Best movies like Shark's Paradise
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Plot Summary:
David Reyne & Sally Tayler star in this classic 80's 'Ozploitation' classic. A mad man threatens to lure hundreds of sharks to the beach at Surfers Paradise Australia at the start of the tourist season, his price to hold off the sharks is $2 million. Our heroes do everything from escaping jail to risking death in a chemical factory, to stop him. Sharknado, eat your heart out!.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 78
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime
Country: Australia
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Freedom (1982)
Plot Summary:
Ron, a young man in his late teens or early 20s, but emotionally younger, has no visible, employable assets, yet rails at his status in life -- blaming everyone for the fact that his dreams are not coming true.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 117
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: cult classic, independent film
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Deathcheaters (1976)
Plot Summary:
Meet Steve & Rod ... Stuntmen ... Saboteurs ... Hellraisers!.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 286
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: Australia
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Little White Lies (1996)
Plot Summary:
The public facade and private life of an aspiring politician and his wife. This film reveals the little white lies that lead to revenge, blackmail and a fight for life.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 107
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags:
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Tough Cops (1987)
Plot Summary:
Vietnam War vet turned police detective on the edge Nick Carpenter partners up with slick police detective with cat skills Pete Logan to take down the local druglord Fatcat by any means necessary.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 49
Genere: Action
Country: Canada, Philippines
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: detective, cult film
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A Gnome Named Gnorm (1990)
Plot Summary:
Gnorm is just an average Gnome. But he wants to impress the lady Gnomes by doing something heroic. So he steals the Gnome's magic stones to expose them to sunlight to recharge them. When he gets to the surface, (Gnome's live deep underground) he witnesses a murder, and the killer ends up with his stones. Detective Casey, who was working a sting operation with the murdered man, (another detective) is blamed for botching the sting, and causing the death. Wanting to catch the killer to clear his name, he teams up with Gnorm, who he accidentally discovers. He is going to need Samantha's help, but she thinks he is a nut. You see, no one else knows about Gnorm.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: independent film, detective
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Dark Rider (1991)
Plot Summary:
A sheriff in a small Nevada town goes up against a gang that's using his town to illegally dump toxic waste.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 51
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Mako (2021)
Plot Summary:
Eight documentary makers decide to go to the location of Elsalam Ship which sunk years ago to make a new documntary where they face unforseen dangers.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Thriller
Country: Egypt
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags:
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Plane's Flying to Russia (1994)
Plot Summary:
Former prisoners captured plane. But on the way there was a failure, and to alleviate the weight of the aircraft, they throw overboard box with three hostages. The hostages managed to land safely. Now they have to stick together. And around a foreign land with a strange unknown language.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 107
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: Russia
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags:
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Great White (1998)
Plot Summary:
A professor tries to convince the residents of a small town that a series of attacks are the handiwork not of mountain animals but of a rare river-dwelling shark.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 117
Genere: Action, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Avenger of the Seven Seas (1962)
Plot Summary:
It's 1790 and British Naval Commander Redway is driven by greed for money and will stop at nothing to get it. His second in command, David Robinson, questions his allegiance when Redway kills his father and takes his brother prisoner. In order to save his brother and avenge his father's death David must join forces with a band of pirates, led by Captain Bernard, hunt down and kill Redway.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 168
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Double Passing (1984)
Plot Summary:
Double Passing (Dvoynoy obgon) is a 1984 Soviet crime movie directed by Aleksandr Gordon. Truckers Viktor and Ivan Petrovich transport a valuable cargo on a highway in uninhabited territory in the South of USSR. A pair of criminals, seasoned "Bug" and young and ill-tempered "Lyon'ka", hijack the truck. Capt. Madzhiev of the road patrol chases the truck while the truckers are hold by criminals and their life is in grave danger.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 55
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags:
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Diamond Connection (1984)
Plot Summary:
Crashed and sunken in a murky sea, a passenger plane had a very special package... a briefcase full of diamonds. These illegally acquired and transported missing diamonds become an irresistible challenge to a few interest groups. They will kill, deceive, and plot to capture the diamonds for themselves.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 78
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: Switzerland, Italy, Turkey
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: cult classic
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Dragon Flies (1975)
Plot Summary:
Australian authorities arrest a man believed to be connected to the Sydney criminal underworld and send for Inspector Fang Sing Leng (Jimmy Wang Yu) from Hong Kong to question him. After the alleged criminal is assassinated, Inspector Leng and the Sydney police try to hunt down those responsible and hope to solve their case along the way.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: Australia, Hong Kong
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, perverse, realistic, semi serious, fast, psychotronic, independent film, poliziottesco, campy, cult film
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Sharkansas Women's Prison Massacre (2015)
Plot Summary:
When a fracking mishap accidentally rips apart the earth’s crust, the resulting hole opens up a gaping underground water way to a vast and mysterious ocean somewhere deep below. Instantly, giant prehistoric sharks begin wending their way upward toward a murky bog in the heart of the Arkansas Bayou. Unfortunately, for a group of female prisoners on a work detail in the swamp, the deadly sharks attack without warning – pinning a hapless group of intended victims in a small deserted cabin in the heart of the wetlands. Death may be the only means of escape!.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: bloody, exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful, retro, mockbuster, natural horror
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Land Shark (2020)
Plot Summary:
Qian Cheng, the boss of the pharmaceutical company, has invested in the establishment of a biopharmaceutical research laboratory located deep in the jungle. By modifying the shark gene to develop a new type of anti-cancer drug, but when the drug is about to be put into mass production, a huge crisis also came quietly: due to the change of the shark's gene, the gene mutation was fierce and showed the characteristics of other organisms.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 190
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: China
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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The Shark Hunter (1979)
Plot Summary:
A crusty recluse on a Caribbean island who is dedicated to destroying sharks gets involved in a hunt for buried treasure.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 379
Genere: Adventure
Country: Italy, Spain, Mexico
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags:
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Shark Huntress (2021)
Plot Summary:
Shelia, an environmentalist venturing into the deep sea to capitalize on the billion-dollar plastic industry encounters deadly enhanced sharks. She wants revenge… it wants blood.
IMDB Rating: 1.5
IMDB Votes: 294
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags:
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The Invincible Six (1970)
Plot Summary:
Based on the story "The Heroes of Yucca," The Invincible Six features a ragtag group of jewel thieves who become the unofficial guardians of a small Iranian village. When bandits attack the village, looking for the body of their former leader and his treasure map, the Invincible Six are there to save the day, wooing the local females and frustrating the new leader of the bandits.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 169
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime
Country: Iran, USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Treasure of Jamaica Reef (1974)
Plot Summary:
An adventure film about the search for a more than 200-year-old treasure on the ocean floor.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 287
Genere: Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, psychotronic, independent film
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Crime Busters (1977)
Plot Summary:
An attempted robbery turns to be an unexpected recruitment when two unemployed men mistakenly break into a police office instead of a store.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Adventure, Crime
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, not serious, entertaining, buddy comedy, poliziottesco, realistic, slapstick
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Kanthaswamy (2009)
Plot Summary:
A CBI officer moonlights as a modern day Robin Hood in the guise of the masked Kanthaswamy, as he helps fight corruption and aid impoverished people.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime
Country: India
Duration: 190 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Ozark Sharks (2015)
Plot Summary:
A picturesque family vacation to the Ozarks goes sideways when a group of bull sharks show up just in time for the big fireworks festival that the town holds every year.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia, UK
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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3-Headed Shark Attack (2015)
Plot Summary:
The world’s greatest killing machine is three times as deadly when a mutated shark threatens a cruise ship. As the shark eats its way from one end of the ship to the next, the passengers fight the deadly predator using anything they can find.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, suspense, captivating, disturbing, intense, natural horror, retro, mockbuster, horror comedy, weird
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Sharks' Treasure (1975)
Plot Summary:
Eccentric charter skipper Jim Carnahan and his team of hard-luck dreamers battle sharks, bandits and their own greed to recover sunken treasure.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 464
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Shark Zone (2003)
Plot Summary:
A man must hunt down ferocious sharks that are threatening a small beach community.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Bulgaria
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, serious, realistic, natural horror, funny, suspense
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The Saint (2017)
Plot Summary:
International master thief, Simon Templar, also known as The Saint, is asked by a desperate rich man to find his kidnapped daughter. However, in addition to evading the authorities, Simon must face a dangerous adversary from his past.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, entertaining, surprise ending, independent film, detective
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Shark Week (2012)
Plot Summary:
A group of complete strangers find themselves isolated by a wealthy madman on his island compound. They are forced into a horrifying gauntlet where they must survive a barrage of ever deadlier species of shark.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Megalodon (2002)
Plot Summary:
Megalodon is a 2002 American shark film. It takes place out on a deep sea oil rig.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, bleak, serious, natural horror, suspense
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Red Water (2003)
Plot Summary:
In the quiet waters of the Mississippi, body parts are being discovered. No one knows what is behind it all, until a huge man eating bull shark turns up. This bull shark is different, as it can breath in fresh water, making a deadly encounter between anyone who comes before it. John Sanders must now try and reach the surface, with his ex-wife and whilst being held hostage.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Africa, USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, rough, serious, natural horror, exciting, suspense, psychotronic, wild
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Into the Blue (2005)
Plot Summary:
When they take some friends on an extreme sport adventure, the last thing Jared and Sam expect to see below the shark-infested waters is a legendary pirate ship rumored to contain millions of dollars in gold. But their good fortune is short-lived, as a ruthless gang of criminals gets word of what they have uncovered.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 79000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: exciting, sexy, suspense, serious, suspenseful, entertaining, action packed, psychological, romantic, grindhouse