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Plot Summary:
A dangerous criminal, named Falken, robs a bank together with a redneck small-criminal. They have to take a hostage and escape in a racing boat. When the hostage jumps overboard they have to stay at a lighthouse to wait for a boat. Here the conflicts starts.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 180
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 85 min
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The Hypocrites (2019)
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The hypocrites tells the story of Nicolás, a young cameraman who works filming social events, but doesn’t feel fulfilled with his profession. In the middle of a high profile wedding, he accidentally records a compromising situation between the bride, Martina, and her brother, Esteban. Realising about what is in the tape, he sees the opportunity of leaving his tedious life behind through blackmailing the people involved. However, he does not know this secret could endanger his own life.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 43
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, suspenseful, absurd, independent film, teen comedy
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Hotel! (2001)
Plot Summary:
The US president unexpectedly checks into a sleepy hotel in the heart of England, where he is held hostage by terrorists and, even worse, attended to by a host of wacky characters who obviously don't get out much.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 173
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof
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Shoot the Duke (2009)
Plot Summary:
When mardukas switches sides,the order to whack him is given pretty fast,but who can you trust to really shoot the duke?.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 367
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 77 min
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Bad Guys Always Die (2015)
Plot Summary:
A young Chinese man and his friends visit Jeju Island in South Korea. There, they meet a mysterious Korean woman.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 340
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: China, South Korea
Duration: 110 min
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Jalwa (1987)
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Kapil's younger brother, Buntu, dies as a result of a drug overdose. Kapil vows to put an end to drugs and drug-dealers, by joining the police. He soon attains the title of C.I.D. Inspector. He lives in Bombay with his mom. One day his friend from Goa, Albert Pinto is killed in front of him. He vows to avenge his death, but the local police will not permit to do so, and they assign this incident to another inspector. Frustrated, Kapil decides to travel to Goa.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 186
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 134 min
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Bhai (2013)
Plot Summary:
Bhai (Nagarjuna) is the most skilled and trusted enforcer of a Hong Kong based Don, named David (Ashish Vidyarthi). David is heavily dependant on Bhai for his day to day operations and this is resented by David’s sons, James (Sonu Sood) and Tony (Ajay). David sends Bhai to Hyderabad, to finish off an undercover police officer who is disrupting the mafia operations in the city. Bhai begins hunting down the undercover officer and uncovers his identity. The cop is none other than Arjun (Prasanna) and Bhai decides to finish him off. At the last moment, Bhai discovers a shocking truth about Arjun and his family. He must now protect Arjun from the clutches of David and his gang. What is that truth? What does Bhai do to save Arjun? Will he succeed in his mission?.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 223
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 153 min
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Killing Gunther (2017)
Plot Summary:
A group of eccentric assassins are fed up with Gunther, the world's greatest hitman, and decide to kill him – but their plan turns into a series of bungled encounters as Gunther seems to always be one step ahead.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: absurd, tense, captivating, action comedy, action thriller, bloody, cynical, parody, hood, cult classic
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Danger One (2018)
Plot Summary:
While transporting a dying man to the hospital, two paramedics find a million dollars in cash sewn into his clothing. When the man dies, they decide to keep it, setting them on a path for a hellish night of violence and mayhem.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: captivating, tense, humorous, suspense, dark comedy, independent film, buddy comedy, detective, black comedy
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Gun Shy (2017)
Plot Summary:
A mega-platinum, aging rock star's supermodel wife is abducted by pirates while vacationing in Chile.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful, realistic, intense, action comedy
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Chaos (2008)
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In one of the darkest and diverse cultural part in the city, there is a minority group who lives in the place where it is full of despair and frustration. Their desperate living comprises illegal gambling, prostitution as well as drug-dealing. This chaotic region is unique within the city.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 90
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspense, captivating, heroic, exciting, contemplative
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IDI: Inspector Dawood Ibrahim (2016)
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The story follows Dawood, who wishes to don the cop uniform right from his childhood. He grows up to be a straight-laced, passionate policeman, who is sent off to a sleepy border suburb Kollanahalli for his first posting. An unexpected turn of events presents him an opportunity to prove himself.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 409
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: psychological, exciting, tense, humorous, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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The Greater Good Company (2013)
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Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: independent film
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Masterminds (1997)
Plot Summary:
Trapped in a Elite School which a gang of criminals has seized control, a young troublemaker fights a cat and mouse battle from inside.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: entertaining, funny, exciting, absurd, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, surprise ending, twist ending
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Fredrick (2016)
Plot Summary:
19 years ago, a 16-year-old boy faces the torment of his father due to his unusual bonding with another boy of his age. This leads to some unfortunate consequences and one realizes them as the story moves 19 years later, when an anonymous human trafficker Fredrick creates havoc in Mussoorie. Vikram, a suspended cop and his wife Amrita land in Mussoorie - only to be caught in this nexus, when Vikram's sister goes missing. But all this doesn't seem as simple as it just to read: Who's Fredrick, how will Vikram find him out and save everyone, how will he find his sister and what ends this journey filled with thrills, fights, and battles, forms the crux of this psychological thriller.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 23
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller
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Bad Kids of Crestview Academy (2017)
Plot Summary:
It's four years later, and a new group of students has been placed in Saturday detention at the infamous and prestigious Crestview Academy. When Siouxsie, sophomore 'undercrust,' crashes the party to avenge her sister's death, a Saturday detention reserved for the privileged seniors of Crestview Academy turns into a date in hell. It's not long before a naïve pussycat lover, gay drug dealer, smokin' hot preacher's daughter, squeaky-clean senator's son, and the uninvited younger outsider find themselves locked-up in school with no way out, wondering who (or what) has set them up. Hilarity and suspense ensue while each 'bad kid' pits one against the other, and one by one each falls victim to absurdly gruesome 'accidents' while trying to escape.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: non-linear, ambiguous ending, humorous, suspense, slasher, surprise ending, horror comedy, crying, dark comedy
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Rogue Hostage (2021)
Plot Summary:
A former Marine races against time to save a group of hostages -- including his young daughter and a congressman — when armed militants take over his stepfather's store.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: exciting, brutal, social
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Spy Time (2015)
Plot Summary:
Adolfo, a thirty something security guard, is going through a bad patch. Not only his lifetime girlfriend has just to finished with him to be a guy with no ambition but, moreover, he becomes the target of a series of thugs led by Vázquez, a dangerous criminal who has just escaped from jail. Also he discovers that his father has a double identity. He is not a farmer engaged in the production of cold meat – as Adolfo has believed all his life, but Anacleto, a secret agent who is a bit down and the man who locked Vázquez up in jail thirty years ago. Adolfo will have to leave his comfort zone and work with his father, the person that Adolfo get on worse with in the world to survive the revenge of Vazquez and while, between shootouts and chases, trying to get his girlfriend back.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, not serious, captivating, entertaining, light, feel good, spoof, action comedy, realistic
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Jackpot (2011)
Plot Summary:
Terrified and bloody, Oscar Svendsen awakes clinched to a shotgun in a strippers joint. Around him 8 dead men, and police aiming at him. To Oscar it's clear that he is innocent. It all started when four chaps won 1,7 million on the pools.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, dark, exciting, clever, offbeat, realistic, detective
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The In-Laws (2003)
Plot Summary:
Right before his daughter's wedding, a mild-mannered foot doctor discovers that his new in-laws are international smugglers.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: entertaining, melancholic, humorous, realistic, exciting, not serious, action comedy, grindhouse, fast, buddy comedy
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Once a Cop (1993)
Plot Summary:
As a crime wave sweeps through Hong Kong, the police call Jessica Yang (Yeoh), a rising star in the ranks, to help stop a notorious gang of thieves! What Jessica doesn't realize is that her boyfriend - recently discharged from the force - is the leader of this ruthless crime ring!.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: slapstick, cult classic, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, fast, slapstick comedy
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Cockneys vs Zombies (2012)
Plot Summary:
A gang of bank robbers team up with the residents of an old people's home to try to survive a zombie outbreak.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: scary, horror comedy, parody, humorous, tense, captivating, funny, suspense, scenic, splatter
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Best Men (1997)
Plot Summary:
Four tuxedo clad men showing up at a penitentiary to meet a friend who has just been released after three years in prison and is going straight from the jail to marry his girlfriend. En route to the wedding, one of the men asks to stop by a bank to pick up some cash. As it turns out, he is a wanted bank robber who uses Shakespeare passages during his robberies and thus has become known as "Hamlet". Soon all five men are caught up in the bank and involved in the robbery as they end up in a hostage situation. The hostage negotiator shows up who turns out to be Hamlet's father.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, independent film, exciting, sentimental, light, inspirational, romantic
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Violent Night (2022)
Plot Summary:
When a team of mercenaries breaks into a wealthy family compound on Christmas Eve, taking everyone inside hostage, the team isn’t prepared for a surprise combatant: Santa Claus is on the grounds, and he’s about to show why this Nick is no saint.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 86000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, dark comedy, scary, dark, action comedy, horror comedy, psychotronic, black comedy, gay cinema
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Disturbing the Peace (2020)
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A small-town marshal who hasn't carried a gun since he left the Texas Rangers after a tragic shooting must pick up his gun again to do battle with a gang of outlaw bikers that has invaded the town to pull off a brazen and violent heist.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, atmospheric, suspense, spaghetti western, neo western, emotional
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Die Hard (1988)
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NYPD cop, John McClane's plan to reconcile with his estranged wife is thrown for a serious loop when minutes after he arrives at her office, the entire building is overtaken by a group of terrorists. With little help from the LAPD, wisecracking McClane sets out to single-handedly rescue the hostages and bring the bad guys down.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 923000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: intense, christmas special, exciting, suspense, action packed, suspenseful, clever, action adventure, detective, saga
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Red Notice (2021)
Plot Summary:
An Interpol-issued Red Notice is a global alert to hunt and capture the world's most wanted. But when a daring heist brings together the FBI's top profiler and two rival criminals, there's no telling what will happen.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 308000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: funny, exciting, tense, action comedy, anamorphic, surprise ending, light, suspense, entertaining, cult classic
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The Big Hit (1998)
Plot Summary:
Affable hit man Melvin Smiley is constantly being scammed by his cutthroat colleagues in the life-ending business. So, when he and his fellow assassins kidnap the daughter of an electronics mogul, it's naturally Melvin who takes the fall when their prime score turns sour. That's because the girl is the goddaughter of the gang's ruthless crime boss. But, even while dodging bullets, Melvin has to keep his real job secret from his unsuspecting fiancée, Pam.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, exciting, semi serious, realistic, hilarious, action comedy, suspense, slapstick, dark comedy, fast
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Bullet Train (2022)
Plot Summary:
Unlucky assassin Ladybug is determined to do his job peacefully after one too many gigs gone off the rails. Fate, however, may have other plans, as Ladybug's latest mission puts him on a collision course with lethal adversaries from around the globe—all with connected, yet conflicting, objectives—on the world's fastest train.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 397000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: funny, suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, exciting, action comedy, crime drama, twisted, neo noir
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The Vault (2021)
Plot Summary:
When an engineer learns of a mysterious, impenetrable fortress hidden under The Bank of Spain, he joins a crew of master thieves who plan to steal the legendary lost treasure locked inside while the whole country is distracted by Spain's World Cup Final. With thousands of soccer fans cheering in the streets, and security forces closing in, the crew have just minutes to pull off the score of a lifetime.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological, entertaining, anamorphic, surprise ending, independent film, contemplative
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2 Guns (2013)
Plot Summary:
A DEA agent and an undercover Naval Intelligence officer who have been tasked with investigating one another find they have been set up by the mob -- the very organization the two men believe they have been stealing money from.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 223000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: buddy comedy, exciting, action comedy, entertaining, funny, humorous, crime drama, action adventure, light, visually appealing