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Plot Summary:
On a cold winter’s day Sergey Sobolev, a major at the local police office, is driving to the hospital where his wife is about to give birth to their child. High from happiness, he’s driving too fast and runs down a boy on a passage walk, who dies. Now the major has only two options: go to prison or conceal the crime. Sobolev decides to compromise with his conscience and calls on a colleague to help him out. But the case turns out to be messy and when Sobolev finally changes his mind and tries to make up for his deed, it’s already too late….
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, suspenseful, rough, bleak, touching, suspense, disturbing, realistic, gloomy
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The Factory (2018)
Plot Summary:
When a factory is bound to close, a group of workers decides to take action against the owner.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia, France, Armenia
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: disturbing, suspense, captivating, psychological, art house
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No Return (2010)
Plot Summary:
A thriller centered on a man who is accused of a crime he didn't commit.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, Argentina
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspense, melancholic, suspenseful, gloomy
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Life Without Principle (2011)
Plot Summary:
A criminal, a bank clerk and a police officer find their destinies entwined when a loan shark gets assaulted after having withdrawn $10 million from the bank in the midst of the world financial crisis.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric, realistic, captivating, noir, bloody, crime drama
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A.C.A.B. - All Cops Are Bastards (2012)
Plot Summary:
A look at the controversial riot cops unit, told through the stories of three veteran cops and a young recruit.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, serious, suspenseful, hood, realistic
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Felony (2013)
Plot Summary:
Three detectives become embroiled in a tense struggle after a tragic accident that leaves a child in critical condition. One is guilty of a crime, one will try to cover it up, and the other attempts to expose it. How far will these men go to disguise and unravel the truth?.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, neo noir, suspense, detective
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A Second Chance (2014)
Plot Summary:
Detectives and best friends Andreas and Simon lead vastly different lives; Andreas has settled down with his beautiful wife and son; while Simon, recently divorced, spends most of his waking hours getting drunk at the local strip club. But all that changes when the two of them are called out to a domestic dispute between a junkie couple, caught in a vicious cycle of violence and drugs. It all looks very routine – until Andreas finds the couple's infant son, crying in a closet. The usually collected policeman finds himself confronted with his own powerlessness and is shaken to his core. As Andreas slowly loses his grip on justice, it suddenly becomes up to the unruly Simon to restore the balance between right and wrong.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: touching, tense, serious, rough, realistic, suspense, dark, tear jerker, poignant, bleak
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Vegetarian Cannibal (2012)
Plot Summary:
Danko Babic is an ambitious and amoral gynaecologist at Croatia's leading fertility clinic. When his colleague Bantic is appointed as head of the clinic, Babic starts a secret war to overthrow his rival. Distracted by his ruthless campaign he makes series of fatal mistakes that result in the death of a patient. A crooked coroner and a corrupt police officer cover up his misdeeds, while Babic grows increasingly dependant on drugs and alcohol. He begins performing illegal abortions on prostitutes who work for Jedinko, a gangster who controls the local drug and sex trade.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Croatia
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, bleak, rough, serious, realistic, disturbing
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A Long and Happy Life (2013)
Plot Summary:
Sascha lives in a village on the Kola Peninsular in northern Russia and dedicatedly manages what is left of an old collective farm. He gets on well with his farm workers who respect him and also tolerate his more or less clandestine love-affair with Anya, a secretary at the local government office. But then Sascha is suddenly faced with a dilemma: the district’s self-seeking administrators, none of whom could be termed squeamish, offer him a lucrative deal for the farm. In legal terms, Sascha doesn’t have much of a leg to stand on since his lease on the farm was only agreed with a handshake. The pressure mounts, and even more so when his employees convince him to stand firm. Against the backdrop of a landscape exposed to the elements, this unflinching man’s destiny takes its course.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 495
Genere: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: bleak, realistic, tense, serious, stylized, sad, depressing, captivating, suspense, contemplative
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Report to the Commissioner (1975)
Plot Summary:
Police officer Patty Butler, alias "Chicklet," is the live-in girlfriend of Thomas 'Stick' Henderson to gather evidence. Detective Bo Lockley is instructed to try to find her, not knowing she's also a cop.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: neo noir, detective, grim, tense, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense
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Silent Partner (2005)
Plot Summary:
Gordon Patrick, a young CIA analyst is assigned to investigate the mysterious death of a major Russian political figure.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 759
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Russia, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, tense, exciting, realistic, political
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The Fool (2014)
Plot Summary:
The Fool is a movie about a simple plumber. An honest man, he is up against an entire system of corrupted bureaucrats. At stake are the lives of 800 inhabitants of an old dorm that is at risk of collapsing within the span of the night.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, tense, realistic, suspense, bleak, serious, harsh, political, brutal, thought provoking
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The Last Deadly Mission (2008)
Plot Summary:
A washed-up Marseilles cop (Auteuil) earns a chance at redemption by protecting a woman from the man who killed her parents as he is about to be released from prison.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspenseful, tense, rough, bleak, erotic, sexy, serious, realistic, gloomy
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Newsmakers (2009)
Plot Summary:
A gang of crooks robbing cash collectors, run into a police surveillance team and the inadequate police response results in a gunfight. A TV crew on assignment in the area happens to capture this humiliation on camera, and this example of police incompetence is soon the lead story in every news bulletin. Public confidence in law and order now suffers irreparable harm. The head of the Moscow force welcomes a public search-and-destroy operation against these thugs, the brainchild of Katya, his PR director. She proposes that the capture of this dangerous gang be transformed into a live TV show of a kind never seen before. At this point she cannot know that the gang leader's life-and-death struggle with the police is destined to lead to a media duel. Besieged in a huge apartment block, the crooks hold hostage a father and his son and daughter. A massive special forces rescue operation is mounted but fails miserably.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 971
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia, Sweden
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective
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Live! (2010)
Plot Summary:
Early autumn, godforsaken Russian countryside. A local hunter Michail witnesses a skirmish in the middle of the forest - three men want to kill the forth, Andrey. Kind-hearted Michail helps Andrey escape and together they run from the villains who chase them. Thus, two totally different men start a long and dangerous journey together, constantly arguing with each other regarding their ideology, morals and opinions about life. But life will put everything on its place and make the men understand who they really are.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic, exciting, clever, contemplative, stylized
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Ambushed (2013)
Plot Summary:
In the frenetic underbelly of Los Angeles, Agent Maxwell closes in on an international cocaine smuggling operation run by criminal mastermind Vincent Camastra. When Agent Beverly Royce goes undercover with the drug dealers and finds herself deeper then she can handle - the case becomes personal for Maxwell who has to combat ruthless killers and dirty cops in an all-out action filled finale to bring the criminals to justice.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: rough, realistic, suspenseful, serious, tense
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The Badge (2015)
Plot Summary:
The only difference between a cop and a criminal is The Badge. Detective Vince McKinley and his partner Martin Goulet have to solve the biggest case of their careers: a series of evidence have been stolen from their own precinct. Through out the case, Vince discovers that the person responsible could be one of his closest friend. The Badge brings a unique view on how trust and friendship can switch to blood in an instant.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 19
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
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The Bull (2019)
Plot Summary:
The 1990s. Empty shelves in the shops, an economic abyss and criminal dramas that unfold literally at every corner. The young leader of a criminal gang Anton Bykov, with the nickname “Bull”, must make money in whatever way to provide for his family. After a local shootout, Anton ends up in the police station, from where he is released at the intervention of Moscow’s crime lords. In exchange, the latter asks Anton for a small, but dangerous service.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 896
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: realistic, tense, bleak, serious, harsh, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing
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Highway Patrolman (1991)
Plot Summary:
A naïve rookie in the Mexican highway patrol has to adapt to survive as he contends with dangerous drug-runners and widespread corruption.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 918
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Mexico, Japan
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: neo noir, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surreal, disturbing, gloomy, independent film
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Freelancers (2012)
Plot Summary:
The son of a slain NYPD officer joins the force, where he falls in with his father's former partner and a team of rogue cops. His new boss, Sarcone, will see if he has what it takes to be rogue through many trials and tribulations of loyalty, trust and respect. When the truth about his father's death is revealed revenge takes him over and he won't stop until justice has been truly served.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, serious, suspenseful, crime drama, realistic
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The Unjust (2010)
Plot Summary:
A series of murders holds the nation in its sway and the longer the police fail to catch the murderer, the more the public begins to panic. Choi, a highly successful investigator whose methods have always held him back from promotion, senses that this case might be his last chance to make something of his career. He and his old mentor Jang agree to arrest the next best suspect as the serial killer – whatever it might cost. Just when it looks as if all the dirty tricks, dark deeds and treacherous secret deals are about to be exposed, all the stakeholders find themselves drawn deeper into the morass of questionable morals and open violation of the law. The search for the murderer begins to unite the four men, even though none are particularly interested in finding the culprit.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, suspenseful, exciting, realistic, psychological, detective, crime drama, twisted, bleak
