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Plot Summary:
Convict Roberto murders a guard and escapes from jail with his cellmate. Once free he joins a group of gangsters and becomes a professional hitman. The gang abduct a young woman and when one them attacks her, Roberto shoots him and takes her to an abandoned farm house….
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 66
Genere: Crime
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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Meet Him And Die (1976)
Plot Summary:
Ray Lovelock stars as Massimo, a young undercover cop with a taste for violence and a thirst for revenge! Massimo gets himself arrested and quickly infiltrates the ranks of the underworld figure serving a sentence. Eventually a breakout is planned and Massimo is to be included. Just about as soon as they hit the street an attempt is made on the boss' (Martin Balsam) life. Massimo acts quickly in helping to save him and that's the in he has been waiting for.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 260
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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Mean Frank and Crazy Tony (1973)
Plot Summary:
There's trouble in Frankie Diomede's criminal empire in Genoa. A French gangster has moved into his territory, so he flies home to take care of business. He promptly has himself arrested so that he'll have the perfect alibi when the bodies start piling up. But it turns out his enemies have enough juice to keep him in prison, his associates start dying and the attempts on his life start. Cue Tony Breda, a wannabe wiseguy, who has a plan to spring Frankie from jail.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 485
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, poliziottesco, funny, cult film
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A Man Called Magnum (1977)
Plot Summary:
A drug deal goes bad and the heroin is stolen. One mob boss doesn't have his drugs and the other doesn't get his money. People are going to die until they discover who double-crossed them. Into this backdrop, Inspector Dario Mauri arrives from Milan to help clean-up Naples. His mission – find the drugs and stop the killing.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 447
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco, perverse
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Mark Strikes Again (1976)
Plot Summary:
A murderous drug dealer breaks his partner out of police custody. An undercover cop is assigned to track down the two killers and bring them in.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 189
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Italy
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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Destruction Force (1977)
Plot Summary:
A shoot out after a robbery ends with the death of the Chief of Police. Police detective Ghini goes in search of a suspect, Lanza, to avenge the death of his boss. Ghini's search leads him to Belli, a Sicilian gangster and 'Trashy', the dirty leader of a gang of killers. The action is violent as both police and criminals track down Belli who still finds some time to attempt a couple of robberies.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 440
Genere: Crime
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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Order to Assassinate (1975)
Plot Summary:
The story concerns a mob family, headed by gambling czar Jose Ferrer. When one of family's hit men (Helmut Berger) fails to come up to expectations, Ferrer orders the man's execution.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 88
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Spain, Italy, Dominican Republic
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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The Hired Gun (1975)
Plot Summary:
Fabio Testi is an undercover cop doubling as the bodyguard (hence, “Gorilla”) of a cantankerous middle-aged industrialist targeted for extortion.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 181
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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La Legge Violenta Della Squadra Anticrimine (1976)
Plot Summary:
A mobster kills a cop during a robbery and then finds himself pursued by the police, his gang, and the media.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 182
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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Execution Squad (1972)
Plot Summary:
Bertone is a moderately honest homicide cop. Unfortunately, the court system is so inept and corrupt that many more-or-less honest policemen have begun taking the law into their own hands. Between his efforts to thwart the growth of crime and to control his vengeful co-workers, homicide-chief Bertone has his hands full.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 824
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, West Germany, Monaco
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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The Police Serve the Citizens? (1973)
Plot Summary:
In Genoa, the Commissioner Sironi has identified the leader of the ferocious racket that controls the port activities. But the law restrains his action.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 121
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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Jail in Burning Island (1997)
Plot Summary:
A young police officer "makes a mess" of a police operation, shoots a man in self-defense, and ends up in prison. There he learns that the world isn't black and white, but has many shades of gray, and makes new friends and enemies.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 40
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags:
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Milano Violenta (1976)
Plot Summary:
A gang of thieves decides to hit the headquarters of Aspex. The police intervened and only two of the robbers managed to escape with the loot, while the other two are forced to take hostages to escape. The police started investigations but also the gang leader, the Cat, will be hunting the first two escaped with the loot to get money, and revenge for their escape.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 318
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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The Bloody Hands of the Law (1973)
Plot Summary:
When a crime boss is murdered while in hospital, a young woman sees the killers, but her room mate convinces her not to tell the police, fearing the consequences. Unfortunately the murderers realize that they have been seen, and kill both women. Catching the killers proves difficult as anyone who knows anything dies in unexplained circumstances. It becomes evident that a large and powerful criminal organization is behind the murders, and that they have links within the police force. It is up to Lt. Carmine to see that justice prevails, using any means necessary.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 167
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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Merciless Man (1976)
Plot Summary:
The city suffers and succumbs unarmed, but an ex secret agent succeeds in winning the struggle against the gangsterism. Intrigue and violence grip a society victim of the crime.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 88
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: detective, poliziottesco
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Canne mozze (1977)
Plot Summary:
Giovanni Molet is sent to jail for the murder of two of the Carraro family over a feud over land. While incarcerated, a vendetta is carried out on Molet's brother who is killed by the Carraros. While being transferred to another prison, Molet manages to escape and goes on the run. He holes up in a large villa owned by a newlywed couple and slowly starts to prepare for his revenge.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 34
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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Hired Gun (2009)
Plot Summary:
A hit man turns against his former boss after witnessing a nuclear weapon being smuggled into the US.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 227
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags:
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Bersaglio altezza uomo (1978)
Plot Summary:
On a mission in Istanbul, an interpol agent disrupts the activities of a powerful drug lord and his accomplices. To get rid of him, the gangsters blackmail a skeet shooting champion into shooting the inspector.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 77
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy, Turkey
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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Saai sau kwong lung (2002)
Plot Summary:
The theme of the film is ethics. Sammo Hung is a retired cop who trains assassins to do the jobs of cops, whom Sammo sees as unable to do the right things. He sends his four students to assassinate drug dealers. They more than complete the job when they kill one of Sammo's old time buddies, played by TVB veteran Sek Sau. These young fellows have only been taught one thing: to kill. They have not been taught WHO to kill. Obviously, that creates some problems as they kill good and bad people.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 80
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags:
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4 Billion in 4 Minutes (1976)
Plot Summary:
Obscure, action-packed euro-crime yarn about an imprisoned genius who organizes a bank robbery of 4 billion Lire from behind bars. It's up to superhunk Antonio Sabato to save the day, foil the baddies and bed the chick. There are great car chases and wrecks, and an occasionally enjoyable synth score.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 32
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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Hostile Force (1997)
Plot Summary:
When a would-be bank robber's attempt to steal $6 million goes awry, he takes a woman hostage without realizing that she is an ex-cop.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 181
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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City Under Siege (1974)
Plot Summary:
A string of violent jewel robberies force Police Inspector Parrino to get rough with the city’s criminal scum. Things take a turn for the worse when he’s confronted with the murder of an prostitute.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 107
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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I Am Afraid (1977)
Plot Summary:
During a wave of political violence in Italy, a policeman who's already survived an assassination is assigned to act as a bodyguard to a morally upright judge. He feels increasingly fearful as the links of the upper echelons of police and government to the violence become clear.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 653
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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From Corleone to Brooklyn (1979)
Plot Summary:
Maurizio Merli takes up a familiar role as Commissioner Berni; a cop who puts his life on the line to transport a witness from Corleone to New York City in order to testify against a mob boss on trial for murder. Along the way, Berni and his prisoner face a series of traps set up by the Mafia.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 427
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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Poliziotti (1995)
Plot Summary:
When young cop Andrea is assigned to keep watch over dangerous Godfather Sante, who's in hospital after a fake suicide attempt, the stage is set for disaster.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 165
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: erotic
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The Mafia Triangle (1981)
Plot Summary:
A Neapolitan camorra boss has retired from business but when his wife gets killed he gets back into action, and goes to the States to get his revenge.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 56
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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Crime Boss (1972)
Plot Summary:
Hit man Antonio Mancuso travels to Italy to make the big time. He meets and befriends Mafia boss Don Vincenzo. Mancurso becomes part of the organization and the more he gets to know Vincenzo the more he wants his job but Mancurso will learn that success can come at a severe cost.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 324
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspense, poliziottesco
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The Violent Four (1968)
Plot Summary:
A detective is assigned to head a manhunt for four violent bank robbers.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 851
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco, detective, neo noir, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, non-linear
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Crazy Joe (1974)
Plot Summary:
The rise and fall of a Mafia gangster, based on the life of murdered New York gangster "Crazy" Joey Gallo.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 612
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: grim, rough, bleak, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, poliziottesco, cult film
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The Final Option (1994)
Plot Summary:
A look at the SDU in the Royal Hong Kong Police Force - how members are selected, how they are trained, their lives, what they think, the relationships between SDU members and their friends and the pressures they face.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 145
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags:
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The Professor (1986)
Plot Summary:
Vaguely inspired to the real story of boss of the Camorra's bosses Raffaele Cutolo, this is the story of the criminal career of "Il professore" (the professor). He is in prison, and by there he is able to build, step by step, an empire founded on murders and drugs. He starts a war to destroy all the old Camorra bosses and becoming the new "boss of the bosses". With his sister's help he manages to evade from prison and escape in New York. Here he starts immediately a new relationship with "Cosa Nostra" (Italian American Mafia). He is going to seat on the peak of the most powerful criminal organization, and the Italian authorities are almost impotent.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 171 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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