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Plot Summary:
Dolemite comes to the rescue of Queen Bee, whose Nightclub is threatened by the Mafia.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, exciting, witty, stylized, grindhouse, independent film, cult classic, spoof, offbeat
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Bamboo Gods and Iron Men (1974)
Plot Summary:
The Jefferson’s honeymoon night in Hong Kong will be troubled by a number of people wishing to get hold of a Bouddha statuette that the husband offered her when window-shopping that day. When the going gets rough, it helps that Cal Jefferson is a top American boxer.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 273
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Comedy, Crime
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film, exciting, rough, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious
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Surf Nazis Must Die (1987)
Plot Summary:
When the grandson of a gun wielding woman is murdered by neo-nazi surf punks in the post-apocalyptic future, this grandma hunts them down for some bloodthirsty revenge.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, absurd, disturbing, cult classic, humorous, futuristic, slasher, mockbuster, cult horror, independent film
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Blind Rage (1976)
Plot Summary:
Five friends get together and decide to plan an operation to rob a bank. The main difference between this and other bank-robbing gangs, however, is that all five men are blind.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 363
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Philippines
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, crime drama, independent film, exciting, rough, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, multicultural
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C.C. & Company (1970)
Plot Summary:
Motorcycle mechanic C.C. Ryder joins "The Heads," an outlaw biker gang. Fellow gang members menace fashion journalist Ann when her limo breaks down in the desert, but C.C. comes to her rescue. The bikers disrupt a motorcross event tied in with a fashion shoot, but C.C. enters the competition under Ann's admiring eye. His win puts him at odds with Moon, leader of "The Heads." When C.C. leaves with his cut of the purse, the bikers kidnap Ann, and C.C. races Moon to win her freedom.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychological, grindhouse, independent film, exciting, rough, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious
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7 Grandmasters (1977)
Plot Summary:
An aged Kung Fu practitioner travels across China, challenging the best Grandmaster from each province to prove his mastery of martial arts. Meanwhile is a plot developing behind his back.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 977
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: action adventure, road movie, exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, stylized, independent film, cult film
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Dynamite Brothers (1974)
Plot Summary:
Young black man teams up with a Chinese kung-fu expert to fight a drug ring.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 559
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film, rough, realistic, semi serious
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Shafted! (2000)
Plot Summary:
Steven Byzinsky is convinced he's a blaxploitation superhero. Like Shaft, Dolemite and Black Belt Jones before him, he's keeping' the streets safe for the brother and trying to stay one step ahead of The Man. There's only one problem: Steven's white.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 132
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, not serious, absurd, captivating, exciting, realistic, suspenseful, independent film, spoof
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Petey Wheatstraw (1977)
Plot Summary:
Petey Wheatstraw (Rudy Ray Moore) is a candidate to become the devil's son-in-law. The storyline is a scaffolding on which Rudy Ray Moore's standup humor can be unfolded. Beginning life as the afterbirth to a watermelon, the young Wheatstraw becomes a martial artist, but is unable to best the evil comedy team of Leroy and Skillet, who also indulge in wholesale murder. Satan restores the comedians' victims to life, and charges Petey with the task of marrying his clock-stoppingly ugly daughter to giving him a grandchild. When Petey attempts to default on the deal, he is pursued by the devil's henchmen.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: offbeat, humorous, not serious, independent film, campy
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Big Bad Mama (1974)
Plot Summary:
Mama and daughters get forced by circumstances into bootlegging and bank robbing, and travel across the country trailed by the law.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: road movie, grindhouse, cult classic, psychotronic, sexy, independent film, realistic, witty, semi serious, neo noir
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Last Tiger from Canton (1973)
Plot Summary:
Young Jackie was intrigued by Kung-Fu since an early age, but his father strictly forbade its practice. One day, he meets an old beggar who offers to teach Jackie how to fight. Jackie grows up to be quite good though he keeps his knowledge a secret until he is forced to fight by an extortion ring that's putting the squeeze on his uncle's restaurant. Later released in a re-cut version with the title Master with Cracked Fingers.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, exciting, humorous, realistic, semi serious, fast
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Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)
Plot Summary:
The Charismatic black nationalist leader Rev Deke O'Malley is trying to sell the people of Harlem a dream. Invest $100 in his company and live in Africa. But cops Gravedigger and Coffin know all about Deke and his fraudulent schemes that take advantage of the poor and the ignorant and can't wait for a chance to expose him.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: realistic, humorous, witty, semi serious, neo noir, grindhouse, funny, black comedy, action comedy, grim
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Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses (2014)
Plot Summary:
Vietnam vet Frank Vega now runs an East L.A. community center where he trains young boxers to survive in and out of the ring. But when his prize student falls in with the wrong crowd and turns up dead, Frank teams up with his pal Bernie to take matters into their own fists and prove that justice never gets old.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: rough, humorous, realistic, semi serious, action comedy, action thriller, independent film
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Crippled Avengers (1978)
Plot Summary:
Crippled Avengers is a 1978 Shaw Brothers kung fu film directed by Chang Cheh and starring four members of the Venom Mob. It has been released in North America as Mortal Combat and Return of the 5 Deadly Venoms. The film follows a group of martial artists seeking revenge after being crippled by Tu Tin-To (Chen Kuan Tai), a martial arts master, and his son (Lu Feng).
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: cult classic, grindhouse, exciting, serious, suspenseful, weird, cult film
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Hammer (1972)
Plot Summary:
Hotheaded laborer B.J. Hammer can't go long without ending up in a fight, and, after he comes out on top in a particularly impressive workplace scuffle, word of his brawling skills makes its way to Davis, a top boxing manager. Hammer is hired by Davis and begins a lucrative career in the ring, only to find out that his new employer wants him to throw a fight and take part in other illicit activities. Hammer reacts to this news violently, and the feud is on.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 733
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, neo noir, detective, cult film
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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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Disco Godfather (1979)
Plot Summary:
A retired cop becomes a DJ/celebrity at the Blueberry Hill disco-- he's the "Disco Godfather!" All is well until his nephew flips out on a strange new drug that's sweeping the streets, called "angel dust," or PCP. Disco Godfather vows "to personally come down on the suckers that's producing this shit!" He takes to the streets, slaps drug dealers and even exposes a crooked cop that is covering for the dealers. In between, he still finds time to manage the Blueberry Hill and perform. "Put a little slide in yo' glide," he pleads to the patrons, "Put some weight on it!" Disco Godfather tracks down the kingpin that is behind all the angel dust production, but not before he is kidnapped and forced to inhale PCP through a gas mask!.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: independent film, retro, surreal, black comedy, exciting, rough, offbeat, humorous, realistic, suspenseful
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Friday Foster (1975)
Plot Summary:
Friday Foster, an ex-model magazine photographer, goes to Los Angeles International airport to photograph the arrival of Blake Tarr, the richest black man in America. Three men attempt to assassinate Tarr. Foster photographs the melee and is plunged into a web of conspiracy involving the murder of her childhood friend, a US senator, and a shadowy plan called "Black Widow".
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: neo noir, grindhouse, hood, crime drama, independent film, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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One Down, Two to go (1982)
Plot Summary:
A pair of tough cops go after the mob who jinxed the martial arts tournament and injured their buddy.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 650
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, grindhouse, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, cult film
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Bucktown (1975)
Plot Summary:
Duke Johnson visits a small Southern town, intent on burying his brother. After the funeral, he learns that he must stay for 60 days, for the estate to be processed. A few locals convince Duke to reopen his late brother's nightclub, and soon the local redneck policemen are intimidating Duke with threats of violence. Duke refuses to pay the bribes they demand, so then he and his lady friend Aretha are threatened and attacked by the crooked cops. Rather than take them on himself, Duke calls on his old pal Roy. Roy brings a few buddies to Bucktown, and they bring justice to the small town. With the redneck cops out of the way, Duke lets his guard down. Then the situation gets out of hand again. Finally, Duke must settle the score himself.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, tense, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Bad Asses on the Bayou (2015)
Plot Summary:
The third installment in the successful Bad Ass action-comedy franchise. Bad Asses on the Bayou reunites the dynamic duo, Frank Vega (Danny Trejo) and Bernie Pope (Danny Glover), as they travel to Louisiana to attend the wedding of their dear friend Carmen Gutierrez (Loni Love). What was pictured as a wedding weekend escape to the south turns violently ugly as madness and mayhem ensue, pressing our senior heroes to once again serve justice.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, humorous, realistic, semi serious, action comedy, independent film
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The Bodyguard (2004)
Plot Summary:
A professional bodyguard who failed to protect his Choti, most successful businessman, is fired by his employer's son. The son inherits his fathers company but is then targets by assassins who want to gain control of the estate. He is forced to hide out in the slums where a kind family looks after him and sparks up a relationship with their tomboy daughter.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Thailand
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, suspenseful, semi serious, humorous, realistic, spoof, slapstick comedy, slapstick, parody
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The Last Dragon (1985)
Plot Summary:
A young man searches for the "master" to obtain the final level of martial arts mastery known as the glow. Along the way he must fight an evil martial arts expert and rescue a beautiful singer from an obsessed music promoter.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Music, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: cult classic, humorous, semi serious, exciting, entertaining, hood, stylized, grim, independent film, psychotronic
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Mirageman (2006)
Plot Summary:
After being brutally assaulted, an incident which also saw the death of his parents and the rape of his younger brother (which mentally scarred him to the point of having to be institutionalized), Maco Gutierrez has devoted his life to fitness and practicing martial arts to ensure his safety in the future.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Chile, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, exciting, rough, semi serious, cult classic, super sentai, masterpiece
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Black Dynamite (2009)
Plot Summary:
This is the story of 1970s African-American action legend Black Dynamite. The Man killed his brother, pumped heroin into local orphanages, and flooded the ghetto with adulterated malt liquor. Black Dynamite was the one hero willing to fight The Man all the way from the blood-soaked city streets to the hallowed halls of the Honky House.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 51000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, grindhouse, humorous, funny, talky, entertaining, witty, heroic, not serious
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Caged Heat (1974)
Plot Summary:
A girl is caught in a drug bust and sent to the hoosegow.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, sensual, cult classic, action thriller, rough, offbeat, humorous, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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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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My Wife Is a Gangster 3 (2006)
Plot Summary:
When Aryong, the daughter of a triad boss from Hong Kong is accused of killing the boss of a competing triad, she is goes into hiding in Korea. Upon arriving, she is guided by a nimble but loyal Gi-chul and his motley crew, who are assigned to protect her until her return.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, China, South Korea
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, semi serious, humorous, realistic, stylized, crime drama
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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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Super Fly (1972)
Plot Summary:
Super Fly is a cocaine dealer who begins to realize that his life will soon end with either prison or his death. He decides to build an escape from the life by making his biggest deal yet.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Music, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, hood, stylized, grim, cult classic, bleak, neo noir, independent film, crime drama, action adventure
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American Ninja 2: The Confrontation (1987)
Plot Summary:
On a remote Caribbean island, Army Ranger Joe Armstrong saves an old friend from the clutches of "The Lion", an evil super-criminal who has kidnapped a local scientist and mass-produced an army of mutant Ninja warriors.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: intense, serious, grindhouse, light, cult classic, light hearted, independent film, exciting, rough, realistic