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Plot Summary:
Wong Kam-Kwei, a gang boss on the decline, overseeing bathhouses and karaoke bars, falls for a small restaurant owner, Mei. He begins to help her business, and learns that Mei is already in love with Leung, a member of his gang. He’s also like a brother to Kam-Kwei. When a rival gang hoping to steal his territory kills Leung, the only thing left for Kam-Kwei to do now is to protect Mei and avenge Leung.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 238
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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Teefa in Trouble (2018)
Plot Summary:
Teefa goes to Poland to get Anya to Pakistan to marry Butt gangster's son but lands up in trouble with Anya's gangster father and the Polish police.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Musical, Romance
Country: Pakistan
Duration: 155 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, disturbing, semi serious, feel good
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The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji (2013)
Plot Summary:
Reiji Kikukawa, who has a strong sense of justice, graduated from the police academy with the lowest score ever. He becomes a police constable, but is suddenly fired by the Police Chief due to "disciplinary" issues. In actuality, the firing is part of a carefully orchestrated plan. Reiji is ordered to become a "mole," an undercover cop. His target is Shuho Todoroki, the boss of the Sukiyakai gang. The group is the largest crime group in the Kanto area. Masaya Hiura, who works as a young boss of a Sukiyakai affiliated gang likes Reiji. While going through various hardships, Reiji works his way towards Shuho Todoroki.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, semi serious, manga
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E=mc2 (2002)
Plot Summary:
The film tells about mainly three people - Max, a bored, smart, poor University Professor of Philosophy; Ramzes, a mafia leader, cool, strong, merciless bully and Stella, Ramzes girlfriend.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Poland
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: tense, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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The Robbers (2009)
Plot Summary:
Set during the Tang Dynasty, The Robbers tells the story of two robbers' adventures in a seemingly peaceful Bitter Bamboo Village, where they encounter a beautiful woman, a group of soldiers and a village head scheming to kill the duo.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 248
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: China
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing
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Thillalangadi (2010)
Plot Summary:
Nisha leaves Krishna because of his easy-going attitude towards his life and career. Soon, her parents arrange her marriage with an NRI and she reluctantly agrees, but things do not go as planned.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 681
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 181 min
Plot tags: captivating, satirical, disturbing, romantic
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Jackpot (2019)
Plot Summary:
Two con women lock horn with a gangster after knowing that a mystic vessel is hidden in his home.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 598
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 142 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Black & White Episode 1: The Dawn of Assault (2012)
Plot Summary:
A policeman, who is fearless to death, can do anything for just one truth, while a gangster, who fears death the most, has drew life threats from his risky action all for love. One policeman and one gangster can be great partners that you have never imagined. Somehow, rescue of the world now is entirely relying on the partners. Within 36 hours, they must resolve the crisis that could destroy the Harbor City.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 734
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Taiwan, China
Duration: 142 min
Plot tags: exciting, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Bob & Marys (2018)
Plot Summary:
A married couple must get their hands dirty when a bunch of mobsters start using their new home as a deposit for illegal material.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 241
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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The Legend of Al, John and Jack (2002)
Plot Summary:
New York 1959. I tre gangster Al, John e Jack hanno il compito di uccidere Frankie per conto del boss. Sbagliano bersaglio e il boss da a loro un'altra possibilità: tenere d'occhio una persona a lui cara. Ma la fortuna non è dalla loro parte.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, surprise ending
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Contour (2006)
Plot Summary:
After blowing a big time heist, thug-for-hire Law, must resume his day job as a shady San Francisco tour guide. Before he knows it, Law and his unsuspecting group of tourists are in a race against time to recover a tape that will recue the politically unstable country of Uruvia. Filled with quirky characters, mad cap comedy and hard-hitting martial arts comes the most fun movie since Rumble in the Bronx!.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 177
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, slapstick comedy, slapstick
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Two Thumbs Up (2015)
Plot Summary:
A criminal fresh out of prison who seeks out his former partners in crime for another heist. And they make a very elaborate plan to carry out the criminal intent, but things turn awry when another gang of criminals hit the same target.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 647
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, crime drama
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Song of Napoli (2013)
Plot Summary:
Young musician becomes an undercover agent and is asked to join a neomelodic band in order to allow police to get their hands on an elusive camorra boss.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 882
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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Maari 2 (2018)
Plot Summary:
After falling off the radar for a few years, Maari is back in the fray doing what he does best: taking trouble by the horns and being a total bad-ass. This time around, he is facing off against a formidable opponent named Beeja, who would stop at nothing until he sees Maari's downfall.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 143 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, ironic, satirical, semi serious
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Kick (2009)
Plot Summary:
Kalyan (Ravi Teja) is a kind of guy who prefers a life full of thrills than leading a regular life style. He seeks kick in whatever he does. He finds liking in Naina (Ileana). They separate due to differences. Krishna (Shyam) is a young cop who is in lookout for a big ticket thief who happens to be Kalyan. Meanwhile, Naina agrees for an engagement with Krishna. The rest of the story is all about how Kalyan wins back his lady love and the real intent behind the robberies of Kalyan.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: India
Duration: 155 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating
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Man On The Edge (2013)
Plot Summary:
What if your fate was changed with a blink? The double life of a gangster and a shaman starts now!.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 299
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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The Great Fava Beans of China (2004)
Plot Summary:
Mohy Al-Sharqawi is a young man whose grandfather and his uncles form a smuggling gang. As Mohy is a coward who cannot go along with them, he goes to live with his mother and step-father but they send him to China to represent Egypt in a cooking competition which gets him into a lot of troubles.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Egypt
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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High & Low: The Movie 2 - End of Sky (2017)
Plot Summary:
Members of SWORD win against Wangan Rengogun, which is led by Kohaku (Akira). The city becomes peaceful again. Nevertheless, the most brutal gangs, Doubt and Prison Gang, appear. They try to dominate the area controlled by SWORD.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 556
Genere: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Rupinder Gandhi the Gangster..? (2015)
Plot Summary:
With the local police force unwilling to deal with crime, a college student and his gang take it upon themselves to mete out justice in their own way.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 119
Genere: Action
Country: India
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense
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Bandits (2014)
Plot Summary:
Kandemir is the head of a gang which conducts robberies. Their main goal is to rob fairly. What connects the members of the gang to one another is friendship. Unfortunately, everything changes after an old friend of Kandemir, Ali Rıza Kaptan’s goes to prison. Kandemir and the gang settle into an old neighborhood which seems quiet and peaceful. However, nothing is as how it seems in the neighborhood. They introduce themselves to their neighbors as the Nevizade family. Protagonists Kandemir, Ferdi, Karlos, Yaren, Bahadır and Derya have had hard times and when they gather under one roof these gang members still carry the traces of those hard times. Kandemir wishes to confront his daughter and show her that he is no longer a man of monkey business, while blood brothers Ferdi and Karlos who ran away from an orphanage still carry the misery of the streets; Yaren who came to İstanbul with the hope of being a famous singer is singing in taverns; Bahadır uses his genius for hacking computers and Derya joins the gang with her acting skills in order to save her father.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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My Boss, My Hero (2001)
Plot Summary:
A series of embarrassing incidents force a mobster to go back to high school to finally graduate.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 876
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, captivating, entertaining, crime drama
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The Good Bandit (2019)
Plot Summary:
"The Good Bandit" introduces the new narco-comedy genre that, for the first time, presents a drug lord who repents of the choices he has made, willing to change his life away from the crimes and sins of his past. This story will show the funny situations that a bandit, who wants to learn how to be good, must confront. His path to redemption will be complicated as he will have to make a huge effort to get away from the temptations that the world brings outside of the law.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 115
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Colombia
Duration:
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Dogwashers (2020)
Plot Summary:
When a narco past his prime refuses to pay a debt to an upstart, only a secret stash of money can save his men. But guess what the gardener just found?.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 646
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Colombia, Argentina
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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Tomb of the River (2021)
Plot Summary:
An action film about the ambitions, conspiracy, and betrayal of different organizations surrounding the life-changing project of building the largest resort in Gangneung.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 522
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, noir
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The White Storm 2: Drug Lords (2019)
Plot Summary:
Financial tycoon and former triad member Yu Shun-tin tries to eradicate the drug market while 'Jizo' aims to singlehandedly take over Hong Kong's drug exchange as the number one drug lord. Meanwhile, Lam Ching-fung, a cop from the Narcotics Bureau works towards preventing drug abuse but faces uncertainty.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Hell's Garden (2021)
Plot Summary:
Naoko Tanaka is a 26-year-old office lady (OL). Her job is typical, but her workplace has fierce fights among different cliques. Other OLs are absorbed in the daily clique fighting. One day, due to an OL at the company, Naoko Tanaka's company is targeted by OL from all over Japan.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 295
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Gintama 2: The Exceedingly Strange Gintama-chan (2018)
Plot Summary:
The adventures of the Yorozuya gang and their friends.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 384
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Essex Boys Retribution (2013)
Plot Summary:
Twenty years after Britain's most notorious gangland murders, the next generation of Essex Boys vie for control as revenge is sought by all sides.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 903
Genere: Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense
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Righteous Ties (2006)
Plot Summary:
An eccentric but faithful mafia, Chi-sung is sent to prison for his part in a gang fight. But when his parents are attacked by a rival mob and his own people take no action, he realizes that a decade of loyalty towards the gang has become futile. Determined to confront his own boss, he finds a way to escape from prison with his fellow inmates. Meanwhile, his friend Joo-joong is given the task to stop Chi-sung, forcing him to choose between the bond of friendship and loyalty towards the gang.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 452
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, satirical, disturbing
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Rise of the Footsoldier: Origins (2021)
Plot Summary:
A brutal account of how real-life, hard-as-nails Falklands War veteran Tony Tucker came to be involved in one of the most notorious gangland murders in British history.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, dark
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Vatos Locos (2011)
Plot Summary:
Thriller - Two Chicano brothers, Estaban and Raul grow up hard on the streets of Los Angeles. Their papa gets executed for a drug deal gone bad when only seven years old. Half Irish, half Mexican gangster named Mickey Solis takes the two boys in and brings them up as lieutenants in his family business. - Damian Chapa, Gabriel Tang, Ricco Chapa.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 224
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing, independent film