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Plot Summary:
Warhawk Tanzania plays Luke Curtis who along with his friend Rodan (Wilfredo Roldan) takes a break from the city streets to train kung fu in China. Whilst there, Rodan steals an ancient amulet which prevents an evil spirit from leaving his tomb. The evil spirit now free, possesses somebody and lurks in the subways killing and mutilating its victims. Can kung fu master Luke Curtis right Rodan's wrong and put a stop to the killings?.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 529
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: detective, grindhouse, hood, psychotronic, independent film, weird
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The Oily Maniac (1976)
Plot Summary:
A cripple takes revenge on criminals by using a magic spell that transforms him into an oily monster/superhero.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 934
Genere: Action, Crime, Horror
Country: Hong Kong, Malaysia
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, weird
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Bogard (1975)
Plot Summary:
To make money, a Los Angeles street-fighter goes to work for gangsters.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 496
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film, grindhouse, cult film
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Black Dragon's Revenge (1975)
Plot Summary:
Three rival gangs embark on a search for Bruce Lee's handwritten "finger fighting " manual.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 148
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Black Samurai (1976)
Plot Summary:
Robert Sand, agent of D.R.A.G.O.N. (Defense Reserve Agency Guardian Of Nations), is playing tennis on his vacation with a beautiful black girl, when his commanding officers ask him to save a Chinese girl who happens to be Sand's girlfriend, and the daughter of a top Eastern Ambassador. The ransom for the abduction was the secret for a terrific new weapon - the freeze bomb.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, hood, cult classic, independent film, weird, cult film
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New York Ninja (2021)
Plot Summary:
After his wife is murdered, a man becomes a ninja to take revenge on her killers across the streets of New York, in this film that was originally abandoned in 1984 until it was discovered and completed by Vinegar Syndrome.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: hood, weird
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Forced Vengeance (1982)
Plot Summary:
A casino security guard is forced into violence from when the Hong Kong mob threatens his friends.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: cult classic, psychotronic, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, detective, poliziottesco, surprise ending
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Breaker! Breaker! (1977)
Plot Summary:
Truck driver searches for his brother, who has disappeared in a town run by a corrupt judge.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: intense, exciting, rough, realistic, serious, independent film, fast, neo western, erotic, road movie
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Deadbeat at Dawn (1988)
Plot Summary:
Goose leaves the gang life behind after pleas from his girlfriend. But it isn't long before he's pulled back into the world of violence.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: independent film, bloody, disturbing, controversial, art house, hood, cult classic, cult horror, action adventure, indie film
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Maniac Cop (1988)
Plot Summary:
In New York, people are slain and strangled to death brutally on the open street. All witnesses agree that the murderer was in a cop's uniform. Soon the police searches and finds a suspect in its own ranks: Jack Forrest, turned in by his own wife. To prove his innocence, he has to investigate on his own.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Action, Crime, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, grindhouse, cult horror, classic horror, psychological thriller, retro
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Teeth and Blood (2015)
Plot Summary:
A beautiful diva is murdered on the set of horror director Vincent Augustine's latest film "Chapel Blood." Somewhere between the crime scene and the coroner's van, the body mysteriously disappears. Meanwhile, the city's supply of donated blood is being dangerously depleted. Suspecting a connection between the events, detectives Mike Hung and Sasha Colfax go undercover at the studio to investigate. Their attempt to crack the case quickly turns into a desperate battle for survival when they uncover an age-old war between rival vampire covens that threatens to consume humanity in a final, grisly assault of Teeth and Blood!.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 73
Genere: Action, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: scary, exciting, tense, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, detective
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Sugar Hill (1974)
Plot Summary:
When her boyfriend is brutally murdered, after refusing to be shaken down by the local gangsters running their protection racket, Sugar Hill, decides not to get mad, but BAD! Calling upon the help of aged voodoo queen Mama Maitresse, Sugar entreats her to call upon Baron Zamedi, the Lord of the Dead, for help in gaining a gruesome revenge. In exchange for her soul, the Dark Master raises up a zombie army to do her bidding. The bad guys who thought they were getting away clean are about to find out that they're DEAD wrong.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, rough, suspense, independent film, psychotronic, grindhouse, creepy, exciting, serious
