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Plot Summary:
The Federation's Boss must call their best agent out of a bedroom romp with a gentleman because the USA, Russia, Britain and France, are under the menace of an atomic weapon carried by their very own super secret joint satellite.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 49
Genere: Thriller, Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Golden Lady (1979)
Plot Summary:
A wealthy industrialist hires Julia Hemingway and her elite team of female mercenaries to sabotage a deal between his competitor and an oil sheik.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 84
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: independent film
Similar in 88%
Challenge of the Tiger (1980)
Plot Summary:
Two CIA agents, a kung fu master and a suave womanizer, track the stolen formula for a super-sterility drug from Spain to Hong Kong, battling Neo-Nazi terrorists and a Vietnamese spy ring for its possession.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 421
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, independent film, cult film
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Cover Girl Models (1975)
Plot Summary:
A fashion photography assignment teams three American models and inadvertently pitches them into the mystery and danger of international espionage, when an invaluable roll of microfilm secreted into one of the girls' fashion gowns, draws them into the violence and intrigue of a spy-vs-counterspy conspiracy.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 284
Genere: Thriller
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film
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Hired to Kill (1990)
Plot Summary:
A fashion photographer and seven models travel to a South American island fortress, ostensibly to do a fashion shoot. In reality, the photographer is a mercenary and their job is to free an imprisoned rebel leader.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, independent film
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Ultraviolet (1992)
Plot Summary:
A park ranger and his lover have heated encounters with a dangerous man in Death Valley.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 182
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: psycho sexual, independent film
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Legal Tender (1991)
Plot Summary:
A beautiful bar owner becomes victimized by a lethal bank fraud plot.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 175
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film, cult film
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Silk 2 (1989)
Plot Summary:
Silk, the smoothest, toughest, and sexiest cop in Honolulu is hot on the trail of ruthless art smugglers who are after a priceless Asian Scroll. Silk will stop at nothing to get her man, even if it means blowing up an entire building.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 235
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Abducted II: The Reunion (1995)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 191
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Level (2008)
Plot Summary:
Two bodyguards set out to find their boss's killer before his son starts a mob war.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 328
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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No Safe Haven (1987)
Plot Summary:
When his family is murdered by members of a drug gang, an undercover CIA agent tracks them down, but they escape and flee to their hideout, a fortress in South America. Knowing he can't count on the local authorities for aid, he calls on one of his fellow CIA agents for help in cracking the fortress, and getting to the gangsters and eliminating them and their leader.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 197
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Three Men on Fire (1986)
Plot Summary:
A Cameroonese police officer (Alphonse Beni) and a CIA agent (Richard Harrison) try to prevent the Pope from being assassinated by Italian terrorists during his African tour.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 62
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags:
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Beyond Desire (1995)
Plot Summary:
Rita is a sexy call girl in a red Corvette convertible who just met Ray. Ray is an ex-con just released after serving 14 years for a killing he claims he was framed for. When these two get together, sparks fly and temperatures rise. But Ray has a reason not to trust Rita - $1 million has been stashed somewhere in Las Vegas and Ray knows everyone wants it almost as much as they want him dead. When everyone has a hidden agenda, who do you trust?.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 384
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Unspeakable (1996)
Plot Summary:
When Alice Redmond is required to go deep undercover in an effort to trap number one suspect Darren Metlick, she gets very close to the edge. Her superiors push her past the point of no return because they need additional evidence to make their case air tight. Alice is having an affair with a fellow officer Don Holroyd and his sexual appetite closely resembles that of the hacker, so she has some experience in the dark side.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 165
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Ireland
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: independent film, cult film
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Dangerous Prey (1995)
Plot Summary:
On a trip to Europe, a woman gets abducted and soon finds herself in a training facility for female mercenaries.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 306
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, Czech Republic
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Caged Heat II: Stripped of Freedom (1994)
Plot Summary:
King Lim is the oppressive ruler of a country on the verge of revolution. The CIA arranges a fake assassination to get him safely out of the country, but his daughter is captured in the ensuing melee and sent to The Rock, an island penitentiary known for its harshness. Agent Amanda commits a local crime in order to infiltrate the prison and rescue Princess Marga. Within, she predictably encounters official corruption, shifting allegiances, and a sleazy warden that make her task more challenging.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 445
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film, sexploitation film, cult film
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The Internecine Project (1974)
Plot Summary:
Former secret agent Robert Elliot (Coburn) will be promoted to government advisor. In order to make sure no-one will ever know about his dirty past.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, West Germany, USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Terminate with Extreme Prejudice (1982)
Plot Summary:
Enrique Chacon kills Oscar Romero, a Catholic archbishop in San Salvador. The CIA calls a special agent, Malko Linge, a ruined prince who lives with an expensive woman - Countess Alexandra - to get rid of this nuisance of a man. He does, with many encounters with sweet girls, and macho villains. (Written by Artemis-9, IMDb).
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 205
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: France, West Germany
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: eurospy
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A Man Called Dagger (1968)
Plot Summary:
An agent finds himself pitted against a former Nazi who has a plan to become ruler of the world through mind control.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 134
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, psychotronic
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S+H+E: Security Hazards Expert (1980)
Plot Summary:
Security Hazards Expert Lavinia Kean, a brilliant American espionage agent, combats the wiles of international criminal and blackmailer Cesare Magnasco.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 191
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: cult classic
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Armed (2018)
Plot Summary:
A former U.S. marshal discovers that all of the survivors of his old unit are experiencing the same symptoms simultaneously and there may be a larger conspiracy at hand.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 493
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags:
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Two Female Spies with Flowered Panties (1980)
Plot Summary:
Two pretty chorus girls, Cecile and Brigitte, who have been sentenced to prison terms, agree to undertake risky undercover work for Senator Conolly in exchange for their freedom. Investigating the disappearance of well-known personalities, as well as young women, Conolly wants the dancers to get hired by a Canary Islands nightclub to keep tabs on the owners, Mr. and Mrs. Forbes.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 327
Genere: Thriller
Country: Spain, Portugal
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexploitation film
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Angelfist (1993)
Plot Summary:
An assassination in the Philippines is caught on film by kickboxer Christy, which leads to her death at the hands of radicals intent on disrupting peace talks. Her sister Kat, a Los Angeles police officer, comes to Manila to try and bring justice to the people responsible. She enters the kickboxing tournament in order to get closer to the nefarious agents, and begins unravelling the twisted plan while narrowly evading the wrath of the Death Brigades.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 448
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: erotic, psychotronic, independent film, remake of cult film, cult film
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Embassy (1985)
Plot Summary:
US ambassador in Rome must protect US interests and secrets from mob, spies and curious girlfriends who may be more than what they seem.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 49
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags:
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Bloodmatch (1991)
Plot Summary:
Brick Bardo is on a mission to find out which one of the world's greatest kickboxers killed his brother. Five years ago, one of the four champs was fixing fights and set up his brother in the fight that took his life. Now Bardo must take on the gang in the ring for an all-out kickboxing fight to the finish.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: cult classic, independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, cult film
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The Pandora Project (1998)
Plot Summary:
A CIA agent has to stop a former associate who has stolen a weapon which kills people without harming buildings, all before he is to get married in a few days.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 536
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film, disaster movie
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The 355 (2022)
Plot Summary:
A group of top female agents from American, British, Chinese, Columbian and German government agencies are drawn together to try and stop an organization from acquiring a deadly weapon to send the world into chaos.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: China, USA, Hong Kong, Taiwan, France
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, action thriller, neo noir, surprise ending
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Run & Gun (2022)
Plot Summary:
After leaving a life of crime and violence, Ray is a reformed good guy, enjoying a quiet family life in the ‘burbs. But when his past is discovered, Ray is blackmailed into one last job to collect a mysterious package. After a deadly double-cross, he finds himself wounded and on the run from ruthless assassins who will stop at nothing to get what he has. Now, with the lives of his loved ones hanging in the balance and danger at every turn, Ray’s only hope is to draw upon his violent past to survive.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Anna (2019)
Plot Summary:
Beneath Anna Poliatova's striking beauty lies a secret that will unleash her indelible strength and skill to become one of the world's most feared government assassins.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 91000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: France, USA, Canada, Russia
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: suspense, action thriller, captivating, suspenseful, tense, serious, realistic, psychological, psychological thriller, epic
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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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Atomic Blonde (2017)
Plot Summary:
An undercover MI6 agent is sent to Berlin during the Cold War to investigate the murder of a fellow agent and recover a missing list of double agents.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 204000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Sweden, Hungary
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: suspense, surprise ending, exciting, sexy, harsh, retro, action thriller, visually stunning, action adventure, aesthetic