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Plot Summary:
Lawmen, drifters, and hired guns converge at a Northern California ranch believing its Chinese owners possess stolen gold. When two drifters hear rumors that a Chinese railroad worker has escaped with gold and now owns a remote ranch in the wilds of Northern California, the desperate men set a plan in motion to steal the gold for themselves. Saul, the youngest of the drifters, hopes to win the affections of Zhen and his beautiful wife, Kun Hua. Saul hires on as a farmhand, while his partner Bill lurks in the shadows and waits for the opportunity to strike. However, waves of worse men arrive seeking the stolen fortune, setting in motion a deadly multi-sided face-off of bluffs, gambles, and betrayals. Heathens & Thieves is a western crime drama set in an American era when the riches associated with the 1849 Gold Rush, the fallout of the Civil War, and the impact of Chinese immigration were fresh in people's minds.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 463
Genere: Mystery, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: serious, rough, exciting, tense, realistic, suspenseful, independent film, neo noir, neo western
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A blind woman, her husband and another couple sail off to find cash hidden on an island near Cuba.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 655
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: independent film, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense
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Plot Summary:
Four guys plot revenge on the businessman who ripped them off.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 127
Genere: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, tense, independent film, mind bending, realistic
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IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 375
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
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IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, neo noir, captivating, tense, crime drama, independent film, realistic
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A tense and intricate web of deceit and betrayal entangles Archie, a wandering grifter who is hired by a traveling carnival owner to murder his beautiful wife.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 609
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Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 577
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Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
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IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
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Ten years after their casino heist, four escaped convicts trace their former partner to a desert town, where he is now a lawman with no memory of his criminal past.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
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Plot Summary:
Trace Adkins (The Lincoln Lawyer), Ron Perlman (TV's "Sons of Anarchy") and Brendan Penny (Ring Of Fire) star in this gritty and riveting re-imagining of the classic Western saga. Raised by powerful cattle baron Judge Henry (Perlman), South, aka "The Virginian" (Adkins), lives his life as a ranch enforcer with bravery and steely determination. When a big-city writer (Penny) raises questions about the fierce treatment of rustlers, South is quick to defend the brutal realities of the "Code of the West." But as he looks deeper into the latest string of rustling and finds his convictions questioned by a pretty new schoolteacher (Victoria Pratt, Mutant X), South begins to wonder if the Judge had ulterior motives in raising him to a life of bloodshed and violence in this explosive, action-loaded epic on the open range.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 506
Genere: Western
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min
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IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 394
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Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 352
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Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 427
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Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 2.1
IMDB Votes: 509
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IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 815
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Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 326
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IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 746
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IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 377
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IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 349
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Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 224
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Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 349
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Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 877
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Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 480
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IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 460
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Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
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IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 110
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Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 636
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IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
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IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 453
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Country: Italy, Spain
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