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Plot Summary:
At an early age, Kishen, to provide a better life for himself and his younger brother Karan, entered the underworld. To prevent the same fate from happening to Karan, he sent him abroad, but before this had happened, Karan had fallen in love with his friend Prakash's sister, Paro. Years pass, and now Kishen is the henchman of Anna, a psychotic don. Karan returns to Bombay and immediately goes to meet Prakash, now an honest police officer. But Anna's men kill Prakash right in front of Karan, and he learns of his brother's involvement with Anna. Against Kishen's wishes, he joins Anna's gang and starts tipping off a rival gang. This is revenge for Prakash's death-by playing off one gang against the other, he hopes to exterminate both of them at the same time. In a desperate attempt to get Karan away from it all, Kishen gets him married to Paro. But when the couple are brutally killed on their wedding night, Kishen is out for revenge.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 154 min
Plot tags: cult classic, entertaining, serious, realistic, crying, weeping, cult film
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Angaar (1992)
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Unemployed and branded a trouble-maker, Jaikishan lives a poor lifestyle in a slum-area called Asha Colony, very near Andher's Lokhandwala Complex along with his sister, Seema; mom and dad. He comes to the rescue of a homeless orphan, Mili, who suffers from a deep inferiority complex, and permits her to live with his family. Brutally outspoken, he believes that India should be awarded unlimited gold medals for corruption at all levels, fully aware that these beliefs portray him as a 'revolutionary', and prevent him from securing any gainful employment. His life will be turned upside down when he refuses to go along with the plans of the Khan family - consisting of builder, Majid; his goon brother, Farid, and their seemingly benevolent father, Jahangir. His family will also be traumatized after the Police arrest him for the alleged broad-daylight murder of Farid.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 357
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 176 min
Plot tags: cult classic
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Tarazu (1997)
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Police Inspector Ram Yadav is a honest, handsome, and incorruptible young man. He lives with his sister-in-law, Shakuntala, and elder brother, Raj . A lovely yet petty thief, Pooja admires Ram so much that she moves in to his house in the guise of a maid-servant, and eventually claims that she is to bear his child. Ram, unable to handle this, agrees to marry her. His duties and investigation lead him to suspect the renowed and influential Appa Rao. Appa Rao is engraged at Ram, and watches and waits for an opportunity to strike back at him. Janardan (Mohnish Behl), Appa Rao's spoiled and way-ward son, initially attempts to pick up a college-girl, when she refuses and humiliates him publicly, he retaliates by setting her on fire in broad daylight, in front of several college students. No one is bold enough to stop Janardan, nor even attempt to save the girl. When Ram finds out, he immediately arrests Janardan and holds him in custody.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 657
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 144 min
Plot tags:
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Om (1995)
Plot Summary:
A 1995 Kannada film.
IMDB Rating: 8.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: kannada, cult classic, cult film
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Sapoot (1996)
Plot Summary:
Film starring Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty and Karisma Kapoor.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 158 min
Plot tags:
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Hero (1983)
Plot Summary:
Hero is the story of a criminal transforming and evolving as a good person under the influence of love. Jackie is a baddie with a heart of gold though, who has to settle scores with the area's 'Thakur' and his police officer son Sanjeev Kumar. So he opts for kidnapping their soft spot, Radha, Thakur khandaan's only daughter. Radha is given to understand that Jackie and his gang are police people who have taken her away to the safety of jungles because their house has been invaded by dacoits. The rest of the story is about the gang's camaraderie with Radha in sylvan spots and the discovery of truth by Radha.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 945
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 173 min
Plot tags: masala
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Akela (1991)
Plot Summary:
The 7th film of Ramesh Sippy.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 492
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Ram and Belram (1980)
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Ram and Balram are 2 young boys who live with their loving parents. Their scheming uncle, Jagatpal, however kills the boy's father and mother. Jagatpal lies to the boys that their parents have been killed in an accident and promises to raise them himself. He enrolls the younger brother Balram, in school and eventually sends him off to join the police force. The older becomes a mechanic. Jagatpal has a tight hold on the boys, even when Ram is an adult, he still gives all his wages to his uncle and is only allowed to keep a few rupees for pocket money.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 560
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 169 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic
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Jeet (1996)
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Homeless and orphan Karan works as a dreaded gangster for Gajraj Choudhary in return for a fee. Gajraj heads a vast criminal empire consisting of ammunition, illicit alcohol and drugs smuggling. When Karan goes to kill a man, Prof. Sidhant Sharma, he falls in love with his daughter Kajal. When he finds that Kajal is not showing him attention he decides to follow her until she eventually begins to love him wholeheartedly. Kajal convinces Karan to give up his criminal ways which he does but the couple's romantic relationship goes over board when Kajal's childhood friend Rajnath alias Raju returns form the U.S.A and asks her dad for her hand in marriage.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags: exciting, epic, serious, emotional, realistic, crying, weeping
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As Tears Go By (1988)
Plot Summary:
Two parallel stories of Wah caught in the mist of a love affair with his beloved cousin, Ngor and his relationship with his triad brother, Fly, who seems to never fall out of trouble.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: neo noir, mind bending, psychedelic, surreal, crime drama, rough, serious, captivating, realistic, black comedy
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The Don Is Dead (1973)
Plot Summary:
After his mistress is murdered a Mafia leader goes after the killer with a bloody vengeance. Soon after the hunt begins, a gang war ensues.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, tension, suspense
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Apaharan (2005)
Plot Summary:
Story of a tumultuous and complex relationship between a father (Mohan Agashe) and son (Ajay Devgan), set against the backdrop of a thriving kidnapping industry in the Hindi heartland of Bihar.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 173 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Maqbool (2003)
Plot Summary:
Macbeth meets the Godfather in present-day Bombay. The Scottish tragedy set in the contemporary underworld of India's commercial capital; two corrupt, fortune telling policemen take the roles of the weird sisters, and "Duncan" is Abbaji, the head of a crime family.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, cult classic, tense, offbeat, suspense, dark, art film, suspense thriller
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Acid (1988)
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Mahesh Deshmukh has joined the nation's armed forces as that he can honestly and patriotically serve the country. During his college days he has a run-in with fellow-collegian Mohini. A bet between his friends and himself ends up with him falling in love with Mohini, who subsequently realizes that he indeed has fallen in love with her, and she too reciprocates. Mohini's dad is an alcoholic and wishes that Mohini takes up dancing and prostitution so that he can get his daily dose of alchol. Mohini attempts to take refuge with Mahesh, however, cirumstances tangle Mahesh to such an extent that he is arrested, charged, and sentenced to stay away from Bombay city limits. When Mahesh returns, it is no longer the honest, and patriotic Mahesh, but a gangster named Munna, who has many old scores to settle.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 173 min
Plot tags: entertaining, masala, crying, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, non-linear
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Kaakha Kaakha (2003)
Plot Summary:
Kaakha Kaakha is a 2003 Tamil crime thriller film written and directed by Gautham Menon. The film released to highly positive reviews in August 2003 and went on to become the first Biggest Blockbuster in Suriya's career, and was considered a comeback film for producer Kalaipuli S. Dhanu. Owing to the success, the film has been remade in several languages.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 153 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious, tense, exciting, disturbing, cult film
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International Khiladi (1999)
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International Khiladi is a Hindi action thriller film released in 1999. The film is directed by Umesh Mehra and It stars Akshay Kumar and Twinkle Khanna in the lead roles. The film want to done moderately at the box office. News Reporter Payal (Twinkle Khanna) and her camera-man have been assigned the task of interviewing the world's highest ranking criminal don, Devraj (Akshay Kumar), which they accept. In the process, Payal and Devraj fall in love with each other, much to the opposition of Bismillah (Mukesh Khanna), Devraj's guardian on one hand; and Police Inspector Amit (Rajat Bedi), and Payal's brother Ravi (Vivek Shaq) on the other.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 175 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized
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Footpath (2003)
Plot Summary:
Footpath is a Hindi crime thriller film directed by Vikram Bhatt and released in 2003. The film stars Aftab Shivdasani, Rahul Dev, Bipasha Basu and marked the debut of Emraan Hashmi. The film failed to do well at the box office. This film is inspired by the Hollywood flick State of Grace. Arjun Singh (Aftab Shivdasani) and the Srivastav brothers, Raghu (Emraan Hashmi) and Shekhar (Rahul Dev), are neighbors in a gangster-prone area in Bombay. When Arjun's union leader father is killed, the brothers urge him to avenge his death. They get a sword and find the killers - and kill them. Arjun is the prime suspect in this homicide and the brothers get him to run to Delhi, where he begins a new life as a Real Estate Agent, Mohan Kumar Sharma.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 966
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 164 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Aatish: Feel the Fire (1994)
Plot Summary:
Baba and Avinash are brothers who lives in a shanty house with their widowed mother, who makes a living as a housemaid. When a stalker attempts to rape their mother, Baba knives him to death, and the three, along with an orphan named Nawab, take shelter with a underworld don named Uncle. Baba would like Avinash to study and make something of his life, in order to help his brother study he decides to make crime his career. When Avinash completes his studies he becomes a police officer on his first assignment he learns his brother Baba and friend Nawab are on the most wanted criminal list.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 863
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 155 min
Plot tags: heroic, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, neo noir
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Truth (1998)
Plot Summary:
A young man named Satya comes to Mumbai from South India in search of a job. Jailed for something he did not do, the once-honest young man meets an underworld boss, Bhiku Mhatre in jail and joins his gang.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 170 min
Plot tags: cult classic, neo noir, dark, experimental, black comedy, suspense thriller, rough, clever, bleak, realistic
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Call (2000)
Plot Summary:
Major Jaidev Rajvansh (Anil Kapoor) and his fellow officer Hussein (Om Puri) manage to rescue a leading politician as well as capture his kidnapper, Abhrush (Danny Denzongpa). The terrorist has been wanted for years and he is finally captured by the two officers. Jai returns to a joyous welcome, and is declared a national hero. He takes a break from the army and returns to his hometown. There he meets his childhood friend Anjali (Madhuri Dixit) who has always harboured love for Jai. Anjali is determined to make sure she and Jai stay together 24/7. At a party, he meets Miss India, Pooja Mallapa (Namrata Shirodkar). As they spend more time together, he begins to love her and she too begins to love him. In the mean time, Jai's parents are arranging his marriage to Anjali but when they find out about Jai's love for Pooja, they realise that they have to tell Anjali everything.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 176 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, romantic, emotional
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Agneepath (2012)
Plot Summary:
In a small Indian village Mandwa, Vijay Dinanath Chauhan is taught about the path of fire (Agneepath) by his principled father. His life is shattered when the evil drug lord Kancha Cheena hangs his father. Vijay leaves for Mumbai with his pregnant mother, and takes an oath that he will return back to Mandwa and take revenge against Cheena. In Mumbai, Vijay is taken under the wings of the drug lord Rauf Lala. Fifteen years later, his hatred for Kancha takes him back to Mandwa.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 174 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, entertaining, cult classic, fast, powerful, masala, realistic
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Force (2011)
Plot Summary:
A vengeful drug-dealer/gangster targets and terrorizes an entire police unit and their families.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, exciting, rough, serious, stylized, entertaining, bleak, suspense, disturbing
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One 2 Ka 4 (2001)
Plot Summary:
Javed Abbas (Jackie Shroff) is widowed Police Officer with four children. His partner is Arun Verma (Shahrukh Khan). Both Javed and Arun are honest, hard-working and diligent. And this leads to the "death" of Javed in mysterious circumstances. After Javed's death, Arun takes over the responsiblity of looking after his four children. He does run into several problems and decides to seek the help of Geeta Choudhary (Juhi chawla), who readily agrees and moves in with him and the four children. The children take an instant liking to Geeta, and things seem to settle down. One day Arun finds out that his former partner's death was really a homicide. When he attempts to investigate, charges of drug-trafficking, and bribery are brought out against him, He finds out that Geeta is not what she claims to be, and is living a double life.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 169 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, exciting, semi serious, entertaining, detective, remake of american film
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Allah-Rakha (1986)
Plot Summary:
Karim Khan is employed as driver for a gangster named Don, who has an accident with his car, and asks Karim to take the blame for it for a hefty sum of cash, which Karim does so, and is imprisoned. But Don does not fulfill his promise, and as a result, Karim's wife, Razia, and new-born son are left destitute. Razia complains to Police Inspector Anwar, who arrests Don and holds him in prison, pending his trial in court. When Anwar finds out that his new-born son, Iqbal, is in need of a pace-maker, which he is unable to afford, he makes a compromise with Don, who lets him have one. Iqbal undergoes surgery and a pace-maker number 786, considered lucky in Islamic faith, is attached to his tiny heart.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 176
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 160 min
Plot tags:
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Agneepath (1990)
Plot Summary:
Vijay's father is brutally lynched by villagers after being framed by Kancha Cheena, and his family is forced to flee. The young Vijay vows revenge, and grows.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Musical
Country: India
Duration: 174 min
Plot tags: cult classic, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cult film
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Vaastav: The Reality (1999)
Plot Summary:
"The Reality" as described by the film's tagline, refers to the harsh realities of life in the Mumbai underworld. The film is said to be loosely based on the life of Mumbai underworld gangster Chota Rajan.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 145 min
Plot tags: entertaining, dark, suspense thriller
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Once Upon a Time in Mumbai (2010)
Plot Summary:
A tale of two gangsters from the eras of past and present, whose lives enter parallel paths as they struggle to survive within Bombay's criminal underworld.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, exciting, serious, entertaining, light, romantic, social, romantic drama
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1942: A Love Story (1994)
Plot Summary:
In 1942 the British ruled India, a time when people were either working for the British or rallying for underground meetings and protests against them. Amidst this background, Naren Singh, falls in love with Rajeshwari Pathak. But their romance is not an easy one, for Naren comes from a wealthy, British supporting, family. But Rajeshwari is poor and is fighting against the British.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Drama, History, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 157 min
Plot tags: romantic, patriotic, touching, serious, emotional, realistic
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Company (2002)
Plot Summary:
Mallik is a henchman of Aslam Bhai, a Mumbai underworld kingpin. He inducts local hothead Chandu into the gang, and the two of them soon form a formidable faction within the gang, eventually displacing Aslam. As the empire grows, however, the two of them start drifting apart.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 142 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, neo noir, realistic, offbeat, entertaining, experimental, captivating, cult film
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Ghulam (1998)
Plot Summary:
Sidharth (Aamir Khan), is a Mumbai 'Tapori' and a boxing champion. His elder brother, Jai (Rajat Kapoor) works with Raunak Singh (Sharad Saxena), who now rules their "Basti" through terrorising its people and collecting 'Hafta' from local merchants. Sidharth idolized his father, a freedom fighter, whom he saw falling to his death as a child. This effects Sidharth through his adult life. Sidharth meets a young girl, Alisha (Ranee Mukherjee), who rides with a motorcycle gang and Charlie (Deepak Tijori), the gang leader. Sidharth also meets Hari, whose idealism reminds him of his father. Hari's social work in the community possess a threat to Raunak Singh's evil empire. What happens to Hari changes Sidharth's life forever. How Sidharth breaks Raunak Singh's chains of 'Ghulami' around the community forms the crux of the story. Featuring the superhit song "Aati Kya Khandala" sung by Aamir Khan.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 162 min
Plot tags: emotional, suspenseful, serious, captivating, inspirational, romantic, entertaining, sentimental, semi serious, remake of american film
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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