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Plot Summary:
A big-game hunter for zoos who has booked passage on a Greek shipping freighter with a fresh haul of exotic and deadly animals from the Amazon, including a rare white Jaguar - along with a political assassin being extradited to the U.S in secret. Two days into the journey, the assassin escapes and releases the captive animals, throwing the ship into chaos.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: action thriller, exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, realistic, disturbing, cult classic
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Kill Chain (2019)
Plot Summary:
A hotel room shootout between two assassins kicks off a long night where bodies fall like dominoes, as we follow a chain of crooked cops, gangsters, hitmen, a femme Fatale and an ex-mercenary through a relay of murder, betrayal, revenge and redemption.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: exciting, brutal, tense, rough, bloody, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, perverse, action thriller
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The Bad Son (2007)
Plot Summary:
The women in a Seattle serial killer's life often had an unpleasant way of turning up dead - from his girlfriend to his mother-in-law to his second wife. The police and FBI knew who the killer was, but were never prepared to face a bizarre twist in the case-that his own mother was an employee of the Seattle Police Department with access to confidential documents--and was a woman who didn't hesitate to interfere with justice.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 307
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, psychological, exciting, suspense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 87%
Sniper: Assassin's End (2020)
Plot Summary:
Special Ops sniper Brandon Beckett is set up as the primary suspect for the murder of a foreign dignitary on the eve of signing a high-profile trade agreement with the United States. Narrowly escaping death, Beckett realizes that there may be a dark operative working within the government, and partners with the only person whom he can trust: his father, legendary sniper Sgt. Thomas Beckett. Both Becketts are on the run from the CIA, Russian mercenaries and Lady Death, a Yakuza-trained assassin with sniper skills that rival both legendary sharpshooters.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: tense, atmospheric, suspense, exciting, captivating, disturbing, perverse, action thriller
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Jurassic Domination (2022)
Plot Summary:
When two military-made, weaponized dinosaurs attack a small mountain town, it's up to the sheriff to figure out a way to stop the creatures before the dinos escape and wreak havoc nationwide.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 303
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, mockbuster
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The Hive (2008)
Plot Summary:
When ants, displaying never-before-seen behavior, seize an island, the controversial Thorax Team is called in to stop the massive threat, only to discover that the ants are controlled by something beyond this world.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, exciting, captivating, suspense, hilarious, natural horror
Similar in 84%
The Hit List (2011)
Plot Summary:
A disgruntled man creates a hit list with a stranger during a drunken night out and must then race to try to save those he marked for extermination as the bodies begin to pile up and all fingers point to him.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, exciting, captivating, disturbing, neo noir
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Deep Blue Sea 2 (2018)
Plot Summary:
When shark conservationist Dr. Misty Calhoun is invited to consult on a top-secret project run by pharmaceutical billionaire Carl Durant, she is shocked to learn that the company is using unpredictable and highly aggressive bull sharks as its test subjects, which soon break loose and cause havoc.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, tense, disturbing, psychotronic, scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, absurd
Similar in 83%
Venom (2011)
Plot Summary:
After a car breaks down in an isolated desert, a mother and young daughter are relentlessly pursued by a deadly snake.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 244
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, suspense, psychological, captivating, exciting, serious, realistic, psychotronic
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Triassic World (2018)
Plot Summary:
In the future, scientists found a way to grow human organs inside dinosaurs to harvest them for profit. But when the dinosaurs break out, the scientists that created them have to find ways undo the terrible mistakes they have done.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 648
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, scary, suspense, futuristic
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Maneater (2007)
Plot Summary:
When a dismembered body is found in the Appalachian Mountains, a county Sheriff is shocked to discover that the predator is a six-hundred pound Bengal tiger.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: suspense, serious, suspenseful, natural horror, disturbing, cult film
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Dire Wolf (2009)
Plot Summary:
A vicious genetically modified creature that's half human and half dire wolf escapes from a research facility so it can go on a murderous rampage in a quiet rural community. It's up to the easygoing Sheriff Parker, eager game warden Jim, and a couple of government agents to stop the beast before things get too out of hand.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 578
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, scary, rough, suspense, independent film
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Body Armour (2007)
Plot Summary:
A burned-out bodyguard is hired to protect the man he hates the most: an international assassin who destroyed his career and ruined his life. Forced to put his personal feelings on hold, the bodyguard must use all his skills and years of experience to keep the assassin alive in the face of constant danger.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia, Germany, Spain, UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, tense, suspense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 88%
Dangerous (2021)
Plot Summary:
A man returns home for his brother's wake on a remote island that comes under siege during his stay there.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: suspense, entertaining, perverse, dark
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2010: Moby Dick (2010)
Plot Summary:
That infamous whale is bigger, badder and a whole lot stronger in this sci-fi reimagining of Herman Melville’s classic tale of the battle between man, sea and sea creature starring “Xena” alum Rene O’Connor as the (traditionally male) narrator. But the boat — now a high-tech submarine — is also bigger, and Capt. Ahab is as determined as ever to settle the score and take down the mighty sea mammal that maimed him.
