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Plot Summary:
A bank robber tries to turn himself in because he's falling in love and wants to live an honest life...but when he realizes the Feds are more corrupt than him, he must fight back to clear his name.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 56000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: exciting, thought provoking, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspenseful, entertaining, satanic, neo noir, suspense, independent film
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Army of Thieves (2021)
Plot Summary:
A prequel to Zack Snyder's upcoming Army of the Dead that is said to be 'international'.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 86000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: suspense, romantic, captivating, disturbing, funny, saga, surprise ending, neo noir, black comedy, dark comedy
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Taken 3 (2014)
Plot Summary:
Ex-government operative Bryan Mills finds his life is shattered when he's falsely accused of a murder that hits close to home. As he's pursued by a savvy police inspector, Mills employs his particular set of skills to track the real killer and exact his unique brand of justice.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 202000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Spain, USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, rough, fast paced, action packed, detective, saga, action thriller, breathtaking, perverse
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One in the Chamber (2012)
Plot Summary:
A seasoned assassin plays both sides in a Russian gang war and becomes the target of an unknown enemy.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic, action thriller, action packed, rough, surprise ending, neo noir, independent film
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The Mother (2023)
Plot Summary:
A deadly female assassin comes out of hiding to protect the daughter that she gave up years before, while on the run from dangerous men.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 44000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: suspense, independent film, interesting
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A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014)
Plot Summary:
Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 126000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, psychological, neo noir, tense, bleak, stylized, gloomy, exciting, atmospheric
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The Commuter (2018)
Plot Summary:
A businessman, on his daily commute home, gets unwittingly caught up in a criminal conspiracy that threatens not only his life but the lives of those around him.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 123000
Genere: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, France, China, Canada
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: tense, exciting, surprise ending, suspense, detective, psychological thriller, neo noir, atmospheric, clever, saga
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Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)
Plot Summary:
New York detective John McClane is back and kicking bad-guy butt in the third installment of this action-packed series, which finds him teaming with civilian Zeus Carver to prevent the loss of innocent lives. McClane thought he'd seen it all, until a genius named Simon engages McClane, his new "partner" -- and his beloved city -- in a deadly game that demands their concentration.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 402000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: suspense, entertaining, suspenseful, action packed, intense, action adventure, thrilling, exciting, buddy comedy, detective
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The Eleventh Hour (2008)
Plot Summary:
An ex-Navy SEAL, Michael Adams, (Matthew Reese) was captured during a raid to free Japanese prisoners from a North Korean prison camp. He endures the North Koreans torture for three years -- seen only as flashbacks -- then released back into civilian life. A renegade North Korean General wants revenge for the raid on his camp, he follows Adams back to the United States with a plot to manipulate the former soldier into assassinating the leader of the raid, now a United States senator, Mason Chambers (K. Danor Gerald). The General targets Adams' estranged wife, Rachel (Jennifer Klekas) has her attacked so a doctor on the North Koreans payroll can insert a bomb into her head. Then Adam is captured, given the assignment and warned he must assassinate the senator within 12 hours or the bomb will detonate.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 902
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, disturbing, tense, thought provoking, independent film, detective, freeze frame, surprise ending
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Maximum Conviction (2012)
Plot Summary:
When former black ops operative Tom Steele and his partner Manning are assigned to decommission an old prison, they must oversee the arrival of two mysterious female prisoners. Before long, an elite force of mercenaries assault the prison in search of the new arrivals. As the true identities of the women are revealed, Steele realizes he's caught in the middle of something far bigger than he had imagined.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, exciting, rough, realistic, suspense, tense, surprise ending, independent film, freeze frame
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Stolen (2012)
Plot Summary:
Master thief Will Montgomery is just released from the State penitentiary after serving a 10 year sentence, is contacted by Vincent, his ex comrade in crime, who is holding Will’s teenage daughter ransom in a hijacked taxi cab. Vincent will only surrender her when Will reveals the whereabouts of the 20 million dollars he contrived to conceal from their last robbery.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 46000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: exciting, intense, rough, serious, suspenseful, cult classic, realistic, fast, surprise ending, black comedy
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Triple Threat (2019)
Plot Summary:
A crime syndicate places a hit on a billionaire's daughter, making her the target of an elite assassin squad. A small band of down-and-out mercenaries protects her, fighting tooth and nail to stop the assassins from reaching their target.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: Thailand, China, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: brutal, suspense, intense, bloody, cult classic, action thriller, mind twisting, surprise ending, independent film, black comedy
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Sleepless (2017)
Plot Summary:
Undercover Las Vegas police officer Vincent Downs is caught in a high stakes web of corrupt cops and the mob-controlled casino underground. When a heist goes wrong, a crew of homicidal gangsters kidnaps Downs’ teenage son. In one sleepless night he will have to rescue his son, evade an internal affairs investigation and bring the kidnappers to justice.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 34000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspense, neo noir, suspenseful, disturbing, exciting, tense, hood, anamorphic, surprise ending, detective
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The Marksman (2021)
Plot Summary:
Jim Hanson’s quiet life is suddenly disturbed by two people crossing the US/Mexico border – a woman and her young son – desperate to flee a Mexican cartel. After a shootout leaves the mother dead, Jim becomes the boy’s reluctant defender. He embraces his role as Miguel’s protector and will stop at nothing to get him to safety, as they go on the run from the relentless assassins.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 42000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: suspense, road movie, suspenseful, psychological, exciting, tense, disturbing, bloody, entertaining, anamorphic
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Die Hard (1988)
Plot Summary:
NYPD cop, John McClane's plan to reconcile with his estranged wife is thrown for a serious loop when minutes after he arrives at her office, the entire building is overtaken by a group of terrorists. With little help from the LAPD, wisecracking McClane sets out to single-handedly rescue the hostages and bring the bad guys down.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 923000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: intense, christmas special, exciting, suspense, action packed, suspenseful, clever, action adventure, detective, saga
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Momentum (2015)
Plot Summary:
When Alex, an infiltration expert with a secret past, accidentally reveals her identity during what should have been a routine heist, she quickly finds herself mixed up in a government conspiracy and entangled in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with a master assassin and his team of killers. Armed with her own set of lethal skills, Alex looks to exact revenge for her murdered friends while uncovering the truth.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Africa, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, exciting, captivating, suspenseful, perverse, surprise ending, independent film, black comedy, tension
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Red Notice (2021)
Plot Summary:
An Interpol-issued Red Notice is a global alert to hunt and capture the world's most wanted. But when a daring heist brings together the FBI's top profiler and two rival criminals, there's no telling what will happen.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 308000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: funny, exciting, tense, action comedy, anamorphic, surprise ending, light, suspense, entertaining, cult classic
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Assassin Club (2023)
Plot Summary:
In this world of contract killers, Morgan Gaines is the best of the best. When Morgan is hired to kill six people around the world, he soon discovers all the targets are also assassins unknowingly hired to kill each other.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, neo noir, independent film, detective
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The Serpent (2020)
Plot Summary:
Top special agent Lucinda Kavsky works for a secret part of the CIA. She's given a special assignment but then set up by her own agency.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing, anamorphic, surprise ending, psychotronic, independent film, detective
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Mile 22 (2018)
Plot Summary:
A CIA field officer and an Indonesian police officer are forced to work together in confronting political corruption. An informant must be moved twenty-two miles to safety.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 86000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, China
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful, captivating, surprise ending, political, twist ending, fast paced, anamorphic
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Blacklight (2022)
Plot Summary:
Travis Block is a shadowy Government agent who specializes in removing operatives whose covers have been exposed. He then has to uncover a deadly conspiracy within his own ranks that reaches the highest echelons of power.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia, China
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, surprise ending, neo noir, independent film
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6 Underground (2019)
Plot Summary:
After faking his death, a tech billionaire recruits a team of international operatives for a bold and bloody mission to take down a brutal dictator.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 192000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, entertaining, action thriller, action adventure, funny, action comedy, anamorphic, cult classic, action packed
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Run All Night (2015)
Plot Summary:
Brooklyn mobster and prolific hit man Jimmy Conlon has seen better days. Longtime best friend of a mob boss, Jimmy is haunted by the sins of his past—as well as a dogged police detective who’s been one step behind Jimmy for 30 years. But when Jimmy’s estranged son becomes a target, Jimmy must make a choice between the crime family he chose and the real family he abandoned long ago. Now, with nowhere safe to turn, Jimmy has just one night to figure out exactly where his loyalties lie and to see if he can finally make things right.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 114000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, intense, stylized, tense, serious, realistic, suspense, fast paced, neo noir, psychological thriller
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Jason Bourne (2016)
Plot Summary:
The most dangerous former operative of the CIA is drawn out of hiding to uncover hidden truths about his past.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 239000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Spain, Japan, Germany
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, captivating, intense, action adventure, suspenseful, entertaining, action packed, action thriller, political
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The Foreigner (2017)
Plot Summary:
Quan is a humble London businessman whose long-buried past erupts in a revenge-fueled vendetta when the only person left for him to love – his teenage daughter – dies in a senseless act of politically-motivated terrorism. His relentless search to find the terrorists leads to a cat-and-mouse conflict with a British government official whose own past may hold the clues to the identities of the elusive killers.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 121000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, China, USA, India
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, harsh, independent film, psychological, bloody, political, sad, scenic, neo western
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Taken (2008)
Plot Summary:
While vacationing with a friend in Paris, an American girl is kidnapped by a gang of human traffickers intent on selling her into forced prostitution. Working against the clock, her ex-spy father must pull out all the stops to save her. But with his best years possibly behind him, the job may be more than he can handle.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 625000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, exciting, entertaining, suspense, intense, serious, harsh, fast paced, action packed, action thriller
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Black and Blue (2019)
Plot Summary:
Exposure follows a rookie Detroit African-American female cop who stumbles upon corrupt officers who are murdering a drug dealer, an incident captured by her body cam. They pursue her through the night in an attempt to destroy the footage, but to make matters worse, they've tipped off a criminal gang that she's responsible for the dealer's death.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, bleak, hood, slang, neo noir, social, anamorphic, predictable, surprise ending
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Triple 9 (2016)
Plot Summary:
A gang of criminals and corrupt cops plan the murder of a police officer in order to pull off their biggest heist yet across town.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 76000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: tense, exciting, suspense, suspenseful, stylized, intense, neo noir, detective, independent film, crime thriller
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Den of Thieves (2018)
Plot Summary:
A gritty crime saga which follows the lives of an elite unit of the LA County Sheriff's Dept. and the state's most successful bank robbery crew as the outlaws plan a seemingly impossible heist on the Federal Reserve Bank.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 121000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min
Plot tags: suspense, captivating, tense, suspenseful, exciting, enigmatic, disturbing, clever, experimental, detective
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The Gray Man (2022)
Plot Summary:
When a shadowy CIA agent uncovers damning agency secrets, he's hunted across the globe by a sociopathic rogue operative who's put a bounty on his head.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 230000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Czech Republic, UK, Canada, Thailand, Denmark, France, Cambodia, Vietnam
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, perverse, action thriller, neo noir, independent film, black comedy, mysterious
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Ambulance (2022)
Plot Summary:
Decorated veteran Will Sharp, desperate for money to cover his wife's medical bills, asks for help from his adoptive brother Danny. A charismatic career criminal, Danny instead offers him a score: the biggest bank heist in Los Angeles history: $32 million.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 90000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 136 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, action thriller, hood, anamorphic, perverse, disgusting