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Plot Summary:
A shy bank clerk orders a Russian mail order bride, and finds his life turned upside down.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: sexy, harsh, tense, suspenseful, suspense, dark comedy, enigmatic, realistic, erotic, black comedy
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68 Kill (2017)
Plot Summary:
Chip's problem is that he can't say no to beautiful women. This weakness gets him into a world of trouble when he agrees to help his girlfriend steal $68,000.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, exciting, tense, serious, suspense, romantic, captivating, neo noir, bloody, splatter
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Malibu Express (1985)
Plot Summary:
In this erotic spy tale private eye Cody Abilene teams up with the Contessa Luciana and policewoman Beverly McAfee to infiltrate a mansion and discover who is sending computer secrets to the Russians.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: sexy, cult classic, parody, psychotronic, sex comedy, detective, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, not serious
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Life of Crime (2013)
Plot Summary:
Two common criminals get more than they bargained for after kidnapping the wife of a corrupt real-estate developer who shows no interest in paying the $1 million dollar ransom for her safe return.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: sexy, independent film, tricky, tense, suspense, ironic, realistic, cynical, black comedy, humorous
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Novocaine (2001)
Plot Summary:
A dentist finds himself a murder suspect after a sexy patient seduces him into prescribing her drugs.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: black comedy, dark comedy, suspenseful, tricky, humorous, captivating, clever, suspense, cult classic, offbeat
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The Matador (2005)
Plot Summary:
The life of Danny Wright, a salesman forever on the road, veers into dangerous and surreal territory when he wanders into a Mexican bar and meets a mysterious stranger, Julian, who's very likely a hit man. Their meeting sets off a chain of events that will change their lives forever, as Wright is suddenly thrust into a far-from-mundane existence that he takes to surprisingly well … once he gets acclimated to it.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 46000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Ireland, Germany, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, light, humorous, black comedy, suspense, talky, realistic, semi serious, witty, tense
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Big Nothing (2006)
Plot Summary:
A frustrated, unemployed teacher joins forces with a scammer and his girlfriend in a blackmailing scheme.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, absurd, black comedy, talky, humorous, semi serious, cult classic, hilarious, dark, action comedy
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Two Hands (1999)
Plot Summary:
A 19 year old finds himself in debt to a local gangster when some gang loot disappears and sets him on the run from thugs. Meanwhile two street kids start a shopping spree when they find the missing money.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: humorous, entertaining, disturbing, dark comedy, realistic, suspense, black comedy, neo noir, emotional, semi serious
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Bare Witness (2002)
Plot Summary:
Professional killer Gav Reed commits a grave mistake allowing himself to be videotaped (as she always does, for a documentary she hopes to sell to Hollywood about the real nocturnal 'eldest business' there) by Julie Spencer, one of Max 'Slim' Reuter's hookers and porn actresses, whom he had sex with before - and while making a most incriminating call about his murder attempt at a high society campaign party for mayor Garland's electoral challenger Mary Washington, where the bullet is however caught by councilor Frank Constantine, who also survives. Gav's client, businessman Ian Hunter, who was videotaped earlier, has his girl Marina shoot Gav and then Julie, later Slim who. Rough but effective police detective Killian investigates, helped by Julie's friend Carly Marsh, and unravels even more sordid connections.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 624
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: sexy, erotic, tense, suspenseful, suspense, serious, realistic, sexual, sexploitation film
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Fatal Instinct (1993)
Plot Summary:
A spoof of the late 80s and early 90s suspense thrillers and murder mysteries, including Basic Instinct, Sleeping With The Enemy, Cape Fear and others. A cop/attorney (yes he's both) is seduced by a woman while his wife is having an affair with a mechanic. Lots of other sublots and visual gags in the style of Naked Gun.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: spoof, parody, humorous, detective, double entendre, sexy, suspense, intense, witty, realistic
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Goodbye Lover (1998)
Plot Summary:
Police investigate when a man having an affair with his brother's wife disappears suddenly.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: sexy, neo noir, suspenseful, witty, stylized, detective, erotic, tense, suspense, realistic
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Hexed (1993)
Plot Summary:
Lowly hotel clerk Matthew Welch stumbles unto a chance to go on a date with supermodel Hexina by pretending he is someone else. But something goes wrong on the date, she tries to kill him! Soon she kills a couple more people, and unfortunately all the evidence points to Matthew. Gloria, who has been wishing Matthew would ask her on a date, thinks he is innocent and is willing to help, but hardnosed Detective Ferguson is hot on the clues, and closing in on Matthew.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, realistic, detective, not serious, tense, suspense, disturbing, sex comedy, christian film
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Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
Plot Summary:
Martin Blank is a hitman for hire. When he starts to develop a conscience, he botches a couple of routine jobs. On the advice of his secretary and his psychiatrist, he decides to attend his ten-year high school reunion in Grosse Pointe, Michigan.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 98000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, entertaining, humorous, funny, light, black comedy, offbeat, action comedy, exciting, semi serious
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Rancid Aluminum (2000)
Plot Summary:
Pete Thompson thinks he has it all. However, following the death of his father his close friend and accountant reveals the company he has been left is bust and the only way out is to do business with the Russian mafia. His life and heart are on the line when he leave to restore the fortunes of the family firm.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, tense, sad, offbeat, realistic, independent film, black comedy, dark comedy
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The Last Seduction II (1999)
Plot Summary:
Femme fatal/con artist Bridget Gregory travels to Barcelona and targets another businessman to scam him of his money while a relentless private investigator tries to track her down.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 543
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, neo noir, independent film, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexual
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Out of Sight (1998)
Plot Summary:
Meet Jack Foley, a smooth criminal who bends the law and is determined to make one last heist. Karen Sisco is a federal marshal who chooses all the right moves … and all the wrong guys. Now they're willing to risk it all to find out if there's more between them than just the law. Variety hails Out of Sight as "a sly, sexy, vastly entertaining film.".
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 98000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: sexy, neo noir, romantic, entertaining, light, talky, stylized, erotic, offbeat, feel good
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One Night at McCool's (2001)
Plot Summary:
Every man has a different recollection of the beautiful young woman who wreaked havoc on their lives during one heated night.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: sexy, dark comedy, humorous, black comedy, hilarious, stylized, witty, not serious, erotic, entertaining
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Get Shorty (1995)
Plot Summary:
Chili Palmer is a Miami mobster who gets sent by his boss, the psychopathic "Bones" Barboni, to collect a bad debt from Harry Zimm, a Hollywood producer who specializes in cheesy horror films. When Chili meets Harry's leading lady, the romantic sparks fly. After pitching his own life story as a movie idea, Chili learns that being a mobster and being a Hollywood producer really aren't all that different.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 88000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, clever, intense, light, suspense, entertaining, witty, talky, dark comedy
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Striptease (1996)
Plot Summary:
Bounced from her job, Erin Grant needs money if she's to have any chance of winning back custody of her child. But, eventually, she must confront the naked truth: to take on the system, she'll have to take it all off. Erin strips to conquer, but she faces unintended circumstances when a hound dog of a Congressman zeroes in on her and sharpens the shady tools at his fingertips, including blackmail and murder.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 47000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: sexy, erotic, touching, sexual, intense, detective, black comedy, sensual, neo noir, sex comedy
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The Ice Harvest (2005)
Plot Summary:
A shady lawyer attempts a Christmas Eve crime, hoping to swindle the local mob out of some money. But his partner, a strip club owner, might have different plans for the cash.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: neo noir, dark comedy, black comedy, suspenseful, intense, semi serious, witty, harsh, clever, spiritual
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Billy Bathgate (1991)
Plot Summary:
In the year 1935, a teen named Billy Bathgate finds first love while becoming the protégé of fledgling gangster Dutch Schultz.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: stylized, erotic, serious, realistic, suspenseful, gloomy, light, romantic, sexy, unusual plot structure
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Malice (1993)
Plot Summary:
A tale about a happily married couple who would like to have children. Tracy teaches infants, Andy's a college professor. Things are never the same after she is taken to hospital and operated upon by Jed, a "know all" doctor.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, suspenseful, tense, sexy, clever, neo noir, psychological thriller, twisted, erotic
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Matchstick Men (2003)
Plot Summary:
A phobic con artist and his protege are on the verge of pulling off a lucrative swindle when the con artist's teenage daughter arrives unexpectedly.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 137000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, feel good, entertaining, psychological thriller, light, talky, tricky, emotional, humorous
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The Grifters (1990)
Plot Summary:
A young short-con grifter suffers both injury and the displeasure of reuniting with his criminal mother, all the while dating an unpredictable young lady.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: neo noir, sexy, tense, atmospheric, suspense, intense, serious, bleak, suspenseful, stylized
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11:14 (2003)
Plot Summary:
Tells the seemingly random yet vitally connected story of a set of incidents that all converge one evening at 11:14pm. The story follows the chain of events of five different characters and five different storylines that all converge to tell the story of murder and deceit.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 50000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: non-linear, dark comedy, psychological, suspense, black comedy, enigmatic, bleak, cynical, humorous, suspenseful
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2 Days in the Valley (1996)
Plot Summary:
In a sleepy bedroom community of LA's San Fernando Valley, the murder of a professional athlete by two hit men sets into motion a chain of events that puts the mundane lives of a dozen residents on a collision course. This clever tale tells the story of two hit men, a mistress, a nurse, a vindictive ex-wife, a wealthy art dealer and his lovelorn assistant, a suicidal writer and his dog, and a bitter cop and his partner.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: suspense, erotic, witty, intense, dark comedy, humorous, semi serious, neo noir, detective, black comedy
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The Last Seduction (1994)
Plot Summary:
Looking to escape her unhappy marriage, villainous femme fatale Bridget Gregory (Linda Fiorentino) convinces her husband, Clay (Bill Pullman), to sell cocaine, then steals the profits and runs out on him. She stops in a small town en route to Chicago, where she ensnares her next conquest, insurance man Mike Swale (Peter Berg). After getting a job at his insurance company, Bridget convinces Mike to run a scam -- but things take a deadly turn when she recruits him to help get rid of her husband.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: sexy, neo noir, erotic, sexual, suspense, black comedy, tense, suspenseful, sensual, psychological
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Derailed (2005)
Plot Summary:
When two married business executives having an affair are blackmailed by a violent criminal, they are forced to turn the tables on him to save their families.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 76000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, surprise ending, serious, suspense, rough, twist ending, tense, neo noir, psychological, psychological thriller
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Trance (2013)
Plot Summary:
A violent gang enlists the help of a hypnotherapist in an attempt to locate a painting which somehow vanished in the middle of a heist.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 117000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, France
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: psychological, surprise ending, twist ending, neo noir, clever, surreal, mind bending, serious, sexy, mindfuck
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Original Sin (2001)
Plot Summary:
A young man is plunged into a life of subterfuge, deceit and mistaken identity in pursuit of a femme fatale whose heart is never quite within his grasp.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 59000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico, France, UK
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: sexy, romantic, erotic, suspense, atmospheric, sensual, period piece, psychosexual thriller, suspenseful, exciting
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Bound (1996)
Plot Summary:
Corky, a tough female ex con and her lover Violet concoct a scheme to steal millions of stashed mob money and pin the blame on Violet's crooked boyfriend Caesar.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 60000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: sexy, neo noir, erotic, suspense, tense, suspenseful, psychological thriller, tricky, sexual, psychosexual thriller