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Plot Summary:
After his family is brutally murdered for an unknown reason, a computer engineer sets out to find those responsible.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 658
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: neo noir, independent film, poliziottesco
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Trial by Combat (1976)
Plot Summary:
A group called The Knights Of Avalon are unhappy with the justice system so are taking the law into their own hands by executing criminals using medieval methods such as jousting.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 257
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: grim, dark comedy, poliziottesco
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To Make a Killing (1988)
Plot Summary:
Damon Kennedy (Tamblyn Lord, The River Kings) is an impressionable young man ready to begin university life.On the other side of the tracks live Terry (Craig Pearce, co-author of Strictly Ballroom), Felix (John Godden) and Benny (Kelly Dingwall) - who get their kicks out of robbing houses and chasing girls. But they're broke and all out of cash. During a routine burglary the gang discover an innocent Damon. Brushing off the intrusion and pretending they are looking for some mates, the gang flee the scene but bored Damon follows them and joins their group for the day, hoping to find some fun.When the gang picks up two girls, things become unhinged as a drunk Damon brags about some of his family's many affluent friends. Forced to take them to one of his cash-rich contacts, Damon's nightmare has only just begun. As Terry discovers that the wealthy don't always carry cash, what starts as a burglary soon turns into a killing spree.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 124
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: slasher, independent film
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Psychout for Murder (1969)
Plot Summary:
Mario consigns his girlfriend Licia to a whorehouse for an evening in order to get the photographic goods to blackmail her father with. To get her out of the way, Licia is then consigned to a mental hospital by her father.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 437
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: slasher, poliziottesco, beautiful
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Open Season (1974)
Plot Summary:
Three Vietnam vets have become so conditioned to violence that they have developed psychotic tendencies. They kidnap people, brutalize them, then turn them loose and hunt them like animals. However the father of one of their earlier victims is plotting a vicious revenge against them.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 672
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, Switzerland
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film, poliziottesco
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The Horseplayer (1990)
Plot Summary:
A blonde (Sammi Davis) seduces a quirky liquor-store worker (Brad Dourif) as inspiration for her artist boyfriend (M.K. Harris).
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 158
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: neo noir, psychotronic, independent film, cult film
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Jezebel's Kiss (1990)
Plot Summary:
Someone runs a woman (Katherine Barrese) off a beach road; she sleeps with a developer (Malcolm McDowell), his son and a sheriff to get even.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 320
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: neo noir, psychotronic, independent film, cult film
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Prostitutes Protective Society (1966)
Plot Summary:
Madame Sue runs a successful Prostitute operation in the heart of NYC, and as it should happen, The Mob wants to get a piece of the action. Still, being the go ahead women they are, they decide to fight back and keep themselves independent of any outsider business influence.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 87
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 62 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film, cult film
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Death Occurred Last Night (1970)
Plot Summary:
A chief police inspector investigates the disappearance of a 25-year-old, mentally retarded woman, the daughter of a lonely widower. After she turns up dead, the cops race to find the killers before the grieving father does.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 667
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: independent film, poliziottesco
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The Brick Dollhouse (1967)
Plot Summary:
Five women explain to the police the events leading up to the murder of their roommate, an exotic dancer.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 161
Genere: Thriller, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film, grindhouse, sexploitation film, cult film
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Wolf Lake (1979)
Plot Summary:
Canadian film where in ex-marine Steiger, unhinged by the death of his son in Vietnam, terrorizes a young couple.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 420
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: independent film
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American Skin (2019)
Plot Summary:
A Marine veteran working as a school janitor tries to mend his relationship with his son after a divorce. When his son is killed by a police officer found innocent without standing trial, he takes matters into his own hands.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, psychological thriller
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Deadbeat (1976)
Plot Summary:
When four degenerate thugs rape and murder a young waitress in part of their rape and murder spree, they are arrested, but get away with though a legal technicality. The brother of one of the rape/murder victims decides to become vigilante and kill the four degenerates by himself.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 179
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Redemption: Kickboxer 5 (1995)
Plot Summary:
Kickboxing champion Matt Reeves witnesses the murder of his friend Johnny. While investigating the crime, he learns that a Mr. Negaal in South Africa has founded a new kickboxing association and does not leave international champions much of a chance. Johnny had to pay with his life when he did not want to join. Neegal seems to kill everybody who is in his way especially David Sloan from the previous Kickboxer films. Matt is on his own now, but suddenly finds an unexpected ally.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: independent film, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Jingoist (2020)
Plot Summary:
In the wake of September 11th, two brothers believe they have stopped a mass terrorist attack in New York. Now they must face the consequences of taking justice into their own hands.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 45
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: neo noir, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, talky
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Glass Chin (2014)
Plot Summary:
After going down in the fifth round, boxer Bud Gordon bowed out of the limelight. Now residing in a fixer-upper apartment in New Jersey with his girlfriend, Bud longs for his former Manhattan glory. In an effort to get back in the game, he makes a deal with a crooked restaurateur. But quick schemes rarely bring easy pay-offs and as the consequences of his business negotiations unfold, Bud has to make a choice between his integrity and his aspirations.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 896
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: neo noir, tense, captivating, psychological, suspense
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Wasted on the Young (2010)
Plot Summary:
When a high school party goes dangerously off the rails, one teenager finds that revenge is just a computer click away.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, tense, captivating, disturbing, independent film, realistic
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Red (2008)
Plot Summary:
An older, reclusive man's best friend and inspiration for living is his 14-year-old dog named "Red". When three troublesome teens kill the dog for no good reason, the grieving man sets out for justice and redemption by whatever means available to him.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: emotional, suspense, touching, tense, serious, disturbing, psychological horror, cult classic, realistic, gloomy
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Extremities (1986)
Plot Summary:
A woman escapes from the man who is about to rape her, but leaves her purse behind. Afraid that her attacker might come after her, she goes to the police, but with no proof of the incident, they can do nothing. In fact, the man does use the information in her bag and comes to her apartment with the intent of rape, but she sprays him in the face with insect repellent, and then holds him captive. She is then faced with deciding whether to go to the police who might not believe her and release him, or to kill him.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, psychological thriller, neo noir, independent film, rough, thought provoking, serious
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Psycho Brother-In-Law (2017)
Plot Summary:
With her husband working all the time, Kate is thankful when her brother-in-law David reappears to help out. But she soon realizes that he wants to be the new head of the family, and will do anything to make that happen.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 256
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, psychological, unusual plot structure, disturbing, contemplative
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River Runs Red (2018)
Plot Summary:
When the son of a successful judge is killed by two police officers and the system sets them free, a hardened veteran detective finds some incriminating files on the officers and the judge teams up with another mourning father to take the law into his own hands.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, disturbing, detective
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Rolling Thunder (1977)
Plot Summary:
A Vietnam veteran, Charles Rane, returns home after years in a POW camp and is treated as a hero. When thugs invade his home to steal the silver coins he received for his service, they mangle his hand and leave him and his family for dead. Rane survives and becomes obsessed with getting revenge. Aided by his loyal friend Johnny Vohden, Rane, now wielding a hook for a hand, sets out on his mission of vengeance.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, neo noir, bleak, stylized, harsh, rough, serious, suspenseful, suspense, road movie
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Shotgun Stories (2007)
Plot Summary:
Shotgun Stories tracks a feud that erupts between two sets of half brothers following the death of their father. Set against the cotton fields and back roads of Southeast Arkansas, these brothers discover the lengths to which each will go to protect their family.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: bleak, depressing, suspense, harsh, realistic, suspenseful, psychological, serious, southern gothic, independent film
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Ms .45 (1981)
Plot Summary:
A shy and mute seamstress goes insane after being attacked and raped twice in one day. She wanders the New York streets at night in a sexy black dress with her attacker's gun strapped to her garter belt, blowing away any man who tries to pick her up.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: neo noir, disturbing, grindhouse, bloody, controversial, grim, cult classic, tense, bleak, art house
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Five Fingers (2006)
Plot Summary:
Martijn, an idealistic Dutch pianist, travels to Morocco to help start a food program for malnourished children. Within moments of his arrival, however, Martijn is abducted by a group of terrorists, injected with a debilitating drug, and imprisoned. Under threat of death, the young man engages in a mental chess match with Ahmat, trying to learn his captor's true objective and avoid a horrible fate.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful, mind blowing, twisted, emotional, twist ending, perverse, exciting
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Avenging Force (1986)
Plot Summary:
Martial arts expert Matt Hunter was one of the most promising operatives in Army intelligence until his parents were killed by terrorists, and he retired to the family's farm in Louisiana to take care of his 12-year-old sister Sara and their grandfather Jimmy. Larry Richards, a black man running for the Senate, is one of Matt's best friends. Larry has become the target of The Pentangle, a racist organization led by a man named Glastenbury, and Glastenbury doesn't want Larry to be elected. In an attempt on Larry's life during a Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans, The Pentangle kills one of Larry's sons. Matt lets Larry, his wife Daisy, and his other son move to the remotely located farm so they can hide from Glastenbury and the Pentangle, but the Pentangle strikes again, setting the farmhouse on fire. Matt and Sara escape as the only survivors. Then the Pentangle kidnaps Sara, sending Matt on a mission to rescue Sara from Glastenbury and the Pentangle.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, grindhouse, perverse, independent film, realistic, fast, surprise ending
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Collateral Damage (2002)
Plot Summary:
Firefighter Gordon Brewer is plunged into the complex and dangerous world of international terrorism after he loses his wife and child in a bombing credited to Claudio 'The Wolf' Perrini.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 77000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: exciting, intense, action packed, rough, action thriller, psychological, tech noir, action adventure, fast, surprise ending
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Almost Human (1974)
Plot Summary:
A psychotic small-time criminal realizes that the everyday robberies, rapes and murders he commits aren't profitable enough, so he figures to hit the big time by kidnapping the daughter of a rich man.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco, tense, rough, serious, suspenseful, slasher, grindhouse, action thriller, terrifying, realistic
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Revenge (2015)
Plot Summary:
Rebekka travels back to a hotel by the Norwegian fjords seeking revenge on the man who ruined her sister's life. Under false identity, she seeks out her deceased sister's violator and embeds herself into his idyllic family to destroy his life.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 624
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Norway, Canada
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Blue Ruin (2013)
Plot Summary:
The quiet life of a beach bum is upended by dreadful news. He sets off for his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance but proves an inept assassin and finds himself in a brutal fight to protect his estranged family.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 78000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: neo noir, independent film, atmospheric, tense, bleak, suspenseful, suspense, psychological, brutal, melancholic
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Nocturnal Animals (2016)
Plot Summary:
Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics professor whose family vacation turns violent.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 298000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, China
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller, neo noir, psychological, suspense, disturbing, mindfuck, mind bending, visually stunning, crime thriller, touching