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Plot Summary:
A high school bus on its way to a retreat blows a tire and stops at the nearest ranch for help. The driver, five troubled students, and their ridiculous gym- teacher chaperone find, instead, criminals who will stop at nothing to make sure their drug operations aren't discovered. The students and teacher are easy prey for these animals, but standing in the way of certain death is a force more determined and more skilled than any of them ever expected: The Bus Driver.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 378
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags:
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The Threat (1977)
Plot Summary:
Henri Savin has managed a trucking company for his lover, Dominique Montlaur, for many years. Now he is planning to leave her for Julie Manet, the woman he has made pregnant, and Dominique is hysterical. She first threatens suicide, then shows up at a meeting of Savin and Julie. Dominique tries everything she can think of to break Savin and Julie apart, to no avail. Frustrated in her efforts, she jumps off a cliff and dies. Savin insists that he and Julie lie to the police about the encounter, although Dominique's death was a suicide and therefore they had no direct hand in it. Detective Waldeck investigates Dominique's death.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 866
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco, amateur film
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Moonfire (1970)
Plot Summary:
Truckers battle a Nazi who has hidden out in Mexico. Subplot involves the disappearance of a reclusive billionaire.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 134
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: independent film
Similar in 88%
Truck Rascals (1975)
Plot Summary:
The first of many movies featuring the lighthearted adventures of two truck drivers. Momojiro and his best friend Kinzo take to the road on their cargo trucks impressing each other with their skills in driving fast and evading the police while transporting commodities throughout the country. Chance encounters with people along the way help them to come to terms with events clouding their past and offer them a shot at redemption.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 125
Genere: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags:
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Time Bomb (1984)
Plot Summary:
A gang of terrorists tries to hijack a truck carrying plutonium.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 185
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags:
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Booby Trap (1970)
Plot Summary:
A crazed military explosives expert heads for Los Angeles with an RV full of explosives, intending to blow up a rock festival and kill all the "hippies". An army officer is sent to stop him.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 114
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: cult film
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Trucker's Woman (1975)
Plot Summary:
A young man takes up truck-driving to investigate his trucker father's suspicious death.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 299
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: sexy
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The Vultures on the Road (1990)
Plot Summary:
The Vultures on the Road - an organized gang of robbers and murderers, which includes even the police. They kill the truck driver's friend, whose wife is expecting a baby. The police (which is cooperating with the bandits), of course, does nothing, so he begins to take revenge on the scum, crushing their cars by his truck.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 32
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 133 min
Plot tags: road movie
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Driving Force (1989)
Plot Summary:
In the near future Steve (Sam Jones) takes a job as a tow truck driver that has to battle a gang of baddies led by Nelson (Don Swayze).
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 220
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Philippines
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film
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Revenge on the Highway (1992)
Plot Summary:
At his wedding Claude Sams has an argument with his son about his life-style; in anger Paul leaves. Together with a friend he sets out for Vegas to search a job. While changing a tire on the highway, he's killed by a passing truck. The police believes it's been an accident, but Claude doesn't accept this and frantically searches for a yellow truck and it's crazy driver at all truck stations.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 223
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags:
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Elephant White (2011)
Plot Summary:
An assassin is hired by a businessman to avenge the murder of his daughter by white slave traders in Thailand.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: exciting, realistic, rough, suspenseful, colorful, serious, stylized, fast, surprise ending, twist ending
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Number One with a Bullet (1987)
Plot Summary:
Number One with a Bullet is a 1987 American police detective film directed by Jack Smight. A pair of detectives is assigned to investigate a murder, and discover a trail of corruption and criminal activity that leads right back to their own police department.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 673
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, cult classic, independent film, exciting, rough, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, buddy comedy, detective
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Young and Dangerous (1996)
Plot Summary:
Nam opens a bar in Wanchai and continues his rise in Hong Kong's Hung Hing gang. His best friend, Chicken, needs to lie low, so he's sent to Taiwan to work for Lui, leader of the San Luen gang; there, he falls for the aging Lui's mistress, Ting Yiu. When Chicken returns to Hong Kong, he finds Nam in a struggle with long time rival, Fai Fat. Then, Lui shows up, demanding that Hung Hing sell him a half interest in their new Macau casino. When Chiang, the Hung Hing boss, wants to think about it, Lui threatens war, Chicken must choose sides, and Ting Yui sets up a meeting. Chicken's affections, Fai and Nam's rivalry, Lui's greed, and Ting's intentions are on a collision course.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: neo noir, heroic, crime drama, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Underneath (1995)
Plot Summary:
Michael Chambers has come home to Austin, Texas. To the mother who's starting a new life and the brother driven by old jealousies. To the places he remembers and the memories he can't forget. And to Rachel, the woman he married and then betrayed with his passion for gambling. Now she's together with Tommy Dundee, a man no one trifles with. He takes care of her in a way Michael never could, but there's a price for his attention and Rachel knows this. And when Michael devises a plan to get Rachel out from under Tommy's control, they become entangled in a web of intrigue, danger and desire from which no one escapes unscathed.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: neo noir, erotic, suspenseful, stylized, anamorphic, twisted, serious, realistic, surprise ending, independent film
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The Anderson Tapes (1971)
Plot Summary:
A thief (Duke Anderson) just released from ten years in jail, takes up with his old girlfriend (Ingrid) in her posh apartment. He makes plans to rob the entire building. What he doesn't know is that his every move is recorded on audio and video tape, although he is not the subject of any surveillance.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: neo noir, serious, realistic, captivating, suspense, tech noir, suspenseful, witty, stylized, fast
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Riding with Death (1976)
Plot Summary:
Dimwitted, meaty guy foils criminals by turning invisible.
