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Plot Summary:
An Arizona policeman (Bo Svenson) and his pilot buddy (Fred Williamson) discover a scheme to rob Las Vegas slot machines by computer.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 197
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: cult classic, poliziottesco
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Emergency Exit (1980)
Plot Summary:
When Daisy saves the life of police officer Markos she is immediately promoted to the drug department of the police. Markos falls in love with her and they start going out until he asks her to marry him. That's exactly when she meets a junkie named Tasos Bekiris and falls in love with him. When he is murdered by a mysterious woman all the clues lead to Daisy who tries to prove her innocence. As she discovers, this woman is in charge of a drug-smuggling racket and she is also planning to import a huge quantity of heroin in Athens. Daisy kills her and arrives at their meeting place along with Markos.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 145
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Greece
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags:
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Angel of Death (1985)
Plot Summary:
A Jewish commando unit hunting Nazi war criminals tracks down the infamous Dr. Mengele in the jungle, and find that he is torturing nubile young virgins and performing horrible medical experiments on the locals. They prepare to battle their way past Mengele's hordes of fanatic Nazi bodyguards in order to get to him.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 329
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: cult classic
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Cop Target (1990)
Plot Summary:
Farley Wood is hired to escort a rich widow of a DEA agent and her kid to the tropical island of San Cristobal. The widow needs protection from a gang of international terrorists and her escort soon suspects that the deceased husband was involved in dirty drug dealings. While on the island, the daughter is kidnapped by a group of seedy South American thugs and held for ransom. The cop escort gets official orders to leave the case to the FBI, but he decides to his own investigating and finds that the crime may have had political motivations.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 138
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: independent film, poliziottesco
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The Hard Way (1989)
Plot Summary:
A special forces team infiltrate the 'Golden Triangle' between Brazil and Colombia to kidnap notorious drug baron.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 98
Genere: Action
Country: Italy
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: cult classic, cult film
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Thunder II (1987)
Plot Summary:
Indian sheriff Thunder is transferred to a small town in the desert. He learns that the corrupt deputy is paid by the drug mob. To protect himself, the deputy sets a trap for Thunder and gets him convicted as dealer. Thunder manages to break out of the brutal prison camp and takes bloody revenge. However he cannot sufficiently protect his pregnant wife.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 276
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: cult classic
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Sworn Brothers (1987)
Plot Summary:
Superstar Andy Lau and Cheung Kwok Keung are heroic bloodshed brothers in the riveting triad saga Sworn Brothers! Lau (Andy Lau) is a fast-rising enforcer with the triads, but beneath his "bad" exterior is the sworn brother of Cheung (Cheung Kwok Keung), a Royal Hong Kong Police officer just returned from Scotland Yard. The two men are on opposite sides of the law, but both share a bond that cannot be tarnished, either by years or differing ideologies. Can the brotherhood of these two righteous men set things right in the underworld? Co-starring Tung Piu (Jackie Chan's Police Story films) in a compelling role as a corrupt cop, and loaded with many exciting actions sequences, Sworn Brothers is a standout triad action-drama in a genre already loaded with many similar films. With potent melodrama, and the type of heightened emotions that typify many popular eighties Hong Kong films, Sworn Brothers hits the action-drama bulls-eye in entertaining and bloody style!.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 99
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: heroic, poliziottesco
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Highway Racer (1977)
Plot Summary:
Maurizio Merli stars as a hot-shot police driver who has more guts than brains, often landing him in hot water with his middle-aged mentor, who was once a legendary police interceptor responsible for numerous large scale arrests.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 641
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco, perverse
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Mark Strikes Again (1976)
Plot Summary:
A murderous drug dealer breaks his partner out of police custody. An undercover cop is assigned to track down the two killers and bring them in.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 189
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Italy
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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La Legge Violenta Della Squadra Anticrimine (1976)
Plot Summary:
A mobster kills a cop during a robbery and then finds himself pursued by the police, his gang, and the media.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 182
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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Three Days To A Kill (1992)
Plot Summary:
At a Chicago-area naval base, an ambassador is kidnapped. Later, a Navy officer calls his friend Cal for help. A Colombian drug lord is holding the ambassador, and the officer wants Cal to rescue the man. Cal convinces the officer to get a pardon for imprisoned explosives expert Rick, and together Cal and Rick form an uneasy partnership. They travel to meet Yolanda, a stripper who supposedly knows the location of this drug lord, named Perez (who looks like a creation out of Madame Tussaud's). Our threesome then sets about to rescue the ambassador. Cal, Rick, and Yolanda meet resistance at every turn; apparently Perez's men have the drop on them. After multiple shootouts, Cal convinces Yolanda to use her son as a pawn to draw Perez away from his home, and then all hell breaks loose.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 181
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Delta Force Commando (1987)
Plot Summary:
After the needless death of his wife and unborn child during a theft and raid on an army base (and it was really needless as the hoods just burst in and shoot up his apt for no reason) an ex-member of Delta Force and decorated war veteran Fred Williamson go to South America and repeatedly blow it up!.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 399
Genere: Action
Country: Italy
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: cult classic, macaroni combat, eighties, cult film
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Bloody Brotherhood (1989)
Plot Summary:
Bloody Brotherhood didn't make much of a splash at the HK box office (just reaching that "magic" two-week theatrical run where most HK movies reach the break-even point) and it's gone largely ignored by fans, even though it stars Andy Lau, arguably the biggest star in HK right now. To some point, this is justified. Bloody Brotherhood doesn't really offer up anything new or do it in any sort of spectacular fashion. In fact, many parts of the film are merely adequate, or even sub-par. However, after watching a spate of recent half-ass over-CGIed movies, Bloody Brotherhood brought back memories of a time when even the most average HK crime/action flick was better than anything Hollywood could (or would) churn out.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 78
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: heroic, poliziottesco
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Stunt Squad (1977)
Plot Summary:
Fed up with the murderous shenanigans of Valli’s protection racket, police chief Grifi assembles an ace team of stunt trained police officers to tackle the mob!.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 317
