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Plot Summary:
A businessman in a phone-booth is held hostage by a sniper.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful, detective
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Race (2008)
Plot Summary:
Ranvir and Rajiv are half brothers who own a huge stud farm in South Africa. Ranvir is a very shrewd and aggressive man while Rajiv is laid back, and a chronic alcoholic. Sophia, Ranvir's personal secretary adores and loves him. Ranvir is unaware of her feelings. Shaina, an Indian ramp model in Durban loves Ranvir but through a twist of fate gets married to his younger brother Rajiv. When she discovers that Rajiv is a chronic alcoholic, her world is shattered. Ranvir too is disturbed as he has sacrificed his love for his younger brother because Rajiv had promised to leave alcohol for good if he marries Shaina. In a weak moment Ranvir and Shaina come very close to each other. When Rajiv starts suspecting, all hell breaks loose. A murder is committed, a contract killing is issued. A sharp tongued detective R.D., getting wise on the proceedings, starts an intriguing investigation with his brainless bimbo assistant Mini.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 149 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, realistic, serious, suspenseful, twist ending, action thriller, powerful, neo noir, detective
Similar in 88%
Black Point (2002)
Plot Summary:
In an Alaskan fishing town, a local crime boss suspects a local fisherman knows where his stolen money is, but this fisherman is no regular Joe.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 623
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, serious, suspense, cliffhanger, exciting, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 83%
Cheetah The Power Of One (2005)
Plot Summary:
Nandu, an orphan, is a top-notch professional killer in town. He manoeuvres his operations with the help of his buddy. In one such operation, he falls into the eyes of the cops. While fleeing from the crime scene, he unintentionally becomes the cause for the death of a stranger called Pardhoo, a run-away youngster who wants to return home after 12 years. Nandu assumes the identity of Pardhoo and enters his household in a remote village to escape from the cops. The rest of the story is all about how Nandu solves all the problems.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 172 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, romantic, twist ending, realistic, detective
Similar in 76%
Citizen (2001)
Plot Summary:
Three prominent members of society, a judge, a police official and a district collector are kidnapped in broad daylight by a man who calls himself 'Citizen'. As CBI Officer Sarojini (Nagma) follows his trail she finds clues to a shocking mystery, of a village called Attipatthi which simply disappeared off the map of India, and to which each of these men is connected.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 172 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic, crying, weeping
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Billa II (2012)
Plot Summary:
David Billa a refugee comes to Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu and his journey begins into crime. Initially he starts as a local diamond smuggler. He eventually meets Abbasi, an underworld don in Goa and helps him out in a deal and wins his favor. For one of Abbasi's deals Billa goes to Georgia where he meets a ruthless international don Demitri. They get acquainted that creates a rift between Abbasi and Billa. A challenge is thrown by Billa to Abbasi and he starts building his own empire, which eventually results in Billa crossing swords with Demitri himself. The bloody battle begins in Goa and ends in Georgia.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful, exciting
Similar in 83%
Newsmakers (2009)
Plot Summary:
A gang of crooks robbing cash collectors, run into a police surveillance team and the inadequate police response results in a gunfight. A TV crew on assignment in the area happens to capture this humiliation on camera, and this example of police incompetence is soon the lead story in every news bulletin. Public confidence in law and order now suffers irreparable harm. The head of the Moscow force welcomes a public search-and-destroy operation against these thugs, the brainchild of Katya, his PR director. She proposes that the capture of this dangerous gang be transformed into a live TV show of a kind never seen before. At this point she cannot know that the gang leader's life-and-death struggle with the police is destined to lead to a media duel. Besieged in a huge apartment block, the crooks hold hostage a father and his son and daughter. A massive special forces rescue operation is mounted but fails miserably.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 971
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia, Sweden
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective
Similar in 79%
The Killer (2006)
Plot Summary:
A cold-blooded contract killer hires the services of a cab driver for a full night. He forces the driver to go around Dubai as he keeps finishing off witnesses scheduled to testify against a gangster.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, psychological, captivating, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, remake of american film
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The Man on the Balcony (1993)
Plot Summary:
A serial-killer attacks and murders young girls in the parks of Stockholm. The police have trouble finding any evidence to find the killer. But when a newsstand is robbed in one of the parks while the murderer strikes again, police inspector Martin Beck believes that the robber may be an important witness. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, rough, bleak, serious, realistic
Similar in 85%
Race 2 (2013)
Plot Summary:
