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Plot Summary:
Agent of special department "Piranha" Kirill Mazur and his colleague Olga go to the far north with the assignment to liquidate an underwater secret weapon lab in the guise of a mutual vacation. All of a sudden, they find themselves in the world where civilization laws are forgotten, and this deadly weapons are kept by gangsters who are controlled by a new "master of taiga" Prohor, whose leisure time is spent hunting at humans. Mazur didn't know that he would have to trade his familiar gun for a hand-made bone knife, and save his companion and himself instead of saving the world. For them, this safari in northern forests would be no less dangerous as for the live targets.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 167 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, suspense, scary, captivating
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Okkadunnadu (2007)
Plot Summary:
Gauthami (Neha Jhulka) is a real estate agent in Mumbai. She brokers deals with the buyers and sellers and gets paid commission. She arranges a deal between Gowri Shankar (Suman) of Sri Venkateswara Bank, Hyderabad, India, and a Seth (Raghubabu) in Mumbai, for the sale of a guest house in Mumbai. As per the agreement, there is three months time for registration. However, Gowri Shankar's son Kiran (Gopichand) comes to Mumbai and demands the money immediately. Though Gauthami tries very hard to convince Kiran that it may not be possible to complete the deal early, Kiran does not listen and wants to complete the deal saying that he needs the money urgently. On the other hand, there is a mafia don called Sou Bhai (Mahesh Manjrekar), who needs an urgent heart transplant and looks for a person who has a rare blood group called Bombay blood group.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 666
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful
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Larceny (2017)
Plot Summary:
After being busted for a heist, a former CIA contractor is sent to a Mexican prison. His former CIA boss offers him freedom if he can break into the prison vault and steal $50 Million.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating
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Irumbu Thirai (2018)
Plot Summary:
Kathiravan, a major in the Indian army with anger management issues, is compelled by circumstances to borrow a loan from a bank with false documents. When the entire money in the account vanishes, Kathiravan tries to track down the scamsters, and it leads him to White Devil, a master hacker.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 160 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, exciting, captivating, tense, crime thriller
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Stella's War (2010)
Plot Summary:
When terrorists acquire a new deadly virus that threatens mankind, a beautiful young CIA agent - Stella - is all that stands in their way. What follows is a true war - secret meetings, chases, shootings and death on the streets of Varna, Bulgaria, the ruins of Athens, the rocky shores of the Azure Coast, in the German country, the Sahara Desert, and under the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 71
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Bulgaria, Tunisia, Greece
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, tense, captivating, contemplative, visually appealing, cult film
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Wild Dog (2021)
Plot Summary:
Wild Dog aka Vijay Varma is an NIA agent who’s brought back to field from a desk job to handle a terrorism case. Despite having a personal motive, he moves heaven and earth to ensure justice is served for the sake of the country.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 145 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Golden Slumber (2018)
Plot Summary:
A delivery man has to flee for his life when he is framed for the assassination of a political candidate and the evidence against him begins to accumulate.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 976
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, psychological, tense, suspense
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Wrong Side of Town (2010)
Plot Summary:
Ex-Navy Seal Bobby Kalinowski lives a quiet, peaceful life as a landscape architect in an LA suburb with his wife Dawn and 16 year old daughter Brianna. Tonight they are invited out for an evening on the town by new neighbors clay and Elise Freeman to a happening club downtown. Little did they know that this would be the start of a life or death ordeal for the group.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, serious, realistic, fast
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S: The Last Policeman: Recovery of Our Future (2015)
Plot Summary:
The NPS (National Police Safety Rescue), whose purpose is to catch extreme criminals alive, becomes the center of attention. A sit-in demonstration takes place. Members of the NPS, including Ichigo Kamikura (Osamu Mukai) go to the protest site. Meanwhile, a transport ship is hijacked in the Pacific Ocean.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 105
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense
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One Shot (2021)
Plot Summary:
An elite squad of Navy SEALs, on a covert mission to transport a prisoner off a CIA black site island prison, are trapped when insurgents attack while trying to rescue the same prisoner.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense
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Sniper: Ultimate Kill (2017)
Plot Summary:
A ruthless Columbian drug lord has been using a cold-blooded assassin nicknamed The Devil to wipe out his competition. Sensing a threat to the US, the DEA hires a Marine sniper to kill The Devil, and capture the kingpin.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, exciting, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, crime drama, perverse, action thriller
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Kill 'Em All (2017)
Plot Summary:
After a massive shootout, a mysterious stranger (Van Damme) arrives at a local hospital on the brink of death. Then, a foreign gang brazenly comes to the hospital to hunt him down. His nurse, the sole surviving witness to the follow-up shootout, must face an FBI interrogation that unlocks a plot of international intrigue and revenge. With enough twists and turns, KILL'EM ALL will keep you guessing until the final bullet is fired.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, brutal, bloody, captivating, suspense, cult classic, surprise ending
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Krik sovy (2013)
Plot Summary:
The story takes place in 1957. In the center of the plot - taking place in the small town of mysterious crimes, the investigation of which involved a policeman Balakhnin and KGB agent Mitin.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 140
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: Russia
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, captivating, suspenseful, bleak, harsh
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Dhruva (2016)
Plot Summary:
A committed police officer is on a very dangerous mission to destroy the most corrupt person in the country, Siddharth Abhimanyu.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 165 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating
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Special Delivery (2022)
Plot Summary:
Eun-ha, who is a normal junkyard employee, secretly works as a delivery clerk that deals with unusual delivery requests. One day, Eun-ha heads to Seoul to pick up a client who is involved in a gambling crime that wants to flee overseas. However, Eun-ha meets the client's young son at the pick-up point, instead of the client himself. Kyeong-pil, a current police officer who is actually masterminding the whole gambling crime, chases after the missing child who has the security key to the bank account that holds 30 million dollars.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense
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The Interceptor (2009)
Plot Summary:
The film tells a story of an agent betrayed by his partner when transporting new psychic weapon. Believed to be dead, he escapes and takes new identity so he can live in peace far away. But later he is forced to return to Moscow to confront a secret organization, led by his former partner, that attempts to use the dangerous weapon in order to take control over the country. Now he is a key figure in the battle between forces of darkness and light.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 839
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, futuristic
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Die Fighting (2014)
Plot Summary:
When a team of Shaolin-trained kung fu actors is about to get their break in Hollywood, a mysterious and sadistic Director forces them to run a gauntlet through Los Angeles. The Director films their every move as they prove their prowess by provoking a rogues' gallery of underworld thugs and martial artists.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 569
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, tense, suspense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, twisted
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Eternal Code (2019)
Plot Summary:
A researcher's family is kidnapped after she leads efforts to withdraw her company from a collaboration. With everything on the line, only her teenage daughter can save the family with help from a suicidal veteran and a prostitute.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Crossfire (2008)
Plot Summary:
A grizzled Parisian detective is sent to an outpost town in Southern France to dismantle a gang of killers which has freed a notorious criminal. The detective inherits a team of unmotivated and dishevelled detectives, and he makes connections nobody else ever saw because nobody else bothered to look. A mysterious, charismatic figure, he leads by example, and gradually his team begins to feel like cops again.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 727
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Killerman (2019)
Plot Summary:
A New York City money launderer desperately searches for answers after waking up with no memory, millions in stolen cash and drugs, and an insane crew of dirty cops violently hunting him down.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, disturbing, neo noir, suspense, hood, crime thriller
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The Sniper (2009)
Plot Summary:
A police sniper teams up with a hot-headed rookie to take down his former friend and teammate, who is exacting revenge on the police force.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, captivating, psychological, tense, heroic, realistic, suspenseful
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Mission Park (2013)
Plot Summary:
Four friends from the rough side of town grow apart when two are consumed by a life of crime, and the other two become FBI agents sent deep undercover - to bring down those childhood friends.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 931
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, tense, captivating, exciting, crime drama, serious, independent film
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Mea Culpa (2014)
Plot Summary:
Franck and Simon are both good cops. They work as partners. But their lives take a tailspin when Simon, driving drunk, causes a tragic car wreck. A few years later, out of the police, he is forced to take matters into his own hands when his family is in danger.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, tense, captivating, suspense, clever, twisted, rough, realistic, suspenseful
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Agent Game (2022)
Plot Summary:
Harris, a CIA interrogator at an Agency black site, finds himself the target of a rendition operation after being scapegoated for an interrogation gone horribly wrong. As the team tasked to bring Harris in begins to question their orders -- and each other --Olsen, a senior intelligence officer, and his subordinate, Visser, raise the stakes. Now, it's up to Harris and some newfound allies to uncover the truth and turn the tables.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, tense, captivating, disturbing
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Ten Dead Men (2008)
Plot Summary:
You can’t outrun your past. That is the extremely painful lesson that Ryan (Brendan Carr)is learning right now, as spectres of his past life of crime have returned to haunt him, destroying the only person he holds dear, and nearly killing him in the process. Ryan decides that if he cannot escape then he must confront them head-on in what can only be called a desperate suicide run.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 695
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, tense, captivating, suspense, rough, realistic, suspenseful, political thriller
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Devil's Mile (2014)
Plot Summary:
A relentlessly-paced hybrid of gritty crime thriller and Lovecraftian supernatural horror, "The Devil's Mile" follows a trio of kidnappers who take an ill-advised detour en route to deliver their hostages - two teenage girls - to their mysterious and powerful employer. When they accidentally kill one of the girls during a botched escape attempt, their simmering mistrust explodes into shocking violence. But what they thought was their worst case scenario is only the beginning, as they are engulfed by the hellish forces that haunt the road - a road they realize they may never escape. Now captors and captive must fight together to escape the monstrous forces pursuing them and somehow survive.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 487
Genere: Action, Crime, Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, lovecraft, psychological, tense, suspense, scary, rough, serious, realistic
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Cash (2007)
Plot Summary:
'Cash' is a high octane heist thriller set in Cape Town, South Africa.The film revolves around an ace con artist,(Ajay Devgan) who hires a set of top notch robbers (Esha Deol, Zayed Khan, Dia Mirza and Riteish Deshmukh) to steal a set of priceless diamonds in South Africa. The group also faces a threat from underworld don (Suniel Shetty), who is after the same diamonds and also the Head of Security (Shamita Shetty). How these three groups manage to thwart each other forms the rest of the story and makes it a nonstop adventure caper.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, tense, suspense, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Eye in the Sky (2007)
Plot Summary:
The head of an elite Hong Kong surveillance unit (Simon Yam) keeps one eye on his rookie apprentice (Kate Tsui) and the other on a notorious criminal (Tony Leung Ka Fai) he suspects of masterminding a recent jewel heist in this tense thriller from filmmaking duo Johnnie To and Nai-Hoi Yau. Of course, the criminal knows all along he's being watched. But that doesn't stop him from trying to pull off the biggest score of his career.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, exciting, serious, captivating, suspense, action thriller, rough, realistic, suspenseful, fast
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Come Back! Shuriken Sentai Ninninger: Ninnin Girls vs. Boys FINAL WARS (2016)
Plot Summary:
The Igasaki Clan reunites two years after defeating Kibaoni Gengetsu to determine who is the greatest ninja.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 12
Genere: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 53 min
Plot tags: super sentai, exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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The Hunt Begins... (2003)
Plot Summary:
After receiving pardon from his jail term Babu return home to find that his family consisting of his wife, Purnima, his son, Arjun and daughter Pooja are in a destitute way of living which then pushes him to release information to the police that he were concealing as his three gangster bosses Chhote Pathan, Rajoo Singh and D.K. Sharma fail to carry out their promise of taking care of his family. The duo then retaliates by beheading Babu in the presence of Purnima and in the process abducting Pooja resulting in Purnima losing her senses. 10 years later Arjun hopes to re-unite his mother with her daughter and goes about a quest to look for his sister but in order to make this possible he must first overcome all obstacles placed in his way by the three gangsters.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 153 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, feel good, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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U.S. Marshals (1998)
Plot Summary:
U.S. Marshal Sam Gerard is accompanying a plane load of convicts from Chicago to New York. The plane crashes spectacularly, and Mark Sheridan escapes. But when Diplomatic Security Agent John Royce is assigned to help Gerard recapture Sheridan, it becomes clear that Sheridan is more than just another murderer.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 112000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, suspenseful, serious, entertaining, rough, realistic, psychological, tense, detective