Mighty Joe Young

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Mighty Joe Young (1949)

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Mighty Joe Young

Mighty Joe Young

1998 ★ 6.3

As a child living in Africa, Jill Young saw her mother killed while protecting wild gorillas from poachers led by Andrei Strasser. Now an adult, Jill cares for an orphaned gorilla named Joe -- who, due to a genetic anomaly, is 15 feet tall. When Gregg O'Hara arrives from California and sees the animal, he convinces Jill that Joe would be safest at his wildlife refuge. But Strasser follows them to the U.S., intent on capturing Joe for himself.

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes

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1972 ★ 6.2

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2024 ★ 7.1

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2005 ★ 6.9

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2016 ★ 6.9

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2022 ★ 6.0

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2018 ★ 6.5

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2017 ★ 6.6

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2016 ★ 5.9

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WWE Royal Rumble 2006

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2006 ★ 7.8

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1983 ★ 6.0

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2018 ★ 6.4

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2004 ★ 6.7

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1934 ★ 6.5

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2008 ★ 7.2

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2009 ★ 6.1

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2020 ★ 6.1

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2013 ★ 5.9

The story of an ancient war that is reignited when a young farmhand unwittingly opens a gateway between our world and a fearsome race of giants. Unleashed on the Earth for the first time in centuries, the giants strive to reclaim the land they once lost, forcing the young man, Jack into the battle of his life to stop them. Fighting for a kingdom, its people, and the love of a brave princess, he comes face to face with the unstoppable warriors he thought only existed in legend–and gets the chance to become a legend himself.

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