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Plot Summary:
After assuming his dead cellmate's identity to get with his girlfriend, an ex-con finds himself the reluctant participant in a casino heist.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 42000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, sexy, intense, suspense, serious, realistic, entertaining, action packed, action adventure, twisted
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Styx (2001)
Plot Summary:
Nelson puts his criminal ways behind him, having spent years as a first-rate safecracker. This resolution lasts until his brother finds himself owing money to organised crime and Nelson needs to do one last big job, with a few other professionals.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 489
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, ambiguous ending
Similar in 76%
Today You Die (2005)
Plot Summary:
A former thief who is trying to go straight seeks vengeance on those who framed him.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense, fast
Similar in 85%
The Getaway (1994)
Plot Summary:
Doc McCoy is put in prison because his partners chickened out and flew off without him after exchanging a prisoner with a lot of money. Doc knows Jack Benyon, a rich "business"-man, is up to something big, so he tells his wife (Carol McCoy) to tell him that he's for sale if Benyon can get him out of prison. Benyon pulls some strings and Doc McCoy is released again. Unfortunately he has to cooperate with the same person that got him to prison.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: neo noir, sexy, erotic, suspense, road movie, noir, anamorphic, exciting, rough, serious
Similar in 81%
The Real McCoy (1993)
Plot Summary:
Karen McCoy is released from prison with nothing but the clothes on her back. Before being incarcerated Karen was the bank robber of her time, but now she wishes for nothing more than to settle down and start a new life. Unfortunately between a dirty parole officer, old business partners, and an idiot ex-husband she will have to do the unthinkable in order to save her son.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: suspense, entertaining, suspenseful, exciting, retro, realistic, stylized, semi serious, romantic, sexy
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3000 Miles to Graceland (2001)
Plot Summary:
It was an ingenious enough plan: rob the Riviera Casino's count room during an Elvis impersonator convention. But Thomas Murphy decided to keep all the money for himself and shot all his partners, including recently-freed ex-con Michael Zane. With $3.2 million at stake, the Marshals Service closing in, Michael must track down Murphy.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: exciting, semi serious, witty, action comedy, dark comedy, rough, realistic, fast, surprise ending, humorous
Similar in 75%
The Immortals (1995)
Plot Summary:
An elaborate heist unites 8 strangers in a simultaneous assault on targets all over the city- and explodes in a hailstorm of gunfire and high-speed chases in this powerful action-thriller. Recruited by a Mafia nightclub owner (Eric Roberts), 4 teams launch a brutal cross-town attack to retrieve suitcases full of cash. But as the violence escalates, the team members discover just who their real target has been all along - and the shocking truth they have in common.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful, crime drama, erotic, independent film, neo noir
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Money Train (1995)
Plot Summary:
A vengeful New York transit cop decides to steal a trainload of subway fares; his foster brother, a fellow cop, tries to protect him.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 43000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: melancholic, suspense, intense, exciting, suspenseful, semi serious, humorous, realistic, action comedy, hood
Similar in 90%
Trapped (2002)
Plot Summary:
When their daughter is kidnapped by experienced nappers (Bacon and Love), the Jennings' (Theron and Townsend) turn the tables on this seemingly foolproof plan.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, suspense, sexy, scary, clever, serious, realistic, neo noir, suspense thriller, tear jerker
Similar in 87%
Kill Me Again (1989)
Plot Summary:
After Faye and her psychotic boyfriend, Vince, successfully rob a mob courier, Faye decides to abscond with the loot. She heads to Reno, where she hires feckless private investigator Jack Andrews to help fake her death. He pulls the scheme off and sets up Faye with a new identity, only to have her skip out on him without paying. Jack follows her to Vegas and learns he's not the only one after her. Vince has discovered that she's still alive.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspenseful, surprise ending, detective, road movie, mind bending, offbeat, suspense thriller, twisted, independent film
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Ransom (1996)
Plot Summary:
When a rich man's son is kidnapped, he cooperates with the police at first but then tries a unique tactic against the criminals.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 134000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, suspenseful, tense, intense, realistic, serious, psychological thriller, mind bending, breathtaking
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The Grifters (1990)
Plot Summary:
A young short-con grifter suffers both injury and the displeasure of reuniting with his criminal mother, all the while dating an unpredictable young lady.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: neo noir, sexy, tense, atmospheric, suspense, intense, serious, bleak, suspenseful, stylized
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Carlito's Way: Rise to Power (2005)
Plot Summary:
Jay Hernandez (Friday Night Lights), Mario Van Peebles (Ali), Luis Guzmán (Carlito's Way) and Sean Combs (Monster's Ball) star in the gripping tale of the early years of gangster legend Carlito Brigante. Seduced by the power of the brutal New York underworld, he enters a deadly circle of greed and retribution. Assisted by his two brothers-in-crime, Carlito is on the fast track to becoming Spanish Harlem's ultimate kingpin. He quickly learns, however, that the only way to survive at the top is through loyalty to his friends and respect for the rules of the street. (FILMAFFINITY).
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, hood, crime drama, action packed, surprise ending
Similar in 79%
Swordfish (2001)
Plot Summary:
Rogue agent Gabriel Shear is determined to get his mitts on $9 billion stashed in a secret Drug Enforcement Administration account. He wants the cash to fight terrorism, but lacks the computer skills necessary to hack into the government mainframe. Enter Stanley Jobson, a n'er-do-well encryption expert who can log into anything.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 194000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: suspense, surprise ending, exciting, sexy, entertaining, neo noir, suspenseful, action packed, cyber, action thriller
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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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Armored (2009)
Plot Summary:
A crew of officers at an armored transport security firm risk their lives when they embark on the ultimate heist against their own company. Armed with a seemingly fool-proof plan, the men plan on making off with a fortune with harm to none. But when an unexpected witness interferes, the plan quickly unravels and all bets are off.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, suspense, intense, serious, realistic, action packed, exciting, action thriller, crime thriller
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Stolen (2012)
Plot Summary:
Master thief Will Montgomery is just released from the State penitentiary after serving a 10 year sentence, is contacted by Vincent, his ex comrade in crime, who is holding Will’s teenage daughter ransom in a hijacked taxi cab. Vincent will only surrender her when Will reveals the whereabouts of the 20 million dollars he contrived to conceal from their last robbery.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 46000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: exciting, intense, rough, serious, suspenseful, cult classic, realistic, fast, surprise ending, black comedy
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The Italian Job (2003)
Plot Summary:
Charlie Croker pulled off the crime of a lifetime. The one thing that he didn't plan on was being double-crossed. Along with a drop-dead gorgeous safecracker, Croker and his team take off to re-steal the loot and end up in a pulse-pounding, pedal-to-the-metal chase that careens up, down, above and below the streets of Los Angeles.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 384000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, France, Italy, UK, Germany
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: suspense, clever, exciting, action packed, funny, entertaining, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, rough
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Metro (1997)
Plot Summary:
Roper, a hostage negotiator catches a murderous bank robber after a blown heist. The bank robber escapes and immediately goes after the man who put him behind bars.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, intense, tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, action comedy, black comedy, cult classic
Similar in 78%
The Score (2001)
Plot Summary:
An aging thief hopes to retire and live off his ill-gotten wealth when a young kid convinces him into doing one last heist.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 133000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, suspenseful, clever, intense, tricky, entertaining, surprise ending, neo noir, serious
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Man on a Ledge (2012)
Plot Summary:
An ex-cop turned con threatens to jump to his death from a Manhattan hotel rooftop. The NYPD dispatch a female police psychologist to talk him down. However, unbeknownst to the police on the scene, the suicide attempt is a cover for the biggest diamond heist ever pulled.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 157000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, exciting, suspense, suspenseful, twist ending, tense, tricky, clever, entertaining, psychological
Similar in 76%
Sabotage (2014)
Plot Summary:
In "Sabotage", Arnold Schwarzenegger leads an elite DEA task force that takes on the world's deadliest drug cartels. When the team successfully executes a high-stakes raid on a cartel safe house, they think their work is done - until, one-by-one, the team members mysteriously start to be eliminated. As the body count rises, everyone is a suspect.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 66000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: exciting, brutal, suspense, stylized, intense, tense, serious, suspenseful, rough, action thriller
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Heist (2001)
Plot Summary:
Joe Moore has a job he loves. He's a thief. His job goes sour when he gets caught on security camera tape. His fence, Bergman reneges on the money he's owed, and his wife may be betraying him with the fence's young lieutenant. Moore and his partner, Bobby Blane and their utility man, Pinky Pincus find themselves broke, betrayed, and blackmailed. Moore is forced to commit his crew to do one last big job.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 39000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, suspense, clever, tricky, neo noir, serious, witty, talky, crime drama, cult classic
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Faster (2010)
Plot Summary:
Driver (Dwayne Johnson) has spent the last 10 years in prison planning revenge for the murder of his brother. Now that Driver is free to carry out his deadly plan only two men stand in his way- Billy Bob Thornton plays a veteran cop and Oliver Jackson-Cohen, a crazy hitman. With those two close on his trail, Driver races to carry out his mission as the mystery surrounding his brothers murder deepens.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 111000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: stylized, brutal, intense, talky, rough, realistic, serious, suspenseful, bloody, action packed
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The Town (2010)
Plot Summary:
Doug MacRay is a longtime thief, who, smarter than the rest of his crew, is looking for his chance to exit the game. When a bank job leads to the group kidnapping an attractive branch manager, he takes on the role of monitoring her – but their burgeoning relationship threatens to unveil the identities of Doug and his crew to the FBI Agent who is on their case.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 410000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, captivating, serious, crime thriller, clever, neo noir, rough, stylized, action packed
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Killing Zoe (1993)
Plot Summary:
Zed (Eric Stoltz) is an American vault-cracker who travels to Paris to meet up with his old friend Eric (Jean-Hugues Anglade). Eric and his gang have planned to raid the only bank in the city which is open on Bastille day. After offering his services, Zed soon finds himself trapped in a situation beyond his control when heroin abuse, poor planning and a call-girl named Zoe all conspire to turn the robbery into a very bloody siege.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: brutal, cult classic, neo noir, scary, offbeat, disturbing, controversial, action thriller, indie film, crime thriller
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The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009)
Plot Summary:
Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatcher Walter Garber into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 206000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, exciting, suspenseful, stylized, intense, rough, realistic, serious, action thriller
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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
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Payback (1999)
Plot Summary:
With friends like these, who needs enemies? That's the question bad guy Porter is left asking after his wife and partner steal his heist money and leave him for dead -- or so they think. Five months and an endless reservoir of bitterness later, Porter's partners and the crooked cops on his tail learn how bad payback can be.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 143000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspense, black comedy, exciting, rough, suspenseful, bloody, entertaining, action packed, clever
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Triple 9 (2016)
Plot Summary:
A gang of criminals and corrupt cops plan the murder of a police officer in order to pull off their biggest heist yet across town.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 76000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: tense, exciting, suspense, suspenseful, stylized, intense, neo noir, detective, independent film, crime thriller
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Takers (2010)
Plot Summary:
A seasoned team of bank robbers, including Gordon Jennings (Idris Elba), John Rahway (Paul Walker), A.J. (Hayden Christensen), and brothers Jake (Michael Ealy) and Jesse Attica (Chris Brown) successfully complete their latest heist and lead a life of luxury while planning their next job. When Ghost (Tip T.I. Harris), a former member of their team, is released from prison he convinces the group to strike an armored car carrying $20 million. As the "Takers" carefully plot out their strategy and draw nearer to exacting the grand heist, a reckless police officer (Matt Dillon) inches closer to apprehending the criminals.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 65000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: suspense, intense, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, rough, serious, neo noir, crime drama, action thriller