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Plot Summary:
Angels of the Street or The Angel of St. Pauli is a 1969 West German crime film directed by Jürgen Roland and starring Horst Frank, Herbert Fux and Werner Pochath. It is set in the St. Pauli red light district of the port of Hamburg.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 135
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: erotic, poliziottesco
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Polizeirevier Davidswache (1964)
Plot Summary:
The action is set in and around a police station in St Pauli, the docks area of Hamburg where prostitution and crimes of violence are rife. Glantz is the head of the uniformed officers, and does his best to keep order. Bruno Kapp has just got out of jail, and it looks as if he is going to seek revenge on Glantz for sending him down in the first place. Glantz doesn't take this seriously, and then suddenly he is alone on the roof with Kapp, and Kapp has got a gun.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 99
Genere: Thriller, Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: slang
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Running Hot (1984)
Plot Summary:
A teen convicted of murdering his father escapes from authorities and heads for Arizona with a prostitute.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 232
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: neo noir, independent film, hot
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Paul (1974)
Plot Summary:
After 7 years spent in jail Paul (Paul Lyss) is free again. With his old crew he celebrates his return.Nothing really changes and soon he finds himself spaced out drunk at some posh party and eventually ends up wielding a big gun.Hand held Camera movements in best Dogma-95 style and nervous cut makes it an interesting 70's euro crime flick.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 61
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags:
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Hot Traces of St. Pauli (1971)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 141
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: West Germany
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags:
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Finders Keepers, Lovers Weepers (1968)
Plot Summary:
Paul, the owner of a topless go-go bar on the Sunset Strip, isn't having a good day. His girlfriend, unbeknownst to him, is planning to rob his club, and his wife is having an affair with the hunky bartender.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 573
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, erotic
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A Complex Plot About Women, Alleys and Crimes (1985)
Plot Summary:
Rabal is a blind, elderly leader of the Camorra whose son ends up dead as he attempts to rape Molina. Somebody has stuck the corpse strategically with a hypodermic needle, which is to become the signature of a series of killings of Naples drug dealers.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 309
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, Netherlands Antilles
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, poliziottesco
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The Haven (1997)
Plot Summary:
Police detective Jacques Laniel's life becomes a nightmare the day drive-by shootists gun down his partner Thomas Colin. His colleagues make matters worse by blaming him for the death, and after his wife leaves him, Laniel decides to quit the force and launch a private investigation into Colin's murder. Soon afterward, Laniel finds the bullet-riddled body of famed author and literature professor Zachary Osborne tied to his car hood. The professor's wife hires Laniel to solve the murder, but what the detective finds is ugly: Osborne was a part of a lucrative land-speculation deal that involved the sale of a crumbling old rectory that had been turned into a halfway house called the Haven of the Monsters. The name is apt, for all the residents are convicted killers who were given inordinately light sentences. When Lanier starts questioning the Haven's tenants and their crimes are revealed via flashback, it takes on the character of a David Lynch production.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 201
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: neo noir, detective
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Judy (1970)
Plot Summary:
A depraved sex killer preys on women of ill repute in the red light district area of Boston, Massachusetts. Hard-nosed maverick private detective Gunner Sloan gets hired by the wealthy Fairchild to find the psycho after the creep attacks Fairchild's daughter Regina.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 69
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: erotic, detective
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Hot Nights in Frankfurt (1966)
Plot Summary:
A crime-drama directed by Rolf Olsen.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 74
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags:
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Order to Assassinate (1975)
Plot Summary:
The story concerns a mob family, headed by gambling czar Jose Ferrer. When one of family's hit men (Helmut Berger) fails to come up to expectations, Ferrer orders the man's execution.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 88
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Spain, Italy, Dominican Republic
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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Execution Squad (1972)
Plot Summary:
Bertone is a moderately honest homicide cop. Unfortunately, the court system is so inept and corrupt that many more-or-less honest policemen have begun taking the law into their own hands. Between his efforts to thwart the growth of crime and to control his vengeful co-workers, homicide-chief Bertone has his hands full.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 824
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, West Germany, Monaco
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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The Joker (1987)
Plot Summary:
Several known criminals already have been murdered by a professional killer, leaving no trace but the "ace" game card. The police suspects a new mob is trying to take over the district. The investigating police officer Jan is victimized by a bomb himself, when he's at his girlfriend Daniela's father's Italian restaurant. Although paralyzed and suspended from work, the tuff cop continues to investigate and takes revenge on the gangsters who did this to him.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 273
Genere: Thriller, Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags:
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Ninja Powerforce (1988)
Plot Summary:
In a struggle for supremacy, two childhood buddies are caught on opposite sides of a deadly gang war. Their capture and subsequent release by the police sparks off another confrontation between the notorious Red Ninjas and the Golden Ninja Empire. A titanic struggle unfolds in NINJA POWERFORCE.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 57
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Roots of Evil (1992)
Plot Summary:
A serial killer is after hookers and strippers. A male detective and his female partner are assigned to stop him.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 237
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, erotic, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexual, detective, sexy
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Gangsters (2002)
Plot Summary:
Franck Chaievski and Nina Delgado are two undercover detectives of a French special force trying to identify two corrupts members of the Paris Police Force. Franck is pretending to be a gangster and Nina a prostitute living with him, and involved in a robbery of a fortune in diamonds, having seven deaths and some injured persons.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 916
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, erotic, neo noir
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Traffic Department (2012)
Plot Summary:
Seven policemen, seven deadly sins, a murder case, secrets and the filth of everyday police work: Traffic Department transports the viewer into the darkest Warsaw streets.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, contemplative, crying, black comedy
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Massacre for an Orgy (1966)
Plot Summary:
A police officer attempts to shut down an illegal girls-for-drugs operation (American version).
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 35
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Luxembourg, France
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags:
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China Dolls (1992)
Plot Summary:
Tong catches Chiu attempting to rape his wife May (Amy Yip). They scuffle and Tong shoots Chiu dead with Chiu's gun. They flee but Tong is killed in a shootout with police. May begs an officer to take her child, since if he is repatriated he'll have a horrible life. So, the infant son ends up in Hong Kong separated from his mother. Six years pass and May is a hotel maid then gets forced into prostitution. She longs to see her son, who is now a young boy, maybe to fully reunite with him. The problem with this film is it becomes so sleazy. There is nudity (not Ms. Yip), violence and forcible rape.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 97
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags:
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City Under Siege (1974)
Plot Summary:
A string of violent jewel robberies force Police Inspector Parrino to get rough with the city’s criminal scum. Things take a turn for the worse when he’s confronted with the murder of an prostitute.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 107
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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Angel's Leap (1971)
Plot Summary:
In this French crime thriller, you can leave the mob, but the mob won't leave you. Louis (Jean Yanne) has retired to a Thailand plantation with an Asian wife and child. Back in Marseilles, however, because a no-holds-barred gang war has broken out, Louis' large collateral family is wiped out, and he is family are slated for destruction.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 283
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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And Then You Die (1987)
Plot Summary:
A drug deal must deal with the mafia, Hells Angels, and police who want to arrest him. -- WorldCat.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 86
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: neo noir, independent film, detective
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Poliziotti (1995)
Plot Summary:
When young cop Andrea is assigned to keep watch over dangerous Godfather Sante, who's in hospital after a fake suicide attempt, the stage is set for disaster.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 165
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: erotic
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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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Operation Hyacinth (2021)
Plot Summary:
Not satisfied with the result of a murder investigation in Warsaw's gay community, an officer in 1980s communist Poland resolves to uncover the truth.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, erotic, crying
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Hero (2015)
Plot Summary:
Prosecutor Kohei Kuryu takes charge of a case with a foreign embassy possessing the key to solve the case. Due to the extraterritoriality involving the case, the investigation has not gone anywhere. A crisis then ensues. Kohei Kuryu and his office attempt to extract the truth behind the wall of the Neustrian Embassy.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 598
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: captivating
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The Violent Four (1968)
Plot Summary:
A detective is assigned to head a manhunt for four violent bank robbers.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 851
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco, detective, neo noir, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, non-linear
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Gang War in Milan (1973)
Plot Summary:
A Milan pimp faces off against a ruthless and greedy French gangster whom wants to unite organized crime in Italy.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 714
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cult film
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Private Call (2001)
Plot Summary:
In order to avenge the murder of an old friend, a recently suspended female police officer goes undercover at an illegal gambling den where the winning prize is a night with one of the female staff.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 174
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, sexploitation film
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Performance (1970)
Plot Summary:
Young gangster Chas Devlin seeks refuge from the mob in a basement belonging to a reclusive, fading rock star Turner.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: psychedelic, surreal, atmospheric, stylized, sexy, cult classic, bleak, neo noir, psychological, serious
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The Professor (1986)
Plot Summary:
Vaguely inspired to the real story of boss of the Camorra's bosses Raffaele Cutolo, this is the story of the criminal career of "Il professore" (the professor). He is in prison, and by there he is able to build, step by step, an empire founded on murders and drugs. He starts a war to destroy all the old Camorra bosses and becoming the new "boss of the bosses". With his sister's help he manages to evade from prison and escape in New York. Here he starts immediately a new relationship with "Cosa Nostra" (Italian American Mafia). He is going to seat on the peak of the most powerful criminal organization, and the Italian authorities are almost impotent.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 171 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful