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Plot Summary:
On her way home from an evening shift at a men's clothing store, Saara Nevanen is raped by a man whom she recognizes as her regular but eccentric customer, Antti Kaironen. The doctor and policemen question Saara in an insensitive manner,and she breaks down with guilt. When the court releases the perpetrator inlack of evidence, Saara's aggressive brother Jari talks her mild-mannered husband Sakari into a self-made revenge plot. Armed with two rifles, Jari and Sakari take matters into their own hands.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 206
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Finland
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: crying
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Violated (1984)
Plot Summary:
An actress in New York City goes against a group of gangsters who are abusing her "party girl" friends.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 135
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Black Sun (1978)
Plot Summary:
A German artist in Spain decides to revenge the death of two Nordic tourists and to defend the strikers in a bloody conflict.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 21
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Yugoslavia
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags:
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The Survivors Club (2004)
Plot Summary:
After being raped by a serial killer, Jillian Hayes, Carol Rosen and Meg Pesaturo found "The Survivors Club", and they use the press to force the police and justice to arrest the rapist. Eddie Como is arrested, based on DNA evidences, and while going to court for trial, he is murdered by a sniper and the three women switch position from victims to suspects. Detective Roan Griffin, who is traumatized by the brutal murder of his beloved wife by the manipulative killer David Price, joins the investigation with detective Fitz Fitzpatrick trying to solve the case.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 207
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags:
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Deep in the Heart (1983)
Plot Summary:
Shortly after moving to Dallas, a young woman is raped at gunpoint. Her intense anger drives her to seek revenge, and she becomes a hunter on a vengeance mission.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 369
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: independent film, sexual, sexy
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Acts of Violence (2010)
Plot Summary:
A man named Flyn (Il Lim) is on a mission on killing the men who raped his wife Olivia (Leelee Sobieski). He finds himself living a double life as a killer and a husband. He finds an unexpected friend, a priest (Ron Perlman), as he deals with the gravity of his acts. The story comes to a climactic end when Flyn finds out he is in a battle he has already lost.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 143
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: independent film
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22 Female Kottayam (2012)
Plot Summary:
22 Female Kottayam, also known as 22FK, is a 2012 Indian rape and revenge film directed by Aashiq Abu and starring Rima Kallingal and Fahad Fazil in the lead roles. The film deals with the travails of a nurse who was victimised for no fault of hers and who takes revenge on her tormentors in a rather unusual manner. Set and filmed in Bangalore, the film released on April 13, 2012, and received strongly positive reviews from critics. It was also well received at the box-office.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags:
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Without Her Consent (1990)
Plot Summary:
Fact-based story about the emotional trauma and following legal problems of a young woman who was raped by an acquaintance.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 209
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags:
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Broken (2014)
Plot Summary:
A man becomes a fugitive from the police after he kills one of the men who raped and murdered his daughter.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: twisted, crying
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Mom (2017)
Plot Summary:
The bliss of a biology teacher’s family life in Delhi is shattered when her daughter, Arya is physically assaulted by Jagan and gang. Does Devki Sabarwal wait for the law to take its course? Or does Devki become Maa Durga and hunt down the perpetrators of the crime?.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 146 min
Plot tags: bleak, tense, touching, dark, suspense
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Raakh (1989)
Plot Summary:
After witnessing the public humiliation & abuse of a female friend, a young man vows to avenge her by going after the hoodlums responsible. he is guided by a burnt out, cynical cop, who shows him the ropes as well as the realities of vigilante life.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 153 min
Plot tags: cult classic, avant garde, cult film
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Deadbeat (1976)
Plot Summary:
When four degenerate thugs rape and murder a young waitress in part of their rape and murder spree, they are arrested, but get away with though a legal technicality. The brother of one of the rape/murder victims decides to become vigilante and kill the four degenerates by himself.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 179
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: independent film
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To Kill a Man (2014)
Plot Summary:
How far will you go to protect your family? Jorge is a peaceful hard-working man who seeks a simple, quiet life for himself and his family. One day, he is mugged and humiliated by a gang of thugs led by Kalule, a delinquent from his neighborhood. This event infuriates his son as much for Jorge’s meek acceptance as for the act itself. The son, looking for retribution, ends up getting himself shot. Kalule is sent to jail and when he gets out 18 months later, begins a campaign of terror against Jorge and his family. The authorities do nothing, so Jorge decides to take matters into his own hands.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Chile, France
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, bleak, realistic
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The Rifleman of the Voroshilov Regiment (1999)
Plot Summary:
A very typical post-Soviet era storyline. A bunch of vagabonds lured an innocent teenage girl to their apartment, offered her a drink, intimidated, then gang raped her. Local cops are incapable to undertake an adequate actions against the scoundrels - prevented by the superior chief of the local police, who is the dad of one of the scumbags. The case is closed. The girl's granddad tired of an endless circumlocution decides to take revenge in his own hands.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: emotional, disturbing, touching, rough, suspense, crying, tension
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Tomboys (2009)
Plot Summary:
Five girls kidnap a serial rapist... to seek revenge.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 301
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: suspense, independent film
