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Plot Summary:
22 minutes got Russian marine to free a hijacked oil tanker far from shore.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 816
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Russia
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, touching, suspenseful, captivating
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The Last Runway (2018)
Plot Summary:
Former Colonel Fernandez is appointed Minister of the National Anti-Drug Agency (SENAD) and purges the special forces to fight the first of many battles against drug trafficking on the border of Paraguay and Argentina.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 810
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Paraguay, Argentina
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, perverse
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Operation Carwash: A Worldwide Corruption Scandal Made in Brazil (2017)
Plot Summary:
2013. During Operation Bidone, the Federal Police seized a truck loaded with palm heart, which contained 697 kg of cocaine. The investigation falls on the team assembled by Ivan Romano, based in Curitiba and composed by Beatriz, Júlio and Ítalo. The traffic connections lead them to the dower Alberto Youssef and later to the former Petrobras director Paulo Roberto Costa, who reveals an immense structure involving builders and the government, in order to divert public money. As the investigation progresses, the group led by Ivan is increasingly approaching some of the country's most influential politicians.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, exciting, tense, touching, captivating, informative, detective
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Russkiy Reyd (2020)
Plot Summary:
Nikita, a former Russian Spetsnaz operative, is hired to neutralize the large private security force at a local factory so that his shady employer can extort the business from the factory owner. But Nikita and his group of highly trained fighters get more than they bargained for when it turns out the factory is actually owned by a dangerous warlord connected to the Russian military. By the time the 'hostile takeover' is complete, Nikita reveals that he has orchestrated his own secret mission to take personal revenge on the most dangerous man in Russia.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 595
Genere: Action
Country: Russia
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, brutal, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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Soldat blanc (2014)
Plot Summary:
A muggy Saigon, late 1945. Stationed at a military camp in French Indochina, two young men--Robert and André--become close friends as they share the boredom and excitement of waiting for their first mission. But when they discover that instead of freeing Indochina from foreign aggressors, they will be fighting natives struggling for independence, their friendship is jeopardized.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 179
Genere: Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 146 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, period piece
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Legatee (2012)
Plot Summary:
Ivan is a typical modern young man of 18. His father disappeared 10 years ago. Trying to shake off the pursuing enemies of their father, Belov's wife and daughter changed their names and settled in the United States. But Alexander Belov's blood still runs in Ivan's veins. He wants to prove his financial independence to his mother and gets involved in a dubious stock market speculation. The operation fails and Ivan and his friends are faced with a huge debt. To solve this problem Ivan heads to Russia in order to try selling a small part of his father's multi-million heritage, but keeps this venture a secret from his mother. His friends Phil, Sydney and Kelly join him in this undertaking. The new rescue plan turned out to be even more dangerous than the prior speculative venture. The main characters get into areal maelstrom of betrayals, pursuits, family secrets and their disclosures and showdowns with both the mob and the Russian secret services.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Russia
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic
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Kandahar (2010)
Plot Summary:
A docudrama about the escape of Russian pilots after being taken hostage by the Taliban in 1996.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, harsh
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To Die For (2018)
Plot Summary:
Civil war reigns in one of the most dangerous areas of the world for 7 years. The Turkish army enters the region without any allied states. Among the officials in the region, there are also the Special Forces team under the command of Captain Alparslan. Together with Captain Pilot Onur, Tim brings out a big trap against the Turkish army. In order to break the trap, the main test for the team that fights the lives of terrorists against the terrorists in the difficult conditions is to be able to survive without losing their conscience.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense
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Soul of Hero (2019)
Plot Summary:
A soldier will have a mission of rescuing his partner kidnapped in the Colombian jungle although he will miss a dating with a beautiful girl that is his partner's sister.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 135
Genere: Action
Country: Colombia
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: captivating
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Z Storm (2014)
Plot Summary:
This is a story about the biggest financial fraud attempted in Hong Kong, directed at the Government of Hong Kong and involved all 7 million Hong Kong citizens... no one is free from the scheme. Within the four decades of guarding Hong Kong's financial integrity, the ICAC has never come across an opponent so huge and so well organized as in the Z Torrent file... shadowy figures from the underworld of South America, Italy and Europe all ready to plot against the estimated 150 million dollars of Hong Kong citizens' tax money which was pooled in a fund called the WELFARE FUND. High profile chartered accountants, high ranking law enforcers, power lawyers, the super entrepreneurs; they all have their shares of play but none can really grasp the big picture; they are there only for what they desire most.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 910
