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Plot Summary:
Criminal takes hostages on the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 262
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: action thriller
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Similar in 87%
Mama's Dirty Girls (1974)
Plot Summary:
Mama loves men, but she loves money even more. She's trained her three teenager daughters to meet, marry and murder men for their money. But soon the meet Harold and he got other plans.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 276
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: grim, independent film
Similar in 76%
The Scorpio Letters (1967)
Plot Summary:
The Scorpio Letters (1967) was a TV movie starring Alex Cord as a secret agent uncovering a blackmail ring in London and Paris.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 82
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: psychotronic
Similar in 76%
Assault in Paradise (1977)
Plot Summary:
A Native American travels around a resort town, murdering cops and rich people with a high-powered crossbow, while demanding that the town's richest residents pay him money to stop the killings.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 650
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film
Similar in 76%
Day of Violence (1977)
Plot Summary:
Two thugs take 15 people hostage and demand a ransom from the authorities million dollars in gold, a car and a plane to get out of the country.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 161
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
Similar in 77%
Sardinia Kidnapped (1968)
Plot Summary:
Christina Fisher arrives in Sardinia to spend a holiday with her university friend, Francesco. As they are touring the island, they are trapped by mountain terrorists. Francesco is kidnapped, but Christina is permitted to leave. She is determined to contact the police, but is persuaded not to by Francesco's best friend, Gambino. Together they try to find the kidnappers, but she becomes suspicious of everyone including Gambino. Confused and paranoid, she sets out alone to contact the police.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 270
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
Similar in 83%
The Amateur (1981)
Plot Summary:
A researcher for the CIA who convinces his superiors to send him to the eastern bloc in order to avenge the murder of his wife by enemy agents discovers a web of deception underneath his wife's death.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 889
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: political thriller, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, suspense
Similar in 79%
The Fast and the Fierce (2017)
Plot Summary:
When terrorists plant a bomb on a commercial flight, the passengers aboard the plane must fight to keep the plane in the air and all the passengers alive: the bomb is rigged to detonate whenever the plane dips below 800 feet.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 714
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, suspense, mockbuster
Similar in 78%
Mark of the Tortoise (1964)
Plot Summary:
English millionaire Sir Cyrus Bradley is being blackmailed by “The Tortoise” Crime Syndicate. He is to pay £ 100,000.00 Pounds to stay alive and not be murdered. After his refusal to pay the money, he is quickly killed. Cyrus‘ nephew, Don Micklem, plans to avenge the death of his uncle and sets out on a quest to expose “The Tortoise“….
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 271
Genere: Crime, Action, Thriller
Country: West Germany
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
Similar in 85%
The Cat (1988)
Plot Summary:
Two bank robbers hold the clerks hostage and demand 3 million German marks as ransom. What the police do not realize is that the true criminal mastermind watches them from outside the bank, anticipating every move.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 952
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: West Germany
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: twisted, surprise ending
Similar in 86%
The Crook (1970)
Plot Summary:
A thief known as Simon the Swiss faces up and downs in his criminal profession.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 933
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: tense, clever, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cynical, stylized, surprise ending, twist ending
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The Box (2007)
Plot Summary:
A disgraced former LAPD detective leads a home invasion in search of millions in stolen money. The plan goes awry and homicide detectives seeking answers interrogate the only survivors; a thief and a victim.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 504
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, neo noir, detective
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True to the Game (2017)
Plot Summary:
Based on the Terri Woods best selling novel, True to the Game is the love story of Quadir Richards, a charismatic drug lord, and Gena Rollins, a young girl from the projects of Philly. Quadir was able to gain the trust and love of Gena and was on his way out of the game to start a new life with his future bride when tragedy strikes.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 881
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: hood, psychological, suspense, disturbing, crime drama, exciting, contemplative
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The Professional (1981)
Plot Summary:
French secret agent Joss Baumont is sent to kill the president Njala of an African country. However, a counter-order is given before he can execute his mission and he is abandoned in the hands of foreign authorities. He escapes and seeks revenge by pursuing what was his original mission.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, suspense, intense, tense, harsh, exciting, serious, realistic, political, sexy
Similar in 80%
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (1974)
Plot Summary:
Two lovers, Mary and Larry, in their Dodge Charger are chased by the police after robbing a grocery store.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: road movie, grindhouse, surprise ending, exciting, suspenseful, captivating, tense, suspense, bad ending, grim
Similar in 79%
Half Past Dead (2002)
Plot Summary:
This movie tells the story of a man who goes undercover in a hi-tech prison to find out information to help prosecute those who killed his wife. While there he stumbles onto a plot involving a death-row inmate and his $200 million stash of gold.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, action packed, exciting, christian film, intense, action thriller, non stop action
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Sudden Death (1995)
Plot Summary:
International action superstar Jean Claude Van Damme teams with Powers Boothe in a Tension-packed, suspense thriller, set against the back-drop of a Stanley Cup game.Van Damme portrays a father whose daughter is suddenly taken during a championship hockey game. With the captors demanding a billion dollars by game's end, Van Damme frantically sets a plan in motion to rescue his daughter and abort an impending explosion before the final buzzer.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: suspense, intense, exciting, cliffhanger, anamorphic, cult classic, action thriller, rough, serious, realistic
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Hijacked (2012)
Plot Summary:
A special agent's plans to reconcile with his ex-fiancé are ruined when she boards a private jet that is targeted by hijackers working for the same crime lord that he is chasing.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, erotic, sexy, action packed, serious, realistic
Similar in 79%
Gaganam (2011)
Plot Summary:
Flight No. SK 957, Star Jet bound for Delhi is set to take off from Chennai on a Monday morning. Terrorists in a team of five, disguised as passengers take over the Star jet flight, supposedly to effect the release of their leader, Yusuf Khan. The passengers' only hope is Major Ravindra from the National Security Guards who along with his team, Major Nawaz Khan and Major Menon, captured Yusuf Khan 2 years ago.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
Similar in 81%
Ransom (1996)
Plot Summary:
When a rich man's son is kidnapped, he cooperates with the police at first but then tries a unique tactic against the criminals.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 134000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, suspenseful, tense, intense, realistic, serious, psychological thriller, mind bending, breathtaking
Similar in 85%
Nighthawks (1981)
Plot Summary:
An international terrorist has New York in a grip of panic and it's up to Det. Sgt. Deke DaSilva to take him down.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, suspense, harsh, intense, realistic, rough, serious, cult classic, retro
Similar in 81%
The Kremlin Letter (1970)
Plot Summary:
A network of older spies from the West recruits a young intelligence officer with a photographic memory to accompany them on a mission inside Russia. They must recover a letter written by the CIA that promises American assistance to Russia if China gets the atomic bomb.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: neo noir, political thriller, visually stunning, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 79%
Ticker (2001)
Plot Summary:
Ray Nettles, a detective of San Francisco, and his partner Fuzzy must take up to one of the most dangerous terrorist gangs of the city. When one of the terrorists, the beautiful scientist Claire Manning is arrested, Swan, the leader of the terrorists, claims he will let explode bombs throughout the city if she will not be released. Because of the possible bloodshed, Nettles calls for the help of explosive expert Frank Glass.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, neo noir, independent film, detective, black comedy, dark comedy
Similar in 81%
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
Plot Summary:
In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. Even if it's paid, how could they get away?.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 34000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, neo noir, intense, grim, exciting, suspense, detective, grindhouse, hood
Similar in 89%
Riot (1996)
Plot Summary:
An heiress is kidnapped during the chaos of a riot.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 559
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, surprise ending, suspense, black comedy, cult film
Similar in 90%
Fear Is the Key (1972)
Plot Summary:
After his family are killed in a plane crash, a man plots an elaborate revenge scheme on those responsible. He sets himself up as a criminal in order to get close to a tycoon who has been approached by the culprits to help them retrieve the cargo of the lost plane.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: neo noir, independent film, exciting, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, suspense
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Ocean's Thirteen (2007)
Plot Summary:
Danny Ocean's team of criminals are back and composing a plan more personal than ever. When ruthless casino owner Willy Bank doublecrosses Reuben Tishkoff, causing a heart attack, Danny Ocean vows that he and his team will do anything to bring down Willy Bank along with everything he's got. Even if it means asking for help from an enemy.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 363000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: clever, entertaining, exciting, suspense, witty, funny, humorous, realistic, stylized, semi serious
Similar in 90%
Ocean's Twelve (2004)
Plot Summary:
Danny Ocean reunites with his old flame and the rest of his merry band of thieves in carrying out three huge heists in Rome, Paris and Amsterdam – but a Europol agent is hot on their heels.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 408000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: entertaining, clever, suspense, stylized, exciting, intellectual, tricky, realistic, suspenseful, non-linear
Similar in 90%
Mask of Death (1996)
Plot Summary:
While attempting to flee from the FBI, the criminal Frank Dallio kills Detective McKenna's wife, Rachel. McKenna himself is shot in the face by the professional killer Lyle Mason, who dies in a car crash shortly thereafter. The FBI persuades McKenna to undergo facial surgery and take the place of Lyle Mason in order to find Dallio and a valuable microchip.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 403
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspense, independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, neo noir, detective
Similar in 86%
Marathon Man (1976)
Plot Summary:
A graduate student and obsessive runner in New York is drawn into a mysterious plot involving his brother, a member of the secretive Division.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 69000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, suspenseful, atmospheric, intense, serious, disturbing, dark, political thriller, grim
Similar in 89%
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Plot Summary:
An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated gendarme on the assassin's trail.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 44000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 143 min
Plot tags: political thriller, exciting, suspenseful, political, atmospheric, talky, intense, rough, serious, suspense