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Plot Summary:
A black comedy set during the aftermath of the Cronulla riots, it is the story of two carloads of hotheads from both sides of the fight destined to collide.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, exciting, tense, rough, suspenseful, dark comedy, independent film, black comedy
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Judy & Punch (2019)
Plot Summary:
In the anarchic town of Seaside, nowhere near the sea, puppeteers Judy and Punch are trying to resurrect their marionette show. The show is a hit due to Judy's superior puppeteering but Punch's driving ambition and penchant for whisky lead to a inevitable tragedy that Judy must avenge.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: avant garde, rough, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, tricky, psychological, brutal, costume drama, black comedy
Similar in 87%
Gang Money Run (2014)
Plot Summary:
A struggling musician falls for a charismatic burlesque dancer while getting entangled with hired guns and a border town gang bent on killing him.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, tense, unusual plot structure, captivating, neo noir
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The Toll (2021)
Plot Summary:
Brendan works solo shifts in the quietest toll booth in Wales, hiding from a criminal past where nobody would ever look. When he finally gets rumbled, word of his whereabouts gets out and his enemies head west for revenge. Meanwhile, local traffic cop Catrin’s investigation into a simple robbery finds her heading for the booth at exactly the wrong time.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, semi serious, black comedy, dark comedy
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Lost in London (2017)
Plot Summary:
Within the course of a night, Woody Harrelson finds himself in a misadventure in London that winds him up in prison.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, cult classic, independent film
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The Boy Who Killed My Parents (2021)
Plot Summary:
A psychological thriller surrounding the real murders of Manfred and Marísia von Richthofen orchestrated by their own daughter, Suzane, along with her boyfriend and brother-in-law, the Cravinhos brothers.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological thriller
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Beauty and the Dogs (2017)
Plot Summary:
Mariam just wanted to enjoy the night, when a tragic event occurs. Despite the trauma, the pretty tunisian student is determined to go to the police. But what can be done when your persecutor is your only chance?.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Tunisia, France, Sweden, Norway, Lebanon, Qatar, Switzerland
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful, rough, touching, captivating, disturbing, crime thriller
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Fuck Up (2012)
Plot Summary:
Jack is pleased with himself for the first time in years. He has decided to stop fucking anything with a pulse and also to cut back on his eager and enthusiastic drug use. Then his best friend crashes into a moose in the middle of the night on the Swedish border. He is found with a hoof buried in his forehead and 2.5 kilos of cocaine in the trunk. Over the next 24 hours, Jack loses his house, his girlfriend leaves him and takes their daughter with her. And as he is about to find out: when you think you have hit rock bottom, it can always get worse.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 823
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, dark comedy, tense, suspense, captivating, dark, humorous, semi serious
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The Death of Dick Long (2019)
Plot Summary:
Dick died last night, and Zeke and Earl don’t want anybody finding out how. That’s too bad though, cause news travels fast in small-town Alabama.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, captivating, suspense, black comedy, dark comedy, funny, offbeat, twisted
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Touch Chesi Chudu (2018)
Plot Summary:
The film revolves around a police officer called Karthikeya (Ravi Teja), who struggles to maintain a balance between his personal and professional life. Until one incident changes his life forever.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: India
Duration: 147 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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West of Sunshine (2017)
Plot Summary:
A father has less than a day to pay back a debt to a violent loan shark, while looking after his young son.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 770
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspenseful, independent film
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The Boys (1998)
Plot Summary:
Brett Sprague is a violent and psychopathic man, who is released on parole after serving a sentence for assault. As he returns to his family house and we watch him and his brothers, Stevie and Glenn, for the next 24 hours, it becomes clear this day will not end well.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: disturbing, grindhouse, independent film, psychological, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, thought provoking
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Double Whammy (2001)
Plot Summary:
Ray Pluto has many problems. He is satirized in the tabloids as the "loser cop." His partner is starting to seem suspiciously attracted to him. A pair of screenwriters across the hall keep bugging him for help. The superintendent of his building is stabbed by hoodlums hired by his own rebellious daughter. To top it off, a sexually aggressive chiropractor may just be Ray's undoing.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, suspense, entertaining, semi serious, realistic, witty, detective, clever, stylized, black comedy
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The Girl Who Killed Her Parents (2021)
Plot Summary:
Based on one of the most shocking and gruesome murder cases in Brazil, the film presents Daniel Cravinhos's point of view of the events that led to the death of Marísia and Manfred von Richthofen, his girlfriend’s parents.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing
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Rhino (2012)
Plot Summary:
An NFL veteran who's become a college-town drug kingpin takes in a protégé, but eventually the relationship turns volatile and deadly.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 17
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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Narx (2011)
Plot Summary:
Based on a shocking true story. An undercover cop puts his life on the line to fight corruption in his department, while trying to take down the biggest Drug Kingpin of New York City. No one can be trusted as the body count rises.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 77
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful, crime drama, independent film
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Scratch (2015)
Plot Summary:
A female rookie armored truck guard is caught between her co-workers' plot to rob their own truck and greedy gangsters desperate to grab the cash.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 107
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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Santana (2020)
Plot Summary:
Two brothers — one a narcotics agent and the other a general — finally discover the identity of the drug lord who murdered their parents decades ago. They may kill each other before capturing the bad guys.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: South Africa, Angola
