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Plot Summary:
When an unknown assailant viciously murders the participants in a bank robbery and murder case, it could be a case of vigilante justice - that is, if the two cases are connected. That's for the police to decide - and it's a puzzle that becomes more mysterious with each new clue.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 47
Genere: Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: independent film, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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L.A. Vice (1989)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 139
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: independent film, erotic, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 86%
Living to Die (1990)
Plot Summary:
A burned-out private detective in Las Vegas gets involved in blackmail and murder.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 165
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: independent film, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective
Similar in 81%
Murder 1, Dancer 0 (1983)
Plot Summary:
Private eye Joe Dancer finds himself framed for manslaughter while trying to uncover a Hollywood scandal that could ruin a studio and destroy a top star's career.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 61
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective
Similar in 84%
Extreme Vengeance (1990)
Plot Summary:
After ten years in prison, vicious crime boss Mario Blanco is out for revenge. Revenge against the cop that put him away. Revenge at any cost! But David, the officer that sent Blanco to jail has been in hiding since quitting the force after exposing police corruption. Blanco's vengeance knows no bounds, as he goes on a murderous rampage, killing David's son, beating his wife, and raping his daughter. Now it's David's turn to fight back! He wages a one-man war against the syndicate, killing anyone that gets in his way. For the mobster, it's a case of eye for an eye justice. For David, it's EXTREME VENGEANCE.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 25
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, independent film
Similar in 87%
Rapid Fire (2006)
Plot Summary:
A desperate band of Militia men attempts a daylight bank robbery in the sleepy semi-rural City of Norco, California, and leads the local Police on the longest, most violent running gun battle in Law Enforcement history. Based on the true events.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 405
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, serious, independent film
Similar in 84%
Cold Front (1989)
Plot Summary:
An American cop teams up with a Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman and together they uncover a plot to hide international terrorists in Vancouver.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 297
Genere: Crime
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 86%
Varg Veum - The Consorts of Death (2011)
Plot Summary:
Varg Veum investigates the murder of a married couple; prime suspect is the stepson, but Veum does not think he is guilty. Not even when he confesses.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime
Country: Norway
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic, detective
Similar in 80%
Brass (1985)
Plot Summary:
The Chief of Detectives of the New York Police Department, is a tough cop who has worked his way up the ladder from being on a beat.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 133
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective
Similar in 77%
Jump Out Boys (2008)
Plot Summary:
Set in post hurricane New Orleans. A brutal Mexican drug lord (Armando LeDuc) busts out of jail to retrieve the $15 million that his girlfriend is hiding. But detective Raymond (Kris Kristofferson) and McCoy (Sheldon Robbins) will try their best to put him back to where he belongs.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 654
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: rough, realistic, serious, suspenseful, independent film, fast, neo noir, detective
Similar in 88%
American Born (1990)
Plot Summary:
A teenager who is obsessed with gangster movies believes himself to be a real gangster after his father is murdered.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 71
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: independent film, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 78%
Marked for Murder (1990)
Plot Summary:
A snooty female production assistant and an eager gopher at a TV station are assigned by their boss to locate a mysterious cassette. They quickly find themselves framed for murder and pursued by government agents.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 93
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: independent film, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cult film, cult movie cast
Similar in 89%
Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind (1991)
Plot Summary:
A gambler, a Texas ranger and an FBI agent are investigating a series of vigilante murders.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 258
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 80%
Chance (1990)
Plot Summary:
After a daring robbery of a jewelery store, the thieves accidentally let their loot fall into the unsuspecting hands of repo man and secret alcoholic Zach. When the crime lord behind the heist learns of the whereabouts of his diamonds, he instructs his thugs to find Zach and get the jewels back by any means possible. Zach gets help from his friend, police detective Chance, but they will both need more than a little luck to prove that neither of them were behind the robbery, and to keep the actual thieves from getting their revenge.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 93
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 87%
Eye for an Eye (2008)
Plot Summary:
Sung-chan is a top detective of the special crime squad. He is notorious for punishing the opponent who hurts his pride. When Hyun-min impersonates as Sung-chan and robs a cash transport car under the daylight, and seizes $10 billion worth of smuggled gold right before the cop’s eyes, Sung-chan is outraged. He cannot let this criminal slip through. Sung-chan goes after Hyun-min like a wild beast going after its prey, but Hyun-min cunningly threads through the investigation, even leaving traces in the crime scenes on purpose to allure and provoke Sung-chan.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 521
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, serious, suspenseful, crime drama, realistic, fast
Similar in 89%
Jack Falls (2011)
Plot Summary:
Former undercover police officer Jack Adleth returns to London seeking those who tried to have him killed in Amsterdam.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, neo noir, realistic, captivating, exciting, rough, bleak, suspenseful, black and white
Similar in 82%
Safehouse (2008)
Plot Summary:
Ex-FBI agent Cooper O'Neil thinks the dangerous times in his life are in the past; that is, until his former partner shows up dead at his marina home. O'Neil's old partner had a coveted thumb drive in his possession when he died, and now the ex-agent is forced back into the life he left behind to keep the thumb drive from the wrong hands.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 182
Genere: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, tense, independent film, exciting, realistic
Similar in 83%
Dad Savage (1998)
Plot Summary:
A wealthy, successful, East-Anglian tulip grower, Dad Savage is also something of a godfather in the local criminal fraternity but doesn't trust banks to take care of his money. On recommendation from his son, Sav, Dad hires two of Sav's unemployed school friends, Bob and Vic, to help with the business and the crime. After some careless talk from Harold, just known as 'H', about Dad's pension fund, Vic and Bob decide to steal the money from Dad if they can find it. The plans to liberate the money go awry and Sav is killed requiring Bob to call upon his sister Chris to rescue them. Dad intercepts their escape and forces a showdown to try to determine exactly the events of the night in order to identify his son's killer.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 435
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: independent film, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 79%
The Kill Reflex (1989)
Plot Summary:
Williamson plays a cop called 'Soda Cracker', whose partner was killed in a mysterious assassination. He is convinced that the murder was committed by his old enemy, Ivan Moss, played by Bo Svenson. Despite threats from the mob and from the police department, he vows to continue his mission to find the persons responsible for the assassination. Maud Adams plays his new police woman partner, who falls in love with him during their investigations. 'Soda Cracker' also has to deal with the fact that many of the police officers on the squad may be corrupt, and tries to break down the criminal network whilst finding evidence against Ivan Moss.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 326
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 89%
Officer Down (2005)
Plot Summary:
A policewoman unwittingly puts her family in danger when she uncovers corruption in her department.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 363
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic, independent film, detective
Similar in 79%
Kremen (2012)
Plot Summary:
An ex soldier comes to visit a military friend and finds trouble right away. It all starts with a rape of a girl by the local thugs in the town. He must use his fighting skills to defeat the thugs.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 302
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Russia
Duration:
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, suspenseful, serious, realistic, suspense
Similar in 85%
Ready 2 Die (2014)
Plot Summary:
After a violent bank robbery, the trio of hoods make their way across East L.A. carrying a blood-soaked bag of money. When word gets out, they must fend off gangs and crooked cops alike as they strive to keep the loot and stay alive.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 851
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic, crime drama, independent film
Similar in 82%
Jane Doe: How to Fire Your Boss (2007)
Plot Summary:
Jane Doe sets out to track down a killer who is targeting fellow CSA agents.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 385
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, exciting
Similar in 75%
High Voltage (1998)
Plot Summary:
After unknowingly robbing a money laundering operation the heist crew must avoid mobsters.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 700
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, crime drama, independent film
Similar in 87%
Decisions (2011)
Plot Summary:
When a group of friends decide to pull a bank heist to get out from underneath their money troubles. They quickly discover that things can unravel in a hurry! A compromised LAPD Detective (Corey Haim) on the take with a crime syndicate figure want the money back and will go to any lengths to get it! Things go wrong quickly as bullets start to fly and the group finds that one thing affects another and discover that the voice of reason is not always what it appears to be.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 273
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, suspenseful, captivating, exciting, independent film, rough, realistic
Similar in 88%
Below Utopia (1997)
Plot Summary:
Daniel returns to his family's mansion for the holidays along with his girlfriend Susanne. His family's seemingly-utopian existence is overshadowed by not only the death of Daniel's brother, but also by Daniel's failure to live up to his brother's potential. However, this quickly becomes inconsequential, as blood-thirsty killers soon show up.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, suspense, erotic, independent film, bleak
Similar in 82%
Jack Reed: One of Our Own (1995)
Plot Summary:
Jack Reed investigates a young woman whom he and his wife take into their household when she turns out to be targeted by unknown assassins.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 300
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 77%
Bloodlines (2005)
Plot Summary:
After Elaine Hopkin is found dead, apparent an OD suicide, her firstborn Mark wouldn't even inform his dad James Hopkin, who was locked up for murder. Kid sister Justine, a cocky uniformed cop, goes visit him, only to learn he was just released. After the autopsy concludes asphyxiation, she comprises friendly DC Jake Bannerman's official investigation by rash actions against procedure.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 117
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Similar in 79%
The Ministers (2009)
Plot Summary:
A NYPD detective attempts to avenge the death of her father, but unwittingly becomes involved with one of his killers.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, captivating, psychological, suspense, rough, realistic, suspenseful, independent film, detective
Similar in 89%
Breaking Point (1976)
Plot Summary:
The Mafia tries to take revenge against a man who testified against them in court.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 340
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 82%
The Gunman (2004)
Plot Summary:
When Detective Ben Simm's wife is killed, he has to learn to be both father and mother to his little girl while searching for a Vigilante that has his own sense of justice.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 465
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: disturbing, tense, serious, suspenseful, independent film, bleak, realistic