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Plot Summary:
An American entrepreneur is closing a deal in Saudi Arabia in 1977. After a fallout with his influential Saudi partners, they have him arrested. Due to the US policy of noninterference in SA, the embassy won't help him. He must escape.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 477
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: informative
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Point Last Seen (1998)
Plot Summary:
Fact-based story about a tracker who searches for a little girl who was lost in the desert, but suffers internally because her own children were kidnapped by her ex-husband.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 405
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags:
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The Man Who Sold His Skin (2020)
Plot Summary:
To be able to travel to Europe and find the love of his life, Sam Ali, a Syrian refugee, accepts to have his back tattooed by one of the most sulfurous contemporary artist; becoming that way a precious work of art.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama
Country: Tunisia, France, Belgium, Germany, Sweden, Qatar, Cyprus, Turkey
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: existential, surprise ending, twist ending
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Escape (1995)
Plot Summary:
Set during the terrifying reign of Filipino despot, Marcos, two upper caste but very different strangers team up to try and survive the physical and mental torture they undergo after they are suddenly jailed. Geny is the conservative businessman while Serge is more sensitive and outgoing. Both of the young men's parents give all of their money, but the government refuses to free them. Even a mutual hunger strike fails to move their jailers. In desperation, Geny and Serge begin plotting their escape.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 51
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: political drama
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Brute Corps (1971)
Plot Summary:
A hippy couple travelling cross country run foul of a band of mercenaries.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 215
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Tiger Over Wall (1980)
Plot Summary:
Based on actual events that took place in Shanghai 1919, Hwang Jang Lee portrays a ruthless Police Captain, who will stop at nothing in his quest for power even framing an innocent man and sending him mad. The Man's family can not tolerate the injustice and fight back with some of the meanest Kung Fu techniques ever witnessed, without doubt one of the best films from the two kings of Kung Fu: Hwang Jang Lee & Phillip Ko.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 82
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 87 min
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In the Shadow of the Sun (1974)
Plot Summary:
Two thieves wander in the chilean desert and finally get to a small town near Bolivia. There, they try to include themselves with the townspeople but their instincts betray them and tragedy ensues. Based on a true story, this film opened one year after the chilean Coup de etat. The day after the opening, script girl Carmen Bueno and director of photography Jorge Müller were taken by police and now they are part of the list of the Desaparecidos.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 55
Genere: Drama
Country: Chile
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags:
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Wild Justice (1994)
Plot Summary:
Colonel Peter Stride is on the trail of a mysterious international criminal known only as Caliph.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 76
Genere: Action
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 172 min
Plot tags:
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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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The Ambush (2021)
Plot Summary:
It is the winter of 2018, the men and women of the UAE military are deployed to provide aid. At the Mocha Base, spirits are high as three Emirati soldiers anticipate an imminent return home. While on their final routine patrol, the three soldiers, Ali, Bilal and Hindasi are ambushed by heavily armed militants on their route, through a narrow canyon. Trapped, wounded, and out of communication range, the three soldiers realize the gravity of their situation. They are running out of options, munitions - and time. Back at the base, their commander receives word and realizes that the assault on the UAE army patrol was premeditated. A rescue mission is quickly put into action, but will air and land support reach the men in time, and will they survive?.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama, War
Country: United Arab Emirates, France
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags:
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Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story (1992)
Plot Summary:
True story about a rape victim who took a stand that rape is never the victim's fault and inspired many other victims who felt shame about what had happened to them to speak out.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 96
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags:
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The Dirt Gang (1972)
Plot Summary:
A film crew shooting in the desert is terrorized by a vicious outlaw motorcycle gang (on dirt bikes, no less) who are after the women in the company.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 368
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: independent film, tense, rough, bleak, serious, realistic
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Subterfuge (1996)
Plot Summary:
Scuba-diver turned beach-bum Jonathan Slade is forced back into his previous milieu - the world of international espionage - in order to retrieve Black Boxes from an American jetliner that crashed under mysterious circumstances into the Black Sea. With his computer-hacker younger brother, Slade travels to a resort on the Russian-Turkish border to begin his quest. To his surprise and dismay, he's now joined by another secret agent, a beautiful but highly-skilled woman named Alex. As they begin diving in search of the downed jetliner, Slade and Alex begin to suspect they're being manipulated by higher-ups who may not be committed to American interests.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 163
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags:
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Sweet Sugar (1972)
Plot Summary:
Prostitute Sugar is set up by a corrupt politician. She is convinced of the futility of appealing her case in the courts and signs on to a chain gang run by the notorious Dr. John who performs cruel medical experiments on the people who work for him.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 775
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, sensual, independent film
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Riding the Edge (1989)
Plot Summary:
Teenage cyclist rescues his dad from terrorists in the Middle East. "Iron Eagle" on a motorcycle.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 103
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Escape from Zahrain (1962)
Plot Summary:
Yul Brynner plays political leader Sharif who is sprung from a police van on his way to a firing squad by young loyalists led by Sal Mineo. Yul and the other prisoners kidnap an ambulance and head into the Arabian desert with the police in hot pursuit. All the performances are magnificent: Sal Mineo showing his acting talents, Jack Warden in a wiseguy performance as an employee of Zahrain oil who was involved in embezzlement, Anthony Caruso as a slimy psychotic and the underrated Madlyn Rhue as a nurse who becomes emotionally involved in the proceedings.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 814
