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Plot Summary:
When the Red Dragon Tong murders his daughter, Geoffrey Jackson is determined to crush this underground organisation. The Tong, a ruthless clan whose profits from protection rackets, white slave traffic, smuggling and drug-running amount to millions of dollars, will resort to anything to protect their powerful position.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, suspense, grindhouse, cult classic, independent film
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A Queen's Ransom (1976)
Plot Summary:
A Hong Kong mobster's sister is working with authorities on their investigation into her own brother's plot to assassinate the Queen.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 130
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, UK
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco
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Innocent Bystanders (1972)
Plot Summary:
Washed-up agent John Craig is given the task of proving his worth by tracking down a Russian scientist on the run. Cross and double-cross is the name of the game.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 340
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: political thriller, eurospy
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Sax Rohmer's The Castle of Fu Manchu (1969)
Plot Summary:
The evil mastermind Fu Manchu plots his latest scheme to basically freeze over the Earth's oceans with his diabolical new device. Opposing him is his arch-nemesis, Interpol's very British Dr. Nayland Smith.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Crime, Horror
Country: UK, West Germany, Spain, Italy, Liechtenstein
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, suspense, grindhouse, cult classic, suspenseful, semi serious
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The Blood of Fu Manchu (1968)
Plot Summary:
Fu Manchu inoculates ten women with poison, to kill ten world leaders.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Crime
Country: UK, West Germany, Spain
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, suspense, grindhouse, perverse, cult classic, twisted, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast
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The Vengeance of Fu Manchu (1967)
Plot Summary:
In his remote China hideaway the evil Fu Manchu plots the death and discredit of his arch rival, Inspector Nayland Smith of Scotland Yard.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: UK, West Germany, Hong Kong, Singapore
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, cult classic, psychotronic
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The Brides of Fu Manchu (1966)
Plot Summary:
This time Fu Manchu and his army of henchmen are kidnaping the daughters of prominent scientists and taking them to his remote island headquarters. Instead of asking for ransom, Fu demands that the fathers help him to build a death ray, which he intends to use to take over the world. But Fu's archenemy, Nayland Smith of Scotland Yard, is determined not to let that happen.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Crime
Country: UK, West Germany
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, grindhouse, cult classic, independent film, exciting, rough, suspenseful, stylized, semi serious, fast
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Forced Vengeance (1982)
Plot Summary:
A casino security guard is forced into violence from when the Hong Kong mob threatens his friends.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: cult classic, psychotronic, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, detective, poliziottesco, surprise ending
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Casino Raiders (1989)
Plot Summary:
For most of the running time it's business as usual as gamblers Andy Lau and Alan Tam pull scams when they're not exposing them for casinos and incurring the wrath of a family of Japanese gangsters before Tam marries rich girl Idy Chan and Lau, as is the way with all movie hustlers, gets a busted hand, a drink problem and Rosamund Chan (so not entirely a bad shuffle there).
