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Plot Summary:
A Las Vegas go-go dancer moves to Los Angeles to escape the psycho who has killed her partners.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 558
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Reason to Die (1990)
Plot Summary:
A cop sets up his girlfriend as a target in order to trap a serial killer.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 71
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Africa, USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller, independent film
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Breach of Conduct (1994)
Plot Summary:
Helen attracts the unwanted attention of the commander of her husband's new army base. Colonel Andrew Case arranges to have Helen's husband travel on base business so that he can force Helen to be his new plaything. Helen fights back.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 284
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags:
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As Good as Dead (1995)
Plot Summary:
Susan switches identities with her new friend Nicole, so that Nicole can pay for her medical bills with Susan's insurance. Then Susan finds herself trapped in her new identity when Nicole ends up dead under questionable circumstances.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 491
Genere: Thriller, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags:
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The Innocent (1994)
Plot Summary:
The owner of a drugstore is killed in a hold-up. The only witness who saw one of the murderers without his mask is Gregory, a nine year old autistic boy. Cop Barlow is sure they'll try to silence him. He tries to get him to draw a picture of the man he saw.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 177
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: detective
Similar in 83%
Primal Instinct (2002)
Plot Summary:
Footage of a brutal murder becomes a feature on the internet.
IMDB Rating: 1.9
IMDB Votes: 183
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags:
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Deadly Weapons (1974)
Plot Summary:
After the mob hits a guy with a list, one of the hoods keeps the list for himself to blackmail the people on it. When the mobsters find out he's a double-crosser, they off him, which angers his busty girlfriend. She goes after them using the only two weapons she has.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, erotic, cult classic, action thriller, independent film, cult film
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Zig Zag (1970)
Plot Summary:
A dying man frames himself for murder so his widow can collect the reward.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 418
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags:
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Judy (1970)
Plot Summary:
A depraved sex killer preys on women of ill repute in the red light district area of Boston, Massachusetts. Hard-nosed maverick private detective Gunner Sloan gets hired by the wealthy Fairchild to find the psycho after the creep attacks Fairchild's daughter Regina.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 69
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: erotic, detective
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Sins of the Night (1993)
Plot Summary:
Jack Nietsche is a hardened ex-con who now works for an P.I. firm, run by Ted Quincy. Quincy's ex-lover is Roxie, now wife to godfather Tony Falcone. In a huge mix-up/double-cross, Roxie plots with Jack to get rid of Falcone and Quincy, one an abusive husband, the other a demented role playing ex-lover, and run away with Jack. But the double crossings don't end there.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 286
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: erotic, neo noir, independent film
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Red Herring (2015)
Plot Summary:
A Las Vegas homicide detective investigating his best friend uncovers a professional assassin.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 299
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: neo noir, detective
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Tainted Love (1996)
Plot Summary:
A desperate attraction. A beautiful homicide cop goes undercover in the steamy world of modeling to catch a serial killer and becomes enmeshed in a torrid affair with the prime suspect in this erotic thriller starring Lee Anne Beaman and Doug Jeffrey.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 106
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags:
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Overkill (1987)
Plot Summary:
A Tokyo cop is sent to Los Angeles to help an LAPD detective break up a yakuza ring operating in the city.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 186
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: independent film, detective
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Thrillkill (1984)
Plot Summary:
Karlie Kendall's job is to write computer games - but in her spare time she hacks bank accounts. With 5 million dollars gathered, she wants to retire to Brazil - unaware that her secret partner Adrienne intends to keep all the money. Moreover, Karlie's boss Julien has got to know of her doing and has hired villains to get hold of the treasure. Only after Karlie's death they realize that she has hidden the money well inside the computer game "Thrillkill" - leaving the single clue to her sister, stewardess Bobbie.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 135
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: suspense, independent film
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To the Limit (1995)
Plot Summary:
Colette is an attractive ex-CIA agent seeking revenge against a ruthless villan and his organization of trained assasins for the murder of her husband while the man is also after mobster Frank Di Vinci for his own personal reasons. It isn't long before the paths of both Colette and Frank meet whom they share the same vendetta against the same man and they reluctnaly try to co-operate with each other to bring him down.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: independent film, sexy, rough, serious, realistic, fast
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Sweet Savior (1971)
Plot Summary:
