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Plot Summary:
Kapil's younger brother, Buntu, dies as a result of a drug overdose. Kapil vows to put an end to drugs and drug-dealers, by joining the police. He soon attains the title of C.I.D. Inspector. He lives in Bombay with his mom. One day his friend from Goa, Albert Pinto is killed in front of him. He vows to avenge his death, but the local police will not permit to do so, and they assign this incident to another inspector. Frustrated, Kapil decides to travel to Goa.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 186
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 134 min
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Takkar (1995)
Plot Summary:
A convict studies law in prison and becomes a lawyer to seek revenge against the corrupt police officer who framed him on the very day of his marriage.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 258
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 143 min
Plot tags:
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Porki (2010)
Plot Summary:
A cop disguises as a gangster in order to capture a mafia leader.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 307
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 154 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, suspense
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Chuck Norris vs. the Karate Cop (1974)
Plot Summary:
A Chinese-American cop, skilled in martial arts, battles the most powerful criminal gang in San Francisco that is responsible for the death of his partner.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 697
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: independent film, detective, poliziottesco
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Pokkiri (2007)
Plot Summary:
Tamil is a killer for hire, and will accept any contract provided the amount is right. The Police want him for questioning, while the underworld needs him to silence their opponents. No one really knows this assassin's background. It is only Tamil who knows his real identity and he has no intention of sharing it with anyone.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 161 min
Plot tags: feel good, entertaining, cult film
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Rent-a-Cop (1987)
Plot Summary:
When call-girl Della gets caught in the middle of a drug bust at a hotel where she was meeting a trick, she is held hostage by a robber that busted in on the drug agents and the drug dealers. She gets rescued by vice cop Church who is accused of staging the aborted bust. Ex-ballplayer turned drug dealer Roger is in tight with corrupt vice cops and their superiors And the fireworks start popping.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, intense, serious, neo noir, sexy, independent film, realistic, fast, unusual plot structure, humorous
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Don (1978)
Plot Summary:
A ruthless gangster named Don is killed during a scuffle with the police. Since only DSP DeSilva knows of this incident, he recruits another person named Vijay who is a spitting image of Don. Vijay is planted in Don's place in Don's gang and DeSilva has a plan to nab the entire gang in this way. But when DeSilva dies during a raid, the secret that Vijay is not Don is also buried with him.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 175 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, fast, suspense, cult film
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The Perfect Murder (1988)
Plot Summary:
Police Inspector Ghote lives a middle-class life in Bombay along with his wife, Pratima. He has been employed with the Bombay Police for many years. He is assigned to investigate the deadly assault on a Parsi man named Perfect, who is the Secretary of Lala Heera Lal, a wealthy man with underworld links. Inspector Ghote commences his investigation and is displeased when his superiors ask him to work with a Swedish Forensic Expert by the name of Axel Svennson.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 326
Genere: Comedy, Thriller, Action, Crime
Country: UK, India
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: multicultural, humorous, 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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Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru (2017)
Plot Summary:
A hardnosed cop goes after a gang of ruthless dacoits who have been terrorising residents along the highway for a decade.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 157 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, crime thriller, thrilling, action thriller
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Garv: Pride and Honour (2004)
Plot Summary:
Garv is a story of three brave and honest cops: Samar Singh (Amrish Puri), Arjun Ranawat (Salman Khan) and Hyder Ali Khan (Arbaaz Khan). Samar wants to reduce the amount of crime in the state. The trio faces obstacles because the powerful and corrupt politicians (played by Govind Namdeo, Anant Jog and Shivaji Satam) are connected with underworld don Zafar Supari (Mukesh Rishi). The politicians decide to transfer Samar Singh while Hyder Ali is named a traitor and is killed. The goons next target Arjun by gang-raping his sister, Rakhi (Akanksha) and hurting his other family members. Arjun, in a fit of anger, kills the rapists and surrenders himself to his police colleagues. He is seen walking up the steps with police in the opening scenes of the movie. He wants to be awarded capital punishment but later the court finds the politicians wrong and lets Arjun go free.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 162 min
Plot tags: tense, exciting, captivating, suspense
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Kuttram 23 (2017)
Plot Summary:
A case involving the disappearance of a pregnant woman turns into a personal one for the cop who is tasked with investigating it..
