10 Best Doomsday Movies (Non-Zombie)

Meteors, tsunamis, earthquakes, and zombies, all of them have come up to the screen. We sometimes feel afraid to imagine what will be the end of the world aka doomsday. But behind that, sometimes we also feel curious. The film industry is very suitable to fill the curiosity. Various theories and a collection of speculations about the apocalypse sometimes makes us wonder. Here is some movie list about the end of the world.

1. War of the Worlds (2005)

Giant alien doomsday.

A family must struggle to save themselves when the chaos of the world is sweeping. It was unclear what chaos was happening at the time. At first it looked like war was going on all over the world, but it was just not that. When they have to deal with giant robots that terrorize the Earth, that's when they realize that humanity is dealing with creatures from other planets.

2. The Day After Tomorrow (2004)

Ice world.

What would happen if the Earth is completely covered by ice and snow? This film depicts a massive climate change caused by global warming. In the midst of the chaos of the world, a man named Jack Hall had to fight through storms and various other obstacles from Washington, D.C. going to New York to pick up her child.

3. Deep Impact (1998) & Armageddon (1998)

Comet causes end of the world.

Actually the story of the two films is almost the same. A giant comet will soon hit Earth, a group of astronauts assigned to fly through space to destroy the comet before it hit the Earth.

4. 2012 (2009)

Apocalypse around the world.

On the brink of world destruction, a man named Jackson Curtis is trying to save his family. Due to a devastating solar storm, the Earth's core is getting hotter and the Earth's crust becomes unstable. It turns out that this has been known and kept a secret by the government. They have prepared giant ships to continue the survival of humanity.

Only special people who get tickets to enter the ships. And now, Jackson will try to barge in.

5. The Book of Eli (2010)

Delivering the Holy Book.

In the future, the Earth has become arid and destroyed by war. A man named Eli, ventured to deliver a Mysterious Book that holds the key to saving all humanity. Who would have thought, in the midst of world turmoil, on the verge of world destruction, the Scriptures were needed and sought after. In this film there are those who want to use the Scriptures for political purposes and become a ruler. Luckily there is still the figure of Eli, the main character who by faith wants to deliver the Scriptures to the destination.

6. Snowpiercer (2013)

Ice world and the train.

Due to extreme weather changes, Earth becomes an ice planet and all life dies. Only a handful of living things managed to survive by riding a train that could run endlessly around the world. Inside the train, there is a caste system that distinguishes passengers into two parts, in the front and the back. Those who live in front of the train can live well while those in the back suffer.

Now it is the time for the residents of the rear carriages to launch an act of rebellion. They travel to the front and must pass through various obstacles. The revolution has begun.

7. Knowing (2009)

Apocalypse prediction.

Tells the story of a researcher who gets a series of predictions about various disasters that will occur in the future. He is named John Koestler. He began to calculate and prove all these predictions. And when he knows about the coming apocalypse. John, together with a woman and their child, must find shelter and prevent the extinction of humanity.

8. The Road (2009)

Father and son, and the rid world.

The story is about father and son who are trying to survive after the apocalypse. Everything was in ruins, there are only the ruins of arid lands and humans became cannibals. They will eat every human they meet and rape every child and girl.

9. Waterworld (1995)

Evolved humans at the end of the world.

In the future, polar ice has thawed violently and water has filled the entire Earth. After some time has passed, humans began to evolve. There are some people who mutate and can breathe in water. The main character is a sailor who travels around the world to find land. On the way, he must face various obstacles such as population groups and street gangs.

10. Mad Max Series

Apocalypse car war.

Tells of doomsday where the Earth becomes barren and damaged. Earth's soil is too acidic, so it cannot be planted. Humans can fight because of water and gasoline. Pretty much like the film Waterworld (1995). But the difference, most of the action in this film is on land. In the midst of this chaos, there are kingdoms and rulers. Usually they have valuable resources for the survival of humanity.

The main character, assisted by several other survivors depart against the existing kingdoms and intends to restore world order.

Top 10 Psychopath Films

Not only makes the audience goose bumps, but the mystery presented by these films makes us sharpen the brain to guess what will happen next. Not infrequently the theme of this movie will be used as a horror movie. But for those of you who do not really like the sprinkling of blood or heartless crazies, you should think twice or find friends to watch movies like this. Because it is not impossible, you will feel scared or even disgusted when watching a movie like this, haha.

But before watching the next movie, you should know that there will be many adult scenes and sadistic scenes that are on the following movie list.

1. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

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Clarice Starling is an FBI candidate assigned to research a cannibal killer named Hannibal Lecter. Starling had to interrogate and extract information from Lecter in a crazy special prison. Starling wanted to ask Lecter's help to catch another serial killer who no less mad than Lecter. The killer likes to skin the victims. Starling's struggle was not easy because apart from having to uncover the identity of the killer, Starling also had to deal with Lecter who always tried to manipulate her.

2. Se7en (1995)

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Tells the story of two detectives investigating a serial murder case from a mysterious sociopath called "John Doe". The killer has a motive of "Seven Deadly Sins" to show a special message to the world. Detective Somerset is a veteran detective, while Mills is a novice detective. Both find that every victim who died tragically is always associated with one of the sins of the Seven Deadly Sins.

As they continue to investigate the modus operandi of this killer, the killer is trying to get into Mills mind.

3. American Psycho (2000)

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Patrick Bateman is a handsome, educated, and intelligent man. He is twenty-seven and is enjoying a luxurious life full of riches like the American dreams. Bateman works during the day on Wall Street as a New York investment banking executive, and he earns a lot of money. But at night Bateman transformed into a psychopath, and headed into insanity, as he began experimenting with fear and violence.

Patrick Bateman, concealing his sadistic alter ego, from his co-workers and friends as he dug deeper for unnatural, fantasy and violent gratification.

4. No Country for Old Men (2007)

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In rural Texas, an ordinary man named Llewelyn Moss found a huge amount of money, the result of the drug deals that gone wrong. When Moss sees that the smugglers are dead, instead of reporting to the authorities, Moss intends to bring the $2 million dollar for himself. This makes the sadistic and psychotic killer named Anton Chigurh chasing Moss. Anton is a psychopath who will do anything to get his money back.

5. A Clockwork Orange (1971)

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Tells the story of a protagonist named Alex DeLarge who is a violent youth living in England. One day, all his luck had run out and finally Alex was arrested by the authorities on charges of murder and rape. While Alex was imprisoned, he began to learn about an experimental program in which inmates were programmed to hate violence, so that they could all repent.

If Alex goes through the program, his punishment will be reduced and he will be free again on the streets sooner than he expected. But Alex had to endure an ordeal, even worse than before he went to jail. Will Alex change?

6. The Dark Knight (2008)

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Who is not familiar with this legendary film ? Batman not only tells the story of a superhero who defeat crime, but Nolan's Batman film also tells the true hero that the world needs. Despite not having any strength, armed only with martial arts and very much money, Batman set out to eradicate crime.

When a super villain shows up and upsets the whole city, Batman has to face his greatest challenge both physical and psychological challenge to uphold justice in Gotham city.

7. The Shining (1980)

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A family agrees to take care of a remote hotel during the winter. The hotel has a dark past filled with violence. It made everyone at the hotel nervous and scared. Suddenly, there was an unexpected presence of an evil spirit that affected the father for violence. His son named Danny tries to use his supernatural powers to tell people about the incident.

8. Gone Girl (2014)

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Having a beautiful wife, charming, and smart, may be the dream of most men in the world. But what if your wife who looks beautiful and good, apparently is a psychopath ? That's the main theme of this movie.

Nick (Ben Affleck) and Amy (Rosamund Pike) are pairs of lovers who love each other. But perhaps because of the saturation, they become quarrelsome and conflict. Amy tried hard to defend the marriage, but because the problem is getting worse, finally Amy designed a plan of revenge to her husband. But how does Amy plan to do that?

One day, Nick finds his wife disappearing, and do not know where. He immediately reported to the police to look for his wife. But when there was evidence of domestic violence in his home, Nick became the center of attention of many people and even entered the media. Is Nick guilty? Or is there something else?

