Best movies like Angel of Death
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Plot Summary:
In the tradition of Grindhouse, Kill Bill and Sin City, award-winning comic book writer Ed Brubaker (Incognito, The Death of Captain America, Daredevil) teams up with stuntwoman-turned-cult star Zoe Bell (Death Proof, TV's "Lost") to deliver a stark, stylish pulp thriller about a very bad girl gone "good.".
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic, surprise ending, surreal, action thriller, fast
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Supreme Sanction (1999)
Plot Summary:
An elite assassin for a covert Government agency is marked for death after aborting an assignment to take out a journalist who could expose the corruption of the very institution that trained her as their weapon of choice.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 789
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, surprise ending
Similar in 80%
The Contract (1999)
Plot Summary:
Hannah has been trained in the lethal art of assasination by her father Luc, a former sniper with the special forces in Vietnam. When her father is unexpectedly killed she is forced to choose between the violent world she knows and the ordinary world she does not. As the sun rises on Capitol Hill, Senator Harmon prepares to announce his candidacy for leadership of the Republican party and ultimately the presidency of the United States. The only thing that could deny his dream is the exposure of an evil past full of deception and murder. Hannah engages herself on an action-packed journey that takes her from the Mafia underworld to corruption in the highest levels of government. What she is about to discover could be the greatest and most sinister conspiracy of all time.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 297
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Cleopatra Jones (1973)
Plot Summary:
A United States Special Agent is assigned to crack down on drug-trafficking in the U.S. and abroad. After she burns a Turkish poppy field, the notorious drug-lord Mommy is furious at the loss of her supply and vows to destroy her.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: hood, cult classic, action adventure, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, surprise ending
Similar in 78%
The Tournament (2009)
Plot Summary:
Every ten or seven years in an unsuspecting town, The Tournament takes place. A battle royale between 30 of the world's deadliest assassins. The last man standing receiving the $10,000,000 cash prize and the title of Worlds No 1, which itself carries the legendary million dollar a bullet price tag.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Bahrain
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, rough, intense, stylized, action packed, action thriller, captivating, serious, clever
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Black Moon Rising (1986)
Plot Summary:
An FBI free-lancer stashes a stolen Las Vegas-crime tape in a high-tech car stolen by someone else.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, cult classic, retro, harsh, atmospheric, independent film, realistic
Similar in 84%
The Hitman (1991)
Plot Summary:
After surviving an attempt on his life by his former partner, officer Cliff Garrett (Norris) exacts revenge on those who wronged him by going undercover as a hit man. He works to gain the reputation and trust needed in order to be accepted by the burgeoning Seattle-area criminal underworld, but it is all done in order to take it down from within.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense, grindhouse, cult classic, independent film, fast
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Mean Guns (1997)
Plot Summary:
One hundred mid- and low-level gangsters who are on their boss' bad side are locked inside a newly-built high-security prison, and given plenty of guns, ammo, and baseball bats, then told that the last survivor will get a suitcase with 10 million dollars.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, surprise ending, exciting, suspense, hood, action packed, independent film, weird
Similar in 84%
Fighting with Anger (2007)
Plot Summary:
Ray (Fleming) is a young, beautiful and deadly assassin looking for answers about her past. Will (Willie Nelson) is her aging mentor who assigns her to a series of new jobs and may know more about her past than he is letting on. When an innocent woman is killed, Ray is faced with the pain of her past and a new nemesis that emerges from the shadows. Fighting With Anger is a non-stop martial arts action thriller filled with gripping mystery, blazing gun battles, and fast and furious hand-to-hand combat!.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 101
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film
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In the Blood (2014)
Plot Summary:
When her husband goes missing during their Caribbean vacation, a woman sets off on her own to take down the men she thinks are responsible.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, Puerto Rico, USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: realistic, exciting, suspenseful, rough, serious, cliffhanger, crime drama, action thriller, fast, surprise ending
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The Replacement Killers (1998)
Plot Summary:
Hired assassin John Lee is asked by Chinatown crime boss Terence Wei to murder the young son of policeman Stan Zedkov. Lee has the boy in his sights, but his conscience gets the better of him, and he spares the child's life. Afraid that Wei will take revenge on his family in China, Lee seeks out expert forger Meg Coburn to obtain the passport he needs to get out of the country, but a band of replacement killers is soon on his trail.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: exciting, stylized, serious, rough, suspenseful, cult classic, intercultural, suspense, heroic, crime drama
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So Close (2002)
Plot Summary:
A conflict of interest between two high-kicking assassin sisters is complicated as they're pursued by the criminals who hired them and an equally high-kicking female cop.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, rough, serious, exciting, action packed, stylized, bloody, neo noir, fast, crying
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The Mechanic (1972)
Plot Summary:
Arthur Bishop is a veteran hit man who, owing to his penchant for making his targets' deaths seem like accidents, thinks himself an artist. It's made him very rich, but as he hits middle age, he's so depressed and lonely that he takes on one of his victim's sons, Steve McKenna, as his apprentice. Arthur puts him through a rigorous training period and brings him on several hits. As Steven improves, Arthur worries that he'll discover who killed his father.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, fast paced, suspenseful, neo noir, perverse, twisted, surprise ending, rough, serious
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One in the Chamber (2012)
Plot Summary:
A seasoned assassin plays both sides in a Russian gang war and becomes the target of an unknown enemy.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic, action thriller, action packed, rough, surprise ending, neo noir, independent film
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Killshot (2008)
Plot Summary:
Beautiful Carmen Colson and her ironworker husband Wayne are placed in the Federal Witness Protection program after witnessing an "incident". Thinking they are at last safe, they are targeted by an experienced hit man and a psychopathic young upstart killer.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, talky, intense, neo noir, action drama, scary, exciting
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The Elite (2001)
Plot Summary:
After the murder of their families by a terrorist bomb, five young adults are trained as a hi-tech, anti-terrorist team with a mission to search and destroy high-profile terrorist groups.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 580
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film, fast, surprise ending, black comedy, campy
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Naked Weapon (2002)
Plot Summary:
A mysterious woman, known as Madame M, kidnaps forty pre-teen girls and transports them to a remote island to train them as the most deadly assassins. CIA operative Jack Chen follows the case for 6 years with no leads, but when a series of assassinations begin to occur, Jack suspects that Madame M is back in business.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic, erotic, perverse, stylized, fast, independent film
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Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014)
Plot Summary:
Some of Sin City's most hard-boiled citizens cross paths with a few of its more reviled inhabitants.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 169000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: neo noir, surreal, action thriller, atmospheric, suspenseful, bleak, stylized, anthology, suspense, black and white
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Bullet to the Head (2012)
Plot Summary:
After watching their respective partners die, a cop and a hitman form an alliance in order to bring down their common enemy.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 52000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, India, Switzerland
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: exciting, intense, brutal, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, bloody, detective, action packed
Similar in 75%
Everly (2014)
Plot Summary:
After she betrays a powerful mob boss, a woman matches wits and weaponry with a legion of killers who are out to collect the bounty on the heads of her and her family.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: rough, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, serious, psychological, retro, disturbing, grindhouse, hood
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Machete (2010)
Plot Summary:
After being set-up and betrayed by the man who hired him to assassinate a Texas Senator, an ex-Federale launches a brutal rampage of revenge against his former boss.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 203000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, UK
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: brutal, grindhouse, parody, stylized, dark comedy, bloody, absurd, harsh, action packed, exciting
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CIA Code Name: Alexa (1992)
Plot Summary:
A CIA operative kills a terrorist during a prison break. When a group of terrorists attempts to recover a microchip implanted in the man's body, one of them is captured and convinced by the CIA to work for them as an informer.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 794
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, surprise ending, neo noir, detective
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The Cutter (2005)
Plot Summary:
A former cop turned Los Angeles P.I. takes on a case of a missing diamond cutter that leads him on an adventure of love and villainy spanning of mob to the present day Jewelry District.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, suspense, cult classic, action packed, bleak, realistic, fast, surprise ending
Similar in 77%
Crying Freeman (1995)
Plot Summary:
A lethal assassin for a secret Chinese organisation, who sheds tears of regret each time he kills, is seen swiftly and mercilessly executing three Yakuza gangsters by a beautiful artist. She is captivated by the grace of his kill and later falls in love with him. An intense power struggle for the leadership of the Yakuza Clans ensues as they seek vengeance for the death of their leader.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, Canada, USA, Japan
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: emotional, exciting, suspenseful, anime, suspense, stylized, touching, manga, perverse, cult classic
Similar in 85%
A Man Apart (2003)
Plot Summary:
When Vetter's wife is killed in a botched hit organized by Diablo, he seeks revenge against those responsible. But in the process, Vetter and Hicks have to fight their way up the chain to get to Diablo but it's easier said than done when all Vetter can focus on is revenge.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 49000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: suspense, harsh, emotional, rough, serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic, captivating, cult classic
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The Package (2012)
Plot Summary:
A courier for a local crime lord must deliver a mysterious package while being chased by a horde of unusual gangsters.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, action packed, fast, surprise ending, independent film
Similar in 79%
Rage (1995)
Plot Summary:
A corrupt right-wing militia group chooses a California teacher as the ideal specimen to clone for its army.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 793
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, suspenseful, fast, surprise ending, neo noir, psychotronic
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Out for a Kill (2003)
Plot Summary:
An unsuspecting university professor is an unwitting accomplice in a foiled Chinese cocaine deal. Wrongly imprisoned, he escapes to take his revenge and prove his innocence.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Aruba, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, neo noir, freeze frame, campy
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Assassination Games (2011)
Plot Summary:
Brazil is a contract killer, willing to take any job if the price is right. Flint left the assassin game when a ruthless drug dealer’s brutal attack left his wife in a coma. When a contract is put out on the same coldblooded drug dealer, both Brazil and Flint want him dead – one for the money, the other for revenge. With crooked Interpol agents and vicious members of the criminal underworld hot on their trail, these two assassins reluctantly join forces to quickly take out their target before they themselves are terminated.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong, Romania
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, intense, cult classic, surprise ending, neo noir
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Mask of Death (1996)
Plot Summary:
While attempting to flee from the FBI, the criminal Frank Dallio kills Detective McKenna's wife, Rachel. McKenna himself is shot in the face by the professional killer Lyle Mason, who dies in a car crash shortly thereafter. The FBI persuades McKenna to undergo facial surgery and take the place of Lyle Mason in order to find Dallio and a valuable microchip.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 403
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspense, independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, neo noir, detective
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The Mechanic (2011)
Plot Summary:
Arthur Bishop is a 'mechanic' - an elite assassin with a strict code and unique talent for cleanly eliminating targets. It's a job that requires professional perfection and total detachment, and Bishop is the best in the business. But when he is ordered to take out his mentor and close friend Harry, Bishop is anything but detached.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 169000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: clever, stylized, brutal, tense, suspense, action packed, exciting, rough, serious, realistic