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Plot Summary:
A woman takes the law into her own hands after police ignore her pleas to arrest the man responsible for her husband's death, and finds herself not only under arrest for murder but falling in love with an officer.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Italy, Germany, USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: emotional, meditative, atmospheric, sentimental, sincere, romantic, cerebral, stylized, lyrical, philosophical
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Little Fish (2005)
Plot Summary:
Set in the Little Saigon district outside of Sydney, a woman trying to escape her past becomes embroiled in a drug deal.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: tense, realistic, rough, serious, psychological, sincere, contemplative, crying, independent film
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Heli (2013)
Plot Summary:
Heli must try and protect his young family when his 12-year-old sister inadvertently involves them in the brutal drug world. He must battle against the drug cartel that have been angered as well as the corrupt police force.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Mexico, Netherlands, Germany, France
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, atmospheric, captivating, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, controversial, neo western, slow cinema
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Revanche (2008)
Plot Summary:
Ex-con Alex plans to flee to the South with his girl after a robbery. But something terrible happens and revenge seems inevitable.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Austria
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: bleak, suspenseful, psychological, art house, tense, atmospheric, serious, realistic, neo noir, suspense
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The Princess and the Warrior (2000)
Plot Summary:
Young nurse Sissi lives a secluded life entirely devoted to her patients at Birkenhof asylum. Her first encounter with ex-soldier and drifter Bodo has a lasting impact. He causes an accident in which he provides first aid, Sissi wonders if he may be the man of her dreams. But when she finds him weeks later she is rejected, as Bodo is stuck somewhere between a traumatic past and a criminal future.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: philosophical, emotional, artsy, romantic, psychological, captivating, atmospheric, stylized, non-linear, intense
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Last Rites (1988)
Plot Summary:
After witnessing her lover being murdered by his jealous wife, Angela seeks refuge in a church where she encounters a young priest named Michael, who gives her sanctuary. But the killing was not a simple act of passion, as the victim had ties to organized crime, and, surprisingly, so does Michael, whose father is a powerful don. When the priest finds himself falling in love with Angela, his religious vows and family ties are both severely tested.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, neo noir, twist ending, crying, weeping
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Burnt Money (2000)
Plot Summary:
Set in Argentina in 1965, the story follows the tumultuous relationship between two men who became lovers and ultimately ruthless bank robbers in a notoriously famous footnote in the annals of crime history. After a large-scale hold-up that turns bloody, the two men must flee. It is not long before the police are surrounding the building they are in and they must confront their demons to survive.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Spain, Uruguay
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: sexy, erotic, intense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, lgbt cinema, hispanic, crime drama, homoerotic
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Captives (1994)
Plot Summary:
A beautiful young dentist working in a tough British prison starts to become attracted to a violent inmate after the break-up of her marriage, and embarks upon an illicit affair with him, with terrible consequences for all.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, erotic, tense, serious, realistic, sexual, independent film, tension, light, romantic
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Blood in the Streets (1973)
Plot Summary:
An Italian prison official's wife is kidnapped, and the kidnappers demand that a notorious prisoner be released in order for the man to get his wife back. He gets the man released - but then kidnaps him himself, in order to ensure that the man's colleagues don't kill his wife. Enraged, the gang sets out to free their compatriot and kill the man who took him.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco, retro, cult classic, action thriller, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cult film
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Witness (1985)
Plot Summary:
A sheltered Amish child is the sole witness of a brutal murder in a restroom at a Philadelphia train station, and he must be protected. The assignment falls to a taciturn detective who goes undercover in a Pennsylvania Dutch community. On the farm, he slowly assimilates despite his urban grit and forges a romantic bond with the child's beautiful mother.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 103000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, sexy, captivating, suspense, intense, serious, realistic, exciting, romantic
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The Air I Breathe (2007)
Plot Summary:
A drama based on an ancient Chinese proverb that breaks life down into four emotional cornerstones: happiness, pleasure, sorrow and love. A businessman bets his life on a horse race; a gangster sees the future; a pop star (Gellar) falls prey to a crime boss; a doctor must save the love of his life.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: emotional, touching, stylized, intense, non-linear, serious, captivating, realistic, cerebral, neo noir