Ranveer Singh (Saif Ali Khan) travels to exotic locales and confronts the Turkish mafia on a mission to avenge the death of his lover Sonia in this action-packed sequel. In the process of seeking her killers, Ranveer crosses Armaan Mallick (John Abraham) and Aleena (Deepika Padukone) -- two of the most feared figures in the Turkish underworld. Meanwhile, Ranveer's loyal friend RD (Anil Kapoor) and his new partner Cherry (Amisha Patel) offer a helping hand in a world where love is cheap and trust is a luxury most agents can't afford.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: realistic, exciting, serious, suspenseful, suspense, entertaining, twisted, banned
Similar in 77%
Zinda (2006)
Plot Summary:
The film is about a man, who has been imprisoned for 14 years, who has been released and has four days to figure out why he was imprisoned in the first place.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, psychological, surprise ending, rough, mind bending, serious, realistic
Similar in 80%
Luck (2009)
Plot Summary:
Born lucky, Karim Moussa takes to exploiting it instead of focusing on studies. Now a wealthy gambler, he decides to recruit about a dozen lucky people to participate in a deadly game of survival.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 141 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic
Similar in 88%
Aatish: Feel the Fire (1994)
Plot Summary:
Baba and Avinash are brothers who lives in a shanty house with their widowed mother, who makes a living as a housemaid. When a stalker attempts to rape their mother, Baba knives him to death, and the three, along with an orphan named Nawab, take shelter with a underworld don named Uncle. Baba would like Avinash to study and make something of his life, in order to help his brother study he decides to make crime his career. When Avinash completes his studies he becomes a police officer on his first assignment he learns his brother Baba and friend Nawab are on the most wanted criminal list.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 863
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 155 min
Plot tags: heroic, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, neo noir
Similar in 81%
Dushman (1998)
Plot Summary:
According to police records, a daredevil, Gokul Pandit is on the loose. He would attempts to rape and kill young and beautiful girls who are alone.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 145 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspenseful, realistic, suspense, dark, suspense thriller
Similar in 89%
Agneepath (2012)
Plot Summary:
In a small Indian village Mandwa, Vijay Dinanath Chauhan is taught about the path of fire (Agneepath) by his principled father. His life is shattered when the evil drug lord Kancha Cheena hangs his father. Vijay leaves for Mumbai with his pregnant mother, and takes an oath that he will return back to Mandwa and take revenge against Cheena. In Mumbai, Vijay is taken under the wings of the drug lord Rauf Lala. Fifteen years later, his hatred for Kancha takes him back to Mandwa.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 174 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, entertaining, cult classic, fast, powerful, masala, realistic
Similar in 83%
Johnny Gaddaar (2007)
Plot Summary:
Vikram decides to elope with his girlfriend Mini for a better life. For this purpose he decides to steal the money collected by his business partners for a drug deal. Everything goes horribly wrong when the partner carrying the money, Shiva, is accidentally killed.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: neo noir, serious, suspenseful, exciting, rough, realistic, psychological thriller, light, offbeat, epic
Similar in 83%
Karma (1986)
Plot Summary:
When senior police inspector Vishwa Pratap Singh arrests Dr. Michael Dang, the leader of the international terrorist group PSO, the group blast the jail Dang is lodged in killing huge numbers of inmates including two of Vishwa's sons and his daughter-in-law; with Dang escaping in the process. Vishwa, who now calls himself Dada Thakur, is determined to put an end to Dang and his PSO gang. He enlists three death row inmates, Baiju Thakur, Johnny and former terrorist Khairuddin Kisti, Thakur personally trains to become disciplined fugitive hunters, and sets out to avenge his family's slaughter.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 193 min
Plot tags: masala, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 75%
Shool (1999)
Plot Summary:
Police Inspector Samar Pratap Singh is transferred to Motihari, in the Indian state of Bihar, along with his wife, Manjari and a daughter. He is honest and diligent and these attributes sets him up against his superior - the District Superintendent of Police, as well as his subordinates and fellow officers.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 138 min
Plot tags: dark, exciting, rough, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, tragic ending
Similar in 87%
Anniyan (2005)
Plot Summary:
Ambi, a meek lawyer, ends up being a vigilante named Anniyan, and a supermodel named Remo, after suffering with multiple personality disorder due to the society.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 181 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, psychological thriller, feel good, suspense, twist ending, masala, surprise ending
Similar in 76%
Indian (2001)
Plot Summary:
DCP Raksekhar Azad (Raj) is an invincible cop with a great aim. He arrests a terrorist by the name of Khan. But Khan lands in a prison cell that looks cushier than the Buckingham Palace. However, this gets Raj promoted, and he is congratulated by none other than his father-in-law, who is also a very high ranking policeman. Then all of a sudden, Raj finds out that many policemen would like to see Khan go free. He discusses this issue with his father-in-law, and to his surprise, does not find any support from him. Disagreements and arguments ensue, and as a result, his father-in-law gets killed. The Police suspect Raj of killing him, they begin the process of arresting him, he runs away, while Khan is all set to get freed to do whatever he likes.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 178 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, exciting, rough, realistic
