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Plot Summary:
After serving three years in prison for a bank robbery, Joe Dasco is released and reunited with his son. Together they both go looking for work in the Texas oil fields. Not being able to hold a steady honest job, Joe Dasco along with a few men that he befriends along the way attempt to kidnap an oil baron's son. The kidnapping fails and Joe Dasco is shot and killed. His son Joey is then left alone but inherits what his father fought and died for.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 42
Genere: Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: independent film, rough, noir, thought provoking, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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The Choppers (1961)
Plot Summary:
A gang of teenage delinquents terrorize a small community by stealing cars and stripping them for parts, then selling the parts to a crooked junkyard owner. The police and an insurance company investigator set out to break up the gang.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 431
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 66 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, grindhouse, independent film, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, art house
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G.B.H. (2017)
Plot Summary:
Damien, a London copper has a past he's trying to forget. Before joining the force he ran with a football firm, getting involved in tear-ups up and down the country. Now he's on the other side of the law and faces a tough decision, side with his old crew or protect London as it burns and rioters run amok. Falling in love with fellow cop Louise, he is quickly alerted to a street-level uprising that is about to shake London. Amidst the brutalities presented by the riots, he fights for justice at Louise's expense. Having been raped by a rioter known to him, Damien finds himself levelling with the rioters, fighting a war he cannot win, as much against the rioters as against himself.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 622
Genere: Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, serious, suspenseful, bleak, realistic
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Boogie Boy (1998)
Plot Summary:
A man who has just been released from prison vows to start a new life, but is put to the test when an old cellmate appears.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 720
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, tense, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Simple Justice (1989)
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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The Ceremony (1963)
Plot Summary:
A man (Robert Walker) has an affair with his condemned brother's (Laurence Harvey) girlfriend (Sarah Miles) while plotting his escape in Tangier.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 241
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: noir, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, gloomy
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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
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The Wild Card (2004)
Plot Summary:
A young, beautiful wife cheating on her rich, older husband amidst the neon lights of Las Vegas. Four men hired to do a job, but there is a traitor in their midst. Adultery, betrayal, kidnapping and murder lead to the ultimate double cross and no one is innocent in the end. Who will live and who will die... and who is The Wild Card?.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 72
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic
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For the Love of Money (2012)
Plot Summary:
Spanning over two decades, "For the Love of Money" follows the true account of an Israeli immigrant who searches for his piece of the American dream.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful
Similar in 76%
The Black Godfather (1974)
Plot Summary:
The heroes in The Black Godfather are members of an African-American criminal organization. Like Brando in The Godfather, they're not averse to robbery and murder, but they do draw the line at narcotics. When the Mafia infiltrates the 'hood with dangerous drugs, the Black Godfather (Rod Perry) orders his minions to put an end to this perfidy.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 555
Genere: Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cult film
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Bodywork (2001)
Plot Summary:
Virgil Guppy buys a sleek-looking used Jaguar, but the car turns out to be a lemon. Unfortunately, that's just the start of his problems; a dead prostitute is discovered in the trunk, and Virgil is accused of her murder. Aided by a dysfunctional family of thieves, unorthodox police procedure and some clever body work of his own, he sets out to clear his name.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 189
Genere: Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, realistic, semi serious, suspense, exciting, captivating, melancholic, independent film, offbeat, cynical
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Once Fallen (2010)
Plot Summary:
When Chance (Brian Presley) returns home after five years in jail, he is determined to escape his past, start a new life and make peace with his father, (Ed Harris, Golden Globe® winner), who is the head of the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang and serving a life sentence for murder. Upon his release, his dreams of a crime-free future begin to disintegrate when he is forced to assume his best friend's outrageous debt to a local mobster. Despite being thrust back into a world of organized fighting, drug dealing and ties to corrupt police agents, Chance falls in love with Pearl (Academy Award® nominee Taraji P. Henson) and the prospect of living a normal life seems almost within reach. But will he be able to escape the crimes of his father and his past?.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: captivating, tense, serious, psychological, bleak, realistic, fast
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Inside Out (2011)
Plot Summary:
For the last thirteen years AJ (Triple H) has been behind bars, convicted of manslaughter for killing a man who intended to kill his best friend, Jack (Michael Rapaport). Now released, AJ wants nothing more than to start a small business and live a crime-free life. Unfortunately, within hours of leaving prison, his oldest and best friend, Jack (Michael Rapaport) involves AJ in an accidental shooting in which a man is killed, forcing Jack to skip town.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, suspenseful, suspense, exciting, serious, realistic
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Lamb of God (2008)
Plot Summary:
The kidnapping 77-year-old man in Argentina forces his daughter to return to Buenos Aires after years of exile abroad.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 384
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Argentina, France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: rough, thought provoking, serious, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, realistic
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Last Hours in Suburbia (2012)
Plot Summary:
When Grace is accused of playing a role in a deadly accident, her best friend reaches out from beyond the grave to unveil the truth behind what happened.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 734
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychological, rough, suspenseful, bleak, serious, realistic, independent film
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Distortion (2006)
Plot Summary:
When his girlfriend is kidnapped, a drug-addicted ex-cop must overcome his demons and face the sobering task of tracking her down before it's too late. His story dismissed by the police, he's left with no choice but to rely on his own detective skills in a high-stakes race against time.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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Five Thirteen (2013)
Plot Summary:
In this tension-packed thriller, brothers Mike and Tre set out in search of better lives, trying to leave their demons behind for good. After being released from prison for a crime he didn't commit, Mike's only care in the world is to protect his young daughter from an unforgiving ex. But the justice that awaits him on the streets is far worse than anything Mike had experienced in prison. His older brother Tre begrudgingly agrees to one last "delivery", attempting to free Mike and his new girlfriend from the grips of the criminal underworld. What transpires is a wild misadventure where multiple lives unknowingly intersect, and where decisions are made that will haunt everyone forever.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 723
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, independent film
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Perfect Witness (1989)
Plot Summary:
A witness to a mob killing has second thoughts about testifying when he realizes his family might become a target.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 479
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing
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Born Killers (2005)
Plot Summary:
iggy Banks tells the story of two charming and brilliant brothers who finance their lifestyle by robbing and murdering pretty much anyone foolish enough to get in the car with them. They learn the business from their sociopath father (Tom Sizemore) who doesn't bother to hide his crimes, or the brutal philosophy which drives it. He tells his sons people are just piggy banks. You need money? Just break one open. Michael is sloppy and reckless he goes about his work with a demented glee, John perhaps even more horrifyingly, understands the misery he inflicts he simply doesn't care. It's just a job. Lock all your doors.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 844
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychological, disturbing, rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic, psychological thriller, psycho film
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Amber's Story (2006)
Plot Summary:
This is the tragic and true story of the abduction of Amber Hagerman. Her family and the community's efforts to find her and bring her kidnapper to justice prove to be a groundbreaking movement toward implementing a government-run tracking system.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 565
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, crime drama, tense, detective
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Beeper (2002)
Plot Summary:
Richard Avery, whose young son is kidnapped while they travel in India. Embarking on a desperate quest to rescue him, and with a beeper providing his only lead, Avery seeks help from unlikely sources, including a drug lord and a beautiful but dangerous woman named Julia.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 465
Genere: Thriller, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, independent film, tense, bleak, realistic
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We Have Your Husband (2011)
Plot Summary:
American-born Jayne Valseca, her husband Eduardo, the son of a legendary Mexican newspaper publisher, and their two children live an idyllic life on their 1,000 acre ranch outside of a peaceful Mexico town. But in the summer of 2007, their peaceful life is turned into a real-life nightmare when Eduardo is ambushed and kidnapped by strangers. With kidnapping becoming a pervasive and lucrative business in Mexico, Jayne is at the mercy of the kidnappers when they demand millions for the husband's safe release. She's pushed to the limit to do everything she possibly can to raise the money necessary to bring Eduardo back alive. As Eduardo is starved and tortured, he looses hope of ever seeing his family again but despite the dire and bleak times, Jayne refuses to give up and decides to turn the tables on the kidnappers and makes demands of her own. The film is based on a true story from the book, We Have Your Husband: One Woman's Terrifying Story of a Kidnapping in Mexico.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 342
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, suspense, disturbing
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Apaharan (2005)
Plot Summary:
Story of a tumultuous and complex relationship between a father (Mohan Agashe) and son (Ajay Devgan), set against the backdrop of a thriving kidnapping industry in the Hindi heartland of Bihar.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 173 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976)
Plot Summary:
Fact-based story of the kidnapping of Charles Lindbergh Jr., son and namesake of the famed pilot, and ensuing trial of accused and convicted killer, Bruno Hauptmann.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 501
Genere: Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 148 min
Plot tags: rough, thought provoking, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing
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Sins of the Father (2002)
Plot Summary:
In 1965 a bomb was planted in a Church in Alabama, killing four black girls. Thirty years later, Tom Cherry breaks his silence to discredit his father's alibi for the night in question.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 448
Genere: Drama, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: rough, emotional, realistic, disturbing, thought provoking, bleak, serious, captivating
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The Executioner's Song (1982)
Plot Summary:
In this fact-based film, Gary Gilmore, an Indiana man who just finished serving a lengthy stay in prison, tries to start anew by moving to Utah. Before long, Gary begins an ill-advised romance with the troubled Nicole Baker, a teenage single mother. As their relationship quickly deteriorates, Gary goes on a murderous rampage, leaving two dead. During his trial, he demands capital punishment; a media circus ensues and outsiders look to profit from his story.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: rough, thought provoking, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense
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Heavens Fall (2006)
Plot Summary:
Successful New York attorney Sam Leibowitz travels to the South in 1933 to defend nine young black men accused of raping two women on an Alabama freight train.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: serious, sincere, disturbing, independent film, uplifting, emotional, realistic
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Bummer 2 (2006)
Plot Summary:
The film takes place a few years after the events shown in Bummer. Kostyan "Kot", who lost all his friends, the woman he loved and was nearly killed in the first installment of the film tries to begin a new, peaceful life. But is it possible to do? Has Russia changed and do "bratki" on black "bummers" no longer control business? Can he escape his past?.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, stylized, tense, rough, suspenseful
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Turn of Faith (2002)
Plot Summary:
Mob drama starring Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini, Mia Sara and Costas Mandylor.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 115
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film, bleak, contemplative
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Hell's Kitchen (1998)
Plot Summary:
When a robbery goes awry, the bandits all end up in a puddle of blood and only one lives and goes to jail for five years. Upon his release, the girlfriend wants her new boyfriend to kill him. Only trouble is the boyfriend knows that the fault was not the ex-con's and can't bring himself to do the task. Meanwhile, the ex-con tries to turn his life around by becoming a boxer and training under a former heavyweight contender.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, disturbing, independent film, realistic, gloomy
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Outlaw Country (2012)
Plot Summary:
A crime thriller/family drama set against the backdrop of southern organized crime and Nashville royalty where music, love, hope and tragedy collide. Created as a pilot for a TV Series which was not taken up, this has now been aired as a TV Movie.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 715
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense, independent film, rough