The Devil's Miner (2005), Strike (2019), Ace in the Hole (1951), Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), The Scarlet Empress (1934), Hombre (1967), North Country (2005), The Man From Snowy River (1982) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Mine movies.
Storyline: Stefan Dangos immigrates to America and works his way up from the iron mines and steel mills to become a great American success story as an industrialist.—Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>
Plot Keywords: immigrant, brother, wife, son, teacher, union organizer, confident ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: During the 1870s, the ruthless Jacob Walz (Glenn Ford) becomes very wealthy after locating a legendary Arizona gold mine and securing sole ownership by murdering his partner. Walz then travels to Phoenix, where he catches the attention of a beautiful and crafty woman named Julia Thomas (Ida Lupino), who has learned of his exploits. Eventually, Walz falls in love with Julia, unaware that she's already married to Pete (Gig Young), who is eyeing his fortune.
Plot Keywords: mine owner, beautiful woman, husband, murderer, melodramatic, intense, arizona ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: With the sudden death of his father, fourth-generation prospector Kenny Wells sees the family business, Washoe Mining, rapidly decline and him out of business. But ambitious Kenny has a dream, a vivid vision that promises mountains of brilliant and pure gold in the lush jungles of remote Indonesia; an aspiration which the well-known, yet still unlucky geologist Michael Acosta shares. Before long, down-on-his-luck Kenny will convince the eager geologist to become his partner and set off on an adventure deep into uncharted territory, while in the meantime, he would hunt for investors. Unfortunately though, as the risky expedition begins without a single speck of gold or the promise of it on the horizon, disease and failure will begin to threaten the short-lived dream. However, is it indeed an intriguingly bold and reckless fantasy?
Plot Keywords: olympic athlete, hockey player, hockey coach, indian, engaging, uplifting, emotional ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Life is hard for Yorkshire miner's son Joe Carraclough (Jonathan Mason), who is beaten at school by a his teacher, his only consolation is his collie Lassie. It gets worse: when the mine is decommissioned, his father, Sam (John Lynch), is forced to sell the dog to The Duke (Peter O'Toole), who owns the local estate. The Duke's servant, Hynes (Steve Pemberton), scares the dog, who keeps running back, so the Carracloughs have to keep returning her, until the Duke moves to the Scottish Highlands for the holiday season. Lassie escapes, embarking on a desperate journey home, with daunting Glasgow dogcatchers and taken in by a circus performer. It looks like a miracle is needed, by Christmas.—KGF Vissers
Plot Keywords: dog, young boy, mother, father, duke, granddaughter, moving ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In 1821 Old California--after humiliating once more the evil Spanish governor, Don Rafael Montero--the mysterious black-caped masked avenger of the oppressed, Don Diego de la Vega, or Zorro, finds himself incarcerated. With his only daughter raised by Don Rafael as his own, the grizzled swordsman makes a daring escape nearly two decades later, and takes under his wing the unrefined outlaw, Alejandro Murietta, to teach him the ropes and, hopefully, become the next Zorro. Now, the stage seems set for a ferocious final confrontation, as the new young rapier-wielder prepares to thwart the despicable governor's sinister plans. Can Alejandro live up to legendary Zorro's name?
Plot Keywords: vigilante, protégé, zorro, love interest, governor, daughter, spectacular ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In a Welsh coal mining valley, a young man with a beautiful singing voice is called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice when a pit disaster threatens.—Steve Crook <steve@brainstorm.co.uk>
Plot Keywords: african-american, miner, singer, choir director, charming, endearing, heartwarming ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In Nome, Alaska, miner Roy Glennister and his partner Dextry, financed by saloon entertainer Cherry Malotte, fight to save their gold claim from crooked commissioner Alexander McNamara.
Plot Keywords: miner, saloon girl, commissioner, judge, love interest, politician, spirited ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A prospector discovers natural cement and suggests it should be used for a new dam. But this is the last thing the badmen of Trail End want, as they have a monopoly of the wagons needed to haul rocks to the site. A pretty sheriff notwithstanding, it's a job for a singing marshal.—Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
Plot Keywords: prospector, marshal, sheriff, banker, contractor, gene autry, spirited ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Shedding her abusive husband, June starts life anew by taking a job as a heavy-machinery operator in an otherwise all-male Minnesota iron mine.
Plot Keywords: miner, husband, colleague, coworker, boss, melodramatic, raw ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Eddie and sidekick Soapy get involved in Gunnison's attempt to acquire the Jarvis ranch. Gunnison knows there is gold there and having already killed Mary Ann's father and uncle, he now tries to persuade her to leave. But Eddie gets her to stay and then starts his search for the killer.—Maurice VanAuken <mvanauken@a1access.net>
Plot Keywords: u.s. marshal, woman, lawyer, sidekick, sheriff, rancher, spirited ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Marshal O'Niel's assigned to a mining colony on Io, one of Jupiter's moons. He soon encounters miners who are dying, due to use of an illegal amphetamine. O'Niel follows the trail, and now O'Niel must watch his back, as he's now their target.
Plot Keywords: marshal, miner, mother, drug dealer, doctor, gritty, suspenseful ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: When Ed Wheeler shoots Jim Granby, Gene brings him in. But Wheeler says even if Granby dies he cannot he charged because he has already served 10 years for Granby's supposed murder. Then in flashback Wheeler relates how he and Granby founded Goldtown based on an exaggerated supply of gold and how when Granby blackmailed him, he thought he killed him and confessed to the murder.—Maurice VanAuken <mvanauken@a1access.net>
Plot Keywords: gene autry, sidekick, defendant, love interest, villain, henchman, rousing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Two miles into the earth, nine Appalachian miners struggle to survive after a methane explosion leaves them with one hour of oxygen.
Plot Keywords: miner, rescue worker, family, bleak, disheartening, gritty, gutsy ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Set on the subterranean Mine-World, a band of human worker are treated like slaves under the power of the evil overlord Zygon until one, Orin, unearths the hilt of a mythical sword that only he can master. Escaping the planet, he runs into the rogue smuggler Dagg and a pair of helpful droids and the princess, who all team up to return to the Mine-World with a plan to defeat Zygon and free Orin's enslaved people.—Anthony Pereyra {hypersonic91@yahoo.com}
Plot Keywords: young man, pilot, princess, droid, slave, tyrant, thrilling ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Young workers are dying because of a mysterious epidemic in a little village in Cornwall. Doctor Thompson is helpless and asks professor James Forbes for help. The professor and his daughter Sylvia travel to Thomson. Terrible things happen soon, beyond imagination or reality. Dead people are seen near an old, unused mine. Late people seem to live suddenly. Professor Forbes presumes that black magic is involved and someone has extraordinary power. He doesn't know how close he is: the dead become alive because of a magic voodoo-ritual, and so they must serve their master as mindless zombies...—Matthias Luehr <mluehr@htwm.de>
Plot Keywords: zombie, villager, doctor, squire, engaging, suspenseful, brooding ...
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