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Plot Summary:
Siva, a police officer, has to escort a witness to the court. He learns that all the police service wants to kill the witness. An escape begins.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 148 min
Plot tags:
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Dead Badge (1995)
Plot Summary:
Policeman Dan Sampson happens to have the same badge # as deceased policeman Manny Torres, who died while on duty. The circumstances surrounding Torres' death, officially ruled a drug overdose, become Sampson's obsession. After Sampson begins investigating Torres' file and visiting Torres' widow, various parties begin making attempts on Sampson's life.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 137
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, independent film
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White Light (1991)
Plot Summary:
A police officer recovers from a nearly fatal injury with visions of a mysterious woman.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 92
Genere: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Dead End (1998)
Plot Summary:
After his ex-wife dies in a fall from her balcony, PoliceSgt. Henry Smovinsky gets custody of his troubled teenage son. Smovinsky soon finds out that his ex-wife was a high-class hooker, her death was not a suicide and that the police have chosen him as their prime suspect. Maggie Furness is the only cop willing to help him protect his son and track down the real killer.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 211
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, independent film
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Checkmate (2016)
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In the streets of New York City, a drug war is brewing between bikers and the local drug dealers. A group of corrupt cops have taken the lead on the investigation while trying to set up an honest detective to take the heat. In this dangerous game only one honorable man can stop the war before he's killed by the dishonest cops who betrayed him.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 34
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
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Amir Gharib (1974)
Plot Summary:
Manmohan alias Moni lives a dual life. One as a magician, and the other as a thief with the name of Bhagula Bhagat, whose prime agenda is to rob the rich, and spread the wealth with the poor. He meets with a young woman named Sunita alias Soni, and both fall in love with each other. Things change for the better for Soni, when she meets her wealthy long-lost father, Daulatram, and goes to live with him. She decides not to have to do anything with Moni. When Moni attempts to meet Soni to find out why she has rejected him, she refuses to meet him. Then Moni finds out that Soni is not who she claims she is, and definitely not the daughter of Daulatram, but the daughter of another wealthy man named Nandlal, who had died under mysterious and destitute circumstance.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 118
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 140 min
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Felony (1994)
Plot Summary:
A reality cop show films a police raid on a drug ring that goes awry and results in the massacre of 11 policemen. All of this gets taped by the cameraman who tries to sell the tape to the gangsters and gets killed for his efforts. Meanwhile the film commentator gets pursued by the cops, the gangsters, and some crooked FBI agents. All are after the film which he doesn't have.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 349
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspense, independent film
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Mast Kalandar (1991)
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Widower Rai Bahadur Pratap Singh is disappointed when he wants to marry someone poor. Pratap instructs him to forget about his love-life, his son refuses, and as a result Pratap asks him to leave the house. Years later, Pratap receives a letter in the mail, informing him that his son is dead, and that his widowed daughter-in-law and her son, Guddu, are on their way to live with him. He is delighted, and sends Prem, his nephew to receive, however, both mother and son do not arrive and are believed to be missing. Rai Bahadur subsequently finds out that his daughter-in-law is dead, and Guddu is living in a slum with a thief and drunk, Shankar. With the help of the courts and the police, Pratap manages to bring Guddu to his home. This is where Pratap will find out that money and power will not buy him his grandson's love, he will also find out that his daughter-in-law did not die a normal death, but was killed.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 55
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 143 min
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Fareb (1996)
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Dr. Rohan Verma and his wife Suman; a teacher by profession are settled and lives a happy, wealthy life-style. They will find that their lives are not the same anymore when they befriend a helpful police inspector Indrajeet Saxena who comes to their aid on several occasions. Indrajeet confides that he is romantically attracted to Suman and started to behave in a way that upturn the couple's life. He will now go to any length to not only break up the couple's marriage life but to have his way with Suman at the same time.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 165
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 147 min
Plot tags: remake of american film
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Vetri Vizha (1989)
Plot Summary:
Vetri Vizha is a 1987 Tamil language film starring Kamal Haasan in the lead role of the protagonist. Prabhu Ganesan, Amala, Sasikala and Kushboo Sundar played supporting roles. The story was of an amnesiac who struggles to find his past after memory loss. Salim Ghouse played the Villain role.Dubed in Telugu as Vijethalu realesed in 1989.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 360
Genere: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 142 min
Plot tags: neo noir
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The Chain (1996)
Plot Summary:
When unjustly imprisoned in a South American jail, a tough cop and a renegade arms dealer must set aside their differences to escape.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 237
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Across the Crescent Moon (2017)
Plot Summary:
The story revolves around a SAF exemplary Agent, Abbas Misani a Muslim who is married to Emma, whose parents with strict Christian upbringing would not accept both Abbas and Emma to their family.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 16
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 130 min
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Sobharaj (1986)
Plot Summary:
Sobharaj is the leader of an underworld gang. He gets killed in an encounter with the police. The DSP uses his lookalike brother to pose as him in order to capture the rest of his gang.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 77
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration:
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A Day and a Half (2023)
Plot Summary:
In a desperate bid to reunite with his daughter, an armed man bursts into the medical center where his estranged wife works and kidnaps her.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspense thriller
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Manila's Finest (2015)
Plot Summary:
A film based on the life of retired Western Police District Colonel Jimmy Tiu, who last served as Sta. Mesa Police Station Commander.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 10
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 95 min
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Por Thozhil (2023)
Plot Summary:
Loganathan, a senior cop is asked to mentor Prakash, an academically bright but faint-hearted and needs to overcome his fears in order to succeed. The unlikely duo, team up to investigate a series of murder cases, and realize all of them are interlinked and that a psychopath serial killer is on the run. Can they get hold of him before it's too late?.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 147 min
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Viewpoint (2021)
Plot Summary:
A gripping drama following a tense police surveillance investigation into a tight knit Manchester community and explores whether it is ever possible to observe the lives of others with true objectivity and zero effect.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 986
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 230 min
Plot tags: detective
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Chasing the Undercurrent (2022)
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Chang Zheng, the vice captain of the criminal police brigade, is investigating a shooting case in a suburban villa and locks up the suspect Zhao Pengxiang. The second child of the Zhao family, an inspector who didn't want to be involved in the death of Zhao Pengcheng, then becomes a wanted criminal. With the help of a secret investigation team dispatched by the Ministry of Public Security to investigate the truth, Chang Zheng not only faces confrontation with his relatives and loved ones, but also discovers his real identity. In the end, he discards his affection and chooses justice, and cooperates with the secret investigation team of the Ministry of Public Security to arrest the criminal.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 24
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
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Fredrick (2016)
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19 years ago, a 16-year-old boy faces the torment of his father due to his unusual bonding with another boy of his age. This leads to some unfortunate consequences and one realizes them as the story moves 19 years later, when an anonymous human trafficker Fredrick creates havoc in Mussoorie. Vikram, a suspended cop and his wife Amrita land in Mussoorie - only to be caught in this nexus, when Vikram's sister goes missing. But all this doesn't seem as simple as it just to read: Who's Fredrick, how will Vikram find him out and save everyone, how will he find his sister and what ends this journey filled with thrills, fights, and battles, forms the crux of this psychological thriller.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 23
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller
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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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Kireedam (2007)
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A sincere man wishes to fulfill his father's dream that he follows in his footsteps and becomes a police officer. However, when his father is punished for his honesty and transferred to an area that is ruled with an iron fist by a heartless gangster, the young man must take the law into his own hands to protect his father.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 156 min
Plot tags:
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Pathu Thala (2023)
Plot Summary:
An undercover cop goes into the big bad world, a place taken over by a don, where his safety may be compromised.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 151 min
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Dhruva (2016)
Plot Summary:
A committed police officer is on a very dangerous mission to destroy the most corrupt person in the country, Siddharth Abhimanyu.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 165 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating
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Khadgam (2002)
Plot Summary:
Khadgam is a 2002 Telugu language Patriotic movie produced by Sunkara Madhu Murali under Karthikeya Movies banner. The film features Srikanth, Ravi Teja, Prakash Raj, Sangeetha, Sonali Bendre and Kim Sharma in the lead roles. Music has been composed Devi Sri Prasad. The movie released on 29 November 2002 was a hit at boxoffice[1]. Krishna Vamsi has directed the movie. Lyrics are penned by Sirivennela Sitaramasastri, Suddala Ashok Teja and Shakti. The movie was remade into Hindi by K.Subash with Ajay Devgan, Akshay Kumar and Tushar Kapoor and was titled Insan.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 142 min
Plot tags: tense, exciting, serious, suspenseful
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Thani Oruvan (2015)
Plot Summary:
An idealistic cop and an ambitious scientist-businessman indulge in a high-stake battle of wits.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 160 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, tense, captivating, suspenseful, contemplative, motivational, epic, dark, crime thriller
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C.L.I.F. (2011)
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C.L.I.F. is a police procedural series produced by MediaCorp Singapore in 2011 in collaboration with the Singapore Police Force. It was aired from 31 May - 27 Jun 2011 on free-to-air MediaCorp Channel 8 and consists of 20 episodes. The drama stars Tay Ping Hui, Qi Yuwu, Elvin Ng, Joanne Peh, Chris Tong and Tracy Lee in the main roles with a large ensemble supporting cast. It was directed by Chong Liung Man, who previously directed another award-winning police procedural C.I.D., which also starred Tay and Qi in the lead roles as police officers.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 15
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Singapore
Duration: 45 min
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The Sell Out (1976)
Plot Summary:
This action drama centers on a former CIA operative who grudgingly rejoins the spy game due to the machinations of his one-time student - a screw up who goes to work for the Soviets. As his job drags him deeper into a dangerous and under-handed world, the student wants out of the agency and oout of the U.S.S.R. But the man's choices have made him a target and now both the United States and Russia want him dead, sending their mos able hit men to do it.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 619
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy, Israel
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: suspense, poliziottesco
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Shikkar (2010)
Plot Summary:
The story of Shikkar takes place at Chittazha, a mountainous terrain where bamboo reeds flourish. After much wandering from place to place, Balraman (Mohanlal) a lorry driver has finally settled down with his daughter (Ananya) at Chittazha. Peace evades the man as his past catches up with him, and Balaraman has to take risky everything to safeguard his own life and that of his daughter's.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 555
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration:
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, tense, serious, captivating
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Chekka Chivantha Vaanam (2018)
Plot Summary:
A bloody power struggle erupts between three brothers who are vying to take over the family business following the death of their father.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 146 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, exciting, tense, captivating, suspenseful
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Blackmail (2005)
Plot Summary:
Inspector Abhay Rathod is a honest and diligent Police Inspector employed with Bombay Police. He was assigned the case of racketeer and criminal don, Shekhar Mohan. Abhay successfully entraps and arrests him, and has him sentenced to a long jail term. Years later, Abhay is now the Assistant Commissioner of Police; is married, and has a son named Chirag; and Shekhar Mohan has completed his jail term and is looking to seek vengeance against Abhay. He does so by kidnapping Chirag and taking him along with him. He object is not to seek any ransom money, but attempt to separate the child from his parents, as well as attempt to make a place in his heart. Shekhar finds out that Chirag loves racing and takes him on various race courses where the child is thrilled to watch fast sport cars, and soon starts a friendship with "Uncle" Shekhar. But with Abhay and the police closing in fast, will Shekhar and Chirag be able to maintain their friendship?.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 714
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: rough, realistic, suspenseful, serious, exciting, captivating
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Adanga Maru (2018)
Plot Summary:
A sincere cop, who's suspended from the department for locking horns with a few influential people in the society, starts taking revenge against those who finished off his dear ones.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 145 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing