Movies and TvShows featuring "movie-serial" theme.

The Vampires, a criminal gang in Paris, terrorize the city with their secret crimes. They wear bat costumes and use various disguises, such as climbing walls and pumping gas through keyholes. A reporter, along with a count and a dancer, try to uncover the secret identities of the Vampires and stop their evil plans.

During World War II, Batman battles the villainous Dr. Daka, a Japanese spy mastermind, who plans to use a death ray to destroy Gotham City.

During World War II, Captain America battles the evil organization trying to sabotage the war efforts and unlock a deadly secret weapon.

During World War II, a secret agent infiltrates enemy lines to decode a message that could change the course of the war. Along the way, he encounters various obstacles, including enemy spies and a hidden room.

Japanese spies attempt to subvert America's war effort; G-Men attempt to thwart their plot.

Superman (1948) follows the story of Clark Kent, a reporter for the Daily Planet in Metropolis. When danger arises, Clark transforms into Superman and uses his superhuman powers to protect the city from villains and threats. Alongside his colleagues Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen, Superman battles evil and saves the day.

Dr. Mabuse, a criminal mastermind and master of disguise, uses hypnotism and mind control to carry out his nefarious plans, including counterfeiting money, gambling dens, and train robberies. As the state prosecutor and a psychoanalyst try to stop him, they uncover a web of deception, illegal gambling, and underground activities in a corrupt society.

The heirs of Anton Benson are searching Bensonhurst for hidden gold; they are joined by a reporter, a gangster...and a masked fiend known as The Iron Claw.

In this 1950 movie serial, Superman faces off against his archenemy, Atom Man. Atom Man uses his superpower and advanced technology to wreak havoc on Metropolis, and it's up to Superman to stop him. Along the way, Superman must also protect his secret identity as Clark Kent and save his friends, including Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, and Perry White.

A young heiress of an American gun factory is threatened by a masked man after her father was murdered. This criminal might be a member of her family or a German agent, who wants to get information about the factory's products, perhaps his mystery has a combined solution - we will probably never know...

In post-World War Two California, the city is plagued by the criminal activities of the Crimson Ghost. With his mind control and atomic research, he poses a great threat. A criminologist, aided by a masked villain cult, must stop his plans.

Sharad, a brave sailor, discovers the secret location of the legendary city of Atlantis. He must face mortal combat matches, tightrope walking, and an invisible wall to conquer the kingdom and save his people.

Columbia's 33rd serial (made between "Jack Armstrong" and "The Sea Hound") was based on the character that first appeared in "Action Comics" No. 42.

Pretty Girl Barbara Mededith takes over her murdered brother's crusading newspaper. She also assumes the dead sibling's identity as "The Black Whip," righting the wrongs of Crescent City very much in the manner of her famous ancestor, Zorro.

Flash Gordon, a college boy, finds himself in a treacherous world ruled by the evil dictator, Ming the Merciless. With the help of his friends, Flash must fight against deception and double-crosses to save the day.

Homesteaders are moving into the valley settled many years ago by rancher Craig Dolan. He wants to keep them out by legal means but his nephew Bart brings in outlaws to drive them out. The Lone Ranger is on hand to help the homesteaders battle Bart's men as he overcomes traps, ambushes, burning buildings and other obstacles in his attempt to bring peace to the valley.

Part of the artificial-creature series encompassing Der Golem (1914 and 1920), Alraune (1918, 1928, 1930) and Metropolis (1926), 'Homunculus' was the most popular serial in Germany during World War I even influencing the dress of fashionable Berlin. Foenss, a Danish star, is the perfect creature manufactured in a laboratory by Kuehne. Having discovered his origins, that he has no 'soul' and is incapable of love, he revenges himself on mankind, instigating revolutions and becoming a monstrous but beautiful tyrant, relentlessly pursued by his creator-father who seeks to rectify his mistake.

A desert guerilla, with flashing scimitar, opposes a tyrannical prince and marries the caliph's daughter.

Jean Evans of an international wildlife foundation, who is known to Africa as 'the Panther Girl' because of her bravery in jungle living, stumbles on a plot by a mad scientist to frighten the natives out of a diamond-laden district by chemically growing crayfish to giant size, and enlists the aid of a game hunter friend to prevent a monster rampage and bring the culprits to justice.

In Batman and Robin (1949), Batman and his sidekick Robin must stop a gang of criminals led by the Wizard from using a device that can turn people invisible. Along the way, they face henchmen, gangsters, and other villains, all while trying to maintain justice in Gotham City.