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Plot Summary:
All the rules are broken as a sect of lawless marauders decides that the annual Purge does not stop at daybreak and instead should never end as they chase a group of immigrants who they want to punish because of their harsh historical past.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 42000
Genere: Action, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, tense, disturbing, psychological, bloody, slasher, saga, splatter, grindhouse
Best tv shows and movies like The Forever Purge (2021):
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VANish (2015)
Plot Summary:
Three thugs kidnap Emma, the daughter of a drug kingpin, and have no idea that murderous blood that runs through her veins. As time passes, the unlucky threesome finds themselves in danger from the police, gangsters and their captive.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: tense, realistic, suspenseful, serious, surprise ending, suspense, psychotronic, captivating, psychological thriller, independent film
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Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990)
Plot Summary:
A couple encounters a perverted gas station attendant who threatens them with a shotgun. They take a deserted path in Texas to seek help, but only meet up with a cannibalistic clan interested in helping themselves to fresh meat.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspense, scary, brutal, bloody, splatter, cult classic, independent film, surprise ending, classic horror
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Midnight Ride (1990)
Plot Summary:
A house wife just left her cop husband, when she picks up Justin McKay she'll wish she never did as she's plunged into a nightmare and the grip of a psychotic killer.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, slasher, independent film, scary, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, surprise ending
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Halloween (2018)
Plot Summary:
Jamie Lee Curtis returns to her iconic role as Laurie Strode, who comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago. This film, the 11th film in the "Halloween" series, will ignore the events of all previous sequels, picking up 40 years after the events of the original film.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 167000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspense, psychological, disturbing, suspenseful, rough, tense, spooky, retro
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Silent Rage (1982)
Plot Summary:
A mentally ill man in a small Texas town goes on a killing rampage and is fatally wounded by police. When doctors use an experimental serum to bring him back to life, the killer develops superhuman strength and the town sheriff must pursue him.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: slasher, bloody, suspenseful, suspense, detective, grindhouse, medical horror, perverse, cult classic, rough
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Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
Plot Summary:
The lone inhabitants of an abandoned police station are under attack by the overwhelming numbers of a seemingly unstoppable street gang.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 54000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspense, atmospheric, grindhouse, tense, suspenseful, cult classic, talky, exciting, rough, serious
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The Purge (2018)
Plot Summary:
Set in a dystopian America ruled by a totalitarian political party, the series follows several seemingly unrelated characters living in a small city. Tying them all together is a mysterious savior who’s impeccably equipped for everything the night throws at them. As the clock winds down with their fates hanging in the balance, each character is forced to reckon with their pasts as they discover how far they will go to survive the night.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: brutal, tense, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, rough, bloody, bleak, intellectual, slasher
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Rogue (2020)
Plot Summary:
Battle-hardened O’Hara leads a lively mercenary team of soldiers on a daring mission: rescue hostages from their captors in remote Africa. But as the mission goes awry and the team is stranded, O’Hara’s squad must face a bloody, brutal encounter with a gang of rebels.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, South Africa, UK
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: suspense, brutal, bleak, disturbing, perverse, psychological thriller, surprise ending, psychotronic, black comedy, dark comedy
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Death Wish 3 (1985)
Plot Summary:
Paul Kersey returns to New York to visit his friend Charley, who lives in one of the worst parts of New York City. But when Paul arrives at Charley's apartment, he finds Charley dying after a vicious beating by a gang led by Manny Fraker, and the police enter the apartment and find Paul standing over Charley's body. Paul is arrested for the murder, but police chief Richard S. Shriker is like Paul.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, cult classic, neo noir, hood, perverse, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Original Gangstas (1996)
Plot Summary:
A violent street gang, the Rebels, rule the streets of Gary, Indiana. The Rebels shoot Marvin Bookman, a store-keeper, for giving the police information about a drive-by shooting they committed. Marvin's son, former NFL star John who created the Rebels, returns to Gary to be with his father and, with a little help from his friends, to destroy the Rebels his way.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: hood, crime drama, cult classic, independent film, rough, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending
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The Hunt (2020)
Plot Summary:
Twelve strangers wake up in a clearing. They don't know where they are—or how they got there. In the shadow of a dark internet conspiracy theory, ruthless elitists gather at a remote location to hunt humans for sport. But their master plan is about to be derailed when one of the hunted turns the tables on her pursuers.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 125000
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan, China
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, disturbing, horror comedy, surprise ending, bloody, slasher, controversial, scary, psychological, tense
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Cartels (2016)
Plot Summary:
An elite team of DEA agents are assigned to protect a dangerous drug lord and take refuge in a luxury hotel while they await extraction. They soon find themselves at the center of an ambush as the drug lord's former associates launch an explosive assault on the hotel.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Monaco, Romania
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, suspenseful, exciting, surprise ending, neo noir, ambiguous ending, independent film
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Close Range (2015)
Plot Summary:
A rogue soldier turned outlaw is thrust into a relentless fight with a corrupt sheriff, his obedient deputies, and a dangerous drug cartel in order to protect his sister and her young daughter.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: tense, exciting, serious, captivating, neo noir, independent film, freeze frame
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The Tax Collector (2020)
Plot Summary:
David Cuevas is a family man who works as a gangland tax collector for high ranking Los Angeles gang members. He makes collections across the city with his partner Creeper making sure people pay up or will see retaliation. An old threat returns to Los Angeles that puts everything David loves in harm’s way.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, ambiguous ending, tense, suspenseful, exciting, bleak, suspense, grindhouse, perverse, neo noir
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Memory (2022)
Plot Summary:
Alex, an assassin-for-hire, finds that he's become a target after he refuses to complete a job for a dangerous criminal organization. With the crime syndicate and FBI in hot pursuit, Alex has the skills to stay ahead, except for one thing: he is struggling with severe memory loss, affecting his every move. Alex must question his every action and whom he can ultimately trust.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, surprise ending, neo noir, independent film, detective
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Gunpowder Milkshake (2021)
Plot Summary:
In her turbulent life as a professional assassin, Sam has no choice but to go rogue to save the life of an innocent 8-year-old girl in the middle of the gang war she has unleashed.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 50000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, Germany, USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: suspense, cult classic, exciting, tense, captivating, absurd, perverse, surprise ending, neo noir, psychotronic
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The Purge: Election Year (2016)
Plot Summary:
Two years after choosing not to kill the man who killed his son, former police sergeant Leo Barnes has become head of security for Senator Charlene Roan, the front runner in the next Presidential election due to her vow to eliminate the Purge. On the night of what should be the final Purge, a betrayal from within the government forces Barnes and Roan out onto the street where they must fight to survive the night.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 108000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: suspense, brutal, intense, psychological, bloody, grindhouse, slasher, psychological thriller, suspenseful, scary
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The Purge: Anarchy (2014)
Plot Summary:
Three groups of people are trying to survive Purge Night, when their stories intertwine and are left stranded in The Purge trying to survive the chaos and violence that occurs.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 160000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, breathtaking, grindhouse, action thriller, psychological, exciting, thought provoking, intellectual, brutal
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Army of the Dead (2021)
Plot Summary:
Following a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, a group of mercenaries take the ultimate gamble: venturing into the quarantine zone to pull off the greatest heist ever attempted.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 183000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 148 min
Plot tags: suspense, disturbing, unusual plot structure, psychotronic, apocalyptic, road movie, suspenseful, splatter, scary, philosophical
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Halloween Kills (2021)
Plot Summary:
The saga of Michael Myers and Laurie Strode continues in the next thrilling chapter of the Halloween series.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 96000
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspense, slasher horror, atmospheric, bloody, intense, thrilling, psychological thriller, suspenseful
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Revenge (2017)
Plot Summary:
Jen is enjoying a romantic getaway with her wealthy boyfriend which is suddenly disrupted when his friends arrive for an unannounced hunting trip. Tension mounts in the house until the situation abruptly — and viciously — intensifies, culminating in a shocking act that leaves Jen left for dead. Unfortunately for her assailants, Jen survives and reemerges with a relentless, wrathful intent: revenge.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 47000
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, bloody, minimal cast, post-horror, retro, psychological thriller, sexy, feel good, slasher
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The First Purge (2018)
Plot Summary:
To push the crime rate below one percent for the rest of the year, the New Founding Fathers of America test a sociological theory that vents aggression for one night in one isolated community. But when the violence of oppressors meets the rage of the others, the contagion will explode from the trial-city borders and spread across the nation.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 69000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Japan
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological thriller, rough, suspenseful, hood, slasher, psychological, scary, retro, intellectual
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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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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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The Purge (2013)
Plot Summary:
Given the country's overcrowded prisons, the U.S. government begins to allow 12-hour periods of time in which all illegal activity is legal. During one of these free-for-alls, a family must protect themselves from a home invasion.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 237000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, tense, psychological, twist ending, brutal, suspenseful, futuristic, bloody, slasher
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Green Room (2015)
Plot Summary:
A young punk rock band find themselves trapped in a secluded venue after stumbling upon a horrific act of violence.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 137000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Music, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspense, tension, atmospheric, bleak, dark, disturbing, suspenseful, psychological, creepy, scary
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The Equalizer 2 (2018)
Plot Summary:
Robert McCall returns to deliver his special brand of vigilante justice -- but how far will he go when it's someone he loves?.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 188000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: suspense, action thriller, action adventure, retro, bloody, cult classic, mind blowing, neo noir, ambiguous ending, surprise ending
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Rambo: Last Blood (2019)
Plot Summary:
When his housekeeper’s daughter is kidnapped, Rambo crosses the U.S.-Mexican border to bring her home but finds himself up against the full might of one of Mexico’s most ruthless cartels.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 107000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong, France, Bulgaria, Spain, Sweden
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, action adventure, emotional, captivating, controversial, cliffhanger, crime drama, cult classic, action thriller
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Code of Honor (2016)
Plot Summary:
Colonel Robert Sikes is on a mission to rid his city of crime. As a stealthy, one-man assault team, he will take on street gangs, mobsters, and politicians with extreme prejudice until his mission is complete. His former protégé, William Porter, teams up with the local police department to bring his former commander to justice and prevent him from further vigilantism.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, suspense, suspenseful, surprise ending, neo noir, ambiguous ending, independent film, detective
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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