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Plot Summary:
A cop goes to a small Texas town to find out who murdered his former partner there.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 64
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: independent film, neo western
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Newman's Law (1974)
Plot Summary:
LAPD Officer Newman has not gotten the reputation of a straight arrow by avoiding conflict when fighting for right. In this police drama, his honesty is put to the test when he and his partner discover a international drug ring involving some of the department's highest ranking officers.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 371
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: detective
Similar in 89%
Lock 'n' Load (1990)
Plot Summary:
A Vietnam vet has nightmares about murder and zombies, and then discovers that he and other vets have been programmed to commit crimes and then kill themselves afterwards so they can't be traced. He investigates to try to find out who is responsible.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 59
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, splatter, independent film
Similar in 80%
Whiteout (2000)
Plot Summary:
A group of terrorists has taken hold of the largest dam in Japan. They also capture the workers as hostages, and demanded $5 billion yen from the government with a 24 hour deadline in exchange for the lives of the hostages. To make things more complicated, there was a snowstorm and no one can get in or out near the area. Fortunately, the terrorists did not capture Togashi, the dam controller, and he is the only person who can rescue those hostages from the terrorists.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 444
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, suspense, suspenseful, cliffhanger
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Invasion Force (1990)
Plot Summary:
A film crew shooting a movie finds itself battling against terrorists trying to take over a city.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 131
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, splatter, independent film
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Armed for Action (1992)
Plot Summary:
A cop tracks down the mobster who escaped his custody while being escorted cross-country to stand trial.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 73
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, neo western
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One Ranger (2023)
Plot Summary:
A Texas Ranger is recruited by British Intelligence to track down a dangerous terrorist and stop him from attacking London.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags:
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Body Count (1995)
Plot Summary:
A cold-blooded assassin is out for revenge against an elite corps of Special Crimes Agents headed by Eddie Cook and Vinnie Rizzo. When Cold blooded hit man Makoto escapes from prison, he and his sexy and lethal partner set out to execute the agents who sent them away. As the Special Crimes Agents are systematically gunned down, Cook and Rizzo find themselves in a deadly race to find the assassins and stop the bloodbath.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 374
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film, detective
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Memorial Day (1998)
Plot Summary:
An embittered satellite expert gets the opportunity for revenge against the USA by aiding terrorists in a plan to destroy the country's military base.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 231
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Shooting Heroin (2020)
Plot Summary:
A small town community comes together to eradicate the heroin epidemic from its midst by whatever means necessary.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, disturbing, independent film
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The Wrath of Becky (2023)
Plot Summary:
Two years after she escaped a violent attack on her family, 16-year-old Becky attempts to rebuild her life in the care of an older woman -- a kindred spirit named Elena. However, when a violent group known as the Noble Men break into their home, attack them and take their beloved dog, Becky must return to her old ways to protect herself and her loved ones.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags:
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Rogue Hostage (2021)
Plot Summary:
A former Marine races against time to save a group of hostages -- including his young daughter and a congressman — when armed militants take over his stepfather's store.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: exciting, brutal, social
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Shotgun (1989)
Plot Summary:
Detective Ian 'Shotgun' Jones hunts a sadistic misogynistic maniac.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 327
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Open Fire (1994)
Plot Summary:
Mercenaries leads from Kruger seize an entire city, and one man sets out to stop them.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 289
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Bloodfist VII: Manhunt (1995)
Plot Summary:
Don "the Dragon" Wilson is a man pursued. Branded a cop-killer, he must fight simply to stay alive, and to clear his name... with the very police who framed him.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 408
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspense, independent film
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Moving Target (2000)
Plot Summary:
Don "The Dragon" Wilson stars in this action drama as a tourist who, through no fault of his own, finds himself on the run from a gang of terrorists, international espionage agents, and the police. Accused of a murder he didn't commit, the man struggles to keep himself alive as he tries to clear his name and find the identity of the real killer. Moving Target also features Bill Murphy, Hilary Kavanagh, and Terry McMahon. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 380
Genere: Action
Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, independent film
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Critical Mass (2001)
Plot Summary:
Jeffers works security at a nuclear power plant. The plant is being decommissioned, and a politician is touring the plant and videotaping his comments regarding the closing. A terrorist group led by Samson gets inside the gates, with their ultimate goal the detonation of a nuclear bomb inside the plant. After local policemen and the other plant workers are killed, Jeffers and Janine alone must confront and halt Samson and his terrorist squad. Written by Ken Miller.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 476
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: semi serious, suspense, captivating, exciting, touching, fast, cult film
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Hollow Point (2019)
Plot Summary:
When his wife and daughter are senselessly murdered, a grieving man finds himself caught up in a war between a group of charismatic vigilantes and the crime that infests their city.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 835
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, stylized
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Skyscraper (1996)
Plot Summary:
A helicopter charter turns deadly when the pilot finds that she is on a building held by terrorists. It is up to her and her husband to save the hostages.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: suspense, independent film, sexy, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cult film
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Flight of Fury (2007)
Plot Summary:
John, is sent in to recover a stolen Stealth Bomber. His trusty sidekick Rojar and John's ever faithful Jessica, fight the rebel forces of Banansistan, led by the vivacious Ellianna.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, Romania, USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, disturbing, intense, fast
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Hijack (1998)
Plot Summary:
A prestigious senator and the passengers on board a train are kidnapped by a militia group.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 432
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, independent film, fast
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Invasion U.S.A. (1985)
Plot Summary:
A one-man army comes to the rescue of the United States when a spy attempts an invasion.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, cult classic, exciting, independent film, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, psychotronic
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The Way of War (2009)
Plot Summary:
Paramilitary operative David Wolfe stumbles upon an international conspiracy connecting presidential cabinet members to a Middle Eastern terrorist plot. Wanting to expose the truth, Wolfe defies orders and returns to the US as an army of one fighting for American security and integrity.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, action packed, independent film
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Storm Catcher (1999)
Plot Summary:
A renegade general plots to bomb Washington using a new top secret jet called the Storm Catcher. The only trouble is only one man is capable of flying it. So they seek to put him on the run in a conspiracy that makes him appear to have murdered several men and stolen the plane. Then try to murder his wife and take his daughter prisoner. Threatening to kill his daughter if he doesn't help, he appears trapped. However, his best friend who is the plane's computer specialist has a few tricks up his sleeve.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: rough, realistic, exciting, serious, suspenseful, suspense, cult classic, independent film, bleak, fast
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Cyborg Cop II (1994)
Plot Summary:
A fancy, loner cop loses his partner to a crazed terrorist during a hostage rescue. He settles for the terrorist going to Death Row in jail. What Jack doesn't know is that the terrorist will be taken and turned into a cyborg for the "Anti-Terrorist Group". When the Cyborg "Spartacus" wakes up accidentally, he kills the scientists and their guests, then goes to set things up for a Cyborg Empire. Only Jack and a few friends know how to stop.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 952
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, rough, bleak, futuristic, suspenseful, tech noir, action thriller, independent film
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Angel Has Fallen (2019)
Plot Summary:
Secret Service Agent Mike Banning is framed for the attempted assassination of the President and must evade his own agency and the FBI as he tries to uncover the real threat.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 108000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, suspense, humorous, intense, captivating, cliffhanger, clever, political, saga
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Operator (2015)
Plot Summary:
When the daughter of veteran 911 call center operator Pamela, and her estranged husband Jeremy, a Senior Police Officer, is kidnapped and held hostage, they are left desperate, with no choice but to follow the kidnapper's rules: send messages through dispatch for all police and fire units to scatter to remote locations throughout the city where they are met with chaos. Not knowing who or why, the one thing they do know is if they fail to discreetly collaborate with one another - they will be solely responsible for facilitating the biggest crime in the city's history. Now they must race against the clock to make the choice of their lives - save the city - or save their daughter.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, suspense, psychological, captivating, psychological thriller, neo noir, independent film, tension
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The Rhythm Section (2020)
Plot Summary:
After the death of her family in an airplane crash on a flight that she was meant to be on, Stephanie Patrick discovers the crash was not an accident. She then seeks to uncover the truth by adapting the identity of an assassin to track down those responsible.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Spain, Ireland, USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, serious, emotional, intense, action thriller, surprise ending, tension, sad, neo noir
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American Assassin (2017)
Plot Summary:
Following the murder of his fiancée, Mitch Rapp trains under the instruction of Cold War veteran Stan Hurley. The pair then is enlisted to investigate a wave of apparently random attacks on military and civilian targets.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 88000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, suspense, exciting, action adventure, tense, suspenseful, bloody, scenic, cult classic, surprise ending
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Patriot Games (1992)
Plot Summary:
When CIA Analyst Jack Ryan interferes with an IRA assassination, a renegade faction targets Jack and his family as revenge.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 119000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: exciting, political, suspense, suspenseful, political thriller, rough, serious, realistic, action adventure, anamorphic
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The Siege (1998)
Plot Summary:
The secret US abduction of a suspected terrorist leads to a wave of terrorist attacks in New York that lead to the declaration of martial law.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 77000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: suspense, political, intense, exciting, rough, thought provoking, bleak, serious, controversial, political thriller