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: retro, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Gale Force (2002)
Plot Summary:
A new reality-style game show, "Treasure Hunt" has invited a cast of contestants, including a Los Angeles cop who's joined to try and make up for an earlier PR blunder, to a tropical island to hunt for a buried treasure worth ten million dollars.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 570
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, captivating, realistic
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Without Warning: The James Brady Story (1991)
Plot Summary:
In 1981, during the assassination attempt on then President Ronald Reagan, White House Press Secretary James Brady was shot and left paralyzed.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 289
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags:
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The Great Alaskan Race (2019)
Plot Summary:
In 1925, a group of brave mushers travel 700 miles to save the small children of Nome, Alaska from a deadly epidemic.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 679
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, disturbing
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Money Fight (2012)
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Johnny Sanchez has a troubled past which manifests in the dissonance between him and his family, particularly with his father and son. As Johnny gets released from prison, his father's garage is going to be shut down. The only way to save it is to fight in the Red Canvas tournament, an MMA event. Amidst preparing for an opponent who can't be defeated, Johnny must deal with the turmoil of his family and answer for mistakes of the past.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 567
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, tense, serious, suspenseful
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Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story (1996)
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A female is harassed and takes the case to court.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 215
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min
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In the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco (1993)
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Religious fanatics are barricaded in a building, and surrounded by police. But they're not going to surrender, they prefer to die.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 759
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing
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SEAL Team VI (2008)
Plot Summary:
Inspired by actual events: This heroic saga depicts an elite counter-terrorism team's black ops incursion into Iraq four days prior to Operation: Desert Shield and the harrowing consequences its members faced when their covert mission was compromised.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 568
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: serious, rough, tense, suspense, realistic
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The Wrath of Cain (2010)
Plot Summary:
A former kingpin of the streets, Miles “Cain” Skinner is doing life in prison. He is feared and respected among the inmates. When Cain learns that his sentence will be shortened only by brain cancer, his urgency to change his ways goes into overdrive.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, captivating, crime drama, hood
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Doing Hard Time (2004)
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A father's eight year old son is murdered in a gangland shooting. The father (Boris Kodjoe) gets himself thrown into prison to avenge his son's death.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, hood, crime drama
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Death Before Dishonor (1987)
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Gunnery Sergeant Burns reports for duty to an American Embassy in the Middle East. However due to the 'enlightened' views of the Ambassador, the marine security detachment he is in charge of is severely restricted in their functions and presence to avoid upsetting the host government. As a result, when terrorists attack the compound, they are able to kidnap hostages and escape with little opposition. Burns ignores the Ambassador's restrictions, and throws the rule books out the window, as he becomes a one man army in an attempt to rescue the hostages, and wipe out the terrorists.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: independent film, cult classic, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, inspirational, clever, unusual plot structure
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Trapped Beneath the Sea (1974)
Plot Summary:
Based on an incident that occurred off the coast of Florida in 1973, this film tells the story of four men who find themselves trapped in a mini-submarine in the ocean depths.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 69
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags:
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Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232 (1992)
Plot Summary:
Authentic drama of United Airlines flight 232 from Denver to Chicago. The DC-10 crashed during an emergency landing at Sioux City Gateway Airport on July 19, 1989. 184 people survived, partly thanks to the ground rescue workers who had 40 minutes to prepare for the event.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 759
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, disaster movie
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The Deep End of the Ocean (1999)
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Michelle Pfeiffer is ferocious in the role of a desperate mother whose 3-year-old son disappears during her high school reunion. Nine years later, by chance, he turns up in the town in which the family has just relocated. Based on Jacquelyn Mitchard's best-selling novel (an Oprah book club selection), the movie effectively presents the troubling dynamics that exist between family members who've suffered such an unsettling loss.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: psychological, touching, sentimental, emotional, melancholic, serious, realistic, inspirational, contemplative, gloomy
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Animal (2005)
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His name: infamous. His reputation: ruthless. But when James "Animal"Allen is locked up in a maximum security prison, he meets a revolutionary who changes his life. Now a reformed man, James is released only to find that his own son has assumed a life of crime and violence. Can a father haunted by his past redeem his family from the very streets he created, or will he be forced to make the ultimate sacrifice?.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Action
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: psychological, rough, serious, realistic, crime drama, bleak
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186 Dollars to Freedom (2012)
Plot Summary:
A young California surfer has to grow up in a hurry when he is thrown into a Peruvian political prison in 1980.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 575
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Peru, USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: realistic, tense, serious, captivating, suspense, exciting, rough, suspenseful