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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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Nicotina (2003)
Plot Summary:
A real-time dark comedy about a science geek who tangles with a clutch of Russian gangsters after he delivers them the wrong computer disk.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Mexico, Argentina, Spain
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, stylized, semi serious, realistic, dark comedy, black comedy, humorous
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A Wonderful World (2006)
Plot Summary:
A fairy tale about the political and socioeconomic realities of Mexico.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, social, disturbing, dark comedy, fairy tale, realistic, semi serious, biting, neorealism
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Herod's Law (1999)
Plot Summary:
Mexico, 1949. The fable of a janitor turned Mayor on a little town lost in the Mexican desert, who gradually realizes how far his new acquainted power and corruption can get him.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Mexico
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: realistic, political, dark comedy, clever, witty, biting, black comedy, manga, mesmerizing, humorous
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Saving Private Perez (2011)
Plot Summary:
La vida ha llevado a Julián Pérez por caminos equivocados, pero el destino le presentará a este hombre la oportunidad de encontrar su redención cuando es enviado a la misión más peligrosa y noble de toda su vida, una misión ordenada por la única autoridad que todavía respeta, su madre, Doña Elvira. Julián debe viajar hasta el otro extremo del mundo, a un lugar llamado Irak, a traer de vuelta vivo, a su hermano menor el soldado de infantería Juan Pérez. Con la promesa hecha, Julián Pérez regresa a su natal Sinaloa donde reclutará a un comando de elite, destinado a cumplir una misión suicida: viajar a Irak y salvar al soldado Pérez.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Western
Country: Mexico
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, semi serious, realistic, suspenseful, slapstick, suspense, saga, spaghetti western, hispanic
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In Order of Disappearance (2014)
Plot Summary:
Upstanding community leader Nils has just won an award for "Citizen of the Year" when he learns the news that his son has died of a heroin overdose. Suspecting foul play, Nils begins to investigate, and soon finds himself at the center of an escalating underworld gang war between Serbian drug dealers and a sociopathic criminal mastermind known only as “The Count.”.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Norway, Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: psychological, dark comedy, noir, enigmatic, atmospheric, realistic, cynical, semi serious, black comedy, humorous
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Pusher II (2004)
Plot Summary:
Tony (Mads Mikkelsen) is released from prison - again. This time he has his mind set on changing his broken down life, but that is easier said than done.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Denmark, UK
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, neo noir, surprise ending, psychological, thought provoking, brutal, breathtaking, mumblecore
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Paper Soldiers (2002)
Plot Summary:
Paper Soldiers follows an overeager burglar named Shawn (Kevin Hart) through the ups and downs of his short, stressful career.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, hood, exciting, realistic, black comedy, crime drama, independent film
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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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Sucker Punch (2003)
Plot Summary:
Mike Sullivan spends his nights kidnapping runaways so his boss, Lamar, can turn them into prostitutes. He is a crack addict and a thief and he is in love with a resentful prostitute, Rhonda, who doesn't love him back. Although he has aspirations of escaping this world, it isn't until he is nearly killed by corrupt cops for stealing money from his boss that he decides to redeem himself. In an attempt to save his own soul, he tries to get Rhonda out of the business, and is forced to battle Lamar and his henchmen, as well as Rhonda's unwillingness to change. As punishment for betraying Lamar, Mike is forced into a series of misdeeds, and in a shocking ending, must commit unredeemable acts as he tries to save Rhonda and himself.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 171
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: captivating, psychological, tense, semi serious, crime drama, rough, serious, realistic, disturbing, independent film
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The Ruination of Men (2000)
Plot Summary:
Two men jump out from behind some cacti and beat a man over the head with a rock. They then take the body to the dead man's hut, and sit with his body for the night while they talk, complain and dance. Later at the police station, two women come to claim the body--a bitter, venomous wife and a younger prettier women. They fight and scrap until one of them get the responsibility for the body. Later we find out why the self-titled "King of Baseball" was killed.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 319
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Mexico, Spain
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: rough, cynical, humorous, realistic, semi serious, biting, black comedy, dark comedy, suspense
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The Perfect Dictatorship (2014)
Plot Summary:
TV MX, the most powerful Mexican Television Corporation, discloses a scandalous story involving Governor Carmelo Vargas in serious crimes and illicit business. Governor Vargas worried about his political future, decides to clean his image and negotiates a billionaire secret agreement with the owners of the TV Corporation. Carlos Rojo, an ambitious young news producer, and Ricardo Diaz, TV network star reporter, are responsible for making a dirty campaign to change the image the public has of the corrupt Governor and make him, at any cost, a political star and a great presidential candidate. Mexican Television believes that democracy is a farce and has already placed one President... Will they do it again?.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 143 min
Plot tags: cynical, humorous, semi serious, realistic, dark comedy, political, political thriller, cult classic, biting, soap opera
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Extreme Prejudice (1987)
Plot Summary:
A Texas Ranger and a ruthless narcotics kingpin - they were childhood friends, now they are adversaries.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: neo noir, cult classic, gothic, heroic, southern gothic, hood, action adventure, exciting, rough, serious
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Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
Plot Summary:
An American bartender and his prostitute girlfriend go on a road trip through the Mexican underworld to collect a $1 million bounty on the head of a dead gigolo.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: road movie, disturbing, black comedy, cult classic, neo western, depressing, neo noir, dark comedy, tense, bleak
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Northwest (2013)
Plot Summary:
Nordvest is a gangsterfilm set in the suburbs of Copenhagen. Casper (18), the oldest of 3 siblings, survives life on the streets by committing burglaries for the neighbourhood boss, Jamal. When Casper gets an offer to work for Jamal’s rival Björn, he jumps at the chance for a better life, making his way into a world of drugs and prostitution. As things escalate between Björn and Jamal, Casper finds himself and his family dead center of a conflict, that threatens to destroy them.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, tense, bleak, serious, noir, neo noir, hood, sincere
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El padrino (2004)
Plot Summary:
In the streets of East Los Angeles, Manny is a formidable drug dealer. Impressed by his extravagant lifestyle and prowess, his young son, Kilo, yearns to follow in his footsteps. Kilo resolves to learn how to prosper in the drug world, and his new life as a dealer begins. In a world where a man wants everything, he may end up with nothing.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 762
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, exciting
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Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time (2012)
Plot Summary:
A corrupted customs officer, Choi Ik-hyeon, faces losing his job. Then, his life turns around as he meets ganster Choi Hyeong-bae who has connection with the Yakuza. They quickly form a partnetship; Hyeong-bae helps Ik-hyeon set up a business with the money from drug trafficking while Ik-hyeon lobbies for his partner Hyeong-bae. As the government declares war on crime, however, their partnership begins to crack.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, rough, realistic, crime drama, captivating, suspense, noir, neo noir
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Winner Takes All (1998)
Plot Summary:
Two rapper childhood friends turn to the quick and easy life of crime to support their needy parents. But after a foiled robbery, one of them is jailed while the other flees, changes his name, joins the military, and grows up to become a narcotics agent.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 90
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: independent film, rough, bleak, serious, realistic
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Hot Boyz (2000)
Plot Summary:
Injustice begets a criminal. Kool is an artist without prospects, a black belt in karate, and in love with LaShawna, poised and college bound. One night she witnesses a stabbing and discovers the victim is a cop as he dies in her arms. She's jailed for murder by the infamous Ramparts Division of the LAPD. Kool wants to prove her innocence, and Tully, the cynical detective in charge, ignores LaShawna's case but uses Kool to break up an incipient crime operation. She's in danger because the guilty parties fear that the officer talked before he died. While in jail awaiting a hearing and legal help, she's beaten to death by a rogue cop. Kool vows revenge: the Hot Boyz are born.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: hood, realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious, crime drama, independent film, bleak
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Shottas (2002)
Plot Summary:
A raw urban drama about two friends raised on the dangerous streets of Kingston, Jamaica. Biggs and Wayne take on the "Shotta" way of life to survive. As young boys, they begin a life of crime, eventually moving to the US where they begin a ruthless climb from the bottom. They remain bound to each other by their shottas loyalty as they aggressively take control of the Jamaican underworld.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Jamaica
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: hood, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, bleak, exciting, epic, crime drama
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The Snitch Cartel (2011)
Plot Summary:
The real life story of Andres Lopez Lopez aka "Frecita" during his years involved with the Colombian Cartel aka "Cartel Norte del Valle".
