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Plot Summary:
Fourth adaptation and first made for television of the classic Australian bushranger novel "Robbery Under Arms" by Rolf Boldrewood. Made by the South Australian Film Corporation during the mini-series boom of the 1980s and lensed in the Flinders Ranges, it stars Sam Neill as the infamous Captain Starlight.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 232
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, History, Western
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 141 min
Plot tags: realistic, semi serious, costume drama
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Dead Easy (1982)
Plot Summary:
Three young friends trying to break into the entertainment business inadvertently anger a mob boss, setting in motion a chain of events that results in their being hunted by every thug and killer in town.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 81
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, fast, independent film
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Where's Jack? (1969)
Plot Summary:
Based on the adventures of Jack Sheppard, the thief and jail-breaker who became a folk hero in 1720s London.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 192
Genere: Adventure, Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic
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Down Twisted (1987)
Plot Summary:
Maxine (Cary Lowell) is a waitress with big dreams who inadvertently gets mixed up with a gang of smugglers who are trying to get their hands on a stolen artefact called 'The Crucible Of San Lucas'.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film, exciting, rough, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, fast
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Sinful Davey (1969)
Plot Summary:
Davey Haggart is quite certain of his paternity (even if nobody else is) and determined to emulate his father, a notorious rogue and highwayman. This includes breaking a man out of Stirling jail, holding up the stagecoach, and robbing the Duke of Argyll, among other feats. Unfortunately, he is handicapped by the fact that his childhood playmate Annie is equally determined to track him down and save his soul.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 563
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, semi serious, light, captivating, realistic
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The Delta Factor (1970)
Plot Summary:
Action-packed espionage thriller based on a book by Mickey Spillane. A man who has been framed for a large-scale robbery escapes from prison, but is caught and given a choice between returning behind bars and working for the CIA. He is enlisted to rescue a scientist from a dictator-run island, disguised as a drug dealer with another agent posing as his wife, while simultaneously plotting to prove his innocence.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 177
Genere: Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Sewers of Paradise (1979)
Plot Summary:
In July of 1976, the Societé Générale of France was robbed of well over $10 million dollars by a group burrowing through the sewers of Paris. This movie is based on a book by the thieves' mastermind, Albert Spaggiari. The famous theft won the nickname, "the great drain robbery," and this romanticized cinematic retelling of the true story stars Francis Huster as Spaggiari.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 323
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, poliziottesco
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Mad Dog Morgan (1976)
Plot Summary:
The true story of Irish outlaw Daniel Morgan, who is wanted, dead or alive, in Australia during the 1850s.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, History, Western
Country: Australia
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: period piece, mockbuster, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychotronic, independent film, weird, cult film
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The Brink's Job (1978)
Plot Summary:
After a long time of bad luck, the little criminal Tony and his gang successfully rob one of Brink's security transport, taking $30,000. Surprisingly their coup doesn't make the press. Curious Tony checks out their headquarters and finds out that their security standard is low beyond belief. Now a really big coup is prepared... Written by Tom Zoerner.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, humorous, semi serious, neo noir, action thriller
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Why Me? (1990)
Plot Summary:
A jewel thief steals a sacred ruby which sets off a chase by the police, the Turkish government, nutty American terrorists, and the CIA.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: humorous, exciting, semi serious, captivating, absurd, independent film, realistic, suspenseful
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My West (1998)
Plot Summary:
The idealistic lifestyle of an old West farmer, his Indian wife, and half-breed son is interrupted when the boy's old gunslinger father returns. They are not happy with his return despite the old gunslinger's intention to retire. Things take a turn for the worse when another gunslinger arrives in town, trying to force a battle with the father.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 946
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: spaghetti western, tense, serious, futuristic, realistic, suspenseful
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Bandit vs. Samurai Squad (1978)
Plot Summary:
Kumokiri Nizaemon, a former samurai warrior, has abandoned his class to become the leader of a gang of thieves. He leads his outlaws in an attempt to rob the castle of his former clan.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 421
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 163 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, jidai geki
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Swords of Blood (1962)
Plot Summary:
In the 18th century, Louis de Bourguignon is working with the Malichot's gang, but their ways are too 'unethical' for him. He creates his own band, acting under the name of Cartouche, making audacious robberies of the rich people, and even distributing the takings with the poor. Thus, cartouche attracts the people's sympathies, Venus's love, and hate from the Police and Malichot... Cartouche can escape all the traps they set at him - except the entrapments of love. Eventually, he will be saved by a woman, at her own cost.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, exciting, feel good, captivating, dramatic
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Space Travelers (2000)
Plot Summary:
Three bank robbers, who declare themselves to be Space Travelers, take six persons as hostages when they are surrounded by the police. Among the hostages, there is a terrorist with a hidden bomb. In order to escape, the robbers ask the hostages to pretend to be part of the gang. Surprisingly, the hostages soon enjoy doing so. On that strange day, the bank becomes a tropical paradise.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 516
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: humorous, suspenseful, stylized, semi serious, captivating, entertaining, exciting, futuristic, anime
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Dead in 5 Heartbeats (2013)
Plot Summary:
Adapted from the successful novel, Dead in 5 Heartbeats, by Ralph "Sonny" Barger with Keith and Kent Zimmerman. The story follows the Infidelz MC's former President, Patch Kinkade, who has left his personal demons behind for the calm of desert life. When war erupts between his brothers he left behind and the rival Hooligans, Patch rides back into town to either make peace or do battle.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 814
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, exciting, suspense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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The Day Hollywood Died (2012)
Plot Summary:
He just woke up. He's in a hospital. He can't move. He can't remember who he is. Memories begin to flood back to him as he regains consciousness. He was part of a heist gone wrong. One of a crew of six asked to steal a briefcase from a secret vault. But that's all he can remember. He will combat the drugs and the pain and the solitude in a desperate effort to remember what happened to him and why. But once he finally reaches the end of his quest for answers he will wish he never began.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 67
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychological, exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, mind bending, independent film
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The Adventurers (2017)
Plot Summary:
The world's top thieves join forces to pull off the heist of a lifetime. But when they find themselves pursued across Europe by a legendary French detective, they'll have to take their game to the next level.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: China, Hong Kong, Czech Republic
Duration: 140 min
Plot tags: psychological, exciting, tense, sincere, captivating, disturbing
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Plunkett & Macleane (1999)
Plot Summary:
Will Plunkett and Captain James Macleane, two men from different ends of the social spectrum in 18th-century England, enter a gentlemen's agreement: They decide to rid the aristocrats of their belongings. With Plunkett's criminal know-how and Macleane's social connections, they team up to be soon known as "The Gentlemen Highwaymen". But when one day these gentlemen hold up Lord Chief Justice Gibson's coach, Macleane instantly falls in love with his beautiful and cunning niece, Lady Rebecca Gibson. Unfortunately, Thief Taker General Chance, who also is quite fond of Rebecca, is getting closer and closer to getting both.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: period piece, exciting, entertaining, witty, colorful, humorous, realistic, semi serious, costume drama, stylized
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White Fang to the Rescue (1975)
Plot Summary:
Set at the end of the 19th century in Canada's gold rush Klondike area, wolf-dog White Fang teams up with a prospector when his master is killed. Together they try to avenge his death.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 180
Genere: Action, Adventure, Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: exciting, realistic, semi serious, spaghetti western
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The Jackals (1967)
Plot Summary:
Bandits target a gold miner and his granddaughter in 19th century South Africa. Robert Gunnar is the bandit with a heart of gold, who is after Price's cache of gold, but falls in love with Diana Ivarson, who has hair of gold (bleach).
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 310
Genere: Adventure, Western
Country: South Africa
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, psychotronic
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Outback (1989)
Plot Summary:
Underrated leading man Jeff Fahey carries most of the dramatic weight of the Australian Wrangler. Fahey plays a handsome, athletic businessman who vies for the hand of rancher's daughter Tushika Bergen. Our hero must not only contend with his romantic rival, a dashing but dangerous cattleman, but also with a villainous creditor who craves the land left to Bergen by her late father. By nature of its plotline and setting, Wrangler can't help but invite comparisons to the popular The Man From Snowy River. Still, the stars and director Ian Barry keep up the appearances of freshness and originality.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 205
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: Australia
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, realistic, saga, semi serious, crying
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Return to Snowy River (1988)
Plot Summary:
After a few years trying to earn money to marry Jessica Harrison (Sigrid Thornton), Jim Craig (Tom Burlinson) returns to Snowy River. But he finds that a lot of things have changed.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: Australia
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: cult classic, semi serious, independent film, inspirational, romantic, sexy, clever, touching, feel good, breathtaking
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Archer (1985)
Plot Summary:
During the 1860s, Dave Powers, apprentice to a horse trainer, volunteers to ride Archer to the Melbourne Cup race. Their start is 600 miles from Melbourne, and the journey is anything but easy. Of course, the pair have numerous adventures along the way, and in the end Archer competes in the Melbourne Cup race.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 292
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: Australia
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, independent film
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Air Marshal (2003)
Plot Summary:
A commercial jet plane has been hijacked by a group of terrorists who don't realize that a U.S. Air Marshal, Brett Prescott (Dean Cochran), is among the passengers. The fate of dozens of people lies in the hands of Prescott, who must forge a one-man war against the hijackers destructive plans.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 566
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic, independent film
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The Postcard Bandit (2003)
Plot Summary:
The story of notorious Australian bank robber Brendan Abbott, who according to the myth, sent postcards to authorities hot on his trail while on the run across the country.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 258
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, psychological, tense, realistic, semi serious
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Fool N Final (2007)
Plot Summary:
A bunch of misfits and gangsters embarks on a journey to find a lost and stolen diamond.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 144 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious
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Ned Kelly (2003)
Plot Summary:
After getting threatened by Kelly's friends and family, Constable Fitzpatrick places the blame on Ned Kelly and exaggerates what happened. With the biggest ever award available, Kelly and his gang set into the wild, to remain hidden from everyone who seeks them. Even if it means having his family arrested, the Kelly Gang stay hidden and plan a way to get their names cleared.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Romance, Western
Country: Australia, UK, USA, France
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, factual, sincere, rough, dramatic, historical drama, psychotronic, educational, costume drama
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The Mark of Zorro (1974)
Plot Summary:
The swishing fop Don Diego de la Vega becomes the swashbuckling masked hero Zorro when tyranny threatens his people in nineteenth-century California.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 674
Genere: Action, Adventure, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: exciting, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, surprise ending
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The Newton Boys (1998)
Plot Summary:
Four Newton brothers are a poor farmer family in the 1920s. The oldest of them, Willis, one day realizes that there's no future in the fields and offers his brothers to become a bank robbers. Soon the family agrees. They become very famous robbers, and five years later execute the greatest train robbery in American history.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, History, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: cult classic, anamorphic, historical drama, sentimental, sincere, serious, realistic, contemplative, independent film, exciting
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The Crew (2008)
Plot Summary:
Hoping to raise enough capital to finance a legitimate business and leave behind his life of crime, Liverpool underworld boss Ged Brennan sends his brother Ratter and a crew to pull a daring final heist. But when Ratter kills a drug kingpin during the job, Brennan must turn to rival crook Franner to avert an all-out gangland war.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: rough, realistic, serious, suspenseful, crime drama
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The Quick and the Dead (1987)
Plot Summary:
In 1876 Wyoming, the gun is the only law. And for Duncan and Suzanna McKaskel (Tom Conti and Kate Capshaw), newly arrived settlers beset by outlaws, rugged frontiersman Con Vallian (Sam Elliot) is the only hope.From the book by famed Western author Louis L'Amor, the Quick and the Dead is a rousing adventure recalling all-time greats like Shane and Pale Rider. It shares tried-and-true ingredients of those sagebrush sagas: a tale of peacable folk driven to action under the guidance of a mysterious stranger, rich outdorr cinematography and a stellar cast led by the peerless Elliot.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, realistic, serious, suspenseful, retro, mysterious