fallen angel bent on murder, maim, and fun.
Outpost 37 (2014)
A documentary crew follows an elite unit of soldiers in the wake of an alien invasion.
Hercules in the Underworld (1994)
Hercules is finally a happy family man with his wife Deianeira, two young sons Aeson and Clonus, daughter Ilea and in-living centaur Nessus. When a trickster l...
Sainik (1993)
Lieutenant Suraj Dutt has been in the Indian army for years. It is now time for him to take a leave of absence so that he can meet his father, Retired Colonel Y...
Sharpes Challenge (2006)
Sean Bean is back as the swashbuckling hero in Sharpe's Challenge, an action packed mini-series to be shot on location in Rajasthan, India. Two years after the ...
Birth of a Nation (2016)
Nat Turner, a literate slave and preacher in the antebellum South, orchestrates an uprising.
18 Fingers of Death! (2006)
The "buzz" in Hollywood is that, "18 FINGERS OF DEATH!" will kick the butt out of the low budget martial arts movies genre and knocks us down to the ground lau...
Wizards of the Lost Kingdom (1985)
Simon, son of the king, must flee when the empire is overthrown by the evil Shurka. Schooled in the arts of magic, he must find the Ring of Magic and the Sword ...
The Last Full Measure (2019)
Thirty-four years after his death, Airman William H. Pitsenbarger, Jr. ("Pits") is awarded the nation's highest military honor, for his actions on the battlefie...
The Torturer (2008)
A Military Interrogator returns from Iraq with Acute Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
The Legend II (1993)
The Cantonese hero Fong Sai Yuk becomes involved in the secret brotherhood "The Red Flower", who are trying to overthrow the Manchurian emperor and re-establish...
Somebody's Hero (2011)
An average accountant attempts to fill the boots of a movie-based superhero.
The Scorpion King: Rise of a Warrior (2008)
The movie begins with Mathayus' father, Ashur of Akkad, fighting in battle. He tells a young Mathayus not to join the Black Scorpions... See full synop...
Some Kind of Hero (1982)
A Vietnam vet returns home from a prisoner of war camp and is greeted as a hero, but is quickly forgotten and soon discovers how tough survival is in his own c...
The One That Got Away (1957)
This is the true story of Oberleutnant Franz von Werra, the only German prisoner of war to escape from imprisonment in Britain during the Second World War. Sho...
Invasion Planet Earth (2019)
After the death of his young daughter, Thomas Dunn is a man who has lost his faith. On the day he finds out his wife is pregnant again, aliens invade the Earth.
The Spirit (2008)
Down these mean streets a man must come. A hero born, murdered, and born again. When a Rookie cop named Denny Colt returns from the beyond as The Spirit, a hero...
Street Fighter Zero (1999)
Shadoloo's leader, Vega (Bison in the English version), sponsors an unpublicized fighting tournament. Shotokan devotees Ryu and Ken revive their rivalry, while ...
Natural Selection (2016)
Natural Selection is a story of triumph and absolution. It explores both sides of human nature, where love as well as hate are separated by a thread and the pot...
Shawn Michaels Vs Bret Hart (2011)
Two former stars of the WWF, Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart, spar off in a competition against each other in this epic feud that will forever go down in history a...
Lazarus (2021)
A super powered vigilante fights an organization to free a city from darkness.
Jake's Closet (2007)
Jake's Closet takes you back through childhood in a suspenseful and deeply moving story that dives deep into the mind of a little boy under the stress of a frac...
The Scarlet and the Black (1983)
Vatican efforts, lead by Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty, to save Allied POWs and downed Allied airmen as the Nazis invade Rome.
Thambi (2005)
Angry young man Velu Thondaiman, affectionately known as "Thambi" fights against all types of evils in the society. He keeps running into Sankara Pandian, a pol...
Blue Beetle (2023)
An alien scarab chooses college graduate Jaime Reyes to be its symbiotic host, bestowing the teenager with a suit of armor that's capable of extraordinary ...
Besharam (1978)
Be-Sharam is a classic story of the clash between good and evil. Seth Dharamdas (Amjad Khan) designs a careful plot to conceal his nefarious activities, in th...
Gods and Generals (2003)
The rise and fall of legendary war hero Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson as he leads the Confederacy to great success against the Union from 1861 to 1863.
Cast a Giant Shadow (1996)
Hercules and Iolaus fall in with fellow traveler Typhon, a gentle and friendly giant. They are astounded to discover he is married to Echidna, the Mother of Al...
The School for Good and Evil (2022)
Best friends Sophie and Agatha find themselves on opposing sides of an epic battle when they're swept away into an enchanted school where aspiring heroes a...
Space Pirate Captain Harlock Arcadia of My Youth (1982)
After a drawn-out, viciously-fought war, the earth has been conquered by the alien Illumidus Empire. Harlock, a captain in earth's fleet, crashes his ship to pr...
The Four Feathers (1939)
A British army officer who resigns his commission on the eve of his unit's embarkation to a mission against Egyptian rebels seeks to redeem his cowardice by sec...
The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944)
As the Japanese sweep through the East Indies during World War II, Dr. Wassell is determined to escape from Java with some crewmen of the cruiser Marblehead. Ba...
Frankenthumb (2002)
That master of hand based satire and other bizarre animated comedies, Steve Oedekerk (JIMMY NEUTRON: BOY GENIUS, THUMBTANIC) is back with another spoof on a c...
David and Goliath (2015)
Follows young King David who took on the mighty warrior Goliath against all odds.
The Vulture (1967)
In order to do a final battle with Spider-Man, the Vulture abducts J.Jonah Jameson and puts him next to a revolving pendulum. It's up to Spidey to stop the...
Yang chun da xiong (1977)
Bruce Li plays a young kung fu expert (and waiter) who is trying to live peacefully in San Francisco with his marital arts-challenged friend. But they run afoul...
The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers (2006)
Petrie and his siblings get ready to fly for the Day of the Flyers, but Petrie is frustrated that he keeps flying out of formation. While practicing, he meets G...
Jens Pulver: Driven (2011)
Probes the incredible personal story of legendary UFC fighter, Jens Pulver, as he journeys back into the cage for what may be his final bout.
Die Nibelungen Siegfried (1924)
Siegfried, son of King Sigmund, hears of the beautiful sister of Gunter, King of Worms, Kriemhild. On his way to Worms, he kills a dragon and finds a treasure, ...
Ninja the Protector (1986)
Two brothers, Warren and David, try to defeat the evil forger who is making their lives a misery.
Davy Crockett Indian Scout (1950)
Davy Crockett (not the famous Alamo hero, but his cousin) guides a wagon train through hostile territory and rescues the cavalry from ambushing Indians.
Cybornetics (2012)
In a future world of scientific advances, humans share every aspects of their lives with their machines. But when a leading scientist and his team build an adva...
Burnt By The Sun (1994)
Russia, 1936: revolutionary hero Colonel Kotov is spending an idyllic summer in his village with his young wife and six-year-old daughter Nadia and other assort...
Archenemy (2020)
Max Fist, who claims to be a hero from another dimension who fell through time and space to earth, where he has no powers.No one believes his stories except for...
Breaking Barbi (2019)
A Tinder date gone astray leaves famous fitness selfie queen, Barbi, lost in the wilderness trying to survive despite Homeland Security, alien death rays and ze...
The Projectionist (1971)
A projectionist bored with his everyday life begins fantasizing about his being one of the superheroes he sees in the movies he shows.
Homemade Hero (2005)
Ever since he was a child, Reuben knew he was different... and despite all his attempts to fit in with "normal" people, he remains isolated and alone. But a cha...
Terminal Rush (1996)
A local cop tries to save his father and several others who have been taken hostage by terrorists at Hoover Dam.
Plughead Rewired Circuitry Man II (1994)
In the backdrop of Earths polluted future a female FBI agent removes Danner, a pleasure android from an asylum in order to coerce him into helping her hunt down...
