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Plot Summary:
A street kid's wish to run away to Tijuana is hampered by lies and betrayal.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 88
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Perseguida (1991)
Plot Summary:
A journalist Lorena and her friend photographer Raul decide to try to take an interview from influential politician Hermenegildo Parra. After several unsuccessful attempts they decide to break into his house and make some photos there but when they enter his cabinet they see him stabbed with the knife. The next day the newspaper announces his death and start to celebrate a big amount of sold copies but during the fiesta a phone calls and it was Mr.Parra "alive and kicking". After this scandal Lorena becomes pursued by some mysterious killers who want to take the negatives from her at any price. The solution of this mystery is very unexpected.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 31
Genere: Drama, Action, Crime
Country: Mexico
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: political
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El jardín del Edén (1994)
Plot Summary:
Looking for a better destiny for their lives, a group of people arrives to Tijuana, in the Mexico-USA borderline. A widow and her children, a chicano woman without a firm identity, a "gringa" writer fascinated with Mexico and her hermit brother, plus a mexican peasant who wants to cross the border are the main characters looking for "the garden of eden".
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 89
Genere: Drama
Country: Mexico, Canada, France
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags:
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30 Segundos para Morir (1981)
Plot Summary:
Three brothers smuggle arms and drugs from Mexico into the US.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 15
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: mexploitation
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Hard Time: Hostage Hotel (1999)
Plot Summary:
A California congressman's wife and daughter are abducted and held hostage in a historic hotel and Logan McQueen (Reynolds) is rushed to the scene to assist his former partner, Charlie Duffy (Durning), who has been taken captive trying to broker the ransom deal. McQueen must risk his life to face the cunning killer (Carradine) and save the hostages and his long-time friend.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 458
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags:
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Naakaa (2017)
Plot Summary:
Goldie, a small time smuggler of Barhabise who is in need of a profiting consignment to recover from his current bankruptcy. He gets an emergency call from a local smuggler and businessman of the area to rescue a Tibetan girl and her transporter illegally from one of the sub-border point to Barhabise.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 29
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Nepal
Duration: 138 min
Plot tags:
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Malevolence (2004)
Plot Summary:
Antonio owes the Robaldo family a hundred G's, Gray wants revenge on the street gang who mugged him, Jimmy's escaped from prison, and his brother/accomplice David has many serious mental conditions. Detective Brickley is hot on their trail willing to stop them with any means necessary, while a pair of rogue psychiatrists track them to discover the roots of David's condition. It isn't long before the paths of these characters cross with violent and tragic consequences. The result is a shocking and disturbing portrait of human nature at its worst that can only be summed up in one word: Malevolence.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 113
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: slasher, independent film
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Lowball (1996)
Plot Summary:
Two undercover police officer investigating a heroin ring find their covers blown.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 161
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Coming Out Alive (1980)
Plot Summary:
A woman hires a contract-killer when her ex-husband kidnaps her son.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 81
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Animal (2004)
Plot Summary:
Loosely based on a rape case that happened to two sisters in Cebu, Visayas, Philippines in late 1990s.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 21
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Redneck (1973)
Plot Summary:
Franco Nero and Telly Savalas star in the story of a trio of jewel thieves who take it on the lamb after the heist goes very wrong. Wrecking their car they take another unaware that there is a teenager hiding in the background. As the flight becomes more frantic, the young man is discovered upsetting the balance of the thieves.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 453
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco, independent film
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Street Warriors (1977)
Plot Summary:
Perros Callejeros is based on the juvenile delinquency of the 1970s and 80s in Spain. The story is set in Barrio de la Mina in Barcelona one of the most conflict neighbourhoods in Spain. The characters chosen were real juvenile delinquents all with criminal records, which the director used to give the film a realistic touch. This film is very powerful and dramatic, it shows how these kids were brought up to survive on the streets.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 611
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: social, hood, poliziottesco
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Dark Measures (2009)
Plot Summary:
A gritty independent film which follows the crime spree of a vicious pack of thugs. Molly's calm 9-5 life is turned upside down when the gang brutally attacks her. She survives a horrific ordeal only to find the thugs want her dead before she can bring the law down on them. Her only hope to protect herself is to trust the detectives working on the case, and stand her ground and the fight the murdering thieves.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 58
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: suspense, independent film, detective
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Super Bitch (1973)
Plot Summary:
Cliff works as a narcotics investigator for the police and infiltrate a mafia gang. Soon it turns out that Cliff has bigger plans than just to bust bad guys.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 365
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco, psychotronic, cult film
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Myra (2019)
Plot Summary:
A trans sex worker in the Spanish barrio finds herself in an unwanted love triangle with a notorious gang leader while two drug organizations battle for supremacy suddenly finds herself tangled in a world of chaos and deceit.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 15
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Southwest (2013)
Plot Summary:
Ex-military Captain Samantha Williams, is "recruited" to put together a team of ex-military and criminals. Williams must carry out unlawful orders to protect the world's most powerful criminal organization, the US Government.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 117
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: surprise ending, suspense, exciting, disturbing, crying, independent film, cult film
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Bruce's Fingers (1976)
Plot Summary:
After malicious gangsters capture Bruce Wong's ex-girlfriend, a young martial artist attempts to rescue her along with the late master's book containing lethal techniques for killing with one's fingers.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 207
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Final Jeopardy (1985)
Plot Summary:
A small-town couple find themselves stranded in an unfamiliar, and unfriendly, big city. Weaving in and out of the proceedings are a bunch of murderous criminals with names like DOA, Ice and Slash. The couple are in for a night that they won't forget.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 268
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: hood
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Ginger (1971)
Plot Summary:
The police suspect that a drug and forced-prostitution ring is behind the recent spate of kidnappings and disappearances, but so far they've been unable to infiltrate the suspects gang. To break the case, they recruit Ginger, a young woman from an upper-class family to act as bait for the kidnappers and hopefully lead the police to their hideout. It may sound like a foolproof plan to the police, but Ginger's the one who has to risk it all.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 636
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: erotic, grindhouse, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexual, independent film, sexy
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Rock, Paper, Scissors (2012)
Plot Summary:
The chance of an innocent child's game will unveil a betrayal that will forever change the lives of two families when their paths cross, endangering what they love the most, in a city that does not give them a truce.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 226
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Venezuela
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: tense, emotional, suspenseful, serious, realistic
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Hell (2010)
Plot Summary:
Benjamin Garcia, Benny is deported from the United States. Back home and against a bleak picture, Benny gets involved in the drug business, in which he has for the first time in his life, a spectacular rise surrounded by money, women, violence and fun. But very soon he will discover that criminal life does not always keep its promises.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Western
Country: Mexico
Duration: 149 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, humorous, realistic, semi serious, cynical, neo western, offbeat, hood, crime drama, perverse
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Miss Bala (2011)
Plot Summary:
The story of a young woman clinging on to her dream to become a beauty contest queen in a Mexico dominated by organized crime.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic, neo noir, crime drama, mindfuck, crime thriller, interesting
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The Line (2009)
Plot Summary:
The story centers around veteran assassin Mark Shields as he tracks down, Pelon, the elusive head of the Salazar Crime Cartel. Through twists of fate, Shields ends up with a local woman, Olivia who is also fighting her own demons for the sake of her daughter. Set in the rich and atmospheric backdrop of Tijuana, Mexico, La Linea (The Line) is full of action and drama.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, exciting, rough, realistic, crime drama, surprise ending
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Borderline (1980)
Plot Summary:
Jeb Maynard is a patrolman guarding the U.S.-Mexican border, whose partner and buddy Scooter has just been murdered. Maynard knows that a smuggler of illegal aliens is responsible for Scooter's death, but the feds insist that drug dealers committed the crime.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: cult classic, neo noir, psychological, retro, independent film, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, biting
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Mercy Streets (2000)
Plot Summary:
Estranged twin brothers - one a con man, the other an Episcopal deacon - accidentally switch places... and find God in the process.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 582
Genere: Action, Drama, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, christian film
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Jailbait (1993)
Plot Summary:
Action - 17 year old Kyle comes to the big city in search of her half-sister Merci. Merci is on the run after being used to set up a murder. The police and the killers both want her. - C. Thomas Howell, Renée Humphrey, Krista Errickson.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 760
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: erotic, independent film, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Mother's Day (2023)
Plot Summary:
Nina, a former NATO special operations agent living in hiding, has to use all her deadly skills to rescue her son who has been kidnapped by ruthless gangsters. Finding Max is a double opportunity for her. A chance to feel the adrenaline rush again, and an opportunity to get back into the life of the son she had to abandon years ago.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags:
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Because I Love You (2012)
Plot Summary:
An unlikely romance occurs when a kidnapped victim falls in love with one of her abductors.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 237
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, suspense, humorous
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Business Man (2012)
Plot Summary:
Surya, a young man, moves to Mumbai hoping to join the underworld. He forms his own gang and starts recruiting criminals and gangsters. Things take a turn when he falls in love with a cop's daughter.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 133 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, serious, captivating
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Gangster Land (2017)
Plot Summary:
The story of America's most famous mobsters and their rise to power. Examine Al Capone's ascension through the eyes of his second in command, “Machine Gun” Jack McGurn.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, stylized, tense, atmospheric, rough, captivating, realistic
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Paid in Full (2002)
Plot Summary:
Ace is an impressionable young man working for a dry cleaning business. His friend, drug dealer Mitch goes to prison. In an unrelated incident, he finds some cocaine in a pants pocket. Soon, Ace finds himself dealing cocaine for Lulu. Via lucky breaks and solid interpersonal skills, Ace moves to the top of the Harlem drug world. Of course, unfaithful employees and/or rivals conspire to bring about Ace's fall.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: hood, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, bleak, grim, neo noir