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Plot Summary:
Taking the Chilean coup as an example, a group of young officers plan to overthrow the Japanese government on V-J Day. They aim to abolish the post-war constitution, restore the national army and revive the traditional spirit of Japan. As the conspiracy is exposed, the coup squadrons are wiped out one by one. The remaining squadron takes over a night train bound for Tokyo.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 72
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 140 min
Plot tags:
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The Lies of the Victors (2014)
Plot Summary:
Fabian Groys, a renowned journalist for a political news magazine, enjoys great freedom, since the stories he uncovers make for good sales. When he loses a hot story about the German army, the editor saddles him with a young female intern. Fabian hates teamwork and sticks the intern with what seems a classic tabloid story about the suicide of a man who had himself torn to shreds by a lion at the zoo. But thanks to the intern’s dogged determination, signs emerge that the story Fabian was working on and the gory zoo story are actually interlinked. Is it pure coincidence? And if it isn’t, how can Fabian fight a nebulous enemy?.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 393
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags:
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Natural Enemies (1979)
Plot Summary:
A man hires hires five hookers to fulfill a final fantasy before killing himself and his family.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 353
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: philosophical, depressing, independent film
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Stop Train 349 (1963)
Plot Summary:
Roaring across the danger zone of europe...A sealed international express, with a human cargo that can explode a continent!.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 114
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Fifth Missile (1986)
Plot Summary:
The crew of a Polaris submarine, on a training mission simulating an attack on Russia, is stricken by toxic poisoning. One of the poison's effects is to make its victims hallucinate, and the sub's captain imagines that he has been given an order to actually attack Russia. He prepares to do exactly that.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 157
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags:
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Attention, the Kids Are Watching (1978)
Plot Summary:
Four children blackmail the housekeeper who is in charge of watching over them while their parents are absent.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 467
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 103 min
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Passenger (2009)
Plot Summary:
The film narrates how two guys, Sathyanath and Adv. Nandan Menon, who never had anything to do with one another, come into each others lives and what all things happen consequently.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 894
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 118 min
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The Family (1974)
Plot Summary:
Adaptation of the novel by Toyoko Yamasaki.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 62
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 211 min
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Sicily! (1999)
Plot Summary:
A man returns to visit his native Sicily after living in New York for a long time. He learns about the Sicilian way of life from stylized conversations with an orange picker, his fellow train passengers, his mother, and a knife-sharpener.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Italy, France, Germany
Duration: 66 min
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Turtle Beach (1992)
Plot Summary:
Reporter Judith Wilkes leaves her husband and two sons in Sydney and goes to Malaysia to cover the story of the Vietnamese boat people. She becomes romantically involved with Kanan, and strikes up a friendship with Lady Minou Hobday, who keeps a regular vigil at "Turtle Beach" where the refugees try to land secretly in the hope that one day her own children will arrive. Accompanying Minou one night, Judith witnesses a brutal massacre by the Malaysians which spurs her on to expose the horrors of the internment camps at Bidong.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 355
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The House of Hanging (1979)
Plot Summary:
This time, Kousuke investigates a murder in a hospital. The murderer leaves misleading evidence to divert Kousuke's attention on the case. Suspicion and doubt clouds Kousuke's mind.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 160
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 139 min
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Goliath (2022)
Plot Summary:
Patrick is a tenacious lawyer specializing in environmental law. France is a schoolteacher who becomes an activist after her husband develops cancer from exposure to a pesticide. Mathias is an ambitious lobbyist working for an international chemical corporation. The paths of these characters collide as the lives of thousands are affected by a tragic act that sparks a powerful movement while the corporation fights to prevent the truth from being revealed.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 121 min
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The Lithium Conspiracy (2012)
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In the 21th century getting hold of natural resources of emerging countries, is no matter of war--it is a matter of complex financial actions. And the power of governments behind the events has been replaced by the power of holding companies. Nowadays you don't conquer a country. You buy it. "Short story of long betrayals" is again set in the Republic of Queimada, where in the "Salar de Queimada" (a salt lake) lies 50% of lithium in the whole world. Not surprisingly, there is an international interest in its fate and a breathless fight to seize it.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 92
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: exotic
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Yumechiyo's Diary (1985)
Plot Summary:
Yumechiyo, a geisha house madam recently diagnosed with a terminal illness, yearns to do something constructive with the little time she has left. Through her responsibility lies in taking care of her girls, she finds purpose in providing a man innocent of a false murder charge and in the process discovers love for the first time in his arms.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 29
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 128 min
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Wijster (2008)
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On 2 December 1975, a journalist is one of many passengers on the slow train that is kidnapped near Wijster by young South Moluccans. After some terrifying moments, he makes contact with the hijackers and starts acting as their go-between. Meanwhile, his wife and daughter, as well as his mistress keep themselves abreast of things through the media. The train hijacking lasts for twelve days and claims a few lives.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 120
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Enough Rope (1963)
Plot Summary:
Two total strangers suspect each other of murdering their own wives.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 177
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, West Germany, Italy
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags:
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Last In, First Out (1978)
Plot Summary:
A woman on a train becomes the center of attention when she is mistaken for a spy by opposing factions who are traveling on the same line.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 93
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags:
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The Mind Benders (1963)
Plot Summary:
A British scientist is discovered to have been passing information to the Communists, then kills himself. Another scientist decides that they might have brainwashed him by a sensory deprivation technique, but he doesn’t know if someone really can be convinced to act against their strongest feelings. So he agrees to be the subject in an experiment in which others will try to make him stop loving his wife.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 903
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: psychotronic
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Pursuit (1972)
Plot Summary:
What begins as a routine investigation quickly escalates into a heartstopping race to save millions from certain death in this taut and gripping thriller. Michael Crichton (Jurassic Park, ER) "makes an impressive directorial debut" (The Hollywood Reporter) in this deadly cat-and-mouse game in which the stakes couldn't be higher! When government agent Steven Graves (Ben Gazzara) investigates political extremist James Wright (E.G. Marshall), he uncovers a diabolical plot to blast lethal nerve gas into San Diego during the Republican Convention. What's worse, a computer hacker (Martin Sheen) has provided Wright with a psychological profile to help him outwit Graves. As Wright ingeniously eludes Graves, can Graves find a way to stop him before the ultimate nightmare begins?.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 512
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, suspense, adaptation directed by original author
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Paul Sanchez Is Back! (2018)
Plot Summary:
The reappearance of notorious criminal Paul Sanchez becomes an obsession for a young police officer who will do anything to catch him.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 390
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags:
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The Punishment (1973)
Plot Summary:
Britt, deluxe call-girl, is punished by the brothel owner because she was not accomodating enough to a customer. From now on, she must obey to all customers sadistic wishes, or else.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 335
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: erotic, sadistic, sexploitation film
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Money (1991)
Plot Summary:
A young man whose father's fortune was stolen by his closest friends sets out to get revenge in this odyssey through the world's major financial centers.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 220
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Canada, Italy, Netherlands
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: independent film
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One Man Out (1989)
Plot Summary:
A soldier of fortune (Stephen McHattie) fights drug runners in Central America.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 81
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, Mexico, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Roulette (2012)
Plot Summary:
When three very different people (Mike Baldwin, Will Haza, Ali Lukowski) from three completely different worlds begin a deadly game of Russian Roulette, they soon discover that their pasts are a trilogy of overlapping events that have brought them together for one last session of group therapy.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 268
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, non-linear, independent film
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PVC-1 (2007)
Plot Summary:
Shot in real time, PVC-1 is based on the true story of a woman who is turned into a human time bomb in a bizarre act of terrorism.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Colombia, USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: disturbing, psychological, rough, realistic, tense, bleak, serious, tragic ending
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Europa (1991)
Plot Summary:
An American, Leopold Kessler, goes to post-war Germany in 1945 to work as a railroad conductor for the Zentropa Rail Line instead of going into the Army because he feels its a more valuable thing to do for the state of the world. He meets Katharina Hartmann, the daughter of the railroad owner and they fall in love.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Sweden, France, Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: art house, surreal, bleak, psychological, gloomy, black and white, atmospheric, suspenseful, noir, cerebral
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Fail Safe (2000)
Plot Summary:
Cold War tensions climb to a fever pitch when a U.S. bomber is accidentally ordered to drop a nuclear warhead on Moscow.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, captivating, suspenseful, political, psychological, apocalyptic, realistic, political thriller, disaster movie
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The Enemy Within (1994)
Plot Summary:
Colonel Casey discovers what appears to be plans by General Lloyd to use fake military excercises to assist Jack Giddings in his plans to remove President Foster from office. Colonel Casey, and President Foster must find evidence that there is a coup planned and stop it, before it takes place. Unfortunately, there isn't much time.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic, political thriller
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King's Game (2004)
Plot Summary:
Starting a new job as a political journalist at a leading newspaper, Ulrik Torp witnesses a brutal struggle for power in the Midparty's ranks -- a struggle that coincides with the charismatic party leader's involvement in a near fatal car accident. A flurry of lies and media speculation surrounds the incident. Gradually, Ulrik unearths a ruthless conspiracy involving the incumbent prime minister.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: political thriller, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, political
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The Cassandra Crossing (1976)
Plot Summary:
The Cassandra Crossing is an all-star disaster spectacular telling of the terrifying odyssey of 1000 doomed passengers trapped aboard a plague-infested train. A terrorist infected with a deadly virus boards the Stockholm to Geneva Express and exposes all aboard to the disease. Colonel Mackenzie (Burt Lancaster) is called in to handle the situation and finds Dr. Chamberlain (Richard Harris) who is on board the train. Mackenzie decides to re-route the train to the Cassandra Crossing where it will plunge into oblivion. But passengers miraculously begin to recover and Chamberlain must race against time to disconnect the cars.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, tense, intense, rough, serious, entertaining, retro, suspenseful, surprise ending
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Enigma (1982)
Plot Summary:
Five highly-trained KGB agents are sent to the west to assassinate several Soviet dissidents. In order to stop the diabolical plot, an American agent must infiltrate Soviet intelligence and obtain information from a Russian computer.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, intense, serious, realistic, political, political thriller, independent film, exciting, romantic, atmospheric