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Plot Summary:
In Hamburg, West Germany, a rocker biker gang helps a kid avenge his brother who was murdered by a rival gang, a mortal enemy of rocker gangs. Very authentic movie about life in Hamburg in the early 1970s. Rock’n’roll, sex, drugs, 70s lifestyle, 70s hairstyle, murder, prostitution, Santana, bikers, Reeperbahn, and St. Pauli provide the basis for the story featuring Gerd and Modschiedler, the ill-assorted couple (if at all amateur actors, who act themselves) of this fantastic movie.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 432
Genere: Drama, Action, Crime
Country: West Germany
Duration: 85 min
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Yeshwant (1997)
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After arresting a drug dealer during an undercover operation, police officer Yeshwant Lohar (Nana Patekar) is framed for murder and imprisoned by his corrupt supervisor, Salim Shaikh (Mohan Joshi), who is involved in distributing narcotics. Determined to prove her husband's innocence, wife Ragini (Madhoo) resists Salim's attempts to intimidate or bribe her. Salim then releases false photos of Ragini having an affair with police officer Atul (Atul Agnihotri), shaking Yeshwant's faith in his wife.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 145 min
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The Vulture (1982)
Plot Summary:
Two old women who happen to be pickpockets stole money from Simon, the taxi driver. The police are unable to find the thieves, so Simon decides to find them himself.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: neo noir, cult classic, road movie, tragic ending, detective, weird, cult film, cult movie cast
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Supermarket (1974)
Plot Summary:
Willi is 18 years old and lives on the street. Without a goal in his life he walks around the city and meets several people, helping but also cheating him. When he meets a girl, Monica, he realizes that there are people out there whose lives are even more desperate than his. So he's trying to help her (and him) by planning a great robbery on a supermarket's money transporter.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 925
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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The Swiss Conspiracy (1976)
Plot Summary:
Filmed on location in Zurich, Switzerland, The Swiss Conspiracy is concerned with a Swiss bank that discovers some of its clients are becoming the victim of a brilliant blackmailer. The bank's president (Ray Milland) contacts David Christopher (played by David Janssen), a former agent with the U.S. Treasury, to help discover who the blackmailer is and to foil his plot. As Christopher delves into the mystery, he uncovers a complicated web of intrigue, car chases, and shoot-outs that takes all of his wits to unravel. Along the way, Christopher encounters the beautiful Denise Abbott (Senta Berger), with whom he develops a relationship, as well as Rita Jensen (Elke Sommer) and Robert Hayes (John Saxon), who know more than they are willing to tell.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 457
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, West Germany
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Malevolence (2004)
Plot Summary:
Antonio owes the Robaldo family a hundred G's, Gray wants revenge on the street gang who mugged him, Jimmy's escaped from prison, and his brother/accomplice David has many serious mental conditions. Detective Brickley is hot on their trail willing to stop them with any means necessary, while a pair of rogue psychiatrists track them to discover the roots of David's condition. It isn't long before the paths of these characters cross with violent and tragic consequences. The result is a shocking and disturbing portrait of human nature at its worst that can only be summed up in one word: Malevolence.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 113
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: slasher, independent film
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Polizeirevier Davidswache (1964)
Plot Summary:
The action is set in and around a police station in St Pauli, the docks area of Hamburg where prostitution and crimes of violence are rife. Glantz is the head of the uniformed officers, and does his best to keep order. Bruno Kapp has just got out of jail, and it looks as if he is going to seek revenge on Glantz for sending him down in the first place. Glantz doesn't take this seriously, and then suddenly he is alone on the roof with Kapp, and Kapp has got a gun.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 99
Genere: Thriller, Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: slang
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Paul (1974)
Plot Summary:
After 7 years spent in jail Paul (Paul Lyss) is free again. With his old crew he celebrates his return.Nothing really changes and soon he finds himself spaced out drunk at some posh party and eventually ends up wielding a big gun.Hand held Camera movements in best Dogma-95 style and nervous cut makes it an interesting 70's euro crime flick.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 61
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 75 min
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To the Last Limit (1991)
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An ex-convict Viktor Dremov, who is also an ex-boxer, tries to mend his ways and start a new life but his former girlfriend is marrying another man (some old antiquarian), while local thugs rob him of his car and press him constantly trying to make him work for them. Being framed and hunted he should kill them all before he becomes a broken or a dead man.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 147
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 103 min
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Son of Baby Ama (1990)
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A boy grows up not knowing his real identity. One day a mysterious lady, claiming to be his real mother, divulges the truth about his roots. He is caught between leaving his past and living his new life.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 38
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Utol (1996)
Plot Summary:
A Filipino crime drama film directed by Toto Natividad.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 48
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags:
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Hell's Angels '69 (1969)
Plot Summary:
Two brothers have a plan on how to rob the Ceasar's Palace in Las Vegas. They join a motorcycle gang and while the others are drinking and partying outside of town, they change their clothes and head off to rob the casino. Of course, the police do not look for two well dressed criminals among the Hell's Angels.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 505
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, road movie, psychotronic, independent film
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Ninja Powerforce (1988)
Plot Summary:
In a struggle for supremacy, two childhood buddies are caught on opposite sides of a deadly gang war. Their capture and subsequent release by the police sparks off another confrontation between the notorious Red Ninjas and the Golden Ninja Empire. A titanic struggle unfolds in NINJA POWERFORCE.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 57
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Fast Money (1981)
Plot Summary:
Three buddies after 'Fast Money' try flying drugs into the U.S. from Mexico. When they meet with unexpected dangers, the trip turns turbulent.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 17
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags:
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Gods of the Plague (1970)
Plot Summary:
A man is released from prison and finds the society on the outside less than appealing. With several women as well as the police on his tail, he sets out to find an old friend.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: art house, offbeat, serious, realistic, stylized, neo noir
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The Peace Killers (1971)
Plot Summary:
Siblings Kristy and Jeffrey are buying supplies at a remote desert gas station when some members of a biker gang come cruising in. The bikers recognize Kristy, who used to be the main squeeze of the gang's leader before she ran away. The pair get away, but the bikers find out that they're living in a nearby commune, and start making their battle plans to bring Kristy back.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 381
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychedelic, independent film, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Hard Ride (1971)
Plot Summary:
While in Vietnam, a GI promises his dying buddy that he'll take care of his motorcycle, "Baby", when he gets back home. After his discharge, he meets up with his dead friend's girlfriend, gets the bike, and then runs into trouble from some other bikers who don't like the idea of his having the motorcycle or the girl.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 355
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film, rough, bleak, serious, realistic
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Psy 3: W imie zasad (2020)
Plot Summary:
After 25 years, Franz Maurer gets out of from prison and came into a new Poland, where nothing is the same as he remembered. Who and what is waiting for a man who has done nothing for the last quarter century? How will he find himself in a world where old principles, roles and loyalty have ceased to apply? We'll find out this when the fate brings Franz and "New" back together. Their meeting will change everything.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Angels of the Street (1969)
Plot Summary:
Angels of the Street or The Angel of St. Pauli is a 1969 West German crime film directed by Jürgen Roland and starring Horst Frank, Herbert Fux and Werner Pochath. It is set in the St. Pauli red light district of the port of Hamburg.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 135
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: erotic, poliziottesco
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Switchblade Sisters (1975)
Plot Summary:
A tough gang of teenage girls are looking for love and fighting for turf on the mean streets of the city! Bad girls to the core, these impossibly outrageous high school hoodlums go where they want ... and create mayhem wherever they go!.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, cult classic, slasher, hood, creepy, action thriller, exciting, rough, serious, realistic
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The Ciambra (2017)
Plot Summary:
Pio Amato, a 14 year-old member of a small Romani community in Calabria, is in a hurry to grow up. Pio follows his older brother Cosimo everywhere and from him he learns how to hustle and how to navigate the streets of his hometown. One night Pio sets out to prove to his brother that he is as good or better than him but, when things go wrong, a series of events will forever change the way he sees the world.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, Brazil, Germany, France, Sweden, USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: neorealism, psychological, tense, suspense, contemplative, sad, art house, crying
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Last Man Standing (1995)
Plot Summary:
A gang of bank robbers, led by the ultra-violent Snake Underwood, pull off a daring mid-day heist that leaves dozens of burning police cars and scores of innocent victims in its wake. Heading the investigation into the gang is the equally violent detective Kurt Bellmore and going by the book just isn't going to be enough.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 520
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: independent film, serious, realistic, suspenseful, neo noir, detective
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Northville Cemetery Massacre (1976)
Plot Summary:
The bikers are the heroes and the lawmen are the villains in this vintage action drama. The Spirits are a motorcycle club who ride the highways and country roads of Michigan; while they look rough, wear beat-up denim and favor Harley Davidsons, the Spirits are good guys at heart, more likely to help a stranger change a flat tire than rough him up. Northville Cemetery Massacre is a 1976 motorcycle exploitation film written and directed by William Dear and Thomas L. Dyke. Nick Nolte did an uncredited voice over for the film's lead actor, David Hyry.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 381
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, hood, independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Devil's Angels (1967)
Plot Summary:
An exiled band of Hell's Angels strike a bargain with the Sheriff of a local town, let them stay and the town is safe. But a local girl strays into their lair and sparks off a full scale Angel war.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 557
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film, psychotronic
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Chiko (2008)
Plot Summary:
This is the story of Isa, who grows up in a Hamburg suburb. It might be one of the world's richest cities but every beast has its belly and here, in the very underbelly, Chiko lives in a world where violence, staking and keeping a claim, and drug taking are the norm. Where down is not an option, Chiko is determined to rise to the top, whatever and whomever it costs.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany, Italy
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: serious, tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, rough, realistic, gloomy
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Yamakasi (2001)
Plot Summary:
Yamakasi - Les samouraïs des temps modernes is a 2001 French movie written by Luc Besson. It demonstrates the skills of the Yamakasi, a group of traceurs who battle against injustice in the Paris ghetto. They use parkour to steal from the rich in order to pay off medical bills for a kid injured copying their techniques.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: witty, semi serious, exciting, sincere, realistic, action thriller
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Crack House (1989)
Plot Summary:
Rick and Melissa are a pair of young lovers hoping to get out of the slums for good and escape the poverty and crime their families and friends have gotten involved in. All this comes to an end when Rick feels he must rejoin his old gang to avenge the killing of his brother by a rival gang. In the course of getting even, Rick is arrested, leaving Melissa without anyone to protect her. She falls in with a crack dealer and quickly becomes addicted to the drug. When she gets sold to a drug kingpin by a minor dealer to pay off a debt, only Rick can save her.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 464
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, crime drama, independent film, hispanic, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, neo noir, poliziottesco
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The Tigers (1991)
Plot Summary:
Cops find their careers and their lives in jeopardy when they spend a gangster's bribe money after releasing him from custody during a drug bust.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 246
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: neo noir, psychological, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Northwest (2013)
Plot Summary:
Nordvest is a gangsterfilm set in the suburbs of Copenhagen. Casper (18), the oldest of 3 siblings, survives life on the streets by committing burglaries for the neighbourhood boss, Jamal. When Casper gets an offer to work for Jamal’s rival Björn, he jumps at the chance for a better life, making his way into a world of drugs and prostitution. As things escalate between Björn and Jamal, Casper finds himself and his family dead center of a conflict, that threatens to destroy them.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, tense, bleak, serious, noir, neo noir, hood, sincere
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Blood Father (2016)
Plot Summary:
An ex-con reunites with his estranged wayward 16-year old daughter to protect her from drug dealers who are trying to kill her.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 67000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: suspense, stylized, harsh, road movie, tense, captivating, suspenseful, neo western, action thriller, neo noir
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The Kitchen (2019)
Plot Summary:
An Irish mob story set in 1970s Hell's Kitchen. After the mobsters are sentenced to jail, their wives take their place — and do as good of a job, if not better.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, cynical, bloody, neo noir, period piece, surprise ending, weird