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Plot Summary:
Corrupt record company executives kill a singing sensation with a drug overdose rather than letting her leave their label and join another company. They then frame her cousin/manager for the murder forcing him to go on the run and to try to get the goods on the real killers.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 481
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: crime drama, independent film, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Coldfire (1990)
Plot Summary:
The "Coldfire" is a lethal new designer-drug with destructive capabilities. Its origins are unknown...and its effects are irreversible. This drug promises the "ultimate high." However, what does the user acquire instead? The ultimate way to die... The main purpose of the "Coldfire" drug is to help the enemy cripple the United States. An epidemic is imminent if the use of this drug spreads everywhere... Entering the scene are Nick and Jake Edwards two audacious police officers. They may lack age, but they certainly have attitude. These Generation-X cops hope to show some of the veteran members of the police force a trick or to. These two officers will be working with a company of experienced pros including the seasoned Lars and the short-tempered Dix. Their assignment is to track down who or what is responsible for the distribution of this virulent drug substance... Written by David Choi.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 204
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: independent film, rough, serious, realistic, neo noir, detective
Similar in 79%
The Assault (1998)
Plot Summary:
A female cop protects a dead drug dealer's wife from mob assassins.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 209
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: independent film, rough, serious, realistic
Similar in 76%
Pressure (2002)
Plot Summary:
"Pressure" follows two med students who must struggle to survive after an unusual shooting incident catapults them into a world of trouble.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, rough
Similar in 75%
Don't Look Back (1996)
Plot Summary:
Los Angeles heroin addict Jesse endangers the lives of his childhood friends after he discovers a briefcase full of money from a drug deal gone bad, and returns home with it to Texas. Hoping to turn his life around with his newfound wealth, Jessie endures detox with the support of his friends. However, the gang leader behind the drug deal, along with his cronies, trace Jesse's footsteps to Texas to exact revenge and take back their money.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 726
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast
Similar in 83%
Midnight Witness (1993)
Plot Summary:
Renegade cops are videotaped murdering a motorist and the witnesses are in danger of being their next victims.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 216
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cult film
Similar in 75%
Dangerous Obsession (2004)
Plot Summary:
An Argentine truck driver is on a routine trip through Rio de Janeiro when he meets a mysterious countryman. They travel back to Argentina together, meeting a beautiful Brazilian journalist on the way. The truck driver has revenge on his mind, and both the adventurous young man, and the gorgeous girl join him in this venture. The only thing the three have in common are their obsession for honor and justice.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 531
Genere: Thriller, Action
Country: Argentina
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Dog Watch (1997)
Plot Summary:
A San Francisco detective (Elliott) goes wild when he discovers his partner dead and the presumed culprit standing over him. After beating the man to death, he comes to his senses and realizes that he has to get rid of the body of the beaten man. Dumping the man in the river, he returns to his partner's body and calls in the death. He is then given a new partner (Morales) and is assigned to investigate the death of a man just pulled from the river causing all the expected problems. However, the investigation does lead to police corruption and his own partner's involvement in drug running.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 411
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: independent film, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 84%
The Witness Files (1999)
Plot Summary:
A former actress, unjustly sent to prison eight years earlier, is forced to testify against a mafia hit man.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 530
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 79%
Hit List (1989)
Plot Summary:
A family man (Jan-Michael Vincent) and a mob witness (Leo Rossi) hunt a mob hit man (Lance Henriksen) who has mistakenly kidnapped the family man's son.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 674
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious, cult classic, exciting, surprise ending, neo noir, cult film
Similar in 76%
Red Line (1995)
Plot Summary:
A car thief is seen stealing, and is blackmailed into stealing more cars for someone else's profit.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 602
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, fast, neo noir
Similar in 85%
Crusader (2005)
Plot Summary:
The World Of Mass Communication Is About To Become Unplugged.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 421
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tech noir
Similar in 78%
Hong Kong 97 (1994)
Plot Summary:
Hong Kong 97 takes place in Hong Kong right before the transfer of power from Britain to China. Reginald Cameron, an assassin affiliated with a large corporation with interests in the colony, guns down key members of the Chinese envoy which will take charge of Hong Kong the next day. Suddenly, he becomes a target for every two-bit mercenary in the city. With the help of his company mentor, a clueless friend, and his ex-girlfriend, Cameron must unravel the motives behind his sudden target status and escape Hong Kong alive.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: cult classic, independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cult film
Similar in 81%
Raw Target (1995)
Plot Summary:
This high-powered action flick follows kickboxing champion Johnny Rider, who quits the ring after accidentally killing an opponent but is forced to employ his skills again to avenge the death of his brother at the hands of crime boss Rod Sparks (Nicholas Hill). After infiltrating Rod's gang, Johnny is targeted himself by Bill Williams (Ron Hall), a cop seeking revenge for the death of his own brother -- the fighter killed by Johnny.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 92
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 90%
To Protect and Serve (1992)
Plot Summary:
A rookie cop becomes the chief suspect in the killing of some of his crooked cohorts.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 289
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: erotic, independent film, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 75%
Hand Gun (1994)
Plot Summary:
Jack is in the midst of a major robbery, which leaves him injured and his accomplices dead. Jack manages to hide the $500,000 from the robbery before he makes his way to his death bed.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 374
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 75%
Facade (1999)
Plot Summary:
It should have been a simple murder. But a botched job, an old flame, and too many loose ends can spell just one thing for businessman Colin Wentworth: chaos!.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 270
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: rough, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
Similar in 89%
The Collectors (1999)
Plot Summary:
Shifting alliances put a pair of hardnosed hit men in jeopardy in this 1999 crime caper. A New Orleans mob boss looking to settle scores sends Ray (Rick Fox) and A.K. (Casper Van Dien) to New York City to collect overdue debts.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 401
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
Similar in 78%
House of the Rising Sun (2011)
Plot Summary:
Ray, an ex-cop, is starting a new life looking to stay out of trouble. One evening, on Ray's watch, the nightclub he works for is robbed and the owner's son is shot dead. As his criminal past is exposed Ray hunts for the person responsible for this crime in an effort to clear his own name. Ray must get to the bottom of this as both the mob and cops start to close in on him as their target suspect.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film, detective
Similar in 81%
Ambushed (1998)
Plot Summary:
Jim Natter, the leader of a violent Kuk Klux Klan lodge, is shot dead. His teenage son Eric Natter is found nearby, and taken into police custody for his protection pending the investigation. While four cops drive him to a safe-house, they are ambushed. Three of them shot dead, including Deputy Lawrence, and his black partner Jerry Robinson is accused of the murders.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 746
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: suspense, independent film, exciting, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending
Similar in 87%
Top of the World (1997)
Plot Summary:
In Las Vegas for a quicky divorce, a just-paroled ex-cop and his wife wander into the Top of the World Casino, run by the shady Charles Atlas. They win big, right as the casino is being robbed. The police believe their big win was a staged diversion, and the two of them become suspects. Over the course of the evening and next morning, the two attempt to escape to surrounded casino, and to prove their innocence, as well as to save their marriage.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 939
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, suspense, fast
Similar in 78%
High Voltage (1998)
Plot Summary:
After unknowingly robbing a money laundering operation the heist crew must avoid mobsters.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 700
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, crime drama, independent film
Similar in 77%
No Tomorrow (1999)
Plot Summary:
When the world's most notorious criminal allies himself with a senior employee of a major shipping corporation, a lethal deal is struck to secure a multi-million dollar arms transaction. As word of the sinister deal spreads through the underworld, a big city mobster, an extreme militia force and the FBI enter the clandestine mix, blurring the lines of loyalty and trust.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 424
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, crime drama, independent film, exciting
Similar in 88%
Marked Man (1996)
Plot Summary:
A jailed auto mechanic must run for his life after he witnesses the murder of a fellow inmate by two prison guards.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 351
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, campy
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The Lost Samaritan (2008)
Plot Summary:
After a long night at the office, an accountant stops to help an injured motorist and ends up becoming the target of two dangerous assassins.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 889
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful, suspense, realistic
Similar in 79%
Armstrong (1998)
Plot Summary:
The Cold War has just heated up! CIA Agent Bob Taylor (Charles Napier) arrives in Moscow with his new wife Susan (Kimberley Kates) with a highly secret video tape of Russian missiles leaving an unknown base near Moscow under the cover of darkness. Are these missiles destined to be aimed at the US or are they being smuggled to a terrorist organisation. The Americans need to know where these missiles are going, the only person who can help them discover their destination is Armstrong (Frank Zagarino) an ex buddy of Bob who now trains an elite Russian anti-terrorist squad under the command of Colonel Zukov (Richard Lynch). Zukov is from the old guard, corrupt, ruthless, and will stop at nothing to gain control.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 491
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast
Similar in 82%
Moving Target (1996)
Plot Summary:
A bounty hunter with a pregnant wife who is urging him to get a regular job gets framed for murder and trapped in a war between Russian gangsters.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 468
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, intense, independent film, realistic, exciting
Similar in 81%
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
Similar in 84%
N.Y.C. Underground (2013)
Plot Summary:
Wealthy, Manhattanite brothers Dylan, Logan and a group of their friends head to Brooklyn for a concert when they meet notorious gangster, Simon and make an ill-advised deal with him. Soon, things go wrong and now the group is desperately running from Simon's crew through New York City's labyrinthine subway system in a terrifying life-or-death race.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 615
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
Similar in 77%
Best of the Best 4: Without Warning (1998)
Plot Summary:
A group of Russian mobsters have stolen a huge supply of paper for printing U.S. currency, and are now flooding the market with conterfeit bills. When one of the mobsters decides to give herself in and hand over a data CD to the DA, she is shot and killed, but not before handing the disc to an unsuspecting Tommy Lee. Despite working with the police as a martial arts instructor, Lee doesn't go to the cops with the disc, but instead goes on the run, giving the mafia time to kidnap his daughter and hold as a hostage in exchange for return of the disc. Will Tommy ever see his daughter again?.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast
Similar in 86%
Trespass (1992)
Plot Summary:
Two Arkansas firemen, Vince and Don, get hold of a map that leads to a cache of stolen gold in an abandoned factory in East St. Louis. What they don't know is that the factory is in the turf of a local gang, who come by to execute one of their enemies. Vince sees the shooting, the gang spots Vince, and extended mayhem ensues. As Vince and Don try to escape, gang leader King James argues with his subordinate Savon about how to get rid of the trespassers.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, rough, bleak, suspenseful, hood, neo noir, ironic, crime drama, cult classic