By Dawn's Early Light (1990), The Rock (1996), The Iron Horse (1924), Broken Arrow (1950), Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977), Knightriders (1981), War Paint (1953), GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords (1986) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Renegade movies.
Storyline: A nuclear warhead launched by Soviet insurgents protesting the waning Cold War destroys the Ukrainian city of Donetsk. The destruction sets off a race between American and Soviet politicians to prevent a nuclear holocaust. While the U.S. president (Martin Landau) feverishly works to keep the military and political machine from going into overdrive, various subordinates panic. When the president is believed to be killed in a helicopter crash, zealous advisers take over.
Plot Keywords: renegade, president, politician, cabinet minister, pilot, intense, incredible ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Stanley Goodspeed, who lives in Washington, D.C., is a biochemist who works for the F.B.I. Soon after his fiancée Carla Pestalozzi announces that she is pregnant, Stanley gets a call from F.B.I. Director James Womack. Womack tells Stanley that San Francisco's Alcatraz Island has been taken hostage, along with eighty-one tourists, by Marine General Francis Xavier Hummel who, for years, has been protesting the government's refusal to pay benefits to families of war veterans who died during covert military operations. The death of his wife Barbara on March 9, 1995 drove General Hummel over the edge, and now he's holding hostages in order to get his point across. Stanley is needed because General Hummel has stolen some VX gas warheads and has announced that he will launch them onto San Francisco unless his demands are met. Stanley knows how to disarm the bombs, but he needs someone who knows Alcatraz well enough to get him inside. That man is former British Intelligence Agent John Patrick...
Plot Keywords: renegade, marine, fbi agent, enemy, scientist, thrilling, alcatraz island ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Springfield, Illinois. Brandon, a surveyor, dreams of building a railway to the west, but Marsh, a contractor, is sceptical. Abraham Lincoln looks on as their children, Davy Brandon and Miriam Marsh, play together. Brandon sets off with Davy to survey a route. They discover a new pass which will shave 200 miles off the expected distance, but they are set upon by a party of Cheyenne. One of them, a white renegade with only two fingers on his right hand, kills Brandon and scalps him. Davy buries his father... Years pass. It is 1862 and Lincoln signs the bill authorizing construction of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railways. Marsh is principal contractor and Miriam is engaged to Jesson, the chief engineer... Crews of Chinese, Italians, and Irish work to build the railway while resisting Indian attack. When the pay train is delayed by Indian ambush, the Italians go on strike. Miriam persuades them to return to work... Marsh needs to find a shortcut through the Black Hills. To finish on time, he needs to shorten the route by 200 miles. Bauman, the biggest land owner, wants the route to stay the same - through his land. Marsh has entrusted Jesson with finding the new route. Bauman has Ruby, a saloon girl, persuade Jesson to do otherwise... Davy, now a pony express rider, recalls his father's discovery. He sets off to find the pass. He goes alone, except for Jesson...—David Steele
Plot Keywords: surveyor, contractor, engineer, renegade, landowner, fiancée, gritty ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: By 1870, there has been 10 years of cruel war between settlers and Cochise's Apaches. Ex-soldier Tom Jeffords saves the life of an Apache boy and starts to wonder if Indians are human, after all; soon, he determines to use this chance to make himself an ambassador. Against all odds, his solitary mission into Cochise's stronghold opens a dialogue. Opportunely, the president sends General Howard with orders to conclude peace. But even with Jeffords's luck, the deep grievance and hatred on both sides make tragic failure all too likely.—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: scout, native american, settler, renegade, warrior, mail carrier, gritty ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A renegade USAF general, Lawrence Dell, escapes from a military prison and takes over an ICBM silo near Montana and threatens to provoke World War 3 unless the President reveals details of a secret meeting held just after the start of the Vietnam War between Dell and the then President's most trusted advisors.—Dave Jenkins <david.jenkins@smallworld.co.uk>
Plot Keywords: general, renegade, thrilling, silo, rocket, ultimatum, air force ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A travelling troupe of jousters and performers are slowly cracking under the pressure of hick cops, financial troubles and their failure to live up to their own ideals. The group's leader, King Billy, is increasingly unable to maintain his warrior's rule while the Black Knight is being tempted away to LA and stardom, as they all have to ask why they were here in the first place.—David Carroll <davidc@atom.ansto.gov.au>
Plot Keywords: knight, motorcycle gang leader, biker, renegade, love interest, enemy, brooding ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Lieut. Billings and his army patrol are ordered to deliver a new peace treaty to the Indian Commissioner, who is missing. They have nine days to get the treaty to Chief Gray Cloud or there will be war. Chief's son Taslik offers to guide them. But as their water runs low and conflicts escalate, they can't help wondering why Taslik is wearing war paint.—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: lieutenant, native american, renegade, sister, sergeant, trooper, uneasy ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: The GoBots, television's amazing transformable super heroes, star in their first full length feature film, "GoBots: War of the Rock Lords." It's wall-to-wall action and high tech fun as the heroic Guradian GoBots join the Rock Lords' battle for control of the ultimate super weapon. And they'd better hurry, because the Guardian GoBots' all-time worst enemies, the Renegades, are out to use the super weapon for their own evil purposes. War of the Rock Lords is a GoBots lover's dream come true!—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: robot, hero, villain, henchman, renegade, engaging, spirited ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Two brothers who are forced off their farm in the debt stricken mid-west become folk heroes when they begin robbing the banks that have been foreclosing on farmers.—Keith Loh <loh@sfu.ca>
Plot Keywords: farmer, brother, bank robber, renegade, gutsy, passionate, bleak ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A self-anointed 'renegade' male flight attendant must save the day when the airline he works for tries to eliminate flight attendants as a cost-cutting measure.
Plot Keywords: renegade, flight attendant, larry, engaging, airline, robots, womanizing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Jack Cunningham (Armand Assante) is a righteous cop who gets framed by his co-workers, a bunch of corrupt thugs with badges. Suddenly on the wrong side of the law, Jack must recruit the help of teenager Teddy (Douglas Smith), who may be the only witness who can prove Jack's innocence. But the pressure reaches a boiling point as Jack and Teddy are hotly pursued by dirty cops who will do everything in their power to prevent the truth from getting out.
Plot Keywords: ex-cop, corrupt cop, teen boy, renegade, partner, spectacular, gripping ...
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