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Plot Summary:
When a courier at the D-Day Courier Service mistakenly finds a pile of money in his regular delivery, he does some digging only to discover that the messenger company is a front for a drug ring. A reformed drug user himself, he sets out to crack the lethal ring.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 134
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: independent film, detective, poliziottesco
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This Man Is Dangerous (1985)
Plot Summary:
Cheng Tzu-hao and Kao Ying-wei, both wooing the same girl Ah Tzu, are transferred to the same Action Squad to help crack a number of robberies committed by a notorious robber/killer Ku Lung from Shantung. They inadvertently offend their immediate superior Beast King, and land themselves in a tight spot….
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 26
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 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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Ronde de nuit (1984)
Plot Summary:
With the help of journalist Diane Castelain, Parisian police inspectors Leo Gorce and Gu Arenas are trying to solve the murder of a member of the French Parliament, but some dangerous powerful people try to make sure that doesn't happen.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 151
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, Saudi Arabia, Aruba, Brazil
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags:
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Scene of the Crime: A Tooth for a Tooth (1985)
Plot Summary:
A man who has just become unemployed kills his closest relatives before he judges himself. Commissioner Schimanski determined.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 430
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller, Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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Day of Violence (1977)
Plot Summary:
Two thugs take 15 people hostage and demand a ransom from the authorities million dollars in gold, a car and a plane to get out of the country.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 161
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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Chuck Norris vs. the Karate Cop (1974)
Plot Summary:
A Chinese-American cop, skilled in martial arts, battles the most powerful criminal gang in San Francisco that is responsible for the death of his partner.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 697
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: independent film, detective, poliziottesco
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Gangster's Law (1969)
Plot Summary:
A con man pulls a double-cross on a gang of vicious bank robbers.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 104
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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Valimai (2022)
Plot Summary:
A honest cop tries to track down the brain behind a series of robberies and murders, but things turn personal when his family become pawns in the criminal's game.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 178 min
Plot tags:
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Stunt Squad (1977)
Plot Summary:
Fed up with the murderous shenanigans of Valli’s protection racket, police chief Grifi assembles an ace team of stunt trained police officers to tackle the mob!.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 317
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 97 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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Convoy Busters (1978)
Plot Summary:
In Rome, a vagrant finds the body of a teen girl, her throat professional slashed. Police inspector Olmi uses his brutal and violent methods to follow a trail that leads him toward high government officials. When his methods leave an innocent bystander dead, the corrupt officials have an excuse to get Olmi transferred to a coastal town where the pace is slow and he has time for a romantic dalliance. Soon, Olmi discovers that fishing isn't the only local occupation, and out comes his gun and his ruthless tactics of investigation.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 441
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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Emergency Squad (1974)
Plot Summary:
A ruthless Interpol agent goes after the man who killed his wife in Stelvio Massi's crime thriller. A gutsy robber named Marseilles pulls off a tricky heist, but he's no match for agent Ravelli, a maverick who can't control his bloodlust. And this time, it's personal: Years earlier, the daring thief murdered the operative's wife in cold blood.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 550
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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Santo (2022)
Plot Summary:
Two cops must learn to work together to catch the world's most-wanted drug dealer, whose face has never been revealed.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: detective
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The Heroin Busters (1977)
Plot Summary:
Drug use in the city of Rome is at an all-time high. Children score from dealers in front of their schools, mules waltz straight through airport security, and Interpol's main man, Mike Hamilton (David Hemmings), is at his wits' end. Fed up to the back teeth with the local police force's incompetence, his only hope is to rely on one of his own men, Fabio (Fabio Testi), an officer so deep undercover that no-one but Hamilton knows who he really is. Even as Fabio gains the trust of cartel leader Gianni (John Loffredo), however, the dealers are edging ever closer to the truth, and when his cover is blown, the hunter becomes the hunted as Fabio finds himself alone in a desperate fight to survive.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 910
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, neo noir, psychotronic, cult film
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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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Wild City (2015)
Plot Summary:
Former cop-turned-bar owner Kwok and his underachieving half-brother befriends a drunken woman, they soon find themselves targeted by both her former lover, a high-powered attorney, and the gangster he employs. A suitcase full of tainted cash enters the picture as Kwok finds himself torn between the gangsters and his former colleagues.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 897