9. Psycho (1960)

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Marion Crane is a real estate secretary that has run the client money for $40,000. Marion's reckless action was triggered by her plans to marry her boyfriend. In her escape, Marion was staying in a motel called "Bates Motel". The owner is an awkward young man named Norman Bates who lives alone with his elderly and sickly mother. Before long, word got out that Marion disappeared without a trace. Where does she go?

10. Suicide Squad (2016)

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As Superman flies across the sky, the world changes. The criminals are afraid of the power of Superman. But when he stopped flying, the world changed again. The criminals began to comeback to the surface world and again disrupt the world. Talk about the worst criminal group of the worst. They have the ability. Collected by a government-owned secret organization. And their first mission is to save the world from doomsday.

5 TV Shows That Criticizing Social Media, Internet, & Technology

Talk about technological advances, sometimes quite frightening but also make us curious. What we can see today is social media. There are already enough negative impacts from social media. The most often we see is probably those stupid people who like to quip but do not dare speak directly. And most of their talk is just mere exclamation. It just shows how unhelpful humans face the development of the times and technology.

Here is a list of interesting films that quip the current technological developments. Maybe the following movie list can be entertaining for us.

1. Black Mirror (TV Series: 2011-)

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It is about the future in which technology has dominated human life. But unfortunately, the development of the era is not parallel to human behavior that increasingly decaying day. The title is quite interesting, "Black Mirror" which means "Black Screen" like the screen that is on our computer and smartphone. Black Mirror will bring you adventure in the future full of advanced technology but bleak and frightening.

2. Mr. Robot (TV Series: 2015-)

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Tells the story of a young hacker named Elliot Alderson. During the day he worked as a technician at a cyber-security company called Allsafe. But at night he became a vigillante hacker solving various criminal cases. Elliot felt there was something wrong with the world. There are secret and powerful people who control the world and our lives without us knowing it. Something is wrong with the society. There are so many fakes that exist in this world. And Elliot did not like that.

When a hacker group called fsociety came to Elliot, this was probably the only chance for Elliot to change the world.

3. The IT Crowd (TV Series: 2006-)

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Talks about two IT geniuses named Roy and Moss who work at a company called Reynholm Industries. They are two human beings who are clumsy and difficult to get along with. Their boss is Jen, an incompetent person and can not even tell what software and hardware are. TV Series is about the antics of Moss and Roy both at work and in the outside world, who try to socialize but always ended badly.

4. Silicon Valley (TV Series: 2014-)

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Tells the story of the struggle of Richard Hendricks, a Silicon Valley engineer who tried to build his own company called Pied Piper. His struggle is not easy because he has to face various insistence from various investors. Assisted by a team that is not less unique, watch the funny story of Richard with his friends while building startup from scratch to get investment and various lucrative offers.

5. Halt and Catch Fire (TV Series: 2014-)

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Set in the 1980s, this TV Shows is about the times when the development of computers, the Internet, and cell phones was booming at the time. The TV Series will be seen from the point of view of an engineer and a talented visionary in looking at the giant company at the time. Watch their story in the face of cultural change involving personal ego and greed. Also about professionalism in work and their personal life.

Top 5 Films About Insomnia

Who is here that is difficult to sleep at night? Maybe because you like to drink coffee, play games at night, like to go for a walk, or having a lot thoughts? Usually, people who often have trouble sleeping are often referred to as insomnia. But I do not want to discuss about the causes and consequences of insomnia, I'm here to discuss about the movie with the theme of insomnia. Actually there are some pretty cool movies about insomnia. Hopefully the following list of movies can cheer you up.

1. Fight Club (1999)

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Fight Club, who is not familiar with this phenomenal film. With its unique psychology and philosophy, Fight Club is able to make us think and introspect ourselves. Tells of an office worker who is stressed with his life. He started building a fighting club for fun. Fight Club will also tell us about the confusion we often encounter in life and the world.

