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Plot Summary:
When his wife is killed, Oliver's world turns monochrome from Achromatopsia - the inability to see color. In comes Rachel, a femme fatale offering hope in return for a deadly favor, plunging Oliver into a world of crime run by Gavin Calhoun, dodging the murderous Jamison & uncovering secrets left by his late father-in-law, Jonathon Cole in the hopes of answering a haunting question about his past.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 60
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: neo noir, psychological, exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, independent film
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Pickings (2018)
Plot Summary:
When a short-tempered mobster and his gang of thugs try to shake down a neighborhood bar, they're soon confronted with the wrath of its owner - a mysterious southern mother with a dangerous past.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: neo noir, noir, exciting, tense, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, bloody, independent film
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Far Out (2015)
Plot Summary:
A long time artist and recent criminal, the man known as "The Filmmaker", is forced to go undercover in order to regain his freedom. His goal is to take down a ruthless mob boss named Goldberg. In order to take Goldberg in, he has to go on a heist. When Goldberg asks him to go on three trials in order to gain a place on the heist, the Filmmaker has to go... Far Out.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 17
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Canada
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Overrun (2021)
Plot Summary:
Former military extraction specialist Marcus Lombardi, whose only chance of saving his informant sister and their family is to track down a mysterious briefcase.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, humorous, suspense, suspenseful, semi serious
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Betrayals & Bullets: The Dame (2015)
Plot Summary:
After the murder of his girlfriend, a gang enforcer sets out to find out who perpetrated the killing.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 22
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 51 min
Plot tags: neo noir, exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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American Mobster: Retribution (2021)
Plot Summary:
Nick Romano must navigate through murder, violence, and betrayal in order to maintain his place as the top mobster in Miami.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 412
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful
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Johan Falk 13 (2015)
Plot Summary:
Johan Falk is with the wife of a dead mob boss down to Latvia to try to solve a mystery that has eluded him for three years. What Johan finds downstairs in a cottage outside Riga shocks not only himself but also the Gothenburg police special unit GSI 's new chief Sophie Nordh and the former chief Patrik Agrell. At the same time a Latvian mafia group is picking up hidden and forgotten Soviet military containers from the water-filled pits nearby. Containers filled with weapons. And everything is heading to Sweden! At the same time most of the original members of the Rydellgang are being released from a long prison sentence.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychological, exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Jamaican Mafia (2015)
Plot Summary:
Jamaican Gangsters.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 131
Genere: Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 146 min
Plot tags: psychological, exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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The Birthday Cake (2021)
Plot Summary:
On the 10th anniversary of his father's death, Giovanni reluctantly accepts the task of bringing a cake to the home of his uncle, a mob boss, for a celebration. Just two hours into the night, Gio's life is forever changed.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Gatao: The Last Stray (2021)
Plot Summary:
A Qing encounters the photographer Xiao Qi at the full moon banquet of the daughter of the big brother Ren Ge at the corner of the Beiguan. They fall in love with each other. But, sadly, they aren't able to stay together at the end.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 333
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Original Gangster (2020)
Plot Summary:
The stoic chronicles of Castor, orphaned as a child, forced to survive in the wild and his colorful journey through the criminal underworld of London.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Johan Falk: Slutet (2015)
Plot Summary:
The unknown, large mafia organization is now showing its true face. The pressure that GSI and John Falk and his family have put on the organization, makes them fight back on all fronts. The rule book is thrown out. But to go after Johan Falk's family, to try to kill his wife, could be the biggest mistake the organization has done. GSI closes up around Johan's family, and the final battle begins.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: psychological, exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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Thalaivaa (2013)
Plot Summary:
A mafia don sends his son out of the country because he doesn't want even a shadow of his life falling on him. Destiny wills otherwise. The son makes an innocuous trip to Mumbai to visit his dad. And ends up filling his father's large shoes.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 179 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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Durant's Never Closes (2016)
Plot Summary:
The story of Jack Durant, notorious restaurateur and ladies man whose connections to the mafia remain a mystery. Direced by Travis Mills.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 198
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: psychological, exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative
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Avenge the Crows (2017)
Plot Summary:
A former gang member and her young cousin become embroiled in a vendetta between L.A. gangs, as rivals seek revenge for old crimes.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 423
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, crime drama
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The Beautiful Ones (2017)
Plot Summary:
A retelling of Romeo and Juliet set within the Los Angeles underworld.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 204
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Dirty Lies (2017)
Plot Summary:
An under-appreciated intern entrusted with a million dollar necklace races to find out which of his money hungry room-mates betrayed him as he battles a desperate criminal duo bent on stealing.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 440
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychological, exciting, tense, suspense
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Beeba Boys (2015)
Plot Summary:
Gang leader Jeet Johar and his young, loyal, and often-brutal crew dress like peacocks, love attention, and openly compete with an old style Indo crime syndicate to take over the Vancouver drug and arms scene. Blood is spilled, hearts are broken, and family bonds shattered as the Beeba Boys do anything to be seen and to be feared in a white world.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 631
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, brutal, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Killing Angels (2023)
Plot Summary:
A group of elitists recruit a freelance agent in an attempt to bring down the worlds biggest human trafficking network.
