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Plot Summary:
ACP Vishnu is sent on a mission to investigate and clean the underbelly of Goa. During his investigation, he uncovers a huge racket and discovers the involvement of various politicians.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India, USA
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, entertaining, suspense, rough, sexy, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Garv: Pride and Honour (2004)
Plot Summary:
Garv is a story of three brave and honest cops: Samar Singh (Amrish Puri), Arjun Ranawat (Salman Khan) and Hyder Ali Khan (Arbaaz Khan). Samar wants to reduce the amount of crime in the state. The trio faces obstacles because the powerful and corrupt politicians (played by Govind Namdeo, Anant Jog and Shivaji Satam) are connected with underworld don Zafar Supari (Mukesh Rishi). The politicians decide to transfer Samar Singh while Hyder Ali is named a traitor and is killed. The goons next target Arjun by gang-raping his sister, Rakhi (Akanksha) and hurting his other family members. Arjun, in a fit of anger, kills the rapists and surrenders himself to his police colleagues. He is seen walking up the steps with police in the opening scenes of the movie. He wants to be awarded capital punishment but later the court finds the politicians wrong and lets Arjun go free.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 162 min
Plot tags: tense, exciting, captivating, suspense
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The Killer (2006)
Plot Summary:
A cold-blooded contract killer hires the services of a cab driver for a full night. He forces the driver to go around Dubai as he keeps finishing off witnesses scheduled to testify against a gangster.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, psychological, captivating, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, remake of american film
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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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Cartel War (2010)
Plot Summary:
Led by a detective hell-bent on revenge, a team of undercover cops in Los Angeles attempt to bring down a powerful drug mob from the inside. Operating outside the law, they put everything on the line to clean up the streets and exact payback on the king pin who devastated their families. Based on the true story of Mexico's most powerful drug lord, Cartel War is an action-packed journey into an all-too-real violent underworld.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 238
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating, crime drama, independent film
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Players (2012)
Plot Summary:
Learning of a fortune in gold being secretly shipped to Romania, master thieves Charlie and Riya assemble a crack team to steal it.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India, Russia
Duration: 163 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, tense, captivating, sexy, realistic, suspenseful, remake of american film, hot
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Sharky's Machine (1981)
Plot Summary:
Sharky gets busted back to working vice, where he happens upon a scandalous conspiracy involving a local politician. Accompanied by an all-star jazz soundtrack, Sharky's new "machine" gathers evidence while Sharky falls in love with a woman he has never met.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, neo noir, tense, sexy, suspense, detective, terrifying, rough, serious, realistic
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The City Is Mine (2008)
Plot Summary:
A young man coming home after serving time in the penitentiary finds his city in control by local thugs, stops at nothing to gain sole control of a city he feels is rightfully his.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 109
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: captivating, exciting, tense, suspense, independent film, rough, bleak, serious, realistic
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Rustom (2016)
Plot Summary:
Rustom Pavri, an honourable officer of the Indian Navy shoots his friend Vikram to death after discovering that his wife Cynthia had an affair with the rich businessman. The Commander surrenders himself to the Police immediately and admits to have killed Vikram but pleads 'not guilty' in court. Is he convicted or acquitted?.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 148 min
Plot tags: patriotic, exciting, tense, rough, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, political, mind twisting, fast
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Footpath (2003)
Plot Summary:
Footpath is a Hindi crime thriller film directed by Vikram Bhatt and released in 2003. The film stars Aftab Shivdasani, Rahul Dev, Bipasha Basu and marked the debut of Emraan Hashmi. The film failed to do well at the box office. This film is inspired by the Hollywood flick State of Grace. Arjun Singh (Aftab Shivdasani) and the Srivastav brothers, Raghu (Emraan Hashmi) and Shekhar (Rahul Dev), are neighbors in a gangster-prone area in Bombay. When Arjun's union leader father is killed, the brothers urge him to avenge his death. They get a sword and find the killers - and kill them. Arjun is the prime suspect in this homicide and the brothers get him to run to Delhi, where he begins a new life as a Real Estate Agent, Mohan Kumar Sharma.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 966
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 164 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Agneepath (2012)
Plot Summary:
In a small Indian village Mandwa, Vijay Dinanath Chauhan is taught about the path of fire (Agneepath) by his principled father. His life is shattered when the evil drug lord Kancha Cheena hangs his father. Vijay leaves for Mumbai with his pregnant mother, and takes an oath that he will return back to Mandwa and take revenge against Cheena. In Mumbai, Vijay is taken under the wings of the drug lord Rauf Lala. Fifteen years later, his hatred for Kancha takes him back to Mandwa.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 174 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, entertaining, cult classic, fast, powerful, masala, realistic
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David (2013)
Plot Summary:
The story is about two Davids living in different parts of India whose lives eventually come together in a twist of events., who are about to take a step which is going to change their lives forever.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 155 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, captivating, realistic, stylized, independent film, rough, epic, suspenseful
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Bullett Raja (2013)
Plot Summary:
A common man who transforms into a gangster revolts against the very system he once obediently followed by declaring war on the police, the government, and the industrialists.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 138 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting, tense, captivating
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Force (2011)
Plot Summary:
A vengeful drug-dealer/gangster targets and terrorizes an entire police unit and their families.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, exciting, rough, serious, stylized, entertaining, bleak, suspense, disturbing
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Vikram Vedha (2017)
Plot Summary:
A notorious gangster Vedha surrenders himself to encounter specialist Vikram whom he challenges every step of the way by narrating his life events in the form of riddles that needs to be solved in order to capture him.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 50000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 147 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspense thriller, exciting, tense, serious, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, feel good, epic
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Wanted (2009)
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Radhe is a hardcore gangster. A sharpshooter with a sharp brain, he works for Gani Bhai, the dreaded Mafioso, but on his own terms. Totally fearless, Radhe single handedly eliminates Gani Bhai's enemies one by one; making more enemies than he bargained for.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 147 min
Plot tags: stylized, entertaining, exciting, rough, suspense, suspenseful, action thriller, powerful, masala, humorous
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Dhoom:3 (2013)
Plot Summary:
To avenge his father's death, a circus entertainer trained in magic and acrobatics turns thief to take down a corrupt bank in Chicago. Two cops from Mumbai are assigned to the case.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India, USA
Duration: 172 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, stylized, retro, action thriller, exciting, suspenseful, fast
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Johnny Gaddaar (2007)
Plot Summary:
Vikram decides to elope with his girlfriend Mini for a better life. For this purpose he decides to steal the money collected by his business partners for a drug deal. Everything goes horribly wrong when the partner carrying the money, Shiva, is accidentally killed.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: neo noir, serious, suspenseful, exciting, rough, realistic, psychological thriller, light, offbeat, epic
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Ek Villain (2014)
Plot Summary:
When his lover becomes the latest victim of a serial killer, Guru blurs the line between good and evil in his pursuit of revenge.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, romantic, sad, realistic, psychological thriller, tear jerker, tearjerker
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If You Knew Me (2015)
Plot Summary:
Sathyadev, who is on a career break, is forced to put on his cop shoes ones again to save Thenmozhi, a young woman who is the target of a criminal organ harvesting group, led by a ghost from his past.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 168 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, thrilling, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cult film
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Shool (1999)
Plot Summary:
Police Inspector Samar Pratap Singh is transferred to Motihari, in the Indian state of Bihar, along with his wife, Manjari and a daughter. He is honest and diligent and these attributes sets him up against his superior - the District Superintendent of Police, as well as his subordinates and fellow officers.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 138 min
Plot tags: dark, exciting, rough, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, tragic ending
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Anger (2010)
Plot Summary:
Three friends from Delhi go missing in a small village - Jhanjhar, in Bihar. It's 2 months and there is no clue about their disappearance. The media and students movement demand action from the authorities. It's then that the government orders a Central Bureau of Investigation enquiry with officers Sidhant Chaturvedi (Akshaye Khanna) and Pratap Kumar (Ajay Devgn) to solve the case.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 146 min
Plot tags: rough, realistic, suspenseful, tense, serious, detective
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Dhoom (2004)
Plot Summary:
A gang of bikers headed by the cool-headed and arrogant Kabir is on a robbing spree in Mumbai. They rob establishments and then zip away on their superbikes. ACP Jai Dixit is the case in-charge and he recruits a bumbling bike mechanic and racer named Ali to chase the gang on a bike and help Jai nab them. Kabir accepts the challenge, and pulls off another robbery amidst a function. This causes Jai and Ali to call it off. Jai resigns from the police force and Ali goes back to his daily job. Meanwhile Kabir has lost one of his team members and recruits Ali for their final job in Goa. The action shifts from the congested Mumbai traffic to the sunny Goa for the final showdown between cops and robbers.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, entertaining, cult classic, action thriller, suspenseful, fast, nostalgic
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Indian (2001)
Plot Summary:
DCP Raksekhar Azad (Raj) is an invincible cop with a great aim. He arrests a terrorist by the name of Khan. But Khan lands in a prison cell that looks cushier than the Buckingham Palace. However, this gets Raj promoted, and he is congratulated by none other than his father-in-law, who is also a very high ranking policeman. Then all of a sudden, Raj finds out that many policemen would like to see Khan go free. He discusses this issue with his father-in-law, and to his surprise, does not find any support from him. Disagreements and arguments ensue, and as a result, his father-in-law gets killed. The Police suspect Raj of killing him, they begin the process of arresting him, he runs away, while Khan is all set to get freed to do whatever he likes.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 178 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, exciting, rough, realistic
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Family: Ties of Blood (2006)
Plot Summary:
The story is on the concept of karma and bad deeds. It follows Viren Sahai (Amitabh Bachchan), underworld don who rules over India. His son Abhir (Sushant Singh) is spoilt and believes he can do anything due to his father's power. When Viren's enemy Khan (Kader Khan) attacks Abhir, Viren demands revenge.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: exciting, realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious
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Raavan (2010)
Plot Summary:
This thrilling, allegorical drama follows the intricately interwoven lives of three people, delving into concepts of good and evil, and complex emotions. Ragini re-locates to distant Lal Matti along with her Superintendent of Police husband, Dev Pratap Sharma, in order to enable him to apprehend a bandit, Beera Munda. Shortly thereafter her life is turned upside down when she is abducted by Beera and held captive. It is during this captivity that she is forced to experience myriad complex emotions, with her life in danger of ending within 14 hours. However, she also attempts to the real reason behind her abduction. What will she discover? How will justice be served? Will Ragini's life be spared, and if so, will she be happy to return to the safety of her husband's embrace?.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense, bleak, realistic, surprise ending
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Singham Returns (2014)
Plot Summary:
Singham Returns is an Indian action film directed by Rohit Shetty and produced by Reliance Entertainment. The sequel to the 2011 film Singham, actor Ajay Devgn reprises his role from the previous film, as well as co-producing the project, while Kareena Kapoor Khan plays the female lead.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 142 min
Plot tags: humorous, stylized, semi serious, suspenseful, political, fast, exciting, rough, realistic
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Company (2002)
Plot Summary:
Mallik is a henchman of Aslam Bhai, a Mumbai underworld kingpin. He inducts local hothead Chandu into the gang, and the two of them soon form a formidable faction within the gang, eventually displacing Aslam. As the empire grows, however, the two of them start drifting apart.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 142 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, neo noir, realistic, offbeat, entertaining, experimental, captivating, cult film
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Colour of the Truth (2003)
Plot Summary:
A man becomes a cop in order to take down the police superintendent who may have killed his father, and that of a vengeful Triad boss.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 678
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, suspense, tense, crime drama, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Easy Money III: Life Deluxe (2013)
Plot Summary:
JW now lives in exile and is more than ever determined to find out what happened to his missing sister Camilla. Every trace leads him to the world of organized crime in Stockholm. Jorge is about to do his last score - the largest robbery in Swedish history. But during the complicated preparations he meets a woman from his past - Nadja. Martin Hägerström is chosen to go undercover into the Serbian mafia, in order to get its notorious boss Radovan Krajnic behind bars. When an assassination attempt is made on Radovan, his daughter Natalie is pulled into the power struggle within the Serbian mafia.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, non-linear
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The Uniform (2004)
Plot Summary:
Just as he is preparing for his daughter's wedding, a veteran policeman is assigned to a crack team transporting a Pakistani secret agent to trial.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 174 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, bleak, suspenseful, masala, serious, realistic, surprise ending, freeze frame