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Plot Summary:
Chris O'Brien, devote Catholic and rookie cop with LAPD, is assigned to partner with the hard-edged, street-smart Nora Hugosian. A serial killer is loose, and all the victims are low-life guys whom Nora has dealt with. So, when the tire tracks of a police car are found at a murder scene, she's the prime suspect of internal affairs investigator Simon Hertzel.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: rough, suspenseful, exciting, serious, realistic, independent film, detective, surprise ending, neo noir, suspense
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Scar City (1998)
Plot Summary:
A young cop gets thrown in with a special police squad who are acting as assassins against hoods and who don't care who gets in the way.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 916
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, suspense, erotic, independent film, realistic
Similar in 79%
Sacrifice (2000)
Plot Summary:
A convicted bank robber breaks free as he is being transported to prison after learning that his daughter has been killed by a serial killer. Determined to find her killer, he joins with a female cop who is working the case. He quickly discovers that his daughter had recently had an abortion, an action common to all of the murdered women. Meanwhile the FBI agent that he escaped from is hot on his trail.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 842
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film, surprise ending
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Flashfire (1994)
Plot Summary:
Police detective Jack Flinder is already in trouble with the rest of his force for imprisoning a corrupt partner, but now he has a new problem to deal with. Another officer has been murdered in a hotel room, where he was with a prostitute named Lisa, who managed to escape with her life. Flinder has to track down Lisa to find out what happened, but the answer proves the corruption in his department runs much deeper than he had initially believed.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 399
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: independent film, detective, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized
Similar in 83%
Black Cat Run (1998)
Plot Summary:
A girl is in love with a gas station attendant and sees him against her father's wishes. The father is the sheriff and shortly after a confrontation with the boy friend, he is killed by escaped convicts and the daughter is kidnapped. Everyone, including the deputy, is convinced that the boy friend committed the murder and ran away with the girl. This sets up a chase of the convicts by the boy friend and of the boy friend by the police.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 720
Genere: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: perverse, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, road movie, independent film, black comedy
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The Sweeper (1996)
Plot Summary:
A young renegade undercover cop with a propensity for violence and a past history involving the murder of his cop father and the remainder of his family is recruited by a vigilante group with a leader who wants only to kill all criminals and those associated with them.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 620
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, neo noir, detective
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The Taking of Beverly Hills (1991)
Plot Summary:
A chemical spill has caused the occupants of Beverly Hills to be forcibly evacuated. A retiring football player left behind, finds that the toxic gas emulating from the spill is a bogus front for a heist set up by fired police officers out to plunder the city of all its valuables. Finding himself siding with a corrupt cop who was once apart of the plan until he discovered the city's mayor had just been blown away, by one of the chief crooks in charge. Now both on the run with no help in sight...both must do whatever they can to stop these murderous looters.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: cult classic, action thriller, exciting, rough, humorous, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, surprise ending
Similar in 78%
Magnum Force (1973)
Plot Summary:
"Dirty" Harry Callahan is a San Francisco Police Inspector on the trail of a group of rogue cops who have taken justice into their own hands. When shady characters are murdered one after another in grisly fashion, only Dirty Harry can stop them.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 66000
Genere: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, harsh, intense, rough, serious, disturbing, realistic, detective, grindhouse
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Death Warrant (1990)
Plot Summary:
The Canadian policeman Louis Burke is assigned in a jail to investigate in some murders of prisoners and jailors. When in jail, Lois, using his outstandings martial arts is able to save his life and make himself respected in that violent world. At least, helped by two another prisoners, he succeded in finding the truth about the dreadful crimes.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: detective, exciting, rough, suspenseful, suspense, action packed, tense, captivating, perverse, cult classic
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Murphy's Law (1986)
Plot Summary:
A tough police detective escapes from custody handcuffed to a foul-mouthed car thief after being framed for the murder of his ex-wife. He must now find the real killer and prove his innocence.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: neo noir, tricky, suspenseful, detective, rough, grindhouse, enigmatic, cult classic, action adventure, independent film
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Striking Distance (1993)
Plot Summary:
Coming from a police family, Tom Hardy ends up fighting his uncle after the murder of his father. Tom believes the killer is another cop, and goes on the record with his allegations. Demoted to water-way duty Tom, along with new partner Jo Christman, navigate the three rivers looking for clues and discovering bodies. This time the victims are women Tom knows, he must find the killer to prove his innocence.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 45000
Genere: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, rough, suspense, intense, detective, realistic, serious, disturbing, psychological, action thriller
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Unforgettable (1996)
Plot Summary:
Ray Liotta stars as a medical examiner who has been acquitted for his wife's murder but many still question his innocence. Obsessed with finding his wife's killer, a possible solution presents itself in an experimental serum designed by a neurobiology Linda Fiorentino which has the ability to transfer memories from one person to another, but not without consequences. Liotta driven to solve the case injects himself with the serum, bringing him closer and closer to finding her killer but bringing him closer to death.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspenseful, suspense, tense, rough, serious, exciting, psychological thriller, surprise ending, neo noir
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Snapdragon (1993)
Plot Summary:
An erotic amnesiac lures a police psychologist into a world of lust and danger.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: erotic, psychological, tense, realistic, disturbing, rough, serious, suspenseful, neo noir, scenic
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Alex Cross (2012)
Plot Summary:
After Washington DC detective Alex Cross is told that a family member has been murdered, he vows to track down the killer. He soon discovers that she was not his first victim and that things are not what they seem.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, sexy, entertaining, rough, serious, exciting, action packed, neo noir, detective
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Righteous Kill (2008)
Plot Summary:
Two veteran New York City detectives work to identify the possible connection between a recent murder and a case they believe they solved years ago; is there a serial killer on the loose, and did they perhaps put the wrong person behind bars?.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 91000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, psychological, twist ending, intense, rough, serious, realistic, bad ending, detective
Similar in 78%
McQ (1974)
Plot Summary:
Police Lieutenant Lon McQ investigates the killing of his best friend and uncovers corrupt elements of the police department dealing in confiscated drugs.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: serious, suspense, exciting, captivating, neo noir, detective, rough, realistic, suspenseful, fast
Similar in 80%
Blue Steel (1990)
Plot Summary:
A female rookie in the police force engages in a cat and mouse game with a pistol wielding psychopath who becomes obsessed with her.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: neo noir, exciting, tense, suspenseful, detective, rough, disturbing, erotic, cult classic, stylized
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First Kill (2017)
Plot Summary:
A police chief tries to solve a kidnapping that involves a bank robber holding a young boy hostage.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, captivating, suspenseful, cliffhanger, anamorphic, action thriller, surprise ending, neo noir, independent film
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Renegade Force (1998)
Plot Summary:
An FBI Agent (Michael Rooker) and a female cop (Diane DiLascio) join forces to stop renegade cops who are offing the bad guys. Robert Patrick is the leader of the renegades and Louis Mandylor is a reluctant young cop that is brought into the hit team.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 808
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspense, independent film, exciting, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, surprise ending
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The Glimmer Man (1996)
Plot Summary:
A former government operative renowned for his stealth, Jack Cole is now a Los Angeles police detective. When a series of horrible murders occurs in the metro area, Cole is assigned to the case, along with tough-talking fellow cop Jim Campbell. Although the two men clash, they gradually become effective partners as they uncover a conspiracy linked to the killings, which also involves terrorism and organized crime.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, rough, serious, action comedy, detective, perverse
Similar in 77%
Fire with Fire (2012)
Plot Summary:
A fireman takes an unexpected course of action when a man whom he's been ordered to testify against – after being held up at a local convenience store – threatens him.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious, action thriller, perverse, action adventure, neo noir
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An Eye for an Eye (1981)
Plot Summary:
Sean Kane is forced to resign from the San Francisco Police Department's Narcotics Division when he goes berserk after his partner is murdered. He decides to fight alone and follows a trail of drug traffickers into unexpected high places.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: suspense, serious, exciting, cult classic, tense, neo noir, independent film, rough, realistic, suspenseful
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Boiling Point (1993)
Plot Summary:
Red is an aging scam-artist who's just been released from prison together with Ronnie, a young and not-so-bright hoodlum who is easily manipulated. Their new business is to organize fake-money sales and then kill the buyer to take his money; but when Ronnie kills an undercover secret service agent, his partner Jimmy Mercer vows revenge and is given one week to catch the killers before being transferred. Written by Giancarlo Cairella.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, neo noir, suspenseful, tense, intense, rough, serious, realistic, action thriller
Similar in 81%
Countdown (2016)
Plot Summary:
A madman captures a young boy and rigs him with explosives. Ray Fitzpatrick, still haunted by the loss of his own son, will defy orders to stop the clock and save a life.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, tense, rough, surprise ending, neo noir, independent film, detective, black comedy
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Sleepless (2017)
Plot Summary:
Undercover Las Vegas police officer Vincent Downs is caught in a high stakes web of corrupt cops and the mob-controlled casino underground. When a heist goes wrong, a crew of homicidal gangsters kidnaps Downs’ teenage son. In one sleepless night he will have to rescue his son, evade an internal affairs investigation and bring the kidnappers to justice.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 34000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspense, neo noir, suspenseful, disturbing, exciting, tense, hood, anamorphic, surprise ending, detective
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Above the Law (1988)
Plot Summary:
Seagal is Nico Toscani, an Italian immigrant, American patriot, ex-CIA agent, aikido specialist, and unorthodox Chicago policeman. He is as committed to his job as he is to his personalized brand of justice: expert and thorough bone-crushing.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 34000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful, cult classic, heroic, satanic, action thriller
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The Hitcher (1986)
Plot Summary:
A young man who escaped the clutches of a murderous hitch-hiker is subsequently stalked, framed for the hitcher's crimes, and has his life made into hell by the same man he escaped.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 51000
Genere: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: road movie, psychological, slasher, suspenseful, scary, neo noir, suspense, psychological thriller, bad ending, disturbing
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Narc (2002)
Plot Summary:
An undercover narc dies, the investigation stalls, so the Detroit P.D. brings back Nick Tellis, fired 18-months ago when a stray bullet hits a pregnant woman. Tellis teams with Henry Oak, a friend of the dead narc and an aggressive cop constantly under the scrutiny of internal affairs. They follow leads and informants turn up dead.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 43000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: bleak, suspense, tense, realistic, suspenseful, neo noir, psychological, atmospheric, harsh, disturbing
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Black and Blue (2019)
Plot Summary:
Exposure follows a rookie Detroit African-American female cop who stumbles upon corrupt officers who are murdering a drug dealer, an incident captured by her body cam. They pursue her through the night in an attempt to destroy the footage, but to make matters worse, they've tipped off a criminal gang that she's responsible for the dealer's death.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, bleak, hood, slang, neo noir, social, anamorphic, predictable, surprise ending
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Triple 9 (2016)
Plot Summary:
A gang of criminals and corrupt cops plan the murder of a police officer in order to pull off their biggest heist yet across town.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 76000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: tense, exciting, suspense, suspenseful, stylized, intense, neo noir, detective, independent film, crime thriller
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21 Bridges (2019)
Plot Summary:
A disgraced NYPD detective after being thrust into a citywide manhunt for a cop killer, is given a shot at redemption.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 72000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China, USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: detective, neo noir, suspense, bleak, suspenseful, tense, enigmatic, captivating, independent film, entertaining