Quo Vadis? (1951), Cleopatra (1934), Bahubali: The Beginning (2015), My Way (2011), It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963), A Bridge Too Far (1977), The Emperor and the Assassin (1999), Hello, Dolly! (1969) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Big Budget movies.
Storyline: The tale begins in Mumbai where a sophisticated gang of robbers is sweeping through the city, giving nightmares to the police department. They come like wind, sweep the place and disappear on their hi-tech bikes - the slickest and fastest riding machines on the road. Officer Jai Dixit (Abhishek Bachchan) is brought in on the case. Soon he is on the trail of the robbers - a gang headed by Kabir (John Abraham), an evil perfectionist with an attitude. Jai ropes in the services of Ali (Uday Chopra), a happy-go-lucky garage mechanic and a prodigious bike rider. The two reluctant partners join forces, and soon Jai realizes that the clown can ride bikes like the wind. Kabir soon catches on to Jai-Ali's teaming up and his arrogance pushes him to take up the challenge openly. From the mean streets of Mumbai, the chase shifts to the sun kissed beaches of Goa. And so starts the hunt - where sometimes the hunter becomes the hunted. Dhoom reinvents the classic cops and robbers tale and brings it ...
Plot Keywords: action, crime, thriller, bollywood, chase, heist, police ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In ancient Egypt, the Pharaoh Khufu (Jack Hawkins) is obsessed with acquiring gold and plans to take it all with him into the "second life". To this end, he enlists the aid of Vashtar (James Robertson Justice), an architect whose people are enslaved in Egypt. The deal: build a robbery-proof tomb and the enslaved people will be freed. During the years that the pyramid is being built, Cyprian Princess Nellifer (Dame Joan Collins) becomes the Pharaoh's second wife, and she plots to prevent Khufu from taking his treasure with him when he dies, as well as helping him make the journey early.—Ron Kerrigan <mvg@whidbey.com>
Plot Keywords: epic, historical, construction, power struggle, 1950s, hollywood, big budget ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: This is a movie based on the life of Gertrude Lawrence (Dame Julie Andrews), on and off-stage. It takes the opportunity to feature extravagant musical production numbers with Andrews acting, singing, and dancing.—Stewart M. Clamen <clamen@cs.cmu.edu>
Plot Keywords: musical, biography, hollywood, period drama, song and dance, theatrical adaptation, lavish costumes ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: From legendary action director Tsui Hark and the creators of international smash hit Detective Dee - Mystery Of The Phantom Flame comes the captivating tale of Dee Renjie's beginnings in the Imperial police force. His very first case, investigating reports of a sea monster terrorizing the town, reveals a sinister conspiracy of treachery and betrayal, leading to the highest reaches of the Imperial family.—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: action, adventure, fantasy, mystery, historical, detective, crime ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A video game designer creates the ultimate villain for a game and accidentally allows it to become self-aware.
Plot Keywords: sci-fi, action, adventure, superhero, bollywood, visual effects, futuristic ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Barney (Stallone), Christmas (Statham) and the rest of the team comes face-to-face with Conrad Stonebanks (Gibson), who years ago co-founded The Expendables with Barney. Stonebanks subsequently became a ruthless arms trader and someone who Barney was forced to kill - or so he thought. Stonebanks, who eluded death once before, now is making it his mission to end The Expendables -- but Barney has other plans. Barney decides that he has to fight old blood with new blood, and brings in a new era of Expendables team members, recruiting individuals who are younger, faster and more tech-savvy. The latest mission becomes a clash of classic old-school style versus high-tech expertise in the Expendables' most personal battle yet.
Plot Keywords: action, adventure, thriller, war, violence, gunfight, explosion ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: An airplane filled with V.I.P.s invited Mr. Philip Steven's grand opening of his art collection in Florida is hijacked when a trio knock out the passengers with gas and try to steal the priceless cargo of art treasures. But everything goes wrong for the hijackers when the low flying 747 clips an oil rig and crashes in the Bermuda Triangle. While the passengers remain alive in the shallow water, a daring rescue operation is planned to bring the plane up without breaking it in two.—Adam Carpenter <encenoman@hotmail.com>
Plot Keywords: disaster, action, thriller, adventure, suspense, rescue, survival ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Hysteria grips California in the wake of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. An assorted group of defenders attempt to make the coast defensible against an imagined Japanese invasion, in this big budget, big cast comedy. Members of a Japanese submarine crew scout out the madness, along with a Captain in Germany's Kreigsmarine (Navy).
Plot Keywords: war, comedy, world war ii, usa, action, history, satire ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: When the pilot of a small aircraft has a heart attack and crashes his plane into the cockpit of a Boeing 747, several members of the flight crew are killed and the pilot is blinded. Miraculously, the 747 stays in the air on auto-pilot with flight attendant Nancy Prior at the controls. Ground controllers, including her boyfriend Alan Murdock, try to teach her the basics but they soon realize they will have to get a trained pilot into the cockpit. Their first attempt fails and Murdock realizes he will have to do it. Meanwhile, various passengers have their own problems including a young girl who is destined to a life saving operation.—garykmcd
Plot Keywords: disaster, action, thriller, drama, adventure, suspense, aviation ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Shiva (Akshay Kumar) is a small time conman in love with Paro (Sonakshi Sinha), a pretty girl whom he met at a wedding he wasn't invited to. Into this picture perfect world enters six year old Chinki who inexplicably believes Shiva to be her dad! And if this wasn't bad enough, Shiva also becomes the object of a series of life threatening attacks by a gang of deadly criminals who seem to know something he doesn't. While trying desperately to save his life and love, Shiva stumbles upon a deadly secret. A secret that will take him to a small town in Bihar; a town terrorized by a ruthless politician and the mafia he controls; a town whose inhabitants only hope for redemption is ... Shiva!
Plot Keywords: action, comedy, bollywood, indian cinema, crime, adventure, drama ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A chance encounter of the unassuming bank receptionist Harleen Sahni with the charming yet mysterious Rajveer Nanda, results in an on-rush of ditched planes, car chases, shoot-outs, bombing raids and general global mayhem. But as the transcontinental chase ensues with Rajveer convincing Harleen that he's the good guy, can she really trust him, and will trust matter when the bullets start flying?
Plot Keywords: action, adventure, comedy, romance, bollywood, indian cinema, spy ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Set, the merciless god of darkness, has taken over the throne of Egypt and plunged the once peaceful and prosperous empire into chaos and conflict. Few dare to rebel against him. A young thief, whose love was taken captive by the god, seeks to dethrone and defeat Set with the aid of the powerful god Horus.
Plot Keywords: action, adventure, fantasy, mythology, hero, epic, war ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Movie producer chooses a simple girl to be "Miss Humanity" and to critically evalute his movies from the point of view of the ordinary person. Hit song: "Love Walked In."—Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
Plot Keywords: musical, comedy, romance, song and dance, hollywood, classic, black and white ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Custom Officer, Verma red-handily catches Jagmohan Lal alias Jugran, smuggling price-less diamonds through India's airport. Before Verma could arrest him; he is killed by Jugran who then murder doctor, Ashok Soni and his look-alike twin brother, Manmohan Lal. Verma's son, Ramesh and Ashok's daughter, Seema are then orphan and is confined in an orphanage where they befriend each other. They are separated when Seema is adopted by a kind-heart-ed couple while Ramesh runs away from the orphanage and is adopted by an expert robber, Girdharilal. Girdharilal teaches Ramesh every tricks of a robber's trade and years later he is an expert safe-breaker much better than Girdharilal. Ramesh then changes his name to Romeo, reunites with Seema and together they work for Jugran - who now has two identities - as well respected Manmohan Lal, who is known to everyone while his men knows him as gangster, Jugran. Seema and Romeo must awake themselves to stop working for their dad's killer and take swift action on him.—gavin (racktoo@hotmail.com)
Plot Keywords: action, comedy, romance, crime, bollywood, indian cinema, musical ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Tourists are surprised by a volcanic eruption in a lonesome hotel in the Caribic. The hotel owner ignores all warnings and advises his guests to wait for a rescue team. Only a small group follows expert Hank to reach higher regions. They start an adventurous journey across the island.—Tom Zoerner <Tom.Zoerner@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
Plot Keywords: disaster, volcano, adventure, action, thriller, survival, romance ...
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