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Equal Standard (2020)
Plot Summary:
An NYPD Detective is shot by one of his own, benevolent brothers in uniform. Communities are ignited - to march for justice. Gangs put their differences aside - for a united fight, an equal opportunity. “That people not be judged by the color of their skin but for the content of their character.” The movement and unity impacts City society and leads to a Blue Wall intervention within the Police force. White cops lust for change and act on it - by flushing out racism. Not an easy fight. In the end, what was considered impossible, became possible.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 597
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Eternal Code (2019)
Plot Summary:
A researcher's family is kidnapped after she leads efforts to withdraw her company from a collaboration. With everything on the line, only her teenage daughter can save the family with help from a suicidal veteran and a prostitute.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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For the Emperor (2014)
Plot Summary:
Yi-Hwan is a former professional baseball player. He was involved in fixing games and lost everything. Gang boss Sang-Ha runs a money lending business and a gambling location. He makes Yi-Hwan work for him. Meanwhile, Yi-Hwan falls for bar owner Yeon-Soo.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 743
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, erotic, sexy, dark
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Harrigan (2013)
Plot Summary:
Amongst the desperation and fear growing in a crime ridden estate in northern England, one man becomes embroiled into saving what community life exists.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 658
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, suspense, captivating
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Tomb of the River (2021)
Plot Summary:
An action film about the ambitions, conspiracy, and betrayal of different organizations surrounding the life-changing project of building the largest resort in Gangneung.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 522
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, noir
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Moving Target (2000)
Plot Summary:
Don "The Dragon" Wilson stars in this action drama as a tourist who, through no fault of his own, finds himself on the run from a gang of terrorists, international espionage agents, and the police. Accused of a murder he didn't commit, the man struggles to keep himself alive as he tries to clear his name and find the identity of the real killer. Moving Target also features Bill Murphy, Hilary Kavanagh, and Terry McMahon. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 380
Genere: Action
Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, independent film
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Mortal Enemies (2011)
Plot Summary:
Orphans Sunny and Verdy are like brothers, but are separated when Verdy is adopted by a wealthy couple. Their paths cross again when Verdy (now a successful businessman) and his fiancée are kidnapped by a crew of pirates while on vacation. With the ransom set, Verdy is reunited with his long lost friend - who, it appears, has joined the pirates. Will they be able to come together to prove that brothers don't always have to share blood?.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 129
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, tense, captivating, suspense, realistic
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Speed Kills (2018)
Plot Summary:
Speedboat racing champion and multimillionaire Ben Aronoff leads a double life that lands him in trouble with the law and drug lords.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Puerto Rico, USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: captivating, tense, suspense, cynical
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The Chemist (2016)
Plot Summary:
Gritty action thriller about an aging assassin who is double crossed by his employer when he refuses to assassinate a woman he just met. On the run; Steele becomes the next target in this fast-paced battle, assassin vs. assassin, until he is surprised by a secret that changes everything he thought he knew. To complicate matters even more he begins to fall in love with his would-be target.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 260
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Operation Mekong (2016)
Plot Summary:
Chinese narco-cops take their mission to the Golden Triangle following the Mekong River massacre of innocent fishermen by the region's drug lord.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: psychological, exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, scenic, complex
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Paskal: The Movie (2018)
Plot Summary:
The true events of Lieutenant Commander Arman Anwar of PASKAL, an elite unit in the Royal Malaysian Navy, and his team's mission to rescue the MV Bunga Laurel, a tanker which was hijacked by Somalian Pirates in 2011.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Malaysia
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, inspirational, patriotic
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The Sacrifice (2020)
Plot Summary:
In 1953, the Korean War is entering the final stage. The People's Volunteer Army of China has launched the last major battle in Kumsong. In order to arrive at the battleground on time and deliver enough force to the Kumsong front line, the soldiers have to defend themselves against the never ending bombing of enemy bombers and race with time to repair bridges, all under the circumstance of supply shortages and inferior equipment. The rarely told history slowly unfolds.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Drama, War
Country: China
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, philosophical, political
