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Company (2002)
Plot Summary:
Mallik is a henchman of Aslam Bhai, a Mumbai underworld kingpin. He inducts local hothead Chandu into the gang, and the two of them soon form a formidable faction within the gang, eventually displacing Aslam. As the empire grows, however, the two of them start drifting apart
Duration: 142 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Plot tags: gangster, organized crime, gang war, criminal underworld, crime boss, gang, criminal syndicate, love and romance, rivalry, friendship, vengeance, underworld, police, sociopath, mob violence, dishonesty, revenge, death of protagonist, hindu, violent, based on real people, innovation, indian mafia, betrayal, mafia
Infernal Affairs (2002)
Plot Summary:
Chan Wing Yan, a young police officer, has been sent undercover as a mole in the local mafia. Lau Kin Ming, a young mafia member, infiltrates the police force. Years later, their older counterparts, Chen Wing Yan and Inspector Lau Kin Ming, respectively, race against time to expose the mole within their midst
Duration: 101 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 130000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Plot tags: mole, police, triad, organized crime, gangster, undercover, betrayal, mob boss, mafia, double life, mind game, spy, cop, corruption, surveillance, psychologist, character study, tragic event, working undercover, drug dealing, asian gangster, heroic bloodshed, vengeance, moral ambiguity, violent
The Bourne Identity (2002)
Plot Summary:
Wounded to the brink of death and suffering from amnesia, Jason Bourne is rescued at sea by a fisherman. With nothing to go on but a Swiss bank account number, he starts to reconstruct his life, but finds that many people he encounters want him dead. However, Bourne realizes that he has the combat and mental skills of a world-class spy – but who does he work for?
Duration: 119 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 569000
Genere: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Czech Republic
Plot tags: spy, amnesia, cia, secret service, secret agent, tough heroes, one against many, on the run, escape, black ops, hitman, assassin, secret past, undercover, espionage, uncover truth, government agency, memory loss, bodyguard, gunfight, car chase, one man army, tough guy, u.s. embassy, conspiracy
Road to Perdition (2002)
Plot Summary:
Mike Sullivan works as a hit man for crime boss John Rooney. Sullivan views Rooney as a father figure, however after his son is witness to a killing, Mike Sullivan finds himself on the run in attempt to save the life of his son and at the same time looking for revenge on those who wronged him
Duration: 117 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 281000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: mafia, vengeance, organized crime, criminal's revenge, hitman, violence, bank robbery, road trip, murder, revenge, on the road, on the run, assassin, coming of age, betrayal, great depression, mob boss, manhunt, rain, catholic, gangster, great ending, photographer, heist, mob hit
The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
Plot Summary:
Edmond Dantés's life and plans to marry the beautiful Mercedes are shattered when his best friend, Fernand, deceives him. After spending 13 miserable years in prison, Dantés escapes with the help of a fellow inmate and plots his revenge, cleverly insinuating himself into the French nobility
Duration: 131 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 146000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Ireland, Switzerland, UK, USA
Plot tags: vengeance, sword fight, treason, treasure, corruption, lone hero, betrayal, prison, greed, revenge, twists and turns, confined, swashbuckler, prison escape, escape, false accusation, mentor, conspiracy, napoleonic era, aristocracy, arrest, frame up, mythology, prison break, secret
Bang Bang You're Dead (2002)
Plot Summary:
Trevor is a troubled high school student, thanks to the effects of bullying. This is the story of his fight to break free
Duration: 93 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Plot tags: bullying, school shooting, depression, teacher, bully, school, social misfits, high school, teenage life, violence, childhood, fighting the system, bomb, death threat, social problems, juvenile delinquency, teachers and students, rivalry, society, lifestyle, sport team, suicide, adolescence, teenager, troubled teen
Minority Report (2002)
Plot Summary:
John Anderton is a top 'Precrime' cop in the late-21st century, when technology can predict crimes before they're committed. But Anderton becomes the quarry when another investigator targets him for a murder charge
Duration: 145 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 576000
Genere: Action, Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: cyberpunk, murder, foreknowledge, precognition, time loop, distopia, psychic, dystopia, law enforcer, frame up, consciousness, twists and turns, dystopian future, time travel, police investigation, conspiracy, investigation, murder mystery, virtual reality, graphic violence, seeing the future, perfect crime, corruption, police, fugitives
28 Days Later (2002)
Plot Summary:
Twenty-eight days after a killer virus was accidentally unleashed from a British research facility, a small group of London survivors are caught in a desperate struggle to protect themselves from the infected. Carried by animals and humans, the virus turns those it infects into homicidal maniacs -- and it's absolutely impossible to contain
