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Plot Summary:
Ji-wook is a cold-blooded detective who would brutally assault and stop at nothing to catch criminals. However, despite her perfectly masculine appearance, Ji-wook struggles with a secret desire to be a woman. At last, Ji-wook decides to transition. However, a gang Ji-wook brutally arrested by force plots revenge against him. While Ji-wook resigns and secretly dreams of transitioning into a woman, people close to her get caught up in a conspiracy and killed. When the one person he must protect, Jang-mi, also falls in danger, Ji-wook faces a crossroads in making his choice.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: exciting, psychological, tense, captivating, neo noir, detective, queer cinema
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You'll Never Be Alone (2016)
Plot Summary:
Introverted Juan, manager of a mannequin factory, lives alone with his eighteen-year-old gay son, Pablo. Whilst Pablo blithely studies dance, Juan is hoping that, after twenty-five years at the firm, his boss will consider him for a partnership. When Pablo is badly wounded in a brutal homophobic attack which sees him hospitalised, his father realises just how far they have become estranged. A lack of witnesses and expensive medical bills force Juan to leave the quiet stability of his life for good and reposition himself in a world where there is discrimination. Time and again his efforts come to nought, until one night on the streets of Santiago he makes up his own rules in order to save his son.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 514
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Chile
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, unusual plot structure, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, queer cinema
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Sinkhole (2021)
Plot Summary:
The average citizen Dong-won and his family move into a house bought after years of hard work. Filled with happiness, he invites his colleagues for a housewarming party, but the heavy rain during the night before creates a gigantic sinkhole, and in a mere minute, it swallows up the whole house and the people inside. Hundreds of meters down the hole, Dong-won, his neighbor Man-su, and the unfortunate guests must find their way out. Rain starts to pour down, filling the sinkhole with water, and they’re running out of time.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing, disaster movie
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Bugis Street (1995)
Plot Summary:
It’s monsoon season in Singapore. Bugis Street, the epicentre of multisexual nightlife and unchained libido, is where a band of hedonistic, transidentical poeple has taken root at wacky love hotel SinSin.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 151
Genere: Drama
Country: Singapore
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: erotic, serious, realistic, sexual, sexy, gay cinema
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The Glory Stompers (1967)
Plot Summary:
Chino is the tough leader of a motorcycle gang who starts off a war when he abducts and mistreats the leader of the enemy biker gang, Darryl, and his girlfriend Chris. Things get violent when Darryl comes back for revenge.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 618
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychotronic, cult film
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Beautiful Boxer (2003)
Plot Summary:
Based on the true life story of a Thai who wishes to have a sex change operation to become a woman. to pay for this he enters the brutal world of Thai boxing, un-nerving his opponents by performing a makeup application ritual before each fight.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Thailand
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: touching, melancholic, compassionate, psychological, captivating, serious, realistic, inspirational, sexy, enigmatic
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White Night (2012)
Plot Summary:
Flight attendant Won-Gyu (Won Tae-Hee) left Korea 2 years ago with painful memories and now comes back. Won-Gyu meets Tae-Joon (Lee Yi-Kyung), who is a quick service delivery man and has a special night with him.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 415
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, sincere, disturbing, bleak, contemplative, crying, queer cinema
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The Zero Hour (2010)
Plot Summary:
The Zero Hour tells the story of the La Parca (Zapata 666), a fearsome assassin who is forced to kidnap a private clinic to save the love of his life, Ladydi (Amanda Key). They soonreached the police and a media circus with them, who make our character into a national hero.La Parca finds that saving the life of Ladydi be difficult, but escaped with his followers will be an almost impossible task. Time starts to run out, and what seemed like a perfect plan will end in a frantic ending where La Parca is forced to confront past mistakes, and discover that their worst enemies are closer than he imagined.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Venezuela
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: tense, realistic, captivating, exciting, suspense, crime drama, rough, serious, suspenseful
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Saamy (2003)
Plot Summary:
A policeman accepts bribes from corrupt politicians and local thugs to help them in their illegal work. However, he decides to correct his mistakes after he falls in love with a woman.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, disturbing, cult film
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The Marine 6: Close Quarters (2018)
Plot Summary:
Jake Carter and another former Marine, Luke Trapper, join forces to rescue a kidnapped girl from a gang of international criminals.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, disturbing, exciting, tense, brutal, serious, captivating, cliffhanger, psychotronic
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Rise of the Legend (2014)
Plot Summary:
In 1868 during the late Qing Dynasty, rampant corruption on the Imperial Court inflicts much suffering in people's lives. For years, the Black Tiger’s fearsome boss Lei Gong has been trying to get rid of the leader of the Northern Sea. One of his latest recruits is Fei, a fearless fighter who takes the Northern Sea leader’s head after a fierce fight. Just as Lei Gong believes he has total control of the port, a new gang called the Orphans rises in power. Led by Fei’s childhood friend Huo, the Orphans are out to eliminate all the criminal power from the port….
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Biography, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 131 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, psychological, tense, perverse
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Damage (2009)
Plot Summary:
An ex-con battles it out in the cage to pay for the operation that would save the daughter of his victim. Along the way he finds fatherly love, and friendship, in the most unlikely of places.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, psychological, tense, perverse, cult classic, rough, humorous, realistic, suspenseful
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Bangkok Revenge (2011)
Plot Summary:
Manit (Jon Foo) witnessed the murder of his parents when he was just 10 years old. The killers shot him in the head, but he miraculously survived. However, the damage to his brain left him unable to experience regular human emotions. A martial arts master saved him and took him in. Twenty years later, Manit has become a master of martial arts himself. He returns to the scene of the crime, seeking justice.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 772
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: France, Thailand
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, serious, realistic, fast
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Blades of Blood (2010)
Plot Summary:
In the 16th century in Chosun dynasty, HWANG Jung-hak and LEE Mong-hak create the “Grand Alliance” with the united dream of a better world. While the new leader LEE dreams of eradicating this world of all its corruption and becoming king himself, the legendary blind swordsman HWANG who had once been his comrade goes after him with the loss of his good friend at the hands of LEE. Just as the king abandoned his kingdom from Japanese invasion, the two come face-to-face inside the empty palace and begin their last battle they were destined to fight.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 834
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, serious, tense, epic, realistic, stylized
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So Pretty (2019)
Plot Summary:
Four young queers in New York City struggle to maintain their proto-utopian community against the outside world as their lives curiously merge with the 1980s German novel "So schön" by Ronald M. Schernikau.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 376
Genere: Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, sexy, unusual plot structure, captivating, disturbing, contemplative, queer cinema
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Wild Awakening (2016)
Plot Summary:
Toni and Emma are brother and sister who owns a stable farm. Ramon and his son, Aaron works for them. Toni is openly gay and loves to party, Emma has a crush on Aaron who is a closeted gay who is afraid that his father might find out, but his father also has a secret.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 274
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, disturbing, homoerotic, queer cinema, gay cinema
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The Scorpion (2007)
Plot Summary:
Featuring a mix of Thai Boxing and Ultimate Fighting, SCORPION has been dubbed The French Fight Club. It stars Jerome Le Banner, who is also known as Hyper Battle Cyborg and The Bulldog of Paris, a true kickboxer, famous for his aggressive style - 43 of his 57 wins have come by knockout.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 792
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, psychological, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Another Public Enemy (2005)
Plot Summary:
Things start to heat up when public prosecutor Kang takes on the case of Han Sang-woo, a former high school classmate and the future chairman of the Myung-Sun Foundation. Despite his innocent facade, Kang's old friend looks to be guilty of bribery, embezzlement, and even murder. But with Han always one step ahead of Kang, what can our hero do to bring this white collar "public enemy" to justice?.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 674
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 148 min
Plot tags: crime drama, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Commitment (2013)
Plot Summary:
The son of a North Korean spy decides to follow in his father's footsteps to protect his little sister. After his father’s botched espionage mission, North Korean Myung-hoon and his young sister Hye-in are sent to a labor prison camp. In order to save his sister’s life, Myung-hoon volunteers to become a spy and infiltrates the South as a teenage defector. While attending high school in the South, he meets another girl named Hye-in, and rescues her when she comes under attack. South Korean Intelligence soon discover Myung-hoon’s activities and begin tracking him, all the while his own government sends a vicious assassin to eliminate him.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, captivating, tense, sad, scenic, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Alien Girl (2010)
Plot Summary:
1990s. Gangster Kiev. A team of four men is assigned to deliver a girl from Prague, nicknamed "The Stranger." As the sister of a recently arrested criminal called Babai, her testimony could damage some important people.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Russia, USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, serious, rough, captivating, suspenseful, fast, realistic
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The City Is Mine (2008)
Plot Summary:
A young man coming home after serving time in the penitentiary finds his city in control by local thugs, stops at nothing to gain sole control of a city he feels is rightfully his.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 109
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: captivating, exciting, tense, suspense, independent film, rough, bleak, serious, realistic
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Darkland (2017)
Plot Summary:
Zaid is a successful heart surgeon with an expensive apartment and pregnant girlfriend. One night he gets a visit from his brother Yasin, who is desperate for money, but he refuses. Soon after, Yasin is found beaten to death and Zaid is overcome with guilt. As guilt gives way to anger, Zaid becomes a masked avenger and takes on Copenhagen's criminal underworld in his quest for justice.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: psychological, exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, hood
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Soo: Revenge for a Twisted Fate (2007)
Plot Summary:
Tae-soo tries to steal from a gang. The gang catches Tae-Soo's brother, Tae-Jin, instead. The incident causes the brothers to separate. Tae-Soo becomes a mob fixer and an assassin. Tae-Jin becomes a police detective. When a call brings the brothers together, they get ready for brotherly bonding, but Tae-Jin gets killed. Tae-Soo decides to get revenge on his brother's killer.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 416
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, crime drama, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Night Flight (2014)
Plot Summary:
Three teenage boys who were once close friends grow apart when they reach high school: Yong-ju lives hiding his true gender identity, Gi-woong becomes the leader of the school gang, and Gi-taek an obsessive manga fan. Tired of the constant malicious bullying by Gi-woong’s gang, Gi-taek betrays them by disclosing that Yong-ju has loved Gi-woong for years. Surrounded by an insecure boundary of the school and wounded by betrayals, the boys are driven into catastrophe.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 133 min
Plot tags: psychological, touching, serious, realistic, romantic, lgbt cinema, tense, bleak, queer cinema
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Toro (2016)
Plot Summary:
Toro (Spanish for "Bull") is a young con man and the right hand of Romano, a powerful mob boss in Torremolinos, Málaga (Andalusia, south to Spain). After Toro decides to leave Romano to get a life free of crime, his last sting fails, resulting one of his brothers dead and he sent to jail. Five years later, Romano realizes that López, Toro's older brother, is robbing him money from his tourism business and he orders to kidnap Diana, López's little daughter, until this one get back the money. Without options, López visits Toro, now a touristic driver with the third grade prison close to get the parole, who only wants to be free to marry his girlfriend Estrella. When Toro accepts to help López and both meet Romano looking for a solution, Toro ends attacking Romano's men and fleeing with Diana, trying to escape from Romano's revenge. But Romano starts a ruthless searching for they three, meanwhile Toro counts the hours to back the prison according to the third grade.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: neo noir, psychological, exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, hood, perverse, noir
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The Merciless (2017)
Plot Summary:
Jae-ho, who aims to become the number one in a crime organization, gets to build up trust with Hyun-su, an ambitious newbie in the prison. While they try to take over the organization after the prison release, their ulterior motives starts to emerge.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: psychological, exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, harsh, disturbing, neo noir, non-linear, noir
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Trade (2019)
Plot Summary:
Trade tells the story of two men, one a streetwise hustler, the other a straight-laced lawyer, who meet and form a relationship that brings to light who they really are. Inspired by the book "Boulevard Girls" by David Kaye.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 93
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: psychological, sentimental, sexy, unusual plot structure, melancholic, contemplative
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Kaththi (2014)
Plot Summary:
Kathiresan aka Kaththi, a criminal, escapes from the Kolkata prison and comes to Chennai, where he comes across his doppelganger Jeevanandham, fighting for his life after being shot at by unknown men. Kathir decides to pass off as Jeeva and make away with a lump sum amount but once he realizes who Jeeva really is, Kathir turns a crusader.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 166 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, psychological, tense, feel good, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cult film
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One Night Only (2014)
Plot Summary:
NIGHT BUG (dir. by Kim Tae-Yong) Han-Jae meets gay men at a bar in Jongno District, Seoul. He first meets them through an internet site. Once they get drunk, Han-Jae steals their money. He is accompanied by Hoon and pretends he is his boyfriend. Hoon is popular, but Han-Jae ignores Hoon's feelings for him. One day, Hoon suddenly kisses Han-Jae. ONE NIGHT (dir. by Kim Jho Gwang-Soo) Geun-Ho is almost hit by a car. At that time, Joon, who is visiting Jinju from Seoul, saves Geun-Ho. They happen to meet at a bar later that night. Geun-Ho and his friends goes to Seoul with Joon.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 101
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 67 min
Plot tags: touching, psychological, sincere, romantic, unusual plot structure, melancholic, gay cinema
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Night in Paradise (2020)
Plot Summary:
An assassin named Tae-goo is offered a chance to switch sides with his rival Bukseong gang, headed by Chairman Doh. Tae-goo rejects the offer that results in the murder of his sister and niece. In revenge, Tae-goo brutally kills Chairman Doh and his men and flees to Jeju Island where he meets Jae-yeon, a terminally ill woman. Though, the henchman of the Bukseong gang, Executive Ma is mercilessly hunting Tae-goo to take revenge.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 131 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, hood, perverse, brutal, noir
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Honor (2006)
Plot Summary:
In a world where street gangs collide with the law, neighborhood friends, Raymond and Gabriel, must decide which side of the battle to join. This will be the ultimate fight - the one for power, family, and HONOR.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 594
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, suspense, crime drama, psychological, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful