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Plot Summary:
A psychotic man opens fire in a diner, murdering numerous people before killing himself. The survivors struggle in different ways following this horrendous event: a doctor doubts his own instincts and elects to use an experimental medical procedure on his wife, while a gambler believes he's on a lucky streak. A waitress begins engaging in promiscuous sex, and a young girl whose father is among the dead gains unexpected fame.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, disturbing, suspenseful, contemplative, twisted
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Life Tastes Good (1999)
Plot Summary:
Crime - A quirky tale that brings together a murder, poisonous mushrooms and a mysterious woman to reveal the ephemeral beauty of life and the unforgiving nature of death. It is the story of a rogue mobster who finds love in the darkest days of his life. - Sab Shimono, Julia Nickson, Tamlyn Tomita.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 174
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: independent film, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, neo noir, detective
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Eye of God (1997)
Plot Summary:
A small Oklahoma town is stripped of its innocence when one of its boys (Nick Stahl) turns up mute and bloodied by the lakeside. Unable to tell his story, the local sheriff (Hal Holbrook) embarks on a quest to uncover the roots of a gruesome crime. He's led to Ainsley DuPree (Martha Plimpton) and her new husband, Jack (Kevin Anderson), a man whose interest in family may very well outweigh his morals.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: anthology, independent film, psychological, sincere, atmospheric, serious, realistic, suspenseful, contemplative, gloomy
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Water & Power (2013)
Plot Summary:
Twin brothers nicknamed "Water" and "Power" from the hard scrabble Eastside streets of Los Angeles rise like prince's through the city's political and police ranks to become players in a complex and dangerous web of the powerful and corrupt of Los Angeles.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 146
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, crime drama, independent film
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A Killing Affair (1985)
Plot Summary:
Peter Weller (Robocop) stars as Baton Morris, a drifter suspected of murder, in this crime drama. A widow (Kathy Baker) living in West Virginia takes in the man (Weller) whom she believes murdered her husband. As she spends more time with him, she begins to fall for him, but continues to question whether or not she can trust him.Directed by David Saperstein and based on a novel by Robert Houston, A Killing Affair features twists and turns up until the end.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 311
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: independent film, suspense, neo noir, psychological, tense, mind bending, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise (2006)
Plot Summary:
Small-time police chief and struggling alcoholic Jesse Stone looks into the murder of a teen-age girl whose body is found floating in a local lake. The case brings the former LAPD cop up against the Boston mob and into the affluent world of a bestselling writer who exploits troubled teens.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: tense, realistic, disturbing, rough, serious, suspenseful, crime drama
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Let the Devil Wear Black (1999)
Plot Summary:
A man comes face-to-face with personal treachery after suspecting that his father may have been murdered.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 732
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, erotic, neo noir, independent film, serious
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Hit Man (1972)
Plot Summary:
Bernie Casey portrays Tyrone and Pamela Grier plays a sultry skin-flick star in this first Americanized remake of the iconic Michael Caine action film Get Carter. From Watts to the West Side, from porno parlors to a high-rise, from motel dives to a crime kingpin’s sprawling pleasure dome, from corner hangouts to a wildlife preserve, Tyrone covers a lot of real estate, busts a lot of heads.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: neo noir, psychotronic, grindhouse, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, black cinema
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After the Fall (2014)
Plot Summary:
Bill Scanlin loses his job and embarks on a life of crime. As Bill stays ahead of the law, he discovers that sometimes the only thing worse than getting caught is getting away with it.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, realistic, captivating, suspenseful, independent film
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Witness Protection (1999)
Plot Summary:
Would you be willing to walk away from everyone and everything you've ever known in exchange for your safety? This is the question facing career criminal Bobby "Bats" Batton (Tom Sizemore); on the outs with the mob and facing prosecution for a number of serious crimes, Batton is offered a deal by the FBI in which he will be given immunity in exchange for testifying against his former partners. However, Batton will have to join the Federal Witness Protection Program, which means that he, his wife, and his children will never again see their friends and family.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: crime drama, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Big Muddy (2014)
Plot Summary:
Martha Barlow, a modern day outlaw, must reconcile her dark past after her teenage son commits a horrible crime.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 174
Genere: Crime, Drama, Western
Country: Canada
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, captivating, psychological, suspenseful, stylized
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Ready 2 Die (2014)
Plot Summary:
After a violent bank robbery, the trio of hoods make their way across East L.A. carrying a blood-soaked bag of money. When word gets out, they must fend off gangs and crooked cops alike as they strive to keep the loot and stay alive.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 851
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic, crime drama, independent film
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Diary of a Hitman (1991)
Plot Summary:
Hitman Dekker is on his last job, out to kill the wife (Jain) of his client, but he starts to waiver. The longer he takes to do the job the more difficult it becomes.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: neo noir, realistic, suspenseful, serious, captivating, surprise ending, suspense, cult classic, independent film, bleak
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Guilty Hearts (2002)
Plot Summary:
Quiet and unassuming church organist Jenny Moran is depressed with her marriage to working-class Matt and leaves him. Jenny begins an affair with the manipulative and charming Dr. Stephen Carrow, who is also deacon of her church and a married man. Someone kills Carrow's wife after she learns of the affair between Jenny and her husband. The murderer is caught and confesses, but that confession leads to new lies which tear apart Jenny Moran's life.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 202
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Five Thirteen (2013)
Plot Summary:
In this tension-packed thriller, brothers Mike and Tre set out in search of better lives, trying to leave their demons behind for good. After being released from prison for a crime he didn't commit, Mike's only care in the world is to protect his young daughter from an unforgiving ex. But the justice that awaits him on the streets is far worse than anything Mike had experienced in prison. His older brother Tre begrudgingly agrees to one last "delivery", attempting to free Mike and his new girlfriend from the grips of the criminal underworld. What transpires is a wild misadventure where multiple lives unknowingly intersect, and where decisions are made that will haunt everyone forever.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 723
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, independent film
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Charlie Valentine (2009)
Plot Summary:
The film chronicles the exploits of the title character, Charlie, played by Raymond J. Barry (Training Day) a career criminal intent on scoring one last big pay day. When his "perfect crime" goes bad, Charlie flees to Los Angeles to hide out with his estranged son, Danny, played by Michael Weatherly. What ensues reveals the true nature of some of the most unsavory of characters.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 691
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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The Hours of the Day (2003)
Plot Summary:
Abel lives with his mother in a small town on the outskirts of Barcelona. His life, grey and boring, is based on the small family business, his mother's house, his girlfriend's bed, and the town bars. However under an appearance of quiet and gentle man, Abel hides a dark and morbid personality.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 670
Genere: Drama, Crime
Country: Spain
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, psychological, tense, bleak, serious, realistic, disturbing, slow cinema, aesthetic, contemplative
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Jesse Stone: No Remorse (2010)
Plot Summary:
Police Chief Jesse Stone, who was suspended by the Paradise, Mass. Town Council, begins moonlighting for his friend, State Homicide Commander Healy, by investigating a series of murders in Boston, leaving Rose and Suitcase to handle a crime spree in Paradise on their own. Jesse pours his energy into his work in an effort to push away his twin demons: booze and women. When his investigation leads to notorious mob boss Gino Fish, Jesse's pursuit becomes hazardous.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic
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The Virgin of Juarez (2006)
Plot Summary:
When a reporter travels to Juarez to cover the ongoing story of the mass murder of local working women, she uncovers the amazing story of "The Virgin Of Juarez," a survivor of an attack who has developed stigmata, a sign of holiness, and whose followers will do whatever she asks.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 441
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, realistic, talky
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Born Killers (2005)
Plot Summary:
iggy Banks tells the story of two charming and brilliant brothers who finance their lifestyle by robbing and murdering pretty much anyone foolish enough to get in the car with them. They learn the business from their sociopath father (Tom Sizemore) who doesn't bother to hide his crimes, or the brutal philosophy which drives it. He tells his sons people are just piggy banks. You need money? Just break one open. Michael is sloppy and reckless he goes about his work with a demented glee, John perhaps even more horrifyingly, understands the misery he inflicts he simply doesn't care. It's just a job. Lock all your doors.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 844