Duration: 113 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 436000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Plot tags: zombie, virus, apocalypse, survival, epidemic, post apocalypse, infected, zombie apocalypse, fear, end of the world, plague, rage, military, laboratory, experiment gone awry, male nudity, deadly virus, research, infection, distopia, zombie outbreak, survivor, isolation, gory, danger
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002)
Plot Summary:
This is the story of Ryu, a deaf man, and his sister, who requires a kidney transplant. Ryu's boss, Park, has just laid him off, and in order to afford the transplant, Ryu and his girlfriend develop a plan to kidnap Park's daughter. Things go horribly wrong, and the situation spirals rapidly into a cycle of violence and revenge
Duration: 129 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 74000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Plot tags: kidnapping, revenge, organ donation, gory, crime gone awry, violent, suicide, transplant, vigilante, mute or deaf, macabre, rape and revenge, vengeance, black market, ransom, layoff, factory worker, violence, danger, loss of loved one, terrorist, dying, serial killer, tragedy, brutality
All the Best (2002)
Plot Summary:
After his hatred of dishonesty costs him his job, an embittered man goes over to the dark side and plots to rob the bank he once managed
Duration: 165 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Plot tags: heist, revenge, bank, vengeance, crime gone awry, mental illness, criminal heroes, rivalry, on the run, dishonesty, blind man, blindness, bank robbery, blind character, genius, training, villain played by lead actor, train, split personality, criminal's revenge, schizophrenia, kidnapping, security guard, workaholic, anger
Equilibrium (2002)
Plot Summary:
In a dystopian future, a totalitarian regime maintains peace by subduing the populace with a drug, and displays of emotion are punishable by death. A man in charge of enforcing the law rises to overthrow the system
Duration: 107 min
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
IMDB Votes: 343000
Genere: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: distopia, martial arts, dystopia, fighting the system, cyberpunk, gunfight, rebellion, utopia, post apocalyptic, totalitarianism, dystopic future, dictatorship, post apocalypse, lone hero, society, dystopian future, apocalypse, one against many, resistance, gun fu, government agency, emotionless, one man army, violence, fight
Irreversible (2002)
Plot Summary:
Events over the course of one traumatic night in Paris unfold in reverse-chronological order as the beautiful Alex is brutally raped and beaten by a stranger in the underpass. Her boyfriend and ex-lover take matters into their own hands by hiring two criminals to help them find the rapist so that they can exact revenge. A simultaneously beautiful and terrible examination of the destructive nature of cause and effect, and how time destroys everything
Duration: 97 min
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
IMDB Votes: 145000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Plot tags: rape, sexual abuse, revenge, violence, violent, vengeance, rape and revenge, brutality, sex, sexual perversion, sadism, vigilante, anal rape, rape victim, sexual cruelty, strong sexual content, cruelty, party, violent sex, female pubic hair, gore, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, depravity, justice, violence against women
Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
Plot Summary:
A beleaguered small-business owner gets a harmonium and embarks on a romantic journey with a mysterious woman
Duration: 95 min
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
IMDB Votes: 174000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: depression, true love, shyness, asperger's syndrome, brother sister relationship, mental illness, love and romance, insanity, eccentricity, love story, complex characters, sibling relationship, self discovery, socially awkward, mental disorder, fall in love, couple relations, love, loneliness, illness, storytelling, surrealism, mind game, mental health, dysfunctional family
Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
Plot Summary:
An urban hotel in London is a gathering and flash point for legal and illegal immigrants attempting to cobble together their lives in a new country. The immigrants include Senay, a Turkish woman, and a Nigerian doctor named Okwe who is working as a night porter at the hotel. The pair discover the hotel is a front for all sorts of clandestine activities. Their only wish is to avoid possible deportation. Okwe becomes more entangled in the goings on when he is called to fix a toilet in one of the rooms. He discovers the plumbing has been clogged by a human heart
Duration: 97 min
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
IMDB Votes: 44000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Plot tags: immigrant, blackmail, maid, working class, friendship, illegal immigration, murder, black market, prostitute, character study, surgery, social decay, social commentary, poverty, society, immigration, prostitution, refugee, betrayal, migration, sex, medicine, hospital, exile, hotel
Insomnia (2002)
Plot Summary:
Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen
Duration: 118 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 313000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Plot tags: small town, police investigation, murder, investigator, investigation, character study, police, police corruption, insomnia, guilt, psychopath, snow, murderer, serial killer, murder mystery, cop, homicide, evidence, death, police detective, psychology, obsession, murder investigation, fbi, betrayal
Red Dragon (2002)
