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Plot Summary:
A professional assassin is tasked with the murder of a prominent local judge; however, after a series of failed attempts, he is forced to deal with complications and old relationships arising from his troubled past.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 159 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense
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Power (2014)
Plot Summary:
Ravi Teja plays a young man desperate to become a police officer, who becomes embroiled in a plot to pose as his lookalike in order to re-capture an infamous thug from rogue cops. The film revolves around two similar looking people, Baldev Sahay - a corrupt ACP in Kolkata and Tirupathi - a person aspiring to become a police officer in Hyderabad. The home minister of Kolkata recruits Tirupathi to play as Baldev to catch a gangster rescued by Baldev. Rest of the story is all about why Baldev became a corrupt cop and how Tirupathi executed the unfinished mission of Baldev.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: India
Duration: 147 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, exciting, tense
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Massu Engira Maasilamani (2015)
Plot Summary:
A conman gains the power to see and communicate with ghosts and decides to use it to make money. His happy-go-lucky lifestyle goes for a toss when a ghost who is his look-alike approaches him with an offer.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: India
Duration: 151 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, feel good, captivating, contemplative
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Mortal World (2018)
Plot Summary:
Mermer family, who has been managing a restaurant called “Anatolian flavors” in Haydarpasa train station for generations, consist of 8 members. Even though this family leads a quiet simple life, they will end up finding themselves in complicated situations. Moreover, this family has been keeping a secret for a long time and it just can’t come out at any cost.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Turkey
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating
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Duvvada Jagannadham (2017)
Plot Summary:
A righteous young man who helps everyone gain their rightful justice, gets recruited as an undercover agent to work on a high profile case that involves a crime lord working for a corrupt minister who also happens to be the father of his romantic interest.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: India
Duration: 152 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, suspense
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Iddarammayilatho (2013)
Plot Summary:
A young woman becomes embroiled in a financial and political conspiracy while studying in Spain, as she meets a young musician with a somewhat dark past unfolded through the pages of his lover's diary.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Adhurs (2010)
Plot Summary:
Twin brothers who are separated at birth receive different upbringing. After they grow up, they chance upon each other when one of them gets kidnapped by hoodlums.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, captivating, romantic
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Kaashmora (2016)
Plot Summary:
Kaashmora, a present era black magic specialist; Rajnayak, an ancient era warlord and Ratnamahadevi is his queen. How these three are connected? What are the issues that arise?.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: India
Duration: 163 min
Plot tags: scary, exciting, humorous, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Annaatthe (2021)
Plot Summary:
Kaaliyan is a village president in the Madurai district, who is fondly called Annaatthe. His nieces compete with each other to marry him. But, he falls in love with another woman who visits their village. Kaaliyan has a sister who gets married and shifts to Kolkata where she faces some unknown threats. Soon, her brother comes to her aid.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 163 min
Plot tags: captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Run Baby Run (2012)
Plot Summary:
Venu, a cameraman working for Reuters, happens to meet Renuka, his old lover, while trying to cover a case involving a politician. Together they go to investigate a murder planned by Bharatan Pillai.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, tense, suspense, twist ending, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious
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Warriors of the Nation (2018)
Plot Summary:
At the end of the Chino-Japanese War, a top military officer, Zhang Zhidong, is kidnapped in the middle of the night by a militant organisation called the White Lotus Society. When he overhears a sinister plot to overthrow the central government by China s own military officials, Wong Fei Hung knows he must rescue Zhang to protect China and prevent another war from happening.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 100
Genere: Action
Country: China
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating
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Ghayal Once Again (2016)
Plot Summary:
Ajay Mehra (from previous Ghayal-1990), after finishing off his life sentence, starts a newspaper called Satyakam. Still dealing with the haunting trauma of losing his loved ones, Ajay manages to make a credible name for himself in investigative journalism. Working with a strange team of RTI activists, ex-criminals and ilk; and even stranger ways of unearthing and presenting truth, Ajay Mehra has earned quite a fan following among the youths, who finds his fearless and unforgiving approach in dealing with all kinds of sociopaths very inspiring.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, sequel to cult film
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Codename: Jackal (2012)
Plot Summary:
A legendary assassin takes on an elimination task targeting the famous pop singer. She succeeds in kidnapping the singer but is hesitant to kill him, while he is hesitant to run away.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 527
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Kadaram Kondan (2019)
Plot Summary:
Kadaram Kondan (Conqueror of Kadaram): The pregnant wife of a young doctor is kidnapped and the kidnappers want him to help free a patient who is admitted in the hospital. Who is the patient? And why are the cops and criminals after him?.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Urumi: The Warriors Who Wanted to Kill Vasco Da Gama (2011)
Plot Summary:
Kelu is a warrior in 16th century Kerala whose father was killed by Vasco da Gama and his troops. Kelu vows to avenge his father's death with the assistance of Vavvali and Ayesha, a warrior princess.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 172 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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The Hitman Agency (2018)
Plot Summary:
An assassin hunts and tortures his old predecessor in the basement of his European home, only to reveal the lies and corruption of their international hitman agency by taking a journey through the manipulations of the old man's past.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 149
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, suspense, action adventure, twisted
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Vengeance of an Assassin (2014)
Plot Summary:
Natee became a killer for one reason- to discover who killed his parents. As he gets closer to uncovering a secret network of power and corruption, he's double-crossed on a job, making him a target and putting everyone he loves in danger. Betrayed, exposed, and hunted by the deadliest killers in the business, Natee now has a new code. Be faster. Stronger. Hit harder. Survive.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 478
Genere: Action
Country: Thailand
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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To Love and Die (2008)
Plot Summary:
A fun-loving 30-something (Shiri Appleby) with abandonment issues becomes convinced that her dating problems will be resolved if she can only track down the father she never knew. When she finds him (Tim Matheson), she discovers that he's an assassin and that she may have found her calling.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 471
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: semi serious, captivating, suspense, exciting, tense, offbeat, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, tv series pilot
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I Am Vengeance: Retaliation (2020)
Plot Summary:
A former special-forces soldier is given the opportunity to bring the man who betrayed his team on their final mission in Eastern Europe several years ago - to justice.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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I Am Vengeance (2018)
Plot Summary:
When ex-soldier turned mercenary, John Gold, learns of the murder of his best friend, he sets off on a mission to find out what happened. What he discovers is a sinister conspiracy and he sets about taking down those responsible one by one.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Beckman (2020)
Plot Summary:
A contract killer, becomes the reverend of a LA church, until a cult leader and his minions kidnap his daughter. Blinded by vengeance, he cuts a bloody path across the city. The only thing that can stop him is his newfound faith.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 779
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful
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A Hitman in London (2015)
Plot Summary:
After his last assignment ended with the death of an innocent woman, a hitman's new job in London is compromised when he is overcome with guilt, and ends up helping a desperate woman who is caught up in a human trafficking operation.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, grindhouse, action packed
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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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The Virtuoso (2021)
Plot Summary:
A lonesome stranger with nerves of steel must track down and kill a rogue hitman to satisfy an outstanding debt. But the only information he's been given is a time and location where to find his quarry. No name. No description. Nothing.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense
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EP/Executive Protection (2015)
Plot Summary:
First as Special Forces and then as a part of the elite world of Executive Protection, Max Webber has dedicated his life and career to protecting others. Working for one of the richest men in the world, Max finds himself embroiled in a conspiracy of betrayal that has spanned the globe and threatens to cost him everything.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 56
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Fortress: Sniper's Eye (2022)
Plot Summary:
Weeks after the deadly assault on Fortress Camp, Robert makes a daring rescue to save Sasha, the widow of his old nemesis Balzary. But back in the camp's command bunker, it appears Sasha may have devious plans of her own. As a new attack breaks out, Robert is confronted with a familiar face he thought he'd never see again….
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Executor (2017)
Plot Summary:
Kyle (Markiss McFadden), one of the many orphans raised in an orphanage by Father Antonio (Paul Sorvino) is an assassin who is sent on missions; from God. For years Father Antonio led these boys to believe they are killing in the name of God. Kyle was one of the best executioners of Father Antonio’s men. After placing a bomb in a little coffee shop to execute the owner a little boy Matthew (Aiden Wind) and his mother walks in the restaurant just seconds before the explosion. Kyle decided to save both of them but unfortunately he was only able to save the little boy. A reluctant Kyle takes him in and keeps him hidden for seven days. Through a very complex relationship Kyle discovers a different side in him he didn’t know existed. With all the fights, bullets flying, and explosions it's going to be harder than he thought keeping Matthew safe. But with the help of Kyle's beautiful neighbor Tara (Mischa Barton) it just might be possible.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 223
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Abstruse (2019)
Plot Summary:
Two young women get themselves into a very compromising situation that proves life changing, the aftermath is almost worse as all trails of the event has been wiped out and all of a sudden the tables turn and Amanda goes from being the victim to the accused. Amanda's father decides to look into it only to realize it's much bigger than they first anticipated.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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The Last Mark (2022)
Plot Summary:
After a young woman witnesses a mob hit, a seasoned assassin and his psychotic partner must track her down before she turns them in, but she proves to be the hardest mark to kill.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 283
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Grasshopper (2015)
Plot Summary:
Movie contains the stories of three people: Suzuki (Toma Ikuta), Kujira (Tadanobu Asano) and Semi (Ryosuke Yamada). Suzuki is a former middle school teacher. His girlfriend was killed, which led him to quit his job and attempt to take revenge on her murderer. To do so, Suzuki has to infiltrate the underground world of criminals. Kujira is a contract killer for hire. He makes his targets fall into confusion and eventually commit suicide. Semi is a contract killer who uses the knife to take out his targets.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 367
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense
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Flinch (2021)
Plot Summary:
A young Hitman who lives with his mother catches feelings for the witness of a murder he commits.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 756
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, neo noir