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Plot Summary:
A British family takes revenge into its own hands in avenging their recently slain daughter.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 536
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, noir, offbeat, independent film, poliziottesco
Best tv shows and movies like Revenge (1971):
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Marian, Again (2005)
Plot Summary:
School teacher Chris Bevan is a dutiful husband to his dull wife, Josie, and ingrate daughters. His best friend knows Chris' heart always belonged to Marian, his vibrant, flippant fiancée, who mysteriously disappeared years ago. Suddenly he sees her in a shop and can't help following her. He gives up as she has a new identity, as wife of plumber Bernie Sullivan. Bernie's real passion is Houdini-era 'real' magic, while in fact she's his terrified captive, forced to replace his late assistant. Furthermore one of Bevan's daughters has a phone-relationship he forbids, deeming it dangerous on principle, ignoring this is real and ties in to Marian's plight. Written by KGF Vissers.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 263
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags: factual
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The Last Round (1976)
Plot Summary:
Stelvio Massi's crime thriller centers on a drifter who sets out to help blue-collar workers rise up against the two powerful families who are exploiting them. After settling in an industrial town and witnessing the cruelty of the factory owners, ex-mercenary Marco (Carlos Monzón) assumes the role of union agitator. When a violent confrontation erupts, the labor leader is driven to bring down the corrupt clans.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 229
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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Black Sun (1978)
Plot Summary:
A German artist in Spain decides to revenge the death of two Nordic tourists and to defend the strikers in a bloody conflict.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 21
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Yugoslavia
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags:
Similar in 84%
The Squeeze (1977)
Plot Summary:
An alcoholic London ex-cop becomes involved into a kidnapping drama and tries to free the daughter of a friend from a brutal gangster mob.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 822
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: neo noir, poliziottesco, noir, offbeat, grindhouse
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Oru Kaidhiyin Diary (1985)
Plot Summary:
David gets released from prison after long 22 years and he reaches the church to confess. He says to the priest that, he would kill 3 people. The priest informs this to the police. David starts his revenge by killing the DSP and escapes fooling Inspector Shankar. The flashback shows that, David and Rosy were married and had a happy life, but Rosy is raped by the powerful trio of Politician, Doctor and DSP. Rosy commits suicide. The trio easily wins the case by falsely implicating David and he gets sentenced to life imprisonment for killing his wife. He leaves his only son Shankar to his close friend Velappan. Now Shankar is already a police officer when david gets released after 22 years. He then kills Dr.Unnikrishnan. David is supported by Sharadha, the love of Shankar. The climax shows whether David attains his target of killing the politician and thus completing his revenge.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 286
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 152 min
Plot tags:
Similar in 76%
Gina (1975)
Plot Summary:
A beautiful stripper hires renowned criminals to exact revenge on those who raped her in her motel room.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 585
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: neo noir
Similar in 81%
Skull: A Night of Terror! (1987)
Plot Summary:
A gang of escaped convicts take over a farmhouse and hold the woman living there hostage. It turns out that her husband is a cop, who among other things is in trouble because he has accidentally killed an innocent girl.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 158
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychotronic, independent film, grindhouse, cult film
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Night of the Executioner (1992)
Plot Summary:
Dr. Hugo Arranz celebrates his 50th anniversary with his wife and daughter when vile hooligans break into their home, raping and killing both his wife and daughter and cut off the tongue of poor Hugo. Fortunately, he survives, and not surprisingly, he goes "Bronson" on the punk asses after some self-training with knives, pistols and weightlifting.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 126
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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Sasori in U.S.A. (1997)
Plot Summary:
Japanese lady gets framed for killing her man and is shipped off to prison in California. She escape and seek vengeance against those who wronged them.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 51
Genere: Drama, Thriller, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags:
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Acts of Violence (2010)
Plot Summary:
A man named Flyn (Il Lim) is on a mission on killing the men who raped his wife Olivia (Leelee Sobieski). He finds himself living a double life as a killer and a husband. He finds an unexpected friend, a priest (Ron Perlman), as he deals with the gravity of his acts. The story comes to a climactic end when Flyn finds out he is in a battle he has already lost.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 143
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: independent film
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Deadly Daphne's Revenge (1987)
Plot Summary:
A young hitchhiker is picked up by four drunken hunters, one of whom rapes her. A tough prosecutor has all four of the men indicted for the crime, which results in a suicide and a murder-for-hire plot.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 276
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film
Similar in 79%
Beyond the Law (1987)
Plot Summary:
On her way home from an evening shift at a men's clothing store, Saara Nevanen is raped by a man whom she recognizes as her regular but eccentric customer, Antti Kaironen. The doctor and policemen question Saara in an insensitive manner,and she breaks down with guilt. When the court releases the perpetrator inlack of evidence, Saara's aggressive brother Jari talks her mild-mannered husband Sakari into a self-made revenge plot. Armed with two rifles, Jari and Sakari take matters into their own hands.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 206
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Finland
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: crying
Similar in 82%
Wild Riders (1971)
Plot Summary:
Two juvenile delinquents break into a luxury house where they rape two women. They settle in the house, sell the valuables and kill a curious neighbour.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 264
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: cult classic, independent film, cult film
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Dirty Weekend (1993)
Plot Summary:
Shortly after she moves into her own flat in Brighton, Bella finds she is being spied on and generally harassed by a man living across from her. Finally driven to solving the problem with a hammer, she realises she is then ready for a crusade against other such problem males.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 705
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: erotic, psychotronic, grim, independent film
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Vulgar (2000)
Plot Summary:
Vulgar is about a man who is a children's clown but has not been getting much luck lately. He lives in a cheap apartment which he can't even afford. Bums are constantly sleeping in his run down car and crashing on his lawn. He has a nagging mother who lives in a nursing home, and his best friend is a moocher. One day he comes up with the idea to become a bachelor clown.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: disturbing, dark comedy, psychological, bleak, controversial, cult classic, humorous, creepy, independent film, black comedy
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Deadbeat (1976)
Plot Summary:
When four degenerate thugs rape and murder a young waitress in part of their rape and murder spree, they are arrested, but get away with though a legal technicality. The brother of one of the rape/murder victims decides to become vigilante and kill the four degenerates by himself.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 179
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: independent film
Similar in 85%
Pray for Death (1985)
Plot Summary:
Akira Saito, a Japanese businessman lives in Tokyo with his Japanese-American wife Aiko and their children, Takeshi and Tomoya. When the family has a chance to move to the United States so that Aiko can teach the children about their American heritage, they pack up and head for Houston, Texas and run a restaurant. This is where the trouble begins.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: retro, manga, cult classic, independent film, psychotronic, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 86%
Tomboys (2009)
Plot Summary:
Five girls kidnap a serial rapist... to seek revenge.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 301
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: suspense, independent film
Similar in 79%
The Ladies Club (1985)
Plot Summary:
A raped policewoman forms a vigilante group of various rape victims. They abduct and castrate men whom have committed repeated violations of women, and got away with it through legal technicalities.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 306
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: rough, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, independent film
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A Gun for Jennifer (1997)
Plot Summary:
A woman comes to New York City from Ohio to escape an abusive husband and gets entangled with murderous female vigilantes who prey on abusive men.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 432
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: sexy, controversial, grindhouse, independent film
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7 Days (2010)
Plot Summary:
Bruno Hamel is a thirty eight year old surgeon. He lives in Drummondville with his wife Sylvie, and their eight year-old daughter Jasmine. Like many happy people, he is leading an uneventful life until a beautiful fall afternoon, when his daughter is raped and murdered. From then on, the world of the Hamel family collapses. When the murderer is arrested, a terrible project germinates in Bruno's darkened mind. He plans to capture the "monster" and make him pay for his crime. The day the murderer appears in Court, Hamel, who had prepared his plan in great detail, kidnaps the monster and later sends the police a brief message stating that the rapist and murderer of his daughter was going to be tortured for 7 days and then executed. Once this task accomplished, he will then give himself up.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: suspense, serious, tense, rough, suspenseful, disturbing, gloomy, psychological thriller, bloody, heartbreaking
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Hitch Hike (1977)
Plot Summary:
A bickering couple driving cross-country pick up a murderous hitchhiker whom threatens to kill them unless they take him to a santuary, and in return agrees to split some bank loot he has on him.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, suspenseful, independent film, grindhouse, road movie, serious, psychotronic, poliziottesco, depressing
Similar in 87%
Lipstick (1976)
Plot Summary:
An aspiring avant-garde composer rapes a fashion model. When she takes him to court, she's slut-shamed by the defense and the man is exonerated. But justice will be served.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, slasher, disturbing, controversial, cult classic, action thriller, spooky, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Straightheads (2007)
Plot Summary:
There is instant chemistry between Alice (Gillian Anderson), a businesswoman, and Adam (Danny Dyer), a younger working-class man who installs a security system in her London apartment. She takes him to a party in the country, and they end up making love. But the night turns horrific when they encounter three thugs who maim Adam and rape Alice. The incident turns them into fearful recluses until Alice spots the leader of their attackers (Anthony Calf) -- and the two victims plot a brutal revenge.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, rough, bleak, erotic, suspense, sensual, serious, realistic
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The Lost Choices (2015)
Plot Summary:
A young women is raped while on her way home. When she is rejected by the police, because they don't believe her, she sets out revenge. But not only on her rapist, but also the police and everybody who did not believe her.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 208
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Apartment 407 (2016)
Plot Summary:
Selling Isobel, a thriller based on true events, featuring the real victim in true life playing the main charter. It's about a woman who got locked in, drugged, held against her will and sold to numerous men for 3 days in an apartment in central London. It's a film about her fight for survival all the way to the gruesome end.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Sweden
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, disturbing, crime drama, independent film
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Almost Human (1974)
Plot Summary:
A psychotic small-time criminal realizes that the everyday robberies, rapes and murders he commits aren't profitable enough, so he figures to hit the big time by kidnapping the daughter of a rich man.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco, tense, rough, serious, suspenseful, slasher, grindhouse, action thriller, terrifying, realistic
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Straw Dogs (1971)
Plot Summary:
David Sumner, a mild-mannered academic from the United States, marries Amy, an Englishwoman. In order to escape a hectic stateside lifestyle, David and his wife relocate to the small town in rural Cornwall where Amy was raised. There, David is ostracized by the brutish men of the village, including Amy's old flame, Charlie. Eventually the taunts escalate, and two of the locals rape Amy. This sexual assault awakes a shockingly violent side of David.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 64000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: controversial, bleak, psychological, psychological thriller, tense, disturbing, suspense, grindhouse, bloody, dark
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Sleepers (1996)
Plot Summary:
Two gangsters seek revenge on the state jail worker who during their stay at a youth prison sexually abused them. A sensational court hearing takes place to charge him for the crimes.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 234000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 147 min
Plot tags: disturbing, sadistic, harsh, suspenseful, suspense, serious, psychological, brutal, intense, emotional
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Derailed (2005)
Plot Summary:
When two married business executives having an affair are blackmailed by a violent criminal, they are forced to turn the tables on him to save their families.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 76000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, surprise ending, serious, suspense, rough, twist ending, tense, neo noir, psychological, psychological thriller