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Plot Summary:
Billa, a ruthless international crime lord wanted in at least eleven countries, operates from Kuala Lumpur. The only person he answers to is his unseen boss: "Devil." ACP Krishna Murthy is one of several officers working with Interpol to catch Billa. But when one of his informants is killed, Murthy begins to suspect a mole within the police. Eventually, Billa is killed, and Murthy is the only witness. When he learns of Ranga --a pickpocket and Billa-lookalike, Murthy sets up a secret operation. Ranga takes Billa's place to learn the gang's secrets. Chased by the uninformed law, suspected by the gang, and hunted by a vengeful femme-fatale; Ranga finds himself in extreme danger from all sides.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 149 min
Plot tags:
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Amigos (2023)
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Siddharth, a youngman who runs a family business is astonished to find his doppelgängers Manjunath and Michael on getdopple.com. After meeting up in Goa, they come down to Hyderabad to help Siddarth win over Ishika, a girl looking for superman to be her husband. But things take a drastic turn when NIA swings into action to nab Michael, aka Bipin Roy.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 139 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, twisted
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Balu ABCDEFG (2005)
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Balu ABCDEFG (Telugu: బాలు ABCDEFG) is a Telugu film released on 6 January 2005 and was directed by A. Karunakaran. This film stars Pawan Kalyan, Shriya, and Neha Oberoi. The film was produced by C. Ashwini Dutt under his production company Vyjayanthi Movies. The movie was a good grosser at the box office; it ran for 100 days successfully in 8 theaters in Andhra Pradesh.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: India
Duration: 169 min
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The Ghost (2022)
Plot Summary:
An ex-Interpol officer wreaks havoc and sends shock waves across the global underworld but goes missing in action, only to remerge years later, for his beloved family.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 138 min
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Boom (2003)
Plot Summary:
The fashion world meets the underworld in BOOM, written and directed by Kaizad Gustad and produced by Ayesha Shroff under the banner of Quest Films.
IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: black comedy, dark comedy
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HIT: The 2nd Case (2022)
Plot Summary:
Krishna Dev aka KD, a laidback cop working in Andhra Pradesh State HIT, takes on a gruesome murder case. As KD unravels the layers of the crime, the stakes rise unbelievably high and the threat comes unusually close.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: crime thriller
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Bholaa Shankar (2023)
Plot Summary:
A reformed gangster now taxi driver unwittingly draws the vengeance of a crime syndicate after aiding the police in busting a smuggling operation. Fueled by a burning desire for justice and to protect his adopted sister, he embarks on a relentless quest to hunt down the mobsters responsible.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 159 min
Plot tags:
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Yashoda (2022)
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Looking to save her sister, Yashoda, a desperate woman agrees to be a surrogate and move in to a plush facility - but nothing is as it seems. In the world outside Eva, a Hollywood starlet dies under mysterious circumstances, so do a tycoon and a super model. An unknown drug seem to hold the key to the whole mystery.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 135 min
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Oxygen (2017)
Plot Summary:
Krishna Prasad is an NRI who comes to India to marry Shruti, daughter of Raghupathi, a revered man in their village. But someone seems to be targeting the family and is out to kill them. Who is after the family and why is what 'Oxygen' is all about.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 355
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 156 min
Plot tags: crying
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Anjaan (2014)
Plot Summary:
Krishna (Suriya) comes to Mumbai in search of his brother Raju Bhai (Suriya), an underworld don. Through Raju Bhai's gangster friends, his past life is revealed. What happened to Raju Bhai? Will Krishna find him?.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 166 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic
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Don (1978)
Plot Summary:
A ruthless gangster named Don is killed during a scuffle with the police. Since only DSP DeSilva knows of this incident, he recruits another person named Vijay who is a spitting image of Don. Vijay is planted in Don's place in Don's gang and DeSilva has a plan to nab the entire gang in this way. But when DeSilva dies during a raid, the secret that Vijay is not Don is also buried with him.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 175 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, fast, suspense, cult film
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Singam 2 (2013)
Plot Summary:
Picking up the storyline from where Singam ended, Duraisingam (Suriya) has gone undercover after meeting the Home Minister and is working as an NCC officer in a school in Thoothukudi. The only people who know about this operation are the Chief Minister and Home Minister apart from himself.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 166 min
Plot tags: humorous, stylized, semi serious, serious, realistic, exciting, rough, suspenseful, cult film
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Action Jackson (2014)
Plot Summary:
A man meets his lookalike, who's not just a killer of evil, but also a kind hearted man. Together, they team up to fight against a dreaded gangster.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India, Austria
Duration: 144 min
Plot tags: exciting, semi serious, captivating, tense, suspense, rough, humorous, realistic, suspenseful
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Sivaji (2007)
Plot Summary:
Corrupt police and politicians target a computer engineer for trying to better the lives of less privileged citizens.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 188 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, tense, suspense, feel good, political thriller, masala, cult film, political drama
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Billa (2007)
