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Plot Summary:
Sean likes to keep things simple. Living the life of a gangster has been every inch of what he's about. As long as Sean stays 10 steps ahead of the IRA, he doesn't have to worry about his dark past catching up with him either. Up till now - life has been slick. He's right at the top of the business, has a tidy club as the front for his gang-crime and he answers to no-one...Well apart from his boss and uncle - Bill. All in all, things have been ticking along nicely. Unfortunately for Sean, however, life has other plans. When he falls for a gorgeous lady 'Ami' who frequents his club, Sean's life takes a turning point. Between his daily struggles with unruly drug-pushing cousin Dan; the increasing stresses from gang rivals 'The Dolans' (who forever challenge the O'Shea territory); and the unexpected secrets that surface from his past, Sean realizes he is out of sync with it all. Gang-life isn't what its all cut up to be and he just wants out.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 69
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration:
Plot tags:
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Pursuit (2015)
Plot Summary:
Pursuit is a modern take on Irish mythology, adapting the legend of Diarmuid and Gráinne and transforming it into a road movie and gangster thriller for a contemporary audience.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 142
Genere: Action, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: Ireland
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: black comedy, road movie
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Headrush (2003)
Plot Summary:
Headrush is a crime comedy about two disillusioned youths, struggling through a haze of cannabis, who hope to solve all their problems by smuggling a consignement of drugs for a local gangster. It's set in the present day in Dublin, Ireland against the backdrop of the end of the Celtic Tiger: the bursting of the bubble of this economy boom that's supposed to have done wonders for us all.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 314
Genere: Action, Drama, Comedy, Crime
Country: Ireland, Netherlands, UK
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags:
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The Front Line (2006)
Plot Summary:
An African immigrant bank security guard turns the tables on Dublin's nastiest criminals when they force him to be the "inside man" on a bank robbery.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Ireland, Germany, UK, Sweden
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious
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Dead Shot (2023)
Plot Summary:
In the 1970s, a member of the IRA takes over an Active Service Unit in London after his wife is accidentally shot dead in Ireland. The unit's mission is to cause chaos and destruction, while his personal aim is to hunt down his wife’s killer — an SAS captain, who is also hunting him.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: interesting
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Mad Dog Coll (1992)
Plot Summary:
New York City is torn apart by an all-out mafia war. With brother Peter at his side, Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll blasts his way from streetfighter to kingpin in the dangerous world of organized crime.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 133
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: independent film
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King of Crime (2018)
Plot Summary:
Marcus King, an old school gangster, a crime lord, has left behind old school crime. He has manoeuvred his business into the leafy lanes of the suburbs and now, in place of pimps and dealers, his team consists of the best graduate geeks that money can bribe. No brothels, no casinos and no drugs - he's dragged serious, organised crime well and truly into the twenty-first century. From credit card cloning and skimming to Internet spamming and scamming, he is the king of Cyber Land.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 128
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, disturbing, independent film, cult film
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Foreign Exchange (1970)
Plot Summary:
A former British Secret Service agent is persuaded to negotiate a spy exchange with Russia, only to find himself drawn into political intrigues.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 38
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags:
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24 Little Hours (2020)
Plot Summary:
A vengeful ex-con goes on a 24 hour killing spree, never saying a word. The discredited detective investigating the case is convinced there is more to it than the evidence suggests.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 773
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful
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Big Fat Gypsy Gangster (2011)
Plot Summary:
After sixteen years at Her Majesty's Pleasure, Britain's hardest man is released from prison, and into the care of a documentary film crew headed by a Brit-loving American film-maker who follow him for the next week, on an hilarious roller-coaster tour of gangland London and beyond.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 861
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, semi serious, rough, humorous, realistic
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The Truth Commissioner (2016)
Plot Summary:
Set in a post-Troubles Northern Ireland, The Truth Commissioner follows the fictional story of Henry Stanfield, played by Roger Allam, a career diplomat who has just been appointed as Truth Commissioner to Northern Ireland. Eager to make good as a peacemaker, the Prime Minister urges a commission following the South African model of Truth and Reconciliation. But, though Stanfield starts bravely, he quickly uncovers some bloody and inconvenient truths about those now running the country; truths which none of those in power are prepared to have revealed.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 188
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags:
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The Lost Capone (1990)
Plot Summary:
While Al Capone works his way up from top-dog street gang thug captain in Chicago to U.S. crime king, his brother Jimmy Capone chooses the righteous way, actually with father's blessing, leaving Illinois for small town Harmony in Nebraska, where he adopts the alias Richard Hart, marries teacher Kathleen, has offspring and becomes its incorruptible town marshal, with a loyal Indian deputy. When his efficient fight against Al's illegal alcohol trade starts to bite financially, the gang's top lawyer is sent to buy 'Hart' or order his death, but recognizes Jimmy and arranges a fraternal reunion in Chicago. Yet money nor threats can turn Jimmy bad.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 265
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags:
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I.R.A. King of Nothing (2006)
Plot Summary:
A disgruntled I.R.A. member (Chapa) becomes Ireland's biggest threat to the peace process.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 204
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA, Ireland
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: independent film
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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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Jagame Thandhiram (2021)
Plot Summary:
When a clever, carefree gangster is recruited to help an overseas crime lord take down a rival, he is caught off guard by the moral dilemmas that follow.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, India
Duration: 158 min
Plot tags: light, captivating, black comedy, dark comedy
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Johnny Was (2006)
Plot Summary:
Johnny Doyle escapes a violent past in Ireland to lie low in London, until his former mentor Flynn breaks out of Brixton Prison.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: serious, sincere, rough, realistic, neo noir, bleak, contemplative
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Shooters (2002)
Plot Summary:
Gilly comes out of prison after serving a six year stretch and decides that he will now turn his life around and go straight. But when he returns to his South London home and visits his old colleague J, in hope of obtaining his share of the proceeds from the job that landed him inside, J soon talks him into getting involved in one last scam.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Netherlands, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: rough, tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic
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Dead Man Running (2009)
Plot Summary:
A loan shark gives ex-con Nick a period of 24 hours in order to pay back the money he owes. Up against it, Nick involves his best mate on a multi-part mission in order to raise the cash before it's too late for them both.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, hood, tense, realistic, fast
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Hennessy (1975)
Plot Summary:
Set in the Seventies, Hennessy is a Irishman who believes in peace, but who has had connections to the IRA. Hennessy's family is killed, and he plots revenge, setting out to assassinate Queen Elizabeth of England.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 824
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: offbeat, political, grindhouse, independent film, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The General (1998)
Plot Summary:
In a twenty-year career marked by obsessive secrecy, brutality and meticulous planning, Cahill netted over £40 million. He was untouchable - until a bullet from an IRA hitman ended it all.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: black and white, tense, serious, clever, intense, independent film, sincere, realistic, cynical, stylized
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A Prayer for the Dying (1987)
Plot Summary:
Jack Higgins' straightforward thriller about a guilt-ridden IRA bomber forced into "one last job".
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: rough, suspenseful, exciting, serious, realistic, neo noir, political, political thriller, crime drama, surprise ending
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The Crew (2008)
Plot Summary:
Hoping to raise enough capital to finance a legitimate business and leave behind his life of crime, Liverpool underworld boss Ged Brennan sends his brother Ratter and a crew to pull a daring final heist. But when Ratter kills a drug kingpin during the job, Brennan must turn to rival crook Franner to avert an all-out gangland war.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: rough, realistic, serious, suspenseful, crime drama
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Hot Blooded (2022)
Plot Summary:
Kuam is a shabby port town in the shadow of stunning port city of Busan. Hee-su is a third-rate gangster who has been acting like a hotel manager under Don Son for 20 years. Seemingly out of nowhere, Yong-kang, who fled the country as a murder suspect, returns home and begins causing trouble all over town, which only adds pressure to Hee-su.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 326
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, disturbing
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Baseline (2010)
Plot Summary:
The Baseline is the centre of the East London grime club scene and the queue regularly stretches around the block. Danny works on the door - breaking up fights and managing drunk kids. However, when he rescues Terry, the club owner and local gang leader, from a hitman, Danny is suddenly plunged deep into an underworld he had tried so hard to avoid. Danny is promoted to manager, but only on the condition that he turns a blind eye to the shady goings on both on and off the dance-floor. Danny and his girlfriend Jessica dream of setting up their own club, but Danny is forced to make the ultimate sacrifice when he has to choose between loyalty, morality and his own dreams of escape.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 647
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, captivating, exciting, tense, rough, realistic
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Montana (2014)
Plot Summary:
In the mean streets of London's East End, a former Serbian commando and a fourteen-year old boy plot revenge against a powerful crime lord and his ruthless lieutenants. As our heroes prepare to take on their enemies, the boy is mentored in the dark arts of assassination and learns the true meaning of friendship, honor and respect.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, captivating, tense, realistic, suspenseful, stylized
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Hummingbird (2013)
Plot Summary:
Homeless and on the run from a military court martial, a damaged ex-special forces soldier navigating London's criminal underworld seizes an opportunity to assume another man's identity, transforming into an avenging angel in the process.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 76000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: exciting, emotional, serious, atmospheric, talky, psychological, sexy, romantic, tense, inspirational
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Villain (2020)
Plot Summary:
After 10 years, Eddie Franks is out of prison and trying to stay on the straight and narrow, but his drug-mule brother, Sean has other ideas. Rival gangster brothers demand Sean repay his debt to them, causing Eddie to get tangled in the crossfire, and he ends up using his life savings to calling in favours with mobster friends to try and help.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, social, hood
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Calm with Horses (2019)
Plot Summary:
In darkest rural Ireland, ex-boxer Douglas 'Arm' Armstrong has become the feared enforcer for the drug-dealing Devers family, whilst also trying to be a good father to his autistic five-year-old son, Jack. Torn between these two families, Arm's loyalties are truly tested when he is asked to kill for the first time.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, neo noir, suspense, social, independent film, hood, powerful
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Fifty Dead Men Walking (2008)
Plot Summary:
Based on Martin McGartland's real life story as a informant for the British Police to spy on the IRA. Taking place from 1987-1991, Martin (Jim Sturgess) works his way up the ranks of the IRA, while keeping his informant with the police Fergis (Ben Kingsley) at bay. In the process he saved numerous lives and is still in hiding from the IRA today.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: factual, captivating, stylized, tense, political, suspense, realistic, sincere, sexy, serious
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'71 (2014)
Plot Summary:
A young British soldier must find his way back to safety after his unit accidentally abandons him during a riot in the streets of Belfast.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 59000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: suspense, serious, suspenseful, political, atmospheric, intense, rough, bleak, tense, realistic
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The Long Good Friday (1980)
Plot Summary:
In the late 1970s, Cockney crime boss Harold Shand, a gangster trying to become a legitimate property mogul, has big plans to get the American Mafia to bankroll his transformation of a derelict area of London into the possible venue for a future Olympic Games. However, a series of bombings targets his empire on the very weekend the Americans are in town. Shand is convinced there is a traitor in his organization, and sets out to eliminate the rat in typically ruthless fashion.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: neo noir, tense, atmospheric, harsh, serious, captivating, realistic, clever, bleak, stylized