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Plot Summary:
Novica is a mathematics champion in a Belgrade high school. In an attempt to overcome the ‘geek’ status at school, Novica becomes attracted to the world of skinheads by his school friend Relja. Novica is exposed to violence, hooliganism and racism; embracing the ideology and climbing up the ladder in the gang hierarchy.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Serbia
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, hood
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Teste rasate (1993)
Plot Summary:
Marco, 22 years old, lives in a Roma's suburb. His life goes on without any goal in an anonymous way. His only successful situation is his relationship with Zaira, a Somalian girl. While spending days uselessly, he meets Saverio, AKAS "The Fuhrer", head of a bunch of Nazi skins. He is fascinated by Saverio's world and tries all he can do to enter the fascist group. From that point on his life is deeply involved with the group activity. He tries to hide his relationship with Zaira, but the destiny is waiting for the final count.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 157
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags:
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Death Kiss (2018)
Plot Summary:
A vigilante with a mysterious past becomes a one-man army in a crime-infested town as he takes the law into his own hands, at the same time protecting a young mother and her daughter. He sets his sights on a local kingpin, setting up an action-packed and fateful confrontation.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, suspense, hood, spoof, parody
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Nothing Without You (2012)
Plot Summary:
A psych-patient, accused of a violent murder, turns to her court-appointed psychiatrist to prove her innocence and sanity. Her psychiatrist must help her decipher delusion from truth to unravel the mystery of her reality.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 87
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller, suspense, exciting, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological
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We Are Young. We Are Strong. (2014)
Plot Summary:
On 24th August 1992 in the eastern German city of Rostock a rampaging mob, to the applause and cheering of more than 3,000 bystanders, besieged and set fire to a residential building containing, among others, more than 120 Vietnamese men, women and children on what has since become known as "The Night of the Fire." The riots became a symbol for xenophobia in the just recently reunited Germany. This film recounts the incident from the perspectives of three very different characters.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, History
Country: Germany
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, tense, suspense, retro
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Russia 88 (2009)
Plot Summary:
A gang of skinheads 'Russia 88' are filming propaganda videos in order to place it on the internet. At the same time the camera records the life of the gang, they become accustomed to this and stop paying attention to it. The leader of the gang 'Blade' discovers that his sister is dating a guy from the Caucausus. This family drama develops into a tragedy.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: heartbreaking, serious, psychological, intense, rough
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Women of Mafia 2 (2019)
Plot Summary:
After taking control of the capital, Nanny's gang prepares for the biggest smuggling action in the history of Poland.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 138 min
Plot tags: tense, exciting, serious, captivating, realistic, disturbing
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Bastardi 2 (2011)
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IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 119
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Czech Republic
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, detective
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Temper (2015)
Plot Summary:
Daya, a corrupt police officer, is transferred to Vizag and becomes involved with Walter Vasu, a local crook. When Walter kidnaps Daya's girlfriend, Daya goes to war with Water's criminal empire.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 147 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, twist ending
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Come Into the Light (2005)
Plot Summary:
A priest (Zingaretti - Inspector Montalbano) attends his new parish only to find the church empty, the locals uninterested and their children rude and abusive. He very gently sets about winning over first the children by providing them with a place to play and learn and then works on their parents. The church slowly becomes the focal point of the community and rapidly ends up full with standing room only. But.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 645
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, factual
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Don't Be Bad (2015)
Plot Summary:
A story set in the 90s and in the outskirts of Rome to Ostia. A world where money, luxury cars, night clubs, cocaine and synthetic drugs are easy to run. A world in which Vittorio and Cesare, in their early twenties, act in search of their success.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, realistic, hood
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Changing the Game (2012)
Plot Summary:
An epic tale about a supremely intelligent young African-American male who rises from the ferocious and oppressive streets of North Philadelphia to being a shining star in the lucrative world of high finance at Wall Street's most prestigious firm. However, he soon finds that the white-collar world is filled with crime and death just like the drug-filled hood he left behind. His only chance of survival is to fully integrate a mysterious gift from a slain childhood friend fully into the fabric of his character.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 533
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: captivating, psychological, tense, suspense, surprise ending, deep, crime drama, action thriller, exciting, serious
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The Bull (2019)
Plot Summary:
The 1990s. Empty shelves in the shops, an economic abyss and criminal dramas that unfold literally at every corner. The young leader of a criminal gang Anton Bykov, with the nickname “Bull”, must make money in whatever way to provide for his family. After a local shootout, Anton ends up in the police station, from where he is released at the intervention of Moscow’s crime lords. In exchange, the latter asks Anton for a small, but dangerous service.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 896
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: realistic, tense, bleak, serious, harsh, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing
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The Day Hollywood Died (2012)
Plot Summary:
He just woke up. He's in a hospital. He can't move. He can't remember who he is. Memories begin to flood back to him as he regains consciousness. He was part of a heist gone wrong. One of a crew of six asked to steal a briefcase from a secret vault. But that's all he can remember. He will combat the drugs and the pain and the solitude in a desperate effort to remember what happened to him and why. But once he finally reaches the end of his quest for answers he will wish he never began.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 67
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychological, exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, mind bending, independent film
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Women of Mafia (2018)
Plot Summary:
A former police officer goes under cover in the mafia.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 138 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, captivating, suspense, realistic, talky
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The Devil's Teardrop (2010)
Plot Summary:
When a man known only as "The Digger" opens fire in a train station many are left dead. The only clue the FBI has is a hand written letter with demands on it. Agent Margurete needs help analyzing it and the best is retired specialist Kincaid.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 686
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: serious, tense, captivating, psychological, exciting, rough, realistic, suspenseful
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On the Edge (2014)
Plot Summary:
Two hard-living best friends and aficionados of illegal racing contests find their bond tested when one of them goes to trial for vehicular homicide.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 668
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: captivating, psychological, exciting, suspense, tense, serious, realistic
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Skinheads vs. Hooligans (1998)
Plot Summary:
An interracial couple is attacked and the woman is gang-raped in a random attack. This prompts the woman to commit suicide and the man decides to seek revenge from the inside by joining the gang. However, once inside he learns of the reasons (poverty, social rejection) for their existence and starts developing a kinship until he is asked to kill someone to prove his loyalty.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 936
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: independent film, tense, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing
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Combat Girls (2011)
Plot Summary:
Marisa, a 20-year-old German girl, hates foreigners, Jews, cops, and everyone she finds guilty for the decline of her country. She provokes, drinks, fights and her next tattoo will be a portrait of Adolf Hitler. The only place she feels home is the Neo-Nazi gang she belongs to, where hate, violence, and heavy parties are the daily rules. When 14-year-old Svenja joins the group, Marisa appears like a role model to her: she fits the purest idea of a combat girl fighting for the group's ideology. But Marisa's convictions will slowly evolve when she accidentally meets a young Afghan refugee. Confronted to him, she will learn that the black and white principles of her gang are not the only way. Will Marisa ever be able to get out of this group?.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, disturbing, tense, rough, realistic, serious, political, sad, hood, steamy
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Made in Britain (1982)
Plot Summary:
Trevor sometimes-violent skinhead with no regard for authority, and would rather spend his time stealing cars than sitting in the detention centre to which he is sent. His social worker, Harry Parker, tries to do his best, but Trevor is only interested when there’s something that he can get out of it. The authorities within the centre try to make Trevor conform to the norms of society, but he takes no notice, and would rather speak in a torrent of four-letter words and racial abuse.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: disturbing, controversial, cult classic, powerful, terrifying, rough, bleak, serious, captivating, realistic
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Black King (2014)
Plot Summary:
A film about peer pressure.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 74
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: psychological, exciting, tense, suspense, independent film
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Dossier K. (2009)
Plot Summary:
Vincke and Verstuyft are detectives of the Antwerp police department. This time they have to deal with the Albanian mob and some problems in their own police division.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: serious, psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, detective, rough, realistic, suspenseful
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The Drug King (2018)
Plot Summary:
Busan, South Korea, 1970s. Lee Doo-sam is a small-time smuggler. After helping a drug gang to smuggle meth, he falls into the dark crime world. Quick-witted and full of ambition, he eventually takes over the drug underworld and starts to lead a double life: a good community leader during the day but an infamous drug lord during the night.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 139 min
Plot tags: captivating, psychological, tense, suspense
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Monga (2010)
Plot Summary:
Set in the 1980s, “Monga” centers on five boys (Mosquito, Monk, Dragon, White Monkey and A-Lan) who join the "Gang of Princes" who are tired of being pushed around. As the "Gang of Princes" rise in stature, they come into conflict with other gangs jealous of their rising power.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 140 min
Plot tags: tense, realistic, exciting, serious, captivating, heroic, hood, rough, bleak, suspenseful
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Jilla (2014)
Plot Summary:
A cop decides to take on his godfather, who raised him from childhood, and make him realize the error of his ways.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 185 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, psychological, tense, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, semi serious, cult film
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West 32nd (2007)
Plot Summary:
When John Kim, an ambitious young lawyer, takes on a pro bono case to exonerate a fourteen-year-old boy from a first degree murder charge, he finds a world he never knew existed in the underbelly of Manhattan - the Korean underworld.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 534
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea, USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: tense, atmospheric, captivating, psychological, suspense, crime drama, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Romper Stomper (1992)
Plot Summary:
Nazi skinheads in Melbourne take out their anger on local Vietnamese, who are seen as threatening racial purity. Finally the Vietnamese have had enough and confront the skinheads in an all-out confrontation, sending the skinheads running. A woman who is prone to epileptic seizures joins the skins' merry band, and helps them on their run from justice, but is her affliction also a sign of impurity?.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 41000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: disturbing, brutal, political, harsh, cult classic, psychological, realistic, independent film, retro, sexy
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Perez. (2014)
Plot Summary:
Demetrio Perez is a tough prosecutor torn between the corruption inherent in his job and the desire to do right by his family. But when opportunity presents itself and his daughter Thea falls in love with a Mafioso’s son, Perez has to cut through the morality of his law-abiding roots and become as dirty as the dangerous criminals he represents.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 756
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, psychological, captivating, suspense, neo noir, realistic, suspenseful
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Outrage Coda (2017)
Plot Summary:
Ôtomo gets involved with new Yakuza battles after he comes back the Yakuza society.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, neo noir, hood
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Baseline (2010)
Plot Summary:
The Baseline is the centre of the East London grime club scene and the queue regularly stretches around the block. Danny works on the door - breaking up fights and managing drunk kids. However, when he rescues Terry, the club owner and local gang leader, from a hitman, Danny is suddenly plunged deep into an underworld he had tried so hard to avoid. Danny is promoted to manager, but only on the condition that he turns a blind eye to the shady goings on both on and off the dance-floor. Danny and his girlfriend Jessica dream of setting up their own club, but Danny is forced to make the ultimate sacrifice when he has to choose between loyalty, morality and his own dreams of escape.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 647
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, captivating, exciting, tense, rough, realistic
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Villain (2020)
Plot Summary:
After 10 years, Eddie Franks is out of prison and trying to stay on the straight and narrow, but his drug-mule brother, Sean has other ideas. Rival gangster brothers demand Sean repay his debt to them, causing Eddie to get tangled in the crossfire, and he ends up using his life savings to calling in favours with mobster friends to try and help.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, social, hood