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Plot Summary:
Dong, the ruler of a small mountainous kingdom is keen to wreak havoc (terrorism, these days) on the general populace in various peaceful countries (mostly India), with the help of assorted people including spies in high positions in India. When he managed to kill the prime-minister (or is it the president?) of India, a small band of commandos takes it upon themselves to bring him down with some unconventional warfare.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 386
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 168 min
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Naam Hai Akira (2016)
Plot Summary:
Akira Sharma is your average Jane from Jodhpur. Early in life she sees an atrocity committed on a neighbour and learns to defend herself. And, a spitfire is born.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags:
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The Burning Train (1980)
Plot Summary:
The plot revolves around a train named Super Express that catches fire on its inaugural run from New Delhi to Mumbai.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 142 min
Plot tags: parody, exciting, serious, emotional, realistic, suspenseful
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The Doll Squad (1973)
Plot Summary:
Squad of beautiful government agents tries to catch saboteurs.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: cult classic, psychotronic, independent film, corny, campy, cult film
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Farishtay (1991)
Plot Summary:
After the death of her husband, the Police Inspector, Gayatri sets out to find his murderer, and is horrified to learn that her brothers are employed by him.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 312
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 193 min
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Vishwaroopam II (2018)
Plot Summary:
RAW agent Wisam Ahmad Kashmiri prevents an al-Qaida terrorist from executing a massive attack on New York. He must now wade through further traps and conspiracies to thwart a new plot against three democratic nations.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 145 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, sweet, bilingual
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Baaghi 3 (2020)
Plot Summary:
A man embarks on a bloody rampage to save his kidnapped brother.
IMDB Rating: 2.2
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 143 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, action packed, weird
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Hukumat (1987)
Plot Summary:
The town of Shantinagar is terrorized by D.B.D.N who likes to kill people for his will. A daredevil cop enters the town.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 175
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags:
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शिवाय (2016)
Plot Summary:
Shivaay , a fearless Himalayan mountaineer covered in Lord Shiva tattoos, heads to Bulgaria to fulfill his nine-year-old daughter Gaura’s wish of seeing her mother Olga, who abandoned them years ago. But their plan goes for a toss when the little girl gets kidnapped in the foreign land. Rescuing her from the masked child-traffickers becomes his only reason for survival.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 153 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, suspenseful
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Vishwaroopam (2013)
Plot Summary:
Vishwanathan, a Kathak dance teacher in New York, is in a rather happy marriage with Nirupama who is a nuclear oncologist. Nirupama is from a middle class family in Chennai, she marries Vishwanath (a dance master) to pursue her higher studies in the USA. But when Nirupama wants to break up with her husband, she engages a private detective. That's when the pandora's box opens up.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 41000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 148 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, masala, realistic, banned, cult film
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Junglee (2019)
Plot Summary:
A vet returns home to his father's elephant reserve where he encounters and fights an international poacher's racket.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: captivating, touching, sincere, disturbing
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China Gate (1998)
Plot Summary:
After witnessing the brutal slaying of her Forest Officer father, Sunder Rajan, at the hands of dreaded dacoit Jageera, Sandhya goes to Colonel Krishnakant Puri and asks for his assistance in bringing an end to Jageera's rule in the Devdurg region. Krishnakant agrees to assist her, and summons about a dozen of his fellow officers and subordinates to assist him. They all assemble at Devdurg with all the necessary ammunitions and arms to combat Jageera, not realizing that Jageera has influence over the local police detachment, who will prevent Puri and his men to possess any guns and weapons. This does not deter Puri and his men, and they continue to stay on in Devdurg and gain the confidence of the villagers. What the villagers do not know that Krishnakant and his men had all been dishonorably discharged from the army for cowardice and retreating when attacked by the enemy. Will Puri and his men abandon Devdurg and let history repeat itself?.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: India
Duration: 175 min
Plot tags: powerful, exciting, rough, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, crying, weeping
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The Hero: Love Story of a Spy (2003)
Plot Summary:
Arun Khanna is a spy for the Indian government whose aid is enlisted to stop ISI Chief Ishak Khan. Khan is trying to build a nuclear bomb with which he can liberate Kashmir from the Indians. A battle of wits ensues. When Khan detonates a bomb at Khanna's engagement party to a fellow spy, Khanna's resolve is only strengthened. Now not only does he have to fight Khan, but he also has to track down his missing fiancee.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 160 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, stylized, realistic
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Robot 2 (2018)
Plot Summary:
An ornithologist who commits suicide returns as fifth force to wreack vengeance on mankind for harming birds with mobile phone radiation. The only thing that is standing in his way is 2.0, the upgraded version of Chitti, the robot.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 148 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, tense, suspense, suspenseful, mecha, cult film
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War (2019)
Plot Summary:
Khalid, is entrusted with the task of eliminating Kabir, a former soldier turned rogue, as he engages in an epic battle with his mentor who had taught him everything.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 151 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, disturbing, epic, cult classic, fast, twisted
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Commando 2: The Black Money Trail (2017)
Plot Summary:
India's most wanted Black Money agent, Vicky Chaddha, gets arrested in Malaysia and is kept in a safe house by the Malaysian authorities, along with his wife. A team of four is being sent to Malaysia to bring them to India. Apart from the growth of inter-personal relationships, the mission has quite a few twists and turns on its way. The story follows Karan as he uses his brain and brawn to recover all of the laundered black money.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 144 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, action packed
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On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
Plot Summary:
James Bond tracks archnemesis Ernst Blofeld to a mountaintop retreat where he's training an army of beautiful but lethal women. Along the way, Bond falls for Italian contessa Tracy Draco -- and marries her in order to get closer to Blofeld. Meanwhile, he locates Blofeld in the Alps and embarks on a classic ski chase.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 98000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 142 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, saga, slasher, controversial, christmas special, visually stunning, action adventure, action drama, thrilling
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The King's Man (2021)
Plot Summary:
As a collection of history's worst tyrants and criminal masterminds gather to plot a war to wipe out millions, one man must race against time to stop them.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 167000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 131 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, exciting, tense, saga, action comedy, anamorphic, perverse, cult classic, hilarious
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Saaho (2019)
Plot Summary:
A battle for power ensues as warring gangters thrive to gain possession of a "black box" that can make them richer than they already are, and an undercover cop intervenes with the help of his sharp intellect and an instinct to kill.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 170 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, twist ending, cult classic, fast
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Agent Vinod (2012)
Plot Summary:
In Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhua, RAW Agent Vinod (Saif Ali Khan) is rescued by colleague Rajan (Ravi Kishan) from a rogue Pakistani army officer (Shahbaz Khan). In Russia/Uzbekistan, an ex-KGB Officer is tortured and murdered. In Cape Town, a group of international business tycoons discusses a rumor that the dead KGB officer possessed a nuclear suitcase bomb. In Moscow, Rajan is exposed and shot dead while trying to send a Code Red message to India. In India, the head of RAW sees the incomplete message containing just number 242. Agent Vinod undertakes a globe-trotting secret mission to discover the reason why his colleague, Rajan, was murdered. A series of twists and turns take Vinod across the globe to Morocco and Latvia, Karachi to Delhi and finally London where he discovers the actual conspiracy.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 157 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic, patriotic
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D-Day (2013)
Plot Summary:
9 years ago Wali Khan (Irrfan Khan) was sent into Karachi, Pakistan by the Chief of RAW Ashwini Rao (Nasser) to report the activities of The Most Wanted Man in India. 9 days ago Rudra Pratap Singh (Arjun Rampal) Indian Armed Forces, MARCOS unit, Zoya Rehman (Huma Qureshi) RAW Explosives expert, and Aslam, a petty thief from the streets of Mumbai recruited by RAW, infiltrated Pakistan to join Wali Khan and carry out the mission to bring back The Most Wanted Man in India. The man who was going to break all ISI protocol and security and attend his own son's wedding. The man who could on that day be abducted and brought back to India to face justice. 1 day ago everything went according to plan until it all failed. The team sent in to bring The Most Wanted Man in India, did the unthinkable - they carried out the most daring operation and almost got away with it. Almost because, something went horribly wrong.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 153 min
Plot tags: serious, tense, realistic, exciting, captivating, entertaining, stylized, independent film, action thriller, rough
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Karma (1986)
Plot Summary:
When senior police inspector Vishwa Pratap Singh arrests Dr. Michael Dang, the leader of the international terrorist group PSO, the group blast the jail Dang is lodged in killing huge numbers of inmates including two of Vishwa's sons and his daughter-in-law; with Dang escaping in the process. Vishwa, who now calls himself Dada Thakur, is determined to put an end to Dang and his PSO gang. He enlists three death row inmates, Baiju Thakur, Johnny and former terrorist Khairuddin Kisti, Thakur personally trains to become disciplined fugitive hunters, and sets out to avenge his family's slaughter.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 193 min
Plot tags: masala, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Baby (2015)
Plot Summary:
An elite counter-intelligence unit learns of a plot, masterminded by a maniacal madman. With the clock ticking, it's up to them to track the terrorists' international tentacles and prevent them from striking at the heart of India.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 60000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 159 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, patriotic, tense, captivating, suspense, offbeat, action thriller, rough, realistic
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Flames of the Sun (1975)
Plot Summary:
A Police Officer, whose family was killed by a bandit named Gabbar Singh, decides to fight fire with fire and recruits two convicts, Jai & Veeru, to bring Gabbar Singh to jail alive, but will they succeed in their mission and get their reward? Come and watch the action-packed super-hit Sholay to find out!!.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 58000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Musical, Thriller, Western
Country: India
Duration: 204 min
Plot tags: cult classic, exciting, epic, freeze frame, suspenseful, entertaining, semi serious, touching, romantic, retro
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Ek Tha Tiger (2012)
Plot Summary:
RAW agent Tiger is on a mission to retrieve information from a scientist in Dublin. The plot centers on an Indian spy (RAW) code-named Tiger who falls in love with a Pakistani spy (ISI) during an investigation and how Tiger's ideology and principles change over time.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 38000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: exciting, sentimental, serious, suspenseful, romantic, patriotic, touching, fast, powerful, realistic
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Mission: Impossible III (2006)
Plot Summary:
Retired from active duty to train new IMF agents, Ethan Hunt is called back into action to confront sadistic arms dealer, Owen Davian. Hunt must try to protect his girlfriend while working with his new team to complete the mission.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 385000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, China, Italy
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, action packed, action thriller, tense, entertaining, clever, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Never Say Never Again (1983)
Plot Summary:
James Bond returns as the secret agent 007 one more time to battle the evil organization SPECTRE. Bond must defeat Largo, who has stolen two atomic warheads for nuclear blackmail. But Bond has an ally in Largo's girlfriend, the willowy Domino, who falls for Bond and seeks revenge. This is the last time for Sean Connery as Her Majesty's Secret Agent 007. Made outside of the traditional Broccoli production environment due to separate rights having been obtained for this specific Ian Fleming story.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 72000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: entertaining, exciting, saga, cult classic, slasher, serious, realistic, suspenseful, witty, stylized
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Commando (1985)
Plot Summary:
John Matrix, the former leader of a special commando strike force that always got the toughest jobs done, is forced back into action when his young daughter is kidnapped. To find her, Matrix has to fight his way through an array of punks, killers, one of his former commandos, and a fully equipped private army. With the help of a feisty stewardess and an old friend, Matrix has only a few hours to overcome his greatest challenge: finding his daughter before she's killed.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 172000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, action packed, serious, cult classic, entertaining, psychological, captivating, sentimental, funny
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Dr. No (1962)
Plot Summary:
In the film that launched the James Bond saga, Agent 007 battles mysterious Dr. No, a scientific genius bent on destroying the U.S. space program. As the countdown to disaster begins, Bond must go to Jamaica, where he encounters beautiful Honey Ryder, to confront a megalomaniacal villain in his massive island headquarters.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 177000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: entertaining, stylized, action packed, saga, exciting, sexy, clever, realistic, suspenseful, witty
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Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)
Plot Summary:
The seventh installment of the Mission: Impossible franchise.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 200000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 163 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, captivating, anamorphic, action adventure, suspense, contemplative, interesting
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Laser Mission (1989)
Plot Summary:
A CIA agent is sent to get Professor Braun before the KGB can seize him as the Prof's knowledge, together with a recently stolen diamond, could be used to make a laser cannon.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: West Germany, South Africa, USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, feel good, captivating, exciting, melancholic, cult classic, action adventure, independent film, fast