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Adam Chaplin: Violent Avenger (2011)
Plot Summary:
Set in the fictional country of Heaven Valley, the film is the story of a man, Adam, who following the suspicious death of his wife begins to investigate her murder and in doing so, discovers the involvement of local mafia boss: Denny Richards. Unable to trust the police, corrupt and controlled by Denny, Adam, consumed by anger, summons a demon who offers him superhuman strength and dark powers. The demon follows him during his trip, promising to lead Adam to the door of the murderer if he does everything the demon asks. This unleashes a bloody war that will bring Adam, the demon on his side, against the police department with all its dark allies. The fight begins and it will be extreme!.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Horror
Country: Italy, USA, UK
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: disturbing, bleak, suspenseful, rough, serious, slasher, bloody, suspense, controversial, grindhouse
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VFW (2019)
Plot Summary:
A typical night for veterans at a VFW turns into an all-out battle for survival when a desperate teen runs into the bar with a bag of stolen drugs. When a gang of violent punks come looking for her, the vets use every weapon at their disposal to protect the girl and themselves from an unrelenting attack.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Crime, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: slasher, splatter, psychological, bloody, experimental, mumblecore, disturbing, grindhouse, hood, dark comedy
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Black Belt Jones (1974)
Plot Summary:
Jones is a secret agent who has gone into semi-retirement, concentrating instead on teaching the martial arts to inner city youths. The karate school is run by a kindly old coot named Pops ,played by Scatman Crothers. His gambling debts, however, bring the local thug, Pinky, down on him. To make matters worse, Pinky is then hired by some white thugs who want to get a hold of the property Pops' school occupies so they can build a shopping mall. When things get heavy, Black Belt Jones leaps into action. Only he's not alone. Pops' daughter, Sidney, shows up to lend a hand, proving herself every bit as agile and powerful a martial artist as Jones.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, disturbing, black comedy, cult classic, action thriller, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, cult film
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Mean Johnny Barrows (1975)
Plot Summary:
A Vietnam veteran gets caught in a mob war with a couple of double-crossers.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 526
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film
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The Annihilators (1985)
Plot Summary:
Upon his return from Vietnam, an ex-soldier finds his neighborhood has deteriorated badly, and is being terrorized by a vicious street gang. He calls some of his GI buddies, and together they hatch a plan to get rid of the gang.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 692
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: retro, hood, independent film
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Youngblood (1978)
Plot Summary:
A gang war/drug story set in a Los Angeles ghetto about the coming of age of a 15-year-old black youth.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 342
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, hood, independent film
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American Dragons (1998)
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Murders in Seoul, Korea and in America pair two cops from each of the countries together to solve the crimes. The investigation leads to a gang war between the Mafia and the Yakuza, but one that may not be of either of their making. A shadowy assassin is killing the leaders and an Italian assassin may have his own agenda.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 893
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: crime drama, independent film, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, neo noir
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The Perfect Weapon (1991)
Plot Summary:
Jeff, a young delinquent, is enrolled by his father in a kenpo school, in the hopes of teaching the boy some self-discipline. Years later, Jeff's mentor, Kim, is being threatened by one of the Korean mafia families. Jeff tries to help his old friend, but is too late to prevent Kim's death at the hands of an unknown hitman. Vowing revenge, Jeff takes on all of the families, using his martial arts skills to find the man who killed his friend.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: detective, crime drama, cult classic, independent film, psychotronic, rough, serious, realistic, surprise ending, nostalgic
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Tenement (1985)
Plot Summary:
A drug-dealing band of violent street thugs terrorize the tenants of a South Bronx apartment building.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 984
Genere: Action, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: disturbing, controversial, hood, terrifying, independent film, scary, tense, rough, bleak, serious
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Shaft in Africa (1973)
Plot Summary:
Detective John Shaft travels incognito to Ethiopia, then France, to bust a human trafficking ring.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: hood, exciting, rough, feel good, serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychotronic, poliziottesco, sexy
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Tiger Claws (1991)
Plot Summary:
The police does not know what to do. They have to deal with a serial killer who aims at martial arts masters. One after another is killed in the same brutal way. This may be a chance for detective Linda Masterson to work on her first murder case. She gets the job and to her side an other martial arts specialist, Sgt. Tarek Richards. Now they need to find a tiger style master, because the killer obviously uses tiger style kung fu. Not a simple task, since tiger is a very ancient and rare style.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, independent film, realistic, suspenseful, detective, cult film
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Dolemite (1975)
Plot Summary:
Dolemite is a pimp who was set up by Willie Greene and the cops, who have planted drugs, stolen furs, and guns in his trunk and got him sentenced to 20 years in jail. One day, Queen B and a warden planned to get him out of Jail and get Willie Green and Mitchell busted for what they did to him.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, hood, funny, surreal, black comedy, cult classic, spooky, parody, offbeat, humorous
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Shaft (1971)
Plot Summary:
Cool black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, stylized, tense, harsh, neo noir, serious, suspenseful, hood, realistic, cult classic
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The Warriors (1979)
Plot Summary:
Prominent gang leader Cyrus calls a meeting of New York's gangs to set aside their turf wars and take over the city. At the meeting, a rival leader kills Cyrus, but a Coney Island gang called the Warriors is wrongly blamed for Cyrus' death. Before you know it, the cops and every gangbanger in town is hot on the Warriors' trail.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 109000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: neo noir, grindhouse, futuristic, stylized, suspense, hood, tense, intense, controversial, rough
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Hell Up in Harlem (1973)
Plot Summary:
Tougher than Shaft and smoother than Superfly, this high-voltage sequel to Black Caesar explodes with enough action to incinerate New York City. Packed with machine-gun mayhem and riveting adventure, Hell Up in Harlem is nothing less than a modern-day tribute to the classic 30s gangster film. Fred Williamson is Tommy Gibbs, a fearless, bulletproof tough guy who blasts his way from the gutter to become the ultimate soul brother boss. Tommy steals a ledger with the name of every crooked cop and man in the city. Enlisting the aid of his father and an army of Harlem hoods, Gibbs goes from defense to offense, launching a deadly attack on his enemies that sets off a violent chain reaction from Harlem all the way to the Caribbean, climaxing in one of the hottest turf-war shoot-outs in Hollywood history.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: neo noir, grindhouse, hood, crime drama, grim, cult classic, independent film, exciting, rough, serious
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Karate Warriors (1976)
Plot Summary:
The fourth and final film in the "Street Fighter" series, where Tsurugi protects a little boy while coping with rival gangs.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 362
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: grindhouse
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Romeo Must Die (2000)
Plot Summary:
Two warring gang families (one African-American, the other Chinese) maneuver for bragging rights to the Oakland, California, docks. Hang Sing and Trish O'Day uncover a trail of deceit that leaves most of the warring factions dead … or worse!.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 73000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: intense, suspenseful, exciting, rough, fast paced, action packed, hood, stylized, philosophical, epic
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Hot Boyz (2000)
Plot Summary:
Injustice begets a criminal. Kool is an artist without prospects, a black belt in karate, and in love with LaShawna, poised and college bound. One night she witnesses a stabbing and discovers the victim is a cop as he dies in her arms. She's jailed for murder by the infamous Ramparts Division of the LAPD. Kool wants to prove her innocence, and Tully, the cynical detective in charge, ignores LaShawna's case but uses Kool to break up an incipient crime operation. She's in danger because the guilty parties fear that the officer talked before he died. While in jail awaiting a hearing and legal help, she's beaten to death by a rogue cop. Kool vows revenge: the Hot Boyz are born.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: hood, realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious, crime drama, independent film, bleak
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An Eye for an Eye (1981)
Plot Summary:
Sean Kane is forced to resign from the San Francisco Police Department's Narcotics Division when he goes berserk after his partner is murdered. He decides to fight alone and follows a trail of drug traffickers into unexpected high places.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: suspense, serious, exciting, cult classic, tense, neo noir, independent film, rough, realistic, suspenseful