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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Day of the Cobra (1980)
Plot Summary:
An American narcotics agent is murdered in Italy. The head of the department decides to hire Larry Stanziani, 'The Cobra'. Larry, a former agent and now a third-rate private detective, uses the opportunity to get even with an old enemy, but soon he finds out he's facing a relentless organization.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 555
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco, cult classic, psychotronic, black comedy, dark comedy, cult film
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Convoy Busters (1978)
Plot Summary:
In Rome, a vagrant finds the body of a teen girl, her throat professional slashed. Police inspector Olmi uses his brutal and violent methods to follow a trail that leads him toward high government officials. When his methods leave an innocent bystander dead, the corrupt officials have an excuse to get Olmi transferred to a coastal town where the pace is slow and he has time for a romantic dalliance. Soon, Olmi discovers that fishing isn't the only local occupation, and out comes his gun and his ruthless tactics of investigation.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 441
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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Thunder (1983)
Plot Summary:
A native America named Thunder returns home only to find that his ancestral burial ground is being destroyed by construction workers. He tries to put a stop to it, but the law is not only not on his side, but he is banished from town, beaten up, and left for dead. Now he wants his revenge.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 583
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: cult classic
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A Special Cop in Action (1976)
Plot Summary:
A school bus with young children being kidnapped. Commissario Betti will solve the case. High action is promised, including hostage, bank robberies, car chases, prison scenes and mafia bosses!.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 577
Genere: Thriller, Action, Crime
Country: Italy
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco, surprise ending
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Emergency Squad (1974)
Plot Summary:
A ruthless Interpol agent goes after the man who killed his wife in Stelvio Massi's crime thriller. A gutsy robber named Marseilles pulls off a tricky heist, but he's no match for agent Ravelli, a maverick who can't control his bloodlust. And this time, it's personal: Years earlier, the daring thief murdered the operative's wife in cold blood.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 550
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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Violent City (1975)
Plot Summary:
A detective sick and tired of the rampant crime and violence in his city, and constantly at odds with his superiors, is finally kicked out of the department for a "questionable" shooting of a vicious criminal. However, he is soon approached by a representative for a group of citizens who themselves are fed up with what they see as criminals going unpunished, and they make him an offer he may very well not refuse.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 682
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco, neo noir
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The Black Cobra 2 (1989)
Plot Summary:
Chicago cop Robert Malone (Fred Williamson) finds himself in The Philippines, ostensibly to learn the techniques of Interpol. Before he exits the Manila airport, his wallet is stolen by a pickpocket. Malone endures a testy relationship with his new colleague Kevin McCall while evidence surrounding the stolen wallet pulls both of them deeper and deeper into a web of intrigue.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 381
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, Philippines
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco, microfilm, cult film
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Bersaglio altezza uomo (1978)
Plot Summary:
On a mission in Istanbul, an interpol agent disrupts the activities of a powerful drug lord and his accomplices. To get rid of him, the gangsters blackmail a skeet shooting champion into shooting the inspector.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 77
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy, Turkey
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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One Man Force (1989)
Plot Summary:
In this action packed film, an L.A. cop speeds off to get revenge upon the dirty drug-dealing dogs who killed his partner.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 252
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: independent film, cult film
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4 Billion in 4 Minutes (1976)
Plot Summary:
Obscure, action-packed euro-crime yarn about an imprisoned genius who organizes a bank robbery of 4 billion Lire from behind bars. It's up to superhunk Antonio Sabato to save the day, foil the baddies and bed the chick. There are great car chases and wrecks, and an occasionally enjoyable synth score.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 32
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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Nails (1992)
Plot Summary:
The wife of a wild Los Angeles police detective becomes a hostage of the heroin ring he and his partner have exposed.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 477
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: cult classic, neo noir, surprise ending, detective, cult film
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The Big Racket (1976)
Plot Summary:
Nico Palmieri is a police inspector who battles against hoodlums terrorising a sleepy Italian village, extorting cash from the locals.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco, cult classic, grindhouse, cult film
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High Crime (1973)
Plot Summary:
An Italian police inspector matches wits with a powerful European drug ring. As he comes closer to the top of the underworld organization, his odds of survival decrease.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, Spain, France
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco, cult film
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The Tough Ones (1976)
Plot Summary:
A tough, violent cop who doesn't mind bending the law goes after a machine-gun-carrying, hunchbacked psychotic killer.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco, cult classic, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, tragic ending, cult film
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Syndicate Sadists (1975)
Plot Summary:
A biker's brother is killed while investigating the kidnapping of a young boy, the byproduct of a war between two crime families. The biker vows to get revenge by finding the kidnapped boy and destroying the two families.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 937
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, cult film
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The Manhunt (1984)
Plot Summary:
A young man buys two horses at an Arizona race track but fails to get a receipt. Later, when riding across the land of a rancher named Robeson, he's accused of stealing the two horses. Unable to prove ownership, the young man is then sentenced to prison where he's forced to do chain-gang type work. He escapes, is recaptured, and escapes again as he tries to locate the man who sold him the horses.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 203
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, serious, realistic, suspenseful, poliziottesco
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Colt 38 Special Squad (1976)
Plot Summary:
When his wife is kidnapped by a local crime lord, a determined police captain forms his own squad of rogue cops, each of whom wields a .38 Colt revolver. The mission, of course, is to rescue the captain's wife -- but the conflict soon explodes into a citywide spree of violent crime.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 682
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco, cult film