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The Brave (2019)
Plot Summary:
In an Albanian town known for drug production and trafficking an elite group of cops set out to end the war waged against the local police.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, action thriller
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Devil's Mile (2014)
Plot Summary:
A relentlessly-paced hybrid of gritty crime thriller and Lovecraftian supernatural horror, "The Devil's Mile" follows a trio of kidnappers who take an ill-advised detour en route to deliver their hostages - two teenage girls - to their mysterious and powerful employer. When they accidentally kill one of the girls during a botched escape attempt, their simmering mistrust explodes into shocking violence. But what they thought was their worst case scenario is only the beginning, as they are engulfed by the hellish forces that haunt the road - a road they realize they may never escape. Now captors and captive must fight together to escape the monstrous forces pursuing them and somehow survive.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 487
Genere: Action, Crime, Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, lovecraft, psychological, tense, suspense, scary, rough, serious, realistic
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The Red Ghost (2020)
Plot Summary:
December 30, 1941. Vyazma ('Vyazemsky cauldron') is a small detachment of Soviet soldiers, by fatal coincidence, in an unequal battle with a special unit of the Wehrmacht. However, none of them think about giving up. Each of them was ready to sacrifice his life in order to protect his native land. None of these brave people was born a hero. The myth of the red ghost is a heroic deed without a soldier's Soviet soldier in the Great Patriotic War who instilled in the animals, deadly fear of German soldiers. In place of one of the dead hero was inserted another, and the born myth of the invincible Soviet soldier. The film 'The Red Ghost' is about the hope that each soldier will have.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, History, War
Country: Russia
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, tense, rough, suspense
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Come Back! Shuriken Sentai Ninninger: Ninnin Girls vs. Boys FINAL WARS (2016)
Plot Summary:
The Igasaki Clan reunites two years after defeating Kibaoni Gengetsu to determine who is the greatest ninja.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 12
Genere: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 53 min
Plot tags: super sentai, exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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A Special Lady (2017)
Plot Summary:
Hyeon-jeong, a used-to-be prostitute, is now the NO.2 of the gang which turns into a leading enterprise. Sang-hoon who has been picked up by Hyeon-jeong, becomes the top killer in the gang. Hyeon-jeong is the reason why he bears all the dirty works in the underworld. Dae-sik, a fierce prosecutor, gets caught in a trap by Hyeon-jeong and is now forced to help to build up the gang's business, but seeks for the revenge. Meanwhile, the fatal weakness of Hyeon-jeong, the existence of her hidden son who she secretly gave birth in a prison, is revealed. The boy immediately becomes the target for every opponent including Sang-hoon. Blinded by jealousy, Sang-hoon plans to demolish the gang and negotiates with Dae-sik. Hyeon-jeong now starts the lonely fight to protect her son, who doesn't even know his mother's existence.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 624
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, neo noir, noir
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Caliber 9 (2020)
Plot Summary:
Milan, Nowadays: Fernando, son of Ugo Piazza, is a brilliant criminal defense lawyer whose mother, Nelly, has done everything in her power to raise him different from his father, a deplorable gangster.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 171
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy, Belgium
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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Antikiller (2002)
Plot Summary:
Former criminal investigator, Major Korenev, nicknamed Fox is released from prison. He has been detained there as a result of planted incriminating evidence of unlawful investigation techniques. Setting accounts with Shaman - a big criminal boss, who ordered the evidence planted and also with his former colleagues was not a part of Korenev's agenda. As he returns to Moscow he finds a new world ruled by underworld bosses, criminal clans fighting each other and utter chaos on the desperately keeping appearances streets of Russian capital. Facing death of his friends, Major Korenev decides to re-install law and order using some unorthodox methods that are only relevant in 21st century Russia.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Russia
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough, tense, captivating, bleak, neo noir
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Captain Phillips (2013)
Plot Summary:
The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 485000
Genere: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: suspense, realistic, tense, suspenseful, captivating, exciting, factual, serious, political, fast paced
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Elysium (2013)
Plot Summary:
In the year 2159, two classes of people exist: the very wealthy who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest, who live on an overpopulated, ruined Earth. Secretary Rhodes (Jodie Foster), a hard line government official, will stop at nothing to enforce anti-immigration laws and preserve the luxurious lifestyle of the citizens of Elysium. That doesn’t stop the people of Earth from trying to get in, by any means they can. When unlucky Max (Matt Damon) is backed into a corner, he agrees to take on a daunting mission that, if successful, will not only save his life, but could bring equality to these polarized worlds.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 466000
Genere: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: futuristic, cyber, serious, stylized, exciting, political, captivating, bleak, suspenseful, entertaining