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Plot Summary:
Crashed and sunken in a murky sea, a passenger plane had a very special package... a briefcase full of diamonds. These illegally acquired and transported missing diamonds become an irresistible challenge to a few interest groups. They will kill, deceive, and plot to capture the diamonds for themselves.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 78
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: Switzerland, Italy, Turkey
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: cult classic
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Best tv shows and movies like Diamond Connection (1984):
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Cop Target (1990)
Plot Summary:
Farley Wood is hired to escort a rich widow of a DEA agent and her kid to the tropical island of San Cristobal. The widow needs protection from a gang of international terrorists and her escort soon suspects that the deceased husband was involved in dirty drug dealings. While on the island, the daughter is kidnapped by a group of seedy South American thugs and held for ransom. The cop escort gets official orders to leave the case to the FBI, but he decides to his own investigating and finds that the crime may have had political motivations.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 138
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: independent film, poliziottesco
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Giant Killer (1984)
Plot Summary:
An Arizona policeman (Bo Svenson) and his pilot buddy (Fred Williamson) discover a scheme to rob Las Vegas slot machines by computer.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 197
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: cult classic, poliziottesco
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Gold Raiders (1982)
Plot Summary:
An SOS message is sent out when a plane carrying gold worth $200 million dollars belonging to the free world is brought down somewhere in Thailand, and Robert Ginty is called upon to team up with his old flame Claudia Dubois. Together, they head up a small crack group of six undercover agents who are given the mission to infiltrate enemy lines and recover the gold.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 128
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: UK, Thailand
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: cult classic, independent film
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Sweat (2002)
Plot Summary:
Four partners heist a fortune in gold ore from a North African airport & escape across the desert in a truck.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 753
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic
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Forced Vengeance (1982)
Plot Summary:
A casino security guard is forced into violence from when the Hong Kong mob threatens his friends.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: cult classic, psychotronic, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, detective, poliziottesco, surprise ending
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Man On The Spying Trapeze (1966)
Plot Summary:
An American spy travels to Beirut where he's attacked by agents seeking a valuable microfilm.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 71
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy, West Germany, Spain
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: eurospy
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Operation White Shark (1966)
Plot Summary:
When "The Third Eye" - a criminal organization made up of the world's most vicious killers - kidnaps nuclear scientist Professor Von Kraft, his secret formula for a new atomic weapon that can destroy all human life falls into their evil hands. Making things a tad difficult, however, is that the weapon is located deep beneath the ocean. Nevertheless, the Third Eye plans on experimenting with the device in little more than a week. However, the Secret Service has other ideas and asks "Jerry," their super computer, to locate the best man to stop them: Mark Andrews (RODD DANA), a special forces secret agent who infiltrates the criminal gang under the cover of a robber who just happens to be an expert underwater diver! He also wastes no time romancing all manner of shapely women in the tightest clothes imaginable (when they're wearing more than a modestly placed bed sheet) especially JANINE REYNAUD, the bisexual leader of The Third Eye, who sports a wild wardrobe of very revealing outfits.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 61
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: eurospy
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Requiem for a Secret Agent (1966)
Plot Summary:
The last of Sergio Sollima's three Eurospy movies about an US agent who battles a spy network.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 131
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy, Spain, West Germany
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, eurospy
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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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S.O.S. Concorde (1979)
Plot Summary:
A reporter tries to stop the crash of an aircraft after uncovering an airline's plot to save their business by sabotaging Concorde flights and have them decommissioned.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 616
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disaster movie
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Number One with a Bullet (1987)
Plot Summary:
Number One with a Bullet is a 1987 American police detective film directed by Jack Smight. A pair of detectives is assigned to investigate a murder, and discover a trail of corruption and criminal activity that leads right back to their own police department.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 673
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, cult classic, independent film, exciting, rough, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, buddy comedy, detective
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Walker, Texas Ranger: Trial by Fire (2005)
Plot Summary:
Walker investigates a murder connected with a missing government weapon. In addition, he tries to track down a teen on the run from a crime syndicate.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic, cult classic, rough, surprise ending, neo noir, neo western, cult film
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Point Break (2015)
Plot Summary:
A young undercover FBI agent infiltrates a gang of thieves who share a common interest in extreme sports. A remake of the 1991 film, "Point Break".