Sandra Barlow is a 70's girl looking for kicks in the form of sex and drugs. One day, she decides to have an orgy drug party and invite some "freaks" led by Moon to entertain her and her rich friends. Moon has other things in mind as his friends are looking for an orgy of sex and gore.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 233
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, grindhouse, independent film, cult film
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Hard Vice (1994)
Plot Summary:
A vice cop and her partner investigate a string of murders apparently tied to high-priced Las Vegas call girls.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 299
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Nightman (1992)
Plot Summary:
A drifter comes between an aging Southern beauty and her teenaged daughter.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 131
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: erotic
Similar in 86%
Body Language (1992)
Plot Summary:
The ambitious Betsy is happy: she gets promoted to a leading management position. Her happiness is spoiled only a little by problems with a boyfriend who feels neglected and an harassing boss. She realizes much too late that her secretary Norma is after her job and step by step tries to ruin her career and private life.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 341
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: neo noir
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Pendulum (1969)
Plot Summary:
On the evening of his decoration for bringing a murderer to justice, Washington DC Police Captain Frank Matthews' wife, and her lover are murdered in bed. Jailed as the prime suspect, with the aforementioned murderer released on a technicality Matthews escapes in search of the man he believes to be the real killer.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 698
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags:
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Moving Targets (1999)
Plot Summary:
A pair of cops are following a lawyer who has information on a mobster. He's killed and his wife has to help the cops catch the bad guy.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 121
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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[Cargo] (2018)
Plot Summary:
A man wakes trapped inside a cargo container with only a cell phone and is given 24 hours by his kidnappers to raise ten million dollars in ransom or die.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 425
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: ambiguous ending, surprise ending, neo noir, suspense, psychological, captivating, tense, disturbing, minimal cast
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The Wild Card (2004)
Plot Summary:
A young, beautiful wife cheating on her rich, older husband amidst the neon lights of Las Vegas. Four men hired to do a job, but there is a traitor in their midst. Adultery, betrayal, kidnapping and murder lead to the ultimate double cross and no one is innocent in the end. Who will live and who will die... and who is The Wild Card?.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 72
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic
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Death of a Vegas Showgirl (2016)
Plot Summary:
Two talented dancers become swept up in a tumultuous association that spirals into compulsion.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 343
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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The Cradle Will Fall (2004)
Plot Summary:
The suicide of a pregnant woman begins to look like murder and a county prosecutor is called in to investigate.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 355
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, mind bending, realistic, suspenseful, crying
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Laal Kabootar (2019)
Plot Summary:
He's looking for a way out of the city. But his only escape is through a woman looking for revenge.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 963
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: Pakistan
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Shade (2003)
Plot Summary:
Tiffany, Charlie and Vernon are con artists looking to up the ante from their typical scams. They figure a good way of doing this is taking down Dean "The Dean" Stevens, a well-known cardsharp, in a rigged game. However, they first need enough money to enter a game with Stevens, so they decide to strike a deal with fellow crook Larry Jennings to scam a local gangster -- which turns out to be a bad idea.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, clever, tense, intense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, exciting, cult classic, mind blowing
Similar in 78%
The Runner (1999)
Plot Summary:
A compulsive gambler finds his new family's safety seriously threatened by a ruthless gambling boss.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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Ocean's Thirteen (2007)
Plot Summary:
Danny Ocean's team of criminals are back and composing a plan more personal than ever. When ruthless casino owner Willy Bank doublecrosses Reuben Tishkoff, causing a heart attack, Danny Ocean vows that he and his team will do anything to bring down Willy Bank along with everything he's got. Even if it means asking for help from an enemy.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 363000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: clever, entertaining, exciting, suspense, witty, funny, humorous, realistic, stylized, semi serious
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Cellular (2004)
Plot Summary:
A young man receives an emergency phone call on his cell phone from an older woman. She claims to have been kidnapped – and the kidnappers have targeted her husband and child next.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 104000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, exciting, psychological thriller, sexy, tense, suspense, serious, realistic, clever, entertaining
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Ocean's Eleven (2001)
Plot Summary:
Less than 24 hours into his parole, charismatic thief Danny Ocean is already rolling out his next plan: In one night, Danny's hand-picked crew of specialists will attempt to steal more than $150 million from three Las Vegas casinos. But to score the cash, Danny risks his chances of reconciling with ex-wife, Tess.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 607000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: clever, witty, exciting, entertaining, suspense, tense, funny, light, feel good, tricky