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Plot Summary:
Exposure follows a rookie Detroit African-American female cop who stumbles upon corrupt officers who are murdering a drug dealer, an incident captured by her body cam. They pursue her through the night in an attempt to destroy the footage, but to make matters worse, they've tipped off a criminal gang that she's responsible for the dealer's death.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, bleak, hood, slang, neo noir, social, anamorphic, predictable, surprise ending
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First Kill (2017)
Plot Summary:
A police chief tries to solve a kidnapping that involves a bank robber holding a young boy hostage.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, captivating, suspenseful, cliffhanger, anamorphic, action thriller, surprise ending, neo noir, independent film
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Standoff (2016)
Plot Summary:
A troubled veteran gets a chance at redemption by protecting a girl from an assassin after she witnesses a murder. Holding a shotgun with a single shell, he engages in physical and psychological warfare in a desperate fight for the girl's life.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, exciting, captivating, suspenseful, psychological, neo western, surprise ending, neo noir, independent film
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Vanquish (2021)
Plot Summary:
Victoria is a young mother trying to put her dark past as a Russian drug courier behind her, but retired cop Damon forces Victoria to do his bidding by holding her daughter hostage. Now, Victoria must use guns, guts and a motorcycle to take out a series of violent gangsters—or she may never see her child again.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: suspense, captivating, neo noir, perverse, surprise ending, independent film, detective
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Renegade Force (1998)
Plot Summary:
An FBI Agent (Michael Rooker) and a female cop (Diane DiLascio) join forces to stop renegade cops who are offing the bad guys. Robert Patrick is the leader of the renegades and Louis Mandylor is a reluctant young cop that is brought into the hit team.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 808
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspense, independent film, exciting, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, surprise ending
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Fire with Fire (2012)
Plot Summary:
A fireman takes an unexpected course of action when a man whom he's been ordered to testify against – after being held up at a local convenience store – threatens him.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious, action thriller, perverse, action adventure, neo noir
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Becky (2020)
Plot Summary:
A teenager's weekend at a lake house with her father takes a turn for the worse when a group of convicts wreaks havoc on their lives.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspense, bloody, psychological thriller, dark, surreal, creepy, perverse, teen horror, sadistic
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An Eye for an Eye (1981)
Plot Summary:
Sean Kane is forced to resign from the San Francisco Police Department's Narcotics Division when he goes berserk after his partner is murdered. He decides to fight alone and follows a trail of drug traffickers into unexpected high places.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: suspense, serious, exciting, cult classic, tense, neo noir, independent film, rough, realistic, suspenseful
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Angel Has Fallen (2019)
Plot Summary:
Secret Service Agent Mike Banning is framed for the attempted assassination of the President and must evade his own agency and the FBI as he tries to uncover the real threat.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 108000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, suspense, humorous, intense, captivating, cliffhanger, clever, political, saga
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Close Range (2015)
Plot Summary:
A rogue soldier turned outlaw is thrust into a relentless fight with a corrupt sheriff, his obedient deputies, and a dangerous drug cartel in order to protect his sister and her young daughter.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: tense, exciting, serious, captivating, neo noir, independent film, freeze frame
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Operator (2015)
Plot Summary:
When the daughter of veteran 911 call center operator Pamela, and her estranged husband Jeremy, a Senior Police Officer, is kidnapped and held hostage, they are left desperate, with no choice but to follow the kidnapper's rules: send messages through dispatch for all police and fire units to scatter to remote locations throughout the city where they are met with chaos. Not knowing who or why, the one thing they do know is if they fail to discreetly collaborate with one another - they will be solely responsible for facilitating the biggest crime in the city's history. Now they must race against the clock to make the choice of their lives - save the city - or save their daughter.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, suspense, psychological, captivating, psychological thriller, neo noir, independent film, tension
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I Am Wrath (2016)
Plot Summary:
A man is out for justice after a group of corrupt police officers are unable to catch his wife's killer.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: tense, exciting, suspense, bleak, neo noir, action thriller, surprise ending, detective, black comedy, dark comedy
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Triple Threat (2019)
Plot Summary:
A crime syndicate places a hit on a billionaire's daughter, making her the target of an elite assassin squad. A small band of down-and-out mercenaries protects her, fighting tooth and nail to stop the assassins from reaching their target.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: Thailand, China, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: brutal, suspense, intense, bloody, cult classic, action thriller, mind twisting, surprise ending, independent film, black comedy
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Stuber (2019)
Plot Summary:
After crashing his car, a cop who's recovering from eye surgery recruits an Uber driver to help him catch a heroin dealer. The mismatched pair soon find themselves in for a wild day of stakeouts and shootouts as they encounter the city's seedy side.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 51000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: action comedy, humorous, exciting, funny, light, feel good, captivating, perverse, hilarious, detective
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Eliminators (2016)
Plot Summary:
A former US Federal Agent must abandon the witness protection program and come out of hiding when his London home is invaded in error due to a wrong address. When the event ends with multiple homicides, the news triggers those hunting him to send Europe's most dangerous assassin to kill him. Now on the run with his daughters life in jeopardy, a determined father must get her to safety before the people he's been hiding from tracks him down.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, brutal, captivating, suspense, perverse, neo noir, independent film, detective, black comedy
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Sleepless (2017)
Plot Summary:
