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Plot Summary:
The action moves along quickly, jumping over holes in the script, in this made-for-television drama about Eve, an ex-terrorist from Germany who is forced to escape to Australia with her teenage daughter Chrissie when she is sought by Riley, a lover from 17 years in the past. In turn, the IRA has sent two members after Riley because he shot an IRA soldier and must pay the consequences. The two IRA operatives looking for Riley come across a really nasty biker who wants vengeance on Eve for setting his car on fire -- and the three men finally track her and Chrissie to the wine-growing country of Barossa Valley. The final denouement is about to explode, as Riley also arrives on the scene. With under-par acting and a patchy plot, this film was never released theatrically.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 87
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: road movie, suspense, independent film
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Black (2015)
Plot Summary:
Mavela, 15 years old, is a Black Bronx. She falls madly in love with Marwan, an extremely charismatic member of a rival gang, the 1080s. The young couple is forced to make a brutal choice between gang loyalty and the love they have for one another. An impossible dilemma.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Belgium
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: tragic ending, bleak, disturbing, rough, suspense, hood, touching, twist ending
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You Can't See 'round Corners (1969)
Plot Summary:
Frankie McCoy (Ken Shorter) is a born loser from the Sydney suburb of Newtown, and a gambler and a bit of an SP bookie. When he's conscripted into the army to fight in the Vietnam war, he deserts, but in pursuit of money, he falls into debt with SP bookies at the local pub.This film, shot at Kapooka camp, contains one of the only depictions in Australian cinema of soldiers training for Vietnam.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
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Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 98 min
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Harvest of Hate (1979)
Plot Summary:
A rich winemaker dispatches a woman lawyer and male surveyor-geologist to assess a farm property whereby it is discovered that terrorists are preparing to invade a middle east country.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 19
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 75 min
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Plot Summary:
After discovering that a group of car thieves may have something to do with his father's untimely death, Steve pursues the criminals and attempts to capture them as well as prove his prowess as a racecar driver.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 250
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: independent film, cult film
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Stone (1974)
Plot Summary:
In this classic Aussie counterculture flick, an undercover narc named Stone (Ken Shorter) is dispatched to infiltrate a satanic biker gang after one of its members witnesses a political assassination -- and the killer decides to take out the whole crew. Stone learns to live by a twisted code of honor based on fast riding and fast living but realizes that if his cover gets blown, his fellow riders.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama, Adventure, Crime, Mystery
Country: Australia
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: psychedelic, hood, cult classic, rough, serious, realistic, saga, suspenseful, stylized, independent film
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Eye of the Widow (1991)
Plot Summary:
A new international terrorist group attack the castle of an Austrian prince during his party, but one of the guests, a contractor, deals with them. The CIA then hires him to find the men behind the attack and take them out. This big budget film with many 'A' stars was barely released. In fact, despite being a U.S. production filmed in Europe, it was never widely screened theatrically in America nor did it receive a video release.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 103
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film, eurospy
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Robbery Under Arms (1985)
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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BMX Bandits (1983)
Plot Summary:
Teens P.J. and Goose get their thrills on BMX bikes, performing hair-raising tricks all across Sydney, Australia. Along with their new friend Judy, they discover a box of walkie-talkies -- and find out that a gang of criminals intends to use them to monitor police signals during a bank robbery. When the young trio snatches the devices, it propels them on a hair-raising adventure in which their pedaling skills might just save their necks.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Family
Country: Australia
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, anamorphic, cult classic, colorful, independent film, eighties, cult film
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Girl in the Cadillac (1995)
Plot Summary:
A runaway teenage girl and a drifter rob a bank, hit the road to elude the Texas Rangers and find love on the run.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 256
Genere: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Jaal: The Trap (2003)
Plot Summary:
Sunny Deol battles terrorists from Kashmir; from director Guddu Dhanoa.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 580
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 142 min
Plot tags: suspense
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Eddie Macon's Run (1983)
Plot Summary:
Eddie Macon is running from a nightmare... running to a dream... running for his life and his time is running out. He's escaped a Texas prison for the second time (risking life imprisonment if caught) to make it back to his wife and son. Relentlessly pursued by ruthless truant officer, Carl Marzack, who feels he must prove he can still 'get his man' by returning Macon to jail at any cost.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: neo noir, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Sunland Heat (2004)
Plot Summary:
A martial artist tries to form a new life after leaving her husband who is a part of organized crime. But after her daughter is kidnapped, it's time for her to spring into action.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 52
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, tense, suspense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending
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AKP: Job 27 (2013)
Plot Summary:
A Yakuza hitman travels to North America for his 27th job, only to find lingering memories of lost love through a chance encounter with a beautiful prostitute.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 41
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, Japan
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: psychological, touching, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, silent, crime drama, silent film
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Fled (1996)
Plot Summary:
During a routine prison work detail, convict Piper is chained to Dodge, a cyberhacker, when gunfire breaks out. Apparently, the attack is related to stolen money that the Mafia is after, and some computer files that somebody wants desperately to bury. The pair, who don't exactly enjoy each other's company, escape and must work together if they are to reach Atlanta alive. Luckily, they meet a woman who may be willing to help them.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: exciting, intense, suspenseful, rough, suspense, black comedy, serious, realistic, fast, buddy comedy
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Army of One (1993)
Plot Summary:
Wellman Santee (Dolph Lundgren) a former race car driver, whose livelihood is transporting exotic stolen super cars, is involved, with his partner Eddie, in shoot out, resulting in the deaths of his friend and a highway cop. Santee is framed for the cop's murder and jailed in a maximum security prison. A few months later, Santee breaks out after narrowly escaping an attempt on his life. He reaches a local diner where he steals a car, abducts the owner, Rita and flees, completely unaware that his hostage is a deputy sheriff. A massive manhunt ensues, spearheaded by Lt. Severance a tough, obessive cop. Santee leads the detective and his men on a dramatic high speed chase, from the desert wilderness to the streets of downtown Los Angeles. Santee's out to clear his name and when it comes to getting even, he's taking revenge into overdrive.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful, independent film, neo noir, bloody, suspense, crime drama, perverse
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Plot Summary:
A troubled man runs away to Mexico and is recruited to join a paramilitary group of teens fighting the drug cartels. He proves himself to the group, but questions their motive.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, suspenseful, action adventure, exciting
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Lone Hero (2002)
Plot Summary:
An actor in a Wild West show must become a mythical Western Hero when a biker gang descends upon a small Montana town.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 763
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, dark comedy, neo western, cult film
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: talky, intense, serious, suspenseful, exciting, rough, road movie, neo noir, psychological, realistic
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IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: exciting, road movie, suspense, entertaining, neo noir, anime, action thriller, rough, serious, realistic
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The Getaway (1994)
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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
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Epicenter (2000)
Plot Summary:
Epicenter concerns brassy, beautiful Amanda Foster, a down-on-her-luck Los Angeles detective who's been assigned to protect a mobster-turned-State's-Witness, Nick Constantine, from the mob. On the night of the assignment, the city is rocked by a devastating earthquake, forcing Amanda and Nick to fight their way through the ravaged city streets while being pursued by ruthless assassins and corrupt cops.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, independent film, realistic, fast, detective, disaster movie
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Mr. Majestyk (1974)
Plot Summary:
Watermelon farmer Vince Majestyk (Charles Bronson) goes after the Mob, when they try to strong arm him to use their melon picking crew.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspense, talky, suspenseful, grindhouse, cult classic, disturbing, retro, serious, realistic
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Term Life (2016)
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If Nick Barrow can stay alive for 21 days, he'll die happy. Everyone Nick knows wants him dead; Mob bosses, contract killers, and dirty cops. Performing the last act of a desperate man, Nick takes out a million dollar insurance policy on himself, payable to his estranged daughter. The problem? The policy doesn't take effect for 21 days. Nick knows they'll be lucky to be alive for twenty-one hours.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, exciting, tense, sincere, captivating, disturbing, action adventure
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Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997)
Plot Summary:
Sandra Bullock and Jason Patric star as a young couple whose dream cruise turns to terror when a lunatic computer genius (Willem Dafoe) sets a new course for destruction.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 85000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: suspense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, breathtaking, grindhouse, anamorphic, cult classic, disgusting
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Heaven's Burning (1997)
Plot Summary:
In Sydney, the newly married Midori is honeymooning with her husband, Yukio. She does not love him and fakes her own kidnapping to escape the marriage. Her lover is supposed to meet her, but fails to appear. She goes to a bank to get some cash, only to become a hostage in an unfolding robbery, until the getaway driver, Colin, saves her from his fellow robbers. They hit the road together, with the cops, her husband and the robbers in pursuit.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: neo noir, road movie, cult classic, crime drama, detective, exciting, offbeat, realistic, suspenseful, semi 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
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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
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Surviving the Game (1994)
Plot Summary:
Mason is a man down on his luck with nothing to lose when he's approached to lead a group of wealthy hunters on an expedition in the Pacific Northwest. But things get really twisted when Mason discovers the group isn't after wild animals -- they're after him.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
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Quigley Down Under (1990)
Plot Summary:
American Matt Quigley answers Australian land baron Elliott Marston's ad for a sharpshooter to kill the dingoes on his property. But when Quigley finds out that Marston's real target is the aborigines, Quigley hits the road. Now, even American expatriate Crazy Cora can't keep Quigley safe in his cat-and-mouse game with the homicidal Marston.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: Australia, USA, France
Duration: 119 min
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The Chase (1994)
Plot Summary:
Jack Hammond is sentenced to life in prison, but manages to escape. To get away from the police he takes a girl as hostage and drives off in her car. The girl happens to be the only daughter of one of the richest men in the state. In a while the car chase is being broadcast live on every TV-channel.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
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