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 151 min
Plot tags: suspense, captivating, disturbing, crime thriller, suspense thriller
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Tiger Cage 2 (1990)
Plot Summary:
Donnie Yen Chi-Tan, a hair-trigger cop, goes on the lam with Rosamund Kwan Chi-Lum, a prim lawyer, after they witness a botched robbery attempt. The police think they're the perpetrators, while the real crooks (including Mortal Kombat star Robin Shou) think they actually got the loot.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: cult classic, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast
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Hackney's Finest (2014)
Plot Summary:
A small-time drug-dealer gets into big trouble when a corrupt East London cop tries to steal a consignment meant for Welsh-Jamaican Yardies.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 431
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, suspense, independent film
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Singam (2010)
Plot Summary:
The story, set in the backdrop of Nallore, a small town in Thoothukudi District, revolves around Sub-Inspector Durai Singam (Surya), a brave and just policeman who serves in his hometown primarily to fulfill his father’s (Radha Ravi) wish. Durai Singam settles every dispute in his town patiently with his words of wisdom and resorts to force only when the situation demands it. Kavya (Anushka), a city girl who comes on vacation to Nallore, falls in love with Durai Singam. Erimalai (Vivek), Durai Singam's bumbling colleague and friend, often accompanies him.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 160 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, tense, captivating, suspense, realistic, surprise ending, slapstick comedy, cult film
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Rumble in the Bronx (1995)
Plot Summary:
Keong comes from Hong Kong to visit New York for his uncle's wedding. His uncle runs a market in the Bronx and Keong offers to help out while Uncle is on his honeymoon. During his stay in the Bronx, Keong befriends a neighbor kid and beats up some neighborhood thugs who cause problems at the market. One of those petty thugs in the local gang stumbles into a criminal situation way over his head.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 45000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, action comedy, entertaining, semi serious, fast paced, cult classic, exciting, stylized, hood
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Police Story (1985)
Plot Summary:
A virtuous Hong Kong police officer must clear his name after he is framed for murder.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 41000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, stylized, cult classic, exciting, suspenseful, realistic, semi serious, action packed, slapstick
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Red Heat (1988)
Plot Summary:
A tough Russian policeman is forced to partner up with a cocky Chicago police detective when he is sent to Chicago to apprehend a Georgian drug lord who killed his partner and fled the country.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 75000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: detective, exciting, humorous, black comedy, rough, suspenseful, action packed, action comedy, cult classic, inspirational
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Police Story 3: Supercop (1992)
Plot Summary:
A Hong Kong detective teams up with his female Red Chinese counterpart to stop a Chinese drug czar.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: humorous, intense, suspenseful, cult classic, action packed, exciting, stylized, slapstick, action comedy, crime drama
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Ride Along 2 (2016)
Plot Summary:
As his wedding day approaches, Ben heads to Miami with his soon-to-be brother-in-law James to bring down a drug dealer who's supplying the dealers of Atlanta with product.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 62000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: buddy comedy, funny, humorous, action comedy, hilarious, entertaining, not serious, exciting, light, feel good
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Footpath (2003)
Plot Summary:
Footpath is a Hindi crime thriller film directed by Vikram Bhatt and released in 2003. The film stars Aftab Shivdasani, Rahul Dev, Bipasha Basu and marked the debut of Emraan Hashmi. The film failed to do well at the box office. This film is inspired by the Hollywood flick State of Grace. Arjun Singh (Aftab Shivdasani) and the Srivastav brothers, Raghu (Emraan Hashmi) and Shekhar (Rahul Dev), are neighbors in a gangster-prone area in Bombay. When Arjun's union leader father is killed, the brothers urge him to avenge his death. They get a sword and find the killers - and kill them. Arjun is the prime suspect in this homicide and the brothers get him to run to Delhi, where he begins a new life as a Real Estate Agent, Mohan Kumar Sharma.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 966
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 164 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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One 2 Ka 4 (2001)
Plot Summary:
Javed Abbas (Jackie Shroff) is widowed Police Officer with four children. His partner is Arun Verma (Shahrukh Khan). Both Javed and Arun are honest, hard-working and diligent. And this leads to the "death" of Javed in mysterious circumstances. After Javed's death, Arun takes over the responsiblity of looking after his four children. He does run into several problems and decides to seek the help of Geeta Choudhary (Juhi chawla), who readily agrees and moves in with him and the four children. The children take an instant liking to Geeta, and things seem to settle down. One day Arun finds out that his former partner's death was really a homicide. When he attempts to investigate, charges of drug-trafficking, and bribery are brought out against him, He finds out that Geeta is not what she claims to be, and is living a double life.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 169 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, exciting, semi serious, entertaining, detective, remake of american film
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Dabangg (2010)
Plot Summary:
A troubled relationship with his younger half-brother and stepfather compels Chulbul Pandey to become a corrupt but fearless cop whose life changes when he locks horns with a corrupt political leader.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 34000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: India
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, stylized, masala, entertaining, fast, humorous, realistic, freeze frame
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Gen-X Cops (1999)
Plot Summary:
Four young officers of the Hong Kong Police are joined together to fight against organised crime using all possible means, even if this would lead them to break the law… Their first assignment is to eliminate a gang of criminals who have stolen a shipload of explosives.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: exciting, stylized, serious, suspenseful, suspense, cult classic, fast, surprise ending, neo noir, independent film
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Stuber (2019)
Plot Summary:
After crashing his car, a cop who's recovering from eye surgery recruits an Uber driver to help him catch a heroin dealer. The mismatched pair soon find themselves in for a wild day of stakeouts and shootouts as they encounter the city's seedy side.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 51000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: action comedy, humorous, exciting, funny, light, feel good, captivating, perverse, hilarious, detective
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Bad Boys II (2003)
Plot Summary:
Out-of-control, trash-talking buddy cops Marcus Burnett and Mike Lowrey of the Miami Narcotics Task Force reunite, and bullets fly, cars crash and laughs explode as they pursue a whacked-out drug lord from the streets of Miami to the barrios of Cuba. But the real fireworks result when Marcus discovers that playboy Mike is secretly romancing Marcus’ sexy sister.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 263000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 147 min
Plot tags: funny, entertaining, stylized, exciting, action comedy, action packed, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, intense
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Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Plot Summary:
Tough-talking Detroit cop Axel Foley heads to the rarified world of Beverly Hills in his beat-up Chevy Nova to investigate a friend's murder. But soon, he realizes he's stumbled onto something much more complicated. Bungling rookie detective Billy Rosewood joins the fish-out-of-water Axel and shows him the West Los Angeles ropes.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 197000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: buddy comedy, humorous, funny, exciting, action comedy, witty, entertaining, cult classic, detective, hilarious
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Bad Boys for Life (2020)
Plot Summary:
Marcus Burnett is now a police inspector and Mike Lowery is in a midlife crisis. They unite again when an Albanian mercenary, whose brother they killed, promises them an important bonus.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 172000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: buddy comedy, humorous, action comedy, exciting, tense, captivating, entertaining, funny, epic, saga
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Bad Boys (1995)
Plot Summary:
Marcus Burnett is a hen-pecked family man. Mike Lowry is a foot-loose and fancy free ladies' man. Both are Miami policemen, and both have 72 hours to reclaim a consignment of drugs stolen from under their station's nose. To complicate matters, in order to get the assistance of the sole witness to a murder, they have to pretend to be each other.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 281000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: buddy comedy, entertaining, humorous, exciting, funny, action comedy, action packed, stylized, talky, suspense
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Running Scared (1986)
Plot Summary:
Two street-wise Chicago cops have to shake off some rust after returning from a Key West vacation to pursue a drug dealer that nearly killed them in the past.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: action comedy, humorous, witty, talky, detective, romantic comedy, cult classic, hilarious, exciting, realistic
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Martyr (1999)
Plot Summary:
Ajay Rathore is a no-nonsense police officer from Mumbai Crime Branch. Long time ago his elder brother was killed by terrorists which caused him to quit his medical studies and join Indian Police Service. He is a great admirer of Pakistan-based ghazal singer Gulfam Hassan. During one of Hassan's concerts, they meet for the first time and become great friends. Meanwhile, Ajay's investigation into the Pakistan-supported cross-border terrorism takes him to Rajasthan and reveals an unsettling truth about someone close to his heart.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 174 min
Plot tags: inspirational, patriotic, political, entertaining, action thriller, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, cult film