Undercover Las Vegas police officer Vincent Downs is caught in a high stakes web of corrupt cops and the mob-controlled casino underground. When a heist goes wrong, a crew of homicidal gangsters kidnaps Downs’ teenage son. In one sleepless night he will have to rescue his son, evade an internal affairs investigation and bring the kidnappers to justice.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 34000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspense, neo noir, suspenseful, disturbing, exciting, tense, hood, anamorphic, surprise ending, detective
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Maximum Force (1992)
Plot Summary:
Three renegade cops team up to take on the corrupt chief of police and a crime lords hatchet-man.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 392
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, neo noir, detective
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Point Blank (2019)
Plot Summary:
A nurse is forced to spring a wounded murder suspect from the hospital when the man’s brother kidnaps his pregnant wife and wants to make a trade.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: tense, bleak, captivating, brutal, action thriller, surprise ending, neo noir, independent film, detective, black comedy
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Peppermint (2018)
Plot Summary:
A grieving mother transforms herself into a vigilante following the murders of her husband and daughter, eluding the authorities to deliver her own personal brand of justice.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 70000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: China, USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: exciting, brutal, neo noir, independent film, psychological, feel good, emotional, hood, fast paced, deep
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The Purge: Election Year (2016)
Plot Summary:
Two years after choosing not to kill the man who killed his son, former police sergeant Leo Barnes has become head of security for Senator Charlene Roan, the front runner in the next Presidential election due to her vow to eliminate the Purge. On the night of what should be the final Purge, a betrayal from within the government forces Barnes and Roan out onto the street where they must fight to survive the night.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 108000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: suspense, brutal, intense, psychological, bloody, grindhouse, slasher, psychological thriller, suspenseful, scary
Similar in 82%
Jigsaw (2017)
Plot Summary:
Dead bodies begin to turn up all over the city, each meeting their demise in a variety of grisly ways. All investigations begin to point the finger at deceased killer John Kramer.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 90000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, psychological, scary, psychotronic, rough, twist ending, surprise ending, psychological thriller, exciting
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Assassin Club (2023)
Plot Summary:
In this world of contract killers, Morgan Gaines is the best of the best. When Morgan is hired to kill six people around the world, he soon discovers all the targets are also assassins unknowingly hired to kill each other.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, neo noir, independent film, detective
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S.W.A.T.: Under Siege (2017)
Plot Summary:
When a D.E.A. and S.W.A.T. cartel takedown ends in a shootout, S.W.A.T. Agent Travis Hall seizes a mysterious prisoner taking him into custody. Before long, the S.W.A.T. compound is under siege by wave-after-wave of assault teams attempting to recover the prisoner known as “The Scorpion” for the tattoo blazed across his back. When Travis discovers that his prisoner is a Secret Ops double agent planted within the cartel, it’s up to him and his expert S.W.A.T. team to keep “The Scorpion” and his billion dollar secrets safe.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, tense, disturbing, saga, surprise ending, neo noir
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6 Underground (2019)
Plot Summary:
After faking his death, a tech billionaire recruits a team of international operatives for a bold and bloody mission to take down a brutal dictator.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 192000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, entertaining, action thriller, action adventure, funny, action comedy, anamorphic, cult classic, action packed
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Extraction (2020)
Plot Summary:
Tyler Rake, a fearless mercenary who offers his services on the black market, embarks on a dangerous mission when he is hired to rescue the kidnapped son of a Mumbai crime lord….
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 255000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, tense, action thriller, surprise ending, ambiguous ending, neo noir, suspense, independent film
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The Accountant (2016)
Plot Summary:
As a math savant uncooks the books for a new client, the Treasury Department closes in on his activities and the body count starts to rise.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 313000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: suspense, surprise ending, tense, suspenseful, intense, clever, action thriller, crime thriller, neo noir, psychological
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Line of Duty (2019)
Plot Summary:
Frank Penny is a disgraced cop looking for a shot at redemption. When the police chief's 11-year-old daughter is abducted, Frank goes rogue to try and save her. But to find the girl, Frank will need the help of Ava Brooks, whose live-streaming news channel is broadcasting Frank's every move.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: suspense, entertaining, action thriller, crime thriller, surprise ending, psychotronic, buddy comedy, independent film, detective, black comedy
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Proud Mary (2018)
Plot Summary:
Mary is a hit woman working for an organized crime family in Boston, whose life is completely turned around when she meets a young boy whose path she crosses when a professional hit goes bad.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, exciting, captivating, retro, hood, surprise ending, neo noir, black cinema
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A Day to Die (2022)
Plot Summary:
A disgraced parole officer is indebted to a local gang leader and forced to pull off a series of dangerous drug heists within twelve hours in order to pay the $2 million dollars he owes, rescue his kidnapped pregnant wife, and settle a score with the city's corrupt police chief, who is working with the gang leader and double-crossed him years ago.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, neo noir, independent film, surprise ending
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Triple 9 (2016)
Plot Summary:
A gang of criminals and corrupt cops plan the murder of a police officer in order to pull off their biggest heist yet across town.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 76000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: tense, exciting, suspense, suspenseful, stylized, intense, neo noir, detective, independent film, crime thriller
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21 Bridges (2019)
Plot Summary:
A disgraced NYPD detective after being thrust into a citywide manhunt for a cop killer, is given a shot at redemption.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 72000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China, USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: detective, neo noir, suspense, bleak, suspenseful, tense, enigmatic, captivating, independent film, entertaining