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, suspenseful, contemplative, heroic, independent film
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Domino (2019)
Plot Summary:
Seeking justice for his partner’s murder by an ISIS member, a Copenhagen police officer finds himself caught in a cat and mouse game with a duplicitous CIA agent who is using the killer as a pawn to trap other ISIS members.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Denmark, France, Belgium, Italy, Netherlands, USA, UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, disturbing, neo noir, suspense, perverse
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Zero Tolerance (1999)
Plot Summary:
Johan is a two-fisted Gothenburg cop who finds himself in a shoot-out with jewel robbers. After the smoke has cleared, one robber, shot by his accomplice, and an innocent bystander, are dead. Three witnesses, including Helen, identify thug extraordinaire Leo Gaut as being the dead crook's trigger-happy colleague. Gaut soon threatens the three witnesses, and only Johan, the badge-wearing hero, can save them.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: detective, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Kuwait Connection (1973)
Plot Summary:
An ambitious journalist has been transformed into an assassin by the years of war, suffering and destruction he has witnessed around the world.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 167
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Egypt
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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Twenty 20 (2008)
Plot Summary:
Advocate Ramesh saves Devan from a murder case. Later, he realize Devan was the actual culprit. Ramesh tries for a payback, unaware of Devan's real intentions and the reason for the murder.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 195 min
Plot tags: psychological, exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful
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The Assassin (2007)
Plot Summary:
Assassin John Brown, a heroin-addicted, recent war veteran, is hired to take out a local nightclub owner. When Brown slips, he finds himself on the run from both police and the shadowy corporation that hired him.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 34
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: neo noir, independent film, detective
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Bad Day for the Cut (2017)
Plot Summary:
A middle-aged Irish farmer, who still lives at home with his mother, sets off on a mission of revenge when the old lady is murdered.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, psychological, captivating, powerful, twisted, dark comedy, mad
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Hwayi: A Monster Boy (2013)
Plot Summary:
A 5 member gang, led by Seok-Tae (Kim Yun-Seok), kidnaps a baby boy named Hwa-Yi and raises the baby like their own son. The baby boy is now 17 years old (Yeo Jin-Goo) and has turned into a lethal killer. Taking part in his father's gang, Hwa-Yi learns about his own past. Hwa-Yi pulls out his gun to find out who he really is.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, tense, captivating, psychological, psychological thriller, scenic, crime drama, action thriller, psychotronic
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Lost Bullet 2 (2022)
Plot Summary:
Having cleared his name, genius mechanic Lino has only one goal in mind: getting revenge on the corrupt cops who killed his brother and his mentor.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: hood
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Devil Face, Angel Heart (2002)
Plot Summary:
Lon is an assassin who is deformed. The only man he can trust is his brother, Kwan. When Lon kills a police officer, the officer's partner tries to go after him, but lets him go after seeing his face. Meanwhile, Lon falls for Wendy, the girlfriend of Lon's sadistic boss, Dragon. When Lon agrees to kill Dragon for Wendy, it's a setup. After the kill, Lon is hit by a car and plunges into the river. A year passes by. A new man named Michael arrives, working for Wendy. Meanwhile, the partner of the cop Lon killed is still on the case. He notices a resemblance of the new man to Lon. Is Michael the same person as Lon? If so, what is the motive?.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 119
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, erotic, heroic
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Black Gunn (1972)
Plot Summary:
A successful and popular nightclub owner who believes financial independence is the path to equality and success, must act as a go-between for militant-minded brother and the white gang syndicate his brother has attacked and robbed. Their involvements lead to a breathless race course chase, the destruction of a dopepusher and a violent waterfront climax.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 835
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: independent film, neo noir, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, poliziottesco
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Wall (1975)
Plot Summary:
Reflecting the tumultuous politics of the early ’70s in India, Deewar tells the story of a pair of impoverished brothers who, after their family is betrayed by the misplaced idealism of their father, struggle to survive on the streets of Mumbai. They head for a showdown when one becomes a policeman, and the other becomes a criminal.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 174 min
Plot tags: inspirational, serious, realistic, poliziottesco
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Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)
Plot Summary:
On New Year's Eve, inside a police station that's about to be closed for good, officer Jake Roenick must cobble together a force made up cops and criminals to save themselves from a mob looking to kill mobster Marion Bishop.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 81000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, intense, entertaining, neo noir, psychotronic
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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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All Things To All Men (2013)
Plot Summary:
A thief is caught up in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse between a maverick cop and London crime boss.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, exciting, captivating, suspense, action thriller, realistic, suspenseful, fast, surprise ending