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Plot Summary:
Farz 2001 - Sunny Deol.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 508
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration:
Plot tags:
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Loha (1997)
Plot Summary:
Shankar (Dharmendra), a well-meaning but disgraced cop, is determined to fight a corrupt system, taking to task miscreants and criminals in his city. The movie begins as an aspiring underworld don, Lukkabhai (Mohan Joshi) ousts his erstwhile mentor Tandyabhai (Deepak Shirke), to emerge as the reigning champion of a crime infested world. Elsewhere, Arjun (Mithun Chakraborty), an ex-military man, has forfeited his love and career as a consequence of hitching up with a local goon. As a result, Arjun seeks his refuge in liquor. Shankar chances upon Arjun and rescues him when Arjun hits rock bottom. Meanwhile, angered by Shankar's meddling, Lukka rapes and kills Shankar's sister to teach him a lesson. Infuriated, Shankar teams up with Arjun, who now is indebted to him, and Mustafabhai (Shakti Kapoor), who wants payback for Lukka chopping his hands off. Together, they deliver the kingpin of the underworld and his minions to a well-deserved end, restoring harmony and justice to society.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 589
Genere: Action
Country: India
Duration: 160 min
Plot tags: cult film
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Rakshak (1996)
Plot Summary:
ASP Raj Sinha is assign with the task of bringing to justice the people who are responsible for printing and circulating fake currency notes. Raj is shocked when he learn that the leader behind this crime is none other than his childhood friend, Raghavan. When Raj confronts Raghavan this angers him and along with the help of his gang he mercilessly murder Raj's mother and his wife, Suman injuring Raj in the process. When Raj recovers from this carnage he plots to destroy Raghavan.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 378
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 164 min
Plot tags:
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Raw Justice (1994)
Plot Summary:
The mayor of a small town hires a bounty hunter to find his daughter's killer, but it turns out to be a very dangerous job.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: black comedy, erotic, sexy, independent film, detective, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Jawan (2023)
Plot Summary:
A man is driven by a personal vendetta to rectify the wrongs in society, while keeping a promise made years ago. He comes up against a monstrous outlaw with no fear, who's caused extreme suffering to many.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 80000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 169 min
Plot tags: political, suspense, social message
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Krishna (1996)
Plot Summary:
Sunil lives a poor life-style with his mom and sister. His passion is to pilot plane and he goes for training to become a successful pilot, but in the process he got himself entangled in a drug deal which changes his entire concept of life and engulfs his loved ones forever.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 419
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 156 min
Plot tags: epic
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Jung (2000)
Plot Summary:
The son of Police Inspector Veer Chauhan requires a near impossible to find bone-marrow transplant. With time running out, Veer finds a viable candidate, a criminal he was responsible for apprehending.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 430
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 147 min
Plot tags: surprise ending
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The Fire (1999)
Plot Summary:
Karan is a former soldier. One day when Karan finds out that his father committed suicide in prison after he is falsely charged with a crime, he suspects Ravi Verma, a city attorney who has a wife and a kid. When Karan spots Ravi on the street with his wife Kajal, he abruptly shoots Ravi and Kajal; however, Ravi survives the murder and Kajal ends up dead. After Ravi's release from the hospital, he does not realize that he has a new and different wife who looks exactly like Kajal, later on he does. While Ravi's life continues, Karan's revenge also continues against Ravi. Ravi claims that it wasn't his idea to set Karan's father up, it may be Ravi's father-in-law and his colleagues who may be responsible.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 801
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 152 min
Plot tags:
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Akela (1991)
Plot Summary:
The 7th film of Ramesh Sippy.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 492
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Condemned 2 (2015)
Plot Summary:
A former bounty hunter who finds himself on the run as part of a revamped Condemned tournament, in which convicts are forced to fight each other to the death as part of a game that's broadcast to the public.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: cliffhanger, black comedy
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Rage (2014)
Plot Summary:
When the Russian mob kidnaps the daughter of a reformed criminal, he rounds up his old crew and seeks his own brand of justice.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, hood, independent film, ambiguous ending, rough, twisted
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The Taking of Beverly Hills (1991)
Plot Summary:
A chemical spill has caused the occupants of Beverly Hills to be forcibly evacuated. A retiring football player left behind, finds that the toxic gas emulating from the spill is a bogus front for a heist set up by fired police officers out to plunder the city of all its valuables. Finding himself siding with a corrupt cop who was once apart of the plan until he discovered the city's mayor had just been blown away, by one of the chief crooks in charge. Now both on the run with no help in sight...both must do whatever they can to stop these murderous looters.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: cult classic, action thriller, exciting, rough, humorous, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, surprise ending
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Crackerjack (1994)
Plot Summary:
A cop on vacation at a mountain resort comes to the rescue when the resort is taken over by violent criminals.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 854
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: cliffhanger, political thriller, independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, suspense
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Hangfire (1991)
Plot Summary:
When a large group of escaped convicts take Ike Slayton, a Vietnam veteran's wife hostage, Slayton enlists the help of his old army friend in a furious search to find her, while a hard-nosed National Guardsman leads a platoon of solders determined to kill or capture all the convicts, even if it means killing all the hostages in the crossfire.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 387
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, suspense, psychotronic, independent film, tension, cult film
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Saaho (2019)
Plot Summary:
A battle for power ensues as warring gangters thrive to gain possession of a "black box" that can make them richer than they already are, and an undercover cop intervenes with the help of his sharp intellect and an instinct to kill.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 170 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, twist ending, cult classic, fast
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The Hunter's Prayer (2017)
Plot Summary:
An assassin forges an unlikely partnership with one of his targets: a woman seeking revenge for the murder of her family.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: Germany, Spain, USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, satanic, action thriller, surprise ending, independent film, exciting, neo noir
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One 2 Ka 4 (2001)
Plot Summary:
Javed Abbas (Jackie Shroff) is widowed Police Officer with four children. His partner is Arun Verma (Shahrukh Khan). Both Javed and Arun are honest, hard-working and diligent. And this leads to the "death" of Javed in mysterious circumstances. After Javed's death, Arun takes over the responsiblity of looking after his four children. He does run into several problems and decides to seek the help of Geeta Choudhary (Juhi chawla), who readily agrees and moves in with him and the four children. The children take an instant liking to Geeta, and things seem to settle down. One day Arun finds out that his former partner's death was really a homicide. When he attempts to investigate, charges of drug-trafficking, and bribery are brought out against him, He finds out that Geeta is not what she claims to be, and is living a double life.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 169 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, exciting, semi serious, entertaining, detective, remake of american film
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Night Hunter (2018)
Plot Summary:
A police task force traps an online predator, only to discover that the depth of his crimes goes far beyond anything they had anticipated.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller, suspense, captivating, tense, bleak, surprise ending, gothic, neo noir, independent film, detective
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A Good Day to Die Hard (2013)
Plot Summary:
Iconoclastic, take-no-prisoners cop John McClane, finds himself for the first time on foreign soil after traveling to Moscow to help his wayward son Jack - unaware that Jack is really a highly-trained CIA operative out to stop a nuclear weapons heist. With the Russian underworld in pursuit, and battling a countdown to war, the two McClanes discover that their opposing methods make them unstoppable heroes.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 213000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Hungary
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, melancholic, rough, realistic, suspenseful, humorous, semi serious, action packed, predictable
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Skin Trade (2014)
Plot Summary:
After his family is killed by a Serbian gangster with international interests. NYC detective Nick goes to S.E. Asia and teams up with a Thai detective to get revenge and destroy the syndicates human trafficking network.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Thailand, Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, action thriller, action adventure, fast, surprise ending
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Angel Has Fallen (2019)
Plot Summary:
Secret Service Agent Mike Banning is framed for the attempted assassination of the President and must evade his own agency and the FBI as he tries to uncover the real threat.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 108000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, suspense, humorous, intense, captivating, cliffhanger, clever, political, saga
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Operator (2015)
Plot Summary:
When the daughter of veteran 911 call center operator Pamela, and her estranged husband Jeremy, a Senior Police Officer, is kidnapped and held hostage, they are left desperate, with no choice but to follow the kidnapper's rules: send messages through dispatch for all police and fire units to scatter to remote locations throughout the city where they are met with chaos. Not knowing who or why, the one thing they do know is if they fail to discreetly collaborate with one another - they will be solely responsible for facilitating the biggest crime in the city's history. Now they must race against the clock to make the choice of their lives - save the city - or save their daughter.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, suspense, psychological, captivating, psychological thriller, neo noir, independent film, tension
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I Am Wrath (2016)
Plot Summary:
A man is out for justice after a group of corrupt police officers are unable to catch his wife's killer.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: tense, exciting, suspense, bleak, neo noir, action thriller, surprise ending, detective, black comedy, dark comedy
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Die Hard (1988)
Plot Summary:
NYPD cop, John McClane's plan to reconcile with his estranged wife is thrown for a serious loop when minutes after he arrives at her office, the entire building is overtaken by a group of terrorists. With little help from the LAPD, wisecracking McClane sets out to single-handedly rescue the hostages and bring the bad guys down.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 923000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: intense, christmas special, exciting, suspense, action packed, suspenseful, clever, action adventure, detective, saga
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S.W.A.T.: Under Siege (2017)
Plot Summary:
When a D.E.A. and S.W.A.T. cartel takedown ends in a shootout, S.W.A.T. Agent Travis Hall seizes a mysterious prisoner taking him into custody. Before long, the S.W.A.T. compound is under siege by wave-after-wave of assault teams attempting to recover the prisoner known as “The Scorpion” for the tattoo blazed across his back. When Travis discovers that his prisoner is a Secret Ops double agent planted within the cartel, it’s up to him and his expert S.W.A.T. team to keep “The Scorpion” and his billion dollar secrets safe.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, tense, disturbing, saga, surprise ending, neo noir
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Copshop (2021)
Plot Summary:
On the run from a lethal assassin, a wily con artist devises a scheme to hide out inside a small-town police station. However, when the hit man turns up at the precinct, an unsuspecting rookie cop finds herself caught in the crosshairs.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 38000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, perverse, action adventure, surprise ending, neo noir, ambiguous ending
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Extraction II (2023)
Plot Summary:
Tasked with extracting a family who is at the mercy of a Georgian gangster, Tyler Rake infiltrates one of the world's deadliest prisons in order to save them. But when the extraction gets hot, and the gangster dies in the heat of battle, his equally ruthless brother tracks down Rake and his team to Sydney, in order to get revenge.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 136000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, Austria, Australia, USA
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, neo noir, suspense, ambiguous ending, independent film
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The Foreigner (2017)
Plot Summary:
Quan is a humble London businessman whose long-buried past erupts in a revenge-fueled vendetta when the only person left for him to love – his teenage daughter – dies in a senseless act of politically-motivated terrorism. His relentless search to find the terrorists leads to a cat-and-mouse conflict with a British government official whose own past may hold the clues to the identities of the elusive killers.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 121000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, China, USA, India
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, harsh, independent film, psychological, bloody, political, sad, scenic, neo western
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Patriot Games (1992)
Plot Summary:
When CIA Analyst Jack Ryan interferes with an IRA assassination, a renegade faction targets Jack and his family as revenge.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 119000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: exciting, political, suspense, suspenseful, political thriller, rough, serious, realistic, action adventure, anamorphic
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Line of Duty (2019)
Plot Summary:
Frank Penny is a disgraced cop looking for a shot at redemption. When the police chief's 11-year-old daughter is abducted, Frank goes rogue to try and save her. But to find the girl, Frank will need the help of Ava Brooks, whose live-streaming news channel is broadcasting Frank's every move.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: suspense, entertaining, action thriller, crime thriller, surprise ending, psychotronic, buddy comedy, independent film, detective, black comedy
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Black and Blue (2019)
Plot Summary:
Exposure follows a rookie Detroit African-American female cop who stumbles upon corrupt officers who are murdering a drug dealer, an incident captured by her body cam. They pursue her through the night in an attempt to destroy the footage, but to make matters worse, they've tipped off a criminal gang that she's responsible for the dealer's death.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, bleak, hood, slang, neo noir, social, anamorphic, predictable, surprise ending