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Shootout at Lokhandwala (2007)
Plot Summary:
On a calm summer day in 1991, in the bustling Lokhandwala Complex, five criminals including Maya and Dilip were counting 70 lakhs in flat no. 32 B, when 286 policemen, headed by ACP Khan, took strategic positions around their building. A gunfire ensued and the entire nation witnessed the most talked about daylight encounter lasting 6 hours that transformed suburban Mumbai into a war zone.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense thriller, exciting, entertaining
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Gangaajal (2003)
Plot Summary:
An SP Amit Kumar who is given charge of Tezpur police station in Bihar. The area is full of corruption, inefficiency, bribery, nepotism, favoritism and crime with help from the local police. Gradually Amit realizes that the local politician Sadhu Yadav is the one who benefits the most out of it. Amit arrests Sunder Yadav.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 157 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, inspirational, entertaining, political thriller, suspense thriller, realistic
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Family: Ties of Blood (2006)
Plot Summary:
The story is on the concept of karma and bad deeds. It follows Viren Sahai (Amitabh Bachchan), underworld don who rules over India. His son Abhir (Sushant Singh) is spoilt and believes he can do anything due to his father's power. When Viren's enemy Khan (Kader Khan) attacks Abhir, Viren demands revenge.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: exciting, realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious
Similar in 84%
Cash (2007)
Plot Summary:
'Cash' is a high octane heist thriller set in Cape Town, South Africa.The film revolves around an ace con artist,(Ajay Devgan) who hires a set of top notch robbers (Esha Deol, Zayed Khan, Dia Mirza and Riteish Deshmukh) to steal a set of priceless diamonds in South Africa. The group also faces a threat from underworld don (Suniel Shetty), who is after the same diamonds and also the Head of Security (Shamita Shetty). How these three groups manage to thwart each other forms the rest of the story and makes it a nonstop adventure caper.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, tense, suspense, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 79%
Unglee (2014)
Plot Summary:
Four friends Kalim (Angad Bedi), Gautam (Neil Bhoopalam), Maya (Kangana Ranaut) and Abhay (Randeep Hooda) form a gang called the "Ungli" gang which fights against corruption prevailing in society. Their job is to target corrupt people and punish them in a unique manner. Due to increased popularity and their high profile targets, they are sought by Mumbai police department as "wanted". Their case is the responsibility of ACP Ashok Kale (Sanjay Dutt) and inspector Nikhil Abhyankar (Emraan Hashmi). Nikhil disguises himself as a college student and joins the ungli gang with the hidden motive of arresting them. But soon, his heart changes after learning the story of why ungli gang was formed. Meanwhile, Kaale is compelled to seek help from the gang when Nikhil helps him expose the gang's greatest target, B.R. Dayal (Mahesh Manjrekar) and his son Anshuman.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: semi serious, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, political, black comedy, dark comedy
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Kidnap (2008)
Plot Summary:
A fortnight before her eighteenth birthday, Sonia goes missing. Her family receives a call informing them that she has been kidnapped and her estranged father, a US-based businessman, must now follow the kidnapper’s instructions to the letter if he is to entertain any hopes of seeing her alive again. Is this a mere kidnapping or is there more to it than what meets the eye?.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India, China
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Similar in 88%
Gabbar is Back (2015)
Plot Summary:
A vigilante network taking out corrupt officials draws the notice of the authorities.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: humorous, exciting, realistic, semi serious
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Aan: Men at Work (2004)
Plot Summary:
Crime is at its highest peak in Mumbai with it split in three ways. Walia has one-third, Manik Rao has one-third and Roshni has a third of the Mumbai territory. The crime rate rises with more smuggling, trading and illegal activities soaring.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 149 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Once Upon a Time in Mumbai (2010)
Plot Summary:
A tale of two gangsters from the eras of past and present, whose lives enter parallel paths as they struggle to survive within Bombay's criminal underworld.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, exciting, serious, entertaining, light, romantic, social, romantic drama
Similar in 78%
The Uniform (2004)
Plot Summary:
Just as he is preparing for his daughter's wedding, a veteran policeman is assigned to a crack team transporting a Pakistani secret agent to trial.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 174 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, bleak, suspenseful, masala, serious, realistic, surprise ending, freeze frame
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Rascals (2011)
Plot Summary:
Rascals movie is a comedy about the joys of conning where Sanjay Dutt and Ajay Devgn play two cool competing conmen trying to out-scheme each other in consistently amusing and surprising setups. But when both fall for the same girl, the competition reaches an all new level as both men constantly attempt to outwit each other to win over the surprisingly elusive Kangana!.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, not serious, slapstick