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The Ladies Club (1985)
Plot Summary:
A raped policewoman forms a vigilante group of various rape victims. They abduct and castrate men whom have committed repeated violations of women, and got away with it through legal technicalities.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 306
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: rough, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, independent film
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A Gun for Jennifer (1997)
Plot Summary:
A woman comes to New York City from Ohio to escape an abusive husband and gets entangled with murderous female vigilantes who prey on abusive men.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 432
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: sexy, controversial, grindhouse, independent film
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Blood in the Streets (1973)
Plot Summary:
An Italian prison official's wife is kidnapped, and the kidnappers demand that a notorious prisoner be released in order for the man to get his wife back. He gets the man released - but then kidnaps him himself, in order to ensure that the man's colleagues don't kill his wife. Enraged, the gang sets out to free their compatriot and kill the man who took him.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco, retro, cult classic, action thriller, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cult film
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Act of Vengeance (1974)
Plot Summary:
A group of women who have all been attacked by the same hockey mask wearing rapist, get no help from the police. So they ban together to form a vigilante group called "The Rape Squad", and set about going after the local scum.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film, scary, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Hitch Hike (1977)
Plot Summary:
A bickering couple driving cross-country pick up a murderous hitchhiker whom threatens to kill them unless they take him to a santuary, and in return agrees to split some bank loot he has on him.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, suspenseful, independent film, grindhouse, road movie, serious, psychotronic, poliziottesco, depressing
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Sunday in the Country (1974)
Plot Summary:
Three vicious thugs are on the run in rural America after robbing a local bank. They seek refuge at the home of a reclusive farmer, but he is prepared for their arrival and holds them at gunpoint. Unable to let them simply wait for the law, he decides to take them into into his cellar and torture them a little before the police arrive.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 677
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film, psychological, exciting, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, poliziottesco
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Fight for Your Life (1977)
Plot Summary:
A minister dispenses justice on three convicts who take his family hostage.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, disturbing, controversial, terrifying, independent film, tense, rough, bleak, serious, realistic
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Lipstick (1976)
Plot Summary:
An aspiring avant-garde composer rapes a fashion model. When she takes him to court, she's slut-shamed by the defense and the man is exonerated. But justice will be served.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, slasher, disturbing, controversial, cult classic, action thriller, spooky, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Return to Sender (2015)
Plot Summary:
A nurse living in small town goes on a blind date with a man who is not the person he says he is.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, suspense, psychological, thought provoking, captivating, psychological thriller, powerful
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The Lost Choices (2015)
Plot Summary:
A young women is raped while on her way home. When she is rejected by the police, because they don't believe her, she sets out revenge. But not only on her rapist, but also the police and everybody who did not believe her.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 208
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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10 to Midnight (1983)
Plot Summary:
Based on the real-life Richard Speck murders, amoral, nearly psychotic killer Warren Stacey (Gene Davis) is a serial killer who has murdered a number of women; he stabs them while they are naked to minimize leaving any physical evidence. Police detective Leo Kessler (Charles Bronson) is convinced of Stacey’s guilt and, over the objections of his partner, plants evidence to get him behind bars. When Stacey is released on a technicality, he threatens to go after Kessler and his family, leaving Kessler to defend himself against a killer with little help from the police.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: cult classic, grindhouse, slasher, detective, suspenseful, neo noir, suspense, scary, psychological, retro
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Sleepers (1996)
Plot Summary:
Two gangsters seek revenge on the state jail worker who during their stay at a youth prison sexually abused them. A sensational court hearing takes place to charge him for the crimes.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 234000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 147 min
Plot tags: disturbing, sadistic, harsh, suspenseful, suspense, serious, psychological, brutal, intense, emotional
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Eye for an Eye (1996)
Plot Summary:
It's fire and brimstone time as grieving mother Karen McCann takes justice into her own hands when a kangaroo court in Los Angeles fails to convict Robert Doob, the monster who raped and murdered her 17-year-old daughter.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: psychological, disturbing, tense, suspenseful, psychological thriller, suspense, detective, rough, bleak, serious
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A Time to Kill (1996)
Plot Summary:
A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 177000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 149 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, sincere, suspense, serious, political, realistic, tense, brutal, intense, emotional
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...and justice for all. (1979)
Plot Summary:
An ethical Baltimore defense lawyer disgusted with rampant legal corruption is asked to defend a judge he despises in a rape trial. But if he doesn't do it, the judge will have him disbarred.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 38000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: suspense, realistic, disturbing, clever, offbeat, humorous, witty, cynical, captivating, inspirational
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Law Abiding Citizen (2009)
Plot Summary:
A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family's killers free. He targets not only the killer but also the district attorney and others involved in the deal.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 314000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: twist ending, suspense, psychological, surprise ending, clever, tense, serious, exciting, brutal, rough