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Plot Summary:
A hit man hijacks a boat — and the married couple aboard — in order to carry out a contract on a dictator in the Caribbean.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 213
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Puerto Rico, USA
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: political, independent film
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Assassination (2015)
Plot Summary:
Assassination is set in Korea and Shanghai in the 1930's during the Japanese occupation. The government resistance assigns a secret commando group with killing collaborators.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 140 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, exciting, suspense, neo noir, political, historical drama
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Kodi (2016)
Plot Summary:
A young politician finds himself in a position where he has to contest against his girlfriend, who is ambitious. Circumstances force his look-alike twin to also get involved in this political battle.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 145 min
Plot tags: political thriller, political
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Beast of Burden (2018)
Plot Summary:
Sean Haggerty only has an hour to deliver his illegal cargo. An hour to reassure a drug cartel, a hitman, and the DEA that nothing is wrong. An hour to make sure his wife survives. And he must do it all from the cockpit of his Cessna.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: tense, exciting, suspense, suspenseful
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Survive the Night (2020)
Plot Summary:
A disgraced doctor and his family are held hostage at their home by criminals on the run, when a robbery-gone-awry requires them to seek immediate medical attention.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, suspenseful, action thriller, perverse
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Darker Than Amber (1970)
Plot Summary:
Rod Taylor plays John D. MacDonald's famous Florida PI Travis McGee. Professional beach bum and 'knight errant' Travis McGee goes up against psychotic body-builder Terry Bartell. McGee pulls out all the stops when he joins a Carribean cruise to bring the killer to justice.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 594
Genere: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: neo noir, independent film, cult film
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Art of Deception (2019)
Plot Summary:
After uncovering the CIA’s ruthless master plan for world domination by gaining complete mind control over the entire population, top scientist Joseph Markham is ultimately left with a choice: save the lives of billions…or the life of his wife, who has been kidnapped, interrogated, and brutally tortured but continues to viciously fight for her life. As a nationwide manhunt ensues, deadly assassins pursue, and one man’s decision will determine the fate of the world. Art of Deception is about a fight for life, love and world dominance.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 334
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: dark
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Lucifer (2019)
Plot Summary:
In God's own country, the supreme leader of the ruling party dies, leaving a huge vacuum, not only in the electoral and leadership sphere of the party but also that of the state. In the inevitable succession squabble and the power struggle that ensues, the thin line that separates good and bad becomes irrecoverably blurred and out of this seemingly endless mayhem, emerge forces that are hitherto unheard of.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 175 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, serious, suspenseful, political, surprise ending
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Crosshairs (2013)
Plot Summary:
Hired to enact revenge on a man who savagely beat a beautiful Russian débutant, Jack Verlaine is pressed between his newly acquired job and a persistent man named, Brill, who offers him a chance to advance higher in his seedy career. But when an estranged lover reappears in Verlaine's regimented existence, he soon realizes the new elements in his life may be just a plot to uncover his true identity.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 295
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful
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Licence to Kill (1989)
Plot Summary:
James Bond and his American colleague Felix Leiter arrest the drug lord Sanchez who succeeds in escaping and takes revenge on Felix and his wife. Bond knows but just one thing: revenge.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 110000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Mexico
Duration: 133 min
Plot tags: saga, exciting, controversial, cult classic, slasher, crime drama, grim, action adventure, surprise ending, rough
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Aurora: Operation Intercept (1995)
Plot Summary:
There have been two mysterious plane crashes in only 48 hours. The aircraft suddenly lose control and crash, killing everyone aboard. A woman of Russian descent, Francesca Zaborszin, the daughter of a slain Federal investigator, claims responsibility for the crashes. She believes her father was killed by the FBI as part of a cover-up operation and wishes to avenge his death by threatening to down more aircraft using the same electromagnetic pulse method. She also intends to crash a stolen military jet into the White House. There's no time to ground the planes: just enough time to try to stop her.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 354
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: suspense, independent film, exciting, rough, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, fast, surprise ending
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Airport '77 (1977)
Plot Summary:
Flight 23 has crashed in the Bermuda Triangle while taking VIPs and valuable art to Philip Stevens new museum. But when hijackers take off the plane and knock everyone out with sleeping gas the plane crashes in the sea. The passengers survive but a small hole at the front is flooding the plane and 2 daring rescues must be put into action because everyone is trapped 200 feet underwater.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, psychological, cult classic, rough, bleak, fast
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Proof of Life (2000)
Plot Summary:
Alice hires a professional negotiator to obtain the release of her engineer husband, who has been kidnapped by anti-government guerrillas in South America.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 59000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, suspenseful, intense, tense, romantic, realistic, sentimental, entertaining, action packed
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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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Detention (2003)
Plot Summary:
A heroic high school teacher leads a band of students trapped in school by violent drug-runners.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspense, exciting, suspenseful, fast
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The Marine 2 (2009)
Plot Summary:
Rebels seize control of the hotel where a Marine sniper and his wife are staying. Can he save the day?.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, cliffhanger, intense, action thriller, action packed, independent film, fast
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Assassination (1987)
Plot Summary:
Jay Killon is the bodyguard of the recently elected US president, but he is assigned to the first lady (Lara Royce). Lara hates Killon so she does all she can to escape. The story complicates when someone tries to kill Lara.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, political, cult classic, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, political thriller, dark comedy
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Skyfall (2012)
Plot Summary:
When Bond's latest assignment goes gravely wrong and agents around the world are exposed, MI6 is attacked forcing M to relocate the agency. These events cause her authority and position to be challenged by Gareth Mallory, the new Chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee. With MI6 now compromised from both inside and out, M is left with one ally she can trust: Bond. 007 takes to the shadows - aided only by field agent, Eve - following a trail to the mysterious Silva, whose lethal and hidden motives have yet to reveal themselves.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 722000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Turkey
Duration: 143 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, entertaining, captivating, visually stunning, atmospheric, tense, serious, suspenseful, saga
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Seeking Justice (2011)
Plot Summary:
After his wife is assaulted, a husband enlists the services of a vigilante group to help him settle the score.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, suspense, intense, tense, enigmatic, serious, rough, realistic, thought provoking, captivating
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Rambo (2008)
Plot Summary:
When governments fail to act on behalf of captive missionaries, ex-Green Beret John James Rambo sets aside his peaceful existence along the Salween River in a war-torn region of Thailand to take action. Although he's still haunted by violent memories of his time as a U.S. soldier during the Vietnam War, Rambo can hardly turn his back on the aid workers who so desperately need his help.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 242000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: brutal, bloody, action packed, grindhouse, suspense, harsh, cult classic, rough, suspenseful, stylized
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Detonator II: Night Watch (1995)
Plot Summary:
UN agents Mike Graham and Sabrina Carver are sent by their director Nick Caldwell to investigate the theft of Rembrandt's painting, "The Night Watch". The trail takes them from Amsterdam to Hong Kong and involves them in not only art theft and forgery, but the high-tech schemes of Martin Schraeder and his Korean cohort Mao Yixin.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Croatia
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: suspense, serious, exciting, captivating, tense, realistic, suspenseful, fast, surprise ending, independent film
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Blackjack (1998)
Plot Summary:
After saving Casey, a daughter of his friend, from hired assassins, Jack Devlin is hit with a strange phobia - fear of white color. But when his other friend, who works as a bodyguard for a supermodel, is wounded, Jack decides to step in for him. Now he must confront his fear and the assassin, who seems to be well aware of Jack's problem.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, surprise ending, neo noir, independent film
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Black Water (2018)
Plot Summary:
A deep cover operative awakens to find himself imprisoned on a submarine. With the help of a fellow prisoner and an amateur agent, he must race against the clock to escape the vessel and expose who set him up.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, serious, captivating, tense, cult classic, surprise ending, independent film
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I Am Wrath (2016)
Plot Summary:
A man is out for justice after a group of corrupt police officers are unable to catch his wife's killer.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: tense, exciting, suspense, bleak, neo noir, action thriller, surprise ending, detective, black comedy, dark comedy
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Ava (2020)
Plot Summary:
A black ops assassin is forced to fight for her own survival after a job goes dangerously wrong.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 61000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: tense, psychological, exciting, suspense, captivating, disturbing, action thriller, stylized, surprise ending, neo noir
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Homefront (2013)
Plot Summary:
Phil Broker is a former DEA agent who has gone through a crisis after his action against a biker gang went horribly wrong and it cost the life of his boss' son. He is recently widowed and is left with a 9-years-old daughter,Maddy. He decides to quit the turbulent and demanding life of thrill for Maddy's sake and retires to a small town. His daughter fights off a boy who was bullying her at school and this sets in motion a round of events that end in his direct confrontation with the local Meth drug lord. His past history with the biker gang also enters the arena, making matters more complex. But he has a mission in his mind to protect his daughter and he is ready to pay any cost that it demands.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 128000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: serious, tense, exciting, rough, breathtaking, action thriller, cliffhanger, noir, gothic, cult classic
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Precious Cargo (2016)
Plot Summary:
After a botched heist, Eddie a murderous crime boss, hunts down the seductive thief Karen who failed him. In order to win back Eddie’s trust, Karen recruits her ex-lover and premier thief Jack to steal a cargo of rare precious gems. But when the job goes down, allegiances are betrayed and lines are crossed as Jack, Karen, and Eddie face off in a fateful showdown.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, tense, humorous, hood, action adventure, surprise ending, neo noir, independent film, black comedy
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The November Man (2014)
Plot Summary:
An ex- CIA operative is brought back in on a very personal mission and finds himself pitted against his former pupil in a deadly game involving high level CIA officials and the Russian president-elect.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 70000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, tense, suspense, action thriller, brutal, visually appealing, clever, political, slasher
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The Contractor (2022)
Plot Summary:
After being involuntarily discharged from the U.S. Special Forces, James Harper decides to support his family by joining a private contracting organization alongside his best friend and under the command of a fellow veteran. Overseas on a covert mission, Harper must evade those trying to kill him while making his way back home.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, thrilling, surprise ending, neo noir, independent film, action thriller, political drama
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Mechanic: Resurrection (2016)
Plot Summary:
Arthur Bishop thought he had put his murderous past behind him when his most formidable foe kidnaps the love of his life. Now he is forced to travel the globe to complete three impossible assassinations, and do what he does best, make them look like accidents.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 91000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, France, Bulgaria, Germany
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, rough, serious, suspenseful, entertaining, romantic, scenic, perverse, action adventure
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The Hunted (1995)
Plot Summary:
A businessman on a trip to Tokyo ends up in the middle of a centuries old feud between a criminal Ninja cult and a Samurai when he witnesses a assassination performed by the Ninja-cult leader.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, intense, rough, serious, suspenseful, bloody, stylized, brutal, fast