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Plot Summary:
The heroes are best friends and commandos sent on a covert mission by the CIA. The mission is a success, but the two incur the wrath of the world's most feared terrorist, a fanatical Islamic, when they set out to do one last mission.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 77
Genere: Action
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: cult classic, independent film
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The Berlin Conspiracy (1992)
Plot Summary:
As the Berlin Wall crumbles, four canisters containing biological weapons are stolen by European terrorists. The East and West must work together to stop the terrorists from selling the weapons to the highest bidder. It is up to the CIA and an East German agent to overcome their own differences and get the weapons back.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 201
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: political thriller, independent film
Similar in 90%
Ninja Phantom Heroes (1987)
Plot Summary:
In this actioner, one of a pair of imprisoned Vietnam veterans escapes and forms an organization of secret ninjas.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 102
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags:
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The Expendables (1988)
Plot Summary:
Captain Baronski, assigned a squad of misfit soldiers, trains them into a fighting powerhouse "The Expendables." Breaking every rule, they must risk their lives crossing into Cambodia to save the American hostages.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 205
Genere: Action, Adventure, War
Country: USA, Philippines
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: cult classic, independent film, cult film
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Mission Manila (1988)
Plot Summary:
Web is a desperate man with a dangerous mission. His young brother Tony has mysteriously vanished with a million dollars worth of heroin that belongs to the mob. The mob wants the drugs back...and Tony dead. In the back alleys of Manila, his search leads him to three beautiful women, each one hiding a clue to Tony's disappearance, but only one will help him. As a vicious network of thugs closes in, Web battles to unravel the mystery and save his brothers life. But a fortune in drugs with a criminal empire at stake makes Web's life dispensable and the action explodes in MISSION MANILA.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 71
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Rolf (1984)
Plot Summary:
Mercenary takes revenge on bad guys. The Last Mercenary, a thrilling story of violence... of a rare man... a man trying to forget his past. The story of a man's buring vengence, an avenger who cannot forgive. Neither threats nor traps can stop The Last Mercenary. Stretched to breaking point both physically and morally, a fight until death follows. His Price is death!.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 127
Genere: Action
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: cult film
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Kill Shot (2023)
Plot Summary:
Posing as hunters, a group of terrorists are in search of $100 million that was stolen and lost in a plane crash en route from Afghanistan.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags:
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Province 77 (2002)
Plot Summary:
Thai Town is a six-block area near Hollywood, Los Angeles, which is home to over 50,000 expatriated Thais. The town is such a gateway for Thais entering America it was dubbed Thailand's 77th Province. The movie follows a Thai family as it struggles to survive in Los Angeles' fast-paced consumerist culture, while still maintaining traditional values. The identity struggle between Thai-ness and the high octane way of life on the west coast of America, defined by hip-hop, drugs, street racing and violence, affects Pat, a good boy tempted by a life of crime, and his sister.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 82
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags:
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Fireback (1983)
Plot Summary:
Jack Kaplan is a US Army Soldier and Weapons Expert liberated by a "rescue team", he returns home to the United States only to find out that his wife Diane has been captured by infatuated gangster Duffy Collins. Kaplan embarks on a mission to find his wife, running into characters like Digger, Man With The Golden Hand, and the treacherous femme fatale Eve. He is a man on a mission.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 153
Genere: Action
Country: Philippines
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: cult film
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Delta Force Commando (1987)
Plot Summary:
After the needless death of his wife and unborn child during a theft and raid on an army base (and it was really needless as the hoods just burst in and shoot up his apt for no reason) an ex-member of Delta Force and decorated war veteran Fred Williamson go to South America and repeatedly blow it up!.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 399
Genere: Action
Country: Italy
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: cult classic, macaroni combat, eighties, cult film
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Invasion Force (1990)
Plot Summary:
A film crew shooting a movie finds itself battling against terrorists trying to take over a city.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 131
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, splatter, independent film
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The Immoral Three (1975)
Plot Summary:
Three attractive sisters have one year to avenge their mother's murder and collect her inheritance.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 260
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: independent film, sexploitation film
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No Dead Heroes (1986)
Plot Summary:
Left for dead in Vietnam, Lieutenant Cotter became a guinea pig for KGB baddie Mitovitch. Implanted with a mind control microchip, he is turned into a mindless killer. His colleague Lieutenant Sanders goes looking for him in Cambodia, then in El Salvador, where they kill pretty much everyone they meet.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 163
Genere: Action
Country: USA, Philippines
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: cult classic, independent film, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, cult film
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Guns (1990)
Plot Summary:
A South American gunrunner uses an island in Hawaii as his base of operations. A squad of beautiful government agents is sent to put him out of business.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: cult classic, independent film, cult film
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The Dallas Connection (1994)
Plot Summary:
Assassins led by Black Widow are out to kill Antonio Morales to prevent him from handing a computer chip over to IWAR headquarters. It's up to secret agents Chris Cannon, Mark Austin, and Samantha Maxx to stop them.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: erotic, cult classic, independent film, cult film
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Stranglehold (1994)
Plot Summary:
Deep inside the nation's top chemical weapons facility, a brilliant terrorist takes a Congresswoman hostage. The Navy can't stop him. The Air Force can't reach him. The Coast Guard can't kill him. Only one man can do the job: special agent Ryan Cooper. He's in a race against time to save the world, facing his greatest challenge yet!.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 136
Genere: Action
Country: USA, Philippines
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Patriot (1986)
Plot Summary:
Agent tries to track down terrorists who are intercepting government nuclear weapons.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 387
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, freeze frame, eighties, cult film
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Bullet Train Down (2022)
Plot Summary:
On its maiden run, the world's fastest bullet train is rigged with a bomb that will explode if it dips below 200 mph.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 302
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, mockbuster
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Raven (1996)
Plot Summary:
Martin Grant has been hiding for years to escape his past as a ruthless mercenary in the elite force Raven Team. He's recently been engaged and are trying to forget the nightmares of murder and betrayal. Martin was convinced, that he could escape... But no one escapes from the Raven Teams ruthless leader Raven. At least not alive. Raven is back with a new team to hunt down and eliminate Grant.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 647
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: suspense, independent film, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Rogue Warfare: The Hunt (2019)
Plot Summary:
The next installment of the Rogue Warfare Trilogy. Daniel has been captured and it is up to the TEAM to find him before it is to late.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 647
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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A Mission to Kill (1992)
Plot Summary:
His activities in Viet Nam would be denied by the U S Government. Only two others providing similar service returned to the states. Now he's getting mental help in a military institution, escapes, and must be recaptured.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 70
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: cult film
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April Rain (2014)
Plot Summary:
When an eclectic group of terrorists plot to attack the United States from within, it's up to a quasi-military special investigative unit to identify, infiltrate and neutralize the threat.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 891
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: serious, exciting, suspenseful, captivating, tense, realistic, independent film
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Karate Raider (1995)
Plot Summary:
Jake Turner is back on a rescue mission to liberate an attractive female Drug Enforcement officer captured and held prisoner by an American drug lord in the jungles of Colombia.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 80
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags:
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Bloodfist VI: Ground Zero (1994)
Plot Summary:
Terrorists take over a nuclear weapons launch site, but don't count on a humble military courier, who happens to be making a visit.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 482
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: independent film
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To the Death (1992)
Plot Summary:
Kickboxing champ Rick Quinn decides to retire from the ring, but his main adversary, Denard, wants him to fight again and murders Quinn's wife. Quinn suspects Denard, but can't do anything. Three month later, Quinn is jailed after a drunken bar brawl; a rich man named Le Braque bails him out and asks him to fight for him.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 147
Genere: Action
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film
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The Protector (1997)
Plot Summary:
Soldier of fortune Ken Conway gets a job offer from his former fiancee to look into the whereabouts of a missing scientist. The scientist was working for pharmaceutical researcher Dr. Krago, so Conway goes undercover to infiltrate the doctor's operation. He soon discovers what Krago's scheme is: he creates super-diseases and their cures at the same time, and gets rich by releasing the disease and selling the cure. Ken tries to take this information to the authorities, but finds out too late that he has been infected with the doctor's latest creation, and he has only 48 hours left to live if he can't get his hands on the antidote.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 317
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: erotic, suspense, independent film, rough, serious, suspenseful
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The Man with the Iron Fists (2012)
Plot Summary:
In feudal China, a blacksmith who makes weapons for a small village is put in the position where he must defend himself and his fellow villagers.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 64000
Genere: Action
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: stylized, exciting, suspenseful, bloody, cult classic, epic, romantic, retro, scenic, action packed
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Belly of the Beast (2003)
Plot Summary:
Jake and Sunti go to meet Mongkol, the leader of the Abu Karaf. Mongkol confirms that ever since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Jantapan has worked to corner the narcotics and arms markets. Jake must engage in a battle that will put both his physical and spiritual powers to the ultimate test.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action
Country: Canada, Hong Kong, UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic, suspense, spiritual, intense, action packed, fast, surprise ending
Similar in 81%
Operation Delta Force 5: Random Fire (2000)
Plot Summary:
The Delta Force team are brought in once again to deal with an evil villain in foreign lands.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 422
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Bulletproof (1987)
Plot Summary:
A group of dangerous terrorists succeeds to get hold of a tank of the army and all its crew.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: rough, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, serious, cult classic, independent film, fast
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Blast (1997)
Plot Summary:
Terrorists attempt to disrupt the Atlanta Olympics by kidnapping the U.S. women's swim team. If their demands are not met, the team will be executed. Only janitor Jack Bryant, a former Olympic gymnast champion of Tae Kwon Do felled by injuries and alcoholism knows of their real plans. And only he, with the guidance of former terrorist-fighter Leo, can stop them.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast