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Plot Summary:
A child genius has to defend his family from terrorists after they search his house for the secret to cold fusion.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 356
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Hit Producer (2015)
Plot Summary:
Katelin Ballantine, a struggling movie producer in search of an investor, reluctantly follows the promise of money into Dublin's drug underworld where she witnesses a botched murder attempt. Forced to finish the job, she is blackmailed into killing for Edmund Murren, a small time, ruthless drug supplier hell bent on becoming top dog. Two years later, Katelin has put a who's who list of drug bosses six feet under and uses her producer role to maintain a low profile. But, when a seemingly simple job unexpectedly spirals out of control, and her identity becomes known to Murren's remaining ambitious and vengeful rivals, she is cut loose. Now the target, and with family in the line of fire, Katelin must adapt to survive the onslaught of the drug underworld as the thin veil masking her double life slips away.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 54
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Ireland
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, suspenseful, tense, unusual plot structure, suspense, disturbing, contemplative, independent film
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Spermicide (2014)
Plot Summary:
Glen, a former sperm donor and recently diagnosed sociopath, takes his daughter on a murder spree of his sperm-donated offspring in the dark comedy, 'Spermicide.'.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 59
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: dark comedy
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Terrorism and Kebab (1992)
Plot Summary:
A man named Ahmed tries unsuccessfully for days to go the the government building to complete the necessary paperwork to transfer his child to another school. Repeatedly he is unable to see the employee he needs to meet with. In a scuffle that follows Ahmed obtains the weapons of the guards and accidentally takes hostages in the government building. All the other floors of the building evacuate, the army and Minister of the Interior are called; the government treats Ahmed as a terrorist. Ahmed and the hostages demand kebab from the government for lunch.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: sad
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King (2011)
Plot Summary:
The movie opens with a scene of a bank robbery in progress. The actions of the robbers during the gateway is photographed by Ashwin (Jeeva). After a chase, the injured Ashwin loses his camera to the robbers but managed to retrieve the memory card. His brave actions are broadcasted in the local TV channels and earns him praises from his colleagues and media friends.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: political, political thriller
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Legal Tender (1991)
Plot Summary:
A beautiful bar owner becomes victimized by a lethal bank fraud plot.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 175
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film, cult film
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Out of Annie's Past (1995)
Plot Summary:
Annie's got a secret past she's eager to hide from her husband and her family. An iconclastic bounty hunter blackmails her to keep that past a secret. As the stakes increase, though, so do the ruthless and brutal actions of all those involved. Soon, deaths of some major players in the game change the stakes from dollars and cents to life and death.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 127
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags:
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Hostage (1986)
Plot Summary:
The leader of a South African Nation is imprisoned. His followers, led by Zabo, hijack a plane with the intent to use the passengers as hostages to trade for his release. They select a plane carrying a religious leader to use as their main hostage. They soon learn that they have an added bonus of the daughter and grandson of Colonel Shaw, a bigwig in the country. The grandson all the while has to cope with the dual problems of being hijacked and held hostage while needing a kidney transplant. The hijackers have everything in their favor, except that the colonel's daughter is the sweetheart of Major Sam Striker. Striker puts together a band of mercenaries and sets about freeing the hostages.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 101
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Get the Girl (2017)
Plot Summary:
A wealthy young man is conned into staging a fake kidnapping in order to be a hero and win the affection of a girl he's madly in love with. But when one of the hired kidnappers is accidentally killed during the charade, he's forced to actually save her life while not revealing that it's been a ruse all along.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, disturbing, semi serious
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One Ranger (2023)
Plot Summary:
A Texas Ranger is recruited by British Intelligence to track down a dangerous terrorist and stop him from attacking London.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags:
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Terminal Entry (1987)
Plot Summary:
The USA is attacked by a large group of well organized terrorists who communicate through a computer network via satellite. A bunch of highschool kids has hacked the password and gained access. Believing it's a game they unknowingly cause terror acts all over the country. An anti-terror force fights against the terrorists.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 147
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: Norway, USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Jalsa (2008)
Plot Summary:
Sanjay falls in love with Indu. Her father Rammohan Reddy doesnt approve of it and she is married to someone else. Later, Bhagyamathi falls for him and he goes to meet her father who turns out to be Rammohan Reddy. Somewhere in between Sanjay's life as a Naxal is depicted.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 161 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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Masterminds (1997)
Plot Summary:
Trapped in a Elite School which a gang of criminals has seized control, a young troublemaker fights a cat and mouse battle from inside.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: entertaining, funny, exciting, absurd, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, surprise ending, twist ending
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Stella's War (2010)
Plot Summary:
When terrorists acquire a new deadly virus that threatens mankind, a beautiful young CIA agent - Stella - is all that stands in their way. What follows is a true war - secret meetings, chases, shootings and death on the streets of Varna, Bulgaria, the ruins of Athens, the rocky shores of the Azure Coast, in the German country, the Sahara Desert, and under the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 71
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Bulgaria, Tunisia, Greece
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, tense, captivating, contemplative, visually appealing, cult film
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The Baytown Outlaws (2012)
Plot Summary:
When three redneck brothers agree to help a woman save her son from an abusive father, they become targets on the run from an odd cast of characters.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: rough, semi serious, humorous, realistic, grindhouse, cult classic, psychological, funny, road movie, southern gothic
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The Fast and the Fierce (2017)
Plot Summary:
When terrorists plant a bomb on a commercial flight, the passengers aboard the plane must fight to keep the plane in the air and all the passengers alive: the bomb is rigged to detonate whenever the plane dips below 800 feet.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 714
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, suspense, mockbuster
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High Risk (1995)
Plot Summary:
After failing to save his wife from 'The Doctor', Kit Li is working as a bodyguard and secret stunt double for the cowardly martial arts film star Frankie Lane. Frankie attends an exhibition of the crown jewels of Russia at a Hong Kong hotel, and when the Doctor's gang take over the building in attempt to steal them, Kit is the only thing standing in their way. Will Frankie regain his courage? Will romance blossom between Kit and the nosy reporter? Who has the best Kung-Fu?.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, freeze frame, grindhouse, cult classic, semi serious, fast, black comedy
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Action Jackson (1988)
Plot Summary:
Vengence drives a tough Detroit cop to stay on the trail of a power hungry auto magnate who's systematically eliminating his competition.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: cult classic, neo noir, black comedy, action comedy, psychotronic, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Altitude (2017)
Plot Summary:
A female FBI agent is offered millions to help a thief escape from a hijacked airplane.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: suspense, captivating, exciting, tense, suspenseful, surprise ending, independent film, black comedy, dark comedy
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Attraction to Paris (2021)
Plot Summary:
A college girl, studying abroad in Europe, stumbles upon a murder in progress, orchestrated by a terror cell, putting her life in danger as the main witness.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 234
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Puerto Rico
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Death Train (2003)
Plot Summary:
A man is supposed to guard a shipment of diamonds being sent by rail. But a man robs the train and kills the men guarding the diamonds. The robbers derail the train and hope to get away with their crime. The robbers get caught in Mexico and are sent to prison by rail. The robbers take over the prison train they are on. Will these robbers get away with their crime or will the bodyguard kill all of the robbers and reclaim the train?.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 399
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, suspenseful, suspense, serious, realistic, fast, cult film
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Sudden Death (1995)
Plot Summary:
International action superstar Jean Claude Van Damme teams with Powers Boothe in a Tension-packed, suspense thriller, set against the back-drop of a Stanley Cup game.Van Damme portrays a father whose daughter is suddenly taken during a championship hockey game. With the captors demanding a billion dollars by game's end, Van Damme frantically sets a plan in motion to rescue his daughter and abort an impending explosion before the final buzzer.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: suspense, intense, exciting, cliffhanger, anamorphic, cult classic, action thriller, rough, serious, realistic
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Hijacked (2012)
Plot Summary:
A special agent's plans to reconcile with his ex-fiancé are ruined when she boards a private jet that is targeted by hijackers working for the same crime lord that he is chasing.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, erotic, sexy, action packed, serious, realistic
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Gaganam (2011)
Plot Summary:
Flight No. SK 957, Star Jet bound for Delhi is set to take off from Chennai on a Monday morning. Terrorists in a team of five, disguised as passengers take over the Star jet flight, supposedly to effect the release of their leader, Yusuf Khan. The passengers' only hope is Major Ravindra from the National Security Guards who along with his team, Major Nawaz Khan and Major Menon, captured Yusuf Khan 2 years ago.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Echelon Conspiracy (2009)
Plot Summary:
Mysterious cell phone messages promise a young American engineer untold wealth - then make him the target of a deadly international plot. Dangerous security operatives chase the engineer across the globe, while a powerful government official pursues a mysterious agenda that threatens the stability of the entire world.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: clever, tense, exciting, captivating, serious, suspenseful, realistic, intellectual, political thriller, mockbuster
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Survivor (2015)
Plot Summary:
A Foreign Service Officer in London tries to prevent a terrorist attack set to hit New York, but is forced to go on the run when she is framed for crimes she did not commit.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, suspenseful, action thriller, inspirational, political thriller, action adventure, intense, surprise ending, independent film
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Countdown (2004)
Plot Summary:
Terror from within by Yury Felshtinsky and Alexander Litvinenko, representing them as parts of the plan masterminded and sponsored by exiled tycoon Pokrovsky (obvious hint at Boris Berezovsky in real life) and aimed to discredit Russian security services. As this plan has failed, Pokrovsky assisted by some terrorists organizes a hostage taking in a Moscow circus (very similar to Moscow theater hostage crisis in real life) in order to return to Russia, acting as a saver of the hostages during negotiations. However, he fails to do so. The movie also depicts the Pankisi Gorge in Georgia as a place where an important Islamic militant hides, which was a common allegation by Russian authorities in real life around that time, and depicts destruction of a base of terrorists and allies of Pokrovsky in Qatar which might hint at the assassination of Zelimkhan Yandarbiev. Overall, the movie was widely considered propaganda.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 631
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic
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Blackhat (2015)
Plot Summary:
A man is released from prison to help American and Chinese authorities pursue a mysterious cyber criminal. The dangerous search leads them from Chicago to Hong Kong.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 63000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, serious, suspenseful, tense, intense, stylized, realistic, neo noir, political
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Passenger 57 (1992)
Plot Summary:
An infamous terrorist has evaded capture for a long time by being extremely clever and ruthless. Things get interesting when he hijacks a plane carrying famous security expert John Cutter, who isn't about to stand this sort of thing.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 50000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: serious, suspense, exciting, suspenseful, psychological, action adventure, rough, realistic, fast, surprise ending
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RED 2 (2013)
Plot Summary:
Retired C.I.A. agent Frank Moses reunites his unlikely team of elite operatives for a global quest to track down a missing portable nuclear device.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 179000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, France, Canada, Russia
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: entertaining, exciting, witty, action adventure, humorous, realistic, semi serious, action comedy, predictable, spy comedy
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The Devil's Own (1997)
Plot Summary:
Frankie McGuire, one of the IRA's deadliest assassins, draws an American family into the crossfire of terrorism. But when he is sent to the U.S. to buy weapons, Frankie is housed with the family of Tom O'Meara, a New York cop who knows nothing about Frankie's real identity. Their surprising friendship, and Tom's growing suspicions, forces Frankie to choose between the promise of peace or a lifetime of murder.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 71000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, exciting, rough, political, suspense, suspenseful, clever, cult classic, action drama