Up, Up, and Away! (2000)
A boy is the only family member without superpowers in this Disney Film. The world depends on him saving his family from computerized brainwashers. Will he real...
Custer of the West (1967)
George Armstrong Custer's love of the heroic traditions of the Calvary and his distaste with the coming of industrialization leads him to his destiny at the Lit...
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans (2021)
The heroes from the Trollhunters series team-up on an epic adventure to fight the Arcane Order for control over the magic that binds them all.
Fagbug (2009)
On the 11th Annual National Day of Silence, Erin Davies was victim to a hate crime in Albany, New York. Because of sporting a rainbow sticker on her VW Beetle, ...
Cyborgs: Heroes Never Die (2017)
It is a story of a several-week-long military duty in September 2014. A group of military volunteers comes to Donetsk Airport for the first time - the Airport h...
The Dragon Spell (2016)
Little Nicky, the son of the Tanner, a famous strongman, has made up his mind, that he can conquer the dragon as his father did long ago. Against prohibition of...
Stryker (1983)
The world's water supply has dried up due to some sort of apocalypse. A beautiful woman holds the secret to where one of the last springs being guarded by a gro...
Desert Kickboxer (1992)
A native American hero helps a couple fighting a group of crooks who plan to steal their money.
Guest Artist (2019)
The story of a young man coming face to face with his hero (Jeff Daniels) and exploring the tangled relationship between the dreams of youth and the wisdom of a...
Teenape Vs. The Monster Nazi Apocalypse (2012)
In 1945, the members of P.I.A. (Paranormal Investigation Agency) landed in Nazi Germany and defeated Hitler and his evil scheme to unleash genetically engineere...
Wrecker (2020)
A construction worker seeking revenge, moonlights as a vigilante, and thwarts the completion of a sizable drug deal. A malevolent cartel boss kidnaps the worker...
Megaforce (1982)
Ace Hunter is the leader of Megaforce, an elite group of American soldiers who travel the world to fight Evil. In this case, Evil is represented by a third rate...
Grandma's Hero (2016)
A freshly graduated knight sets out on an epic journey to prove himself a hero. Unfortunately, his over-caring Grandma decides to join the adventure.
Crackerjack 2 (1997)
A policeman working alone must rescue his girlfriend and a trainload of other hostages from vicious criminals in a mountain tunnel hideout.
Kill It and Leave This Town (2020)
Fleeing from despair after losing those dearest to him, the hero hides in a safe land of memories, where time stands still and all those dear to him are alive.
Czlowiek z marmuru (1977)
In 1976, a young woman in Krakow is making her diploma film, looking behind the scenes at the life of a 1950s bricklayer, Birkut, who was briefly a proletariat ...
Rising Phoenix (2020)
The history and current standing of the Paralympic Games, which has grown to become the world's third largest sporting event.
Coriolanus (2019)
Roman War hero Martius, alias Coriolanus, is named consul, Rome's highest public office. But the warrior is no politician - and he faces unaccustomed enemies wh...
The Base (1999)
In a U.S. army base, a senior army officer leads a group of young men into drug trafficking.
Quack-a-Doodle Do (1950)
His Mama is the only one who love Baby Huey, an overgrown clumsy ugly duckling. The other Mamas and their broods shun him like the plague and make his little li...
Sharpe: The Legend (1997)
An overview of Richard Sharpe's career, from being raised in the ranks, to the battle at Waterloo, as depicted by fellow rifleman, Cooper.
Heroes Manufactured (2016)
A documentary following Canadian artists and their ability to break into the comic book industry while dealing with fandom and the craze of comic book conventio...
Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II (1989)
Three kingdoms have been overtaken by three evil lords and only a teenage boy with magical powers can restore peace to the land.
Jaguar Lives! (1979)
A world's new kung-fu hero (Joe Lewis) is out to stop drug dealers, gangs and help save the world from an evil con (Christopher Lee).
Italian Spiderman (2007)
When an otherworldly substance with amazing cloning properties falls into the hands of the evil criminal mastermind, Captain Maximum, only the extreme powers of...
