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Plot Summary:
An actor in a Wild West show must become a mythical Western Hero when a biker gang descends upon a small Montana town.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 763
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, dark comedy, neo western, cult film
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The Mini-Skirt Mob (1968)
Plot Summary:
Diane McBain, who'd been a sort of star at Warner Bros. in the early 1960s, is the leading lady of The Mini-Skirt Mob. She's in charge of a fearsome (and toothsome) gang of biker chicks, even though she herself looks as though she'd go into conniptions over a broken nail. McBain's mob gets its kicks terrorizing a sweet young married couple. The film is a veritable roll-call of fading TV icons, including Jeremy Slate and Sherry Jackson; only cycle-flick veterans Ross Hagen and Harry Dean Stanton seem truly comfortable in these low-octane surroundings. The Mini-Skirt Mob is the sort of picture that used to be described as "ideal drive-in fare" back in Days of Old when there were drive-ins.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 478
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film, exciting, rough, offbeat, serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychotronic, tension
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Chrome and Hot Leather (1971)
Plot Summary:
A Green Beret returns home from the Vietnam war to find that a gang of murderous bikers has killed his fiancee. He calls on several of his Green Beret buddies to come and help him take revenge on the gang.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 575
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, hood, independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Hardball (1997)
Plot Summary:
Incompatible fugitive recovery agents, the flighty Jersey Bellini (Michael Dudikoff) and his more serious-minded female partner, B.B. (Lisa Howard), have, for the last time, ticked off mobster Wald (Tony Curtis) by apprehending his rather inept henchmen just as they are about to commit a robbery or kill one of Wald's enemies. That's when Wald turns their fate over to the ruthless Crazy Carlos (Steve Bacic), with the intention of having Bellini and B.B. killed. But the hapless bounty hunters keep having good luck just when they need it most. ~ Buzz McClain, Rovi.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 421
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious
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Walking Tall: The Payback (2007)
Plot Summary:
A man goes back to his hometown that is now overrun with crime and single-handedly takes justice into his own hands.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, rough, neo noir, neo western
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Hell's Belles (1969)
Plot Summary:
When hot-headed Dan out-drives the thoroughly vicious Tony in a motorcycle race and wins a brand new bike, he sets in motion a chain of events that includes one blazing gas station and a disastrous rock slide.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 360
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, period piece, independent film, road movie, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Moscow Heat (2004)
Plot Summary:
After a U.S. policeman is killed by black market weapons dealers, his partner, Rudy (Robert Madrid), and the murdered cop's father, ex-British Intelligence agent Roger Chambers (Michael York), head to Moscow to find the killers. The two begin to track down their targets, but their plan falters when Rudy's injured and Chambers is arrested. Enter Vlad (Alexander Nevsky), a Russian officer who's willing to help the men complete their mission.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, rough, bleak, realistic, fast
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Walking Tall: Lone Justice (2007)
Plot Summary:
In Dallas, witnesses against a drug-lord are murdered in a safe-house.The testimony of FBI agents becomes the only chance to keep him in prison. They are lodged in another safe-house, but the place is invaded and the agents are executed. However, Kate is only wounded, and her boyfriend Nick believes there is a traitor in the agency and takes her to his ranch to protect her life.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic, neo western
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Northville Cemetery Massacre (1976)
Plot Summary:
The bikers are the heroes and the lawmen are the villains in this vintage action drama. The Spirits are a motorcycle club who ride the highways and country roads of Michigan; while they look rough, wear beat-up denim and favor Harley Davidsons, the Spirits are good guys at heart, more likely to help a stranger change a flat tire than rough him up. Northville Cemetery Massacre is a 1976 motorcycle exploitation film written and directed by William Dear and Thomas L. Dyke. Nick Nolte did an uncredited voice over for the film's lead actor, David Hyry.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 381
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, hood, independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Dead in 5 Heartbeats (2013)
Plot Summary:
Adapted from the successful novel, Dead in 5 Heartbeats, by Ralph "Sonny" Barger with Keith and Kent Zimmerman. The story follows the Infidelz MC's former President, Patch Kinkade, who has left his personal demons behind for the calm of desert life. When war erupts between his brothers he left behind and the rival Hooligans, Patch rides back into town to either make peace or do battle.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 814
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, exciting, suspense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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Devil's Angels (1967)
Plot Summary:
An exiled band of Hell's Angels strike a bargain with the Sheriff of a local town, let them stay and the town is safe. But a local girl strays into their lair and sparks off a full scale Angel war.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 557
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film, psychotronic
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Stone Cold (1991)
Plot Summary:
Joe Huff (Brian Bosworth) is a tough, loner cop with a flair for infiltrating dangerous biker gangs. The FBI blackmail Joe into an undercover operation that entails infiltrating "The Brotherhood" - a powerful Mississippi biker gang linked in the murder of government officials as well as dealing drugs with the mafia.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: rough, bleak, serious, suspenseful, retro, neo noir, hood, realistic, fast, surprise ending
Similar in 87%
The Stranger (1995)
Plot Summary:
In this modern retelling of High Plains Drifter, a female biker rides into a desert town to seek revenge on "Angel" and his ruthless gang.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 686
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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Latin Dragon (2004)
Plot Summary:
In the grand tradition of the lone hero who mysteriously appears in a town desperate for help (think "Shane, "Billy Jack", "James Bond" and "Chinese Connection"), having survived a war and now serving the government as an undercover agent, Danny Silva takes on his biggest foe yet: the street gangs that have taken over his neighborhood. Unwilling to play by the rules set down by the criminals, Silva forgoes the use of guns and decides to battle the thugs with the strength of his fists, spirit and willpower, turning himself into a real-life, modern-day superhero. Packed with pulse pounding, adrenaline-filled action; "Latin Dragon" gives us our first mainstream Latino martial arts action hero.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 390
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, crime drama
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Eye of the Tiger (1986)
Plot Summary:
Buck (Gary Busey) is a Vietnam vet, recently released from prison. He returns home to discover the town being terrorized by a vicious motorcycle gang. When the bikers murder his wife and traumatize his daughter, Buck and his friends arm themselves to the teeth and wage war against the gang to destroy them once and for all.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: cult classic, independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychotronic, nostalgic, cult film
Similar in 79%
El Gringo (2012)
Plot Summary:
A man crossing into Mexico with a satchel of $2,000,000 – and a bloody past – suddenly finds himself under attack in the sleepy town of El Fronteras.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, neo noir, dark, perverse, action packed, neo western
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Shoot First and Pray You Live (Because Luck Has Nothing to Do with It) (2008)
Plot Summary:
Tale of vengeance -- outlaw style -- as Red Pierre hunts down legendary gunman Bob McGurk to avenge the murder of his Mother and Father.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 349
Genere: Action, Adventure, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, tense, suspense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Texican (1966)
Plot Summary:
Wanted north of the border, Jess Carlin resides safely in Mexico. Then he hears his brother was killed in a gunfight with another man. Knowning his brother never carried a gun he heads north to find his brother's killer. After battling bounty hunters he arrives in Rimrock, a town controlled by Luke Starr. Starr is the man he wants but he unable to find any evidence until he is given an item found by his brother's body.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 912
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, retro, independent film, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 77%
The Last Riders (1991)
Plot Summary:
When his family is murdered, Johnny gets revenge on his former biker gang, The Slaves, and the police who lied to the gang about Johnny selling them out to the authorities.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 178
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 75%
Big Kill (2019)
Plot Summary:
A tenderfoot from Philadelphia, two misfit gamblers on the run, and a deadly preacher have a date with destiny in a boom town gone bust called Big Kill.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, realistic, disturbing, erotic, action adventure, spaghetti western
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Brothers in Arms (2005)
Plot Summary:
Old West. New Soul. Big Payback.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, tense, suspense, suspenseful, neo western
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Dead Noon (2007)
Plot Summary:
With the powers of hell at his disposal, Frank, a blood-thirsty outlaw from the old west, is resurrected to seek his revenge on the present day town of Weston.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 307
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, exciting, captivating, suspenseful, scary, rough, serious, neo western, wild
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Gang of Roses (2003)
Plot Summary:
Set in the 1800's, the town of Flat ridge is over run by a band of outlaws looking for lost treasure said to be buried somewhere in town. In their quest for dominance, the outlaws kill Sally, a whore who happens to be the sister of Rachel and a 1/5 member of the Roses Gang. With the weight of grief on her heart, Rachel decides to shed her new found religious faith to bring vengeance upon her sister's killers. After placing Sally to rest, she goes in search of her former posse to assist her in the reckoning of the outlaws wrong doing.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, exciting, tense, rough, captivating, suspenseful
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Any Gun Can Play (1967)
Plot Summary:
Any Gun Can Play (Italian: Vado... l'ammazzo e torno) is a 1967 spaghetti western starring Gilbert Roland, Edd Byrnes and George Hilton. The film is directed by Enzo G. Castellari and features a score by Francesco De Masi and Alessandro Alessandroni. It follows a familiar pattern of protagonists searching for gold, double-crossing one another and a high body count. The three main characters continually change allegiances and get the upper hand only to be thwarted by fellow outlaws, mysterious insurance investigators and each other. In the opening scene one of the three outlaws is dressed very similar to Clint Eastwood's character in the "Dollars" trilogy, one is dressed as Lee Van Cleef's characters in those and other westerns, and one as Franco Nero's character Django.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 788
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, grindhouse, euro western, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, cult film
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Inferno (1999)
Plot Summary:
Eddie Lomax (Jean-Claude Van Damme) is a drifter who has been in a suicidal funk since the death of his close friend Johnny (Danny Trejo). Riding his motorcycle into a small desert town where Johnny once lived, Lomax is confronted by a gang of toughs, who beat him and steal his bike. However, Lomax is not a man to take an injustice lying down, and soon he begins exacting a violent revenge on the men who stole his motorcycle, with local handyman Jubal Early (Pat Morita) lending a hand and several area ladies offering aid and comfort.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, serious, exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, cult classic, independent film, rough
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Sweepers (1998)
Plot Summary:
Dolph Lundgren is Christian Erickson, a leading demolition expert trained to disarm mine fields in a humanitarian minesweeping operation in Angola. His son is killed and he discovers that mines are being planted during the war to kill people in the area.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: cliffhanger, independent film, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Firecreek (1968)
Plot Summary:
A peace-loving, part-time sheriff in the small town of Firecreek must take a stand when a gang of vicious outlaws takes over his town.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: retro, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, wild
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Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge (1987)
Plot Summary:
Will Mannon, "product of the Devil's loins," is released from a frontier prison and promptly goes in search of the people who put him there some 12 years ago -- Matt Dillon and Kitty Russell.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 636
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Last Outlaw (1993)
Plot Summary:
The story follows a band of former Confederate soldiers who were part of a cavalry unit. Their commander, Graff (Rourke) had once been a heroic and staunch supporter of the southern cause, but after losing his family he became cold hearted and ruthless. His second in command is Eustis (Mulroney), whom Graff has trained on the strategies of leadership and combat command.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: brutal, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending
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Ghost Rock (2003)
Plot Summary:
Set in 1882, John Slaughter and his sidekick Savannah Starr return to a town where an almost forgotten massacre took place 20 years ago. They are determined to find the man responsible.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 518
Genere: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: serious, exciting, tense, suspense, realistic
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Young Guns (1988)
Plot Summary:
A group of young gunmen, led by Billy the Kid, become deputies to avenge the murder of the rancher who became their benefactor. But when Billy takes their authority too far, they become the hunted.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 67000
Genere: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: stylized, suspense, harsh, serious, exciting, epic, hood, period piece, realistic, dark comedy