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Thani Oruvan (2015)
Plot Summary:
An idealistic cop and an ambitious scientist-businessman indulge in a high-stake battle of wits
Duration: 160 min
IMDB Rating: 8.4/10
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Plot tags: police officer, good versus evil, police, revenge, heroes, violence, scientist, death, murder, crime boss, brutality, chase, vengeance, rivalry, society, mob boss, gang war, mad scientist, arch villain, crime family, criminal heroes, gangster, genius, secret service, cop
The Sight (2015)
Plot Summary:
A simple, street-smart man tries to protect his family from a tough cop looking for his missing son
Duration: 163 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 92000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Plot tags: murder, police, investigation, pursuit, accident, blackmail, danger, plot twist, travel, family relations, rape, murder mystery, morality, sexual harassment, great ending, hidden camera, false evidence, teenager, construction, cinema, bad cop, police station, witness, cover up, trip
RangiTaranga (2015)
Plot Summary:
Mysterious events begin to unfold after a reclusive novelist and his wife move back to her ancestral village, followed by a journalist
Duration: 149 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Plot tags: writers, novelist, investigation, undercover, investigative journalism, secret, investigative reporter, estrangement, whodunit, murder, memory loss, murder mystery, reporter, nightmare, pregnant woman, wife, husband wife relationship, missing father, mystery
Room (2015)
Plot Summary:
Jack is a young boy of 5 years old who has lived all his life in one room. He believes everything within it are the only real things in the world. But what will happen when his Ma suddenly tells him that there are other things outside of Room?
Duration: 118 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 443000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Ireland, Canada, UK, USA
Plot tags: kidnapping, isolation, captive, kidnapped, escape, mother son relationship, rape, room, child born of rape, abduction, survival, imprisonment, female protagonist, boy, child protagonist, locked in a room, rescue, kidnapped woman, captivity, psychology, child, birthday, father daughter relationship, little boy, pickup truck
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Plot Summary:
An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and most everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world exist two rebels on the run who just might be able to restore order. There's Max, a man of action and a man of few words, who seeks peace of mind following the loss of his wife and child in the aftermath of the chaos. And Furiosa, a woman of action and a woman who believes her path to survival may be achieved if she can make it across the desert back to her childhood homeland
Duration: 120 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 11000000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Plot tags: post apocalypse, survival, apocalypse, desert, post apocalyptic, chase, car chase, distopia, car, dystopian future, dystopia, on the run, dark hero, rescue, female warrior, tough girl, lone hero, tough guy, danger, carsploitation, good versus evil, female protagonist, escape, slavery, feminism
Talvar (2015)
Plot Summary:
A hardened cop deals with three conflicting perspectives involving a brutal double murder. The case is complicated as the prime suspects are the parents who supposedly killed their teenage daughter
Duration: 132 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 38000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Plot tags: investigation, murder, twists and turns, suspect, police detective, police, domestic servant, danger, planting evidence, crime scene, murder mystery, renaissance, cosa nostra, plot twist, based on real people, innovation, murder investigation, true crime, biopic, bollywood, hindi, crimes, netflix, female director
Charlie (2015)
Plot Summary:
A young, nonconforming woman named Tessa gets entangled in a cat-and-mouse chase in the by-lanes of Kerala, hunting for a mysterious artist who previously lived in her apartment
Duration: 130 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Plot tags: love, art, woman, twists and turns, relationships, death, love and romance, chase, escapades, male female relationship, danger, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, dishonesty, couple relations, travel, women, humanity, female protagonist, inspiration, fake death, comic book, faked death, malayalam, hindi, apartment
Ivy (2015)
Plot Summary:
After months without pay, the already disgruntled crew on a Turkish cargo ship arrives in an Egyptian port and learns that the Port Authority is foreclosing on them. Ordered to anchor offshore, the remaining skeleton crew has their passports seized and must maintain the vessel until its owner’s debts are paid. Tensions quickly arise between the authoritarian Cypriot captain, his devoutly religious second-in-command, an affable cook, and a trio of newcomers to the ship—a pair of druggie ne’er-do-wells and the near-mute, hulking Kurd. As months pass, food and entertainment dwindle, alliances shift, and the men take out their raw frustration on one another
Duration: 104 min
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Turkey, Germany
Plot tags: ship, society, workplace intrigue, isolation, working class, confined, realism, workplace, dishonesty, workplace situations, survival, mental disorder, art, trapped, ocean, surrealism, nature, psychological drama, deadly
Baby (2015)
Plot Summary:
An elite counter-intelligence unit learns of a plot, masterminded by a maniacal madman. With the clock ticking, it's up to them to track the terrorists' international tentacles and prevent them from striking at the heart of India
Duration: 159 min
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10
IMDB Votes: 60000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Plot tags: terrorism, terrorist, fighting crime, danger, law enforcement, tough heroes, violent content, spy, terrorist plot, behind enemy lines, war on terror, graphic violence, hindu, patriot, anti terrorism, heroes, government agency, state affairs, commando unit, kurd, espionage, commando, tough law enforcer, counter terrorism, islamic terrorism
The Hateful Eight (2015)
Plot Summary:
Bounty hunters seek shelter from a raging blizzard and get caught up in a plot of betrayal and deception
Duration: 168 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 645000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Plot tags: bounty hunter, murder, winter, snow, gang, stagecoach, twists and turns, cold weather, old west, brutality, prisoner, dark humor, gore, criminal, revenge, blizzard, hitman, dialogue, coffee, deception, plot twist, massacre, violent, blood, projectile vomiting
Sicario (2015)
Plot Summary:
A young female FBI agent joins a secret CIA operation to take down a Mexican cartel boss, a job that ends up pushing her ethical and moral values to the limit
Duration: 121 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 462000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico, Hong Kong
Plot tags: cia, drug cartel, hitman, swat team, revenge, black ops, fbi agent, crime boss, drug smuggling, organized crime, fbi, murder, cia agent, assassin, moral dilemma, brutality, u.s. mexico border, mercenary, border, tough girl, dirty cop, vigilantism, investigation, gangster, drug dealing
Victoria (2015)
Plot Summary:
A young Spanish woman who has newly moved to Berlin finds her flirtation with a local guy turn potentially deadly as their night out with his friends reveals a dangerous secret
Duration: 138 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 62000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Germany
Plot tags: heist, gangster, bank robbery, running from police, drug use, male nudity, crime gone awry, bullet wound, death of friend, heist gone wrong, stolen money, police, cocaine, baby, panic attack, group of friends, night, trance, language barrier, drunk, conservatory, wounded, dangerous attraction, disorder, death
Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! (2015)
Plot Summary:
In war torn Calcutta during the 1940's, Byomkesh Bakshy, fresh out of college, pits himself against an evil genius who is out to destroy the world
Duration: 139 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Plot tags: private detective, investigation, world war two, conspiracy, femme fatale, missing person, blackmail, escapades, political intrigue, murder, organized crime, police, disguise, evil genius, danger, war, spy, politics, murder mystery, hindu, patriot, indian war, unrequited love, chemist, gang war
Bridge of Spies (2015)
Plot Summary:
During the Cold War, the Soviet Union captures U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, Powers' only hope is New York lawyer James Donovan, recruited by a CIA operative to negotiate his release. Donovan boards a plane to Berlin, hoping to win the young man's freedom through a prisoner exchange. If all goes well, the Russians would get Rudolf Abel, the convicted spy who Donovan defended in court
Duration: 142 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 324000
Genere: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA, India, Germany
Plot tags: cold war, lawyer, espionage, spy, cia, justice, mission, courtroom, court, trial, berlin wall, negotiation, soviet spy, politics, surveillance, spying, secrets, cia agent, border crossing, war, rescue, agent, judge, pilot, border
Remember (2015)
Plot Summary:
With the aid of a fellow Auschwitz survivor and a hand-written letter, an elderly man with dementia goes in search of the person responsible for the death of his family
Duration: 94 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, Mexico, Germany, South Africa
Plot tags: nazi, holocaust, ss, auschwitz, nazi war criminal, nazi officer, revenge, old man, genocide, swastika, world war two, mistaken identity, dementia, memory, camp, murder mystery, vengeance, past coming back to haunt, memory loss, disappearance, letter, neo nazi, plot twist, fake identity, world war
Badlapur (2015)
Plot Summary:
After his wife and son are killed, a young man finds out the man behind the murder and fights against him, along committing some big mistakes
Duration: 134 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Plot tags: vengeance, haunted by the past, rivalry, violence spree, life turned upside down, revenge, private detective, widower, loss of son, bank robbery, husband wife relationship, mission, hindu, vendetta, anti hero, prison, forced sex, twists and turns, chases and races, strong violent content, disorder, rape, fight, prostitute, police officer
I (2015)
Plot Summary:
A bodybuilder ends up falling madly in love with a supermodel, but some scheming villains maim him. Is he able to overcome his physical handicap and win back his love?
Duration: 188 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: India
Plot tags: hunchback, captive woman, model, electrocution, fall in love, rivalry, physical appearance, vengeance, abduction, love, advertising, bodybuilder, frame up, betrayal, wedding, virus, fight, epidemic, entertainment, revenge, makeup artist, love and romance, dog, train, pedophilia
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)
Plot Summary:
Ethan and team take on their most impossible mission yet, eradicating the Syndicate - an International rogue organization as highly skilled as they are, committed to destroying the IMF
Duration: 131 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 404000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, China
Plot tags: spy, espionage, conspiracy, tough guy, mission, female agent, rogue agent, cia agent, tough girl, secret service, terrorist plot, cia, female spy, female assassin, mission impossible, terrorism, assassin, technology, agent, fistfight, hand to hand combat, villain, heroic mission, motorcycle, chases and races
Suburra (2015)
Plot Summary:
A gangster known as "Samurai" wants to turn the waterfront of Rome into a new Las Vegas. All the local mob bosses have agreed to work for this common goal. But peace is not to last long
Duration: 130 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Plot tags: mafia, corruption, politics, revenge, prostitute, female nudity, drug overdose, church, murder, threesome, political corruption, sex scene, sea, drug addict, heroin, rain, shooting, funeral, blackmail, death of father, villa, seaside, female pubic hair, escort, underage sex
If You Knew Me (2015)
Plot Summary:
Sathyadev, who is on a career break, is forced to put on his cop shoes ones again to save Thenmozhi, a young woman who is the target of a criminal organ harvesting group, led by a ghost from his past
Duration: 168 min
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Plot tags: police, vengeance, police investigation, rivalry, fighting crime, self discovery, law enforcement, uninhibited rivalry, murder, danger, genius, villain, revenge, tough law enforcer, violent content, police officer, cop, graphic violence, tamil, crimes
Eye in the Sky (2015)
Plot Summary:
A military officer in command of a drone operation to capture terrorists in Kenya sees her mission escalate from “capture” to “kill” just as a nine-year old girl enters the kill zone
Duration: 102 min
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
IMDB Votes: 90000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: South Africa, UK, Canada
Plot tags: terrorism, drone, military, terrorist, islamic terrorism, terrorist plot, spy, surveillance, survival, moral dilemma, war, espionage, tragedy, child in peril, bazaar, air strike, murder, islam, conspiracy, secrets, international relations, conflict, international law, danger, missile
The Club (2015)
Plot Summary:
In a secluded house in a small seaside town live four unrelated men and the woman who tends to the house and their needs. All former priests, they have been sent to this quiet exile to purge the sins of their pasts, the separation from their communities the worst form of punishment by the Church. They keep to a strict daily schedule devoid of all temptation and spontaneity, each moment a deliberate effort to atone for their wrongdoings
Duration: 98 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Chile
Plot tags: priest, altar boy, clergy, introspection, isolation, haunted by the past, revenge, religion, child abuse, nun, small town, tragic event, dog, sin, secret, lgbt, monk, remorse, loneliness, church, spirit, runner, masturbation, catholic, temple
Batman vs. Robin (2015)
Plot Summary:
Damian Wayne is having a hard time coping with his father's "no killing" rule. Meanwhile, Gotham is going through hell with threats such as the insane Dollmaker, and the secretive Court of Owls
Duration: 80 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: superhero, father son relationship, vigilantism, comic book, batman, revenge, assassin, betrayal, vigilante, good versus evil, multiverse, secret society, super powers, heroes, villain, superpower, mansion, father and son, museum, gotham city, mythology, dark hero, catastrophe, ninja, demon
The Lobster (2015)
Plot Summary:
In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into beasts and sent off into The Woods
Duration: 119 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 280000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK, Greece, France, Netherlands, USA
Plot tags: dystopia, society, blindness, distopia, absurdism, manhunt, love, solitude, suicide attempt, hotel, relationships, woods, surrealism, maid, punishment, existentialism, torture, loner, loneliness, obsession, life, chase, rebellion, rebel, swimming pool
Furious 7 (2015)
Plot Summary:
Deckard Shaw seeks revenge against Dominic Toretto and his family for his comatose brother
Duration: 137 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 409000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Japan, Canada, United Arab Emirates
Plot tags: chases and races, revenge, car chase, car, race, chase, car race, racing, danger, street racing, heist, classic car, hospital, funeral, friends, superhero, master criminal, escapades, partner, daring rescue, terrorist, forest, cemetery, drone, law enforcement
Everest (2015)
Plot Summary:
Inspired by the incredible events surrounding a treacherous attempt to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain, "Everest" documents the awe-inspiring journey of two different expeditions challenged beyond their limits by one of the fiercest snowstorms ever encountered by mankind. Their mettle tested by the harshest of elements found on the planet, the climbers will face nearly impossible obstacles as a lifelong obsession becomes a breathtaking struggle for survival
Duration: 121 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 228000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Iceland
Plot tags: survival, mountain climbing, climbing, mountain, snow, natural disaster, mountaineer, stranded, forces of nature, beautiful scenery, man versus nature, wilderness, disaster, camp, hiking, frostbite, tragedy, life & death, life philosophy, freeze to death, adventurer, death, wilderness survival, mountaineering, blizzard
The Witch (2015)
Plot Summary:
In 1630s New England, William and Katherine lead a devout Christian life with five children, homesteading on the edge of an impassable wilderness, exiled from their settlement when William defies the local church. When their newborn son vanishes and crops mysteriously fail, the family turns on one another
Duration: 92 min
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 291000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, UK
Plot tags: witch, supernatural, religion, witchcraft, folk horror, family bonds, macabre, wilderness, black magic, insanity, paranoia, curses spells and rituals, satan, paganism, isolation, family relations, goat, violence, parents and children, sacrifice, forest, woods, darkness, pagan, magic
A War (2015)
Plot Summary:
Company commander Claus Michael Pedersen and his men are stationed in Helmand, Afghanistan. Meanwhile back in Denmark, with a husband at war and three children missing their father, everyday life is a struggle for Claus' wife Maria. During a routine mission, the soldiers are caught in heavy Taliban crossfire. In order to save his men, Claus makes a decision that ultimately sees him return to Denmark accused of a war crime
Duration: 115 min
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Denmark, France
Plot tags: war in afghanistan, trial, court case, soldier, sniper, officer, witness, killed in action, murder, lawyer, life is a bitch, war on terror, military, family relations, husband wife relationship, military life, teenager, world war two, psychology, islam, revolution, girl, jury, sociology, international relations
Green Room (2015)
Plot Summary:
A young punk rock band find themselves trapped in a secluded venue after stumbling upon a horrific act of violence
Duration: 95 min
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 137000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Music, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: skinhead, survival, murder, brutality, violence, punk, friendship, punk band, escape, gore, neo nazi, revenge, heroin, murder witness, killed by a dog, blood, punk rock, police investigation, plot twist, trapped, dog, hostage, witness, concert, blonde girl
The Gift (2015)
Plot Summary:
A husband and wife try to reinvigorate their relationship but their lives are threatened by a "friend" from the husband's past who holds a horrifying secret about him, sending their world into a tailspin
Duration: 108 min
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 169000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia, China
Plot tags: revenge, twists and turns, bullying, secrets, gift, psychopath, stalker, stalking, husband wife relationship, plot twist, mind game, manipulation, surveillance, pregnancy, bully, rape, obsession, home invasion, serial killer, psychology, investigation, vengeance, social commentary, great ending, violence