John Laurens' War (2017)
"John Laurens' War" is the fight for freedom by John Laurens from South Carolina, for every slave in America along with every colonist. During th...
Left Right Left (2013)
In this interlinked story, three men (an evil politician, an eccentric cop and a former revolutionist) develop different perspectives on life due to a childhood...
Heroes for Hire (1984)
Miami 1980, a doctor transplants a metal object into a patients arm. He tells him to go home and relax, but soon the patient kills the doctor. One year later, P...
Impact Earth (2015)
A former NASA asteroid tracker discovers a looming asteroid collision that could send it on a collision-course with Earth. Because he made a wrong call ten year...
The Steve Irwin Story (2018)
Steve Irwin's impact far exceeded his hit series The Crocodile Hunter. Chronicling his childhood to his time as a global icon, those who knew him best reflect o...
The Kid Who Couldn't Miss (1983)
About Billy Bishop, who was Canada's most decorated pilot during World War I.
The Orphan Egg (1953)
As usual, little Dinky Duck gets no cooperation as he goes about his usual rounds doing good deeds. He finds an orphan egg, and, unable to get anyone else to ca...
Mighty Mouse in Krakatoa (1945)
The superist hero of them all, Mighty Mouse, easily brushes aside molten lava and stems the tide of an island volcano, set off by the torrid dancing of Krakatoa...
The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
Biopic traces the life of Lou Gehrig, famous baseball player who played in 2130 consecutive games before falling at age 37 to ALS, a deadly nerve disease which ...
Deadly Ray from Mars (1966)
An edited version of the 1938 Universal serial "Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars" that was released to TV in a syndication package in 1966.
It's Tough to Be Famous (1932)
Fame proves to be too overwhelming when Scott becomes a national hero.
Ocean Driven (2015)
Chris Bertish's pursuit of paddling into giant waves culminates in the world's premier big wave surfing competition at Mavericks, in Half Moon Bay, CA. Moments ...
My Little Buckeroo (1938)
In the border town of Boiled Beef, Texas, in 1872, a bandit who is wanted by authorities terrorizes the town - but a pig-headed deputy thinks he has a way to ca...
Bicycle King Uhm Bok-Dong (2019)
A story about Uhm Bok Dong, a Korean hero and winner from the time when Japan held a bicycle race in order to take over Korea during the Japanese Invasion.
Ernesto (2017)
The first film in forty years to be co-produced by Cuba and Japan, it recounts the story of Freddy Maymura Hurtado who was a Bolivian man of Japanese descent. H...
The Thundermans Return (2024)
It centers on the family as they begin a new era of superhero crimefighting. When one save goes wrong, the Thundermans are sent back to Hiddenville.
Barnyard Actor (1955)
Gamdy Goose has been studying his mail-order acting kit, and goes to visit his friend, Rudy Rooser, to show off his mimic skills. Rudy is unimpressed as his att...
Transformers One (2024)
The untold origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron, better known as sworn enemies, but once were friends bonded like brothers who changed the fate of Cybertr...
iSmart Shankar (2019)
iSmart Shankar, starring Ram Pothineni and directed by Puri Jagannadh revolves around a hero who has another man's memory transferred into his head.
Mei shi Da mao xian (2018)
Super Bao, an innocent and passionate steamed stuffed bun, goes through untold hardships and finally grows into a great hero who saves the world of foods.
Terminator: Skynet Rising (2024)
Since Legion was destroyed, the machines have been working to restore Skynet. Now the resistance has discovered their plans and must find a way to prevent them.
Benedict Arnold: Hero Betrayed (2021)
His name is synonymous with treason, but this cinematic documentary shows that Benedict Arnold's heroic contributions to American Independence far outweigh...
Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere (1951)
Space hero Captain Video battles the evil Vultura on the planet Atoma.
Noise (2019)
A man deafened by an accident begins to hear the thoughts of other people and uses the ability to investigate the disappearance of a missing girl.
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