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Plot Summary:
Hector Valentin (Bourvil) returns to France from Canada when he inherits a small sawmill. He has difficulties restarting the run-down operation which has inefficient workers and is hampered by the dirty tactics of its bigger.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags:
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5 Lady Venoms (1981)
Plot Summary:
Two groups of knife-wielding and kicking women in bikinis join forces to kill a gang boss responsible for killing their fathers. But they're not very effective. After three attacks on the culprit, the worst damage he suffered was having his ankle run over by a motorbike. Closer co-operation with a casino boss may help.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 47
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags:
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The Threat (1977)
Plot Summary:
Henri Savin has managed a trucking company for his lover, Dominique Montlaur, for many years. Now he is planning to leave her for Julie Manet, the woman he has made pregnant, and Dominique is hysterical. She first threatens suicide, then shows up at a meeting of Savin and Julie. Dominique tries everything she can think of to break Savin and Julie apart, to no avail. Frustrated in her efforts, she jumps off a cliff and dies. Savin insists that he and Julie lie to the police about the encounter, although Dominique's death was a suicide and therefore they had no direct hand in it. Detective Waldeck investigates Dominique's death.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 866
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: poliziottesco, amateur film
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Rocker (1972)
Plot Summary:
In Hamburg, West Germany, a rocker biker gang helps a kid avenge his brother who was murdered by a rival gang, a mortal enemy of rocker gangs. Very authentic movie about life in Hamburg in the early 1970s. Rock’n’roll, sex, drugs, 70s lifestyle, 70s hairstyle, murder, prostitution, Santana, bikers, Reeperbahn, and St. Pauli provide the basis for the story featuring Gerd and Modschiedler, the ill-assorted couple (if at all amateur actors, who act themselves) of this fantastic movie.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 432
Genere: Drama, Action, Crime
Country: West Germany
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags:
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Fire Will Come (2019)
Plot Summary:
When Amador Coro gets out of prison for having provoked a fire, nobody is waiting for him. He returns to his home town, a small village hidden in the mountains of rural Galicia, to live with his elder mother, Benedicta, and three cows. Life goes on calmly, following the rhythm of the nature. Until the night when a fire devastates the region.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Spain, France, Luxembourg
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: social
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Heat Team (2004)
Plot Summary:
Eason Chan is K.C, Chan and Y.T. Lee is Aaron Kwok, both are very smart cop, who both were assign to interpol. The only thing that make them different is woman. K.C Chan is known for courting with a lot of woman and Y.T. Lee get nervous around woman. The case for this movie is about a international thief who come to Hong Kong to steal, a diamond necklace worth over 10 million US. Anyway, Yumiko Cheng who is engage with a fertilizer mogul, soon for in love with KC Chan.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 260
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: neo noir
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Flatfoot in Hong Kong (1975)
Plot Summary:
Piedone (Bigfoot) Rizzo is accused of drug trafficking. In order to clear his name he has to find out who is the person, from a Mafia ring, who has infiltrated his police department.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: cult classic, dark comedy, poliziottesco, cult film
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Three Tough Guys (1974)
Plot Summary:
Isaac Hayes plays as Lee in his feature film debut, as Father Charlie and himself solve a bank robbery mystery that stretches across the city. After Lee is removed from the force due to $1,000,000 being stolen from the bank Father Charlie helps him to gain revenge for the loss of one of his friends.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 377
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, crime drama, surprise ending, poliziottesco, cult film
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One Away (1976)
Plot Summary:
Two brothers plot to get their third brother out of jail.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 50
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Thief of Paris (1967)
Plot Summary:
In Paris around 1900, Georges Randal is brought up by his wealthy uncle, who steals his inheritance. Georges hopes to marry his cousin Charlotte, but his uncle arranges for her to marry a rich neighbour. As an act of revenge, Georges steals the fiance's family jewels, and enjoys the experience so much that he embarks upon a life-time of burglary.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: neo noir, crime drama, clever, humorous, realistic, witty, stylized, semi serious
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Flatfoot in Egypt (1980)
Plot Summary:
Police Commissioner Rizzo, Bigfoot (Piedone by nickname) and Marshal Caputo go to Egypt and look for Professor Cerullo, who is missing. The professor has discovered an insect that can smell where oil is and lots of criminals are interested in it. Written by Salvatore Santangelo.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: cult classic, exciting, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, poliziottesco, cult film
