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Plot Summary:
Rita Rizzoli is a narcotics cop with a plethora of disguises. When a drug shipment is hijacked, the thieves don't know that the drug is unusually pure and packs of 'Fatal Beauty' begin turning up next to too many dead bodies. Mike works for the original owner of the drugs and tries to tell himself that since he does not handle the drugs, he is 'clean'. Mike becomes Rita's constant companion.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: detective, crying, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, romantic, atmospheric, sexy
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Rent-a-Cop (1987)
Plot Summary:
When call-girl Della gets caught in the middle of a drug bust at a hotel where she was meeting a trick, she is held hostage by a robber that busted in on the drug agents and the drug dealers. She gets rescued by vice cop Church who is accused of staging the aborted bust. Ex-ballplayer turned drug dealer Roger is in tight with corrupt vice cops and their superiors And the fireworks start popping.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, intense, serious, neo noir, sexy, independent film, realistic, fast, unusual plot structure, humorous
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Yes, Madam! (1985)
Plot Summary:
Asprin (Mang Hoi) and Strepsil (John Shum), two petty thieves who inadvertently become involved in a murder case when they steal items belonging to a murdered man. The man had hidden an important microfilm in his passport, which the thieves pass onto a forger friend Panadol (Tsui Hark). Inspector Ng (Michelle Yeoh) is assigned to the case, along with Inspector Morris (Cynthia Rothrock) from Scotland Yard! The investigation leads the cops to the bumbling crooks and soon they are on Triad leader Tin's (James Tien) tail, he will stop at nothing to get the incriminating film back and with his hitman and bodyguard (Dick Wei) at his side, he proves too much for the inspectors to catch using legal means, in frustration they give up their badges and go after Tin alone.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: stylized, suspense, rough, serious, realistic, crime drama, perverse, suspenseful, fast, independent film
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Breach of Trust (1995)
Plot Summary:
For opposite reasons, an undercover federal agent and a small time hood join forces to take on a union of drug lords and dirty cops.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 486
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: independent film, serious, realistic, suspenseful, neo noir, detective
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A Force of One (1979)
Plot Summary:
Karate champion Matt Logan is enlisted by the police to train officers in self-defense after narcotics agents are killed by an assailant using the martial arts.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, christmas horror, cult classic, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, neo noir, suspense
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Double Tap (1997)
Plot Summary:
A drug-lord targets an undercover FBI agent and the hit man she falls in love with while tracking.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 647
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Police Story 2 (1988)
Plot Summary:
The Hong Kong super-cop must stop a group of blackmailing bombers at the same time that the villains of the first Police Story are out for revenge.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: stylized, intense, humorous, rough, suspenseful, action packed, cult classic, action comedy, exciting, realistic
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The Hitman (1991)
Plot Summary:
After surviving an attempt on his life by his former partner, officer Cliff Garrett (Norris) exacts revenge on those who wronged him by going undercover as a hit man. He works to gain the reputation and trust needed in order to be accepted by the burgeoning Seattle-area criminal underworld, but it is all done in order to take it down from within.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense, grindhouse, cult classic, independent film, fast
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Action Jackson (1988)
Plot Summary:
Vengence drives a tough Detroit cop to stay on the trail of a power hungry auto magnate who's systematically eliminating his competition.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: cult classic, neo noir, black comedy, action comedy, psychotronic, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Next of Kin (1989)
Plot Summary:
Truman Gates, a Chicago cop, sets out to find his brother's killer. Meanwhile, another of his brothers, Briar (a hillbilly) decides to find the killer himself.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, rough, serious, suspenseful, neo noir, realistic, independent film, spaghetti western, detective
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Red Heat (1988)
Plot Summary:
A tough Russian policeman is forced to partner up with a cocky Chicago police detective when he is sent to Chicago to apprehend a Georgian drug lord who killed his partner and fled the country.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 75000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: detective, exciting, humorous, black comedy, rough, suspenseful, action packed, action comedy, cult classic, inspirational
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Beverly Hills Cop III (1994)
Plot Summary:
Back in sunny southern California and on the trail of two murderers, Axel Foley again teams up with LA cop Billy Rosewood. Soon, they discover that an amusement park is being used as a front for a massive counterfeiting ring – and it's run by the same gang that shot Billy's boss.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 86000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: action comedy, funny, suspense, detective, black comedy, light, epic, cult classic, light hearted, clever
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Tango & Cash (1989)
Plot Summary:
Ray Tango and Gabriel Cash are narcotics detectives who, while both being extremely successful, can't stand each other. Crime Lord Yves Perret, furious at the loss of income that Tango and Cash have caused him, frames the two for murder. Caught with the murder weapon on the scene of the crime, the two have no alibi. Thrown into prison with most of the criminals they helped convict, it appears that they are going to have to trust each other if they are to clear their names and catch the evil Perret.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 112000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: intense, detective, action comedy, rough, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, humorous, cult classic, sentimental
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Mo' Money (1992)
Plot Summary:
Trying to get his act together, a con artist gets a job in a credit card company. He falls in love with a fellow employee, he steals a couple of cards, everything is going great. But soon, the chief of security drags him into the big leagues of criminals.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: light, intense, humorous, hood, semi serious, clever, black comedy, funny, action comedy, realistic
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Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991)
Plot Summary:
An American with a Japanese upbringing, Chris Kenner is a police officer assigned to the Little Tokyo section of Los Angeles. Kenner is partnered with Johnny Murata, a Japanese-American who isn't in touch with his roots. Despite their differences, both men excel at martial arts, and utilize their formidable skills when they go up against Yoshida, a vicious yakuza drug dealer with ties to Kenner's past.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: serious, exciting, rough, realistic, grindhouse, cult classic, action comedy, crime drama, mind blowing, detective
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Impulse (1990)
Plot Summary:
Impulse is a 1990 thriller film about a female police officer who works undercover as a prostitute on the streets of Los Angeles.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: neo noir, erotic, psychological, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Gang Related (1997)
Plot Summary:
Two corrupt cops have a successful, seemingly perfect money making scheme- they sell drugs that they seize from dealers, kill the dealers, and blame the crimes on street gangs. Their scheme is going along smoothly until they kill an undercover DEA agent posing as a dealer, and then try to cover-up their crime.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: hood, detective, neo noir, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film, psychological thriller
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Shakedown (1988)
Plot Summary:
When a local drug dealer shoots a dishonest cop in self-defense, lawyer and renegade undercover cop join forces to clear him. But when their investigation leads them into a maze of greed and corruption, they learn that in a town where everything is for sale, anything can happen.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: rough, realistic, suspenseful, serious, neo noir, perverse, cult classic, independent film, detective, grindhouse
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A Low Down Dirty Shame (1994)
Plot Summary:
A black detective becomes embroiled in a web of danger while searching for a fortune in missing drug money. During the course of his investigation, he encounters various old connections, ultimately confronting the criminal responsible for Shame's expulsion from the force. He must also deal with two women, Angela, a beautiful old flame, and Peaches, his energetic but annoying sidekick.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: humorous, talky, realistic, suspenseful, action comedy, suspense, retro, clever, black comedy, hood
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Rapid Fire (1992)
Plot Summary:
College student Jake Lo is pursued by smugglers, mobsters and crooked federal agents after he witnesses a murder by a Mafia kingpin.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: exciting, intense, serious, suspenseful, cult classic, suspense, crime drama, rough, realistic, fast
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Raw Deal (1986)
Plot Summary:
Mark Kaminsky is kicked out of the FBI for his rough treatment of a suspect. He winds up as the sheriff of a small town in North Carolina. FBI Chief Harry Shannon, whose son has been killed by a mobster named Patrovina, enlists Kaminsky in a personal vendetta with a promise of reinstatement into the FBI if Patrovina is taken down. To accomplish this, he must go undercover and join Patrovina's gang.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: intense, rough, realistic, exciting, serious, suspenseful, action packed, cult classic, hood, perverse
