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Plot Summary:
A Reckoning will be an accurate portrayal of history, while largely fictionalizing the townspeople. It is a story filled with compelling characters, drama, and conspiracy. A small, integrated town begins to unravel over an affair between a white, affluent women and a local, black business owner.
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Genere: Crime, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Bésame mucho (1996)
Plot Summary:
At millenium's end, a psychopath is terrorizing a major Latin city. This unusual Mexican thriller skillfully blends the thriller and romance genres.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 47
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Venezuela, Mexico, Colombia
Duration: 111 min
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The Ultimate Thrill (1974)
Plot Summary:
At a Colorado ski resort, a jealous man's paranoia results in murder.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 86
Genere: Crime, Thriller, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Crack (2000)
Plot Summary:
Two buddies from the hood are forced to rob a mafia-backed crack house or go to prison.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 52
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
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The Claudia Case (1979)
Plot Summary:
Based on the true events that took place in the 70s, in Rio de Janeiro. The body of beautiful girl Cláudia Lessin Rodrigues, actress Márcia Rodrigues's sister, was found in the seashore. After Police investigation, it was found she had been murdered on a party by a rich industrialist's son and his socialite hairdresser buddy, after much sex, alcohol and drugs, specially Mandrax (methaqualone). She'd probably resisted being raped and the killers threw away the body in the water. One of the guys tried to escape flying to Switzerland.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 74
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 115 min
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Naakaa (2017)
Plot Summary:
Goldie, a small time smuggler of Barhabise who is in need of a profiting consignment to recover from his current bankruptcy. He gets an emergency call from a local smuggler and businessman of the area to rescue a Tibetan girl and her transporter illegally from one of the sub-border point to Barhabise.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 29
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Nepal
Duration: 138 min
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Riverhead (2016)
Plot Summary:
A blood feud divides a small town in rural Newfoundland.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 140
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Red Horse (1981)
Plot Summary:
A joint fight of Macedonian and Greek people against the fascist monarchical government of Greece ended with their defeat in 1949, after many years of bloodshed. Many members of the democratic party DAG, as well as the innocent inhabitants experienced the destiny of political exile.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 84
Genere: Drama, History, War
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags:
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Explosion (1969)
Plot Summary:
During the height of the Vietnam war, a hippie and a draft dodger get together and hatch a plan to flee to Canada. They steal a car and head towards Vancouver, but the trip doesn't go as smoothly as they planned, and before long they're being chased by the police, accused of murdering several police officers.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 35
Genere: Crime, Drama, War
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: independent film
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A Safe House (2010)
Plot Summary:
A young man named Bill Solino who discovers not only that his deceased father was a mobster but also that his uncle, who raised him, may have had a hand in his fathers murder twenty years earlier.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 14
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, contemplative
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Transit (2005)
Plot Summary:
After a graffiti artist loses his brother and fellow partner-in-crime to the hands of a vigilante killer he vows to give up graffiti forever. That lasts until he hooks up with his best friend, a tag-banger out to make a name for himself.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 21
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: independent film, hispanic
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The Bloody Child (1996)
Plot Summary:
This film was inspired by a real event—a young US Marine, recently back from the Gulf War, was found digging a grave for his murdered wife in the middle of the California Mojave.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 179
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: experimental
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Family Honor (1973)
Plot Summary:
Hard hitting, gritty but low budget mob drama of disgraced mobster trying to go straight but not allowed to by his "family" unit.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 87
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags:
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Avenge Every Second (2007)
Plot Summary:
Einar and Davy find themselves in a frightening position, when they realize that their employer, Miami Crime boss Ricky want them dead. They both escape hoping nobody will find them. But in four years time a lot can happen!.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 12
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Born Bad (1997)
Plot Summary:
A group of teenagers rob a bank, causing a deadly standoff.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 307
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: surprise ending
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The Awakening of Candra (1983)
Plot Summary:
Based on the true-life story of teenage bride Candra Torres who was abducted in 1975 while on a honeymoon camping trip in the High Sierras.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 68
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller
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Wild Wind (1985)
Plot Summary:
August 1943, Europe. The tentacles of the German octopus have begun to recoil. As the Nazis retreat, their concern focuses on the supply of oil from the refineries of Romania. Without the flow of "black gold", Germany's doom is sealed. Armadas of American bombers from bases in North Africa have begun to assault Pioesti - and there is another threat from the Partisans across the border of Yugoslavia. Against the tableau of spectacular events, the dramatic story of WILD WIND unfolds.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 147