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychological, disturbing, rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic, psychological thriller, psycho film
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Red Letters (2000)
Plot Summary:
A college professor reluctantly hides an escaped female convict who tries to get him to help prove her innocent of a murder.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 642
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: rough, realistic, suspenseful, tense, serious, independent film, psychological, detective
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Mafioso: The Father The Son (2001)
Plot Summary:
When the head of a mafia clan is perceived to be weakening, his family suffers a series of attacks. It is up to his son, Frankie, to figure out who’s behind the plot before they are all wiped out.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 270
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense
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The Onion Field (1979)
Plot Summary:
Greg Powell, a disturbed ex-con, recruits Jimmy Youngblood (Smith) a petty thief, as partner in crime. Powell panics when they two of are pulled over by two cops for tail lights. Powell decides to kidnap the cops and Smith goes along with his crazy scheme. They drive out to a deserted onion field in Bakersfield, where one cop is killed and the other escapes. The film explores the consequences.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: neo noir, atmospheric, psychological, realistic, rough, serious, disturbing, detective, bleak, emotional
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Silent Witness (2011)
Plot Summary:
Prominent defense attorney Tony Lord returns to his hometown to defend an old friend, a teacher accused of murdering one of his students. The case re-opens the heartache from Tony's own high school days, when he was a student falsely accused of murdering his first love.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 585
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: realistic, tense, captivating, psychological, serious, suspenseful
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The Gunman (2004)
Plot Summary:
When Detective Ben Simm's wife is killed, he has to learn to be both father and mother to his little girl while searching for a Vigilante that has his own sense of justice.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 465
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: disturbing, tense, serious, suspenseful, independent film, bleak, realistic
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Consignment (2007)
Plot Summary:
Consignment is the authentic and brutal story of an East Coast drug dealer forced to flee to California only to realize state lines don't erase past sins.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 99
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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A Broken Code (2012)
Plot Summary:
Two brothers, Carmelo and Gino, are raised by their mob boss grandfather Salvatore Gianni. After the murder of their grandfather the two must join forces to track down the killer. No one is ruled out as a suspect, including one of the family. How will the truth unfold?.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 204
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Ash Wednesday (2002)
Plot Summary:
Ash Wednesday is set in the Manhattan of the early 1980's and is about a pair of Irish-American brothers who become embroiled in a conflict with the Irish Mob.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: intense, rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic, talky, crying, independent film, exciting, surprise ending
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Even Money (2006)
Plot Summary:
Gambling addiction bring the stories of three otherwise unconnected people together as it destroys each of their lives.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, disturbing, suspenseful, suspense, gloomy
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Cost of a Soul (2010)
Plot Summary:
Wounded in the war, Tommy Donahue and DD Davis return home from Iraq to the slum neighborhood they grew up in. Tommy returns to his wife, Faith, whom he abandoned while she was pregnant to escape a life of crime. Tommy meets his disabled six year-old daughter, Hope, for the first time, and she begins to melt his frozen heart. While DD struggles to make an honest living, his older brother, Darnell, has risen to become the neighborhood kingpin. DD faces the pressure to save his younger brother, James, from following in Darnell’s dangerous footsteps. Tommy and DD find themselves trapped in the same slum they joined the military to escape. As they struggle for redemption, their own families become entangled in a web of crime, corruption and violence.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 214
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: realistic, tense, serious, psychological, captivating, rough, bleak, independent film
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Raising Jeffrey Dahmer (2006)
Plot Summary:
Based on the true story of the mass murderer Jeffrey Dahmer, the events within the family behind, and leading up to, his capture.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 465
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, serious, tense, realistic, disturbing, suspense, non-linear, queer cinema