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Plot Summary:
A young girl lives in a van with her little brother & her mom. Tired of the embarrassing situation which was promised to be temporary, she decides to try to fix it all on her own. But how to get the money needed first? One day, the girl comes across a flyer offering a reward for a lost dog. Under the mistaken impression that a house could also really cost just that much, she then plots to do exactly that- with the additional help of her best friend, little brother & some others, they'll find a "missing" spoiled pup, return him & get a new home just in time for her birthday! Or at least, that's the plan.. what could go wrong?.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 485
Genere: Crime, Drama, Family
Country: South Korea
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, feel good, captivating, suspense, entertaining, suspenseful
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A Killer Conversation (2014)
Plot Summary:
On the same day a burglar wants to kill you and your ex wants to make up - and for the life of it, you can't decide which is worse.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 10
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, humorous, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, independent film
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Paws, Bones & Rock'n'roll (2015)
Plot Summary:
A funny story about the adventures of a two hairy friends familiar from the "Six Degrees of Celebration" series.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 338
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Russia
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: tense, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Dark Diamond (2016)
Plot Summary:
Featuring menacing tracking shots; a cool, metallic color palette; surprising third-act reversals; and a terrific ensemble cast, Arthur Harari's first feature is a poised, stylish, and utterly assured revenge thriller in which, following his estranged father’s death, a man vows vengeance against his relatives who had abandoned him and returns to the family diamond business with an elaborate robbery in mind.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 788
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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Zoey to the Max (2015)
Plot Summary:
After running away and finally finding her dream forever home, 13 year old foster kid Zoey Manning suddenly finds herself in a fight to protect her new family and their beloved dog Max.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 454
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: captivating, tense, sincere, unusual plot structure, contemplative
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A Free Bird (2014)
Plot Summary:
All JT wants is his freedom and a cigarette. But these are hard times: the steakhouse just fired him, his car broke down, he's broke. So when his buddies plan to rob the steakhouse - to steal the meat - it sounds like a good idea. What could go wrong?.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 142
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, captivating, suspense, entertaining, suspenseful, independent film
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Money (2019)
Plot Summary:
Aspiring stockbroker Il-hyun dreams of making big money, but being a rookie without the right connections makes it difficult for him to survive in the cut-throat world of stock exchange market. So when he is approached by the ‘ticket man’, an anonymous mastermind who secretly controls the stock market, he takes the chance despite the dire consequences.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 951
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, cynical
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Pinching Penny (2011)
Plot Summary:
A British hypochondriac turns to crime after becoming addicted to consumerism. As his obsession worsens, his life falls quickly into the absurd and he continues to spend himself deeper and deeper into depravity.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 236
Genere: Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, humorous, captivating, suspenseful, black comedy, dark comedy
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Insadong Scandal (2009)
Plot Summary:
A fabled painting from royal palace was discovered after 400 years. Once properly restored, it could fetch at least $40 million in the international auction market. Bae is the owner of the gallery which possesses the painting. She scouts top-tier restoration artist Lee to work on the painting. With Lee's expert stroke, the controversy surrounding the painting is slowly unveiled. As the painting's true form is restored, art experts in Korea hold a collective breath. Little do they know that they're only a part of a bigger scheme.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 205
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, psychological, exciting, humorous, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Rhino (2012)
Plot Summary:
An NFL veteran who's become a college-town drug kingpin takes in a protégé, but eventually the relationship turns volatile and deadly.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 17
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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Tainted Souls (2017)
Plot Summary:
The lives of the tenants of a lower-class apartment building in the outskirts intersect on a backdrop of crime, drug dealing, confused feelings and tainted relationships, in a lucid portrait of contemporary Rome. Marcello, a bisexual former body builder married with Chiara, has an affair with the bourgeois professor Walter; the ambitious Mauro and cold-blooded dealer and his wife Simona get involved in the ambiguous business of the local boss Carmine to move up to the elegant and cruel circles of central Rome that profit from the public funds for the disadvantaged; Valeria and her son Attilio, Flaminia and her violent husband Bruno face the daily difficulties of their troubled lives. The corrupted powers of urban speculation invade a suspended corner of the suburbs, contaminating the lives of a group of lost souls,revealing the desperate world of the slum and the pitiless scene of the city center as the hidden face of the same coin.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 266
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, touching, suspense, disturbing
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Perfect Proposal (2015)
Plot Summary:
While running a travel agency in Macau, Ji-yeon is ripped off by her business partner. One day, the attractive and benevolent Sung-yeol gives her an irresistible offer: $5,000 monthly salary to live on a luxurious yacht and be the personal care aide of the owner of Cenado, a prominent shipping and casino operator company. Without another option to fall back on, she complies and nurses the ailing man, who is impossible to deal with. Ji-yeon slowly gains the attention of both Sung-yeol and the magnate, and wavers between an opportunity that will secure her future and love. As tension rises among these figures on the yacht, no one can predict its outcome.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 642
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, touching, captivating, suspense
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The Day Hollywood Died (2012)
Plot Summary:
He just woke up. He's in a hospital. He can't move. He can't remember who he is. Memories begin to flood back to him as he regains consciousness. He was part of a heist gone wrong. One of a crew of six asked to steal a briefcase from a secret vault. But that's all he can remember. He will combat the drugs and the pain and the solitude in a desperate effort to remember what happened to him and why. But once he finally reaches the end of his quest for answers he will wish he never began.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 67
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychological, exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, mind bending, independent film
