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Plot Summary:
A woman hires a contract-killer when her ex-husband kidnaps her son.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 81
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Law of Corruption (2005)
Plot Summary:
Events of the film take place in both hemispheres. Presidents of countries, bosses of drug cartels, special agents and powerful secret service agencies from all around the world are the first hand participants of its events. The film begins with an account of a shocking yet quite ordinary skirmish - an average drug kin pin is beating one of his assistants with a golf club with a purpose of educating him, because the assistant's cell phone was quite unlawfully confiscated by an overly diligent secret service agent. The mutilated gangster understands the incommensurability of his guilt and the level of his fault, and becomes the first character who asks the question: What do we know about the world we live in?.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 532
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags:
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Perseguida (1991)
Plot Summary:
A journalist Lorena and her friend photographer Raul decide to try to take an interview from influential politician Hermenegildo Parra. After several unsuccessful attempts they decide to break into his house and make some photos there but when they enter his cabinet they see him stabbed with the knife. The next day the newspaper announces his death and start to celebrate a big amount of sold copies but during the fiesta a phone calls and it was Mr.Parra "alive and kicking". After this scandal Lorena becomes pursued by some mysterious killers who want to take the negatives from her at any price. The solution of this mystery is very unexpected.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 31
Genere: Drama, Action, Crime
Country: Mexico
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: political
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The Killing Machine (1994)
Plot Summary:
Harlin Garret loses his memory and finds himself closed in a facility claimed to belong to the state security services. The manager of this place tells Garrett he used to be a killer for the mob but Garrett refuses to believe. Then he is forced to kill people that are a "Risk to the state security", but the whole story gets complicated when Garret falls in love with one of his victims.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 341
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: suspense, surprise ending, independent film
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A Queen's Ransom (1976)
Plot Summary:
A Hong Kong mobster's sister is working with authorities on their investigation into her own brother's plot to assassinate the Queen.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 130
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, UK
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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Gina (2024)
Plot Summary:
After spending three years in jail, Juan goes free with the aim of recovering Eva's love. Zoe and Ismael, two ex-partners who he betrayed, will return to cross in his way.
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Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film, crime drama, neo noir, queer cinema
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Witch Hunt (1999)
Plot Summary:
Set in Victoria, Australia, the made-for-TV Witch Hunt concerns an infant girl named Hannah, who is abducted by her grandmother Barbara Thomas (Jacqueline Bisset). Hannah's father David Overton (Cameron Daddo), convinced that Barbara is the head of a coven of witches, inaugurates a desperate nationwide search for his missing daughter. However, David may have a sinister agenda of his own, as indicated by the fact that his wife recently died under mysterious circumstances. Originally telecast by Australia's Network Ten on May 2, 1999, Witch Hunt later aired in the U.S. courtesy of cable's Lifetime network.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 322
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Park Is Mine (1985)
Plot Summary:
A Vietnam vet (Tommy Lee Jones) takes forceful control of Central Park to remember those who served and died in the Vietnam War.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: psychological, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Clementine (2004)
Plot Summary:
Kim, a Taekwondo champion decides to give up his fighting career for good in order to take care of his daughter Sa Rang. But when an evil gambling kingpin kidnaps Sa Rang, Kim must agree to fight in a rigged boxing match in exchange for Sa Rang's freedom.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: South Korea, USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: neo noir, cult film
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Termination Man (1998)
Plot Summary:
When a Serbian terrorist blackmails NATO and the U.N. with a deadly nerve gas, a covert squad is the Free World's last hope. Led by Dylan Pope they must "terminate" the threat before it terminates them!.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 177
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: independent film
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To Strike (2013)
Plot Summary:
The efforts of the Pakistani security forces in their fight against terrorism and how the lives of security officials are affected. A retired security officer returns to save Pakistan from a major terrorist attack.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Pakistan
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: inspirational, scenic, islamic
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Hostage (1986)
Plot Summary:
The leader of a South African Nation is imprisoned. His followers, led by Zabo, hijack a plane with the intent to use the passengers as hostages to trade for his release. They select a plane carrying a religious leader to use as their main hostage. They soon learn that they have an added bonus of the daughter and grandson of Colonel Shaw, a bigwig in the country. The grandson all the while has to cope with the dual problems of being hijacked and held hostage while needing a kidney transplant. The hijackers have everything in their favor, except that the colonel's daughter is the sweetheart of Major Sam Striker. Striker puts together a band of mercenaries and sets about freeing the hostages.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 101
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Labyrinth (2011)
Plot Summary:
A massive explosion rips though a busy street in Istanbul, Turkey. 95 people are dead; 30 Americans and 5 British. The massacre sends shock waves from Turkey to London and Washington, DC. A new terrorist organization is behind the attack. The explosion is just the beginning. Labyrinth' is the code name of the operation conducted by Turkish intelligence to stop a second, more devastating attack that will plunge Turkey, the only democratic Muslim country in the region, into chaos and destroy the fragile balance of the Middle East. After the initial attack, Turkey becomes a battlefront for terrorists and Turkish, British and American intelligence officers. Everyone has his own agenda in the fight that stretches from Istanbul to Eastern Turkey and from Frankfurt to Northern Iraq.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, Turkey
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: political
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Bolt (1995)
Plot Summary:
21 Jump Street heartthrob Richard Grieco stars in the 1994 motorcycle movie Bolt, released on DVD as Rebel Run. A tough New Jersey biker named Bolt (Grieco) travels across the country heading west. He encounters old gang rival Billy Niles (Michael Ironside). Bolt fights to protect his Indian girlfriend Patty Deerheart (Sean Young) from land-stealing bad guys.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 128
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, France
Duration:
Plot tags: independent film
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Across the Crescent Moon (2017)
Plot Summary:
The story revolves around a SAF exemplary Agent, Abbas Misani a Muslim who is married to Emma, whose parents with strict Christian upbringing would not accept both Abbas and Emma to their family.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 16
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags:
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High-Ballin' (1978)
Plot Summary:
When a rash of targeted hijackings threatens to derail the independent trucking business, rig driver "Iron" Duke (Jerry Reed) and his visiting friend, Rane (Peter Fonda), put the brakes on the bad guys by taking the law into their own hands. But their vigilante plan involves going toe-to-toe with powerful trucker boss King Carroll (Chris Wiggins) and his henchmen, who've been driving everyone out of the game.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 773
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, psychotronic, grindhouse, independent film
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In the Land of Saints and Sinners (2023)
Plot Summary:
In a remote Irish village, a damaged Finbar is forced to fight for redemption after a lifetime of sins, but what price is he willing to pay? In the land of saints and sinners, some sins can't be buried.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Ireland
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags:
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24 Japan (2020)
Plot Summary:
Japanese adaptation of the American TV Series "24". Genba Shido is the director of Team A in the Counter Terrorist Unit (CTU). He is excellent at his job and a reasonable person, but he often has to make drastic decisions to save lives.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 50
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: suspense, tense, serious, captivating, realistic, political thriller
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Riding the Edge (1989)
Plot Summary:
Teenage cyclist rescues his dad from terrorists in the Middle East. "Iron Eagle" on a motorcycle.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 103
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Airboss (1997)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 180
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, cult film
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Viruman (2022)
Plot Summary:
An intrepid and good-hearted son fights to make his arrogant father pay the price for his sins, which includes his mother's death, and save his brothers from the man's grip.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 149 min
Plot tags:
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Bingo (1974)
Plot Summary:
A young photographer is entangled in a terrorist plot against a right wing politician in an election campaign.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 154
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: political thriller
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Il caso Moro (1986)
Plot Summary:
On March 16 1978, the Red Brigade kidnap the Chief of the Christian Democraty, the party in power in Italy since the end of the war. Fifty-five days later, his corpse was found in the trunk of a red Renault.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 477
Genere: Crime, Drama, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags:
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Khadgam (2002)
Plot Summary:
Khadgam is a 2002 Telugu language Patriotic movie produced by Sunkara Madhu Murali under Karthikeya Movies banner. The film features Srikanth, Ravi Teja, Prakash Raj, Sangeetha, Sonali Bendre and Kim Sharma in the lead roles. Music has been composed Devi Sri Prasad. The movie released on 29 November 2002 was a hit at boxoffice[1]. Krishna Vamsi has directed the movie. Lyrics are penned by Sirivennela Sitaramasastri, Suddala Ashok Teja and Shakti. The movie was remade into Hindi by K.Subash with Ajay Devgan, Akshay Kumar and Tushar Kapoor and was titled Insan.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 142 min
Plot tags: tense, exciting, serious, suspenseful
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No Contest II (1995)
Plot Summary:
Sharon Bell is back, this time she must stop a terrorist plot to smuggle Nazi nerve gas.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 401
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: independent film, suspenseful, semi serious, suspense
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Icebreaker (2000)
Plot Summary:
At the the Killington ski resort something has gone awry. Evil terrorists led by the sinister Greig have taken the resort hostage with a stolen nuclear device. It's up to Ski Patrol bum Matt Foster to save the day... and his fiancé.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, suspense, cliffhanger, cult classic, realistic, cult film
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Crash Landing (2005)
Plot Summary:
When a hostage situation arises on-board a private plane with the daughter of a billionaire on-board. Major John Masters (Sabato Jr.) teams up with Captain Williams (Michael Paré) to stop the terrorist and land the plane.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 907
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, captivating, exciting, tense, fast, disaster movie
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The Last Mark (2022)
Plot Summary:
After a young woman witnesses a mob hit, a seasoned assassin and his psychotic partner must track her down before she turns them in, but she proves to be the hardest mark to kill.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 283
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Black November (2012)
Plot Summary:
A volatile, oil-rich Nigerian community wages war against their corrupt government and a multi-national oil corporation to protect their land from being destroyed by excessive drilling and spills. To seek justice, a rebel organization kidnaps an American oil executive and demands that his corporation end the destruction and pollution. Inspired by true events, Black November is the gripping story of how a community rises up and takes drastic measures to make sure their voices are heard.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 695
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Nigeria, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: rough, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, serious
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Narco Sub (2021)
Plot Summary:
A man will become a criminal to save his family. Director: Shawn Welling Writer: Derek H. Potts Stars: Tom Vera, Tom Sizemore, Lee Majors |.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, contemplative
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No Contest (1995)
Plot Summary:
A beauty contest turns into a hostage situation, when the Miss Galaxy competition is taken over by a gang, demanding a ransom of diamonds. Sharon, a kick-boxing actress, is the host of the show, and the thorn in the terrorists side.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 957
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, sexy, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, surprise ending, suspense