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 66000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Sport, Thriller
Country: China, Germany, USA, Austria, Italy, Canada
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, intense, realistic, action thriller, entertaining, stylized, surprise ending, neo noir, serious
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The Ark of the Sun God (1984)
Plot Summary:
A safecracker takes a job where he must go to Istanbul and steal a scepter that once belonged to the god Gilgamesh but is now in the temple of a secret cult.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 430
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime
Country: Italy, Turkey, Spain
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: fantasy adventure, grindhouse
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La leggenda del rubino malese (1985)
Plot Summary:
An expedition enters an unexplored jungle to search for a legendary ruby.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 197
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: fantasy adventure
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Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection (1990)
Plot Summary:
When DEA agents are taken captive by a ruthless South American kingpin, the Delta Force is reunited to rescue them in this sequel to the 1986 film.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, funny, suspense, cult classic, action thriller, action adventure, disgusting, rough, serious, realistic
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Executive Target (1997)
Plot Summary:
His wife held hostage, a stunt driver is forced to drive a getaway car in a plot to kidnap the President from a motorcade.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: suspense, cult classic, independent film, rough, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, fast, political thriller
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Sharks' Treasure (1975)
Plot Summary:
Eccentric charter skipper Jim Carnahan and his team of hard-luck dreamers battle sharks, bandits and their own greed to recover sunken treasure.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 464
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Act of Piracy (1988)
Plot Summary:
A large motor yacht becomes the focal point in this action tale when a group of mercenaries decide to capture the vessel. The original owner, who was delivering it to Sydney, Australia, is believed dead but is in fact very much alive, and determined to recover the yacht.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 359
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: cult classic, independent film
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Fast & Furious 6 (2013)
Plot Summary:
Hobbs has Dominic and Brian reassemble their crew to take down a team of mercenaries: Dominic unexpectedly gets convoluted also facing his presumed deceased girlfriend, Letty.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 412000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan, Spain, UK
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, suspense, entertaining, action adventure, fast, saga, action thriller, captivating, humorous
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The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
Plot Summary:
Russian and British submarines with nuclear missiles on board both vanish from sight without a trace. England and Russia both blame each other as James Bond tries to solve the riddle of the disappearing ships. But the KGB also has an agent on the case.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 115000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: entertaining, exciting, witty, saga, action adventure, sentimental, retro, slasher, cult classic, spectacular
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For Your Eyes Only (1981)
Plot Summary:
A British spy ship has sunk and on board was a hi-tech encryption device. James Bond is sent to find the device that holds British launching instructions before the enemy Soviets get to it first.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 107000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: exciting, sexy, tense, suspenseful, stylized, serious, entertaining, saga, action adventure, suspense
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Thunderball (1965)
Plot Summary:
A criminal organization has obtained two nuclear bombs and are asking for a 100 million pound ransom in the form of diamonds in seven days or they will use the weapons. The secret service sends James Bond to the Bahamas to once again save the world.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 125000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: exciting, saga, retro, slasher, cult classic, action adventure, crime thriller, thrilling, serious, realistic
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Armour of God 2: Operation Condor (1991)
Plot Summary:
Agent Jackie is hired to find WWII Nazi gold hidden in the Sahara desert. He teams up with three bungling women (the 3 stooges?) who are all connected in some way. However a team of mercenries have ideas on the ownership of the gold. A battle / chase ensues as to who gets there first. Lots of choregraphed Kung-Fu and quirky Chan humor.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: humorous, entertaining, suspenseful, semi serious, exciting, intense, slapstick, cult classic, realistic, fast
Similar in 76%
Overdrive (2017)
Plot Summary:
Master car thieves square off against French gangsters in the South of France with money, women and lives all on the line.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium, USA, UK
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, humorous, suspense, independent film, twisted, surprise ending
Similar in 83%
Fast & Furious 9 (2021)
Plot Summary:
The next installment in the franchise.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 158000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min
Plot tags: suspense, ambiguous ending, exciting, tense, captivating, entertaining, saga, suspenseful, anamorphic, cult classic
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Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000)
Plot Summary:
Upon learning that he has to come out of retirement to steal 50 cars in one night to save his brother Kip's life, former car thief Randall "Memphis" Raines enlists help from a few "boost happy" pals to accomplish a seemingly impossible feat. From countless car chases to relentless cops, the high-octane excitement builds as Randall swerves around more than a few roadblocks to keep Kip alive.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 291000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, intense, entertaining, stylized, rough, serious, realistic, action thriller, psychological
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The Fast and the Furious (2001)
Plot Summary:
Domenic Toretto is a Los Angeles street racer suspected of masterminding a series of big-rig hijackings. When undercover cop Brian O'Conner infiltrates Toretto's iconoclastic crew, he falls for Toretto's sister and must choose a side: the gang or the LAPD.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 412000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, suspenseful, entertaining, action packed, rough, serious, intense, realistic, action thriller
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The Italian Job (2003)
Plot Summary:
Charlie Croker pulled off the crime of a lifetime. The one thing that he didn't plan on was being double-crossed. Along with a drop-dead gorgeous safecracker, Croker and his team take off to re-steal the loot and end up in a pulse-pounding, pedal-to-the-metal chase that careens up, down, above and below the streets of Los Angeles.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 384000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, France, Italy, UK, Germany
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: suspense, clever, exciting, action packed, funny, entertaining, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, rough
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Into the Blue (2005)
Plot Summary:
When they take some friends on an extreme sport adventure, the last thing Jared and Sam expect to see below the shark-infested waters is a legendary pirate ship rumored to contain millions of dollars in gold. But their good fortune is short-lived, as a ruthless gang of criminals gets word of what they have uncovered.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 79000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: exciting, sexy, suspense, serious, suspenseful, entertaining, action packed, psychological, romantic, grindhouse