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Plot Summary:
In a small Indian village Mandwa, Vijay Dinanath Chauhan is taught about the path of fire (Agneepath) by his principled father. His life is shattered when the evil drug lord Kancha Cheena hangs his father. Vijay leaves for Mumbai with his pregnant mother, and takes an oath that he will return back to Mandwa and take revenge against Cheena. In Mumbai, Vijay is taken under the wings of the drug lord Rauf Lala. Fifteen years later, his hatred for Kancha takes him back to Mandwa.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 174 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, entertaining, cult classic, fast, powerful, masala, realistic
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Kaminey (2009)
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Guddu and Charlie are identical twins born and raised in the slums of Mumbai. They dream of leaving the squalor behind and moving into a life of prosperity and dignity. Though they look alike, the two are as different as chalk and cheese. One lisps, the other stammers. One is an honest, diligent social worker while the other hedges bets at a racecourse. The brothers want nothing to do with each other. But when Charlie gets mixed up in a deadly get-rich-quick scheme and Guddu realizes that the love of his life has unwittingly put a price on his head, their lives begin to collide. They find themselves facing rogue politicians, drug dealers and crooked cops. As they uncover a sinister plot laid out by the 'political-police-underworld' nexus, their stories finally converge to a point when they realize they only have each other.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: sentimental, realistic, rough, semi serious, cult classic, romantic, atmospheric, psychedelic, action thriller, suspense thriller
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K.G.F: Chapter 2 (2022)
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The blood-soaked land of Kolar Gold Fields (KGF) has a new overlord now - Rocky, whose name strikes fear in the heart of his foes. His allies look up to Rocky as their Savior, the government sees him as a threat to law and order; enemies are clamoring for revenge and conspiring for his downfall. Bloodier battles and darker days await as Rocky continues on his quest for unchallenged supremacy.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 145000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 166 min
Plot tags: kannada, cult classic, action packed, period drama
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Kaakha Kaakha (2003)
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Kaakha Kaakha is a 2003 Tamil crime thriller film written and directed by Gautham Menon. The film released to highly positive reviews in August 2003 and went on to become the first Biggest Blockbuster in Suriya's career, and was considered a comeback film for producer Kalaipuli S. Dhanu. Owing to the success, the film has been remade in several languages.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 153 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious, tense, exciting, disturbing, cult film
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Footpath (2003)
Plot Summary:
Footpath is a Hindi crime thriller film directed by Vikram Bhatt and released in 2003. The film stars Aftab Shivdasani, Rahul Dev, Bipasha Basu and marked the debut of Emraan Hashmi. The film failed to do well at the box office. This film is inspired by the Hollywood flick State of Grace. Arjun Singh (Aftab Shivdasani) and the Srivastav brothers, Raghu (Emraan Hashmi) and Shekhar (Rahul Dev), are neighbors in a gangster-prone area in Bombay. When Arjun's union leader father is killed, the brothers urge him to avenge his death. They get a sword and find the killers - and kill them. Arjun is the prime suspect in this homicide and the brothers get him to run to Delhi, where he begins a new life as a Real Estate Agent, Mohan Kumar Sharma.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 966
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 164 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Aatish: Feel the Fire (1994)
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Baba and Avinash are brothers who lives in a shanty house with their widowed mother, who makes a living as a housemaid. When a stalker attempts to rape their mother, Baba knives him to death, and the three, along with an orphan named Nawab, take shelter with a underworld don named Uncle. Baba would like Avinash to study and make something of his life, in order to help his brother study he decides to make crime his career. When Avinash completes his studies he becomes a police officer on his first assignment he learns his brother Baba and friend Nawab are on the most wanted criminal list.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 863
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 155 min
Plot tags: heroic, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, neo noir
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Truth (1998)
Plot Summary:
A young man named Satya comes to Mumbai from South India in search of a job. Jailed for something he did not do, the once-honest young man meets an underworld boss, Bhiku Mhatre in jail and joins his gang.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 170 min
Plot tags: cult classic, neo noir, dark, experimental, black comedy, suspense thriller, rough, clever, bleak, realistic
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Dushman (1998)
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According to police records, a daredevil, Gokul Pandit is on the loose. He would attempts to rape and kill young and beautiful girls who are alone.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 145 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspenseful, realistic, suspense, dark, suspense thriller
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Panjaa (2011)
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The story begins in Kolkata and here the mafia don Bhagawan (Jackie shroff) is ruling the roost. He has a loyal aide in the form of Jai who keeps protecting him from many dangers.. Kulakarni (Atul Kulakarni) is the rival of Bhagavan. Jai has a friend named Jahnavi (Anjali Lavania) who is a club dancer. . The story takes a turn with the arrival of Munna (adivi sesh), an arrogant and highly impatient guy who is also the son of Bhagawan.After few incidents munna killed by Jai. After Jai becomes the prime target for Bhagavan. What happens next is to be seen on the screen.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 156 min
Plot tags: rough, suspenseful, semi serious, exciting, realistic, stylized
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Virumaandi (2004)
Plot Summary:
A reporter researching the death penalty in India is recounted the story of a farm owner Virumandi whose role in a clan feud between Naicker and Kothalla Devar leads him to death row. As the story unfolds, there is a riot in the jail, and the only one who can get the reporter safely out of the prison is Virumandi.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 175 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, exciting, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, feel good, non-linear
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Dum Maaro Dum (2011)
Plot Summary:
ACP Vishnu is sent on a mission to investigate and clean the underbelly of Goa. During his investigation, he uncovers a huge racket and discovers the involvement of various politicians.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India, USA
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, entertaining, suspense, rough, sexy, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Bullett Raja (2013)
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A common man who transforms into a gangster revolts against the very system he once obediently followed by declaring war on the police, the government, and the industrialists.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 138 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting, tense, captivating
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Force (2011)
Plot Summary:
A vengeful drug-dealer/gangster targets and terrorizes an entire police unit and their families.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, exciting, rough, serious, stylized, entertaining, bleak, suspense, disturbing
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Wanted (2009)
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Radhe is a hardcore gangster. A sharpshooter with a sharp brain, he works for Gani Bhai, the dreaded Mafioso, but on his own terms. Totally fearless, Radhe single handedly eliminates Gani Bhai's enemies one by one; making more enemies than he bargained for.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 147 min
Plot tags: stylized, entertaining, exciting, rough, suspense, suspenseful, action thriller, powerful, masala, humorous
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Wall (1975)
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Reflecting the tumultuous politics of the early ’70s in India, Deewar tells the story of a pair of impoverished brothers who, after their family is betrayed by the misplaced idealism of their father, struggle to survive on the streets of Mumbai. They head for a showdown when one becomes a policeman, and the other becomes a criminal.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 174 min
Plot tags: inspirational, serious, realistic, poliziottesco
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Mission Kashmir (2000)
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A police officer adopts the son and sole survivor of a family he has massacred while pursuing a terrorist. After some time the foster son finds out what the stepfather did.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 154 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, captivating, suspenseful, realistic, patriotic, political
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Agneepath (1990)
Plot Summary:
Vijay's father is brutally lynched by villagers after being framed by Kancha Cheena, and his family is forced to flee. The young Vijay vows revenge, and grows.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Musical
Country: India
Duration: 174 min
Plot tags: cult classic, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cult film
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Ek Villain (2014)
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When his lover becomes the latest victim of a serial killer, Guru blurs the line between good and evil in his pursuit of revenge.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, romantic, sad, realistic, psychological thriller, tear jerker, tearjerker
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Don (2006)
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A huge South Asian law enforcement contingent embarks on a dangerous cat-and-mouse game of capturing DON (Shah Rukh Khan) - high-ranking member of the ruthless drug mafia in Malaysia. When DON gets seriously injured in a police encounter, the word that he is dead begins to do the rounds. The reality, of course, is that DON is held captive in a secret location, while his bumpkin of a look-alike, Vijay, is polished and sent to infiltrate DON's gang. In a bizarre twist of fate, when the policeman shielding the humble street singer Vijay, is killed, the latter comes to terms with the horrifying realization that both the police and the gang are out to get him for different reasons. In a desperate attempt to prove his innocence, he is aided by the glamorous Roma (Priyanka Chopra), and ex-con Jasjit (Arjun Rampal), who owes Vijay a debt for caring for his son during his imprisonment. But will Vijay be successful in his mission?.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 178 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, twist ending, cult classic, fast, surprise ending, twisted, mad
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Vaastav: The Reality (1999)
Plot Summary:
"The Reality" as described by the film's tagline, refers to the harsh realities of life in the Mumbai underworld. The film is said to be loosely based on the life of Mumbai underworld gangster Chota Rajan.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 145 min
Plot tags: entertaining, dark, suspense thriller
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Gangaajal (2003)
Plot Summary:
An SP Amit Kumar who is given charge of Tezpur police station in Bihar. The area is full of corruption, inefficiency, bribery, nepotism, favoritism and crime with help from the local police. Gradually Amit realizes that the local politician Sadhu Yadav is the one who benefits the most out of it. Amit arrests Sunder Yadav.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 157 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, inspirational, entertaining, political thriller, suspense thriller, realistic
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Family: Ties of Blood (2006)
Plot Summary:
The story is on the concept of karma and bad deeds. It follows Viren Sahai (Amitabh Bachchan), underworld don who rules over India. His son Abhir (Sushant Singh) is spoilt and believes he can do anything due to his father's power. When Viren's enemy Khan (Kader Khan) attacks Abhir, Viren demands revenge.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: exciting, realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious
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Flames of the Sun (1975)
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A Police Officer, whose family was killed by a bandit named Gabbar Singh, decides to fight fire with fire and recruits two convicts, Jai & Veeru, to bring Gabbar Singh to jail alive, but will they succeed in their mission and get their reward? Come and watch the action-packed super-hit Sholay to find out!!.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 58000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Musical, Thriller, Western
Country: India
Duration: 204 min
Plot tags: cult classic, exciting, epic, freeze frame, suspenseful, entertaining, semi serious, touching, romantic, retro
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Gangs of Wasseypur (2012)
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Shahid Khan is exiled after impersonating the legendary Sultana Daku in order to rob British trains. Now outcast, Shahid becomes a worker at Ramadhir Singh's colliery, only to spur a revenge battle that passes on to generations. At the turn of the decade, Shahid's son, the philandering Sardar Khan vows to get his father's honor back, becoming the most feared man of Wasseypur.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 102000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India, France
Duration: 321 min
Plot tags: realistic, tense, rough, serious, suspenseful, cult classic, inspirational, touching, offbeat, intellectual
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Kidnap (2008)
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A fortnight before her eighteenth birthday, Sonia goes missing. Her family receives a call informing them that she has been kidnapped and her estranged father, a US-based businessman, must now follow the kidnapper’s instructions to the letter if he is to entertain any hopes of seeing her alive again. Is this a mere kidnapping or is there more to it than what meets the eye?.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India, China
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful
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Shakti (1982)
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A scrupulously honest cop refuses kidnappers' demands at grave risk to the life of his son. The son is rescued but lives forever scarred by his father's willingness to sacrifice his own son for the sake of his principles. This works out to devastating effect when the son grows up to be a Mafia don, and his father is assigned the job of bringing him in. Vijay Kumar grows up with a grudge against his father, a honest and incorruptible policeman, Ashwini, who refuses to negotiate his son's release from his kidnappers. Vijay grows up hating everything his dad stood for, and turns to crime. Now an established criminal, Vijay faces a murder charge, will his father help him now?.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 166 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Knock Out (2010)
Plot Summary:
A businessman in a phone-booth is held hostage by a sniper.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful, detective
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Singham Returns (2014)
Plot Summary:
Singham Returns is an Indian action film directed by Rohit Shetty and produced by Reliance Entertainment. The sequel to the 2011 film Singham, actor Ajay Devgn reprises his role from the previous film, as well as co-producing the project, while Kareena Kapoor Khan plays the female lead.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 142 min
Plot tags: humorous, stylized, semi serious, suspenseful, political, fast, exciting, rough, realistic
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Company (2002)
Plot Summary:
Mallik is a henchman of Aslam Bhai, a Mumbai underworld kingpin. He inducts local hothead Chandu into the gang, and the two of them soon form a formidable faction within the gang, eventually displacing Aslam. As the empire grows, however, the two of them start drifting apart.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 142 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, neo noir, realistic, offbeat, entertaining, experimental, captivating, cult film
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Martyr (1999)
Plot Summary:
Ajay Rathore is a no-nonsense police officer from Mumbai Crime Branch. Long time ago his elder brother was killed by terrorists which caused him to quit his medical studies and join Indian Police Service. He is a great admirer of Pakistan-based ghazal singer Gulfam Hassan. During one of Hassan's concerts, they meet for the first time and become great friends. Meanwhile, Ajay's investigation into the Pakistan-supported cross-border terrorism takes him to Rajasthan and reveals an unsettling truth about someone close to his heart.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 174 min
Plot tags: inspirational, patriotic, political, entertaining, action thriller, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, cult film
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The Uniform (2004)
Plot Summary:
Just as he is preparing for his daughter's wedding, a veteran policeman is assigned to a crack team transporting a Pakistani secret agent to trial.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 174 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, bleak, suspenseful, masala, serious, realistic, surprise ending, freeze frame