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 508
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: heroic
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The Spy in the Green Hat (1967)
Plot Summary:
"Spy in the Green Hat, The (1966)" on the other hand, is both exciting AND funny. Especially the scene where Napoleon Solo (Robert Vaughn) hides from THRUSH agents under a young woman's (the incredibly cute Letícia Román) bed and is caught by the woman's grandmother (Penny Santon), who is forcing Solo to marry the young woman. He successfully escapes, but is hunted by a legion of stereotyped Italian gangsters. Now that's comedy.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 573
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, psychotronic, campy
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Wild City (2015)
Plot Summary:
Former cop-turned-bar owner Kwok and his underachieving half-brother befriends a drunken woman, they soon find themselves targeted by both her former lover, a high-powered attorney, and the gangster he employs. A suitcase full of tainted cash enters the picture as Kwok finds himself torn between the gangsters and his former colleagues.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 897
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, suspenseful, contemplative, heroic, independent film
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Turning Point 2 (2011)
Plot Summary:
Laughing is judged guilty of murdering gang lord Michael So and is sentenced to life imprisonment. Locked up behind bars, he meets the seemingly benign inmate Fok Tin Yam, a university professor in criminal psychology who is jailed for drug possession. Highly intelligent and manipulative, Fok reveals the power of his mind games by effortlessly subduing the violent prison bully. He also deduces that Laughing is sent to the prison on an undercover mission to find out the rogue cops within the police force. The clues lead him to inmate Chit, a former sergeant from the Narcotics Bureau who has been suffering from a mental disorder. To unlock the critical information from the deranged man, Laughing must get the help of Fok, but this enigmatic figure has an agenda of his own.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 232
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Albino (1976)
Plot Summary:
A colonial police officer in Rhodesia hunts down the albino terrorist who raped and murdered his fiancee.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 314
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Romance
Country: West Germany, South Africa
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: cult classic
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The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
Plot Summary:
A golden bullet has 007 engraved on it as it smashes into the secret service headquarters. The bullet came from the professional killer Scaramanga who has yet to miss a target and James Bond begins a mission to try and stop him.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 111000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: sexy, exciting, humorous, saga, retro, slasher, cult classic, action adventure, colorful, suspenseful
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The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964)
Plot Summary:
A pirate ship, fighting in 1588 on the side of the Spanish Armada, suffers damage and must put into a village on the British coast for repairs. The village is small and isolated and the Spanish convince the villagers that the English fleet has been defeated and that they, the Spanish, are now their masters. This results in the villagers' sullen cooperation, but rumors and unrest begin to spread and soon the Spanish pirates find themselves facing a revolt.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 892
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: cult classic, psychotronic, independent film
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The Executioner Part II (1984)
Plot Summary:
An L.A. cop and a reporter team up to find a masked serial killer.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 463
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, cult classic, independent film, cult film
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Kanthaswamy (2009)
Plot Summary:
A CBI officer moonlights as a modern day Robin Hood in the guise of the masked Kanthaswamy, as he helps fight corruption and aid impoverished people.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime
Country: India
Duration: 190 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Golden Job (2018)
Plot Summary:
A group of former mercenaries reunite to plan an epic heist: boosting a truck full of medicine held by a foreign intelligence agency to supply a refugee camp in need. But when they find the truck is actually filled with stolen gold, the band of brothers realize they’ve been double-crossed by one of their own - and putting the situation right will be all out war.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, disturbing, epic, exciting
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The Divine Move (2014)
Plot Summary:
Professional baduk (go) player Tae-seok loses a high-stakes game to infamous underground gambler Sal-soo, and ends up framed for the murder of his own brother and locked up in prison. He vows revenge and trains ferociously. After serving his seven-year sentence, he gets in touch with his brother's former associate "Tricks," hermit and blind master player "The Lord," and skillful junkyard owner Mok-su; together, they begin formulating a plan to get back at Sal-soo and his men. Tae-seok slowly penetrates Sal-soo's inner circle and his gambling joint, and eliminates Sal-soo's men one by one. But Sal-soo discovers Tae-seok's true identity and engages him in one final game that will seal the fates of the two men involved.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, suspense, realistic
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For the Emperor (2014)
Plot Summary:
Yi-Hwan is a former professional baseball player. He was involved in fixing games and lost everything. Gang boss Sang-Ha runs a money lending business and a gambling location. He makes Yi-Hwan work for him. Meanwhile, Yi-Hwan falls for bar owner Yeon-Soo.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 743
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, erotic, sexy, dark
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Raging Fire (2021)
Plot Summary:
Shan is a highly respected cop with a long history of success in dangerous cases, however, his past soon comes back to haunt him when his former protégé seeks revenge against all those who have wronged him.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: crime drama, exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, hood, perverse, cult classic
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The Face of Fu Manchu (1965)
Plot Summary:
Grisly strangulations in London alert Nayland Smith of Scotland Yard to the possibility that fiendish Fu Manchu may not after all be dead, even though Smith witnessed his execution. A killer spray made from Tibetan berries seems to be involved and clues keep leading back to the Thames.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, West Germany
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, suspense, controversial, grindhouse, cult classic, scary, rough, independent film
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The River Thief (2016)
Plot Summary:
Diz (Joel Courtney) is a reckless teenage drifter living life on the run. Abandoned by his parents as a child, he looks out for himself and doesn't accept handouts. He takes whatever he wants and runs. Jaded and determined to answer to no one, Diz lives a life marked by thievery and abandonment. Things change for Diz when he floats into a small town on the Snake River. There he is confronted by an unflappable old man named Marty and falls for Marty's guarded granddaughter, Selah. When Diz robs a local drug-dealing crazy, he becomes the owner of a giant pile of cash and the target of two vicious killers. With more money than he knows what to do with, and criminals at his heels, Diz puts the people he's learned to care about in danger, still trying to win Selah. But some things can't be stolen or bought. The River Thief is a film about guilt, self-sacrifice, and accepting life as a gift.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 513
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, independent film
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A Hitman in London (2015)
Plot Summary:
After his last assignment ended with the death of an innocent woman, a hitman's new job in London is compromised when he is overcome with guilt, and ends up helping a desperate woman who is caught up in a human trafficking operation.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, grindhouse, action packed
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SPL 2: A Time for Consequences (2015)
Plot Summary:
A Hong Kong cop named Kit busts a major gangster only to find his cover blown and his main witness gone. The gangster, in retaliation, has him kidnapped and put in a Thai jail with a false criminal identity. A lowly prison guard Chai with extraordinary fighting skills guards kit and prevents his escape from prison. The prison guard’s daughter suffers from a rare form of leukemia and Kit is the only donor who can save her. The prison guard discovers Kit’s real identity and helps him to escape in return for his agreeing to save his daughter. Together, Kit and Chai must face the gangster and his minions and take them down.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: crime drama, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, action thriller
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The White Storm 2: Drug Lords (2019)
Plot Summary:
Financial tycoon and former triad member Yu Shun-tin tries to eradicate the drug market while 'Jizo' aims to singlehandedly take over Hong Kong's drug exchange as the number one drug lord. Meanwhile, Lam Ching-fung, a cop from the Narcotics Bureau works towards preventing drug abuse but faces uncertainty.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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The Saint (2017)
Plot Summary:
International master thief, Simon Templar, also known as The Saint, is asked by a desperate rich man to find his kidnapped daughter. However, in addition to evading the authorities, Simon must face a dangerous adversary from his past.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, entertaining, surprise ending, independent film, detective
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The Art of War (2000)
Plot Summary:
When ruthless terrorists threaten to bring down the United Nations, they frame the one man they believe can stop them: an international security expert named Shaw. Now he must run from his own allies and become a solitary force for good, as he tries to stop what could become World War III.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, intense, stylized, serious, suspenseful, action packed, surprise ending, action adventure, realistic
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Paradox (2017)
Plot Summary:
When a Hong Kong police negotiator is informed about the sudden disappearance of his 16-year-old daughter in Thailand, he travels there to search for her whereabouts.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, psychological, disturbing, noir, neo noir, action thriller
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The Pirates of Blood River (1962)
Plot Summary:
A group of ruthless pirates attack a 17th Century Huguenot settlement on the Isle of Devon in search of treasure and will stop at nothing to obtain it.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, entertaining, tense, light, perverse, cult classic, serious, slasher, psychotronic
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An Eye for an Eye (1981)
Plot Summary:
Sean Kane is forced to resign from the San Francisco Police Department's Narcotics Division when he goes berserk after his partner is murdered. He decides to fight alone and follows a trail of drug traffickers into unexpected high places.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: suspense, serious, exciting, cult classic, tense, neo noir, independent film, rough, realistic, suspenseful