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Plot Summary:
A soldier of fortune (Stephen McHattie) fights drug runners in Central America.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 81
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, Mexico, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Best tv shows and movies like One Man Out (1989):
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Turtle Beach (1992)
Plot Summary:
Reporter Judith Wilkes leaves her husband and two sons in Sydney and goes to Malaysia to cover the story of the Vietnamese boat people. She becomes romantically involved with Kanan, and strikes up a friendship with Lady Minou Hobday, who keeps a regular vigil at "Turtle Beach" where the refugees try to land secretly in the hope that one day her own children will arrive. Accompanying Minou one night, Judith witnesses a brutal massacre by the Malaysians which spurs her on to expose the horrors of the internment camps at Bidong.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 355
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Open Season (1974)
Plot Summary:
Three Vietnam vets have become so conditioned to violence that they have developed psychotic tendencies. They kidnap people, brutalize them, then turn them loose and hunt them like animals. However the father of one of their earlier victims is plotting a vicious revenge against them.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 672
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, Switzerland
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film, poliziottesco
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The Park Is Mine (1985)
Plot Summary:
A Vietnam vet (Tommy Lee Jones) takes forceful control of Central Park to remember those who served and died in the Vietnam War.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: psychological, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Primary Target (1989)
Plot Summary:
Action movie directed by Clark Henderson.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 45
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA, Philippines
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: independent film, cult film
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Trident Force (1988)
Plot Summary:
An outbreak of bombings, assassinations, and massacres by an extremist, Marxist terrorist group, alarms the international community who calls for help - the ultimate solution - the Trident Force.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 52
Genere: Action
Country: USA, Philippines
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, cult film
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War Dog (1987)
Plot Summary:
An unsuspecting hero gets involved in uncovering a super soldier terrorist group that has brainwashed his brother.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 231
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Sweden
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: bloody, independent film
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Killzone (1985)
Plot Summary:
It turns awry for a Vietnam veteran with problems during an exercise at a survival camp, and he believes that he is back in Vietnam. He kills many of the leaders whom he believes is the Vietcong. The other participants venture out to find him and catch him before he injures or kills any more. The camp holds that against have no plans to capture him alive. Is this going out, he namely major problems.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 136
Genere: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Last Witness (1999)
Plot Summary:
A woman becomes entangled in the conspiracy of two world governments to assassinate an international leader in New York.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 688
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: cliffhanger, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, crying
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The No Mercy Man (1973)
Plot Summary:
A decorated Vietnam Vet returns to his father's ranch in Arizona just as criminally minded carnies begin to cause trouble.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 189
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, anamorphic, independent film, juvenile, cult film
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Too Hot to Handle (1977)
Plot Summary:
Gorgeous blonde assassin Samantha Fox accepts a contract to liquidate a quintet of gangsters in the Philippines. Problems ensue when she falls in love with the Manila detective investigating the killings.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 331
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, detective, independent film
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Call Me (1988)
Plot Summary:
A journalist receives an obscene phonecall that she mistakes for her boyfriend. She then agrees to meet with the caller at a bar, but instead of meeting the boyfriend, she witnesses a murder.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 965
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: neo noir, psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexual, independent film, surprise ending, erotic, sexy
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Search and Destroy (1979)
Plot Summary:
The hunter becomes the prey as a Vietnam veteran (Perry King) tries to ferret out the real culprit after being tagged as the prime suspect in the murders of his former Army pals.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 365
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: suspense, independent film
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Masterblaster (1987)
Plot Summary:
Regional finalists of the Masterblaster paintball competition gather together at the national championship for a chance at the title and fifty thousand dollars in cash. The competition turns deadly when someone stops playing games and starts taking lives.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 265
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: slasher, surprise ending, twist ending, independent film
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Stag (1997)
Plot Summary:
Victor Mallick returned to his home and found out that all of his friends have arranged a surprise bachelor/stag party for him. Two strippers were hired to cheer up the party. However, when some of the men accidentally killed one of the strippers, they are left to face the consequences of their action.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychological, independent film, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexual, tense, light, sexy
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Brotherhood of Death (1976)
Plot Summary:
A group of Black soldiers are home from the war and head to a small Southern town. The town is dominated by a group of Klansmen who keep the Black majority from voting or being treated like human beings. However, these newcomers convince the local population to register to vote so they can take back power and achieve justice. When hundreds show up to register, the Klan responds with violence. Eventually, though, the Black community has little choice other than fight back and the film ends with a small war between these combat vets and the Klan.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 533
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Russian Specialist (2005)
Plot Summary:
A Russian ex-hit man is called back to Russia for one last job. This time against his former employees, the Russian mob.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, satanic, perverse, action packed
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Caribe (1987)
Plot Summary:
Prepare to get tangled in the jungles of Belize when an arms smuggler loses her partner in a deadly shootout and finds herself on the run in the tropics of Central America. Helen is an amateur, making her money as an illegal arms trader to Central American terrorists. And as she runs for her life after the deal goes bad, she has no choice but to trusts Jeff, a British Intelligence Agent - it's a life and death chase, where passion and loyalty are easily confused.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 162
Genere: Adventure, Thriller, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending
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Running Red (1999)
Plot Summary:
Gregori is an ex-Soviet Commando haunted by the death of his brother, and trying to forget his old life in the US. However, Gregori realizes after he has already started a family of his own that the past is never far behind. A former superior from his days as a Russkie hired gun orders him to kill some people or watch his new family die. It looks like Gregori doesn't have much of a choice, because he's grown fond of having Angie Everhart for a wife.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 478
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Stealth Fighter (1999)
Plot Summary:
A navy pilot fakes his own death and steals a stealth fighter plane from a U.S.A.F base. He then acts as a mercenary, targeting military installations around the world.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: independent film, surprise ending, exciting, serious, realistic
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A Dark Truth (2012)
Plot Summary:
In the jungles of Ecuador, blood taints the waters. A multinational conglomerate's unholy alliance with a bloodthirsty military regime has resulted in a massacre. Only the rebel Francisco Franco and his determined wife Mia can prove the truth. To settle a personal debt, former CIA agent Jack Begosian takes on the freelance assignment to rescue Francisco and risks everything in a brutal battle to expose the cover-up.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic, spiritual, action packed, independent film, surprise ending, neo noir, suspense
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Silent Trigger (1996)
Plot Summary:
Waxman is a former Special Forces soldier who is now working as a heavily armed assassin for a top secret government agency. When a covert mission goes terribly wrong, Waxman and fellow assassin Clegg become that agency's prime targets.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: bloody, suspense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, surprise ending, independent film
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The Evil That Men Do (1984)
Plot Summary:
Professional killer Holland is forced out of retirement to break a Central American government's political torture ring when one of his friends, a Latin American journalist, is killed. The murderer, Doctor Clement Molloch, is the master sadist behind the political torture of innocent victims. Posing as a journalist, Holland lures Molloch out of his fortress-like headquarters by using his murdered friend's wife and daughter as bait. When Holland kidnaps Molloch's sister, the doctor is led on a wild chase that takes him to an abandoned opal mine where he finally comes face to face with Holland.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA, UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: cult classic, action adventure, independent film, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, cult film
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Four Days in September (1997)
Plot Summary:
Fernando, a journalist, and his friend César join terrorist group MR8 in order to fight Brazilian dictatorial regime during the late sixties. Cesare, however, is wounded and captured during a bank hold up. Fernando then decides to kidnap the American ambassador in Brazil and ask for the release of fifteen political prisoners in exchange for his life.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Brazil, USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: realistic, political, suspenseful, talky, manga, serious, captivating, political thriller, psychological, tense
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The Marine 2 (2009)
Plot Summary:
Rebels seize control of the hotel where a Marine sniper and his wife are staying. Can he save the day?.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, cliffhanger, intense, action thriller, action packed, independent film, fast
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The Peacemaker (1997)
Plot Summary:
When a train carrying atomic warheads mysteriously crashes in the former Soviet Union, a nuclear specialist discovers the accident is really part of a plot to cover up the theft of the weapons. Assigned to help her recover the missing bombs is a crack Special Forces Colonel.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 61000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, political thriller, psychological, cult classic, visually stunning, action drama, neo noir, rough, bleak
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Natural Causes (1994)
Plot Summary:
An American links her mothers death in Bankok to a plot involving Vietnamese refugees.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 182
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Redemption Day (2021)
Plot Summary:
Having just returned home, decorated U.S. Marine Captain Brad Paxton's wife, Kate, is kidnapped by a terrorist group while working in Morocco. He is forced back into action for a daring and deadly operation to save the woman he loves.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, disturbing, tense, suspenseful, independent film, freeze frame, islamic, surprise ending, heroic
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The Protege (2021)
Plot Summary:
Rescued as a child by the legendary assassin Moody and trained in the family business, Anna is the world’s most skilled contract killer. When Moody, the man who was like a father to her and taught her everything she needs to know about trust and survival, is brutally killed, Anna vows revenge. As she becomes entangled with an enigmatic killer whose attraction to her goes way beyond cat and mouse, their confrontation turns deadly and the loose ends of a life spent killing will weave themselves ever tighter.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: suspense, captivating, tense, perverse, cult classic, neo noir, realistic, surprise ending, serious
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Body of Lies (2008)
Plot Summary:
The CIA’s hunt is on for the mastermind of a wave of terrorist attacks. Roger Ferris is the agency’s man on the ground, moving from place to place, scrambling to stay ahead of ever-shifting events. An eye in the sky – a satellite link – watches Ferris. At the other end of that real-time link is the CIA’s Ed Hoffman, strategizing events from thousands of miles away. And as Ferris nears the target, he discovers trust can be just as dangerous as it is necessary for survival.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 237000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: clever, political, exciting, tense, realistic, political thriller, serious, suspense, entertaining, enigmatic
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Shooter (2007)
Plot Summary:
A marksman living in exile is coaxed back into action after learning of a plot to kill the president. Ultimately double-crossed and framed for the attempt, he goes on the run to track the real killer and find out who exactly set him up, and why.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 351000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: intense, exciting, suspense, political, action packed, serious, realistic, entertaining, clever, action thriller