2. The Machinist (2004)

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Trevor was an ordinary factory worker with insomnia. She has had difficulty sleeping since last year. That caused Trevor to often not focus and experience a variety of strange events. One day, there was an accident at work that caused one of Trevor's colleagues to be seriously injured. And Trevor was the one who caused the accident. Not only that, Trevor also began to meet a mysterious friend who always followed him.

Trevor began to find out what was going on. How do you wake up from a nightmare, if you are not sleeping?

3. Taxi Driver (1976)

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Basically, the story of this movie is quite simple. Tells the story of a taxi driver named De Niro who is upset and has no purpose in life. The film takes on the theme of street people's lives in America in 1970, where prostitution and drugs are rampant. De Niro who works at night, will take us on an adventure in the sparkling streets of New York. Lots of strange and unique passengers he met. For example like a corrupt politician, a teenage prostitute, a man who wants to kill his cheating wife, and so on.

4. Insomnia (2002)

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Will Dormer is a city detective sent to investigate the murder of a teenage girl in a small town in Alaska. Astonishing events began to happen when Will accidentally shot his own partner while trying to catch a suspect.

Instead of admitting his mistake, the detective gave an unexpected alibi. As time passes, his lies become more complicated and add to his guilt. Will also still has a case to settle. Elsewhere, there was also a local detective named Ellie Burr who made a personal inquiry into the death of his partner. One of Nolan's works that is a remake of the movie with the same title in 97.

5. Insomnia (1997)

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In the Norwegian city, there is a detective investigating an elusive murder case. Due to lack of sleep, the detective made a fatal mistake that killed his own partner by accident. To make matters worse, his mistake was discovered by a killer he had been searching for. The two-sided game between cat and mouse is inevitable. Can the detective escape?

10 Best Gambling Movies

Who likes to play gambling? There are actually a lot of movies about gambling. Because the theme is about gambling, definitely the following movie list will not be far from the elements of Casino and Las Vegas. The film about gambling is usually also filled with the action genre, crime and drama to strengthen the story. This genre was very booming in the '70s to early 2000, and some will also be on the list of films below.

1. Casino Royale (2006)

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A Secret Agent named James Bond is on his first mission as 007. He has to face a private banker named Le Chiffre. Le Chiffre is a banker where terrorists around the world save money. Bond had to beat Le Chiffre in a high-stakes poker game at Casino Royale, Montenegro, but things did not go as Bond suspected. If he won the game, will Bond survive?

2. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)

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Four friends, had just suffered a major defeat in a failed card game in London. As a result they have to bear a very large debt. This triggers these four people consisting of, thug, marijuana farmer, gangster, and debt collectors must work together to perform various unexpected jobs. All for money, marijuana, and two antique shotguns.

3. Ocean's Series

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Basically, this is a movie about robbery. There are three films in total that have been aired about this robbery. But not a regular bank robbery, this movie will tell you about Casino robbery.

This is the story of a robber named Danny Ocean and his colleagues. He is very obsessed to score the highest scores in history. In the first film, Danny recruited eleven team members to launch his mission. He launched his action in three casinos with a target of $ 150 million. The journey is very interesting and not easy, this is one of the best robbery themed movies of all time.

4. Casino (1995)

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A story of greed, deceit, money, power, and murder that takes place between two friends: a sadistic mafia and a casino executive. They compete with each other for the gambling kingdom and the luxurious life of the treasures. The casino executive named Ace, while the sadistic mafia named Nicky who is a childhood friend of Ace. However, in fact they have their own tragic problems. Ace falls in love with a cheater, while Nicky falls in love with drugs and increasingly profound violence.

5. 21 (2008)

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Based on the true story of six MIT students trained to be "card counters". The card counters here mean geniuses people who can manipulate poker games so they can win gambling by working together.

Centered on Ben Campbell, a genius boy who hopes to get a scholarship at Harvard. But when Ben was accepted at Harvard, he could not afford the $ 300,000 administration fee. This led to Ben's dreams almost ran aground, until one night he was invited to follow a secret extracurricular and introduced to blackjack. Together with his new friends, Ben flew to Las Vegas and earned millions of dollars. From now on, poker games will never be the same again.

