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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