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Plot Summary:
When a young female scientist discovers that the pharmaceutical company she works for had developed a cure for cancer years earlier, she attempts to release it to the world. Knowing that they make more money from chemotherapy drugs than the cure, the company does everything it can to stop her.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 807
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, New Zealand
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, independent film
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Replicant (2001)
Plot Summary:
Scientists create a genetic clone of a serial killer in order to help catch the killer, teaming up with two cops.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, stylized, suspense, tech noir, perverse, cult classic, action packed, surprise ending
Similar in 81%
The Hunter's Prayer (2017)
Plot Summary:
An assassin forges an unlikely partnership with one of his targets: a woman seeking revenge for the murder of her family.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: Germany, Spain, USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, satanic, action thriller, surprise ending, independent film, exciting, neo noir
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SAS: Red Notice (2021)
Plot Summary:
An off-duty SAS soldier, Tom Buckingham, must thwart a terror attack on a train running through the Channel Tunnel. As the action escalates on the train, events transpire in the corridors of power that may make the difference as to whether Buckingham and the civilian passengers make it out of the tunnel alive.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, Switzerland, Netherlands, Hungary
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, tense, captivating, perverse, action thriller, surprise ending, independent film, black comedy, dark comedy
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The Perfect Weapon (2016)
Plot Summary:
In a not too distant future, a totalitarian state run by ‘The Director” (Seagal) controls all aspects of life. All enemies of the state are dealt in the harshest way. Most of them are executed by the secret government’s assassins. The best operative is code-named “Condor” (Messner) – an elite agent and hit man for the government. However, in his latest assignment, “Condor” fails to kill an opposition leader, and finds himself on the run from the very same government agency that he works for. This sets in motion a chain of events with unforseen consequences for all involved.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Spain, Sweden
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: suspense, futuristic, tense, captivating, surprise ending, neo noir, independent film, sinister
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The Mother (2023)
Plot Summary:
A deadly female assassin comes out of hiding to protect the daughter that she gave up years before, while on the run from dangerous men.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 44000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: suspense, independent film, interesting
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Vice (2015)
Plot Summary:
Julian Michaels has designed the ultimate resort: VICE, where anything goes and the customers can play out their wildest fantasies with artificial inhabitants who look, think and feel like humans. When an artificial becomes self-aware and escapes, she finds herself caught in the crossfire between Julian's mercenaries and a cop who is hell-bent on shutting down Vice, and stopping the violence once and for all.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, surprise ending, suspense, futuristic, detective, neo noir, cyber, independent film
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Criminal (2016)
Plot Summary:
Bill Pope is a CIA agent on a mission in London tracking down a shadowy hacker nicknamed "The Dutchman." When he gets mysteriously ambushed and killed, an experimental procedure is used to transfer his memories into dangerous ex-convict Jericho Stewart. When he wakes up with the CIA agent's memories, his mission is to find The Dutchman and eliminate him before the hacker launches ICBM's and starts World War III. But complications soon arise and the mission turns personal.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 69000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Bulgaria
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, intense, disturbing, action adventure, rough, political, suspenseful, smart, cult classic
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Sweet Girl (2021)
Plot Summary:
A devastated husband vows to bring justice to the people responsible for his wife’s death while protecting the only family he has left, his daughter.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, surprise ending, psychological, psychological thriller, neo noir, independent film, entertaining
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Chain of Command (1994)
Plot Summary:
When Merrill Ross (Michael Dudikoff) is thought to be a C.I.A. agent gone bad and teaming with some other alphabet named agency to take over the oil rich country of Qumir, he finds he's in the middle of a very explosive situation. Not knowing who he can trust, he's forced to use a process of elimination thru the chain of operatives he encounters.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 610
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: suspense, grindhouse, perverse, surprise ending, independent film, black comedy, dark comedy, campy
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Braven (2018)
Plot Summary:
A logger defends his family from a group of dangerous drug runners.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 42000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, serious, scenic, psychological, cliffhanger, feel good, bloody, independent film, surprise ending