6. Rounders (1998)

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A young retired gambler named Mike McDermott has to come back once more to play poker with big bets to help a friend who wants to pay off a loan to a loan shark. While balancing his relationship with his girlfriend Mike should keep his commitment to go to law school.

7. Killing Them Softly (2012)

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Frankie (Scoot McNairy) and Russell (Ben Mendelsohn) are two petty criminals who just robbed an underground gambling place run by Markie (Ray Liotta). Frankie and Russell's robbery was heard by Markie's boss, then an executioner named Jackie (Brad Pitt) was sent to finish off the two petty criminals and the one who ordered them. Jackie is also assigned to finish off Markie for not being able to manage his own gambling place.

8. Maverick (1994)

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Bret Maverick is a great gambler who take people's money by using his charisma and tricks rather than robbing them with weapons. As a big-time gambler, Bret's reputation is unparalleled by many gamblers in the wild West. Therefore, it should not be surprising if Bret does not miss a chance to join a world-class poker game named Winner Take All held at St. Louis. But Bret must collect $ 3,000 first to sign up.

9. God of Gamblers (1989)

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Do San is a legendary gambler who uses supernatural powers to gamble. One day, he must help a friend to pay off his debt. When Do San was a kid, he had an accident that caused some of his memory lost. The adventure of Do San is not easy because the loan sharks are getting closer to Do San's house. Everything will be determined on the card table.

10. Molly's Game (2017)

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"Molly's Game" tells the true story of Molly Bloom (Chastain) a former Olympic skier who runs the world's most exclusive poker game for years. His players include big-time Hollywood stars like Leonardo DiCaprio and Ben Affleck, top athletes, wealthy businessmen and professional gamblers. But when a Russian mafia becomes a player, Molly begins to become an FBI target and is subject to federal allegations.

This film will tell you about the collapse and rise of Molly Bloom in the gambling world. Also about her struggle to get rid of federal allegations aided by a lawyer named Charlie Jaffey (Idris Elba).

15 Anti-Mainstream Superhero Films

Speaking of superheroes, we are always curious about the next story of every Marvel and DC superhero movies that airs every year. Although both comic books are cool and very nice, but there are also a variety of unique superhero movies that are not included in Marvel and DC Universe. Maybe some of this movie you've already watched, but maybe you've never watched some of them because they are not too famous. Here's a list of anti-mainstream superhero movies that are no less good with Marvel and DC.

1. Watchmen (2009)

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Tells of a group of superheroes who have retired from their heroism. They intend to live a normal life. However, a few years later when one of them was killed mysteriously. Rorschach, one of the most active members of Watchmen, decided to investigate the case. While elsewhere, the third world war was churning. Can Watchmen stop it?

This is not an ordinary superhero movie, not many action scenes and the story tends to be confusing and difficult to understand, so not everyone can enjoy this movie. One thing to note is, this superhero movie is intended for adult audiences and not for children. There are many adult scenes in this movie.

2. Kick-Ass Series

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Have you ever thought of becoming a superhero? A super hero who defeats all sorts of criminals. But we always imagine the super powers of superheroes. What if we do not have anything? Can we still be a superhero? Maybe this movie can answer it. This film tells the story of an ordinary high school kid named Dave. He decides to become a superhero even though he has nothing, no superpowers, not too smart, does not have as much money as Batman and has no special purpose to do so.

3. The Punisher Series

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An FBI agent named Frank Castle had everything. His life is happy and affluent with his wife and family. But when his whole family was slaughtered by a corrupt businessman, Frank was back again to become a new man. Now it is time for Frank to take revenge on all those who have done evil to him and upheld justice in his own way.

4. Megamind (2010)

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A super villain named Megamind has managed to beat Metro Man, superhero and his arch-enemy after a long struggle. Finally Megamind can rule and get whatever he wants in the world. However, after all his dreams come true, Megamind now get upset, bored and lost the purpose of his life. There will be no more superheroes who will fight against him and stop Megamind. No more tense action and exciting battles.