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Colombia, USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, hood, crime drama, telenovela
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Gangster's Paradise: Jerusalema (2008)
Plot Summary:
This South African movie tracks the rise of a once-petty criminal to the heights of the criminal underworld. After cutting his teeth on hijacking, before moving onto bigger game, an ambitious man hits a setback when most of his gang are shot.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: South Africa
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, hood, social, crime drama, epic
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Bandidas (2006)
Plot Summary:
Set in the late 19th century. When a ruthless robber baron takes away everything they cherish, a rough-and-tumble, idealistic peasant and a sophisticated heiress embark on a quest for justice, vengeance…and a few good heists.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Western
Country: France, Mexico, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: sexy, humorous, exciting, entertaining, funny, action comedy, parody, heroic, independent film, realistic
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Gomorrah (2008)
Plot Summary:
An inside look at Italy's modern-day crime families, the Camorra in Naples and Caserta. Based on a book by Roberto Saviano. Power, money and blood: these are the "values" that the residents of the Province of Naples and Caserta have to face every day. They hardly ever have a choice and are forced to obey the rules of the Camorra. Only a lucky few can even think of leading a normal life.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 51000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: disturbing, tense, harsh, realistic, serious, brutal, depressing, bleak, anthology, thought provoking
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Last Man Standing (1996)
Plot Summary:
John Smith is a mysterious stranger who is drawn into a vicious war between two Prohibition-era gangs. In a dangerous game, he switches allegiances from one to another, offering his services to the highest bidder. As the death toll mounts, Smith takes the law into his own hands in a deadly race to stay alive.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 60000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: neo noir, stylized, exciting, serious, suspenseful, action packed, tense, captivating, retro, epic
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Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
Plot Summary:
A card shark and his unwillingly-enlisted friends need to make a lot of cash quick after losing a sketchy poker match. To do this they decide to pull a heist on a small-time gang who happen to be operating out of the flat next door.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 607000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: humorous, dark comedy, clever, witty, cynical, black comedy, entertaining, funny, exciting, neo noir
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Desperado (1995)
Plot Summary:
A gunslinger is embroiled in a war with a local drug runner.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 195000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: stylized, grindhouse, action packed, intense, rough, suspenseful, realistic, bloody, cult classic, neo western
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New Jack City (1991)
Plot Summary:
A gangster, Nino, is in the Cash Money Brothers, making a million dollars every week selling crack. A cop, Scotty, discovers that the only way to infiltrate the gang is to become a dealer himself.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 38000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: hood, stylized, suspense, harsh, intense, serious, tense, captivating, neo noir, cult classic
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Layer Cake (2004)
Plot Summary:
When a seemingly straight-forward drug deal goes awry, XXXX has to break his die-hard rules and turn up the heat, not only to outwit the old regime and come out on top, but to save his own skin.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 192000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: neo noir, intense, clever, tense, rough, suspenseful, bleak, dark comedy, suspense, entertaining
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City of God (2002)
Plot Summary:
Cidade de Deus is a shantytown that started during the 1960s and became one of Rio de Janeiro’s most dangerous places in the beginning of the 1980s. To tell the story of this place, the movie describes the life of various characters, all seen by the point of view of the narrator, Buscapé. Buscapé was raised in a very violent environment. Despite the feeling that all odds were against him, he finds out that life can be seen with other eyes.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 788000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil, France, Germany
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: disturbing, rough, bleak, hood, stylized, visual, cult classic, visually stunning, captivating, emotional
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Scarface (1983)
Plot Summary:
After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eventually becomes the biggest drug lord in the state, controlling nearly all the cocaine that comes through Miami. But increased pressure from the police, wars with Colombian drug cartels and his own drug-fueled paranoia serve to fuel the flames of his eventual downfall.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 896000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 170 min
Plot tags: serious, exciting, rough, cult classic, suspense, brutal, harsh, psychological, suspenseful, hood