IMDB Rating: 1.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Thriller, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, scary, rough, bleak, serious, fast, independent film
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Vanishing Point (1971)
Plot Summary:
Kowalski works for a car delivery service. He takes delivery of a 1970 Dodge Challenger to take from Colorado to San Francisco, California. Shortly after pickup, he takes a bet to get the car there in less than 15 hours.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: road movie, grindhouse, independent film, cult classic, exciting, suspenseful, neo noir, retro, political, art house
Similar in 89%
Kill Switch (2008)
Plot Summary:
A troubled detective travels to Memphis in order to track down a pair of serial killers.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, fast, suspense, neo noir, detective
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Duel (1971)
Plot Summary:
Travelling businessman, David Mann, angers the driver of a rusty tanker whilst crossing the Californian desert. A simple trip turns deadly as Mann struggles to stay on the road while the tanker plays cat and mouse with his life.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 77000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: road movie, atmospheric, suspense, exciting, tension, psychological thriller, psychological, creepy, intense, slasher
Similar in 82%
Black Dog (1998)
Plot Summary:
An ex-con takes a job driving a truck cross country. What he doesn't know is that the truck is filled with illegal weapons and now he must fight to survive and save his family.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, France, Germany, Japan
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: road movie, suspense, realistic, suspenseful, serious, colorful, fast, rough, exciting, humorous
Similar in 78%
Deadly Impact (2010)
Plot Summary:
Deadly Impact follows hard-nosed cop Thomas Armstrong (Flanery) whose life was shattered when he became the helpless target of a mastermind murderer. Returning home after a much-needed break, Armstrong joins the FBI to seek revenge and help track down the same killer that threatened his existence, however this time the assassin is back to terrorize not just a single person, but the entire city.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, neo noir, detective
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The Gauntlet (1977)
Plot Summary:
Phoenix cop Ben Shockley is well on his way to becoming a derelict when he is assigned to transport a witness named Gus Mally from Vegas. Mally turns out to be a belligerent prostitute with mob ties and incriminating information regarding a high-placed figure.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: exciting, road movie, suspense, entertaining, neo noir, anime, action thriller, rough, serious, realistic
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The Road Killers (1994)
Plot Summary:
After a young boy is almost runover by a maniac on a highway, a re-encounter and confrontation by the boy's father with the driver sets off conflicts with a carful of maniacs.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: road movie, serious, realistic, suspenseful, anamorphic, cult classic, independent film, cult film
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Truck Turner (1974)
Plot Summary:
Ex-football star turned skip-tracer, Turner specializes in bringing in the criminals police are too scared to chase, and when he's hired to capture sociopathic pimp Gator, he finds himself confronted by the most vicious killers in the underground scene.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, neo noir, cult classic, independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending
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18 Wheels of Justice (2000)
Plot Summary:
Justice Department undercover agent Michael Cates’s family was killed after he testified against crime boss Jacob Calder. Now Cates is working out of an 18 Wheeler under another undercover identity, that of Chance Bowman. As Cates wanders America listening to country music and helping people he is also dodging hit-men and still trying to take down Calder.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 258
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful, detective
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The Driver (1978)
Plot Summary:
The Driver specializes in driving getaway cars for robberies. His exceptional talent has prevented him from being caught yet. After another successful flight from the police a self-assured detective makes it his primary goal to catch the Driver. He promises pardons to a gang if they help to convict him in a set-up robbery. The Driver seeks help from The Player to mislead the detective.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: neo noir, atmospheric, tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense, road movie, grindhouse, retro
Similar in 78%
Armored (2009)
Plot Summary:
A crew of officers at an armored transport security firm risk their lives when they embark on the ultimate heist against their own company. Armed with a seemingly fool-proof plan, the men plan on making off with a fortune with harm to none. But when an unexpected witness interferes, the plan quickly unravels and all bets are off.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, suspense, intense, serious, realistic, action packed, exciting, action thriller, crime thriller
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The Fast and the Furious (2001)
Plot Summary:
Domenic Toretto is a Los Angeles street racer suspected of masterminding a series of big-rig hijackings. When undercover cop Brian O'Conner infiltrates Toretto's iconoclastic crew, he falls for Toretto's sister and must choose a side: the gang or the LAPD.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 412000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, suspenseful, entertaining, action packed, rough, serious, intense, realistic, action thriller
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Reindeer Games (2000)
Plot Summary:
After assuming his dead cellmate's identity to get with his girlfriend, an ex-con finds himself the reluctant participant in a casino heist.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 42000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, sexy, intense, suspense, serious, realistic, entertaining, action packed, action adventure, twisted
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Heart of Stone (2023)
Plot Summary:
Rachel Stone is an intelligence operative, the only woman who stands between her powerful, global, peacekeeping organization and the loss of its most valuable — and dangerous — asset.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 54000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, psychotronic, independent film, black comedy
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A Most Violent Year (2014)
Plot Summary:
A thriller set in New York City during the winter of 1981, statistically one of the most violent years in the city's history, and centered on a the lives of an immigrant and his family trying to expand their business and capitalize on opportunities as the rampant violence, decay, and corruption of the day drag them in and threaten to destroy all they have built.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 76000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, depressing, bleak, rough, neo noir, dramatic