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Plot Summary:
Muthuvel Pandian lives a peaceful life with his family, but a sudden intrusion of unwelcome parties in the lives of his family forces him to turn to a path he had long left behind.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 168 min
Plot tags:
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The Art of Stealing (2008)
Plot Summary:
Two amateur thieves are hired to steal an extremely valuable Van Gogh painting from the abandoned farm of an Argentinian countess.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Portugal, Brazil, Spain
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: crime drama
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A Glaring Emission (2010)
Plot Summary:
Brian Torro (Sean Dennison) has built his career -- and his sizable fortune -- on his ability to make people believe anything. When a client (Joe Reed) uncovers his ruse by chance and tries to blackmail him for 50 million euros, Torro's only got a week to turn the tables. Director Aaron Moorhead also co-wrote the screenplay for this independent drama about the fine art of B.S. -- and the business of carbon emissions.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 25
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Emergency Exit (1980)
Plot Summary:
When Daisy saves the life of police officer Markos she is immediately promoted to the drug department of the police. Markos falls in love with her and they start going out until he asks her to marry him. That's exactly when she meets a junkie named Tasos Bekiris and falls in love with him. When he is murdered by a mysterious woman all the clues lead to Daisy who tries to prove her innocence. As she discovers, this woman is in charge of a drug-smuggling racket and she is also planning to import a huge quantity of heroin in Athens. Daisy kills her and arrives at their meeting place along with Markos.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 145
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Greece
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags:
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Cop Target (1990)
Plot Summary:
Farley Wood is hired to escort a rich widow of a DEA agent and her kid to the tropical island of San Cristobal. The widow needs protection from a gang of international terrorists and her escort soon suspects that the deceased husband was involved in dirty drug dealings. While on the island, the daughter is kidnapped by a group of seedy South American thugs and held for ransom. The cop escort gets official orders to leave the case to the FBI, but he decides to his own investigating and finds that the crime may have had political motivations.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 138
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: independent film, poliziottesco
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Chotta Mumbai (2007)
Plot Summary:
The film starts in a street in Fort Kochi where Vasco da Gama, the son of a wrestler named Michael, lives. Vasco and his gang of five — Chandrappan, Susheelan, Sainu, Basheer and cousin Tomichchan are small-time goondas, involved in petty offences and as the movie progresses, these characters turn out to be more endearing than bad.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: India
Duration:
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Maanthrikam (1995)
Plot Summary:
Maanthrikam is a 1995 Malayalam film directed by Thampi Kannanthanam. The film stars Mohanlal, Priya Raman, Jagadish and Vinita in lead roles.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 279
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 144 min
Plot tags:
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The System (2022)
Plot Summary:
When a young soldier, newly returned from war, gets caught up in a drug bust, he is recruited by the authorities to go undercover in a notoriously dangerous prison in order to figure out what is really going on.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags:
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Adwaytham (1991)
Plot Summary:
Advaitham is a 1991 Malayalam film directed by Priyadarshan. The film stars Mohanlal, Jayaram, Revathi Menon and Srividhya in lead roles.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 344
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 181 min
Plot tags:
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Guru Sishyan (1988)
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Guru Sishyan (Tamil: குரு சிஷ்யன்; English: Teacher, Student) is a 1988 Tamil film directed by SP. Muthuraman, featuring Super Star RajiniKanth in the lead role along with Prabhu. This was the first movie for Gouthami, playing the love interest of Rajini, who later went on to become of the leading heroines of the Tamil film industry.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 467
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 139 min
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Hulchul (1995)
Plot Summary:
A troubled ACP adopts a young poor child named Deva whose mother and father died. When he grows up, he helps his adopted father as a police officer and ACP to solve various crimes around town to save his job and protect his family. Deva should not only help his father by tracking down a mob or fight gang members, but he has to release his half-brother Karan from police custody after he is framed for murder.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 504
Genere: Action, Romance, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 152 min
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Billa (1980)
Plot Summary:
Billa (Rajinikanth) is a powerful mafia lord, who in spite of being one of the most wanted on the list of Interpol, remains elusive to the police. Meanwhile, after a couple of unsuccessful attempts at nabbing Billa, the police finally succeed, but Billa dies during the pursuit, botching DSP Alexander’s plan to reach the source of all crime—the man Billa reported to-by capturing Billa alive. DSP buries Billa’s body, ensuring that people believe that he is still be alive. As luck would have it, DSP remembers his chance encounter with Rajappa, a simpleton trying to survive in the hustle and bustle of Chennai in order to support two small foster kids, who is an exact lookalike of Billa. DSP hatches a plan to transform Rajappa into Billa and place him back into the crime nexus, but this time as a police informer.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 873
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 175 min
Plot tags: cult film
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Gypsy (1990)
Plot Summary:
An ex-soldier saves wild horses from being slaughtered and helps protect a desert "freedom school" for runaway.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 53
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Risk (2007)
Plot Summary:
"Ek crore meh laitha hai RISK!". Risk! is a movie about a police inspector named Suryakanth who vows to clean up the Mumbai underworld. The police have been trying for 11 years to arrest the biggest don of the underworld, Khalid Bin Jamal. But Khalid isn't in Mumbai. He is living in Bangkok, free from the Mumbai police. Suryakanth starts killing Khalid's men in Mumbai. This alarms Khalid and he entraps Suryakanth in a bad scheme. How much risk is Suryakanth willing to take in order to catch Khalid? Watch Risk! and find out.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 628
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 155 min
Plot tags:
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Beyond Desire (1995)
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Rita is a sexy call girl in a red Corvette convertible who just met Ray. Ray is an ex-con just released after serving 14 years for a killing he claims he was framed for. When these two get together, sparks fly and temperatures rise. But Ray has a reason not to trust Rita - $1 million has been stashed somewhere in Las Vegas and Ray knows everyone wants it almost as much as they want him dead. When everyone has a hidden agenda, who do you trust?.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 384