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Late Shift (2016)
Plot Summary:
Matt, a smart student, has to prove his innocence after being forced to take part in a bold heist at a famous London auction house. The consequences take him on a journey across London to escape the twisted web he finds himself caught in, discover the truth and gain his retribution. How will the audience decide to act when everything is turning against him?.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: Switzerland, UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, interactive
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We Still Steal the Old Way (2016)
Plot Summary:
The explosive follow-up to We Still Kill The Old Way (2014). Regarded as the best in the business, The Archer Gang is an aging criminal outfit who carry out a daring robbery, but are caught mid-heist. They are sentenced to do time in Britain's toughest prison. Once inside, they encounter their old nemesis Slick Vic Farrow (Billy Murray) who is intent on murdering the gang. The old-school criminals need to use all their wits to stage a daring escape, while dodging Slick Vic, and setting in motion a chain of events which leads to an explosive prison riot.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, contemplative
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First Response (2015)
Plot Summary:
A gunman forces a paramedic to drive an ambulance, while his partner treats the man's injured brother.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 743
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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The River Thief (2016)
Plot Summary:
Diz (Joel Courtney) is a reckless teenage drifter living life on the run. Abandoned by his parents as a child, he looks out for himself and doesn't accept handouts. He takes whatever he wants and runs. Jaded and determined to answer to no one, Diz lives a life marked by thievery and abandonment. Things change for Diz when he floats into a small town on the Snake River. There he is confronted by an unflappable old man named Marty and falls for Marty's guarded granddaughter, Selah. When Diz robs a local drug-dealing crazy, he becomes the owner of a giant pile of cash and the target of two vicious killers. With more money than he knows what to do with, and criminals at his heels, Diz puts the people he's learned to care about in danger, still trying to win Selah. But some things can't be stolen or bought. The River Thief is a film about guilt, self-sacrifice, and accepting life as a gift.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 513
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, independent film
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Four Hours (2011)
Plot Summary:
Unhinged gangster Capone (Paul Bibb) walks into a bar with accomplice Tung (Peter Peralta,) with the plan of stealing the contents of the safe. The situation gets complicated when they have to wait four hours to get the code to the safe. For Capone it's a job, for Tung it's a lifeline. To ensure that they get the code, Capone and Tung hold feisty barmaid Charleene (Alexandra B. Harris) and lovable loser Bob (Amar Adatia) hostage. Will Capone and Tung get the contents of the safe? Will Bob and Charleene get out of this alive? One thing is for sure, it is going to be an interesting Four Hours!.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 24
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, touching, captivating, suspense, independent film
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Hatton Garden: The Heist (2016)
Plot Summary:
Following the lead up to one of the biggest robberies of the century, Hatton Garden The Heist watches the journey of Brian Reader, John Collins, Terry Perkins, Daniel Jones and the mysterious Basil throughout the audacious heist.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 263
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, crime drama
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South of 8 (2016)
Plot Summary:
An ex-con trying to find work in a new Depression is lured back to a life of crime, but his gang passes the point of no return once they become fugitives.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 51
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, detective, independent film, futuristic
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Ice (2016)
Plot Summary:
A diamond dealer navigates the culturally diverse and treacherous world of the diamond business.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense
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Dutch Book (2015)
Plot Summary:
A Florida teenager launches a scheme to pay off his father's gambling debts.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 18
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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Stand Off (2012)
Plot Summary:
A group of elite female bank robbers are thrown into a Mexican stand off when they discover that someone on their team might be a snitch for the cops.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 70
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Blood Money (2017)
Plot Summary:
Paranoia and fear set in and five friends begin to turn on each other when they must hole up in a deserted holiday home after a botched robbery.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 570
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, independent film
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The Postcard Bandit (2003)
Plot Summary:
The story of notorious Australian bank robber Brendan Abbott, who according to the myth, sent postcards to authorities hot on his trail while on the run across the country.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 258
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, psychological, tense, realistic, semi serious
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Voice of Silence (2020)
Plot Summary:
Two men unexpectedly get a peculiar mission to take care of an 11-year-old kidnapped girl.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, independent film, crime thriller, black comedy, dark comedy
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Circle of Atonement (2015)
Plot Summary:
A policeman discovers a love affair between his teenage daughter and her teacher which leads him back to an unsolved murder case he investigated 10 years ago.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 221
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, touching, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Abusing Protocol (2015)
Plot Summary:
After the death of his brother (Tommy), RJ moves in with Gang Leader (Cane) and quickly finds himself wrapped up in a world of abuse and drugs. Local businessman (Dave) is watching the things he loves disappear in front of his very eyes. What happens when these two people, with nothing to lose, abuse protocol?.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 13
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Welcome to No Man's Land (2015)
Plot Summary:
Pete, Steven and Dave are good friends that have fallen on hard times; They are unemployed and hardly get by on benefits. Coincidentally, they are approached by a low-key gangster who offers them what seems like quick cash-in-hand work. One drop-off. Six bags of cocaine. Both estranged and tempted by the situation, they accept, only things don't go to plan.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 9
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Underbelly Files: Infiltration (2011)
Plot Summary:
It tells the true story of Victorian detective Colin McLaren who posed as a shady art dealer and infiltrated the Australian branch of the Calabrian Mafia.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 283
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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The Crew (2015)
Plot Summary:
It’s bad men versus worse men as thieves face off against dealers in this super slick French heist thriller from the director of Chrysalis and The Assault.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, exciting, tense, captivating, hood, perverse, powerful, crime thriller