To overcome all that, Megamind finally got the idea to create a new superhero named Tighten with the same great power as Metro Man. However, it turns out Tighten is not a good person and can not be a hero, he did not try to fight Megamind but instead destroy the city after being dumped by a woman. Now Megamind had to snap Tighten and save the entire Metro city.

5. Hellboy Series

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By the end of World War II, the Nazis tried to use magic to open portals to other worlds to help them. The Allies attacked the camp where the magic ceremony took place, but Hellboy, the devil from hell has made it into the human world. Hellboy joined the Allied forces and eventually grew into adulthood. He began to work for the good side and became an evil exterminator.

6. The Incredibles Series

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Bob Parr (AKA Incredible), and his wife Helen (AKA Elastigirl), are well-known superheroes against various crimes in the Metroville world. They always save lives and fight crime every day, but fifteen years later, this superhero family decides to retire and live a normal life as an ordinary person. Both live in the suburbs with their three children Violet, Dash and Jack-Jack (who also have the same super powers as their parents). Bob who is now an office worker, feel homesick and want to be in action again as a superhero.

When the big turmoil hit the city, they finally got the chance to be in action again. This can only be solved by a super-united family effort to save the world from total destruction.

7. Hancock (2008)

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John Hancock is a powerful superhero but he is an alcoholic and his behavior is reckless. That caused him to be the most hated man in Los Angeles. Although Hancock has saved many people, but he also often destroy many properties in the city and cause many losses. One time, Hancock managed to rescue a man named Ray Embrey from a train accident. Ray is very grateful to Hancock and he wants to help Hancock to become a good superhero so people can like him.

8. The Crow (1994)

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A guitarist named Eric Draven was revived by a crow a year after he and his fiancé were killed. Eric decides to take revenge with the raven's help against the mobs who have killed him. But the leader of the mobster is a very cruel criminal who is very dangerous. Will Eric succeed?

9. Darkman (1990)

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Peyton Westlake is a scientist who has found a way to produce synthetic skin. This could be a skin grafting revolution in the medical world. There is, however, a very fatal weakness to Peyton's discovery. This synthetic skin can melt after 100 minutes of exposure to light. One day, Peyton was attacked by thugs and his skin burned down. He is assumed died, but Peyton finally gets up and intends to take revenge. Peyton, aka Darkman, can be transformed into anyone using his synthetic skin, even though he has only 100 minutes each time he disguised.

10. Spawn (1997)

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An assassin named Al Simmons was deceived and killed by his evil boss Jason Wynn. As a result Al goes to hell and makes a covenant with the devil to return to Earth as Spawn to meet his wife. He was ordered by the devil, The Clown, to kill Wynn. But it turns out Wynn has also made a deal with Clown and must destroy the world with a deadly virus that will help start Doomsday and start a war between Heaven and Hell. Between good and evil, which one should Spawn choose?

11. Mystery Men (1999)

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A group of incompetent amateur superheroes must rescue the people in the city when a super villain threatens to destroy the superheroes and the whole town. This is a comedy movie, so do not be surprised that the story will be a bit strange. The superheroes in this movie are also ordinary people who do not have special powers.

12. Birdman (2014)

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Riggan Thomson is a famous actor for his role in the iconic comic superhero movie titled "Birdman" more than twenty years ago. The role of the superhero took over his life, where Birdman is more famous than the "Riggan Thomson" the actor. Now, in the past middle age, Riggan tries to build his career back as a true artist by writing, directing, starring and producing his own Broadway drama along with his best friend Jake. But Riggan's struggle is not easy.

13. Blade Series

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In a world where vampires exist, there is a half-vampire and half-human named Blade who protects humans and exterminates evil vampires.

14. Daredevil (2003)

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When Matt Murdock was a child, he experienced an accident that caused his eyes to become blind. Since then he has grown into a blind man and became a lawyer. Because his eyes can not see, other members of Matt's body like the sense of hearing and the sense of smell become more sensitive than normal people. With his martial skills, Matt can become a superhero and bring justice to those who cannot be touch by law.

15. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)

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When a super criminal shows up and threatens New York City, a group of mutated turtle warriors must rise from the underground and get out of the shadows of the city to protect their home.