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Plot Summary:
In the near future, society collapses and water becomes scarce. When a greedy water baron starts violently clearing out survivors, Kendal, a 17-year-old teenager, fights the baron's henchman to keep a well open.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, teen, surprise ending, psychotronic, independent film
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Future World (2018)
Plot Summary:
A young boy searches a future world wasteland for a rumored cure for his dying mother.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, apocalyptic, surprise ending, psychotronic, independent film
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Refuge (2013)
Plot Summary:
A post-apocalyptic thriller set in the ruins of a collapsed America, Refuge follows a family’s struggle to survive and rebuild a life in the absence of civilization. In the wake of a catastrophic plague, the family lives a lonely existence, struggling to maintain a sense of normalcy amidst a lawless world of roaming gangs and dwindling resources.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 606
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, psychological, captivating, apocalyptic, independent film, disaster movie
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Deathsport (1978)
Plot Summary:
1000 years into the future, after the Great Neutron Wars, the world is divided into desert wastelands and isolated city-states. Notorious "Desert Ranger" Kaz is forced to fight in the DeathSport, dueling on futuristic motorcycle "Death Machines". With the help of renegade vixen Deneer, Kaz must face his past and fight to save himself and his people.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Sport, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: serious, stylized, apocalyptic, tense, psychotronic, grindhouse, sexy, depressing, cult classic, independent film
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The Unhealer (2020)
Plot Summary:
A botched faith healing bestows supernatural Shaman powers on a bullied teenager. When his lifelong tormentors pull a prank that kills someone he loves, he uses his powers for revenge and goes on a bloody rampage to settle the score.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing
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The Blood Bond (2011)
Plot Summary:
In a war-torn Asian land, peace lies in the hands of the Bagwun, a revered religious leader. When he is wounded in an assassination attempt, his sworn protector, Deva, sets out on a dangerous journey to find the one man who can provide the rare blood type needed to save her master's life. The potential donor is John Tremayne (Biehn), an embittered form US Special Forces operative. Together, this unlikely pair must run the gauntlet laid down by rebel leader Lompoc (Yam) and his aide Guang Di (Pei).
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 282
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, China
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, intense, independent film
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The Perfect Weapon (2016)
Plot Summary:
In a not too distant future, a totalitarian state run by ‘The Director” (Seagal) controls all aspects of life. All enemies of the state are dealt in the harshest way. Most of them are executed by the secret government’s assassins. The best operative is code-named “Condor” (Messner) – an elite agent and hit man for the government. However, in his latest assignment, “Condor” fails to kill an opposition leader, and finds himself on the run from the very same government agency that he works for. This sets in motion a chain of events with unforseen consequences for all involved.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Spain, Sweden
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: suspense, futuristic, tense, captivating, surprise ending, neo noir, independent film, sinister
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Bounty Killer (2013)
Plot Summary:
It’s been 20 years since the corporations took over the world’s governments. Their thirst for power and profits led to the Corporate Wars, a fierce global battle that laid waste to society as we know it. Born from the ash, the Council of Nine rose as a new law and order for this dark age. To avenge the corporations’ reckless destruction, the Council issues death warrants for all white collar criminals. Their hunters—the bounty killer. From amateur savage to graceful assassin, the bounty killers now compete for body count, fame and a fat stack of cash. They’re ending the plague of corporate greed and providing the survivors of the apocalypse with retribution. These are the new heroes. This is the age of the BOUNTY KILLER.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: exciting, futuristic, grindhouse, suspense, apocalyptic, tense, retro, absurd, cult classic, humorous
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Scorched Earth (2018)
Plot Summary:
A bounty hunter named Atticus Gage tracks down criminals in a post-apocalyptic Earth.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: tense, apocalyptic, exciting, brutal, semi serious, surprise ending, suspense, psychotronic, independent film
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Hard Target 2 (2016)
Plot Summary:
Forced into a deadly cat-and-mouse game, a disgraced mixed martial arts fighter is hunted through the jungles of Southeast Asia.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Thailand
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, brutal, captivating, suspense, disturbing, cliffhanger, perverse, surprise ending, black comedy
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The Doorman (2020)
Plot Summary:
A former Marine turned doorman at a luxury New York City high-rise must outsmart and battle a group of art thieves and their ruthless leader — while struggling to protect her sister's family. As the thieves become increasingly desperate and violent, the doorman calls upon her deadly fighting skills to end the showdown.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: captivating, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological, perverse, action thriller, independent film, harsh
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24 Hours to Live (2017)
Plot Summary:
An assassin seeks redemption after being given a second chance at life.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Africa, China, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: suspense, disturbing, exciting, enigmatic, suspenseful, psychological, perverse, action thriller, action adventure, surprise ending
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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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Fist of the North Star (1995)
Plot Summary:
From the immensely popular FIST OF THE NORTH STAR comic book series, comes a new hero. The fate of mankind rests with superhuman warrior Kenshiro who roams the wastelands of the future waging a battle against overwhelming evil. With the spiritual guidance of his dead father, Kenshiro fights to free his stolen love from the brutal tyrant Lord Shin. Through his struggle he must confront his destiny.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: stylized, exciting, serious, suspenseful, anime, cult classic, apocalyptic, perverse, bleak, surprise ending
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Kill Switch (2017)
Plot Summary:
A pilot battles to save his family and the planet after an experiment for unlimited energy goes wrong.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Netherlands, Germany, USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: captivating, exciting, tense, suspense, futuristic, psychological, independent film, surprise ending
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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015)
Plot Summary:
With the nation of Panem in a full scale war, Katniss confronts President Snow in the final showdown. Teamed with a group of her closest friends – including Gale, Finnick, and Peeta – Katniss goes off on a mission with the unit from District 13 as they risk their lives to stage an assassination attempt on President Snow who has become increasingly obsessed with destroying her. The mortal traps, enemies, and moral choices that await Katniss will challenge her more than any arena she faced in The Hunger Games.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 361000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Canada, France
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: exciting, teen, futuristic, suspenseful, entertaining, suspense, saga, action adventure, intellectual, brutal
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Bleeding Steel (2017)
Plot Summary:
Jackie Chan stars as a hardened special forces agent who fights to protect a young woman from a sinister criminal gang. At the same time, he feels a special connection to the young woman, like they met in a different life.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, bleak, futuristic, action adventure, surprise ending, psychotronic, independent film, detective
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Allegiant (2016)
Plot Summary:
Beatrice Prior and Tobias Eaton venture into the world outside of the fence and are taken into protective custody by a mysterious agency known as the Bureau of Genetic Welfare.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 131000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: futuristic, apocalyptic, surprise ending, suspense, captivating, saga, suspenseful, disturbing, thought provoking, intellectual
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Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018)
Plot Summary:
Thomas leads his group of escaped Gladers on their final and most dangerous mission yet. To save their friends, they must break into the legendary Last City, a WCKD-controlled labyrinth that may turn out to be the deadliest maze of all. Anyone who makes it out alive will get answers to the questions the Gladers have been asking since they first arrived in the maze.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 157000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min
Plot tags: captivating, apocalyptic, action adventure, exciting, tense, disturbing, fairy tale, intellectual, saga, novela
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Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015)
Plot Summary:
Thomas and his fellow Gladers face their greatest challenge yet: searching for clues about the mysterious and powerful organization known as WCKD. Their journey takes them to the Scorch, a desolate landscape filled with unimaginable obstacles. Teaming up with resistance fighters, the Gladers take on WCKD’s vastly superior forces and uncover its shocking plans for them all.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 269000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min
Plot tags: exciting, futuristic, suspense, serious, absurd, intense, apocalyptic, tense, psychotronic, action adventure
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Insurgent (2015)
Plot Summary:
Beatrice Prior must confront her inner demons and continue her fight against a powerful alliance which threatens to tear her society apart.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 251000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: exciting, futuristic, intense, teen, apocalyptic, entertaining, romantic, saga, thought provoking, 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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Extinction (2018)
Plot Summary:
A chief mechanic at a factory, haunted by apocalyptic nightmares, becomes a hero when Earth is invaded by a mysterious army bent on destruction.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 56000
Genere: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspense, light, apocalyptic, smart, cyber, twist ending, avant garde, thought provoking, futuristic, grindhouse
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The 5th Wave (2016)
Plot Summary:
16-year-old Cassie Sullivan tries to survive in a world devastated by the waves of an alien invasion that has already decimated the population and knocked mankind back to the Stone Age.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 116000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, apocalyptic, futuristic, absurd, serious, teen, suspense, romantic, freeze frame
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Hotel Artemis (2018)
Plot Summary:
Set in riot-torn, near-future Los Angeles, 'Hotel Artemis' follows the Nurse, who runs a secret, members-only emergency room for criminals.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 57000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, tense, captivating, futuristic, apocalyptic, psychological, philosophical, bloody, political
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Pandemic (2016)
Plot Summary:
In the near future, a virus of epic proportions has overtaken the planet. There are more infected than uninfected, and humanity is losing its grip on survival. Its only hope is finding a cure and keeping the infected contained. Lauren is a doctor who, after the fall of New York, arrives in Los Angeles to lead the hunt for uncontaminated civilian survivors. But nothing can prepare her crack team for the blood-soaked mayhem they are about to witness as they head into the Californian mean streets where everything is considered a trap… From director John (THE SCRIBBLER) Suits, a boundary-crashing, game-changing science fiction thriller featuring non-stop action from a first person shooter perspective, putting the audience in the middle of every fight whilst feeling in control of every punch thrown and shot fired. Welcome to the new model of immersive action thriller for the hardcore video game generation.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspense, serious, rough, disturbing, apocalyptic, bleak, captivating, suspenseful, scenic, surprise ending
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The Darkest Minds (2018)
Plot Summary:
After a disease kills 98% of America's children, the surviving 2% develop superpowers and are placed in internment camps. A 16-year-old girl escapes her camp and joins a group of other teens on the run from the government.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, romantic, suspenseful, suspense, semi serious, saga, apocalyptic, mystic, smart
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The Omega Man (1971)
Plot Summary:
Robert Neville, a doctor, due to an experimental vaccine, is the only survivor of an apocalyptic war waged with biological weapons. The plague caused by the war has killed everyone else except for a few hundred deformed, nocturnal people calling themselves "The Family". The plague has caused them to become sensitive to light, as well as homicidally psychotic.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 34000
Genere: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: futuristic, bleak, apocalyptic, intense, suspenseful, scary, bad ending, cult classic, grindhouse, depressing
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The Colony (2013)
Plot Summary:
Forced underground by the next ice age, a struggling outpost of survivors must fight to preserve humanity against a threat even more savage than nature.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 47000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, bleak, tense, dark, suspense, apocalyptic, harsh, intense, scary, futuristic
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Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Plot Summary:
An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and most everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world exist two rebels on the run who just might be able to restore order. There's Max, a man of action and a man of few words, who seeks peace of mind following the loss of his wife and child in the aftermath of the chaos. And Furiosa, a woman of action and a woman who believes her path to survival may be achieved if she can make it across the desert back to her childhood homeland.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 11000000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: road movie, visually stunning, exciting, surreal, suspense, apocalyptic, cult classic, stylized, epic, visually appealing