Movies (77) tagged by 'Oil'
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The Dictator (2012)
Haffaz Alladeen is the bizarre dictator of the oil-rich African nation of Waadeya. Alladeen is as egotistical and ruthless as dictators come, executing anyone w...
Deepwater Horizon (2016)
A story set on the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, which exploded during April 2010 and created the worst oil spill in U.S. history.
Syriana (2005)
Syriana is a thriller of corruption and power related to the oil industry that tells four parallel stories: the CIA agent Bob Barnes with great experience in M...
Games Women Play (1981)
Five models and their lovers invent exotic games to keep their sex lives fresh.
There Will Be Blood (2007)
Set in the early 20th century, the film follows the rise to power of Daniel Plainview — a charismatic and ruthless oil prospector, driven to succeed by hi...
The World Is Not Enough (1999)
Complete with ski chases, casino hijinks, high-tech gadgetry, and sultry women, the 19th installment in the James Bond franchise features the increasingly at ...
Local Hero (1983)
Oil billionaire Happer sends Mac to a remote Scotish villiage to secure the property rights for an oil refinery they want to build. Mac teams up with Danny and...
Hellfighters (1968)
Screen legend John Wayne pays tribute to oil field legend "Red" Adair, as Wayne plays Chance Buckman, a colourful Texan who tames out-of-control infernos in e...
On Deadly Ground (1994)
Forrest Taft is an environmental agent who works for the Aegis Oil Company in Alaska. Aegis Oil's corrupt CEO, Michael Jennings, is the kind of person who does...
The Night They Saved Christmas (1984)
An oil company is exploring two Arctic sites for oil. The needed blasting at the first site rocks Santa Claus' North Pole village. He realizes that any blastin...
The Soldier (1982)
The Russians steal a nuclear device and are stating that unless the Israelis pull out from the West bank, they will detonate it, which they have planted in an o...
The 7 Adventures of Sinbad (2010)
Sinbad, the original Prince of Persia, must complete seven tasks in order to save the world from catastrophe.
Downstream (2010)
Wes Keller is a young man living in a world where oil has collapsed, the food supply has been wiped out, and cancer rates for women have skyrocketed, depleting ...
Black Gold (2011)
Set in the 1930s Arab states at the dawn of the oil boom, the story centers on a young Arab prince torn between allegiance to his conservative father and modern...
Le salaire de la peur (1955)
In the South American jungle supplies of nitroglycerene are needed at a remote oil field. The oil company pays four men to deliver the supplies in two trucks. A...
Comes a Horseman (1978)
Lavishly photographed, COMES A HORSEMAN is a dramatic Western set in the post-World War II new West. Jane Fonda stars as Ella, a stubborn rancher who will not...
Lessons of Darkness (1992)
This film shows the disaster of the Kuwaitian oil fields in flames. In contrast to the common documentary film there are no comments and few interviews. What mu...
Scandal (1988)
An English bon-vivant osteopath is enchanted with a young exotic dancer and invites her to live with him. He serves as friend and mentor, and through his cont...
A Most Violent Year (2014)
In New York City 1981, an ambitious immigrant fights to protect his business and family during the most dangerous year in the city's history.
GasHole (2010)
"GasHole" is a new documentary film about the history of Oil prices and the future of alternative fuels. The film takes a wide, yet detailed examination of our ...
Fuel (2008)
Record high oil prices, global warming, and an insatiable demand for energy: these issues will be the catalyst for heated debates and positive...
Battletruck (1982)
Post World War III futuristic tale of collapsed governments & bankrupt countries heralding a new lawless age.
Dark Souls (2010)
A madman is on the loose and it's only a matter of time before he gets to his victim, Johanna. Dressed in an orange jumpsuit, he is armed with his weapon of cho...
'Neath the Arizona Skies (1934)
Chris Morrell, the guardian of half-Indian girl Nina, is helping her find her missing white father. so she can cash in on her late mother's oil lease. Outlaw S...
Superman and the Mole-Men (1951)
When underground beings explore the surface world from a deep oil well and inadvertantly cause a panic, only Superman can prevent a tragedy.
Crude (2009)
Three years in the making, this cinéma-vérité feature from acclaimed filmmaker Joe Berlinger (Brother’s Keeper, Paradise Lost, Metallica:...
Terror in a Texas Town (1958)
A Swedish whaler is out for revenge when he finds out that a greedy oil man murdered his father for their land.
Stakeout! (1962)
Father Joe Dasco, played by actor Bing Russell, is realeased from prison after servering a three year term for bank robber. He reunites with his ten year old so...
The Paleface (1922) (1922)
Evil oil barons have given the Indians one day to vacate their land. The Indian chief tells his braves to kill the first white man they see. Buster shows up cha...
Alias John Law (1935)
John Clark (Bob Steele) and his deaf pal, Bootch Collum (Buck Connors), are trailed by U. S. Marshal Lamar Bly (Jack Rockwell), who thinks they are part of The ...
Singapore Sling (1999)
Michelle's arrested in Singapore, so she marries a corrupt local businessman to avoid prison, swindles him and escapes the country. Her "husband" tries to get h...
Paradise (1990)
After a personal tragedy, the Reeds take in their ten year old nephew and re-awaken their marriage...
The Red Blood of Courage (1935)
A man posing as Mark Henry is after Henry's oil land but Henry's niece is part owner and he needs to marry her off to his henchman Slager. Mountie Jim Sullivan ...
Pioneer (2013)
This conspiracy thriller is set in the early 80's, the beginning of the Norwegian Oil Boom. Enormous oil and gas deposits are discovered in the North Sea and th...
Born of War (2013)
After her family is killed, Mina finds out her real father is a terrorist, and behind the killings. To get revenge, Mina works with British Intelligence to take...
Norman Lovett Bags & Biscuits (1971)
RED DWARF's Norman Lovett presents his full-length stand-up show BAGS AND BISCUITS, filmed before his mammoth UK tour in 2007.
Dallas The Early Years (1986)
Prequel to the popular "Dallas" TV series focuses on the origins of the Ewing-Barnes feud during the 1930's. Larry Hagman provides the opening narration for the...
Big Men (2013)
In Ghana, a small American energy company fights to hold onto its discovery of oil just as a new government comes into power. In Nigeria, where oil has already ...
The Formula (1980)
A detective uncovers a formula that was devised by the Nazis in WW II to make gasoline from synthetic products, thereby eliminating the necessity for oil--and o...
Blood and Oil The Middle East in World War I (2006)
Marty Callaghan's Synopsis: Except for the Dardanelles/Gallipoli campaigns, the extensive combat operations in the Middle East during World War I have been larg...
A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash (2006)
A theatrical documentary on the planet's dwindling oil resources.
Super Cyclone (2012)
When a super cyclone threatens the entire American eastern seaboard, a lone meteorologist and a petroleum engineer must battle theelements to stop the threat
Atlantic (2016)
Documentary about the two big resources in the North Atlantic, fish and oil, and the impact of their exploitation on the environment in various countries on bot...
Oceans of Fire (1986)
A group of prisoners is recruited from the dive school at Chino (a real school, by the way) to pull off a super dangerous deep gas job in Mexico.
The Fight for Water (2009)
A real-life murder-mystery complete with paramilitary death squads, negligent oil companies, and corrupt environmental agencies.
Moving Violation (1976)
A young drifter (Stephen McHattie) and his newly acquired girlfriend (Kay Lenz) witness a corrupt local Sheriff kill his deputy, soon becoming the prime suspect...
Chain of Command (1994)
When Merrill Ross (Michael Dudikoff) is thought to be a C.I.A. agent gone bad and teaming with some other alphabet named agency to take over the oil rich countr...
