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Plot Summary:
Prima ballerina, Dominika Egorova faces a bleak and uncertain future after she suffers an injury that ends her career. She soon turns to Sparrow School, a secret intelligence service that trains exceptional young people to use their minds and bodies as weapons. Dominika emerges as the most dangerous Sparrow after completing the sadistic training process. As she comes to terms with her new abilities, she meets a CIA agent who tries to convince her that he is the only person she can trust.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 198000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min
Plot tags: suspense, surprise ending, psychological thriller, sexy, rough, brutal, erotic, sexual, exciting, motivational
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Born of War (2014)
Plot Summary:
Mina, a young college student, has her life ripped away after her family is killed. When she finds out their murder was part of a botched kidnapping to return her to her real father—a terrorist in the middle east.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 457
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK, Jordan, Cyprus
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, suspense, exciting, realistic, surprise ending, independent film
Similar in 82%
The 355 (2022)
Plot Summary:
A group of top female agents from American, British, Chinese, Columbian and German government agencies are drawn together to try and stop an organization from acquiring a deadly weapon to send the world into chaos.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: China, USA, Hong Kong, Taiwan, France
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, action thriller, neo noir, surprise ending
Similar in 86%
Point of No Return (1993)
Plot Summary:
Hardened criminal Maggie Hayward's consistent violence, even in police custody, ends in the execution chamber. However, top-secret US government agent 'Bob' arranges a staged death, so Maggie can be elaborately trained as a phantom killer and subdued into obedience. She gets a new cover identity as saleswoman Claudia Anne Doran. She also gets a wonderful house-mate, building super J.P., a broad-minded, gentle photographer. The two fall in love, and that complicates hit jobs. His good influence extends to breeding in her a conscience that places love over business, unlike Bob's agency.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, intense, suspenseful, serious, neo noir, breathtaking, political, satanic, anamorphic
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The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)
Plot Summary:
Samantha Caine, suburban homemaker, is the ideal mom to her 8 year old daughter Caitlin. She lives in Honesdale, PA, has a job teaching school and makes the best Rice Krispie treats in town. But when she receives a bump on her head, she begins to remember small parts of her previous life as a lethal, top-secret agent.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 84000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: suspense, intense, serious, realistic, cult classic, neo noir, psychological, psychological thriller, retro, satanic
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Haywire (2011)
Plot Summary:
Mallory Kane is a highly trained operative who works for a government security contractor in the dirtiest, most dangerous corners of the world. After successfully freeing a Chinese journalist held hostage, she is double crossed and left for dead by someone close to her in her own agency. Suddenly the target of skilled assassins who know her every move, Mallory must find the truth in order to stay alive.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 89000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: enigmatic, suspense, talky, intense, tense, rough, serious, exciting, realistic, suspenseful
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The Tourist (2010)
Plot Summary:
American tourist Frank (Johnny Depp) meets mysterious British woman Elsie (Angelina Jolie) on the train to Venice. Romance seems to bud, but there's more to her than meets the eye. Remake of the 2005 French film "Anthony Zimmer", written and directed by Jérôme Salle.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 253000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, France, Italy, UK
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: exciting, surprise ending, twist ending, romantic, visually appealing, suspense, light, clever, entertaining, serious
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Hanna (2011)
Plot Summary:
A 16-year-old girl raised by her father to be the perfect assassin is dispatched on a mission across Europe. Tracked by a ruthless operatives, she faces startling revelations about her existence and questions about her humanity.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 205000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Germany
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: suspense, fairy tale, exciting, tense, suspenseful, stylized, intense, serious, visually appealing, heroic
Similar in 78%
Mission: Impossible (1996)
Plot Summary:
When Ethan Hunt, the leader of a crack espionage team whose perilous operation has gone awry with no explanation, discovers that a mole has penetrated the CIA, he's surprised to learn that he's the No. 1 suspect. To clear his name, Hunt now must ferret out the real double agent and, in the process, even the score.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 462000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, suspense, clever, action thriller, entertaining, action packed, tense, saga, cerebral
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The Double (2011)
Plot Summary:
The mysterious murder of a US senator bearing the distinctive trademark of the legendary Soviet assassin 'Cassius', forces retired CIA operative, Paul Shepherson to team with rookie FBI agent, Ben Geary to solve the crime. Having spent his career chasing Cassius, Shepherdson is convinced his nemesis is long dead, but is pushed to take on the case by his former supervisor, Tom Highland. Geary, who wrote his Master's thesis on Shepherdson's pursuit of the Soviet killer, is certain that Cassius has resurfaced.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, suspense, tense, intense, realistic, serious, surprise ending, political thriller, twisted, neo noir
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Miss Bala (2019)
Plot Summary:
Gloria finds a power she never knew she had when she is drawn into a dangerous world of cross-border crime. Surviving will require all of her cunning, inventiveness, and strength.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, suspense, emotional, intense, neo noir, action thriller, surprise ending, bilingual
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The Doorman (2020)
Plot Summary:
A former Marine turned doorman at a luxury New York City high-rise must outsmart and battle a group of art thieves and their ruthless leader — while struggling to protect her sister's family. As the thieves become increasingly desperate and violent, the doorman calls upon her deadly fighting skills to end the showdown.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: captivating, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological, perverse, action thriller, independent film, harsh
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The Rhythm Section (2020)
Plot Summary:
After the death of her family in an airplane crash on a flight that she was meant to be on, Stephanie Patrick discovers the crash was not an accident. She then seeks to uncover the truth by adapting the identity of an assassin to track down those responsible.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Spain, Ireland, USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, serious, emotional, intense, action thriller, surprise ending, tension, sad, neo noir
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Ava (2020)
Plot Summary:
A black ops assassin is forced to fight for her own survival after a job goes dangerously wrong.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 61000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: tense, psychological, exciting, suspense, captivating, disturbing, action thriller, stylized, surprise ending, neo noir
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Peppermint (2018)
Plot Summary:
A grieving mother transforms herself into a vigilante following the murders of her husband and daughter, eluding the authorities to deliver her own personal brand of justice.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 70000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: China, USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: exciting, brutal, neo noir, independent film, psychological, feel good, emotional, hood, fast paced, deep
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Nikita (1990)
Plot Summary:
A beautiful felon, sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a policeman, is given a second chance - as a secret political assassin controlled by the government.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 75000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspense, stylized, atmospheric, psychological, exciting, suspenseful, erotic, sincere, retro
Similar in 75%
Colombiana (2011)
Plot Summary:
Zoe Saldana plays a young woman who, after witnessing her parents’ murder as a child in Bogota, grows up to be a stone-cold assassin. She works for her uncle as a hitman by day, but her personal time is spent engaging in vigilante murders that she hopes will lead her to her ultimate target: the mobster responsible for her parents' death.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 106000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA, UK
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, intense, tricky, realistic, fast paced, teen, action thriller, stylized
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The November Man (2014)
Plot Summary:
An ex- CIA operative is brought back in on a very personal mission and finds himself pitted against his former pupil in a deadly game involving high level CIA officials and the Russian president-elect.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 70000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, tense, suspense, action thriller, brutal, visually appealing, clever, political, slasher
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The Contractor (2022)
Plot Summary:
After being involuntarily discharged from the U.S. Special Forces, James Harper decides to support his family by joining a private contracting organization alongside his best friend and under the command of a fellow veteran. Overseas on a covert mission, Harper must evade those trying to kill him while making his way back home.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, thrilling, surprise ending, neo noir, independent film, action thriller, political drama
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Anna (2019)
Plot Summary:
Beneath Anna Poliatova's striking beauty lies a secret that will unleash her indelible strength and skill to become one of the world's most feared government assassins.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 91000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: France, USA, Canada, Russia
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: suspense, action thriller, captivating, suspenseful, tense, serious, realistic, psychological, psychological thriller, epic
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The Protege (2021)
Plot Summary:
Rescued as a child by the legendary assassin Moody and trained in the family business, Anna is the world’s most skilled contract killer. When Moody, the man who was like a father to her and taught her everything she needs to know about trust and survival, is brutally killed, Anna vows revenge. As she becomes entangled with an enigmatic killer whose attraction to her goes way beyond cat and mouse, their confrontation turns deadly and the loose ends of a life spent killing will weave themselves ever tighter.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: suspense, captivating, tense, perverse, cult classic, neo noir, realistic, surprise ending, serious
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Unlocked (2017)
Plot Summary:
After failing to apprehend the terrorist behind a Paris attack that claimed dozens of lives, CIA agent Alice Racine is forced to live in London as a caseworker. Her mentor unexpectedly calls her back into action when the CIA discovers that another attack is imminent. Alice soon learns that the classified information she's uncovered has been compromised. Running for her life, she turns to a former soldier to help her prevent a lethal biological attack on the citizens of London.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 38000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, Switzerland, UK, USA, France
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, rough, suspenseful, mind bending, political, entertaining, cult classic, neo noir, twisted
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Salt (2010)
Plot Summary:
As a CIA officer, Evelyn Salt swore an oath to duty, honor and country. Her loyalty will be tested when a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy. Salt goes on the run, using all her skills and years of experience as a covert operative to elude capture. Salt's efforts to prove her innocence only serve to cast doubt on her motives, as the hunt to uncover the truth behind her identity continues and the question remains: "Who is Salt?".
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 327000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, surprise ending, serious, entertaining, visually appealing, action packed, tricky, political, action thriller
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American Assassin (2017)
Plot Summary:
Following the murder of his fiancée, Mitch Rapp trains under the instruction of Cold War veteran Stan Hurley. The pair then is enlisted to investigate a wave of apparently random attacks on military and civilian targets.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 88000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, suspense, exciting, action adventure, tense, suspenseful, bloody, scenic, cult classic, surprise ending
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Atomic Blonde (2017)
Plot Summary:
An undercover MI6 agent is sent to Berlin during the Cold War to investigate the murder of a fellow agent and recover a missing list of double agents.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 204000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Sweden, Hungary
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: suspense, surprise ending, exciting, sexy, harsh, retro, action thriller, visually stunning, action adventure, aesthetic
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Jason Bourne (2016)
Plot Summary:
The most dangerous former operative of the CIA is drawn out of hiding to uncover hidden truths about his past.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 239000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Spain, Japan, Germany
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, captivating, intense, action adventure, suspenseful, entertaining, action packed, action thriller, political
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Polar (2019)
Plot Summary:
When a retiring assassin realizes that he is the target of a hit, he winds up back in the game going head to head with a gang of younger, ruthless killers.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 97000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: neo noir, tense, captivating, suspenseful, erotic, psychological, clever, bloody, scenic, witty
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The Mechanic (2011)
Plot Summary:
Arthur Bishop is a 'mechanic' - an elite assassin with a strict code and unique talent for cleanly eliminating targets. It's a job that requires professional perfection and total detachment, and Bishop is the best in the business. But when he is ordered to take out his mentor and close friend Harry, Bishop is anything but detached.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 169000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: clever, stylized, brutal, tense, suspense, action packed, exciting, rough, serious, realistic
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The Accountant (2016)
Plot Summary:
As a math savant uncooks the books for a new client, the Treasury Department closes in on his activities and the body count starts to rise.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 313000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: suspense, surprise ending, tense, suspenseful, intense, clever, action thriller, crime thriller, neo noir, psychological
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Allied (2016)
Plot Summary:
In 1942, an intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. When they reunite in London, their relationship is tested by the pressures of war.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 166000
Genere: Action, Drama, History, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: suspense, sexy, emotional, exciting, tense, romantic, suspenseful, scenic, intense, factual
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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
Plot Summary:
Katniss Everdeen has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark. Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a "Victor's Tour" of the districts. Along the way Katniss senses that a rebellion is simmering, but the Capitol is still very much in control as President Snow prepares the 75th Annual Hunger Games (The Quarter Quell) - a competition that could change Panem forever.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 706000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 146 min
Plot tags: futuristic, captivating, teen, entertaining, touching, apocalyptic, sad, visual, action packed, visually stunning