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The Eleventh Hour (2008)
Plot Summary:
An ex-Navy SEAL, Michael Adams, (Matthew Reese) was captured during a raid to free Japanese prisoners from a North Korean prison camp. He endures the North Koreans torture for three years -- seen only as flashbacks -- then released back into civilian life. A renegade North Korean General wants revenge for the raid on his camp, he follows Adams back to the United States with a plot to manipulate the former soldier into assassinating the leader of the raid, now a United States senator, Mason Chambers (K. Danor Gerald). The General targets Adams' estranged wife, Rachel (Jennifer Klekas) has her attacked so a doctor on the North Koreans payroll can insert a bomb into her head. Then Adam is captured, given the assignment and warned he must assassinate the senator within 12 hours or the bomb will detonate.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 902
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, disturbing, tense, thought provoking, independent film, detective, freeze frame, surprise ending
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Maximum Conviction (2012)
Plot Summary:
When former black ops operative Tom Steele and his partner Manning are assigned to decommission an old prison, they must oversee the arrival of two mysterious female prisoners. Before long, an elite force of mercenaries assault the prison in search of the new arrivals. As the true identities of the women are revealed, Steele realizes he's caught in the middle of something far bigger than he had imagined.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, exciting, rough, realistic, suspense, tense, surprise ending, independent film, freeze frame
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Hard Target 2 (2016)
Plot Summary:
Forced into a deadly cat-and-mouse game, a disgraced mixed martial arts fighter is hunted through the jungles of Southeast Asia.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Thailand
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, brutal, captivating, suspense, disturbing, cliffhanger, perverse, surprise ending, black comedy
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Operator (2015)
Plot Summary:
When the daughter of veteran 911 call center operator Pamela, and her estranged husband Jeremy, a Senior Police Officer, is kidnapped and held hostage, they are left desperate, with no choice but to follow the kidnapper's rules: send messages through dispatch for all police and fire units to scatter to remote locations throughout the city where they are met with chaos. Not knowing who or why, the one thing they do know is if they fail to discreetly collaborate with one another - they will be solely responsible for facilitating the biggest crime in the city's history. Now they must race against the clock to make the choice of their lives - save the city - or save their daughter.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, suspense, psychological, captivating, psychological thriller, neo noir, independent film, tension
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24 Hours to Live (2017)
Plot Summary:
An assassin seeks redemption after being given a second chance at life.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Africa, China, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspense, disturbing, exciting, enigmatic, suspenseful, psychological, perverse, action thriller, action adventure, surprise ending
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Sleepless (2017)
Plot Summary:
Undercover Las Vegas police officer Vincent Downs is caught in a high stakes web of corrupt cops and the mob-controlled casino underground. When a heist goes wrong, a crew of homicidal gangsters kidnaps Downs’ teenage son. In one sleepless night he will have to rescue his son, evade an internal affairs investigation and bring the kidnappers to justice.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 34000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspense, neo noir, suspenseful, disturbing, exciting, tense, hood, anamorphic, surprise ending, detective
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Project Power (2020)
Plot Summary:
An ex-soldier, a teen and a cop collide in New Orleans as they hunt for the source behind a dangerous new pill that grants users temporary superpowers.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 96000
Genere: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychotronic, action thriller, suspenseful, intellectual, enigmatic, mystic, hood, perverse, surprise ending
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The Last Survivors (2014)
Plot Summary:
In the near future, society collapses and water becomes scarce. When a greedy water baron starts violently clearing out survivors, Kendal, a 17-year-old teenager, fights the baron's henchman to keep a well open.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, teen, surprise ending, psychotronic, independent film
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Retrograde (2004)
Plot Summary:
Two time travelers with opposing views are sent back to the present aboard a research ship in the Antarctic to prevent a global biological disaster from occuring.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Luxembourg, Italy, UK, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: serious, futuristic, suspenseful, stylized, suspense, apocalyptic, cult classic, fast, surprise ending, independent film
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Kill Switch (2017)
Plot Summary:
A pilot battles to save his family and the planet after an experiment for unlimited energy goes wrong.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Netherlands, Germany, USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: captivating, exciting, tense, suspense, futuristic, psychological, independent film, surprise ending
