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Plot Summary:
When a police officer is killed in the line of duty, his soul enters into the body of a young officer to seek revenge for his murder. However, when the spirit takes over, the officer is unaware of what is going on and most think he is in need of a psychiatrist, including the wife of the fallen cop.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 261
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Satan Returns (1996)
Plot Summary:
Women born on the 6th June are being killed around Hong Kong. There is a lunatic on the loose. Ching, a police psychologist, looks to be the next victim. She is suffering from terrifying dreams involving the devil himself. All becomes clear when the killer is revealed as Satan's disciple, his body possessed, searching for the reincarnation of Satan's daughter on Earth.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 292
Genere: Action, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: detective, surprise ending, twist ending, ambiguous ending
Similar in 90%
Restraining Order (1999)
Plot Summary:
Robert Woodfield is a criminal defense attorney, and he has defended a lot of criminals, many of whom are guilty, but has maintained that everyone deserves a competent defense, which he provides whether they are guilty or not. Currently he is defending Martin Ritter, a killer, whom he gets off. Later he has dinner with a friend, and his friend tells him that he needs to talk to him about something important. He is about to leave when some masked men go to his friend and kill him, when one of the men takes off his mask; it's Martin Ritter. Now being his lawyer, Robert can't say anything about what he saw. But that doesn't stop him from investigating what his dead friend was so worried about. It seems that he has stumbled onto something big, and instead of killing him they frame his wife for murder to get him to back off. But he doesn't and both his wife and him are now in danger. And still has no idea what's going on. Will he find out before they get to him?.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 322
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film
Similar in 75%
Aux (2018)
Plot Summary:
When two young boys playing in the woods discover a military bunker they unintentionally release the ghost of a World War II auxiliary soldier who mistakenly believes the Nazis have landed.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 413
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: scary, exciting, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
Similar in 89%
The Demolitionist (1995)
Plot Summary:
A murdered police officer is brought back to life by a cold-hearted scientist to serve as "The Demolitionist", the ultimate crime-fighting weapon in a city overrun by criminals and internal corruption.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: futuristic, independent film
Similar in 84%
Under the Mill (2017)
Plot Summary:
ONCE A YEAR THE AMATEUR GHOST GROUP "GHOST CONS" GET TOGETHER TO ILLEGALLY BREAK INTO A KNOWN HAUNTED LOCATION TO EXPLORE- THIS TIME IT IS THE HAUNTED MILL,WELL BUDDY THE KLOWN AND HIS BROTHERS KUTTER, and KILLY BILLY IS UP TO IT AGAIN, ALWAYS GETTING INTO TROUBLE, THIS TIME THEY HAVE WENT TO FAR OR IS IT AS IT ALWAYS WAS. SOME AMATEUR GHOST HUNTERS FIND OUT THE HARD WAY.
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Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: psychotronic
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The Inflicted (2012)
Plot Summary:
David O'Hara is a troubled medical student who kidnaps, rapes and murders women. He impregnates one of his victims, Melissa Daniels, in an attempt to replace the family that he lost as a young boy. However, the police rescue Melissa from David's warehouse, and David goes on a murderous rampage to get his family back.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 207
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: bleak, serious, suspenseful, medical horror, rough, realistic, independent film, detective
Similar in 85%
J.D.'s Revenge (1976)
Plot Summary:
A college student is possessed by a 40's era gangster.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film, scary, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic
Similar in 76%
Raw Justice (1994)
Plot Summary:
The mayor of a small town hires a bounty hunter to find his daughter's killer, but it turns out to be a very dangerous job.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: black comedy, erotic, sexy, independent film, detective, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 77%
Someone to Die For (1995)
Plot Summary:
A policeman on the skids faces another tragedy when his daughter dies. When other police in his unit are being murdered, the viewer must decide which one of the suspects is responsible.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 118
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, independent film, twisted
Similar in 79%
The Assault (1998)
Plot Summary:
A female cop protects a dead drug dealer's wife from mob assassins.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 209
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: independent film, rough, serious, realistic
Similar in 83%
Body Count (1995)
Plot Summary:
A cold-blooded assassin is out for revenge against an elite corps of Special Crimes Agents headed by Eddie Cook and Vinnie Rizzo. When Cold blooded hit man Makoto escapes from prison, he and his sexy and lethal partner set out to execute the agents who sent them away. As the Special Crimes Agents are systematically gunned down, Cook and Rizzo find themselves in a deadly race to find the assassins and stop the bloodbath.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 374
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film, detective
Similar in 84%
Cold Steel (1987)
Plot Summary:
Detective Johnny Modine gets his Christmas celebration spoiled with news of his father's death, which seems the work of psychopathic junkies.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 909
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, realistic, exciting, serious, suspenseful, neo noir, independent film, fast
Similar in 83%
Maniac Cop 2 (1990)
Plot Summary:
A supernatural, maniac killer cop teams up with a Times Square serial killer.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, christian film, christmas horror, classic horror, psychological thriller, bloody, dark, cult classic, spooky, independent film
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Sacrifice (2000)
Plot Summary:
A convicted bank robber breaks free as he is being transported to prison after learning that his daughter has been killed by a serial killer. Determined to find her killer, he joins with a female cop who is working the case. He quickly discovers that his daughter had recently had an abortion, an action common to all of the murdered women. Meanwhile the FBI agent that he escaped from is hot on his trail.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 842
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film, surprise ending
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Instinct to Kill (2001)
Plot Summary:
Escaped serial killer James Becket, who killed his own father whose expectations he never fulfilled, but now especially targets his wife Theresa 'Tess' and her family, is too good at disguising himself and other deceit for detective Diffs task force. Only one man proves able to fight back in his league: former cop J.T. Dillon, who was already training Tess in self-defense and becomes her lover. Becket decides to find hiding place by kidnapping Diffs wife, and thus enforce a final show-down.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 751
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, disturbing, suspense, psychological, realistic, suspenseful
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Hollow Man II (2006)
Plot Summary:
After the mysterious death of scientist, Dr. Devin Villiers, Det. Frank Turner and his partner are assigned to protect Villiers' colleague, who revealed that a veteran soldier was subjected to an experiment with the objective of creating the ultimate national security weapon... an undetectable soldier. The experiment failed – with disastrous side effects.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspense, intense, suspenseful, scary, rough, serious, exciting, retro, slasher, fast
Similar in 82%
Route 666 (2001)
Plot Summary:
Smith, a mob informer hiding out with the Witness Protection Program, decides to make a break for it and hide out in the Arizona desert. The Feds catch up with him and rescue him just before a group of hitmen can manage to silence him for good. In the course of getting Smith away from the mafia thugs, the pair of agents assigned to protect him turn onto an abandoned stretch of highway nicknamed 'Route 666' after the mysterious death of a prison chain gang. As the three continue on their way, they soon discover just what happened to the chain gang, and how the highway earned its name.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, serious, tense, apocalyptic, psychotronic, campy
Similar in 87%
Body Cam (2020)
Plot Summary:
Cops involved with covering up a murder by getting rid of their body cam video footage find themselves haunted by an evil spirit.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, bleak, disturbing, tense, suspenseful, atmospheric, detective, perverse
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Hangfire (1991)
Plot Summary:
When a large group of escaped convicts take Ike Slayton, a Vietnam veteran's wife hostage, Slayton enlists the help of his old army friend in a furious search to find her, while a hard-nosed National Guardsman leads a platoon of solders determined to kill or capture all the convicts, even if it means killing all the hostages in the crossfire.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 387
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, suspense, psychotronic, independent film, tension, cult film
Similar in 79%
The Hitcher II: I've Been Waiting (2003)
Plot Summary:
A sadistic serial killer terrorizes a couple driving on a rural highway in Texas while killing numerous people and framing them for his killings.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, psychological, suspense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, neo noir, road movie
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The Peacemaker (1997)
Plot Summary:
When a train carrying atomic warheads mysteriously crashes in the former Soviet Union, a nuclear specialist discovers the accident is really part of a plot to cover up the theft of the weapons. Assigned to help her recover the missing bombs is a crack Special Forces Colonel.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 61000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, political thriller, psychological, cult classic, visually stunning, action drama, neo noir, rough, bleak
Similar in 83%
Cyborg Cop II (1994)
Plot Summary:
A fancy, loner cop loses his partner to a crazed terrorist during a hostage rescue. He settles for the terrorist going to Death Row in jail. What Jack doesn't know is that the terrorist will be taken and turned into a cyborg for the "Anti-Terrorist Group". When the Cyborg "Spartacus" wakes up accidentally, he kills the scientists and their guests, then goes to set things up for a Cyborg Empire. Only Jack and a few friends know how to stop.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 952
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, rough, bleak, futuristic, suspenseful, tech noir, action thriller, independent film
Similar in 84%
Dark Angel (1990)
Plot Summary:
Jack Caine is a Houston vice cop who's forgotten the rule book. His self-appointed mission is to stop the drugs trade and the number one supplier Victor Manning. Whilst involved in an undercover operation to entrap Victor Manning, his partner gets killed, and a sinister newcomer enters the scene.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Action, Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: detective, suspense, rough, serious, suspenseful, neo noir, christmas horror, tech noir, perverse, cult classic
Similar in 89%
Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)
Plot Summary:
Archetypal buddy cops Riggs and Murtaugh are back for another round of high-stakes action, this time setting their collective sights on bringing down a former Los Angeles police lieutenant turned black market weapons dealer. Lorna Cole joins as the beautiful yet hardnosed internal affairs sergeant who catches Riggs's eye.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 176000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: suspense, entertaining, action packed, saga, action comedy, neo noir, exciting, humorous, suspenseful, action adventure
Similar in 76%
Renegade Force (1998)
Plot Summary:
An FBI Agent (Michael Rooker) and a female cop (Diane DiLascio) join forces to stop renegade cops who are offing the bad guys. Robert Patrick is the leader of the renegades and Louis Mandylor is a reluctant young cop that is brought into the hit team.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 808
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspense, independent film, exciting, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, 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
Similar in 87%
Vampires (1998)
Plot Summary:
The church enlists a team of vampire-hunters to hunt down and destroy a group of vampires searching for an ancient relic that will allow them to exist in sunlight.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 63000
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: scary, bloody, rough, suspense, splatter, cult classic, exciting, stylized, gothic, retro
Similar in 89%
Die Hard (1988)
Plot Summary:
NYPD cop, John McClane's plan to reconcile with his estranged wife is thrown for a serious loop when minutes after he arrives at her office, the entire building is overtaken by a group of terrorists. With little help from the LAPD, wisecracking McClane sets out to single-handedly rescue the hostages and bring the bad guys down.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 923000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: intense, christmas special, exciting, suspense, action packed, suspenseful, clever, action adventure, detective, saga
Similar in 90%
Copshop (2021)
Plot Summary:
On the run from a lethal assassin, a wily con artist devises a scheme to hide out inside a small-town police station. However, when the hit man turns up at the precinct, an unsuspecting rookie cop finds herself caught in the crosshairs.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 38000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, perverse, action adventure, surprise ending, neo noir, ambiguous ending
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Black and Blue (2019)
Plot Summary:
Exposure follows a rookie Detroit African-American female cop who stumbles upon corrupt officers who are murdering a drug dealer, an incident captured by her body cam. They pursue her through the night in an attempt to destroy the footage, but to make matters worse, they've tipped off a criminal gang that she's responsible for the dealer's death.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, bleak, hood, slang, neo noir, social, anamorphic, predictable, surprise ending