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Gang in Blue (1996)
Plot Summary:
A black police officer discovers a cell of white supremacist vigilantes within his department.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 492
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, rough, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing
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Decisions (2011)
Plot Summary:
When a group of friends decide to pull a bank heist to get out from underneath their money troubles. They quickly discover that things can unravel in a hurry! A compromised LAPD Detective (Corey Haim) on the take with a crime syndicate figure want the money back and will go to any lengths to get it! Things go wrong quickly as bullets start to fly and the group finds that one thing affects another and discover that the voice of reason is not always what it appears to be.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 273
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, suspenseful, captivating, exciting, independent film, rough, realistic
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Guard (2019)
Plot Summary:
The protagonist Vlad is a man of about forty; he lives and works as watchman in an old sanatorium that is due to be demolished. He obviously needs this work to live the life of a hermit. One night a married couple appears at the sanatorium: Vera and Stas. They are on the run. They are pursued by former friends and business partners of Stas. Vlad decides to help them, because he too is hiding from the past. Each character is threatened with the inevitable payment for wrong choices in the past, but helping each other, they try to expiate these faults.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, bleak, serious, suspense, disturbing, talky, psychological
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Gangaajal (2003)
Plot Summary:
An SP Amit Kumar who is given charge of Tezpur police station in Bihar. The area is full of corruption, inefficiency, bribery, nepotism, favoritism and crime with help from the local police. Gradually Amit realizes that the local politician Sadhu Yadav is the one who benefits the most out of it. Amit arrests Sunder Yadav.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 157 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, inspirational, entertaining, political thriller, suspense thriller, realistic
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56 So Far (2004)
Plot Summary:
Sadhu Agashe, a police officer in Mumbai, makes a name for himself by killing criminals in sting operations instead of locking them up in prison. The film follows his method of working, gives an insight into the Mumbai Police Crime Branch, and Agashe's alleged connection with the underworld.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, suspenseful, disturbing, experimental, funny, offbeat, intellectual, neo noir, entertaining
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Rampart (2011)
Plot Summary:
Follows veteran police officer Dave Brown, the last of the renegade cops, as he struggles to take care of his family, and fights for his own survival.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: bleak, intense, rough, psychological, neo noir, suspense, harsh, thought provoking, detective, cult classic
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36th Precinct (2004)
Plot Summary:
The Film takes place in Paris, where two cops are competing for the vacant seat of chief of police while in the middle of a search for a gang of violent thieves. The movie is directed by Olivier Marchal, a former police officer who spent 12 years with the french police before creating this story, which in part is taken from real facts that happened during the 1980s in France.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: rough, tense, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, serious, disturbing, suspense, intense, neo noir
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The Glass Shield (1994)
Plot Summary:
J.J. is a rookie in the Sheriff's Department and the first black officer at that station. Racial tensions run high in the department as some of J.J.'s fellow officers resent his presence. His only real friend is the other new trooper, the first female officer to work there, who also suffers similar discrimination in the otherwise all-white-male work environment. When J.J. becomes increasingly aware of police corruption during the murder trial of Teddy Woods, whom he helped to arrest, he faces difficult decisions and puts himself into grave personal danger in the service of justice.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: France, USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: tense, harsh, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, neo noir, thought provoking
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Bummer 2 (2006)
Plot Summary:
The film takes place a few years after the events shown in Bummer. Kostyan "Kot", who lost all his friends, the woman he loved and was nearly killed in the first installment of the film tries to begin a new, peaceful life. But is it possible to do? Has Russia changed and do "bratki" on black "bummers" no longer control business? Can he escape his past?.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, stylized, tense, rough, suspenseful
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Bimmer (2003)
Plot Summary:
Corrupt cops, street gangs, "Bratki" in "Bummers" (BMWs) steal and "Merins" (Mercedeses), angry truck drivers, beautiful women and death are what four friends in a black Bummer who go on a mission from one region of Russia to another are about to face in the wasteland of small-town Russia. A critique of the policies of Boris Yeltsin, it depicted the economic crisis that followed Russia's transition towards a free market economy, and with it, a lost generation, with no job security, who are pushed into a world of crime and rebellion. Despite a modest budget of US$700,000, and a limited cinematic release, it became a national hit in Russia as well its soundtrack, popularized by 'Seryoga's' (Серёга) music video "Чёрный Бумер" ("Black Bummer"). Both the film and its soundtrack have won awards, including the prestigious Golden Aries from the Russian Guild of Film critics.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: serious, road movie, suspenseful, rough, realistic, clever, tense