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Plot Summary:
Tells the tale of Sam Ramirez, a New York cop, dealing with the consequences of a drug bust gone bad.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 88
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min
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Certain Prey (2011)
Plot Summary:
Minneapolis Deputy Police Chief, Lucas Davenport, has to face off against a duo unlike any he's ever encountered; a lethal hit woman and a ferociously cunning killer determined to hunt him down.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, realistic, exciting, captivating, crime thriller, serious
Similar in 87%
The Killing Machine (1994)
Plot Summary:
Harlin Garret loses his memory and finds himself closed in a facility claimed to belong to the state security services. The manager of this place tells Garrett he used to be a killer for the mob but Garrett refuses to believe. Then he is forced to kill people that are a "Risk to the state security", but the whole story gets complicated when Garret falls in love with one of his victims.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 341
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: suspense, surprise ending, independent film
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Secret Agents (2004)
Plot Summary:
From his offices in Switzerland, Russian Igor Lipovsky is engaged in a vast and profitable gunrunning operation with Africa. The French government wants to hinder the activities of the arms dealer and sends a team to sink one of his ships heading for Angola with a load of illegal weaponry. Lisa, Brisseau, LoĂŻc, Tony and Raymond are professionals: they carefully set up their cover, plan all their moves meticulously, and carry out orders without asking questions. Perhaps they should. The code-name of the mission is "Janus"; and just like with the ancient deity, there are two opposite faces for every aspect of the operation: the objective of the French government, the role of each team member, the presumed friend and the assumed foe.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Crime, Action, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, Spain
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: serious, exciting, rough, realistic, suspenseful
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Bersaglio altezza uomo (1978)
Plot Summary:
On a mission in Istanbul, an interpol agent disrupts the activities of a powerful drug lord and his accomplices. To get rid of him, the gangsters blackmail a skeet shooting champion into shooting the inspector.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 77
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy, Turkey
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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Dangerous Prey (1995)
Plot Summary:
On a trip to Europe, a woman gets abducted and soon finds herself in a training facility for female mercenaries.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 306
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, Czech Republic
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Rock N' Roll Cop (1994)
Plot Summary:
A Hong Kong cop is sent to mainland China to find a group of killers. Meanwhile, a cop discovers that his former love is aiding the gang of crooks.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 164
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: heroic
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The Family (1970)
Plot Summary:
A hitman is double-crossed by his girlfriend and barely escapes a murder attempt. He then sets out to take his revenge on the woman and the gang boss who put her up to it.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy, France, USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco, action thriller, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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On the Run (1988)
Plot Summary:
When Hsiang Ming's wife is murdered, he takes up the hunt for her killer. The killer turns out to not be at all like he imagined, and suddenly he has unsuspected enemies who are after him.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 589
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: neo noir, heroic, psychological, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cult film
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Night of the Running Man (1995)
Plot Summary:
A Las Vegas cab driver finds a million dollars of stolen money in his cab after his fare is murdered. Soon after, a ruthless hitman is in persuit; he will stop at nothing to recover the money and dispose of all witnesses.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, suspense, independent film, fast
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Killing Time (1998)
Plot Summary:
After the mobster who murdered his partner is acquitted, semicorrupt detective Robert Bryant hires a beautiful female assassin, Maria, to kill him. When he discovers that he cannot afford Maria's services, Bryant is forced to hire another assassin, Madison, to kill her. Maria survives the doublecross and sets out to collect what's owed to her, one way or another.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 552
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: suspense, independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective
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Red Team (1999)
Plot Summary:
FBI Agent Jason Chandler has devoted his life to enforcing the law. But on the trail of a series of mysterious murders surrounding some of society's deadliest serial killers, Agent Chandler is forced down a path where no one can be trusted. Only this time, sociopathic killers are being meticulously murdered one by one in grisly circumstances - and it's no coincidence. Now, to search for justice, he must uncover the truth. And the life he must protect will be his own.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 588
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, tense, captivating, independent film
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Direct Action (2004)
Plot Summary:
Frank Gannon, a veteran cop, is being hunted by his fellow police officers after they learned he has betrayed the brotherhood and exposed to the feds wide scale corruption of the LAPD. He has one day left to prove his case and survive.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic, cult classic, fast, detective, cult film
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S.W.A.T.: Firefight (2011)
Plot Summary:
Los Angeles S.W.A.T. officer, Lt. Paul Cutler, is sent to train the Detroit S.W.A.T. team on new anti-terrorism and homeland security techniques. Cutler has a hard time settling into his assignment as he locks horns with his new captain and encounters resistance from the team he must lead. Cutler begins to adjust to his new assignment, starting a budding romance with police psychologist Kim Byers along the way. Unexpectedly, a routine hostage call turns deadly, and a relentless ex-government agent named Walter Hatch vows revenge on Cutler and the entire S.W.A.T. team for killing the woman he loves. Cutler must use his considerable S.W.A.T. training and knowledge to save his teammates and defeat a trained killer.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, action thriller, realistic, saga
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The Assignment (2016)
Plot Summary:
Ace assassin Frank Kitchen is double crossed by gangsters and falls into the hands of rogue surgeon known as The Doctor who turns him into a woman. The hitman, now a hitwoman, sets out for revenge, aided by a nurse named Johnnie who also has secrets.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, intense, crime drama, anamorphic, cult classic
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Triad Wars (2008)
Plot Summary:
In the midst of a violent gang war, a series of misfortunes threaten the fate of a gang boss and his mob.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic, bloody, heroic, crime drama, slasher, fast
Similar in 82%
The Hitman (1991)
Plot Summary:
After surviving an attempt on his life by his former partner, officer Cliff Garrett (Norris) exacts revenge on those who wronged him by going undercover as a hit man. He works to gain the reputation and trust needed in order to be accepted by the burgeoning Seattle-area criminal underworld, but it is all done in order to take it down from within.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense, grindhouse, cult classic, independent film, fast
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Bangkok Dangerous (2008)
Plot Summary:
When carrying out a hit, assassin Joe (Cage) always makes use of the knowledge of the local population. On arriving in Bangkok, Joe meets street kid Kong and he becomes his primary aide. But when Kong is nearly killed, he asks Joe to train him up in the deadly arts and unwittingly becomes a target of a band of killers.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 58000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Czech Republic, Thailand
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: intense, action packed, suspense, stylized, rough, suspenseful, exciting, powerful, disgusting, serious
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The Last Mark (2022)
Plot Summary:
After a young woman witnesses a mob hit, a seasoned assassin and his psychotic partner must track her down before she turns them in, but she proves to be the hardest mark to kill.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 283
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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The Assignment (1997)
Plot Summary:
Jack Shaw (DONALD SUTHERLAND) has experienced the terror first-hand. He's a top CIA agent who's tracked international killer-for-hire Carlos "The Jackal" Sanchez for over twenty years and barely survived Carlos' devastating bombing of a Parisian cafe. Now, he finally gets a break when he discovers Carlos' dead ringer: American naval officer and dedicated family man Annibal Ramirez (AIDAN QUINN).
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, exciting, psychological, tense, clever, political thriller, political, mind bending, serious
Similar in 81%
The Enforcer (1976)
Plot Summary:
Dirty Harry Callahan returns again, this time saddled with a rookie female partner. Together, they must stop a terrorist group consisting of angry Vietnam veterans.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspenseful, detective, retro, sexy, grindhouse, crime drama, perverse, action thriller, mind blowing
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Crying Freeman (1995)
Plot Summary:
A lethal assassin for a secret Chinese organisation, who sheds tears of regret each time he kills, is seen swiftly and mercilessly executing three Yakuza gangsters by a beautiful artist. She is captivated by the grace of his kill and later falls in love with him. An intense power struggle for the leadership of the Yakuza Clans ensues as they seek vengeance for the death of their leader.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, Canada, USA, Japan
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: emotional, exciting, suspenseful, anime, suspense, stylized, touching, manga, perverse, cult classic
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The Package (2012)
Plot Summary:
A courier for a local crime lord must deliver a mysterious package while being chased by a horde of unusual gangsters.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, action packed, fast, surprise ending, independent film
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Contract Killers (2013)
Plot Summary:
Cavalier contract killer Lee-Seng (Rob Young) flees his vengeful employer and a ruthless assassin (James Trevena-Brown) after failing to eliminate a team of vigilantes intent on ridding their city of drug dealers. Meanwhile, as the bullets start to fly, Lee-Seng searches for the truth about his mission while protecting a gorgeous woman (Renee Cataldo) who has gotten caught in the crossfire.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 456
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, tense, suspense, realistic, surprise ending, independent film
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A Good Man (2014)
Plot Summary:
After an illustrious special ops career ends in disaster, Alexander goes off the grid and attempts to lead a quiet life as a handyman at an apartment complex. But when one of his tenants and her family fall under the thumb of a Russian gangster, Alexander is dragged into an all-out war between rival Chinese and Russian gangs; forcing him to not only defend the family, but bringing him face to face with an old foe, and giving him one more chance to reconcile his past.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, psychological, realistic, surprise ending, neo noir, independent film, detective, rough
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Skin Trade (2014)
Plot Summary:
After his family is killed by a Serbian gangster with international interests. NYC detective Nick goes to S.E. Asia and teams up with a Thai detective to get revenge and destroy the syndicates human trafficking network.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Thailand, Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, action thriller, action adventure, fast, surprise ending
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Mask of Death (1996)
Plot Summary:
While attempting to flee from the FBI, the criminal Frank Dallio kills Detective McKenna's wife, Rachel. McKenna himself is shot in the face by the professional killer Lyle Mason, who dies in a car crash shortly thereafter. The FBI persuades McKenna to undergo facial surgery and take the place of Lyle Mason in order to find Dallio and a valuable microchip.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 403
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspense, independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, neo noir, detective
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War (2007)
Plot Summary:
FBI agent Jack Crawford is out for revenge when his partner is killed and all clues point to the mysterious assassin Rogue. But when Rogue turns up years later to take care of some unfinished business, he triggers a violent clash of rival gangs. Will the truth come out before it's too late? And when the dust settles, who will remain standing?.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 96000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, fast paced, action packed, stylized, crime drama, tense, suspense, perverse
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Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball (2010)
Plot Summary:
Walter Weed is an unassuming desk jockey at the FBI when the Bureau uncovers a plot to assassinate him. A team of degenerate, psychotic assassins dispatched by mystery man Hal Leuco to win a huge bounty includes a resourceful beauty who has a unique method of killing her prey, a power-tool wielding psychopath and a deadly master of disguise.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, surprise ending, clever, action packed, rough, stylized
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Acts of Violence (2018)
Plot Summary:
When his fiancee is kidnapped by human traffickers, Roman and his ex-military brothers set out to track her down and save her before it is too late. Along the way, Roman teams up with Avery, a cop investigating human trafficking and fighting the corrupt bureaucracy that has harmful intentions.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: tense, disturbing, exciting, intense, action adventure, surprise ending, neo noir, suspense, independent film, detective
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John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)
Plot Summary:
John Wick is forced out of retirement by a former associate looking to seize control of a shadowy international assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oath to aid him, Wick travels to Rome and does battle against some of the world’s most dangerous killers.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 498000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Italy, Hong Kong, Canada
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: brutal, suspense, bloody, exciting, tense, neo noir, entertaining, realistic, stylized, scenic