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Red Chillies (2009)
Plot Summary:
Mohanlal plays the role of OMR, an affluent NRI who does oil business in Singapore. The movie begins on a new year before when the "Red Chilles", an all-girls music band with nine members, are involved in an accident. The girls flee from the place to leave their car behind. Moreover, the girls work for OMR and it was his car they drove around. OMR is forced to come down to India. As a mystery, several other characters come into light, including a party secretary portrayed by Thilakan and four policemen played by Siddique, Vijayaraghavan, Biju Menon and Ganesh Kumar.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 432
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration:
Plot tags: suspense
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Prime Target (1991)
Plot Summary:
Maverick Cop John Bloodstone is taken off suspension to ferry a Mob Boss into custody. But all is not what it seems.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 200
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, neo western, cult film
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Jawan (2023)
Plot Summary:
A man is driven by a personal vendetta to rectify the wrongs in society, while keeping a promise made years ago. He comes up against a monstrous outlaw with no fear, who's caused extreme suffering to many.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 80000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 169 min
Plot tags: political, suspense, social message
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Oppam (2016)
Plot Summary:
Jayaraman (Mohanlal) is born as a blind man but with heightened senses of smell, sound and touch. He is trained in the martial art of Kalaripayattu. He works as an elevator operator in an apartment where many reputed people live. One day he happens to encounter a murder in a flat. The killer escapes and Jayaraman is charged with the murder. To prove his innocence to the law, Jayaraman must now find and kill the true murderer.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 143 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, exciting, tense, suspenseful, suspense thriller, twisted
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Anjaan (2014)
Plot Summary:
Krishna (Suriya) comes to Mumbai in search of his brother Raju Bhai (Suriya), an underworld don. Through Raju Bhai's gangster friends, his past life is revealed. What happened to Raju Bhai? Will Krishna find him?.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 166 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic
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Twenty 20 (2008)
Plot Summary:
Advocate Ramesh saves Devan from a murder case. Later, he realize Devan was the actual culprit. Ramesh tries for a payback, unaware of Devan's real intentions and the reason for the murder.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 195 min
Plot tags: psychological, exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful
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Don 2: The Chase Continues (2011)
Plot Summary:
In 2006, with the ever looming dangers of the underworld in Malaysia, Don broke the morale of his associates by infiltrating the gang with an alias and taking advantage of the enmity of Singhania & Vardhaan. He rose to become the undisputed King of the Asian underworld with his shrewd mind and merciless tactics. Now, having conquered the Asian underworld, Don (Khan) has his sights set on European domination. In his way are the bosses of the existing European underworld and all law enforcement agencies. The action shifts from Kuala Lumpur to Berlin as Don must avoid assassination or arrest, whichever comes first, in order for his plan to succeed.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 57000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India, Germany
Duration: 148 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, psychological thriller, entertaining, suspense, dark, action thriller
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Run Baby Run (2012)
Plot Summary:
Venu, a cameraman working for Reuters, happens to meet Renuka, his old lover, while trying to cover a case involving a politician. Together they go to investigate a murder planned by Bharatan Pillai.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, tense, suspense, twist ending, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious
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Aankhen (1993)
Plot Summary:
A 1993 Bollywood Comedy starring Govinda and Chunky Pandey. This movie kick started a long line of Comedy movies for Govinda.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 170 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Little Italy (1978)
Plot Summary:
Undercover cop Nico Giraldi travels to New York and Las Vegas to find a crooked cop who gave his squadron back in Italy a bad name.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 418
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco, perverse
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Villain (2017)
Plot Summary:
ADGP Mathew Manjooran, returns to work after a seven-month sabbatical, only to take voluntary retirement. His last day has him investigating a case involving triple murder, including a police officer. Soon a pattern emerges and each clue also links Mathew. How is the veteran police officer tied to the murders and who is the real villain?.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 143 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative
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Darbar (2020)
Plot Summary:
Aaditya, the commissioner of Mumbai Police, sets out to catch Ajay, a drug peddler. However, he uncovers a deeper controversy linked to an international drug lord and must mete out justice.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 159 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, exciting, action packed, cult film
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A Violent Prosecutor (2016)
Plot Summary:
After a prosecution lawyer is framed and convicted for murder, he tries to catch the real murderer from jail with the help of a con artist.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: confusing, captivating, realistic, talky, intense, crime drama
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Force of Execution (2013)
Plot Summary:
Seagal stars as mob kingpin Mr. Alexander, an old-school boss who rules his criminal empire with both nobility and brutality. For a simple prison hit, he sends his best enforcer and protégé Roman Hurst (Foster). When the hit goes wrong, Hurst is forced to pay the price of his failure: banishment in the city that he almost once ruled. But a war is brewing for the soul of the city between Alexander, a cold-blooded gangster known as 'The Iceman" (Rhames) and a merciless Mexican cartel. Hurst, with the help of an ex-con restaurant owner (Trejo) who has a few hidden moves of his own, will rediscover his own will to survive the coming conflict and to wreak vengeance on those who have wronged him.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, independent film
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Lucky Day (2019)
Plot Summary:
Red, a safe cracker who has just been released from prison, is trying to hold his family together as his past catches up with him in the form of Luc, a psychopathic contract killer who's seeking revenge for the death of his brother.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, suspenseful, brutal, suspense, parody, perverse, crime thriller
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National Security (2003)
Plot Summary:
Two mismatched security guards are thrown together to bust a smuggling operation.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 54000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, entertaining, buddy comedy, feel good, action comedy, hilarious, black comedy, light, slapstick