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Plot Summary:
After a CIA Agent is seriously injured during a mission, his wife, a former CIA operative, becomes determined to find out what happened - a truth the CIA Director wants concealed at all cost.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 656
Genere: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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The Ghost (2001)
Plot Summary:
A feared Chinese Tong soldier goes undercover in America as an Asian Internet bride.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 382
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, psychological, exciting, tense, touching, suspense, disturbing, crime drama, independent film
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Acceleration (2019)
Plot Summary:
Vladik Zorich (Dolph Lundgren), crime lord whose tentacles permeate the underbelly of a seedy Los Angeles as he deals in guns, gambling, drugs and skin trafficking, finds himself double-crossed by his most trusted operative Rhona Zyocki (Natalie Burn). Vladik's propensity for power, control, and violence drives him to kidnap Rhona's young son, forcing Rhona to participate in a planned elimination of Vladik's enemies and identities. As her son's life hangs in the balance, Rhona struggles to find and kill Vladik's most violent and twisted foes and regain valuable goods and information, all in one fateful night.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, entertaining
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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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According to Mathew (2018)
Plot Summary:
A highly respected priest conspires with his mistress to poison both her husband and his own wife.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 295
Genere: Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: Sri Lanka
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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War (2019)
Plot Summary:
Khalid, is entrusted with the task of eliminating Kabir, a former soldier turned rogue, as he engages in an epic battle with his mentor who had taught him everything.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 151 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, disturbing, epic, cult classic, fast, twisted
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Marriage Killer (2019)
Plot Summary:
a married couple decide to explore a "member's only night club" but quickly realize the deadly consequences of their actions.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 197
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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The Machinery (2020)
Plot Summary:
Olle Hulten wakes up drunk on the ferry between Sandefjord and Strömstad. In his car is a gun and a lot of money. Simultaneously the police is chasing a robber whom have hijacked a car and is holding the security guard at gunpoint.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 990
Genere: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, exciting, suspenseful, disturbing, contemplative
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The King Is Here (2016)
Plot Summary:
Samraat, an underworld mafia, is coming to Bangladesh. Bangladeshi mafia Musa has interest in this because Samraat can ruin his business. So he wants Samraat dead by any means but failed. Samraat finally lands and has bargain with one of Musa's man about the share. As Musa fails again and again, he needs a man smarter and stronger than Samraat. Kabila introduces Raja to him who becomes his first hand. But who is this Raja and what is his interest with Musa.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 265
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: Bangladesh
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: exciting, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative
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Back in the U.S.S.R. (1992)
Plot Summary:
During Gorbachev's perestroika, a Chicago student, visits Moscow while the Soviet Union is changing from Communist to Wild West capitalist society. Purely by bad luck, he becomes a pawn in a dangerous cat and mouse game for a precious icon.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 482
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: captivating, tense, suspense, entertaining, cynical, iconic
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Path of Destruction (2005)
Plot Summary:
The movie opens with a faulty nanotechnology experiment that results in a massive, deadly explosion. The company's CEO manages to sidestep blame by framing a meddling young reporter (Katherine), who now holds the only surviving evidence needed to expose the truth. All the while, the dangerous nanoparticles - having escaped from the explosion into the stratosphere - threaten to destroy nearby cities with wildly destructive weather patterns. Among the chaos of the storms, and on the run from the authorities, Katherine must - with the help of a young scientist - get the evidence to the government to enlist their help before it's too late...and the deadly disaster turns worldwide.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 658
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, serious, suspenseful, disaster movie
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Beta Test (2016)
Plot Summary:
While testing the latest first person shooter from global game developer, Sentinel, video game champion Max Troy discovers the events happening within the game are being reflected in the real world. He soon determines that the game's protagonist is real-life Orson Creed, an ex-Sentinel employee who is being remotely controlled by the corporation for reasons unknown. As virtual and real worlds collide, Max and Creed must join forces to unravel the conspiracy before the game's sinister events escalate and overwhelm the city.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, art house, cyber, mockbuster, comic
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D-Railed (2018)
Plot Summary:
Passengers on a murder mystery train that crashes into a river must decide whether to risk waiting for help in the wreckage or take their chances in the murky depths below.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, bleak, suspense, scary, bad ending
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Hollow Point (2019)
Plot Summary:
When his wife and daughter are senselessly murdered, a grieving man finds himself caught up in a war between a group of charismatic vigilantes and the crime that infests their city.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 835
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, stylized
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Alien Siege (2018)
Plot Summary:
After an alien spacecraft destroys Washington, D.C., the residents of a small town must fight off a unit of alien soldiers on the hunt for the President of the United States and the mysterious device he's carrying after his escape chopper crash lands nearby.
IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 517
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, mockbuster, disgusting
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Sharpshooter (2007)
Plot Summary:
An assassin working for the CIA decides to take one final job before quitting only to find out that he is the target of his CIA boss.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, captivating, exciting, cliffhanger, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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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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Interrogation (2016)
Plot Summary:
After the FBI receives a threat that endangers the entire city, an interrogator and an I.T. specialist are plunged into a series of mind games with a criminal mastermind, desperately racing against time to uncover the villain's true agenda as they fight to protect thousands of lives.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Beyond the Law (2019)
Plot Summary:
When a former detective learns of the murder of his estranged son, he ventures back to the darkened streets he once knew so well. Armed, dangerous and with nothing to lose, he must take on the ruthless local mob in his mission for revenge.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, cult classic, detective
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Agent Game (2022)
Plot Summary:
Harris, a CIA interrogator at an Agency black site, finds himself the target of a rendition operation after being scapegoated for an interrogation gone horribly wrong. As the team tasked to bring Harris in begins to question their orders -- and each other --Olsen, a senior intelligence officer, and his subordinate, Visser, raise the stakes. Now, it's up to Harris and some newfound allies to uncover the truth and turn the tables.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, tense, captivating, disturbing
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Inherit the Viper (2019)
Plot Summary:
Since the death of their father, the Riley siblings have kept their heads above water by illegally dealing in painkillers. Josie is managing the business with an iron fist, when her brother, War veteran Kip, is concerned that the risky business is increasingly turning them into outsiders in their small community. While Kip wants to keep his younger brother out of their illegal endeavors, his younger brother is already making plans of his own.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, disturbing, tense, suspenseful, cliffhanger
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The Owls (2010)
Plot Summary:
Two middle-aged, lesbian couples accidentally kill a younger lesbian and hide the body, without reporting it to the authorities. Their guilt and long-kept, dark secret comes back to haunt them, as an unexpected stranger shows up in their lives, bringing tension and discord. Little do they know that this mysterious stranger has a plan which includes all four of them.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 184
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 66 min
Plot tags: neo noir, tense, serious, captivating, psychological, suspense, independent film, bleak, suspenseful, disturbing
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Damascus Cover (2017)
Plot Summary:
A spy navigates the precarious terrain of love and survival during an undercover mission in Syria.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Clean Break (2008)
Plot Summary:
A dramatic thriller about a couple who own an advertising agency. The husband apparently commits suicide, but the police and the insurance company decide to investigate his death.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 764
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Bent (2018)
Plot Summary:
On his latest private investigation, a shamed former cop connects a murder case to a government conspiracy involving rogue agents from a top spy agency.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, exciting, captivating, neo noir, cult classic, detective
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Adanga Maru (2018)
Plot Summary:
A sincere cop, who's suspended from the department for locking horns with a few influential people in the society, starts taking revenge against those who finished off his dear ones.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 145 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Semper Fi (2019)
Plot Summary:
Cal is a dedicated cop who also serves as a sergeant in the Marine Corps Reserve. When his reckless half brother lands in jail for accidentally killing a man, Cal and his buddies hatch a plan to break him out of prison -- no matter what the cost.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Earthtastrophe (2016)
Plot Summary:
In a white hot flash of light, and with no warning, one minute our moon is there, the next it's gone. Then, a second flash. And that's the last thing anyone on Earth can remember. 11 months later, it's not post- apocalyptic; it's apocalyptic as Earth has been sucked through a wormhole, literally ripping our planet from the inside out. With bizarre disasters and civilization collapsing, our heroes must find a way to survive and get to "safe ground" before it's too late.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 974
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, bleak, suspense, futuristic, disturbing, apocalyptic, disaster movie
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Edge of Darkness (2010)
Plot Summary:
As a seasoned homicide detective, Thomas Craven has seen the bleakest side of humanity. But nothing prepares him for the toughest investigation of his life: the search for his only daughter Emma's killer. Now, he is on a personal mission to uncover the disturbing secrets surrounding her murder, including corporate corruption, government collusion and Emma's own mysterious life.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 98000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: suspense, brutal, tense, suspenseful, exciting, detective, serious, captivating, realistic, rough
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The Witch: Part 1 - The Subversion (2018)
Plot Summary:
Ja-yoon is a high school student who struggles with memory loss after she endured some unknown trauma during her childhood. While trying to uncover the truth, she is unwittingly dragged into a world of crime and finds herself on a journey that will awaken many secrets hidden deep within.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller, suspense, exciting, tense, captivating, disturbing, sad, dark fantasy, twisted, dark
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Shockwave: Countdown to Disaster (2017)
Plot Summary:
A stolen seismic weapon is activated in Yemen. A hostage freed there tries in vain to warn against its global effect. It starts seismic activity at the Californian fault line where her daughter and ex are monitoring it. Can they stop it?.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, apocalyptic, action adventure, disaster movie