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Plot Summary:
A man looking for the release of a long-time prisoner takes a police officer, his daughter, and a group of strangers hostage.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: exciting, realistic, suspenseful, psychological thriller, suspense, twist ending, crime drama, cult classic, spooky, serious
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Mr. Nice Guy (1997)
Plot Summary:
A Chinese chef accidentally gets involved with a news reporter who filmed a drug bust that went awry and is now being chased by gangs who are trying to get the video tape.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: humorous, exciting, semi serious, action comedy, freeze frame, cult classic, action adventure, realistic, suspenseful, fast
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Police Story 2 (1988)
Plot Summary:
The Hong Kong super-cop must stop a group of blackmailing bombers at the same time that the villains of the first Police Story are out for revenge.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: stylized, intense, humorous, rough, suspenseful, action packed, cult classic, action comedy, exciting, realistic
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Police Story (1985)
Plot Summary:
A virtuous Hong Kong police officer must clear his name after he is framed for murder.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 41000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, stylized, cult classic, exciting, suspenseful, realistic, semi serious, action packed, slapstick
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Police Story 3: Supercop (1992)
Plot Summary:
A Hong Kong detective teams up with his female Red Chinese counterpart to stop a Chinese drug czar.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: humorous, intense, suspenseful, cult classic, action packed, exciting, stylized, slapstick, action comedy, crime drama
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Hero and the Terror (1988)
Plot Summary:
Danny O'Brien is back in action fighting the notorious Simon Moon, also known as The Terror. Three years earlier O'Brien had single-handedly captured The Terror and was called Hero by the people of L.A. Now Simon has escaped and has started killing women again, and O'Brien is the only man who can stop him.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, cult classic, suspense, slasher, grindhouse, perverse, independent film, rough, serious, realistic
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Blackjack (1998)
Plot Summary:
After saving Casey, a daughter of his friend, from hired assassins, Jack Devlin is hit with a strange phobia - fear of white color. But when his other friend, who works as a bodyguard for a supermodel, is wounded, Jack decides to step in for him. Now he must confront his fear and the assassin, who seems to be well aware of Jack's problem.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, surprise ending, neo noir, independent film
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The Cutter (2005)
Plot Summary:
A former cop turned Los Angeles P.I. takes on a case of a missing diamond cutter that leads him on an adventure of love and villainy spanning of mob to the present day Jewelry District.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, suspense, cult classic, action packed, bleak, realistic, fast, surprise ending
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No Contest (1995)
Plot Summary:
A beauty contest turns into a hostage situation, when the Miss Galaxy competition is taken over by a gang, demanding a ransom of diamonds. Sharon, a kick-boxing actress, is the host of the show, and the thorn in the terrorists side.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 957
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, sexy, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, surprise ending, suspense
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Street Knight (1993)
Plot Summary:
A former cop returns to challenge a plot to escalate gang violence in the streets of Los Angeles.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 873
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, neo noir, detective
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Point Blank (1998)
Plot Summary:
Convicted corporate criminal Howard engineers a prison break as he and a number of fellow inmates are being transferred to a new facility. The escapees storm a shopping mall and take a group of shoppers hostage (after killing many more of them) before making their demands. Only Rudy, a former mercenary and brother of one of the fugitives, can take out the criminals before more of the hostages die.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: serious, rough, realistic, tense, suspense, exciting, independent film, suspenseful, fast, surprise ending
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Skin Trade (2014)
Plot Summary:
After his family is killed by a Serbian gangster with international interests. NYC detective Nick goes to S.E. Asia and teams up with a Thai detective to get revenge and destroy the syndicates human trafficking network.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Thailand, Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, action thriller, action adventure, fast, surprise ending
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An Eye for an Eye (1981)
Plot Summary:
Sean Kane is forced to resign from the San Francisco Police Department's Narcotics Division when he goes berserk after his partner is murdered. He decides to fight alone and follows a trail of drug traffickers into unexpected high places.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: suspense, serious, exciting, cult classic, tense, neo noir, independent film, rough, realistic, suspenseful
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New Police Story (2004)
Plot Summary:
Sent into a drunken tailspin when his entire unit is killed by a gang of thrill-seeking punks, disgraced Hong Kong police inspector Wing (Jackie Chan) needs help from his new rookie partner, with a troubled past of his own, to climb out of the bottle and track down the gang and its ruthless leader.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: exciting, stylized, suspenseful, rough, serious, fast paced, action packed, detective, bleak, cult classic
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The Protector (1985)
Plot Summary:
Billy Wong is a New York City cop whose partner is gunned down during a robbery. Billy and his new partner, Danny Garoni, are working security at a fashion show when a wealthy man's daughter, Laura Shapiro, is kidnapped. The Federal authorities suspect that Laura's father is involved with Mr. Ko, a Hong Kong drug kingpin, so the NYC police commissioner sends the two cops to Hong Kong to investigate.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: retro, crime drama, perverse, cult classic, action adventure, independent film, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Gen-X Cops (1999)
Plot Summary:
Four young officers of the Hong Kong Police are joined together to fight against organised crime using all possible means, even if this would lead them to break the law… Their first assignment is to eliminate a gang of criminals who have stolen a shipload of explosives.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: exciting, stylized, serious, suspenseful, suspense, cult classic, fast, surprise ending, neo noir, independent film
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Countdown (2016)
Plot Summary:
A madman captures a young boy and rigs him with explosives. Ray Fitzpatrick, still haunted by the loss of his own son, will defy orders to stop the clock and save a life.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, tense, rough, surprise ending, neo noir, independent film, detective, black comedy
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Assassination Games (2011)
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Brazil is a contract killer, willing to take any job if the price is right. Flint left the assassin game when a ruthless drug dealer’s brutal attack left his wife in a coma. When a contract is put out on the same coldblooded drug dealer, both Brazil and Flint want him dead – one for the money, the other for revenge. With crooked Interpol agents and vicious members of the criminal underworld hot on their trail, these two assassins reluctantly join forces to quickly take out their target before they themselves are terminated.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong, Romania
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, intense, cult classic, surprise ending, neo noir
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Hard to Kill (1990)
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Mason Storm, a 'go it alone' cop, is gunned down at home. The intruders kill his wife, and think they've killed both Mason and his son too. Mason is secretly taken to a hospital where he spends several years in a coma. His son meanwhile is growing up thinking his father is dead. When Mason wakes up, everyone is in danger - himself, his son, his best friend, his nurse - but most of all those who arranged for his death.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, serious, suspenseful, perverse, cult classic, action adventure, rough, realistic, fast
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Mask of Death (1996)
Plot Summary:
While attempting to flee from the FBI, the criminal Frank Dallio kills Detective McKenna's wife, Rachel. McKenna himself is shot in the face by the professional killer Lyle Mason, who dies in a car crash shortly thereafter. The FBI persuades McKenna to undergo facial surgery and take the place of Lyle Mason in order to find Dallio and a valuable microchip.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 403
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspense, independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, neo noir, detective
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Maximum Force (1992)
Plot Summary:
Three renegade cops team up to take on the corrupt chief of police and a crime lords hatchet-man.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 392
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, neo noir, detective
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Until Death (2007)
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Van Damme plays a dirty cop who is hooked on heroin, and everyone dislikes him. Because of an accident he is put into a coma, and comes out of it a better person. He wakes up wanting to put things right.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Bulgaria, Germany, USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspense, cult classic, action packed, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, neo noir, independent film
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Deadly Target (1994)
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A Chinese gangster in Los Angeles escapes on the eve of his deportation to Hong Kong. A martial-arts master detective and his ragtag team get caught up in the action as they track down this ruthless killer.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 334
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: suspense, crime drama, independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, detective
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The Courier (2019)
Plot Summary:
This intense action-thriller unfolds in real time as two embattled souls fight for their lives. Gary Oldman stars as a vicious crime boss out to kill Nick, the lone witness set to testify against him. He hires a mysterious female motorcycle courier to unknowingly deliver a poison-gas bomb to slay Nick, but after she rescues Nick from certain death, the duo must confront an army of ruthless hired killers in order to survive the night.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychotronic, exciting, tense, serious, captivating, surprise ending, neo noir, ambiguous ending, independent film
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Back in Action (1994)
Plot Summary:
Two men have different motivations but the same goal when they team up and mount an assault on a powerful drug gang.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 774
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: erotic, suspense, neo noir, independent film, detective, cult film
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Recoil (2011)
Plot Summary:
A cop turns vigilante after his family is murdered, exacting vengeance on the killers - and then on all criminals who have slipped through the system.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, suspense, neo noir, crime drama, realistic, surprise ending, independent film
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6 Bullets (2012)
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An ex-mercenary known for finding missing children is hired by a mixed martial arts fighter whose daughter has been kidnapped.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful, suspense, cult classic, action packed, independent film, exciting, surprise ending
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The Courier (2019)
Plot Summary:
This intense action-thriller unfolds in real time as two embattled souls fight for their lives. Gary Oldman stars as a vicious crime boss out to kill Nick, the lone witness set to testify against him. He hires a mysterious female motorcycle courier to unknowingly deliver a poison-gas bomb to slay Nick, but after she rescues Nick from certain death, the duo must confront an army of ruthless hired killers in order to survive the night.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: suspense, captivating, entertaining, exciting, surprise ending, neo noir, ambiguous ending, psychotronic, independent film, black comedy
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Point Blank (2010)
Plot Summary:
Samuel Pierret is a nurse who saves the wrong guy – a thief whose henchmen take Samuel's pregnant wife hostage to force him to spring their boss from the hospital. A race through the subways and streets of Paris ensues, and the body count rises. Can Samuel evade the cops and the criminal underground and deliver his beloved to safety?.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, intense, unusual plot structure, suspense, exciting, rough, serious, neo noir, realistic, atmospheric
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Line of Duty (2019)
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Frank Penny is a disgraced cop looking for a shot at redemption. When the police chief's 11-year-old daughter is abducted, Frank goes rogue to try and save her. But to find the girl, Frank will need the help of Ava Brooks, whose live-streaming news channel is broadcasting Frank's every move.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
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Plot tags: suspense, entertaining, action thriller, crime thriller, surprise ending, psychotronic, buddy comedy, independent film, detective, black comedy
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Shock Wave (2017)
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When a terrorist who specializes in explosives takes hold of an underground tunnel, he threatens to kill hostages if his demands are not met.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 119 min
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