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Morgan (2016)
Plot Summary:
A corporate risk-management consultant must determine whether or not to terminate an artificial being's life that was made in a laboratory environment.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 46000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: suspense, clever, twist ending, surprise ending, suspenseful, tricky, psychological, intense, grindhouse, mindfuck
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Bleeding Steel (2017)
Plot Summary:
Jackie Chan stars as a hardened special forces agent who fights to protect a young woman from a sinister criminal gang. At the same time, he feels a special connection to the young woman, like they met in a different life.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, bleak, futuristic, action adventure, surprise ending, psychotronic, independent film, detective
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Cyborg 2: Glass Shadow (1993)
Plot Summary:
In the year 2074, the cybernetics market is dominated by two rival companies: USA's Pinwheel Robotics and Japan's Kobayashi Electronics. Cyborgs are commonplace, used for anything from soldiers to prostitutes. Casella Reese is a prototype cyborg developed for corporate espionage and assassination. She is filled with a liquid explosive called Glass Shadow. Pinwheel plans to eliminate the entire Kobayashi board of directors by using Casella.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: bleak, suspenseful, cyber, apocalyptic, erotic, suspense, tech noir, action thriller, spectacular, independent film
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Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018)
Plot Summary:
Thomas leads his group of escaped Gladers on their final and most dangerous mission yet. To save their friends, they must break into the legendary Last City, a WCKD-controlled labyrinth that may turn out to be the deadliest maze of all. Anyone who makes it out alive will get answers to the questions the Gladers have been asking since they first arrived in the maze.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 157000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min
Plot tags: captivating, apocalyptic, action adventure, exciting, tense, disturbing, fairy tale, intellectual, saga, novela
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Carter (2022)
Plot Summary:
A man wakes up missing his memories. Directed by a mysterious voice from a device in his ear, he sets off on a hostage rescue mission rife with danger.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, disturbing, twisted, suspense, apocalyptic, ambiguous ending, psychotronic, independent film, psychological thriller
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Mile 22 (2018)
Plot Summary:
A CIA field officer and an Indonesian police officer are forced to work together in confronting political corruption. An informant must be moved twenty-two miles to safety.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 86000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, China
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful, captivating, surprise ending, political, twist ending, fast paced, anamorphic
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S.W.A.T.: Under Siege (2017)
Plot Summary:
When a D.E.A. and S.W.A.T. cartel takedown ends in a shootout, S.W.A.T. Agent Travis Hall seizes a mysterious prisoner taking him into custody. Before long, the S.W.A.T. compound is under siege by wave-after-wave of assault teams attempting to recover the prisoner known as “The Scorpion” for the tattoo blazed across his back. When Travis discovers that his prisoner is a Secret Ops double agent planted within the cartel, it’s up to him and his expert S.W.A.T. team to keep “The Scorpion” and his billion dollar secrets safe.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, tense, disturbing, saga, surprise ending, neo noir
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The Marine 5: Battleground (2017)
Plot Summary:
While working as an EMT back stateside Jake Carter after responding to a distress call, finds himself caught up protecting a person of interest from a biker gang ruthlessly hunting them down.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, exciting, tense, captivating, disturbing, cliffhanger, action thriller, surprise ending
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Pandemic (2016)
Plot Summary:
In the near future, a virus of epic proportions has overtaken the planet. There are more infected than uninfected, and humanity is losing its grip on survival. Its only hope is finding a cure and keeping the infected contained. Lauren is a doctor who, after the fall of New York, arrives in Los Angeles to lead the hunt for uncontaminated civilian survivors. But nothing can prepare her crack team for the blood-soaked mayhem they are about to witness as they head into the Californian mean streets where everything is considered a trap… From director John (THE SCRIBBLER) Suits, a boundary-crashing, game-changing science fiction thriller featuring non-stop action from a first person shooter perspective, putting the audience in the middle of every fight whilst feeling in control of every punch thrown and shot fired. Welcome to the new model of immersive action thriller for the hardcore video game generation.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspense, serious, rough, disturbing, apocalyptic, bleak, captivating, suspenseful, scenic, surprise ending
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The Colony (2013)
Plot Summary:
Forced underground by the next ice age, a struggling outpost of survivors must fight to preserve humanity against a threat even more savage than nature.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 47000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, bleak, tense, dark, suspense, apocalyptic, harsh, intense, scary, futuristic