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Plot Summary:
Mark Kaminsky is kicked out of the FBI for his rough treatment of a suspect. He winds up as the sheriff of a small town in North Carolina. FBI Chief Harry Shannon, whose son has been killed by a mobster named Patrovina, enlists Kaminsky in a personal vendetta with a promise of reinstatement into the FBI if Patrovina is taken down. To accomplish this, he must go undercover and join Patrovina's gang.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: intense, rough, realistic, exciting, serious, suspenseful, action packed, cult classic, hood, perverse
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Maximum Risk (1996)
Plot Summary:
A policeman takes his twin brother's place and inherits his problems and a beautiful girlfriend. He is forced to kickbox his way from France to the U.S. and back while playing footsie with the FBI and Russian mafia. Not just muscles with a badge, the policeman must find the answers to some tough questions, none harder than what the heck is an accordian player doing in a sauna.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, serious, suspenseful, erotic, metafiction, cult classic, rough, realistic, fast
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Direct Action (2004)
Plot Summary:
Frank Gannon, a veteran cop, is being hunted by his fellow police officers after they learned he has betrayed the brotherhood and exposed to the feds wide scale corruption of the LAPD. He has one day left to prove his case and survive.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic, cult classic, fast, detective, cult film
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American Yakuza (1993)
Plot Summary:
When Nick Davis leaves prison after one year in solitaire, he is hired to operate forklift in a warehouse in the harbor owned by the Japanese Yakuza patriarch Isshin Tendo. The place is assaulted by the Italian Mafia leaded by Dino Campanela and Nick rescues and saves the life of Shuji Sawamoto, who is the representative of Yakuza interests in America. Shuji hires Nick to work for Yakuza and becomes his godfather in the family after his oath to join Yakuza. However, Nick is a lonely FBI undercover agent assigned to penetrate in the criminal organization. When the FBI discovers that Campanela is organizing a massive attack to destroy the Yakuza, Nick's boss Littman calls off the operation to leave the dirty work to the Italian Mafia. But the connection of Nick with Shuji and his goddaughter Yuko forces him to help his Japanese family.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: crime drama, independent film, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cynical
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Walking Tall (2004)
Plot Summary:
A former U.S. soldier returns to his hometown to find it overrun by crime and corruption, which prompts him to clean house.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 109000
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: intense, rough, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, serious, entertaining, action packed, humorous, suspense
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The Gauntlet (1977)
Plot Summary:
Phoenix cop Ben Shockley is well on his way to becoming a derelict when he is assigned to transport a witness named Gus Mally from Vegas. Mally turns out to be a belligerent prostitute with mob ties and incriminating information regarding a high-placed figure.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: exciting, road movie, suspense, entertaining, neo noir, anime, action thriller, rough, serious, realistic
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Black Moon Rising (1986)
Plot Summary:
An FBI free-lancer stashes a stolen Las Vegas-crime tape in a high-tech car stolen by someone else.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, cult classic, retro, harsh, atmospheric, independent film, realistic
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The Hitman (1991)
Plot Summary:
After surviving an attempt on his life by his former partner, officer Cliff Garrett (Norris) exacts revenge on those who wronged him by going undercover as a hit man. He works to gain the reputation and trust needed in order to be accepted by the burgeoning Seattle-area criminal underworld, but it is all done in order to take it down from within.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense, grindhouse, cult classic, independent film, fast
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The Dead Pool (1988)
Plot Summary:
Dirty Harry Callahan returns for his final film adventure. Together with his partner Al Quan, he must investigate the systematic murder of actors and musicians. By the time Harry learns that the murders are a part of a sick game to predict the deaths of celebrities before they happen, it may be too late.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, serious, neo noir, detective, suspenseful, exciting, action thriller, perverse, cult classic
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Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987)
Plot Summary:
After the death of his girlfriend's daughter from a drug overdose, Paul Kersey (Charles Bronson) takes on the local drug cartel.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: cult classic, detective, neo noir, grindhouse, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast
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The Replacement Killers (1998)
Plot Summary:
Hired assassin John Lee is asked by Chinatown crime boss Terence Wei to murder the young son of policeman Stan Zedkov. Lee has the boy in his sights, but his conscience gets the better of him, and he spares the child's life. Afraid that Wei will take revenge on his family in China, Lee seeks out expert forger Meg Coburn to obtain the passport he needs to get out of the country, but a band of replacement killers is soon on his trail.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: exciting, stylized, serious, rough, suspenseful, cult classic, intercultural, suspense, heroic, crime drama
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Sudden Impact (1983)
Plot Summary:
When a young rape victim takes justice into her own hands and becomes a serial killer, it's up to Dirty Harry Callahan, on suspension from the SFPD, to bring her to justice.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: neo noir, exciting, intense, tense, serious, suspenseful, cult classic, detective, retro, crime drama
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Eraser (1996)
Plot Summary:
U.S. Marshall John Kruger erases the identities of people enrolled in the Witness Protection Program. His current assignment is to protect Lee Cullen, who's uncovered evidence that the weapons manufacturer she works for has been selling to terrorist groups. When Kruger discovers that there's a corrupt agent within the program, he must guard his own life while trying to protect Lee's.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 117000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, action packed, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, entertaining, intense, clever
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Hard Target (1993)
Plot Summary:
When a woman's father goes missing, she enlist a local to aid in her search. The pair soon discover that her father has died at the hands of a wealthy sportsman who hunts homeless men as a form of recreation.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 55000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, entertaining, intense, rough, realistic, suspenseful, serious, bloody, stylized
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Cobra (1986)
Plot Summary:
A tough-on-crime street cop must protect the only surviving witness to a strange murderous cult with far reaching plans.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 78000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, intense, grindhouse, cult classic, melancholic, rough, serious, suspenseful, exciting
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El Mariachi (1992)
Plot Summary:
El Mariachi just wants to play his guitar and carry on the family tradition. Unfortunately, the town he tries to find work in has another visitor...a killer who carries his guns in a guitar case. The drug lord and his henchmen mistake El Mariachi for the killer, Azul, and chase him around town trying to kill him and get his guitar case.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 70000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, cult classic, action packed, stylized, hood, independent film, neo western, inspirational, retro, suspense
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Bullet to the Head (2012)
Plot Summary:
After watching their respective partners die, a cop and a hitman form an alliance in order to bring down their common enemy.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 52000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, India, Switzerland
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: exciting, intense, brutal, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, bloody, detective, action packed
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Rapid Fire (1992)
Plot Summary:
College student Jake Lo is pursued by smugglers, mobsters and crooked federal agents after he witnesses a murder by a Mafia kingpin.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: exciting, intense, serious, suspenseful, cult classic, suspense, crime drama, rough, realistic, fast
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To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
Plot Summary:
A fearless Secret Service agent will stop at nothing to bring down the counterfeiter who killed his partner.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 38000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspense, tense, suspenseful, cult classic, disturbing, stylized, intense, rough, serious
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The Punisher (1989)
Plot Summary:
The avenging angel of Marvel Comics fame comes brilliantly to life in this searing action-adventure thriller! Dolph Lundgren stars as Frank Castle, a veteran cop who loses his entire family to a mafia car bomb. Only his ex-partner believes Castle survived the blast to become THE PUNISHER ... a shadowy, invincible fighter against evil who lives for total revenge on his mob enemies.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: futuristic, cult classic, exciting, stylized, serious, epic, slasher, hood, perverse, independent film
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Out for Justice (1991)
Plot Summary:
Gino Felino (Steven Seagal) is an NYPD detective from Brooklyn who knows everyone and everything in his neighborhood. Killing his Partner was someone's mistake, because he's now Out For Justice.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspense, bloody, detective, cult classic, suspenseful, grindhouse, hood, perverse, action thriller, exciting
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A Man Apart (2003)
Plot Summary:
When Vetter's wife is killed in a botched hit organized by Diablo, he seeks revenge against those responsible. But in the process, Vetter and Hicks have to fight their way up the chain to get to Diablo but it's easier said than done when all Vetter can focus on is revenge.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 49000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: suspense, harsh, emotional, rough, serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic, captivating, cult classic
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Boiling Point (1993)
Plot Summary:
Red is an aging scam-artist who's just been released from prison together with Ronnie, a young and not-so-bright hoodlum who is easily manipulated. Their new business is to organize fake-money sales and then kill the buyer to take his money; but when Ronnie kills an undercover secret service agent, his partner Jimmy Mercer vows revenge and is given one week to catch the killers before being transferred. Written by Giancarlo Cairella.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, neo noir, suspenseful, tense, intense, rough, serious, realistic, action thriller
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Black Rain (1989)
Plot Summary:
Two New York cops get involved in a gang war between members of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia. They arrest one of their killers and are ordered to escort him back to Japan. In Japan, however, he manages to escape. As they try to track him down, they get deeper and deeper into the Japanese Mafia scene and they have to learn that they can only win by playing the game the Japanese way.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 59000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: suspense, neo noir, detective, exciting, tense, serious, stylized, cult classic, hood, postmodern
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Above the Law (1988)
Plot Summary:
Seagal is Nico Toscani, an Italian immigrant, American patriot, ex-CIA agent, aikido specialist, and unorthodox Chicago policeman. He is as committed to his job as he is to his personalized brand of justice: expert and thorough bone-crushing.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 34000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful, cult classic, heroic, satanic, action thriller
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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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War (2007)
Plot Summary:
FBI agent Jack Crawford is out for revenge when his partner is killed and all clues point to the mysterious assassin Rogue. But when Rogue turns up years later to take care of some unfinished business, he triggers a violent clash of rival gangs. Will the truth come out before it's too late? And when the dust settles, who will remain standing?.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 96000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, fast paced, action packed, stylized, crime drama, tense, suspense, perverse
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Marked for Death (1990)
Plot Summary:
Just retired from the Drug Enforcement Agency, John Hatcher returns to his hometown and quickly discovers that drugs have infiltrated his old neighborhood. Determined to drive the dealers out, Hatcher crosses paths with a ferocious Jamaican drug lord who vows that Hatcher and his family are now marked for death.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, grindhouse, intense, hood, cult classic
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Face/Off (1997)
Plot Summary:
An antiterrorism agent goes under the knife to acquire the likeness of a terrorist and gather details about a bombing plot. When the terrorist escapes custody, he undergoes surgery to look like the agent so he can get close to the agent's family.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 395000
Genere: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, stylized, action packed, suspenseful, neo noir, rough, action thriller, entertaining, intense
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Running Scared (1986)
Plot Summary:
Two street-wise Chicago cops have to shake off some rust after returning from a Key West vacation to pursue a drug dealer that nearly killed them in the past.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: action comedy, humorous, witty, talky, detective, romantic comedy, cult classic, hilarious, exciting, realistic
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Parker (2013)
Plot Summary:
A thief with a unique code of professional ethics is double-crossed by his crew and left for dead. Assuming a new disguise and forming an unlikely alliance with a woman on the inside, he looks to hijack the score of the crew's latest heist.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 128000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: serious, exciting, rough, realistic, neo noir, tense, saga, cult classic, action adventure, crime thriller