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IMDB Votes:
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, psychological, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Toro (2016)
Plot Summary:
Toro (Spanish for "Bull") is a young con man and the right hand of Romano, a powerful mob boss in Torremolinos, Málaga (Andalusia, south to Spain). After Toro decides to leave Romano to get a life free of crime, his last sting fails, resulting one of his brothers dead and he sent to jail. Five years later, Romano realizes that López, Toro's older brother, is robbing him money from his tourism business and he orders to kidnap Diana, López's little daughter, until this one get back the money. Without options, López visits Toro, now a touristic driver with the third grade prison close to get the parole, who only wants to be free to marry his girlfriend Estrella. When Toro accepts to help López and both meet Romano looking for a solution, Toro ends attacking Romano's men and fleeing with Diana, trying to escape from Romano's revenge. But Romano starts a ruthless searching for they three, meanwhile Toro counts the hours to back the prison according to the third grade.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: neo noir, psychological, exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, hood, perverse, noir
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Voice of Silence (2020)
Plot Summary:
Two men unexpectedly get a peculiar mission to take care of an 11-year-old kidnapped girl.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, independent film, crime thriller, black comedy, dark comedy
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Chekka Chivantha Vaanam (2018)
Plot Summary:
A bloody power struggle erupts between three brothers who are vying to take over the family business following the death of their father.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 146 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, exciting, tense, captivating, suspenseful
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Mr. Six (2015)
Plot Summary:
Many years ago Mr. Six was a notorious gangster. That was back when there was still such a thing as honour among thieves, when criminals earned respect and maintained principles. These days Mr. Six is all but forgotten, a living relic residing in a narrow alley. One day Six's son, Xiaobo, is abducted by some spoiled punks after he scratches their precious Ferrari. Mr. Six realizes that he must do whatever it takes to get his son back — even if that means returning to the life he thought he had left behind.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, exciting, tense, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspenseful, contemplative, crime drama
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Last (2015)
Plot Summary:
This drama is based on the webcomic Kang Hyung Kyu. The story centers on Jang Tae Ho, who was once successful, but becomes homeless after failing at a stock operation involving an exorbitant amount in Korea’s stock market. This leads him to face a secretive ranked organization consisting of Seoul’s homeless. Starting from the bottom, he rises up in rank to fight for leadership of the group against the boss who earns money by exploiting the poor homeless people.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 216
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Abusing Protocol (2015)
Plot Summary:
After the death of his brother (Tommy), RJ moves in with Gang Leader (Cane) and quickly finds himself wrapped up in a world of abuse and drugs. Local businessman (Dave) is watching the things he loves disappear in front of his very eyes. What happens when these two people, with nothing to lose, abuse protocol?.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 13
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Black Luck (2016)
Plot Summary:
A hitman in hiding struggles to keep his monsters at bay when his dark past comes calling. Some days your LUCK just goes BLACK.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 378
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: bloody, exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful
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Blood out of Blood (2012)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 213
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: psychological, exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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Boost (2017)
Plot Summary:
When Jimmy finds a mysterious package in the trunk of his latest boost, he is thrust into a violent underworld of criminals, and a race against the clock to save a little girl's life.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 696
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, action adventure
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Underbelly Files: Infiltration (2011)
Plot Summary:
It tells the true story of Victorian detective Colin McLaren who posed as a shady art dealer and infiltrated the Australian branch of the Calabrian Mafia.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 283
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Dealer (2021)
Plot Summary:
Tensions erupt when two filmmakers infiltrate an area ruled by gangs to shoot a music video for a rapper in this gritty found-footage series.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 776
Genere: Short, Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, hood
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El Halal Mountain (2014)
Plot Summary:
The tale of "Mansour Abu Heiba" - the self-righteous patriarch of Abu Heiba family - from upper Egypt, one of the 5 largest organized crime dynasties in the world; the pioneers of arms trafficking and monuments merchandising in the Middle East. The series explores the organized crime scene in Egypt and the Middle East through the rise and fall of Abu Heiba, his relationship with the European Mafia and his struggle with keeping his family close.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 135
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Egypt
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing