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Plot Summary:
In a daring robbery, some $300,000 is taken from the Italian mob. Several mafiosi are killed, as are two policemen. Lt. Pope and Mattelli are two New York City cops trying to break the case. Three small-time criminals are on the run with the money. Will the mafia catch them first, or will the police? Written by Ken Miller.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: neo noir, grindhouse, grim, bleak, realistic, cynical, hood, suspense, absurd, crime drama
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Report to the Commissioner (1975)
Plot Summary:
Police officer Patty Butler, alias "Chicklet," is the live-in girlfriend of Thomas 'Stick' Henderson to gather evidence. Detective Bo Lockley is instructed to try to find her, not knowing she's also a cop.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: neo noir, detective, grim, tense, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense
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Detroit 9000 (1973)
Plot Summary:
After a fundraiser for a black politician is robbed, Detroit police put two detectives, one white and one black, on the case, who try to work together under boiling political pressure.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: neo noir, action thriller, crime thriller, independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cynical
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The Seven-Ups (1973)
Plot Summary:
A tough detective who is part of an elite New York City unit is trying to find out who killed his partner, but uncovers a plot to kidnap mobsters for money.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: detective, tense, neo noir, crime drama, grim, action thriller, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Plot Summary:
Police Inspector Paul Fein (Bronson) copes with family troubles while also dealing with the possibility of advancement to police chief. Meanwhile, his son (Joe Penny)) is investigating the murder of a banker.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 705
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, neo noir, suspense
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The New Centurions (1972)
Plot Summary:
An idealistic rookie cop joins the LAPD to make ends meet while finishing law school, and is indoctrinated by a seasoned veteran. As time goes on, he loses his ambitions and family as police work becomes his entire life.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: neo noir, crime drama, tense, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, tension, suspense
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Shaft's Big Score! (1972)
Plot Summary:
John Shaft is back as the lady-loved black detective cop on the search for the murderer of a client.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: epic, neo noir, hood, grim, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, poliziottesco
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The Organization (1971)
Plot Summary:
After a group of young revolutionaries break into a company's corporate headquarters and steal $5,000,000 worth of heroin to keep it off the street, they call on San Francisco Police Lieutenant Virgil Tibbs for assistance.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: neo noir, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, suspense, black cinema
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Truck Turner (1974)
Plot Summary:
Ex-football star turned skip-tracer, Turner specializes in bringing in the criminals police are too scared to chase, and when he's hired to capture sociopathic pimp Gator, he finds himself confronted by the most vicious killers in the underground scene.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, neo noir, cult classic, independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending
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In Too Deep (1999)
Plot Summary:
A fearless cop is taking on a ruthless crimelord. He knew the risks. He just didn't know how far he would have to go.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: hood, entertaining, exciting, rough, suspenseful, suspense, neo noir, crime drama, serious, realistic
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Shaft (1971)
Plot Summary:
Cool black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, stylized, tense, harsh, neo noir, serious, suspenseful, hood, realistic, cult classic
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The Yakuza (1974)
Plot Summary:
Harry Kilmer returns to Japan after several years in order to rescue his friend George's kidnapped daughter - and ends up on the wrong side of the Yakuza, the notorious Japanese mafia.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: neo noir, tense, intense, harsh, serious, realistic, retro, spiritual, fast paced, crime drama
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The Corruptor (1999)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: stylized, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, rough, serious, suspense, intercultural, cult classic, fast
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Plot Summary:
Two brothers, on either side of the law, face off over organized crime in Brooklyn during the 1970s.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, suspenseful, stylized, rough, neo noir, dark, hood, crime drama, cult classic
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Black Caesar (1973)
Plot Summary:
Tommy Gibbs is a tough kid, raised in the ghetto, who aspires to be a kingpin criminal. As a young boy, his leg is broken by a bad cop on the take, during a payoff gone bad. Nursing his vengeance, he rises to power in Harlem, New York. Angry at the racist society around him, both criminal and straight, he sees the acquisition of power as the solution to his rage.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, neo noir, psychotronic, hood, crime drama, grim, cult classic, action thriller, action adventure, rough
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Plot Summary:
Tougher than Shaft and smoother than Superfly, this high-voltage sequel to Black Caesar explodes with enough action to incinerate New York City. Packed with machine-gun mayhem and riveting adventure, Hell Up in Harlem is nothing less than a modern-day tribute to the classic 30s gangster film. Fred Williamson is Tommy Gibbs, a fearless, bulletproof tough guy who blasts his way from the gutter to become the ultimate soul brother boss. Tommy steals a ledger with the name of every crooked cop and man in the city. Enlisting the aid of his father and an army of Harlem hoods, Gibbs goes from defense to offense, launching a deadly attack on his enemies that sets off a violent chain reaction from Harlem all the way to the Caribbean, climaxing in one of the hottest turf-war shoot-outs in Hollywood history.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: neo noir, grindhouse, hood, crime drama, grim, cult classic, independent film, exciting, rough, serious
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Badge 373 (1973)
Plot Summary:
When his partner is killed, tough Irish detective Eddie Ryan (Robert Duvall) vows to avenge the death, whatever the cost. As he begins unraveling clues, his behavior becomes so outrageous that he's obliged to turn in his badge, but the experience only emboldens him. Ryan eventually learns that his partner was caught up in a Puerto Rican gun-running scheme masterminded by a crook named Sweet Willie (Henry Darrow), who wants to foment revolutionary war.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 884
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: grim, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, weird
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Music, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, hood, stylized, grim, cult classic, bleak, neo noir, independent film, crime drama, action adventure
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 133000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
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Plot Summary:
Goldie returns from five years at the state pen and winds up king of the pimping game. Trouble comes in the form of two corrupt white cops and a crime lord who wants him to return to the small time.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
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IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
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Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 66000
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Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 29000
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IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 80000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
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IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 14000
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Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 38000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 119000
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Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 463000
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Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 12000
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Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 7.8
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