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Plot Summary:
Rakugo Eiga is a film featuring Japan's traditional art, 'rakugo' as its theme. It is a modern adaptation of three rakugo tales presented in three short films.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 713
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, humorous, suspense, anthology, independent film
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1MC: Something of Vengeance (2010)
Plot Summary:
Sarah Volkova, (aka 1MC), returns to where it all began, with one thing in mind...revenge.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 109
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Australia
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: art house, independent film, grindhouse
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Applecart (2015)
Plot Summary:
There is no normal. We all wear masks. Applecart is a portmanteau film featuring stories dealing with the perversions, shame, rage, and secrets we all keep hidden. Applecart is presented to you as an experimental silent film with a unique sound design and stunning black and white cinematography. It is graphic, transgressive, and honest.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 142
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 57 min
Plot tags: anthology, psycho sexual, art house, rough, disturbing, experimental, controversial, avant garde, dark fairy tale
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One Cut of the Dead (2017)
Plot Summary:
After an epic 40-minute one-take zombie-movie we get to watch behind-the-scenes of how it came to be: a comedy of errors with overly dedicated actresses, clumsy crew, arrogant directors and a lots of trials and tribulations.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: horror comedy, mockumentary, tense, humorous, captivating, absurd, scary, psychological, funny, inspirational
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Breathless (2008)
Plot Summary:
Sang-hoon is a lowlife gangster, a debt collector exercising thuggish ways to collect his money. The recipient of nothing but anger since his childhood, he expresses himself through violence. When he finally encounters someone who can stand up to him, feisty school-girl Yoon-hee they become unlikely friends.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, serious, emotional, realistic, disturbing, depressing, neo noir, bloody, crime drama
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Hunger of the Dead (2014)
Plot Summary:
In year 20xx, the world was plagued with zombies. Human race was on a verge of extinction and clock was ticking for those who were still alive. When a young male protagonist, Toshiyuki (Ryouta MURAI) was running alone from a horde, he comes across a safe house. The place seemed like a paradise, with endless food supplies and other humans for a company. However, to Toshiyuki's horror, he soon realized that the real nature of the place was to breed humans so zombies won't starve to death! Toshiyuki was paired up with a girl named Mitsue (Nagisa ODAJIMA). Although things are very awkward between them, Toshiyuki is aware that he is slowly falling in love with her. Is this the last sanctuary or sugar-coated hell? As emotions and speculations entwine, the "Human Farm" is facing a bloody fate. The most pleasurable way to survive in the Zombie-filled apocalypse!.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 38
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, tense, humorous, suspense, splatter, exciting, asian horror
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Chompy & The Girls (2021)
Plot Summary:
A troubled woman meets her father for the first time and their encounter goes from awkward to alarming when they witness a man swallow a little girl whole.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 770
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychotronic, scary, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, horror comedy
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Hayride (2012)
Plot Summary:
A college student returning home for Halloween is forced to face his childhood fears when an escaped killer takes refuge in his family's "Haunted Hayride".
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 819
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspenseful, rough, intense, atmospheric, suspense, serious, realistic
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Detective Story (2007)
Plot Summary:
A detective and a businessman search for a serial killer who removes people's organs.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 825
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating, psychological, surreal, detective, crime drama, scary, rough
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Dolceroma (2019)
Plot Summary:
Andrea Serrano is a young aspiring writer who, to make ends meet, is forced to wash corpses in a mortuary, while struggling to finish his first novel, a story about the Camorra. Having become discouraged by his struggling career, he is waiting for the chance of a lifetime. And finally, it arrives - a major film producer decides to adapt his novel and make it into a movie.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 477
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, humorous, suspense, suspenseful, semi serious
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Witness Infection (2020)
Plot Summary:
Two rival mob families are transferred from the Witness Protection Agency by mistake to same city, Temecula, CA, and find themselves fending off a zombie outbreak.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 732
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, humorous, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, horror comedy
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Preman Pensiun (2019)
Plot Summary:
After three years, the business of Muslihat, who has retired as a thug, has a problem. Sales decline. Muslihat also faces new problems when Safira, her only daughter, grows up in adolescence and begins to be visited by boys. A bigger problem: frictions between his former subordinates.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 162
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, humorous, exciting, entertaining
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Down Under (2016)
Plot Summary:
A black comedy set during the aftermath of the Cronulla riots, it is the story of two carloads of hotheads from both sides of the fight destined to collide.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, exciting, tense, rough, suspenseful, dark comedy, independent film, black comedy
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Double Whammy (2001)
Plot Summary:
Ray Pluto has many problems. He is satirized in the tabloids as the "loser cop." His partner is starting to seem suspiciously attracted to him. A pair of screenwriters across the hall keep bugging him for help. The superintendent of his building is stabbed by hoodlums hired by his own rebellious daughter. To top it off, a sexually aggressive chiropractor may just be Ray's undoing.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, suspense, entertaining, semi serious, realistic, witty, detective, clever, stylized, black comedy
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Heckle (2020)
Plot Summary:
Joe Johnson, at the top of his stand-up comic game, decides to share a Halloween weekend away with a group of friends. They decide on the theme of a 1980s retro party, and jokingly suggest that if they get drunk, high, and behave badly enough, hopefully they'll attract their own psycho killer. The joke is suddenly very much on them though, as in turn they reach their grisly demise at the hands of The Heckler, an uninvited guest out to turn their nostalgic horror movie fantasy into a terrifying reality, before delivering an unforgettable punchline.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 118
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, tense, humorous, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Unfair: the answer (2011)
Plot Summary:
After detective Natsumi Yukihira brings an end to the police hospital terrorist case, Natsumi is transferred to the Nishimonbetsu Police Station in Hokkaido. Meanwhile, a series of grotesque murders occurs in downtown Tokyo involving nails placed in the body of the victims. The fingerprint of Natsumi's ex-husband, freelancer journalist Kazuo Sato, is found on the the body of a victim and Kazuo is placed on the most wanted list. Soon after, Kazuo finds Natsumi and hands her a USB memory stick. The device contains information on a secret organization within the police department. Kazuo tells Natsumi that the series of murders are warnings and suspects become the next victims. Natsumi is then arrested as a suspect. Tokyo prosecutor Katsuaki Murakami appears at the Nishimonbetsu Police Station to investigate.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 169
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing
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One Cut of the Dead Spin-Off: In Hollywood (2019)
Plot Summary:
This 59-minute feature was made for TV in Japan and is now being shopped around by Nikkatsu in advance of the film market in Cannes beginning in a few weeks. This feature was directed by Nakaizumi Yuya, supervised by original director Ueda and stars several of the key players from the original films including Hamatso Takayuki, Mao, Shuhama Harumi, and many more.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 314
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 58 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, humorous, scary, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, funny, horror comedy
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Overrun (2021)
Plot Summary:
Former military extraction specialist Marcus Lombardi, whose only chance of saving his informant sister and their family is to track down a mysterious briefcase.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, humorous, suspense, suspenseful, semi serious
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Ken and Kazu (2015)
Plot Summary:
Ken was making his life by smuggling methamphetamine with long time buddy, Kazu. Ken has decided to start a new life when he learned that his girlfriend, Saki, became pregnant. At the same time, Ken finds out that Kazu started selling on the side without getting approval from his boss, Mr. Todo. Ken tries to stop Kazu; however, instead, Kazu approaches a new partner. Knowing that this new deal puts their lives in great danger once Mr. Todo finds out... Suspicious of their dangerous involvement, Saki decides to leaves Ken. Mr. Todo finds out and decided to take action... Todo's guys start chasing Ken and Kazu.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 66
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Inside Out (2011)
Plot Summary:
For the last thirteen years AJ (Triple H) has been behind bars, convicted of manslaughter for killing a man who intended to kill his best friend, Jack (Michael Rapaport). Now released, AJ wants nothing more than to start a small business and live a crime-free life. Unfortunately, within hours of leaving prison, his oldest and best friend, Jack (Michael Rapaport) involves AJ in an accidental shooting in which a man is killed, forcing Jack to skip town.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, suspenseful, suspense, exciting, serious, realistic
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One Must Fall (2018)
Plot Summary:
A horror-comedy slasher set in the '80s about a woman wrongfully fired from her office job and forced to take on a temporary job on a crime scene clean-up crew. With a maniacal serial killer on the loose leaving them lots of work, did he ever leave the scene of the crime?.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: slasher, psychological, humorous, suspense, suspenseful, horror comedy
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King of the Underground (2011)
Plot Summary:
Part true story, part fiction, King of the Underground is a dark comedy about a frustrated rap artist who goes on an all out murderous killing spree after years of being rejected by the music industry.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 104
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, humorous, suspense, slasher, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Madea's Witness Protection (2012)
Plot Summary:
A Wall Street investment banker who has been set up as the linchpin of his company's mob-backed Ponzi scheme is relocated with his family to Aunt Madea's southern home.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: not serious, humorous, realistic, exciting, tense, captivating, black comedy, comedy drama
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Killer Eye: Halloween Haunt (2011)
Plot Summary:
When Jenna asks her four hot girlfriends to help convert an old mansion into a Halloween Haunt, they decide to party instead! Things get steamy between the girls, until they accidentally unleash the half-pint, horrible Killer Eye, a perverse party crasher from beyond. Bent on having his way, the Killer Eye will stop at nothing until he gets exactly what he wants.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 439
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, rough, suspense, spooky, queer horror, scary, humorous, serious, psychotronic
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Staten Island (2009)
Plot Summary:
Sully (Ethan Hawke) is desperate to give his unborn son the chance he never had. Jasper (Seymour Cassel) wants to escape the mobsters that have infiltrated his life and business. Parmie Tarzo (Vincent D'Onofrio), a local mob boss, dreams of crushing the competition. All three men live in Staten Island... once their lives intersect, nothing will ever be the same.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful, offbeat, cynical, non-linear, independent film
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Limbo (2019)
Plot Summary:
A murderer finds himself on trial in Hell, caught between a bitter prosecutor and an inexperienced defence attorney. The trial spins out of control when a powerful demon, Lucifer and people from the killer’s past become involved.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 510
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, tense, humorous, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic
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More Dogs Than Bones (2000)
Plot Summary:
A series of mishaps and misfortunes over $1 million in cash leads to murder, mayhem and greed.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 433
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: rough, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, dark comedy, independent film, realistic, surprise ending, black comedy
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The Katsuragi Murder Case (2016)
Plot Summary:
The Katsuragi Household that runs a small store may appear serene. But as the younger son Minoru commits a murder on the street, the family is exposed to the public. Is there anybody that is behind this murder case?.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 132
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Character (2021)
Plot Summary:
A kind man aspires to become a manga writer, but villains and evil deeds do not come easily to him, for he has little experience or natural inclination for them. Things take a surprise turn when he comes across a family who were described as idealized that are no more. He uses the real-life situation for his work.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: manga, scary, tense, psychological, suspense, suspenseful, stylized, comic
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Hoods (1998)
Plot Summary:
Angelo, together with a group of five other people, is ordered by his father, an Italian mobster, to kill the son of an enemy of his, who has destroyed one of his buildings with a bomb. The problems grow bigger when they discover that the person they have to kill is really a nine-year-old.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 350
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, independent film, offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Outrage Coda (2017)
Plot Summary:
Ôtomo gets involved with new Yakuza battles after he comes back the Yakuza society.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, neo noir, hood