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And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen... (2002)
Plot Summary:
A jazz singer and a British jewel thief are brought together by their mutual desire to forget the past.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: France, UK
Duration: 133 min
Plot tags: touching, melancholic, light, lyrical, tricky, serious, realistic, romantic, clever, stylized
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Love the Hard Way (2001)
Plot Summary:
Claire, a brilliant student, seeks answers to the meaning of life in the calm of her biology laboratory. One day, she meets a mysterious young man, Jack, at the cinema, and is intrigued by his style, assurance and audacity. Apart from his artistic activities, Jack has a regular scam going, ripping off foreign businessmen with his loyal mate Charlie and two actresses. But his tough guy exterior conceals a secret passion for old books, and he dreams of writing a novel one day. Jack falls hard for Claire's purity and curiosity. An unusual romance develops between them. But Jack is scared of their growing intimacy and rejects Claire, withdrawing into his shell. Abandoned and confused, Claire gradually begins to neglect her studies and embarks on a spiraling course of self-destruction, whilst Jack, who tries to ignore her, concentrates on his criminal activities. However, a sharp detective, named Linda Fox, is following his dodgy tracks.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Crime, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: neo noir, bleak, serious, realistic, romantic, romantic drama, independent film, gloomy, detective
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The Honeymoon Killers (1970)
Plot Summary:
Martha Beck, an obese nurse who is desperately lonely, joins a "correspondence club" and finds a romantic pen pal in Ray Fernandez. Martha falls hard for Ray, and is intent on sticking with him even when she discovers he's a con man who seduces lonely single women, kills them and then takes their money. She poses as Ray's sister and joins Ray on a wild killing spree, fueled by her lingering concern that Ray will leave her for one of his marks.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: neo noir, disturbing, cult classic, grindhouse, black and white, psychological, stylized, slasher, depressing, controversial
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The Dancer Upstairs (2002)
Plot Summary:
A police detective in a South American country is dedicated to hunting down a revolutionary guerilla leader.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, tense, political, psychological, suspense, disturbing, captivating, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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B. Monkey (1998)
Plot Summary:
When wistful introvert Alan Furnace meets quick-witted bombshell Beatrice, he has no idea of her secret life as "B. Monkey" -- the top thief-for-hire in London's criminal underworld. Charmed by Furnace's innocent and chivalrous ways, Beatrice resolves to reform. But to cash in on her first chance at real love, she must escape her former partner in crime, the ruthless Paul Neville -- and a dark past that seems to haunt her every step.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: neo noir, black comedy, cult classic, serious, realistic, surprise ending, independent film, dark comedy, erotic, romantic
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The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)
Plot Summary:
This remake of the 1946 movie of the same name accounts an affair between a seedy drifter and a seductive wife of a roadside cafe owner. This begins a chain of events that culminates in murder. Based on a novel by James M. Cain.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: neo noir, sexy, erotic, atmospheric, suspense, intense, serious, suspenseful, captivating, sad
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Charlotte Gray (2001)
Plot Summary:
This is a drama set in Nazi-occupied France at the height of World War II. Charlotte Gray tells the compelling story of a young Scottish woman working with the French Resistance in the hope of rescuing her lover, a missing RAF pilot. Based on the best-selling novel by Sebastian Faulks.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: UK, Australia, Germany
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: sexy, sentimental, romantic, captivating, realistic, intense, political thriller, serious, gloomy, fairy tale
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10th & Wolf (2006)
Plot Summary:
A former street tough returns to his Philadelphia home after a stint in the military. Back on his home turf, he once again finds himself tangling with the mob boss who was instrumental in his going off to be a soldier.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, serious, suspenseful, captivating, realistic, crying
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Ripley's Game (2002)
Plot Summary:
Tom Ripley - cool, urbane, wealthy, and murderous - lives in a villa in the Veneto with Luisa, his harpsichord-playing girlfriend. A former business associate from Berlin's underworld pays a call asking Ripley's help in killing a rival. Ripley - ever a student of human nature - initiates a game to turn a mild and innocent local picture framer into a hit man. The artisan, Jonathan Trevanny, who's dying of cancer, has a wife, young son, and little to leave them. If Ripley draws Jonathan into the game, can Ripley maintain control? Does it stop at one killing? What if Ripley develops a conscience?.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy, USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, tense, suspenseful, stylized, neo noir, absurd, atmospheric, crime thriller, intense
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The Yards (2000)
Plot Summary:
In the rail yards of Queens, contractors repair and rebuild the city's subway cars. These contracts are lucrative, so graft and corruption are rife. When Leo Handler gets out of prison, he finds his aunt married to Frank Olchin, one of the big contractors; he's battling with a minority-owned firm for contracts.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: tense, bleak, neo noir, emotional, talky, intense, rough, realistic, atmospheric, psychological
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Read My Lips (2001)
Plot Summary:
She is almost deaf and she lip-reads. He is an ex-convict. She wants to help him. He thinks no one can help except himself.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: tense, atmospheric, suspenseful, touching, rough, serious, realistic, breathtaking, psychological, clever
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Heaven's Burning (1997)
Plot Summary:
In Sydney, the newly married Midori is honeymooning with her husband, Yukio. She does not love him and fakes her own kidnapping to escape the marriage. Her lover is supposed to meet her, but fails to appear. She goes to a bank to get some cash, only to become a hostage in an unfolding robbery, until the getaway driver, Colin, saves her from his fellow robbers. They hit the road together, with the cops, her husband and the robbers in pursuit.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: neo noir, road movie, cult classic, crime drama, detective, exciting, offbeat, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious
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Kidulthood (2006)
Plot Summary:
A day in the life of a group of troubled 15-year-olds growing up in west London.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: hood, serious, tense, rough, teen, emotional, cult classic, bleak, captivating, realistic
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Escobar: Paradise Lost (2014)
Plot Summary:
For Pablo Escobar family is everything. When young surfer Nick falls for Escobar's niece, Maria, he finds his life on the line when he's pulled into the dangerous world of the family business.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Crime, Drama, History, Romance, Thriller
Country: France, Spain, Belgium, Panama
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: tense, realistic, suspenseful, touching, serious, captivating, stylized, suspense, social, hood
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The Next Three Days (2010)
Plot Summary:
A married couple's life is turned upside down when the wife is accused of a murder. Lara Brennan is arrested for murdering her boss with whom she had an argument. It seems she was seen leaving the scene of the crime and her fingerprints were on the murder weapon. Her husband, John would spend the next few years trying to get her released, but there's no evidence that negates the evidence against her. And when the strain of being separated from her family, especially her son, gets to her, John decides to break her out. So he does a lot of research to find a way.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 204000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 133 min
Plot tags: suspense, clever, suspenseful, romantic, serious, tense, psychological, exciting, sentimental, enigmatic
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Tequila Sunrise (1988)
Plot Summary:
In a seaside California town, best friends Mac and Nick are on opposite sides of the law. Mac is a former drug dealer trying to clean up his act, while Nick is a high-profile detective trying to take down a Mexican drug lord named Carlos. Soon Nick's loyalties are put to the test when he begins an affair with restaurateur Jo Ann -- a love interest of Mac's -- unwittingly leading his friend into a police-orchestrated trap.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, serious, realistic, atmospheric, neo noir, cult classic, sexy, detective, noir
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Veronica Guerin (2003)
Plot Summary:
In this true story, Veronica Guerin is an investigative reporter for an Irish newspaper. As the drug trade begins to bleed into the mainstream, Guerin decides to take on and expose those responsible. Beginning at the bottom with addicts, Guerin then gets in touch with John Traynor, a paranoid informant. Not without some prodding, Traynor leads her to John Gilligan, the ruthless head of the operation, who does not take kindly to Guerin's nosing.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: suspense, intense, tense, rough, thought provoking, emotional, realistic, suspenseful, serious, political
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Notes on a Scandal (2006)
Plot Summary:
A veteran high school teacher befriends a younger art teacher, who is having an affair with one of her 15-year-old students. However, her intentions with this new "friend" also go well beyond platonic friendship.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 83000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: sexual, psychological, sexy, suspense, tense, erotic, sensual, emotional, melancholic, dramatic
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21 Grams (2003)
Plot Summary:
This is the story of three gentle persons: Paul Rivers an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English émigré, Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife, happily married and mother of two little girls, and Jack Jordan, an ex-convict who has found in his Christian faith the strength to raise a family. They will be brought together by a terrible accident that will change their lives. By the final frame, none of them will be the same as they will learn harsh truths about love, faith, courage, desire and guilt, and how chance can change our worlds irretrievably, forever.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 244000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: mind bending, psychological, emotional, bleak, non-linear, gloomy, depressing, suspense, sincere, sad
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True Romance (1993)
Plot Summary:
Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 239000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: stylized, neo noir, dark comedy, intense, suspense, serious, suspenseful, sexy, talky, romantic