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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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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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No Way Back (1995)
Plot Summary:
When F.B.I. Agent Zack Grant's partner is killed during a blown-up operation, he attempts to find the person responsible. Mafiaso Frank Serlano believes Zack is responsible for his only sons death in the same operation and kidnaps Zacks son to hold as bait. The action gets wild when airline stewardess Mary is taken hostage to add what seems an another insurmountable problem for Zack. There appears to be No Way Out.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast
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The Good Thief (2002)
Plot Summary:
A compulsive gambler plans the heist of his life - a priceless collection of art from the world-class Casino Riviera in Monte Carlo.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: France, UK, Ireland, Canada, USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, serious, suspenseful, neo noir, entertaining, clever, stylized, freeze frame, crime drama
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Black Dog (1998)
Plot Summary:
An ex-con takes a job driving a truck cross country. What he doesn't know is that the truck is filled with illegal weapons and now he must fight to survive and save his family.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, France, Germany, Japan
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: road movie, suspense, realistic, suspenseful, serious, colorful, fast, rough, exciting, humorous
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The Getaway (1994)
Plot Summary:
Doc McCoy is put in prison because his partners chickened out and flew off without him after exchanging a prisoner with a lot of money. Doc knows Jack Benyon, a rich "business"-man, is up to something big, so he tells his wife (Carol McCoy) to tell him that he's for sale if Benyon can get him out of prison. Benyon pulls some strings and Doc McCoy is released again. Unfortunately he has to cooperate with the same person that got him to prison.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: neo noir, sexy, erotic, suspense, road movie, noir, anamorphic, exciting, rough, serious
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The Road Killers (1994)
Plot Summary:
After a young boy is almost runover by a maniac on a highway, a re-encounter and confrontation by the boy's father with the driver sets off conflicts with a carful of maniacs.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: road movie, serious, realistic, suspenseful, anamorphic, cult classic, independent film, cult film
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Backflash (2001)
Plot Summary:
A woman is released from prison and heads home to help outwit a local mob boss and pull off the scam of a lifetime.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 723
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, suspense, action packed, realistic
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Made Men (1999)
Plot Summary:
A man and a woman are on the run from gangsters whom he has stolen $12.5 million. When the gangsters show up, he takes them supposedly to where the money is hidden but instead leads them into a trap at a backwoods crystal-meth factory. The gangsters and the drug dealers start a shoot-out for unknown reasons and both go gunning for Belushi. Meanwhile an unscrupulous cop is secretly having an affair with the girl friend and planning to make off with the money.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, independent film, cult film
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The Real McCoy (1993)
Plot Summary:
Karen McCoy is released from prison with nothing but the clothes on her back. Before being incarcerated Karen was the bank robber of her time, but now she wishes for nothing more than to settle down and start a new life. Unfortunately between a dirty parole officer, old business partners, and an idiot ex-husband she will have to do the unthinkable in order to save her son.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: suspense, entertaining, suspenseful, exciting, retro, realistic, stylized, semi serious, romantic, sexy
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Black Moon Rising (1986)
Plot Summary:
An FBI free-lancer stashes a stolen Las Vegas-crime tape in a high-tech car stolen by someone else.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, cult classic, retro, harsh, atmospheric, independent film, realistic
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Quick (1993)
Plot Summary:
A female assassin named "Quick" is hired to bring in a Mafia accountant, who is under police protection. Double crossed by the mafia, she takes her hostage to California to retrieve $3M that he took before running. The mafia and Quick's untrustworthy boyfriend are on the trail.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 464
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: rough, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, serious, suspense, retro, independent film, psychotronic, surprise ending
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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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White Sands (1992)
Plot Summary:
A small southwestern town sheriff finds a body in the desert with a suitcase and $500,000. He impersonates the man and stumbles into an FBI investigation.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspense, harsh, stylized, rough, serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic, road movie
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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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Montana (1998)
Plot Summary:
A seasoned enforcer is given the seemingly routine task of finding the Boss's runaway mistress, Kitty. However Kitty is involved in plans to overthrow the Boss and this routine task gets very complicated.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, suspenseful, witty, semi serious, independent film
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Revenge (1990)
Plot Summary:
Michael ‘Jay’ Cochran has just left the Navy after 12 years and he's not quite sure what he's going to do, except that he knows he wants a holiday. He decides to visit Tiburon Mendez, a powerful but shady Mexican businessman who he once flew to Alaska for a hunting trip. Arriving at the Mendez mansion in Mexico, he is immediately surprised by the beauty and youth of Mendez’s wife, Miryea.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: sexy, erotic, suspense, emotional, intense, serious, suspenseful, sad, cult classic, psychological
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The Getaway (1972)
Plot Summary:
A recently released ex-con and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes awry.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: neo noir, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, road movie, cynical, stylized, crime drama, mind blowing, freeze frame
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The Hard Word (2002)
Plot Summary:
Three fraternal bank robbers languishing in jail, discover a profitable (if not dodgy) way to spend their time. Crime can most certainly pay, if you "know wot I mean?" However when sex and greed rear-up between the good crims and the bad cops, the consequences are both bizarre and fatal.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: suspense, stylized, tense, suspenseful, cynical, cult classic, clever, exciting, serious, realistic
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The Rookie (1990)
Plot Summary:
Veteran cop Nick Pulovski is used to playing musical partners; many of the partners he's had in the past have died on the job, and often as a result of Nick's risky tactics. But the rookie who's been assigned to help Nick bust a carjacking ring is almost as hotheaded as he is … and when Nick gets kidnapped, his newbie partner is his only hope.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: suspense, entertaining, intense, semi serious, neo noir, exciting, retro, action thriller, black comedy, rough
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The Driver (1978)
Plot Summary:
The Driver specializes in driving getaway cars for robberies. His exceptional talent has prevented him from being caught yet. After another successful flight from the police a self-assured detective makes it his primary goal to catch the Driver. He promises pardons to a gang if they help to convict him in a set-up robbery. The Driver seeks help from The Player to mislead the detective.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: neo noir, atmospheric, tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense, road movie, grindhouse, retro
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Boiling Point (1993)
Plot Summary:
Red is an aging scam-artist who's just been released from prison together with Ronnie, a young and not-so-bright hoodlum who is easily manipulated. Their new business is to organize fake-money sales and then kill the buyer to take his money; but when Ronnie kills an undercover secret service agent, his partner Jimmy Mercer vows revenge and is given one week to catch the killers before being transferred. Written by Giancarlo Cairella.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, neo noir, suspenseful, tense, intense, rough, serious, realistic, action thriller
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Metro (1997)
Plot Summary:
Roper, a hostage negotiator catches a murderous bank robber after a blown heist. The bank robber escapes and immediately goes after the man who put him behind bars.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, intense, tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, action comedy, black comedy, cult classic
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Berlin Syndrome (2017)
Plot Summary:
A passionate holiday romance leads to an obsessive relationship when an Australian photojournalist wakes one morning in a Berlin apartment and is unable to leave.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological thriller, exciting, atmospheric, disturbing, erotic, scary, sexy, dark, slasher
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The Way of the Gun (2000)
Plot Summary:
Two criminal drifters without sympathy get more than they bargained for after kidnapping and holding for ransom the surrogate mother of a powerful and shady man.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspense, intense, cynical, rough, cult classic, action packed, clever, realistic, stylized
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Love and a .45 (1994)
Plot Summary:
Small-time criminal Watty Watts attempts to rob a convenience store with his drug-addict buddy, Billy Mack Black. The robbery, however, leads to murder, and soon Watty leaves Billy behind and goes on the run with his beloved girlfriend, Starlene. Heading toward Mexico, the fugitive couple gets plenty of media coverage, until there are even more people on their trail. Can Watty and Starlene make it south of the border without getting caught?.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: road movie, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, independent film, funny, sexy
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Catchfire (1990)
Plot Summary:
A witness to a mob assassination flees for her life from town to town, switching identities, but cannot seem to elude Milo, the chief killer out to get her.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, sentimental, cult classic, independent film, psychotronic, alternative comedy, cult film
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Payback (1999)
Plot Summary:
With friends like these, who needs enemies? That's the question bad guy Porter is left asking after his wife and partner steal his heist money and leave him for dead -- or so they think. Five months and an endless reservoir of bitterness later, Porter's partners and the crooked cops on his tail learn how bad payback can be.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 143000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspense, black comedy, exciting, rough, suspenseful, bloody, entertaining, action packed, clever
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Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Plot Summary:
Bonnie and Clyde is based on the true stories of the gangster pair Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow who in the 1930s began robbing banks in U.S. cities until they were eventually killed. The film is a major landmark in the aesthetic movement known as the New Hollywood.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 119000
Genere: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: road movie, controversial, suspenseful, suspense, exciting, disturbing, captivating, grim, witty, black and white
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Renegades (1989)
Plot Summary:
Buster McHenry (Sutherland) is as an undercover agent for the police. His mission involves him in a robbery. Buster gets shot but Hank Storm (Phillips), an Indian, helps Buster. Since Hank wants a spear in the possession of the criminals that Buster is after, they team up.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: detective, suspense, intense, rough, serious, retro, cult classic, action thriller, neo noir, black comedy
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Chaos (2005)
Plot Summary:
Two cops, a rookie and a grizzled vet, pursue an accomplished bank robber.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 57000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: exciting, surprise ending, realistic, serious, suspenseful, entertaining, action packed, tense, action adventure, talky