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Plot Summary:
A policeman discovers a suitcase full of drug money while on duty, meanwhile his wife is having an affair with another man.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 116
Genere: Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: neo noir, surprise ending, independent film
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Blind Fear (1989)
Plot Summary:
A blind employee at a New England lodge is in danger when a gang of killers arrives to stay at the lodge.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 208
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, twist ending, independent film
Similar in 80%
Deadly Strangers (1975)
Plot Summary:
After she misses her train, a young woman is forced to hitch a ride back to town. After managing to get away from a lecherous trucker, she is given a ride by a good-looking but somewhat mysterious young man, who she comes to suspect may be a dangerous escapee from a mental asylum.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 724
Genere: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: road movie, offbeat, neo noir, independent film, rough, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, twist ending, freeze frame
Similar in 80%
Little Fish (2005)
Plot Summary:
Set in the Little Saigon district outside of Sydney, a woman trying to escape her past becomes embroiled in a drug deal.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: tense, realistic, rough, serious, psychological, sincere, contemplative, crying, independent film
Similar in 82%
Baton Rouge (1988)
Plot Summary:
Antonio dotes on his mute brother and promises him a better life, symbolized by Baton Rouge. He's a gigolo who moves in with Isabel, wealthy and separated from her husband. She has nightmares of rape in her own bed, so Antonio encourages her to consult a psychiatrist; they end up in the office of Ana, a young doctor. As part of the exam, Ana visits Isabel where she catches Antonio pocketing a blank check Isabel has signed. Ana pushes him into an elaborate scheme to blackmail Isabel, making it seem she has killed her husband during a nightmare. All goes smoothly until Antonio sees the body: it's not the man he thought was Isabel's husband. In whose game is he a pawn?.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 317
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, neo noir, detective
Similar in 76%
Crosstalk (1982)
Plot Summary:
Only the computer saw the murder...and it liked what it saw.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 85
Genere: Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Hollywood Cop (1987)
Plot Summary:
A detective tries to get back a child who has been kidnapped by gangsters.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 616
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: independent film
Similar in 75%
The Informers (1963)
Plot Summary:
When the detective in charge of investigating a series of bank robberies starts to get too close to the culprits, they set up a blackmail scheme to warn him off. But when the crooks begin to fall out with each other, the police learn the truth.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 431
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: noir, detective, independent film, vintage
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Kill Me Later (2001)
Plot Summary:
Her goldfish dead, her lover exposed as a rat, Shawn Holloway leaves her bank post and goes to the roof intent on suicide. Before she can leap, she's taken hostage by Charlie Anders, a fleeing bank robber. He and his partners have stolen a million in cash and plan to escape to Venezuela. Shawn agrees to cooperate if Charlie promises to kill her once he's in the clear. Parts of the plan go awry, so Charlie has time to try to pierce her bleak manner and self pity, and she has time for reflection. As night falls, their interlude ends: they're each alone, Charlie facing prison as the police close in, and Shawn staring down at a river from atop a high bridge.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: light, entertaining, tense, serious, independent film, black comedy, dark comedy, neo noir, detective, suspenseful
Similar in 87%
Body Harm (1988)
Plot Summary:
A schoolteacher (John Waters) becomes obsessed with the idea that his wife (Joy Bell) did not die in a car accident, as everyone else thinks.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 275
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: neo noir, grindhouse, serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychotronic, independent film, detective
Similar in 83%
Mortal Passions (1989)
Plot Summary:
A scheming woman (Krista Errickson) seeks to kill her husband to collect the insurance money, and is willing to seduce anyone she can to do it - including her husband's brother.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 476
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: neo noir, psychosexual thriller, independent film, serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexual, tragic ending, sexy, eighties
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Thief of Hearts (1984)
Plot Summary:
A woman trapped in a boring marriage begins an affair with a handsome man who seems able to read her mind. She doesn't know that he has broken into her house and read her diaries, where she has recorded her deepest thoughts and fantasies.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: erotic, sexy, suspenseful, sexual, serious, realistic, scary, psychological, exciting, light
Similar in 84%
Hitting Home (1988)
Plot Summary:
Canadian businesswoman Dinah Middleton's is devastated when her teenage son, Alex, is killed by a hit-and-run driver. When the police fail to turn up any suspects, she turns private detective to track the killer down. She traces the murderer to New York, only to discover that the crime is not covered by the extradition treaty between Canada and the US. She becomes obsessed with bringing the criminal to justice.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 139
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, independent film
Similar in 77%
The Custodian (1993)
Plot Summary:
Det. Quinlan has left his alcoholic wife, sprouting a bloom of insecurity, anger and self-motivation within him to expose the corrupt police force that surrounds him. He abandons his 'straight' life to partner in crime with his co-worker, Det. Church, in order to get on the inside of the circle of double-agents. He sides privately with a reporter, Reynolds, and an Internal Affairs lawyer, Ferguson, to expose them to the press. Once they have gathered enough information, all the corrupt police, including the newly recruited Quinlan are arrested. Ferguson then works to get Quinlan a reduced sentence for helping them.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 367
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: neo noir, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film, detective
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The Nark (1982)
Plot Summary:
A Paris police detective (Richard Berry) plays rough with a prostitute (Nathalie Baye) and her pimp/lover (Philippe Léotard), whom he wants as an informant.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: neo noir, anthology, detective, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, crying, eighties
Similar in 76%
Kiss or Kill (1997)
Plot Summary:
Two lovers, Nikki and Al, have a scam in which Nikki allows herself to be picked up by older men, drugs them, and, with Al's help, robs them. After accidentally killing one of her victims with an overdose, Nikki and Al are on the run.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: neo noir, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, road movie, independent film, detective
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Two Hands (1999)
Plot Summary:
A 19 year old finds himself in debt to a local gangster when some gang loot disappears and sets him on the run from thugs. Meanwhile two street kids start a shopping spree when they find the missing money.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: humorous, entertaining, disturbing, dark comedy, realistic, suspense, black comedy, neo noir, emotional, semi serious
Similar in 83%
Deadly Force (1983)
Plot Summary:
Stoney Cooper, a former Los Angeles police officer, is at a low point in his life. Kicked off the force because of his anti-authority attitude, he now ekes out a living as a freelancer in New York. All this changes when the daughter of an old friend is killed by serial killer terrorizing L.A. Although almost nobody in his old home town is happy to see him back, Cooper pledges to bring the killer to justice before any more innocent people die.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 484
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: cult classic, slasher, independent film, grindhouse, crime thriller
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Thirst (1979)
Plot Summary:
The descendant of Elizabeth Bathory is abducted by a cult of self-proclaimed supermen who achieve this state of superiority by drinking from the "blood cows" (read: people) kept at the "dairy farm", and they try to get her to join them.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, slasher, retro, scary, rough, offbeat, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, independent film
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Thieves Like Us (1974)
Plot Summary:
Bowie, a youthful convicted murderer, and bank robbers Chicamaw and T-Dub escape from a Mississippi chain gang in the 1930s. They hole up with a gas station attendant and continue robbing banks. Bowie, who is injured in an auto accident, takes refuge with the daughter of the gas station attendant, Keechie. They become romantically involved but their relationship is strained by Bowie's refusal to turn his back on crime. The film is based on the novel Thieves Like Us by Edward Anderson. The novel is also the source material for the 1949 film They Live by Night, directed by Nicholas Ray.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: neo noir, road movie, sincere, bleak, serious, realistic
Similar in 86%
Forever Mine (1999)
Plot Summary:
A hotel cabana boy falls for the wife of a powerful politico. But when she confesses to the affair, her husband determines to end it forever.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspenseful, tense, serious, realistic, romantic, sexy, sex comedy, anamorphic, erotic
Similar in 84%
Swerve (2011)
Plot Summary:
Driving cross-country to a job interview, Colin takes a short cut and comes across a fatal road accident. One of the drivers, Jina, is shaken but unhurt; the other has been killed instantly. Beside the dead body is a briefcase full of money, which Colin turns in to the local police. But getting out of town proves a nightmare, as Colin's good deed causes a series of bizarre events to unfold.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, rough, serious, neo noir, realistic, road movie, suspense, black comedy
Similar in 89%
Squizzy Taylor (1982)
Plot Summary:
This Australian crime drama chronicles the life of notorious, keen witted, acid tongued 1920s Melbourne gangster Squizzy Taylor.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 121
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: crying, independent film, period piece
Similar in 81%
The Hot Spot (1990)
Plot Summary:
A loner moves in to a small Texas town, finds himself a job, and sets about plotting to rob the local bank.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: neo noir, sexy, atmospheric, suspense, suspenseful, psychosexual thriller, psychological, slasher, sensual, visually stunning
Similar in 87%
B. Monkey (1998)
Plot Summary:
When wistful introvert Alan Furnace meets quick-witted bombshell Beatrice, he has no idea of her secret life as "B. Monkey" -- the top thief-for-hire in London's criminal underworld. Charmed by Furnace's innocent and chivalrous ways, Beatrice resolves to reform. But to cash in on her first chance at real love, she must escape her former partner in crime, the ruthless Paul Neville -- and a dark past that seems to haunt her every step.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: neo noir, black comedy, cult classic, serious, realistic, surprise ending, independent film, dark comedy, erotic, romantic
Similar in 86%
Revenge (1990)
Plot Summary:
Michael ‘Jay’ Cochran has just left the Navy after 12 years and he's not quite sure what he's going to do, except that he knows he wants a holiday. He decides to visit Tiburon Mendez, a powerful but shady Mexican businessman who he once flew to Alaska for a hunting trip. Arriving at the Mendez mansion in Mexico, he is immediately surprised by the beauty and youth of Mendez’s wife, Miryea.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: sexy, erotic, suspense, emotional, intense, serious, suspenseful, sad, cult classic, psychological
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The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)
Plot Summary:
This remake of the 1946 movie of the same name accounts an affair between a seedy drifter and a seductive wife of a roadside cafe owner. This begins a chain of events that culminates in murder. Based on a novel by James M. Cain.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: neo noir, sexy, erotic, atmospheric, suspense, intense, serious, suspenseful, captivating, sad
Similar in 80%
Body Heat (1981)
Plot Summary:
In the midst of a searing Florida heat wave, a woman convinces her lover, a small-town lawyer, to murder her rich husband.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 39000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: neo noir, sexy, sexual, atmospheric, suspenseful, suspense, detective, tense, surprise ending, intense
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Heaven's Burning (1997)
Plot Summary:
In Sydney, the newly married Midori is honeymooning with her husband, Yukio. She does not love him and fakes her own kidnapping to escape the marriage. Her lover is supposed to meet her, but fails to appear. She goes to a bank to get some cash, only to become a hostage in an unfolding robbery, until the getaway driver, Colin, saves her from his fellow robbers. They hit the road together, with the cops, her husband and the robbers in pursuit.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: neo noir, road movie, cult classic, crime drama, detective, exciting, offbeat, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious
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Alexandra's Project (2003)
Plot Summary:
Steve is a man who has it all, a successful career, wonderful children, beautiful home and a loving wife. However, returning to his home after work on his birthday, he finds his house deserted and darkened with almost all the lightbulbs missing, all easy access outside cut off and a videotape waiting for him. Playing that tape, he watches a bizarre and grueling recording in which his wife explains her grievance with him, her reasons for disappearing with the children and her revenge for how he treated her in a way he would never forget.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: disturbing, psychological, suspenseful, bleak, enigmatic, captivating, controversial, art house, twisted, tense
Similar in 86%
The Last Seduction (1994)
Plot Summary:
Looking to escape her unhappy marriage, villainous femme fatale Bridget Gregory (Linda Fiorentino) convinces her husband, Clay (Bill Pullman), to sell cocaine, then steals the profits and runs out on him. She stops in a small town en route to Chicago, where she ensnares her next conquest, insurance man Mike Swale (Peter Berg). After getting a job at his insurance company, Bridget convinces Mike to run a scam -- but things take a deadly turn when she recruits him to help get rid of her husband.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: sexy, neo noir, erotic, sexual, suspense, black comedy, tense, suspenseful, sensual, psychological