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Plot Summary:
Pushpa Raj is a coolie who rises in the world of red sandalwood smuggling. Along the way, he doesn’t shy from making an enemy or two.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 84000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 179 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense
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Desamuduru (2007)
Plot Summary:
Desamuduru is a 2007 Telugu film, dubbed into Malayalam and Tamil as Hero: The Real Hero, and Hindi as Ek Jwalamukhi. The film has Allu Arjun and Hansika Motwani in the lead. The film was directed by Puri Jagannadh. D.V.V. Danaiah produced Desamuduru under the Universal Media banner. The movie was released on 12 January 2007 in 400 theatres.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 148 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense
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Yevadu (2014)
Plot Summary:
Satya is given a different face after he suffers burn-related injuries. After being released from the hospital, he deals with the murderer of his lover Deepti. But his new face has given him new foes.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 165 min
Plot tags: serious, tense, captivating, suspense, rough, realistic
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Sketch (2018)
Plot Summary:
The fate of four friends, who work at a garage, witness drastic changes after they lock horns with a dreaded gangster in town.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense
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K.G.F: Chapter 1 (2018)
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A period drama set in the 1970s, KGF follows the story of a fierce rebel who rises against the brutal oppression in Kolar Gold Fields and becomes the symbol of hope to legions of downtrodden people.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 95000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 154 min
Plot tags: kannada, tense, suspense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, intense, cult classic
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Pogaru (2021)
Plot Summary:
Shiva, a ruffian, is the terror of his area in many ways, but still has a heart of gold. He has just one wish, for his mother to love him wholly like the way he does.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action
Country: India
Duration: 160 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Paayum Puli (2015)
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An extortion gang that murders businessmen kills a policeman working on the case. ACP Jayaseelan exterminates the gang by way of unofficial encounters, but the murders continue. What the cop doesn't realise is that the brain behind the crimes is lurking close to home.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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A Better Tomorrow (2018)
Plot Summary:
A former smuggler attempts to start his life anew and repair his relationship with his estranged brother after his release from prison.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 538
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: China
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, heroic
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Crook: It's Good to Be Bad (2010)
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Jai Dixit sells pirated DVDs and is caught by his uncle Joseph. His uncle changes his personality and name to Suraj Bhardwaj and sends him to Australia. At the airport he meets Romi Latti, a student on a scholarship to Univeristy College. He also meets Suhani who comes to pick Romi up. He impersonates Romi as he is attracted to Suhani. When she finds the truth he runs away. One day while talking to his uncle at grocery store he finds few Australians attacking the owner because he is a Muslim. Suraj finds the gun and holds the attackers at gunpoint. When the police arrive, he remembers his uncles advise and runs again. He meets Nicole, sister of the attackers, who works in a strip club. When times comes to decide between Suhani and Nicole, he chooses Suhani. Later Suhani's brother Samarth kidnaps Nicole, when Suraj goes to save her he is accidentally shot by Samarth. Romi attacks Samarth and kills him. The movie ends with Suhani and Suraj getting back together.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, disturbing, light
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Plot Summary:
An alcoholic professor is sent to a juvenile school, where he clashes with a gangster, who uses the children of the school for criminal activities.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 82000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 179 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, action thriller, action packed, thrilling
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At Stake (2017)
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Four brothers Ibra, Elzan, Amar, and Ical attempting to collect money for their father's medical bills. Always in stalemate, the brothers eventually took a very reckless decision.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 196
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Duration: 106 min
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Sky Rojo (2021)
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On the run from their pimp and his henchmen, three women embark on a wild and crazy journey in search of freedom.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 31 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, tense
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K.G.F: Chapter 2 (2022)
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The blood-soaked land of Kolar Gold Fields (KGF) has a new overlord now - Rocky, whose name strikes fear in the heart of his foes. His allies look up to Rocky as their Savior, the government sees him as a threat to law and order; enemies are clamoring for revenge and conspiring for his downfall. Bloodier battles and darker days await as Rocky continues on his quest for unchallenged supremacy.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 145000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 166 min
Plot tags: kannada, cult classic, action packed, period drama
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Sooryavanshi (2021)
Plot Summary:
A fearless, faithful albeit slightly forgetful Mumbai cop, Veer Sooryavanshi, the chief of the Anti-Terrorism Squad in India pulls out all the stops and stunts to thwart a major conspiracy to attack his city.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 79000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 145 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, fast, action packed
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Caliber 9 (2020)
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Milan, Nowadays: Fernando, son of Ugo Piazza, is a brilliant criminal defense lawyer whose mother, Nelly, has done everything in her power to raise him different from his father, a deplorable gangster.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 171
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy, Belgium
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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Bairavaa (2017)
Plot Summary:
A loan recovery agent takes on a corrupt head of an educational institution to save his girlfriend..
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 169 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, cult film
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Yogi (2007)
Plot Summary:
Eeshwar Chandra Prasad (Prabhas) is the son of Ram Murthy (Chalapathi Rao) and Shantamma (Sharada Urvashi). Ram Murthy wants his son to do some job. However, Shantamma pampers Eeshwar very much and hence he doesn't want to leave the village. Ram Murthy dies and in order to fulfil his last wish, Eeshwar goes to the city to earn money on the advice of his friend Basha (Ali), who was a pickpocket. Eeshwar could not meet Basha. On the other hand Kotaiah (Kota Srinivasa Rao) runs big land mafia in Hyderabad city and a bitter rival of Narsing Pahilwan (Pradeep Rawat). Saidulu (Subbaraju) is Narsing's brother. Once Saidulu hacks Kotaiah and his assistant, when Eeshwar accidentally saves him. Eeshwar gets a job in a tea stall run by Chandranna (Chandra Mohan). He earns good money and purchases two gold bangles for his mother and plans to leave the city.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 723
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 155 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Malik (2021)
Plot Summary:
A past ridden with crime, death and pain is recounted to Freddy, a juvenile criminal, who has been assigned to eliminate his estranged uncle Sulaiman, an aging patriarch, while behind bars.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 162 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, surprise ending, twist ending
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Amar is assigned to investigate a case of serial killings. When Amar investigates the case, he realizes it is not what it seems to be and following down this path will lead to nothing but war between everyone involved.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 71000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 175 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, entertaining, cult classic, action thriller
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The Hunt Begins... (2003)
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After receiving pardon from his jail term Babu return home to find that his family consisting of his wife, Purnima, his son, Arjun and daughter Pooja are in a destitute way of living which then pushes him to release information to the police that he were concealing as his three gangster bosses Chhote Pathan, Rajoo Singh and D.K. Sharma fail to carry out their promise of taking care of his family. The duo then retaliates by beheading Babu in the presence of Purnima and in the process abducting Pooja resulting in Purnima losing her senses. 10 years later Arjun hopes to re-unite his mother with her daughter and goes about a quest to look for his sister but in order to make this possible he must first overcome all obstacles placed in his way by the three gangsters.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 153 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, feel good, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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Devikulam Police Station SI John Luther is a committed police officer, who even risks his life for policing. During an interrogation, he suffers ruptured eardrums and hearing loss. Will he be able to complete an investigation which he had to leave halfway?.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense
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Aaraattu (2022)
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Goparajan / Gopan, a native of Neyyattinkara and a real estate tycoon buys a large piece of land in Chittur for a construction purpose, but on his arrival, he learns that the residents are forcefully and unlawfully evicted from their properties by an Andhra based real estate mafia using illegal land acquisition rules with support from the local authorities and government officials.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 167 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing
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Pudhupettai (2006)
Plot Summary:
The story is set in the backdrop of the slums of Pudhupettai in Chennai, as the title suggests, where a high school kid Kokki Kumar (Dhanush) sees his mom dead after he comes back from watching a movie. His father, the murderer is also planning to kill his son Kumar. Kumar sensing danger runs away from home. Homeless and with no food Kumar resorts to begging until he is falsely arrested while standing by and watching a commotion on the street. In jail he befriends handymen of a local goon who take Kumar with them and give him petty jobs to do. In a confrontation with goons of another gang Kumar kills the brother of his enemy gang's head Moorthi thus earning the respect of his gang and making enemies for himself both within his gang and outside.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 168 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, epic, cult classic, cult film
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IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 238
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
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IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, hood, crime drama
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Grasshopper (2015)
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Movie contains the stories of three people: Suzuki (Toma Ikuta), Kujira (Tadanobu Asano) and Semi (Ryosuke Yamada). Suzuki is a former middle school teacher. His girlfriend was killed, which led him to quit his job and attempt to take revenge on her murderer. To do so, Suzuki has to infiltrate the underground world of criminals. Kujira is a contract killer for hire. He makes his targets fall into confusion and eventually commit suicide. Semi is a contract killer who uses the knife to take out his targets.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 367
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense
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Surya, a young man, moves to Mumbai hoping to join the underworld. He forms his own gang and starts recruiting criminals and gangsters. Things take a turn when he falls in love with a cop's daughter.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 133 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, serious, captivating
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IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Hot Blooded (2022)
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Kuam is a shabby port town in the shadow of stunning port city of Busan. Hee-su is a third-rate gangster who has been acting like a hotel manager under Don Son for 20 years. Seemingly out of nowhere, Yong-kang, who fled the country as a murder suspect, returns home and begins causing trouble all over town, which only adds pressure to Hee-su.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 326
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South Wind 2: Speed Up (2021)
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Nenad, Maras his little brother, wants to follow the ilegal footsteps of his brother and now Maras and Baca have to free him from the clutches of the bad guys.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Serbia
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Plot Summary:
A minor girl goes missing in a small town in Tamilnadu and an investigation follows. A sub inspector investigating a missing girl's case in a uncovers some shocking revelations and dirty truths those threaten to shake up the cultural societal fabric.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 46 min
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