Genere: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags:
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Union Bound (2016)
Plot Summary:
He went to war to free slaves but in the end was freed by them.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 174
Genere: Action, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags:
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The Gang of Oss (2011)
Plot Summary:
Johanna wants to change her life and quit the criminal gangs of the town of Oss in the 30ties of the 20th century. The harder she tries, the more she is involved.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, History
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, captivating, realistic
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The Colonel (2006)
Plot Summary:
A "Reformed Colonel" is found dead in Paris, a couple of decades after Algeria's struggle for independence was won from France. Lieutenant Galois is assigned the investigation of this murder. She receives the diary of Lieutenent Guy Rossi who served under The Colonel in Algeria in 1956, and has been reported as missing in action since 1957. The revelations found in Rossi's diary go far beyond The Colonel's actions in Algeria, and give an insight on how dirty Algeria's War for Independence really was.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 551
Genere: Crime, Drama, History, War
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating
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Route 9 (1998)
Plot Summary:
During a routine surveilance on desolate Route 9, two small town deputies come across over one million dollars in cash, a van full of drugs, several dead bodies and not a witness in sight.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Hoodlums (1980)
Plot Summary:
Loretta is a singer and escort in a mob-owned NYC nightclub and illegal casino. The favorite working girl of manager George, Loretta is unhappy with her current occupation and looking for a way out. George, meanwhile, is losing his stranglehold on the business. Complications arise when Loretta finds herself falling for a man she meets in her off-hours.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 56
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Bad to the Bone (1997)
Plot Summary:
A bad girl uses her brother to kill her lover.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 392
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: ridiculous
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Rhino (2012)
Plot Summary:
An NFL veteran who's become a college-town drug kingpin takes in a protégé, but eventually the relationship turns volatile and deadly.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 17
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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The Assassination of Mattarella (2020)
Plot Summary:
January 6, 1980. President of the Sicily Piersanti Mattarella is going to Mass with his family when a young man approaches his car and shoots him in cold blood, killing him. The young Deputy Prosecutor on duty that day is Pietro Grasso, future General Anti-Mafia Prosecutor and President of the Italian Senate. His investigations are continued by Giovanni Falcone, who uncovers dangerous connections between the Mafia, the ruling Christian Democratic Party, neo-fascist terrorists, and secret services.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 111
Genere: Crime, Drama, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, touching, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative
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Circle of Deception (2021)
Plot Summary:
Based on Ann Rule's true crime book Practice to Deceive. In this New York Times Best Seller, a small, island community is turned upside down when Russel Douglas, a local businessman, is found dead the day after Christmas.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 267
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, emotional, contemplative
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Gosnell: The Trial of America's Biggest Serial Killer (2018)
Plot Summary:
The story of the investigation and trial of abortion provider Dr Kermit Gosnell.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, captivating, suspense, sad
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April Morning (1988)
Plot Summary:
A teenager grows up during the onset of the American revolution.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 759
Genere: Drama, History, War
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: sincere, uplifting, thought provoking, bleak, serious, captivating, emotional, realistic, disturbing, period drama
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A Time To Die (1982)
Plot Summary:
A World War II vet sets out in 1948 to avenge the death of his wife at the hands of Nazis. His targets are four Germans, a Sicilian, and a Hungarian who committed the atrocities. He is aided by a CIA operative, who has another agenda. One of the targeted men is being groomed by the US to become the West German chancellor and is to be protected. Along the way, a third person joins the team.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 291
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: independent film, eighties
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Gettysburg (1993)
Plot Summary:
Summer 1863. The Confederacy pushes north into Pennsylvania. Union divisions converge to face them. The two great armies clash at Gettysburg, site of a theology school. For three days, through such legendary actions as Little Round Top and Pickett's Charge, the fate of "one nation, indivisible" hangs in the balance.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 271 min
Plot tags: epic, factual, realistic, serious, captivating, exciting, breathtaking, intense, period piece, patriotic
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The Laramie Project (2002)
Plot Summary:
"The Laramie Project" is set in and around Laramie, Wyoming, in the aftermath of the murder of 21-year-old Matthew Shepard. To create the stage version of "The Laramie Project," the eight-member New York-based Tectonic Theatre Project traveled to Laramie, Wyoming, recording hours of interviews with the town's citizens over a two-year period. The film adaptation dramatizes the troupe's visit, using the actual words from the transcripts to create a portrait of a town forced to confront itself.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: sincere, thought provoking, bleak, captivating, disturbing, clever, controversial, talky, lgbt cinema, sexual