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Plot Summary:
Two vice cops get entangled in a web of prostitution, blackmail and murder.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 148
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Dress to Kill (2007)
Plot Summary:
Fifteen years after he last saw him, Danny Cimmerman, a Toronto banker, comes back to Vancouver to say goodbye to his ethnic Croatian gangster father, John Cimmerman, who is on his death bed. Danny never approved of how his father made a living, the reason why Danny left town in the first place, and conversely John felt Danny was a disappointment. Regardless, John's death bed wish is for Danny to take over the family business and make it legitimate. Part of that entails Danny marrying Anika Nowak, the daughter of one of John's associates, Louis Nowak. The transition to legitimacy will not be easy as some friends and enemies may want to exploit what they see as a weakness in the organization during the transition. Danny is attacked one evening by two people who knew he was carrying a large wad of cash, which he guesses was organized by someone on the inside. Another of those hoping to take Danny down is a man named Angus Bunyan, aka Uncle Bunny, who knows a secret about Danny and wants.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 137
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration:
Plot tags:
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Private Road: No Trespassing (1988)
Plot Summary:
Stock car racer Brad Carlton (Greg Evigan) throws the Mishaw family into a tailspin the night heiress Helen Mishaw slams her car into his motorcycle. He gets romantically involved with Helen Milshaw (Mitzi Kapture), and helps multi-million dollar Milshaw Industries win a valuable government military contract. However, when Brad becomes the victim of sabotage and strange accidents, he realizes someone want to stop him cold - dead cold!.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 80
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: neo noir, independent film
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The Gun Runner (1969)
Plot Summary:
Government agents hire a mercenary to infiltrate a crime ring that's selling guns to a right-wing militia in Texas.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 18
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Booby Trap (1970)
Plot Summary:
A crazed military explosives expert heads for Los Angeles with an RV full of explosives, intending to blow up a rock festival and kill all the "hippies". An army officer is sent to stop him.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 114
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: cult film
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Crack (2000)
Plot Summary:
Two buddies from the hood are forced to rob a mafia-backed crack house or go to prison.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 52
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags:
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The Takers (1971)
Plot Summary:
After a breakfast of LSD and hitchhikers, The Takers--two berserk bikers--decide to go upscale when they spot suburban housewife Laura and bachelorette Barbi, follow them to Laura's home, and invite themselves in: "We're gonna have us a party with some educated social-type broads!" And party they do until Laura's hubbie (director Carl Monson) unexpectedly shows up to settle things with some shotgun vengeance and... well, one of the goofiest, most startling endings of any motion picture!.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 112
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Class of '74 (1972)
Plot Summary:
Inhibited college student Gabriella slowly learns about how awesome sex and '70s-style free love is, with the help of her three significantly more experienced roommates.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 101
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags:
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Kama Sutra '71 (1970)
Plot Summary:
Fake documentary exploring sex practices.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 25
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: fake documentary
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Date with a Kidnapper (1976)
Plot Summary:
A woman living in a boarding house is kidnapped by a small-time criminal. Soon others in the gang try to take her away from him so they can get the ransom.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 311
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: independent film, bizarre
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Crime & Passion (1999)
Plot Summary:
Two female criminals kidnap a gangster's daughter.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 47
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: sexploitation film
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Sisters in Leather (1969)
Plot Summary:
A husband is blackmailed by 3 lesbian bikers after they spot him having sex with another woman in a convertible. They then take the man's wife out for a picnic and some nude motorcycle riding. The husband finds some male bikers and together they try to save his wife from becoming a lesbian biker.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 118
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 64 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Sweet Trash (1970)
Plot Summary:
An alcoholic longshoreman, deep in debt to the mob, is forced into an increasingly debauched nightmare as he tries to avoid the thugs out to get him. Along the way, he meets local oddballs, violent criminals, and lusty women. With a mysterious computer controlling everyone’s actions this grimy artistic film with almost science fiction-esque fear of future mind control was made well before it’s time.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 88
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Teenage Tramp (1973)
Plot Summary:
Wayward and uninhibited young runaway Kim has fallen in with a bad crowd. Kim decides to flee said crowd and goes to the west coast to reunite herself with her uptight and neurotic estranged older sister Hilary so she can collect some of the inheritance left behind by their deceased parents. However, evil drug dealer Maury and his flock follow Kim to Hilary's house.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 187
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, erotic, independent film
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Prison of Secrets (1997)
Plot Summary:
Lynn Schaffer is willfully irresponsible once too often, gets fired and refuses a plea-bargain with her employer. She's now convicted and because of this uncooperative attitude gets the maximum sentence, 10 years in a women's jail wing. Model husband Larry, who wasn't informed of her dumb schemes is left running her appeal, the household and spoiled daughter who now feels abandoned. Since most inmates are junkies or prostitutes, sergeant Ed Crang and fellow corrupt jailers can run a 'favors in kind exchange'. For rebels, it gets worse. Larry however has his own radio show, so it all hangs on gathering proof.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 364
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags:
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Hollywood After Dark (1961)
Plot Summary:
A young girl comes to Hollywood to try to break into the movies, but winds up being taken advantage of by sleazy producers, and is forced to become a stripper.
IMDB Rating: 2.0
IMDB Votes: 623
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film, cult film
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Jailbait Babysitter (1977)
Plot Summary:
Vicki is seventeen and her older friends call her Jailbait. Her boyfriend Robert is frustrated because Vicki doesn't want to do the wild thing, but he's willing to wait. After a party gets out of hand, Vicki escapes with the help of Lorraine, who takes her in as a houseguest. While Lorraine teaches Vicki etiquette, Robert wonders what happened to his girlfriend. And Vicki soon learns more about Lorraine's job as an "executive liaison.".
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 208
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Buster and Billie (1974)
Plot Summary:
Dimwitted but sweet high school girl of easy virtue and the most popular boy in the school share an improbable romance.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 924
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, sentimental, touching, serious, realistic
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My Brother's Wife (1966)
Plot Summary:
MY BROTHER'S WIFE, Wishman-heads are back in safe territory with plenty of cutaways to paintings, chairs, and shoes and awkward dubbing. But more than a roughie, this film is Wishman's take on the 40s film noir genre, with a doomed love triangle, scheming criminals, hard-boiled dialogue and a number of far-fetched plot twists amidst the typical Wishman trappings.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 233
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 61 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film
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Traveller (1997)
Plot Summary:
A young man, Pat, visits the clan of gypsy-like grifters (Irish Travellers) in rural North Carolina from whom he is descended. He is at first rejected, but cousin Bokky takes him on as an apprentice. Pat learns the game while Bokky falls in love and desires a different life. Written by Jeff Hole.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: road movie, neo noir, independent film, offbeat, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, light, romantic
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Changes (1969)
Plot Summary:
It's the late sixties, a time of peace signs, free love and revolution; and Kent (Kent Lane DEFIANT, HOOPER) like others of his generation, is looking for a meaning to his life. Driving alone along the Big Sur, he flashes back to difficult memories about college, drugs, family and relationships. The flashback over, Kent is back in his car, but he loses control and crashes over an embankment. Stunned and hurt, Kent starts hitchhiking, not caring which direction. He wanders aimlessly, taking rides from strangers, never making real contact. Then he meets Julie (Michele Carey, LIVE A LITTLE LOVE A LITTLE), who intrigues him and they move in together. Kent still has to find himself and the meaning of his existence. Co-starring Jack Albertson (TV's CHICO AND THE MAN), Manuela Thiess (TERROR CIRCUS), Sam Chew Jr. (TIME WALKER), Teri Garr (FIRSTBORN) and Marcia Strassman (TV's WELCOME BACK KOTTER). Made by award winning director Hall Bartlett (JONATHAN LIVINGSTON SEAGULL)!.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 112
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Blue Hour (1971)
Plot Summary:
THE BLUE HOUR tells the story of Tanya, a young woman with a mysterious past who finds herself trapped in a sexual hell in Los Angeles. Punctuated by striking visuals and avant-garde editing, THE BLUE HOUR is a lost masterpiece of late period sexploitation.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 109
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: surreal
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Too Much Too Often! (1968)
Plot Summary:
When swaggering and conceited teddy boy Mike (played by fleshy-faced BUCK STARR) isn’t combing his wavy hair in a stance reminiscent of The Fonz, he’s latching onto each and every female who crosses his slimy path. The guy is bad news and has everybody fooled, except Mr. Dite (rotund BOB ORAN), an advertising executive and recent recipient of Mike’s services as a whip-wielding sadist. Taking advantage of the weak-willed masochist, Mike blackmails Dite into giving him a cushy job, then takes advantage of his new position by stealing Dite’s clients, seducing Dite’s elegant daughter, Sara (JOANNE CUNNINGHAM), and climbing his way up the social ladder.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 108
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film
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Siberia (1998)
Plot Summary:
Goof and Hugo are flatmates in Amsterdam who have made a tidy sum from having sex with tourists, then robbing them. Their goal is to spend the money together on a world trip and their scam is going well until they meet Lara, originally from Siberia, whom Goof becomes besotted with (IMDB).
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 956
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: offbeat, humorous, realistic, witty, stylized, semi serious
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Simple Men (1992)
Plot Summary:
Bitter about being double-crossed by the women he loved, (and with the police after him to boot), Bill vows to seduce the next woman he sees, then throw her away. His brother Dennis, meanwhile, is equally determined to track down their long lost father, a revolutionary who has been in hiding for 20 years. For different reasons, both leave New York and head for Long Island, out of money, and short on ideas. D:"Long Island is a a terminal moraine." B:"What's that?" D:"It's the material left behind when a glacier recedes." D:"Gee, then what the hell are we waiting for?"D: "She's a bit jumpy..." B: "Jumpy women are great!".
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Italy, USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: road movie, talky, witty, realistic, art house, independent film, clever, humorous, retro, esoteric
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The Architect (2006)
Plot Summary:
An architect engages in conflict with an activist who lives in a dangerous complex the architect designed.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: serious, emotional, melancholic, absurd, sincere, realistic, crying, independent film
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A Very British Sex Scandal (2007)
Plot Summary:
A Very British Sex Scandal tells the story of Peter Wildeblood, a royal correspondent for the Daily Mail newspaper. He is a closet homosexual and like many gay men at that time, lives in secret as homosexuality is against the law. One evening he meets Eddie McNally, who is on leave from the air force and the pair embark on an affair together. However, it is their weekend at the estate of Lord Edward Montagu which eventually leads to a scandal which rocked modern Britain and led to a reconsideration of, and the eventual decriminilisation of homosexuality.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 823
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, captivating, suspenseful, intellectual, sexual, sexy, queer cinema
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Private Call (2001)
Plot Summary:
In order to avenge the murder of an old friend, a recently suspended female police officer goes undercover at an illegal gambling den where the winning prize is a night with one of the female staff.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 174
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, sexploitation film
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Good Boys (2005)
Plot Summary:
Movie follows two young gay hustlers through interwoven stories during a night in Tel Aviv.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 396
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Israel
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: independent film, queer cinema
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Hot Summer Nights (2017)
Plot Summary:
A teen winds up in over his head while dealing drugs with a rebellious partner and chasing the young man's enigmatic sister during the summer of 1991 that he spends in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, light, humorous, freeze frame, sexy, sweet, social, sex comedy, independent film
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The Wanderers (1979)
Plot Summary:
The streets of the Bronx are owned by 60’s youth gangs where the joy and pain of adolescence is lived. Philip Kaufman tells his take on the novel by Richard Price about the history of the Italian-American gang ‘The Wanderers.’.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, cult classic, hood, sentimental, rough, serious, realistic, crying, inspirational, unusual plot structure