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Plot Summary:
An Irish mob story set in 1970s Hell's Kitchen. After the mobsters are sentenced to jail, their wives take their place — and do as good of a job, if not better.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, cynical, bloody, neo noir, period piece, surprise ending, weird
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Hit! (1973)
Plot Summary:
A federal agent whose daughter dies of a heroin overdose is determined to destroy the drug ring that supplied her. He recruits various people whose lives have been torn apart by the drug trade and trains them. Then they all leave for France to track down and destroy the ring.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 829
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: action thriller, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, neo noir, suspense, detective, grindhouse
Similar in 87%
Slaughter (1972)
Plot Summary:
Slaughter, a former Green Beret, avenges the killing of loved ones by the Mob, and in so doing is coerced by the Feds into traveling to Mexico to finish off surviving mobsters.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: neo noir, grindhouse, cult classic, independent film, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending
Similar in 80%
Trouble Man (1972)
Plot Summary:
It seems that masked men are knocking over the floating crap games of Chalky and Pete. Chalky and Pete hire the cool, loose, elegant Mr. T to fix things. Then, the masked manipulators set up the death of a collector for a rival gang lord. It looks like it's up to T to hold a gang war from breaking out, keep the police off his back, and earn his fee from Chalky and Pete.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: neo noir, crime drama, cult classic, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, suspense
Similar in 83%
Juice (1992)
Plot Summary:
Four Harlem friends -- Bishop, Q, Steel and Raheem -- dabble in petty crime, but they decide to go big by knocking off a convenience store. Bishop, the magnetic leader of the group, has the gun. But Q has different aspirations. He wants to be a DJ and happens to have a gig the night of the robbery. Unfortunately for him, Bishop isn't willing to take no for answer in a game where everything's for keeps.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: hood, cult classic, tense, social, neo noir, dark, sexual, crime drama, atmospheric, rough
Similar in 81%
Widows (2018)
Plot Summary:
Set in contemporary Chicago, amidst a time of turmoil, four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands' criminal activities take fate into their own hands and conspire to forge a future on their own terms.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 103000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, neo noir, exciting, bleak, bloody, inspirational, intellectual, social, dramatic
Similar in 82%
Exterminator 2 (1984)
Plot Summary:
The flamethrower-wielding vigilante John Eastland returns to rid New York of a drug lord and his gang.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: slasher, cult classic, grim, independent film, rough, serious, realistic, fast, surprise ending, neo noir
Similar in 88%
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
Similar in 86%
Blood Father (2016)
Plot Summary:
An ex-con reunites with his estranged wayward 16-year old daughter to protect her from drug dealers who are trying to kill her.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 67000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: suspense, stylized, harsh, road movie, tense, captivating, suspenseful, neo western, action thriller, neo noir
Similar in 79%
American Night (2021)
Plot Summary:
A neo-noir set in the New York City's corrupt contemporary art world where the art dealer John Kaplan and the ruthless head of New York's mafia, Michael Rubino, fight for money, art, power and love.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, neo noir, surprise ending, psychotronic, independent film, freeze frame
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Miss Bala (2019)
Plot Summary:
Gloria finds a power she never knew she had when she is drawn into a dangerous world of cross-border crime. Surviving will require all of her cunning, inventiveness, and strength.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, suspense, emotional, intense, neo noir, action thriller, surprise ending, bilingual
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Boiling Point (1993)
Plot Summary:
Red is an aging scam-artist who's just been released from prison together with Ronnie, a young and not-so-bright hoodlum who is easily manipulated. Their new business is to organize fake-money sales and then kill the buyer to take his money; but when Ronnie kills an undercover secret service agent, his partner Jimmy Mercer vows revenge and is given one week to catch the killers before being transferred. Written by Giancarlo Cairella.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, neo noir, suspenseful, tense, intense, rough, serious, realistic, action thriller
Similar in 76%
SuperFly (2018)
Plot Summary:
Career criminal Youngblood Priest wants out of the Atlanta drug scene, but as he ramps up sales, one little slip up threatens to bring the whole operation down before he can make his exit.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: suspense, hood, captivating, disturbing, exciting, tense, erotic, retro, surprise ending, neo noir
Similar in 81%
Deep Cover (1992)
Plot Summary:
The black policeman Russell Stevens applies for a special anti-drug squad which targets the highest boss of cocaine delivery to LA: the Colombian foreign minister's nephew. Russell works his way up from the bottom undercover, until he reaches the boss. The first step is to get the lawyer and hobby dealer David Jason to trust him.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspenseful, tense, enigmatic, suspense, hood, cult classic, exciting, rough, serious
Similar in 85%
Maximum Force (1992)
Plot Summary:
Three renegade cops team up to take on the corrupt chief of police and a crime lords hatchet-man.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 392
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, neo noir, detective
Similar in 87%
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
Similar in 85%
Back in Action (1994)
Plot Summary:
Two men have different motivations but the same goal when they team up and mount an assault on a powerful drug gang.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 774
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: erotic, suspense, neo noir, independent film, detective, cult film
Similar in 79%
Last Man Standing (1996)
Plot Summary:
John Smith is a mysterious stranger who is drawn into a vicious war between two Prohibition-era gangs. In a dangerous game, he switches allegiances from one to another, offering his services to the highest bidder. As the death toll mounts, Smith takes the law into his own hands in a deadly race to stay alive.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 60000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: neo noir, stylized, exciting, serious, suspenseful, action packed, tense, captivating, retro, epic
Similar in 80%
Killing Them Softly (2012)
Plot Summary:
Jackie Cogan is an enforcer hired to restore order after three dumb guys rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 151000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspenseful, tense, intense, bleak, independent film, dark comedy, rough, bloody, political
Similar in 84%
The Heat (2013)
Plot Summary:
Uptight and straight-laced, FBI Special Agent Sarah Ashburn is a methodical investigator with a reputation for excellence--and hyper-arrogance. Shannon Mullins, one of Boston P.D.'s "finest," is foul-mouthed and has a very short fuse, and uses her gut instinct and street smarts to catch the most elusive criminals. Neither has ever had a partner, or a friend for that matter. When these two wildly incompatible law officers join forces to bring down a ruthless drug lord, they become the last thing anyone expected: Buddies.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 179000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: buddy comedy, humorous, action comedy, light, slapstick, hilarious, detective, captivating, black comedy, romantic
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The Many Saints of Newark (2021)
Plot Summary:
Young Anthony Soprano is growing up in one of the most tumultuous eras in Newark, N.J., history, becoming a man just as rival gangsters start to rise up and challenge the all-powerful DiMeo crime family. Caught up in the changing times is the uncle he idolizes, Dickie Moltisanti, whose influence over his nephew will help shape the impressionable teenager into the all-powerful mob boss, Tony Soprano.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 61000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, dramatic, hood, anamorphic, powerful, surprise ending, neo noir
Similar in 81%
Paid in Full (2002)
Plot Summary:
Ace is an impressionable young man working for a dry cleaning business. His friend, drug dealer Mitch goes to prison. In an unrelated incident, he finds some cocaine in a pants pocket. Soon, Ace finds himself dealing cocaine for Lulu. Via lucky breaks and solid interpersonal skills, Ace moves to the top of the Harlem drug world. Of course, unfaithful employees and/or rivals conspire to bring about Ace's fall.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: hood, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, bleak, grim, neo noir
Similar in 83%
Death Wish (2018)
Plot Summary:
A mild-mannered father is transformed into a killing machine after his family is torn apart by a violent act.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 75000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: suspense, detective, exciting, suspenseful, controversial, bloody, entertaining, sad, hood, meta
Similar in 78%
State of Grace (1990)
Plot Summary:
Terry Noonan returns home to New York's Hells Kitchen after a ten year absence. He soon hooks up with childhood pal Jackie who is involved in the Irish mob run by his brother Frankie. Terry also rekindles an old flame with Jackie's sister Kathleen. Soon, however, Terry is torn between his loyalty to his friends and his loyalties to others.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: neo noir, suspense, tense, psychological, atmospheric, intense, serious, captivating, suspenseful, dark
Similar in 82%
We Own the Night (2007)
Plot Summary:
A New York nightclub manager tries to save his brother and father from Russian mafia hitmen.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 92000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: suspense, harsh, stylized, rough, serious, captivating, tense, realistic, suspenseful, dark
Similar in 87%
The Asian Connection (2016)
Plot Summary:
Two American expatriates, Jack and Sam, unwittingly steal a drug lord's money when they rob a series of banks in Southeast Asia and become the target of the gang's vengeance.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Thailand
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, surprise ending, exciting, tense, touching, captivating, scenic, neo noir, independent film, black comedy
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Triple 9 (2016)
Plot Summary:
A gang of criminals and corrupt cops plan the murder of a police officer in order to pull off their biggest heist yet across town.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 76000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: tense, exciting, suspense, suspenseful, stylized, intense, neo noir, detective, independent film, crime thriller
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The Informer (2019)
Plot Summary:
In New York, former convict Pete Koslow, related to the Polish mafia, must deal with both Klimek the General, his ruthless boss, and the twisted ambitions of two federal agents, as he tries to survive and protect the lives of his loved ones….
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 41000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, psychological, rough, thought provoking, entertaining, crime drama, cult classic, thrilling, surprise ending
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Nobody (2021)
Plot Summary:
Hutch Mansell, a suburban dad, overlooked husband, nothing neighbor — a "nobody." When two thieves break into his home one night, Hutch's unknown long-simmering rage is ignited and propels him on a brutal path that will uncover dark secrets he fought to leave behind.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 312000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan, China
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: brutal, suspense, action thriller, funny, entertaining, suspenseful, bloody, slasher, hood, anamorphic
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The Irishman (2019)
Plot Summary:
A mob hit man recalls his possible involvement with the slaying of Jimmy Hoffa.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 421000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 209 min
Plot tags: captivating, exciting, tense, inspirational, crime drama, thought provoking, retro, intellectual, suspense, sad
Similar in 77%
A History of Violence (2005)
Plot Summary:
An average family is thrust into the spotlight after the father commits a seemingly self-defense murder at his diner.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 250000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, UK, Germany
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: neo noir, harsh, disturbing, tense, psychological, realistic, serious, suspense, sexy, intense