The Iron Orchard (2018)
"The Iron Orchard" is the story of Jim McNeely, a young man thrust into the vibrant and brutal West Texas oilfields in 1939, who works his way through the ranks...
As Summers Die (1986)
The plot centers around a large area of land owned by an old black lady, Elvira Backus. It had been given to her by her one time employer and secret father of h...
Dead Ahead The Exxon Valdez Disaster (1992)
The real-life struggle to contain the environmental and financial damage caused to Alaska by the oil spill from the Exxon Valdez is dramatized.
In Old Oklahoma (1943)
In 1906, on Oklahoma's Indian lands, a cowboy fights for oil lease rights against a greedy oilman while a pretty schoolteacher steals both men's hearts.
The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream (2004)
The modern suburbs have ultimately become an unsustainable way of living. They were originally developed in an era of cheap oil, when the automobile became the ...
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (2003)
In April 2002, an Irish film crew is making a documentary about Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, when a coup from the opposition is made.
The French Line (1953)
When her fiancé leaves her, an oil heiress takes a cruise incognito in order to find a man who will love her for herself and not for her money.
Among Thieves (2009)
Three friends, Victor, Amy and David, reunite after 10 years and uncover one of the key, hidden reasons for the war in Iraq.
The Oil Machine (2022)
The Oil Machine explores our economic, historical and emotional entanglement with oil by looking at the conflicting imperatives around North Sea oil.
Avalanche (1999)
A helicopter pilot work with a husband and his wife in the frozen North tagging foxes for the Environmental Protection Agency. When an avalanche hits the group,...
High, Wide and Handsome (1937)
Pennsylvania, 1859. Railroad tycoon Brennan (Alan Hale) is muscling in on oil-drilling farmers, led by Peter Cortland (Randolph Scott). Cortland must try to sav...
Oklahoma Crude (1973)
In 1913, in Oklahoma, oil derrick owner Lena Doyle (Faye Dunaway), aided by her father (Sir John Mills) and a hobo (George C. Scott), is stubbornly drilling for...
Journey Into Fear (1975)
An American geologist accidentally discovers oil in Turkish mountains. An assassin is sent by someone to eliminate him because of that. He boards a passenger bo...
Thunder Bay (1953)
Shrimpers and oilmen clash when an ambitious wildcatter begins constructing an off-shore oilrig.
Blowing Wild (1953)
In South America, when Jeff Dawson and Dutch Peterson's oil rigs are dynamited by local bandits, the two partners resort to risky transportation of nitroglyceri...
Campbell's Kingdom (1957)
Englishman Bruce Campbell (Sir Dirk Bogarde) takes possession of his grandfather's Canadian land, but he faces various challenges such as disgruntled locals, a ...
The Houston Story (1956)
In Houston, a man working as an oil driller comes up with a scheme for stealing millions of dollars worth of oil from the fields. He insinuates himself with a l...
Pete-Roleum and His Cousins (1939)
This 25-minute short (original running time at the 1939 World's Fair and in its theatrical bookings) was made by Petroleum Industry to be primarily at the NYC 1...
Destination Earth (1956)
A Martian explorer discovers the secrets behind the USA's prosperity: oil and free enterprise!
The Chemical Brothers: Sometimes I Feel So Deserted (2015)
A cyborg is being chased by men in a van, and has to improvise in order to save her life.
The Oily American (1954)
Moe Hican, an Indian, has struck it rich. Oil has been found on his property, and he now owns an estate with oil rigs everywhere. Even the fountain spouts oil! ...
Pipe Nation (2023)
Hardwell is a fictional town near the border of two provinces at odds with each other. Meanwhile, the camp Ashley and Ty work at is called Kilometer 72. They ha...
Le salaire de la peur (2024)
In order to prevent a deadly explosion, an illicit crack team has 24 hours to drive two truckloads of nitroglycerine across a desert laden with danger.
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