Plot Summary:
Former FBI Agent Will Graham, who was once almost killed by the savage Hannibal 'The Cannibal' Lecter, now has no choice but to face him again, as it seems Lecter is the only one who can help Graham track down a new serial killer
Duration: 124 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 287000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Plot tags: serial killer, psychopath, cannibalism, investigation, mind game, murder, torture, profiler, split personality, killer, reporter, blindness, fbi agent, cruelty, race against time, psycho killer, fbi, psychology, tragic villain, capture, law enforcement, one last case, special agent, deception, interrogation
He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not (2002)
Plot Summary:
Angelique, a young student, is in love with a married doctor. We see her attempts to make him leave his pregnant wife, but he does not appear for meetings or finally the booked journey to Florence. Then the movie is turned back to the beginning, and the view changes: We are now following the view of the doctor instead of Angeliques. And things look quite different now
Duration: 92 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Romance, Thriller
Country: France
Plot tags: obsession, psychology, obsessive love, stalker, relationships, insanity, female psychopath, mental illness, infidelity, art, destiny, love story, life philosophy, delusion, doctor, abortion, love and romance, couples, love affair, paranoia, plot twist, great ending, jealousy, self destructing, irrational behavior
Phone Booth (2002)
Plot Summary:
A slick New York publicist who picks up a ringing receiver in a phone booth is told that if he hangs up, he'll be killed... and the little red light from a laser rifle sight is proof that the caller isn't kidding
Duration: 81 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 282000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: hostage, sniper, psychopath, trapped, mind game, murder, dishonesty, hopes, sin, characters in danger, claustrophobia, plot twist, urban, obsession, police investigation, confined, swat team, wiretap, hidden truth, survival, trap, bad guy wins, psychological manipulation, kidnapped, terrorist
Narc (2002)
Plot Summary:
An undercover narc dies, the investigation stalls, so the Detroit P.D. brings back Nick Tellis, fired 18-months ago when a stray bullet hits a pregnant woman. Tellis teams with Henry Oak, a friend of the dead narc and an aggressive cop constantly under the scrutiny of internal affairs. They follow leads and informants turn up dead
Duration: 105 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 43000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, Canada, USA
Plot tags: police investigation, police corruption, investigation, drug addiction, police, murder, drug, police brutality, addiction, drug addict, police officer, dark humor, drug overdose, child abuse, brutality, violence, cop, revenge, obsession, justice, vengeance, police shootout, crime gone awry, foul language, drug dealer
John Q (2002)
Plot Summary:
John Quincy Archibald is a father and husband whose son is diagnosed with an enlarged heart and then finds out he cannot receive a transplant because HMO insurance will not cover it. Therefore, he decides to take a hospital full of patients hostage until the hospital puts his son's name on the donor's list
Duration: 116 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 142000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: hostage, twists and turns, injustice, hospital, kidnapping, organ donation, fighting the system, father son relationship, financial problem, medical, society, parent child relationship, insurance, sick child, power relations, greed, life is a bitch, black, family in crisis, doctors and patients, ethics, interracial couple, kidnapped, homeless, politics
The Quiet American (2002)
Plot Summary:
A stylish political thriller where love and war collide in Southeast Asia. Set in early 1950s Vietnam, a young American becomes entangled in a dangerous love triangle when he falls for the beautiful mistress of a British journalist. As war is waged around them, these three only sink deeper into a world of drugs, passion, and betrayal where nothing is as it seems
Duration: 101 min
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: UK, Germany, USA, Vietnam, Australia, France, Canada, New Zealand
Plot tags: politics, older man younger woman relationship, vietnam war, journalism, war, cia, moral ambiguity, spy, tragedy, complex characters, communism, reporter, intrigue, cold war, war crime, political unrest, dishonesty, state affairs, secrets, prejudice, betrayal, murder, terrorism, colonialism, political intrigue
The Salton Sea (2002)
Plot Summary:
After the murder of his beloved wife, a man in search of redemption is set adrift in a world where nothing is as it seems. On his journey, he befriends slacker Jimmy "The Finn", becomes involved in rescuing his neighbor Colette from her own demons, and gets entangled in a web of deceit full of unexpected twists and turns
Duration: 103 min
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: twists and turns, drug abuse, drug addiction, death of wife, drug lord, drug, revenge, violence, drug addict, double life, working undercover, heist, undercover, life is a bitch, rivalry, haunted by the past, nothing to lose, murder, gangster, recovery, corrupt cop, identity, vengeance, driver, justice
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
Plot Summary:
Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. Television producer by day, CIA assassin by night, Chuck Barris was recruited by the CIA at the height of his TV career and trained to become a covert operative. Or so Barris said
Duration: 113 min
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 91000
Genere: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Plot tags: cia, double life, secret agent, hitman, double agent, intrigue, love and romance, artists and showbiz, biopic, espionage, success, profanity, couples, showbiz, recruit, government agency, prisoners exchange, kgb, marriage proposal, rise to the top, dishonesty, assassin, cold war, spy, undercover agent
Heaven (2002)
Plot Summary:
A woman takes the law into her own hands after police ignore her pleas to arrest the man responsible for her husband's death, and finds herself not only under arrest for murder but falling in love with an officer
Duration: 97 min
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Italy, Germany, USA
Plot tags: redemption, on the run, police, murder, terrorism, bomb, terrorist, translator, criminal heroes, vigilantism, vengeance, danger, crime gone awry, drug dealing, overdose, regret, love story, justice, assassination, love, strong female lead, police officer, death, corruption, guilt
Signs (2002)
Plot Summary:
A family living on a farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields which suggests something more frightening to come
Duration: 106 min
IMDB Rating: 6.8/10
IMDB Votes: 381000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: alien invasion, ufo, alien, alien encounter, single father, faith, first contact, end of the world, survival, space, alien abduction, loss of faith, extraterrestrial, small town, death of wife, supernatural, home invasion, children, natural disaster, macabre, destiny, farm, plot twist, invasion, disaster
One Hour Photo (2002)
Plot Summary:
Sy "the photo guy" Parrish has lovingly developed photos for the Yorkin family since their son was a baby. But as the Yorkins' lives become fuller, Sy's only seems lonelier, until he eventually believes he's part of their family. When "Uncle" Sy's picture-perfect fantasy collides with an ugly dose of reality, what happens next "has the spine-tingling elements of the best psychological thrillers!"
Duration: 96 min
IMDB Rating: 6.8/10
IMDB Votes: 130000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: obsession, photography, loner, voyeurism, mental illness, insanity, loneliness, psychopath as protagonist, adultery, photograph, serial killer, paranoid, photographer, home invasion, infidelity, laboratory, stalker, revenge, depression, hotel, undercover, love and romance, couples, solitary, oral sex
The Transporter (2002)
Plot Summary:
Former Special Forces officer, Frank Martin will deliver anything to anyone for the right price, and his no-questions-asked policy puts him in high demand. But when he realizes his latest cargo is alive, it sets in motion a dangerous chain of events. The bound and gagged Lai is being smuggled to France by a shady American businessman, and Frank works to save her as his own illegal activities are uncovered by a French detective
Duration: 92 min
IMDB Rating: 6.8/10
IMDB Votes: 317000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Plot tags: car chase, chase, one man army, tough guy, lone hero, martial arts, transportation, fight scenes, escapades, tough heroes, car, smuggling, gunfight, danger, one against many, ex military, chases and races, heroes, fight, lone wolves, ex soldier, revenge, organized crime, kidnapping, delivery
Panic Room (2002)
Plot Summary:
Trapped in their New York brownstone's panic room, a hidden chamber built as a sanctuary in the event of break-ins, newly divorced Meg Altman and her young daughter Sarah play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with three intruders - Burnham, Raoul and Junior - during a brutal home invasion. But the room itself is the focal point because what the intruders really want is inside it
Duration: 112 min
IMDB Rating: 6.8/10
IMDB Votes: 293000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: home invasion, trapped, hostage, claustrophobia, confinement indoors, surveillance, cat and mouse, locked in a room, disorder, millionaire, mother daughter relationship, security system, confined, crime gone awry, isolation, mind game, psycho, serial killer, diabetic, kidnapping, survival, thief, twists and turns, danger, child in peril
Spider (2002)
Plot Summary:
A mentally disturbed man takes residence in a halfway house. His mind gradually slips back into the realm created by his illness, where he replays a key part of his childhood
Duration: 98 min
IMDB Rating: 6.8/10
IMDB Votes: 41000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, UK
Plot tags: mental illness, childhood trauma, haunted by the past, schizophrenia, paranoia, misfit, psychology, insanity, psychopath, mental patient, murder, twists and turns, surrealism, mental disorder, memory, loneliness, obsession, past, psychiatry, paranoid, family relations, infidelity, macabre, imagination, mental institution
Dog Soldiers (2002)
Plot Summary:
A squad of British soldiers on training in the lonesome Scottish wilderness find a wounded Special Forces captain and the remains of his team. As they encounter zoologist Megan, it turns out that werewolves are active in the region. They have to prepare for some action as the there will be a full moon tonight
Duration: 105 min
IMDB Rating: 6.8/10
IMDB Votes: 65000
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, Luxembourg
Plot tags: werewolf, gory, supernatural, full moon, macabre, wilderness, soldier, beast, monster, survival, woods, military, deadly creature, gore, transformation, creature feature, special forces, violence, creature, showdown, siege, danger, zombie, supernatural being, survival horror