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Plot Summary:
A teenager who is obsessed with gangster movies believes himself to be a real gangster after his father is murdered.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 71
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: independent film, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Murder 1, Dancer 0 (1983)
Plot Summary:
Private eye Joe Dancer finds himself framed for manslaughter while trying to uncover a Hollywood scandal that could ruin a studio and destroy a top star's career.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 61
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective
Similar in 83%
Extreme Vengeance (1990)
Plot Summary:
After ten years in prison, vicious crime boss Mario Blanco is out for revenge. Revenge against the cop that put him away. Revenge at any cost! But David, the officer that sent Blanco to jail has been in hiding since quitting the force after exposing police corruption. Blanco's vengeance knows no bounds, as he goes on a murderous rampage, killing David's son, beating his wife, and raping his daughter. Now it's David's turn to fight back! He wages a one-man war against the syndicate, killing anyone that gets in his way. For the mobster, it's a case of eye for an eye justice. For David, it's EXTREME VENGEANCE.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 25
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, independent film
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Simple Justice (1989)
Plot Summary:
When an unknown assailant viciously murders the participants in a bank robbery and murder case, it could be a case of vigilante justice - that is, if the two cases are connected. That's for the police to decide - and it's a puzzle that becomes more mysterious with each new clue.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 47
Genere: Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: independent film, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 83%
Brass (1985)
Plot Summary:
The Chief of Detectives of the New York Police Department, is a tough cop who has worked his way up the ladder from being on a beat.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 133
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective
Similar in 81%
The Wolves (1971)
Plot Summary:
After going to prison for killing the boss of the Kanno gang, Seji Iwahashi (Tatsuya Nakadai) gets released early -- only to find that his former gang has merged with the Kannos. But with bitter resentments lingering on both sides, how long will it be before the bloodshed begins anew? Set in 1926 Japan, this serpentine crime thriller from director Hideo Gosha also stars Toshio Kurosawa and Isao Natsuyagi as Iwahashi's closest ally.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 612
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 131 min
Plot tags: crime drama, atmospheric, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized
Similar in 79%
Pride & Loyalty (2002)
Plot Summary:
Jake DeMitro cannot maintain his relationship with his girlfriend Kelly Francini or concentrate on his prestigious position with the Prosecutor's Office. He suffers from an obsessive-compulsive personality and fights on a regular basis with his professional nemesis, Brian O'Leary.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 75
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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A Brooklyn State of Mind (1998)
Plot Summary:
Al Stanco has lived all of his life in Brooklyn and does some work for the local crime lord, Danny Parente. New to the neighbourhood is Gabriela, a filmmaker shooting a documentary on the real Brooklyn. Al and Gabriela become friendly but the relationship is strained when he discovers her true goal is to expose Parente's criminal activities. When Al sees the evidence Gabriela has uncovered, which implicates Parente in the death of many locals (including Al's own father), he seeks revenge in a dangerous confrontation with his boss.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 423
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: independent film, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Hit Man (1972)
Plot Summary:
Bernie Casey portrays Tyrone and Pamela Grier plays a sultry skin-flick star in this first Americanized remake of the iconic Michael Caine action film Get Carter. From Watts to the West Side, from porno parlors to a high-rise, from motel dives to a crime kingpin’s sprawling pleasure dome, from corner hangouts to a wildlife preserve, Tyrone covers a lot of real estate, busts a lot of heads.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: neo noir, psychotronic, grindhouse, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, black cinema
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Blood Ties (1986)
Plot Summary:
An innocent American engineer is blackmailed by gangsters into a plot to assassinate his cousin, who is a judge in Sicily fighting the Mafia.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 138
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, poliziottesco
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Partners in Crime (2000)
Plot Summary:
Gene Reardon (Hauer) is a twice-divorced police detective who lives with his daughter. When a well-heeled local man is kidnapped, the FBI is called in, which introduces Longsworth (played by Paulina Porizkova). Longsworth happens to have been Reardon's first wife. Reardon's police reputation stinks because he botched a high-profile kidnapping case many years ago, which resulted in a baby who was never found. When ransom demands are finally heard, Reardon must try to solve the case without repeating his mistakes.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 568
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, independent film, realistic, detective
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Grand Pardon (1982)
Plot Summary:
Le clan Bettoun : Raymond (le patriarche), Maurice (le fils), Jacky (le neveu), Roland (le neveu), Albert (le cousin de Raymond), Pépé (l'ami de Raymond), Samy (le garde du corps) sont un clan familial de caïds pieds-Noirs juifs du crime organisé français. Leurs activités sont la gestion de casinos, l'organisation de match de boxe clandestins, les jeux clandestins, le proxénétisme, le racket et les règlements de compte sanguinaires contre d'autres clans arabes et français.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 755
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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As Night Comes (2014)
Plot Summary:
Troubled 17-year-old Sean Holloway falls in with a group of teenage outcasts called 'The Misfits,' whose charismatic leader, Ricky, takes him under his wing. But as Sean becomes more and more entangled in the gang's anarchist ways, things begin to spiral out of control, and Sean realizes Ricky is a ticking time bomb on a rampage of revenge. On the eve of Halloween, as night comes, everything explodes….
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 236
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, psychological, tense, slasher, rough, realistic
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Detour (1998)
Plot Summary:
When Danny and his gang attempt to rob the warehouse of a mob boss, they find themselves on the run. Danny goes back to his hometown to find his mother has recently died leaving him the farm on the condition that he must open the dairy and run it for two years. However the gang is double crossed by Mo and the mob begin to hunt them down, meanwhile Danny and his gang consider robbing the mill in his town.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 330
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, neo noir
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Double Bang (2001)
Plot Summary:
An honest cop enters the dark world of murder and corruption.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 463
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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Night of the Wilding (1990)
Plot Summary:
Joseph Gainer is a high priced attorney, notorious for getting guilty criminals off the hook. But Gainer is forced to take another look at the price you pay for defending the guilty when he takes on a case of three young men accused of a heinous crime. And when he discovers that his ex-wife is the prosecuting attorney, Gainer finds he suddenly has more on the line than he ever imagined.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 103
Genere: Crime, Thriller, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: independent film, rough, serious, realistic, disturbing
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Spanish Judges (2000)
Plot Summary:
A con-artist hires two low-lifes to cover him during a deal, ending with three criminals, two dueling pistols, and one night they'll never forget.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 607
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film, neo noir
Similar in 78%
Hard Choices (1984)
Plot Summary:
A teenaged boy goes for a ride with his brother and the brother's friends, who proceed to rob a store and murder the clerk. They are caught and, despite the young boy's protestations, he is convicted of murder and sent to prison. A female social worker assigned to the boy's case not only believes him, but begins to fall in love with him, and determines to either help him prove his innocence or escape.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 142
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 82%
Jack Reed: One of Our Own (1995)
Plot Summary:
Jack Reed investigates a young woman whom he and his wife take into their household when she turns out to be targeted by unknown assassins.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 300
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 76%
Jesse Stone: No Remorse (2010)
Plot Summary:
Police Chief Jesse Stone, who was suspended by the Paradise, Mass. Town Council, begins moonlighting for his friend, State Homicide Commander Healy, by investigating a series of murders in Boston, leaving Rose and Suitcase to handle a crime spree in Paradise on their own. Jesse pours his energy into his work in an effort to push away his twin demons: booze and women. When his investigation leads to notorious mob boss Gino Fish, Jesse's pursuit becomes hazardous.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic
Similar in 79%
Bloodlines (2005)
Plot Summary:
After Elaine Hopkin is found dead, apparent an OD suicide, her firstborn Mark wouldn't even inform his dad James Hopkin, who was locked up for murder. Kid sister Justine, a cocky uniformed cop, goes visit him, only to learn he was just released. After the autopsy concludes asphyxiation, she comprises friendly DC Jake Bannerman's official investigation by rash actions against procedure.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 117
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
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Johnny Virus (2005)
Plot Summary:
In the tradition of V for Vendetta, Underworld and X Men, Johnny Virus takes place in the Chicago Underworld of futuristic 1940's.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 66
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, stylized, exciting, realistic
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The Ministers (2009)
Plot Summary:
A NYPD detective attempts to avenge the death of her father, but unwittingly becomes involved with one of his killers.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, captivating, psychological, suspense, rough, realistic, suspenseful, independent film, detective
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Breaking Point (1976)
Plot Summary:
The Mafia tries to take revenge against a man who testified against them in court.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 340
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 86%
My Kingdom (2001)
Plot Summary:
A powerful dynasty, headed by a charismatic, manipulative father, falls when he decides to hand over his criminal empire to his three corrupt and power-hungry daughters. Kath runs a brothel down by the docks, Tracy owns a soccer team and Jo, a former junkie -- and prostitute -- rejects her inheritance, pitting sisters Kath and Tracy against each other.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 667
Genere: Drama, Crime
Country: Italy, UK
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic
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Mafioso: The Father The Son (2001)
Plot Summary:
When the head of a mafia clan is perceived to be weakening, his family suffers a series of attacks. It is up to his son, Frankie, to figure out who’s behind the plot before they are all wiped out.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 270
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense
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A Broken Code (2012)
Plot Summary:
Two brothers, Carmelo and Gino, are raised by their mob boss grandfather Salvatore Gianni. After the murder of their grandfather the two must join forces to track down the killer. No one is ruled out as a suspect, including one of the family. How will the truth unfold?.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 204
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Witness to the Mob (1998)
Plot Summary:
Sammy 'The Bull' Gravano was mafiosi. He started out as a soldier, but his talent for murder, including the slayings of his best friends, his wife's brother and his own boss, Paul Castellano, saw him rise to under-boss in the Gambino crime family. However, betrayals within the family saw him break the code of silence and became the highest ranking member of the mob to turn into a rat - 'a rat in a suit,- assisting the government to finally put away the Teflon Don, John Gotti.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: cult classic, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Ash Wednesday (2002)
Plot Summary:
Ash Wednesday is set in the Manhattan of the early 1980's and is about a pair of Irish-American brothers who become embroiled in a conflict with the Irish Mob.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: intense, rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic, talky, crying, independent film, exciting, surprise ending
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Widows (2002)
Plot Summary:
The widows of three men killed while trying to steal a famous painting, join forces to find their husband's killers and finish off the job of stealing the painting.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 272
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 273 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, stylized
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Bella Mafia (1997)
Plot Summary:
Don Roberto Luciano turns informer for the biggest Mafia trial in history, but his family pays a terrible price.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, political thriller, tense, rough, realistic, suspenseful, vintage