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3. Aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty
4. Musical featuring previously released popular songs
7. Description of the Peruvian temples in Raiders
10. The "King" whose life might be a musical biopic subject
14. General who arrested Satanta in the Action-adjacent history
16. City where the Ark of the Covenant is hidden in Raiders
18. Strict personal detachment followed by thief Neil McCauley
20. Sung dialogue often found in operettas and musicals
23. Musical that won Best Picture in 2002
26. Subject of the first Biblical epic mentioned
27. District attorney who falls from grace in Gotham
28. Secret society hotel featured in John Wick
30. Drifter who hitches a ride with Jason Bourne
34. The reluctant youngest son who becomes a ruthless leader
37. Psychopathic mastermind who wants to watch the world burn
40. Hill where the prison cemetery is located
42. Stylized sub-genre of John Wick
43. Obsessive LAPD detective in the film Heat
44. Quest-focused protagonist of Raiders of the Lost Ark
45. Musical where performances happen within a theatrical setting
48. Spy sub-genre involving secret agents and global stakes
49. A drama that won Best Picture in 2016
51. Vintage car stolen from John Wick by the Russian mob
53. The type of friendship initially formed by Harry and Sally
55. Technology that allowed for superhuman feats in modern action
58. Masterless ronin warriors in 16th-century Japan
59. Advanced prototype T-1000 is this type of machine
61. Visual thrill that became a primary draw in the 1980s
62. The website hosting these literary and film classification narratives
64. is a 100-line list of words and clues derived from the "Film Classification" narratives on Ted Ponderings, formatted for Crossword Labs.
65. Animated musical mentioned in the sub-genres
66. What Indiana Jones famously hates
67. Title given to Satanta, the White Bear
69. The 1980s are called the _____ Age of the Action Blockbuster
71. Group that Seven Samurai must bridge a class divide with
76. Setting of the 1942 classic starring Rick Blaine
81. Emotional release often provided by the Romance genre
82. Historical stage predecessor to the movie musical
83. Fantasy is often the opposite of this dramatic realism
85. Genre defined by physical feats and high-stakes conflict
86. Metal material that the T-1000 prototype is made of
87. Storytelling style Action moved away from in the 1970s
88. Epic romance set on the alien world of Pandora
93. Musical sub-genre example: _____ Mia!
94. Historically, romance was linked to this medieval code
95. The man who trained Maximus as a gladiator
97. Status of the twenty-six individuals in the Interred collection
99. Post-apocalyptic setting of Mad Max Fury Road

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1. Primary focus of Action-Adventure sub-genre
2. Best Picture winner (2000) set in the Roman Colosseum
5. Code pushed to the brink by the Joker
6. Genre exploring the emotional bond between two characters
8. Assassin who finds a project bank account number in his hip
9. Type of cinema where visual thrills like explosions are the draw
11. Musical where characters burst into song in everyday situations
12. Young girl found surviving in the alien colony
13. Ship where Jack and Rose find love across class lines
14. Type of martial artist Lee is in Enter the Dragon
15. Figure who reveals the truth of reality to Neo
17. Dramatic sub-genre that dramatizes a real person’s life
19. Lieutenant who betrays Immortan Joe to rescue his wives
21. Social barrier often featured in romantic obstacles
22. The plaza seized by German radicals in Die Hard
24. Computer programmer hacking alias of Thomas Anderson
25. General turned slave who wins the hearts of the Roman people
29. Biographical drama that won Best Picture in 2023
31. Name of the Captain who the Huntsville cemetery is named for
32. Drama sub-genre featuring exaggerated emotions
33. Rare exit documents needed by Victor Laszlo
35. Machines that created the Matrix simulation
36. Rogue AI that creates the technology for Judgment Day
38. Wise leader of the Seven Samurai
39. Crime lord who hosts an exclusive martial arts tournament
41. The breed of dog given to John Wick as a final gift
46. The first action film to win Best Picture in 1927
47. The deadly alien creature encountered by Ripley
49. The barefoot protagonist of Die Hard
50. Example of a contemporary pop musical
52. Sub-genre that saw a volume explosion in 2016
54. The mastermind antagonist of Die Hard
55. Central theme of the Romance genre
56. Hand-to-hand combat sub-genre of action
57. Bedrock of narrative cinema focusing on realistic characters
60. High-octane combat featured in Mad Max
63. Organized crime groups plagueing Gotham City
68. Skills used by McClane to defeat terrorists
70. Simulated reality created by sentient machines to harvest energy
72. Feats allowed by the integration of CGI
73. Genre where songs and dance are interwoven into the plot
74. Type of energy used by Action to create a universal language
75. Themes like grief and love are these types of experiences
77. Protagonist who spent fifty-seven years in hypersleep
78. City where Jason Bourne finds multiple passports
79. The process of categorizing films into genres
80. Type of bonds Hans Gruber intends to steal
84. Focuses on the planning and execution of a daring robbery
89. What the Joker seeks to plunge Gotham City into
90. Hall where the final confrontation in Enter the Dragon occurs
91. The theme that "is a good thing" in Shawshank Redemption
92. War veteran Frank Smith mentioned in your database
96. Database used to estimate global action movie counts
98. Quiet banker wrongly convicted in Shawshank Redemption