IMDB Rating: 2.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, mockbuster, creepy, scary, independent film
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Sharpshooter (2007)
Plot Summary:
An assassin working for the CIA decides to take one final job before quitting only to find out that he is the target of his CIA boss.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, captivating, exciting, cliffhanger, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Interrogation (2016)
Plot Summary:
After the FBI receives a threat that endangers the entire city, an interrogator and an I.T. specialist are plunged into a series of mind games with a criminal mastermind, desperately racing against time to uncover the villain's true agenda as they fight to protect thousands of lives.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Fortress: Sniper's Eye (2022)
Plot Summary:
Weeks after the deadly assault on Fortress Camp, Robert makes a daring rescue to save Sasha, the widow of his old nemesis Balzary. But back in the camp's command bunker, it appears Sasha may have devious plans of her own. As a new attack breaks out, Robert is confronted with a familiar face he thought he'd never see again….
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Agent Game (2022)
Plot Summary:
Harris, a CIA interrogator at an Agency black site, finds himself the target of a rendition operation after being scapegoated for an interrogation gone horribly wrong. As the team tasked to bring Harris in begins to question their orders -- and each other --Olsen, a senior intelligence officer, and his subordinate, Visser, raise the stakes. Now, it's up to Harris and some newfound allies to uncover the truth and turn the tables.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, tense, captivating, disturbing
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The Bucks County Massacre (2010)
Plot Summary:
On Saturday, May 17th, 2008, police responded to a residence in a remote area of Bucks County, Pennsylvania for the report of a missing person. Upon their arrival, a routine investigation was performed and it was determined that the situation did not require police intervention. When the police returned the next morning to do a courtesy follow up, the house was immediately found to be the scene of a crime.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: bleak, serious, tense, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, scary, rough, realistic, independent film
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Pig Hunt (2008)
Plot Summary:
When John takes his San Francisco friends to his deceased uncle's remote ranch to hunt wild pigs, it seems like a typical guys weekend with guns - despite the presence of John's sexy girlfriend Brooks. But as John and his crew trek deeper into the forest, they begin tracking the awful truth about his uncle's demise and the legend of The Ripper -- a murderous three-thousand-pound black boar!.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, scary, natural horror, suspense, slasher, psychotronic, cult film
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Swarmed (2005)
Plot Summary:
Residents of a small town find themselves battling a swarm of wasps which has been sprayed by a super pesticide.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: natural horror, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, apocalyptic, disaster movie
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Grizzly Rage (2007)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: natural horror, tense, rough, suspense, suspenseful, exciting, semi serious, teen horror
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Shark Season (2020)
Plot Summary:
Dozens of great white sharks attack the sleepy coastal town of Goldcoast, CA, resulting in several deaths and forcing the town council to bring in a group of marine biologists and shark hunters to solve the problem. But when one shark in particular refuses to go down without a fight, it will take all of the biologists’ and hunters’ knowhow to defeat the creature for good.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 973
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: scary, exciting, tense, suspense, realistic, suspenseful, intense
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Endangered Species (2021)
Plot Summary:
Jack Halsey takes his wife, their adult kids, and a friend for a dream vacation in Kenya. But as they venture off alone into a wilderness park, their safari van is flipped over by an angry rhino, leaving them injured and desperate. Then, as two of them go in search of rescue, a bloody, vicious encounter with a leopard and a clan of hyenas incites a desperate fight for survival.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: Kenya, USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, psychological
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Anacondas: Trail of Blood (2009)
Plot Summary:
A genetically created Anaconda, cut in half, regenerates itself into two aggressive giant snakes, due to the Blood Orchid.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, suspenseful, natural horror, surprise ending, captivating, saga, perverse, exciting, rough
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The Rock (1996)
Plot Summary:
FBI chemical warfare expert Stanley Goodspeed is sent on an urgent mission with a former British spy, John Patrick Mason, to stop Gen. Francis X. Hummel from launching chemical weapons on Alcatraz Island into San Francisco. Gen. Hummel demands $100 million in war reparations to be paid to the families of slain servicemen who died on covert operations. After their SEAL team is wiped out, Stanley and John deal with the soldiers on their own.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 353000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, tense, action packed, entertaining, intense, serious, realistic, stylized, action adventure
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Rogue (2007)
Plot Summary:
From the director of Wolf Creek comes this terrifying look at nature's perfect killing machine. When a group of tourists stumble into the remote Australian river territory of an enormous crocodile, the deadly creature traps them on a tiny mud island with the tide quickly rising and darkness descending. As the hungry predator closes in, they must fight for survival against all odds.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, atmospheric, scenic, natural horror, rough, disgusting, exciting, serious
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Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004)
Plot Summary:
The blood orchid - A rare flower that holds the secret of eternal life and a fortune to the pharmaceutical company that finds it. Led by a two-fisted soldier of fortune, a scientific expedition is sent deep into the jungles of Borneo to locate and bring back samples of the legendary plant. Battling their way upriver, the explorers brave poisonous insects, ferocious crocodiles and savage headhunters, unaware they're being stalked by an even greater danger: a nest of giant anacondas, voracious, fifty-foot-long flesh-eaters who'll stop at nothing to protect their breeding ground, the blood orchid's home.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, intense, suspenseful, exciting, natural horror, dark, saga, perverse, rough
Similar in 78%
Anaconda (1997)
Plot Summary:
A "National Geographic" film crew is taken hostage by an insane hunter, who takes them along on his quest to capture the world's largest - and deadliest - snake.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 110000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Brazil, Peru
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, captivating, serious, natural horror, cult classic, slasher, psychological, psychological thriller
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Beast (2022)
Plot Summary:
A recently widowed man and his two teenage daughters travel to a game reserve in South Africa. However, their journey of healing soon turns into a fight for survival when a bloodthirsty lion starts to stalk them.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 39000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Iceland, Japan
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, exciting, surprise ending, psychotronic, grindhouse