Renny Harlin

Renny Harlin

Renny Harlin (born Renny Lauri Mauritz Harjola on March 15, 1959) is a Finnish film director and producer, known for his prolific work in the action and horror genres. The peak of his success spanned from the late 1980s to the late 1990s, during which period he directed numerous hits, including A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, Die Hard 2, Cliffhanger, and Deep Blue Sea. The commercial performance of his films has waned since the mid 2000s, but Harlin remains 86th on the list of highest-grossing directors of all time (based on U.S. domestic gross revenue). He has primarily worked in the Hollywood studio system, in addition to time spent in his native Finland and a brief stint in China.

  • Title: Renny Harlin
  • Popularity: 7.586
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1959-03-15
  • Place of Birth: Riihimäki, Finland
  • Homepage: http://www.rennyharlin.com/
  • Also Known As: Ренні Харлін, Lauri Harjola, Ренні Гарлін, Renny Lauri Mauritz Harjola
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Renny Harlin Movies

  • 1988
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    A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master

    A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master

    5.9 1988 HD

    Freddy Krueger is resurrected from his apparent demise, and rapidly tracks down and kills the remainder of the Elm Street kids. However, Kristen, who...

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  • 1981
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    The Breakthrough

    The Breakthrough

    1 1981 HD

    A student film.

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  • 1989
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    The Making of 'Nightmare on Elm Street IV'

    The Making of 'Nightmare on Elm Street IV'

    4.7 1989 HD

    Witness the behind-the-scenes techniques and gruesome special effects that dominate this box office hit! See through the mysteries of the slasher...

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  • 1990
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    Raptori Moe!

    Raptori Moe!

    1 1990 HD

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  • 2010
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    Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

    Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

    7.8 2010 HD

    For decades, Freddy Krueger has slashed his way through the dreams of countless youngsters, scaring up over half a billion dollars at the box office...

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  • 1995
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    A Night to Die For

    A Night to Die For

    1 1995 HD

    TV special worth watching if only for the incongruous interviews with Wayne Newton, Wayne Gretzky, Kareem Abdul Jabar, Rudolph Giuliani, Mike Ditka,...

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  • 2021
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    The Dinosaur

    The Dinosaur

    6.8 2021 HD

    Acclaimed Finnish director Rauni Mollberg made several scandalous yet widely appreciated films. Former co-worker Veikko Aaltonen’s eye-opening...

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  • 2014
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    The Legend of Hercules

    The Legend of Hercules

    4.8 2014 HD

    In Ancient Greece 1200 B.C., a queen succumbs to the lust of Zeus to bear a son promised to overthrow the tyrannical rule of the king and restore...

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  • 1991
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    Slash & Burn: The Freddy Krueger Story

    Slash & Burn: The Freddy Krueger Story

    1 1991 HD

    Freddy Krueger hosts a retrospective special/making-of "Freddy's Dead."

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  • 2013
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    Hard Time: The Making of Prison

    Hard Time: The Making of Prison

    8 2013 HD

    Retrospective documentary on the making of the low-budget horror film Prison (1987)

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  • 1998
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    Johtaja Uuno Turhapuro pisnismies

    Johtaja Uuno Turhapuro pisnismies

    3.2 1998 HD

    Uuno Turhapuro's younger brother Peni arrives in Helsinki. Uuno helps his brother in management duties.

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  • 2012
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    Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger

    Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger

    5.5 2012 HD

    Retrospective on The Nightmare On Elm Street Series.

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  • 2001
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    Driven

    Driven

    5.116 2001 HD

    Talented rookie race-car driver Jimmy Bly has started losing his focus and begins to slip in the race rankings. It's no wonder, with the immense...

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  • 1986
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    Born American

    Born American

    4 1986 HD

    A trio of American students vacationing in Finland cross the border into the USSR and are soon imprisoned following a skirmish with Soviet soldiers.

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  • 2003
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    Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'

    Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'

    7.7 2003 HD

    The creation of the film Alien³ (1992) is covered here in this feature-length documentary in exhaustive detail. Many interviews with the cast...

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  • 1995
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    Cutthroat Island

    Cutthroat Island

    5.8 1995 HD

    Morgan Adams and her slave, William Shaw, are on a quest to recover the three portions of a treasure map. Unfortunately, the final portion is held by...

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  • 1995
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    Cutthroat Island

    Cutthroat Island

    5.8 1995 HD

    Morgan Adams and her slave, William Shaw, are on a quest to recover the three portions of a treasure map. Unfortunately, the final portion is held by...

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  • 1990
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    Die Hard 2

    Die Hard 2

    7 1990 HD

    One year after his heroics in Los Angeles, John McClane is an off-duty cop who is the wrong guy in the wrong place at the wrong time. On a snowy...

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  • 2001
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    Driven

    Driven

    5.116 2001 HD

    Talented rookie race-car driver Jimmy Bly has started losing his focus and begins to slip in the race rankings. It's no wonder, with the immense...

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  • 2001
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    Driven

    Driven

    5.116 2001 HD

    Talented rookie race-car driver Jimmy Bly has started losing his focus and begins to slip in the race rankings. It's no wonder, with the immense...

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  • 1988
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    A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master

    A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master

    5.9 1988 HD

    Freddy Krueger is resurrected from his apparent demise, and rapidly tracks down and kills the remainder of the Elm Street kids. However, Kristen, who...

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  • 1970
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    Carrier

    Carrier

    1 1970 HD

    When a mysterious phenomenon leads to mass chaos, a splintering family escapes to a small island…but their troubles are only beginning.

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  • 2004
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    Exorcist: The Beginning

    Exorcist: The Beginning

    5.4 2004 HD

    Years before Father Merrin helped save Regan MacNeil’s soul, he first encounters the demon Pazuzu in East Africa.

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  • 1996
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    The Long Kiss Goodnight

    The Long Kiss Goodnight

    6.614 1996 HD

    An amnesiac schoolteacher (Davis) sets out to recover her identity with the help of a private detective (Jackson) when they discover a dark...

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  • 1996
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    The Long Kiss Goodnight

    The Long Kiss Goodnight

    6.614 1996 HD

    An amnesiac schoolteacher (Davis) sets out to recover her identity with the help of a private detective (Jackson) when they discover a dark...

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  • 1999
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    Blast from the Past

    Blast from the Past

    6.77 1999 HD

    Following a bomb scare in the 1960s that locked the Webers into their bomb shelter for 35 years, Adam now ventures forth into Los Angeles to obtain...

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  • 1993
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    Cliffhanger

    Cliffhanger

    6.496 1993 HD

    A year after losing his friend in a tragic 4,000-foot fall, former ranger Gabe Walker and his partner, Hal, are called to return to the same peak to...

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  • 1993
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    Cliffhanger

    Cliffhanger

    6.496 1993 HD

    A year after losing his friend in a tragic 4,000-foot fall, former ranger Gabe Walker and his partner, Hal, are called to return to the same peak to...

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  • 1999
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    Deep Blue Sea

    Deep Blue Sea

    5.976 1999 HD

    Researchers on the undersea lab Aquatica have genetically altered the brains of captive sharks to develop a cure for Alzheimer's disease. But there's...

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  • 1990
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    The Adventures of Ford Fairlane

    The Adventures of Ford Fairlane

    6 1990 HD

    To the Los Angeles elite, Ford Fairlane is known as "Mr. Rock 'n' Roll Detective." This loudmouthed ladies' man serves an exclusive rock star...

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  • 2006
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    The Covenant

    The Covenant

    5.6 2006 HD

    Four young men who belong to a supernatural legacy are forced to battle a fifth power long thought to have died out. Another great force they must...

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  • 2007
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    Cleaner

    Cleaner

    6.072 2007 HD

    Single father and former cop Tom Cutler has an unusual occupation: he cleans up death scenes. But when he's called in to sterilize a wealthy suburban...

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  • 2009
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    12 Rounds

    12 Rounds

    5.884 2009 HD

    When New Orleans Police Detective Danny Fisher stops a brilliant thief from getting away with a multimillion-dollar heist, the thief's girlfriend is...

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  • 2004
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    Mindhunters

    Mindhunters

    6.5 2004 HD

    Trainees in the FBI's psychological profiling program must put their training into practice when they discover a killer in their midst. Based very...

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  • 2004
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    Mindhunters

    Mindhunters

    6.5 2004 HD

    Trainees in the FBI's psychological profiling program must put their training into practice when they discover a killer in their midst. Based very...

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  • 1987
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    Prison

    Prison

    5.7 1987 HD

    After Charles Forsyth was sent to the electric chair for a crime he didn't commit, he forever haunts the prison where he was executed. Flash forward...

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  • 2011
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    5 Days of War

    5 Days of War

    5.607 2011 HD

    An American journalist and his cameraman are caught in the combat zone during the first Russian airstrikes against Georgia. Rescuing Tatia, a young...

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  • 2011
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    5 Days of War

    5 Days of War

    5.607 2011 HD

    An American journalist and his cameraman are caught in the combat zone during the first Russian airstrikes against Georgia. Rescuing Tatia, a young...

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  • 1986
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    Born American

    Born American

    4 1986 HD

    A trio of American students vacationing in Finland cross the border into the USSR and are soon imprisoned following a skirmish with Soviet soldiers.

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  • 1986
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    Born American

    Born American

    4 1986 HD

    A trio of American students vacationing in Finland cross the border into the USSR and are soon imprisoned following a skirmish with Soviet soldiers.

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  • 2014
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    The Legend of Hercules

    The Legend of Hercules

    4.8 2014 HD

    In Ancient Greece 1200 B.C., a queen succumbs to the lust of Zeus to bear a son promised to overthrow the tyrannical rule of the king and restore...

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  • 2014
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    The Legend of Hercules

    The Legend of Hercules

    4.8 2014 HD

    In Ancient Greece 1200 B.C., a queen succumbs to the lust of Zeus to bear a son promised to overthrow the tyrannical rule of the king and restore...

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  • 2014
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    The Legend of Hercules

    The Legend of Hercules

    4.8 2014 HD

    In Ancient Greece 1200 B.C., a queen succumbs to the lust of Zeus to bear a son promised to overthrow the tyrannical rule of the king and restore...

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  • 2013
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    The Dyatlov Pass Incident

    The Dyatlov Pass Incident

    5.894 2013 HD

    In February of 1959, nine Russian hikers ventured into a remote area of the Ural Mountains. Two weeks later, all of them were found dead. What...

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  • 2013
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    The Dyatlov Pass Incident

    The Dyatlov Pass Incident

    5.894 2013 HD

    In February of 1959, nine Russian hikers ventured into a remote area of the Ural Mountains. Two weeks later, all of them were found dead. What...

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  • 2016
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    Skiptrace

    Skiptrace

    5.7 2016 HD

    A detective from Hong Kong teams up with an American gambler to battle against a notorious Chinese criminal.

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  • 1994
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    The Foot Shooting Party

    The Foot Shooting Party

    5 1994 HD

    The lead singer of a band gets drafted for war in Vietnam. So as not to break up the band, he decides to shoot his own foot.

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  • 2011
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    The Resident

    The Resident

    5.763 2011 HD

    Juliet, a beautiful doctor, has found the perfect New York apartment to start a new life after separating from her husband. It's got spacious rooms,...

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  • 2024
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    The Strangers: Chapter 1

    The Strangers: Chapter 1

    5.898 2024 HD

    After their car breaks down in an eerie small town, a young couple are forced to spend the night in a remote cabin. Panic ensues as they are...

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  • 1970
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    The Strangers: Chapter 3

    The Strangers: Chapter 3

    1 1970 HD

    In the "Strangers" finale, survivors face new threats from masked strangers. Secrets emerge, jeopardizing their lives as the line between reality and...

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  • 1970
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    The Strangers: Chapter 2

    The Strangers: Chapter 2

    1 1970 HD

    The plot will follow the events of previous film (The Strangers: Chapter 1) while the story will expand in "new and unexpected ways".

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  • 1979
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    Custody

    Custody

    10 1979 HD

    An alcoholic man is forced to come to grips with a society when he's taken into custody.

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  • 1979
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    Custody

    Custody

    10 1979 HD

    An alcoholic man is forced to come to grips with a society when he's taken into custody.

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  • 1996
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    Mistrial

    Mistrial

    4.765 1996 HD

    When a cop-killer goes free, a detective's search for personal justice veers dangerously out of control. Declaring a mistrial, he takes the accused,...

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  • 1994
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    Speechless

    Speechless

    5.9 1994 HD

    In the midst of election season in New Mexico, political speechwriters Julia Mann and Kevin Vallick begin a romance, unaware they are working for...

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  • 1991
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    Rambling Rose

    Rambling Rose

    6.2 1991 HD

    Rose is taken in by the Hillyer family to serve as a 1930s housemaid so that she can avoid falling into a life of prostitution. Her appearence and...

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  • 2023
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    The Bricklayer

    The Bricklayer

    5.9 2023 HD

    Someone is blackmailing the CIA by assassinating foreign journalists and making it look like the agency is responsible. As the world begins to unite...

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  • 1970
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    The Postcard Killer

    The Postcard Killer

    1 1970 HD

    In the chilling sequel to The Postcard Killings, NYPD detective Jacob Kanon faces new terror. Haunted by his daughter's murder, Jacob is thrust back...

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  • 1970
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    Deep Water

    Deep Water

    1 1970 HD

    An eclectic group of international passengers on a flight from Los Angeles to Shanghai is forced to make an emergency landing in shark-infested...

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  • 2018
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    Legend of the Ancient Sword

    Legend of the Ancient Sword

    6.1 2018 HD

    Due to a fateful occurrence, Yue Wuyi leaves home. He meets revered master Xie Yi, who imparts to him the magical arts of Yan, and thus begins his...

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  • 2019
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    Bodies at Rest

    Bodies at Rest

    6.5 2019 HD

    Working in the morgue, a hardworking forensics expert and his assistant are suddenly accosted by masked intruders who demand access to a body...

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  • 2021
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    The Misfits

    The Misfits

    5.5 2021 HD

    After being recruited by a group of unconventional thieves, renowned criminal Richard Pace finds himself caught up in an elaborate gold heist that...

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  • 2021
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    Reunion 3: Singles Cruise

    Reunion 3: Singles Cruise

    4.8 2021 HD

    The approaching baptism of his ex-wife's new baby destroys Antti's ability to function and puts him in catatonic state. Tuomas and Nippe take action...

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  • 1986
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    Born American

    Born American

    4 1986 HD

    A trio of American students vacationing in Finland cross the border into the USSR and are soon imprisoned following a skirmish with Soviet soldiers.

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  • 1970
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    Inspector Palmu

    Inspector Palmu

    1 1970 HD

    Inspector Palmu gets to solve a new case, when a wealthy real estate millionaire connected to Germany is murdered in Kaivopuisto, middle of post-war...

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  • 1970
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    Inspector Palmu

    Inspector Palmu

    1 1970 HD

    Inspector Palmu gets to solve a new case, when a wealthy real estate millionaire connected to Germany is murdered in Kaivopuisto, middle of post-war...

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  • 2023
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    Refuge

    Refuge

    6 2023 HD

    After a mysterious attack from a malevolent demon during his tour of duty in Afghanistan, Sergeant Rick Pedroni returns home a changed man, and more...

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  • 2023
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    Refuge

    Refuge

    6 2023 HD

    After a mysterious attack from a malevolent demon during his tour of duty in Afghanistan, Sergeant Rick Pedroni returns home a changed man, and more...

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  • 2021
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    Reunion 3: Singles Cruise

    Reunion 3: Singles Cruise

    4.8 2021 HD

    The approaching baptism of his ex-wife's new baby destroys Antti's ability to function and puts him in catatonic state. Tuomas and Nippe take action...

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  • 1970
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    The Beast

    The Beast

    1 1970 HD

    When a militia of unidentified hostiles coordinates a coup against the U.S., the president uncovers the extent of The Beast's highly classified...

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  • 1970
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    7.197 1970 HD

    In Southern California, a beachfront property was seized and turned into a residence for undercover cops. They are all top agents of the DEA, FBI,...

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  • 1970
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    8.3 1970 HD

    In exchange for his freedom, charming con artist Neal Caffrey provides his expertise to help straight-man FBI agent Peter Burke catch elusive...

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  • 1970
    imgS7 E13

    7.5 1970 HD

    A formerly blacklisted spy uses his unique skills and training to help people in desperate situations.

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  • 1970
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    6.9 1970 HD

    A young CIA operative, Annie Walker, is mysteriously summoned to headquarters for duty as a field operative. While Annie believes she's been promoted...

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  • 1970
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    3.5 1970 HD

    A Finnish reality competition that matches amateur athletes against each other and the show's own "gladiators" in contests of strength, agility, and...

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