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Plot Summary:
Bernie Casey portrays Tyrone and Pamela Grier plays a sultry skin-flick star in this first Americanized remake of the iconic Michael Caine action film Get Carter. From Watts to the West Side, from porno parlors to a high-rise, from motel dives to a crime kingpin’s sprawling pleasure dome, from corner hangouts to a wildlife preserve, Tyrone covers a lot of real estate, busts a lot of heads.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: neo noir, psychotronic, grindhouse, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, black cinema
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Similar in 85%
'Sheba, Baby' (1975)
Plot Summary:
Sheba, a Chicago private detective returns back home to Louisville, Kentucky, to help her father fight mobsters.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: detective, grindhouse, neo noir, independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast
Similar in 78%
Hammer (1972)
Plot Summary:
Hotheaded laborer B.J. Hammer can't go long without ending up in a fight, and, after he comes out on top in a particularly impressive workplace scuffle, word of his brawling skills makes its way to Davis, a top boxing manager. Hammer is hired by Davis and begins a lucrative career in the ring, only to find out that his new employer wants him to throw a fight and take part in other illicit activities. Hammer reacts to this news violently, and the feud is on.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 733
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, neo noir, detective, cult film
Similar in 83%
Penitentiary II (1982)
Plot Summary:
An ex-con, on parole and trying to straighten his life out, decides to resume his boxing career when one of his prison enemies escapes and kills his girlfriend.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 763
Genere: Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: independent film, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 77%
Girls Are for Loving (1973)
Plot Summary:
Two women who like control face each other in a battle over jealousy and weaknesses. The US is about to sign a trade treaty with an Asian country; in exchange for friendly relations, the US will loan the Asians money to purchase US goods under contract. Evil siren Ronnie St. Clair tries various ways to find out which US companies will get these contracts, so that she can do some inside trading to make money on the stock market. The CIA hires gun-carrying, man-eating chanteuse and stripper, Ginger MacAllister, to put a stop to Miss St. Clair’s plan. Ginger and her CIA contact, Clay Boyer, an African-American, are attracted to each other. Will they live to ignite this spark?.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 254
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, erotic, rough, sexy, serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexual, independent film
Similar in 89%
American Born (1990)
Plot Summary:
A teenager who is obsessed with gangster movies believes himself to be a real gangster after his father is murdered.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 71
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: independent film, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 75%
Mafia (2012)
Plot Summary:
Ving Rhames, Pam Grier, and Robert Patrick headline this throwback action thriller set in 1975, and following a renegade cop who skirts the law in order to capture a ruthless crime boss.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 673
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, crime drama, realistic, neo noir
Similar in 78%
The Black Godfather (1974)
Plot Summary:
The heroes in The Black Godfather are members of an African-American criminal organization. Like Brando in The Godfather, they're not averse to robbery and murder, but they do draw the line at narcotics. When the Mafia infiltrates the 'hood with dangerous drugs, the Black Godfather (Rod Perry) orders his minions to put an end to this perfidy.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 555
Genere: Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cult film
Similar in 83%
Bucktown (1975)
Plot Summary:
Duke Johnson visits a small Southern town, intent on burying his brother. After the funeral, he learns that he must stay for 60 days, for the estate to be processed. A few locals convince Duke to reopen his late brother's nightclub, and soon the local redneck policemen are intimidating Duke with threats of violence. Duke refuses to pay the bribes they demand, so then he and his lady friend Aretha are threatened and attacked by the crooked cops. Rather than take them on himself, Duke calls on his old pal Roy. Roy brings a few buddies to Bucktown, and they bring justice to the small town. With the redneck cops out of the way, Duke lets his guard down. Then the situation gets out of hand again. Finally, Duke must settle the score himself.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, tense, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 88%
Chicago Overcoat (2009)
Plot Summary:
The fates of an aging hitman and a washed up detective become entwined when one last job leads to one last chance to settle an old score.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic, independent film, detective
Similar in 78%
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off (1973)
Plot Summary:
Vigilante Slaughter comes under attack from Duncan, a local money launderer whose hit-man traps Slaughter in a car at a cliff, but Slaughter escapes, arms himself, and goes after Duncan's hideout.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 586
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, black cinema
Similar in 89%
Shaft's Big Score! (1972)
Plot Summary:
John Shaft is back as the lady-loved black detective cop on the search for the murderer of a client.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: epic, neo noir, hood, grim, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, poliziottesco
Similar in 82%
Black Mama White Mama (1973)
Plot Summary:
When two troublemaking female prisoners (one a revolutionary, the other a former harem-girl) can't seem to get along, they are chained together and extradited for safekeeping. The women, still chained together, stumble, stab, and cat-fight their way across the wilderness, igniting a bloody shootout between gangsters and a group of revolutionaries.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, realistic, rough, serious, psychotronic, psychological, slasher, cult classic, independent film, exciting
Similar in 90%
Slaughter (1972)
Plot Summary:
Slaughter, a former Green Beret, avenges the killing of loved ones by the Mob, and in so doing is coerced by the Feds into traveling to Mexico to finish off surviving mobsters.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: neo noir, grindhouse, cult classic, independent film, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending
Similar in 78%
Trouble Man (1972)
Plot Summary:
It seems that masked men are knocking over the floating crap games of Chalky and Pete. Chalky and Pete hire the cool, loose, elegant Mr. T to fix things. Then, the masked manipulators set up the death of a collector for a rival gang lord. It looks like it's up to T to hold a gang war from breaking out, keep the police off his back, and earn his fee from Chalky and Pete.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: neo noir, crime drama, cult classic, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, suspense
Similar in 81%
Anatomy of a Psycho (1961)
Plot Summary:
The crazed brother of a condemned killer sent to the gas chamber swears vengeance on those he holds responsible for his brother's execution.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 611
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, suspense, grindhouse, independent film, psychological, tense, atmospheric, rough, serious, realistic
Similar in 81%
The Killer Inside Me (1976)
Plot Summary:
A sheriff struggles to hide his violent murderous acts.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 498
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: neo noir, psychological, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, gloomy, psychotronic, suspense
Similar in 90%
Get Carter (2000)
Plot Summary:
Remake of the British classic. Jack Carter, a mob enforcer living in Las Vegas, travels back to his hometown of Seattle for his brother's funeral. During this visit, Carter realizes that the death of his brother was not accidental, but a murder. With this knowledge, Carter sets out to kill all those responsible.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: stylized, rough, realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, action packed, disgusting, black comedy
Similar in 88%
City of Industry (1997)
Plot Summary:
A retired thief swears revenge on the lunatic who murdered his brother and partner, while going on the run with the loot they stole.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspenseful, hood, perverse, independent film, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, realistic
Similar in 76%
Black Caesar (1973)
Plot Summary:
Tommy Gibbs is a tough kid, raised in the ghetto, who aspires to be a kingpin criminal. As a young boy, his leg is broken by a bad cop on the take, during a payoff gone bad. Nursing his vengeance, he rises to power in Harlem, New York. Angry at the racist society around him, both criminal and straight, he sees the acquisition of power as the solution to his rage.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, neo noir, psychotronic, hood, crime drama, grim, cult classic, action thriller, action adventure, rough
Similar in 87%
Hell Up in Harlem (1973)
Plot Summary:
Tougher than Shaft and smoother than Superfly, this high-voltage sequel to Black Caesar explodes with enough action to incinerate New York City. Packed with machine-gun mayhem and riveting adventure, Hell Up in Harlem is nothing less than a modern-day tribute to the classic 30s gangster film. Fred Williamson is Tommy Gibbs, a fearless, bulletproof tough guy who blasts his way from the gutter to become the ultimate soul brother boss. Tommy steals a ledger with the name of every crooked cop and man in the city. Enlisting the aid of his father and an army of Harlem hoods, Gibbs goes from defense to offense, launching a deadly attack on his enemies that sets off a violent chain reaction from Harlem all the way to the Caribbean, climaxing in one of the hottest turf-war shoot-outs in Hollywood history.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: neo noir, grindhouse, hood, crime drama, grim, cult classic, independent film, exciting, rough, serious
Similar in 78%
Badge 373 (1973)
Plot Summary:
When his partner is killed, tough Irish detective Eddie Ryan (Robert Duvall) vows to avenge the death, whatever the cost. As he begins unraveling clues, his behavior becomes so outrageous that he's obliged to turn in his badge, but the experience only emboldens him. Ryan eventually learns that his partner was caught up in a Puerto Rican gun-running scheme masterminded by a crook named Sweet Willie (Henry Darrow), who wants to foment revolutionary war.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 884
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: grim, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, weird
Similar in 90%
The Ministers (2009)
Plot Summary:
A NYPD detective attempts to avenge the death of her father, but unwittingly becomes involved with one of his killers.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, captivating, psychological, suspense, rough, realistic, suspenseful, independent film, detective
Similar in 81%
Breaking Point (1976)
Plot Summary:
The Mafia tries to take revenge against a man who testified against them in court.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 340
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 81%
Cement (2000)
Plot Summary:
What's the bond between partners, between brothers, and between spouses? In L.A., Bill Holt handcuffs Sean Rickhart inside a rebar frame for a freeway pillar at a construction site; Bill's going to bury Sean in quick-drying cement. Guided by the narration of Nin, Bill's coke-snorting partner, we go back and forth over the past 48 hours to find out what brings Bill and Sean to this deadly scene. Missing money, cops on the take, Sean's two brothers (one the leader of the mob, the other a camera-carrying simpleton), Bill's wife, dead young police officers, infidelity, and Bill and Nin's partnership make a mix as volatile and unstable as the cement is solid and immobile.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 654
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: neo noir, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, dark, independent film, tense
Similar in 86%
Mafioso: The Father The Son (2001)
Plot Summary:
When the head of a mafia clan is perceived to be weakening, his family suffers a series of attacks. It is up to his son, Frankie, to figure out who’s behind the plot before they are all wiped out.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 270
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense
Similar in 80%
Consignment (2007)
Plot Summary:
Consignment is the authentic and brutal story of an East Coast drug dealer forced to flee to California only to realize state lines don't erase past sins.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 99
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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Caught Up (1998)
Plot Summary:
Daryl gets out of jail after 5 years. His mother has died, his girlfriend is married, and he can't find a job. His new girlfriend Vanessa, whom he meets when a gunman opens fire on them, gets him a job as a car driver. Hitmen are still after them, and Vanessa tells Daryl that this is her former lover Ahmad who wants revenge.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: hood, rough, realistic, serious, suspenseful, neo noir, independent film, fast, cult film
Similar in 83%
The Mack (1973)
Plot Summary:
Goldie returns from five years at the state pen and winds up king of the pimping game. Trouble comes in the form of two corrupt white cops and a crime lord who wants him to return to the small time.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, hood, funny, cult classic, independent film, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized
Similar in 78%
Jackie Brown (1997)
Plot Summary:
Jackie Brown is a flight attendant who gets caught in the middle of smuggling cash into the country for her gunrunner boss. When the cops try to use Jackie to get to her boss, she hatches a plan—with help from a bail bondsman—to keep the money for herself. Based on Elmore Leonard's novel “Rum Punch”.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 367000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 154 min
Plot tags: suspense, stylized, serious, tense, talky, cult classic, dark comedy, rough, suspenseful, bloody
Similar in 87%
Hoodlum (1997)
Plot Summary:
In 1934, the second most lucrative business in New York City was running "the numbers". When, Madam Queen, the powerful woman who runs the scam in Harlem, is arrested. Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson takes over the business and must resist against the invasion from merciless mobster Dutch Shultz.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: hood, stylized, neo noir, black and white, crime drama, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, clever