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, exciting, captivating, suspense
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Pretty Hard Cases (2021)
Plot Summary:
A fun and honest portrayal of two radically different female detectives in their early 40s following Guns and Gangs detective Sam and Narcotics detective Kelly, who by day are true action heroes in their own particular way: skilled, tough, determined, and ruthless. But by night, they’re both grappling with loneliness, dysfunctional families, screwed-up love lives, and a sense that their professional ambitions may not be totally in line with their personal needs.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration:
Plot tags: captivating, psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, funny, detective, sincere
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The Third Nail (2007)
Plot Summary:
A young man is sentenced to life in prison for killing two children, a crime he didn't commit. DNA evidence sets him free, but there is no hiding from the prison gang that wants him dead. When his own daughter is abducted and apparently murdered, he seeks revenge. How far will he go and is it ever too late for redemption?.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 321
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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A Regular Woman (2019)
Plot Summary:
Hatun "Aynur" Sürücü, a vibrant young Turkish woman and mother is murdered at 23 by her youngest brother in an honor killing. Forced into an abusive arranged marriage with a cousin in Istanbul at 16 by her devout Muslim family, Anyur escapes to Berlin and gives birth to a son. She is considered a disgraceful burden by her parents and siblings, so Anyur soon leaves her family and attempts to start a new life.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, suspense, disturbing, rough
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No One Believes Me (2013)
Plot Summary:
Everyone believes Sébastien, 13, has shot his father in the back and killed him. With the help of his trusted friends, he uses every stratagem to stay hidden while proving his innocence. But the adult world has other ideas, and under abusive pressure he comes to sign a confession of murder. But, due to Seb's half-sister, the story may not quite be over.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 29
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Small Crime (2008)
Plot Summary:
Leonidas, a young, ambitious police officer, is assigned to a remote island in the Aegean Sea. He dreams of solving important crimes, but there are few to be found in the sleepy beach community where he is left to such menial chores. Each day at the town café, Leonidas and the other locals watch the beautiful Angeliki, the small islands most famous daughter, as she hosts a popular talk show on national TV. These daily rituals are shattered when the island experiences what appears to be an actual crime-the island drunk, Zacharias, is found dead at the base of a cliff. Eager to do some sleuthing, Leonidas soon finds clues that tie the victim to Angeliki, who returns to the island and joins the investigation.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 837
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Germany, Cyprus, Greece
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, light, humorous
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Gridlock'd (1997)
Plot Summary:
After a friend overdoses, Spoon and Stretch decide to kick their drug habits and attempt to enroll in a government detox program. Their efforts are hampered by seemingly endless red tape, as they are shuffled from one office to another while being chased by drug dealers and the police.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, hood, harsh, talky, stylized, realistic, disturbing, rough, humorous, black comedy
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Money for Nothing (1993)
Plot Summary:
When unemployed dockworker Joey Coyle finds $1.2 million that fell off of an armored car, he decides to do the logical thing: take the money and run. After all, he says, finders keepers. He turns to his ex-girlfriend Monica, who works in an investment firm, for advice, before turning to the mob for help laundering the money. While Joey makes plans to leave the country, however, a detective is following his ever-warmer trail in order to recover the cash.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: light, intense, humorous, realistic, captivating, factual, detective, anamorphic, hilarious, clever
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The Hijack That Went South (2013)
Plot Summary:
Aarno Lamminparras hijacked an airplane with a gun in 1978. A true story.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 966
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, suspenseful, disturbing, tense, feel good, captivating, suspense, entertaining
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The Hard Word (2002)
Plot Summary:
Three fraternal bank robbers languishing in jail, discover a profitable (if not dodgy) way to spend their time. Crime can most certainly pay, if you "know wot I mean?" However when sex and greed rear-up between the good crims and the bad cops, the consequences are both bizarre and fatal.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: suspense, stylized, tense, suspenseful, cynical, cult classic, clever, exciting, serious, realistic
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Underbelly Files: Infiltration (2011)
Plot Summary:
It tells the true story of Victorian detective Colin McLaren who posed as a shady art dealer and infiltrated the Australian branch of the Calabrian Mafia.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 283
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Mob Town (2019)
Plot Summary:
Based on the true story of the notorious 1957 ‘mob summit’ in upstate New York. Spearheaded by Vito Genovese, more than 50 leaders of the organized crime syndicates from around the country converged on the sleepy town to discuss upcoming expansion plans. Their plans are foiled when local police trooper Ed Croswell discovers their activities and, consequently, exposes the mob to the American public. Croswell’s actions shed light on the massive web of corruption and changed the face of law enforcement forever.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 970
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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Boyz n the Hood (1991)
Plot Summary:
Boyz n the Hood is the popular and successful film and social criticism from John Singleton about the conditions in South Central Los Angeles where teenagers are involved in gun fights and drug dealing on a daily basis.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 151000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: disturbing, tense, thought provoking, hood, cult classic, brutal, bleak, independent film, rough, suspenseful
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Jigarthanda (2014)
Plot Summary:
When Karthik is given a task by his producer to come up with a gripping gangster flick infested with a heavy dosage of violence, he focuses on Sethu, a ruthless gangster surrounded by quirky yet scary henchmen. Karthik discreetly tries his best to find out about Sethu to develop a film script, but fails miserably in all his attempts. However when he finally gets the chance to gain an insight into Sethu's life, disaster strikes as he gets caught in the mêlée following the discovery of a mole within Sethu's gang.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 171 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, captivating, suspenseful, epic, suspense, dark comedy, cult classic, tense, serious