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Last Known Address (1970)
Plot Summary:
Marceau Léonetti (Lino Ventura), a competent and energetic officer stops by chance the son of an influential lawyer driving under the influence of alcohol. A few months later, the lawyer falsely accuses Léonetti as being violent and incompetent. As a result Marceau is transferred to a small police station, where he meets young and beautiful Jeanne (Marlène Jobert). Soon they are faced with a tough investigation.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: neo noir, detective, crime drama, tense, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing
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The Great Spy Chase (1964)
Plot Summary:
A cold-war spy parody. After the death of an armaments manufacturer, an international group of spies is drawn into a high-stakes battle of wits to obtain the valuable military patents which have been inherited by the lovely widow.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: neo noir, anthology, spy comedy, cult classic, spoof, exciting, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious
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Two Men in Town (1973)
Plot Summary:
A former bank robber is released after 10 years in prison. He gets help from a social-worker, but gets harassed by an old cop from his past.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, bleak, serious, neo noir, realistic, suspenseful, gloomy, tragic ending, poliziottesco
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Let's Not Get Angry (1966)
Plot Summary:
One-time gangster Antoine is enjoying retirement on the coast, now managing a boating club. He receives a visit from a former accomplice who asks for a loan. The money will be repaid by a crook who is now in hiding; Antoine intends to recover his money.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, parody
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Don't Tempt the Devil (1963)
Plot Summary:
A lovely young nurse finds herself framed for the murder of a hospital patient who died after she administered an injection.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 337
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: detective
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The Dictator's Guns (1965)
Plot Summary:
Jacques Cournot, a freelance skipper, is hired by Mr Hendrix in Santo Domingo, first of all to advise him regarding the acquisition of a sailing boat. After a thorough inspection of a prospective vessel, the "Dragoon", Cournot reports his positive appraisal to Mr Hendrix and initiates the negotiations with Mrs Osborne, the owner of the craft. Barely a couple of days later, Cournot finds himself in a bind as the police questions him about the exact kind of cruise he was supposed to organize for his principal. For the "Dragoon" is gone; Mr Hendrix has disappeared; Mrs Osborne is not aware of any deal; and the corpses of mysterious individuals, victims of a violent death, are found on the beaches of Santo Domingo.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 515
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy, Spain
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags:
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The Knock Out Cop (1973)
Plot Summary:
This cop doesn't carry a gun - his fist is loaded!.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: slapstick, exciting, rough, humorous, realistic, witty, not serious, fast, poliziottesco, slapstick comedy
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If You Don't, I Will (2014)
Plot Summary:
A couple goes on a hike in the woods, and the woman refuses to return.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 515
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious
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The Brain (1969)
Plot Summary:
Arthur and Anatole are two little robbers. They want to rob money, money that will travel in a special train from Paris to Bruxelles. They don't know that other people have planned to do the same thing.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: fast paced, exciting, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, slapstick comedy, slapstick
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Second Breath (1966)
Plot Summary:
With his customary restraint and ruthless attention to detail, director Jean-Pierre Melville follows the parallel tracks of French underworld criminal Gu (the inimitable Lino Ventura), escaped from prison and roped into one last robbery, and the suave inspector, Blot (Paul Meurisse), relentlessly seeking him. The implosive Le deuxième souffle captures the pathos, loneliness, and excitement of a life in the shadows with methodical suspense and harrowing authenticity, and contains one of the most thrilling heist sequences Melville ever shot.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: neo noir, noir, black and white, crime drama, exciting, atmospheric, clever, bleak, serious, realistic
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Monsieur Gangster (1963)
Plot Summary:
An aging gangster, Fernand Naudin is hoping for a quiet retirement when he suddenly inherits a fortune from an old friend, a former gangster supremo known as the Mexican. If he is ambivalent about his new found wealth, Fernand is positively nonplussed to discover that he has also inherited his benefactor’s daughter, Patricia. Unfortunately, not only does Fernand have to put up with the thoroughly modern Patricia and her nauseating boyfriend, but he also had to contend with the Mexican’s trigger-happy former employees, who are determined to make a claim.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Italy, West Germany
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, funny, noir, neo noir, slang, fast paced, cult classic, clever, humorous, realistic
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The Sicilian Clan (1969)
Plot Summary:
Roger Santet is a convicted murderer sprung from prison by the Sicilian clan headed by the aging Vittorio Manalese. They conspire to steal a large cache of jewels from an exhibit in Rome. As they are preparing for the heist, the mobster's American friend Tony Nicosia suggests that a better way to get the rocks would be to hijack the transport plane while it is en route to New York. The dogged inspector Le Goff is using all the available resources to thwart their plans. Though the heist itself is successful, Santet finds himself trapped by the mob because of his fling with Manalese's daughter-in-law.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: noir, neo noir, crime drama, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, poliziottesco, french noir
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The Last Adventure (1967)
Plot Summary:
Two adventurers and best friends, Roland and Manu, are the victims of a practical joke that costs Manu his pilot's license. With seeming contrition, the jokesters tell Roland and Manu about a crashed plane lying on the ocean floor off the coast of Congo stuffed with riches. The adventurers set off to find the loot.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Adventure, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, atmospheric, suspenseful, cult film
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The Takedown (2022)
Plot Summary:
Ousmane Diakité and François Monge are two cops with very different styles, backgrounds and careers. The unlikely pair are reunited once again for a new investigation that takes them across France. What seemed to be a simple drug deal turns out to be a much bigger criminal case wrapped in danger and unexpected comedy.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, action comedy, surprise ending, neo noir, psychotronic, buddy comedy
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The Red Circle (1970)
Plot Summary:
Master thief Corey is fresh out of prison. But instead of toeing the line of law-abiding freedom, he finds his steps leading back to the shadowy world of crime, crossing those of a notorious escapee and alcoholic ex-cop. As the unlikely trio plots a heist against impossible odds, their trail is pursued by a relentless inspector, and fate seals their destinies.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 140 min
Plot tags: neo noir, tense, stylized, suspense, noir, cerebral, visual, detective, atmospheric, clever
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Happy New Year (1973)
Plot Summary:
Gangster (Lino Ventura) with his accomplice (Charles Gérard), prepares to take part in the "first psychological hold-up in the history of crime". Next door to the jewellers of Van Cleef & Arpels, on the Croisette, in Cannes, the find the shop of a beautiful antiques dealer (Françoise Fabian) who befriends the group. The driver and the antiques dealer fall in love. He is friendly but unrefined, she is cultivated and independent, but discovers that talking with Simon shows up her vanity, and she desires a simple and clean love. The hold-up which had been planned for a long time by the driver is shown to be more sophisticated than his methods of seduction.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: clever, humorous, realistic, stylized, semi serious, non-linear, detective, freeze frame, poliziottesco
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I Went Down (1997)
Plot Summary:
Fresh out of prison, Git rescues a former best friend (now living with Git's girlfriend) from a beating at the hands of loan sharks. He's now in trouble with the mob boss, Tom French, who sends Git to Cork with another debtor, Bunny Kelly, to find a guy named Frank Grogan, and take him to a man with a friendly face at a shack across a bog. It's a tougher assignment than it seems: Git's a novice, Bunny's prone to rash acts, Frank doesn't want to be found (and once he's found, he has no money), and maybe Tom's planning to murder Frank, which puts Git in a moral dilemma. Then, there's the long-ago disappearance of Sonny Mulligan. What's a decent and stand-up lad to do?.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, independent film, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, witty, semi serious, psychological, light, road movie
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Going Places (1974)
Plot Summary:
Two whimsical, aimless thugs harass and assault women, steal, murder, and alternately charm, fight, or sprint their way out of trouble. They take whatever the bourgeois characters value: whether it's cars, peace of mind, or daughters. Marie-Ange, a jaded, passive hairdresser, joins them as lover, cook, and mother confessor. She's on her own search for seemingly unattainable sexual pleasure.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: road movie, sexy, sex comedy, erotic, cynical, dark comedy, humorous, witty, talky, controversial
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Earth and Blood (2020)
Plot Summary:
A sawmill owner and his teenage daughter become tangled in a deadly feud when a drug dealer stashes stolen cocaine on their remote property.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: suspense, serious, suspenseful, emotional, bloody, surprise ending, neo noir, ambiguous ending, independent film, brutal
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Logan Lucky (2017)
Plot Summary:
Trying to reverse a family curse, brothers Jimmy and Clyde Logan set out to execute an elaborate robbery during the legendary Coca-Cola 600 race at the Charlotte Motor Speedway.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 160000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, China
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, tense, funny, captivating, black comedy, gothic, art house, cult classic, action thriller