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Another 48 Hrs. (1990)
Plot Summary:
For the past four years, San Francisco cop Jack Cates has been after an unidentified drug kingpin who calls himself the "Ice Man". Jack finds a picture that proves that the Ice Man has put a price on the head of Reggie Hammond, who is scheduled to be released from prison on the next day.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 44000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: detective, black comedy, neo noir, action comedy, suspense, light, buddy comedy, exciting, rough, humorous
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The Rookie (1990)
Plot Summary:
Veteran cop Nick Pulovski is used to playing musical partners; many of the partners he's had in the past have died on the job, and often as a result of Nick's risky tactics. But the rookie who's been assigned to help Nick bust a carjacking ring is almost as hotheaded as he is … and when Nick gets kidnapped, his newbie partner is his only hope.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: suspense, entertaining, intense, semi serious, neo noir, exciting, retro, action thriller, black comedy, rough
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A Man Apart (2003)
Plot Summary:
When Vetter's wife is killed in a botched hit organized by Diablo, he seeks revenge against those responsible. But in the process, Vetter and Hicks have to fight their way up the chain to get to Diablo but it's easier said than done when all Vetter can focus on is revenge.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 49000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: suspense, harsh, emotional, rough, serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic, captivating, cult classic
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The Glimmer Man (1996)
Plot Summary:
A former government operative renowned for his stealth, Jack Cole is now a Los Angeles police detective. When a series of horrible murders occurs in the metro area, Cole is assigned to the case, along with tough-talking fellow cop Jim Campbell. Although the two men clash, they gradually become effective partners as they uncover a conspiracy linked to the killings, which also involves terrorism and organized crime.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, rough, serious, action comedy, detective, perverse
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An Eye for an Eye (1981)
Plot Summary:
Sean Kane is forced to resign from the San Francisco Police Department's Narcotics Division when he goes berserk after his partner is murdered. He decides to fight alone and follows a trail of drug traffickers into unexpected high places.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: suspense, serious, exciting, cult classic, tense, neo noir, independent film, rough, realistic, suspenseful
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Boiling Point (1993)
Plot Summary:
Red is an aging scam-artist who's just been released from prison together with Ronnie, a young and not-so-bright hoodlum who is easily manipulated. Their new business is to organize fake-money sales and then kill the buyer to take his money; but when Ronnie kills an undercover secret service agent, his partner Jimmy Mercer vows revenge and is given one week to catch the killers before being transferred. Written by Giancarlo Cairella.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, neo noir, suspenseful, tense, intense, rough, serious, realistic, action thriller
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Metro (1997)
Plot Summary:
Roper, a hostage negotiator catches a murderous bank robber after a blown heist. The bank robber escapes and immediately goes after the man who put him behind bars.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, intense, tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, action comedy, black comedy, cult classic
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Marked for Death (1990)
Plot Summary:
Just retired from the Drug Enforcement Agency, John Hatcher returns to his hometown and quickly discovers that drugs have infiltrated his old neighborhood. Determined to drive the dealers out, Hatcher crosses paths with a ferocious Jamaican drug lord who vows that Hatcher and his family are now marked for death.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, grindhouse, intense, hood, cult classic
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Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Plot Summary:
Tough-talking Detroit cop Axel Foley heads to the rarified world of Beverly Hills in his beat-up Chevy Nova to investigate a friend's murder. But soon, he realizes he's stumbled onto something much more complicated. Bungling rookie detective Billy Rosewood joins the fish-out-of-water Axel and shows him the West Los Angeles ropes.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 197000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: buddy comedy, humorous, funny, exciting, action comedy, witty, entertaining, cult classic, detective, hilarious
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Renegades (1989)
Plot Summary:
Buster McHenry (Sutherland) is as an undercover agent for the police. His mission involves him in a robbery. Buster gets shot but Hank Storm (Phillips), an Indian, helps Buster. Since Hank wants a spear in the possession of the criminals that Buster is after, they team up.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: detective, suspense, intense, rough, serious, retro, cult classic, action thriller, neo noir, black comedy