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Plot Summary:
A paroled short order cook and a waitress go on the run with a bag of diamonds that accidentally falls into their possession, prompting two warring gangs to come after them.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 269
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, dark comedy
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Recoil (1998)
Plot Summary:
Detective Ray Morgan accidentally kills the son of a mob boss. The mob boss orders to have Morgan killed unknowing that the assassin killed Morgan's wife and kids. Now Morgan's out for revenge..and he'll do it his own way.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 715
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: suspense, independent film, detective, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast
Similar in 81%
The Butcher (2009)
Plot Summary:
A mob enforcer is set up to take the fall for a multi-million dollar heist involving a rival gang boss. Merle (Eric Roberts) is a gambler stuck on a twenty-year losing streak, but his luck is about to change. Surviving a trap that was intended to kill him, Merle makes away with a beautiful woman and a piece of the take. Most men in that position would have been content to simply walk away with their lives, but Merle has been loyal for twenty years. Realizing he's been betrayed, something inside snaps. They used to call him "The Butcher" as a joke, but the laughter turns to screams when Merle returns to deliver the ultimate punchline.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 900
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychological, bloody, fast, cult film
Similar in 87%
Don't Look Back (1996)
Plot Summary:
Los Angeles heroin addict Jesse endangers the lives of his childhood friends after he discovers a briefcase full of money from a drug deal gone bad, and returns home with it to Texas. Hoping to turn his life around with his newfound wealth, Jessie endures detox with the support of his friends. However, the gang leader behind the drug deal, along with his cronies, trace Jesse's footsteps to Texas to exact revenge and take back their money.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 726
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast
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Bad Cop (2009)
Plot Summary:
A cop Angel Almaraz saves the life of a local crime boss who, in return, offers him a job as part of his security. Almaraz accepts but soon has doubts.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 216
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough, independent film
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Red Line (1995)
Plot Summary:
A car thief is seen stealing, and is blackmailed into stealing more cars for someone else's profit.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 602
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, fast, neo noir
Similar in 77%
Night of the Running Man (1995)
Plot Summary:
A Las Vegas cab driver finds a million dollars of stolen money in his cab after his fare is murdered. Soon after, a ruthless hitman is in persuit; he will stop at nothing to recover the money and dispose of all witnesses.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, suspense, independent film, fast
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End Game (2006)
Plot Summary:
Alex Thomas was the man in charge of protecting the president but, when the time came to fulfill his duties, everything just went wrong. His conscience haunted by a bullet and his devotion to his country stronger than ever, Alex teams with seasoned reporter in navigating a treacherous web of lies, unlocking a dangerous conspiracy, and enters into a deadly world in which skilled assassins and highly-trained ex-special ops lurk in every shadow.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic, political, surprise ending, exciting, gloomy, fast, independent film
Similar in 76%
Hard Luck (2006)
Plot Summary:
Three converging story lines involving bootleggers, a serial killer and drug dealers are followed. A former drug dealer tries to go straight, but comes across a stash of stolen drugs. Meanwhile, a middle-aged suburban housewife hides a sadistic and vicious streak.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: suspense, serious, suspenseful, realistic
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The Rage (1997)
Plot Summary:
FBI Special Agent Travis is trying to catch a deranged serial killer and is doing his best despite having a new and unexperienced partner in the form of Kelly McCord. It turns out that the serial killer is an entire army of disgruntled CIA mercenaries from Vietnam.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 629
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspense, independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Raw Target (1995)
Plot Summary:
This high-powered action flick follows kickboxing champion Johnny Rider, who quits the ring after accidentally killing an opponent but is forced to employ his skills again to avenge the death of his brother at the hands of crime boss Rod Sparks (Nicholas Hill). After infiltrating Rod's gang, Johnny is targeted himself by Bill Williams (Ron Hall), a cop seeking revenge for the death of his own brother -- the fighter killed by Johnny.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 92
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 76%
To Protect and Serve (1992)
Plot Summary:
A rookie cop becomes the chief suspect in the killing of some of his crooked cohorts.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 289
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: erotic, independent film, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 85%
The Detonator (2006)
Plot Summary:
Sonni Griffith, a top US Secret Agent must protect a witness as he crosses Europe.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, suspense
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The Collectors (1999)
Plot Summary:
Shifting alliances put a pair of hardnosed hit men in jeopardy in this 1999 crime caper. A New Orleans mob boss looking to settle scores sends Ray (Rick Fox) and A.K. (Casper Van Dien) to New York City to collect overdue debts.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 401
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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House of the Rising Sun (2011)
Plot Summary:
Ray, an ex-cop, is starting a new life looking to stay out of trouble. One evening, on Ray's watch, the nightclub he works for is robbed and the owner's son is shot dead. As his criminal past is exposed Ray hunts for the person responsible for this crime in an effort to clear his own name. Ray must get to the bottom of this as both the mob and cops start to close in on him as their target suspect.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film, detective
Similar in 79%
Overkill (1996)
Plot Summary:
American Police officer Jack Hazard heads for South America after being ordered to take time off by his boss after a raid goes bad. Once there, however, he finds himself caught up with a stranger wanted by the government, and soon ends up in prison. He and his unwanted companion escape, and now Jack must try to get back to safety while being hunted down by an iron-fisted tyrant.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 168
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cult film
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The Sweeper (1996)
Plot Summary:
A young renegade undercover cop with a propensity for violence and a past history involving the murder of his cop father and the remainder of his family is recruited by a vigilante group with a leader who wants only to kill all criminals and those associated with them.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 620
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, neo noir, detective
Similar in 87%
No Tomorrow (1999)
Plot Summary:
When the world's most notorious criminal allies himself with a senior employee of a major shipping corporation, a lethal deal is struck to secure a multi-million dollar arms transaction. As word of the sinister deal spreads through the underworld, a big city mobster, an extreme militia force and the FBI enter the clandestine mix, blurring the lines of loyalty and trust.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 424
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, crime drama, independent film, exciting
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The Taking of Beverly Hills (1991)
Plot Summary:
A chemical spill has caused the occupants of Beverly Hills to be forcibly evacuated. A retiring football player left behind, finds that the toxic gas emulating from the spill is a bogus front for a heist set up by fired police officers out to plunder the city of all its valuables. Finding himself siding with a corrupt cop who was once apart of the plan until he discovered the city's mayor had just been blown away, by one of the chief crooks in charge. Now both on the run with no help in sight...both must do whatever they can to stop these murderous looters.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: cult classic, action thriller, exciting, rough, humorous, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, surprise ending
Similar in 85%
Another Meltdown (1998)
Plot Summary:
A patriotic Chinese cop is reposted to fictional East European country Lavernia as punishment for ignoring orders during a plane hijack operation. There he encounters his ex-girlfriend, who fled to Lavernia after Tiananmen Square. Their paths soon tangle with the charismatic but evil leader of the Japanese cult Aum Shinryuu.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 591
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast
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Armstrong (1998)
Plot Summary:
The Cold War has just heated up! CIA Agent Bob Taylor (Charles Napier) arrives in Moscow with his new wife Susan (Kimberley Kates) with a highly secret video tape of Russian missiles leaving an unknown base near Moscow under the cover of darkness. Are these missiles destined to be aimed at the US or are they being smuggled to a terrorist organisation. The Americans need to know where these missiles are going, the only person who can help them discover their destination is Armstrong (Frank Zagarino) an ex buddy of Bob who now trains an elite Russian anti-terrorist squad under the command of Colonel Zukov (Richard Lynch). Zukov is from the old guard, corrupt, ruthless, and will stop at nothing to gain control.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 491
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast
Similar in 88%
Skyscraper (1996)
Plot Summary:
A helicopter charter turns deadly when the pilot finds that she is on a building held by terrorists. It is up to her and her husband to save the hostages.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: suspense, independent film, sexy, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cult film
Similar in 85%
Tunnel (2002)
Plot Summary:
An ex-SAS agent and a thief battle for their lives as air runs out in a maze of abandoned mine tunnels while they're searching for $200 million in stolen diamonds.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 332
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, independent film
Similar in 87%
Hijack (1998)
Plot Summary:
A prestigious senator and the passengers on board a train are kidnapped by a militia group.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 432
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, independent film, fast
Similar in 88%
One in the Chamber (2012)
Plot Summary:
A seasoned assassin plays both sides in a Russian gang war and becomes the target of an unknown enemy.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic, action thriller, action packed, rough, surprise ending, neo noir, independent film
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N.Y.C. Underground (2013)
Plot Summary:
Wealthy, Manhattanite brothers Dylan, Logan and a group of their friends head to Brooklyn for a concert when they meet notorious gangster, Simon and make an ill-advised deal with him. Soon, things go wrong and now the group is desperately running from Simon's crew through New York City's labyrinthine subway system in a terrifying life-or-death race.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 615
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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Storm Catcher (1999)
Plot Summary:
A renegade general plots to bomb Washington using a new top secret jet called the Storm Catcher. The only trouble is only one man is capable of flying it. So they seek to put him on the run in a conspiracy that makes him appear to have murdered several men and stolen the plane. Then try to murder his wife and take his daughter prisoner. Threatening to kill his daughter if he doesn't help, he appears trapped. However, his best friend who is the plane's computer specialist has a few tricks up his sleeve.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: rough, realistic, exciting, serious, suspenseful, suspense, cult classic, independent film, bleak, fast
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Best of the Best 4: Without Warning (1998)
Plot Summary:
A group of Russian mobsters have stolen a huge supply of paper for printing U.S. currency, and are now flooding the market with conterfeit bills. When one of the mobsters decides to give herself in and hand over a data CD to the DA, she is shot and killed, but not before handing the disc to an unsuspecting Tommy Lee. Despite working with the police as a martial arts instructor, Lee doesn't go to the cops with the disc, but instead goes on the run, giving the mafia time to kidnap his daughter and hold as a hostage in exchange for return of the disc. Will Tommy ever see his daughter again?.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast
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Riot (1996)
Plot Summary:
An heiress is kidnapped during the chaos of a riot.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 559
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, surprise ending, suspense, black comedy, cult film
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Renegade Force (1998)
Plot Summary:
An FBI Agent (Michael Rooker) and a female cop (Diane DiLascio) join forces to stop renegade cops who are offing the bad guys. Robert Patrick is the leader of the renegades and Louis Mandylor is a reluctant young cop that is brought into the hit team.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 808
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspense, independent film, exciting, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, surprise ending
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Trespass (1992)
Plot Summary:
Two Arkansas firemen, Vince and Don, get hold of a map that leads to a cache of stolen gold in an abandoned factory in East St. Louis. What they don't know is that the factory is in the turf of a local gang, who come by to execute one of their enemies. Vince sees the shooting, the gang spots Vince, and extended mayhem ensues. As Vince and Don try to escape, gang leader King James argues with his subordinate Savon about how to get rid of the trespassers.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, rough, bleak, suspenseful, hood, neo noir, ironic, crime drama, cult classic