Plot Summary:
The intertwined stories of an international Don in Malaysia, David Billa, chased by the cops, an Indian police officer, a woman who wants to avenge the death of her brother, and a lowly thief, Velu who shares with Billa, an unusual connection.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Yevadu (2014)
Plot Summary:
Satya is given a different face after he suffers burn-related injuries. After being released from the hospital, he deals with the murderer of his lover Deepti. But his new face has given him new foes.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 165 min
Plot tags: serious, tense, captivating, suspense, rough, realistic
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Krack (2021)
Plot Summary:
Pothuraju Veera Shankar is a hot-headed circle inspector from Andhra who doesn’t like to hear the word ‘background’. Wherever he is appointed in the state, he brings all the notorious gundas to their knees with his signature policing style. When Shankar is appointed in Ongole, the brutal Katari commits a spine-chilling murder and angers Shankar. How the rivalry between Pothuraju Veera Shankar and Katari turns worse is what Krack is all about.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 154 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Dhruva (2016)
Plot Summary:
A committed police officer is on a very dangerous mission to destroy the most corrupt person in the country, Siddharth Abhimanyu.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 165 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating
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Kuttram 23 (2017)
Plot Summary:
A case involving the disappearance of a pregnant woman turns into a personal one for the cop who is tasked with investigating it..
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 151 min
Plot tags: suspense, captivating, disturbing, crime thriller, suspense thriller
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Plot Summary:
Aaditya, the commissioner of Mumbai Police, sets out to catch Ajay, a drug peddler. However, he uncovers a deeper controversy linked to an international drug lord and must mete out justice.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 159 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, exciting, action packed, cult film
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Si 3 (2017)
Plot Summary:
A reputed cop from Tamil Nadu takes charge in Andhra Pradesh to solve the mysterious murder of a top police officer, and takes on local thugs and criminals during the course of his mission.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 155 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, cult film
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Theri (2016)
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When an honest cop, Vijay Kumar's family is ruthlessly slaughtered by a politician and his aides, he decides to change his identity and commits his life to bring his daughter up in a serene atmosphere. But some freak events end up compromising his identity and what he does to save his daughter and avenge the death of his family unfurls as Theri.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 157 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, feel good, cult film
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Plot Summary:
An idealistic cop and an ambitious scientist-businessman indulge in a high-stake battle of wits.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 160 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, tense, captivating, suspenseful, contemplative, motivational, epic, dark, crime thriller
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Singam (2010)
Plot Summary:
The story, set in the backdrop of Nallore, a small town in Thoothukudi District, revolves around Sub-Inspector Durai Singam (Surya), a brave and just policeman who serves in his hometown primarily to fulfill his father’s (Radha Ravi) wish. Durai Singam settles every dispute in his town patiently with his words of wisdom and resorts to force only when the situation demands it. Kavya (Anushka), a city girl who comes on vacation to Nallore, falls in love with Durai Singam. Erimalai (Vivek), Durai Singam's bumbling colleague and friend, often accompanies him.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 160 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, tense, captivating, suspense, realistic, surprise ending, slapstick comedy, cult film
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Saaho (2019)
Plot Summary:
A battle for power ensues as warring gangters thrive to gain possession of a "black box" that can make them richer than they already are, and an undercover cop intervenes with the help of his sharp intellect and an instinct to kill.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 170 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, twist ending, cult classic, fast
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Wall (1975)
Plot Summary:
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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Sooryavanshi (2021)
Plot Summary:
A fearless, faithful albeit slightly forgetful Mumbai cop, Veer Sooryavanshi, the chief of the Anti-Terrorism Squad in India pulls out all the stops and stunts to thwart a major conspiracy to attack his city.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 79000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 145 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, fast, action packed
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Don (2006)
Plot Summary:
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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The Chain (1973)
Plot Summary:
The world erodes around Vijay, an honest police officer. He is jailed for 6 months on false charges, trapped by gang leader Teja. When Vijay is released from jail, he plans to take revenge.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 145 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Aan: Men at Work (2004)
Plot Summary:
Crime is at its highest peak in Mumbai with it split in three ways. Walia has one-third, Manik Rao has one-third and Roshni has a third of the Mumbai territory. The crime rate rises with more smuggling, trading and illegal activities soaring.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 149 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Pushpa: The Rise - Part 1 (2021)
Plot Summary:
Pushpa Raj is a coolie who rises in the world of red sandalwood smuggling. Along the way, he doesn’t shy from making an enemy or two.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 84000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 179 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense