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Plot Summary:
In this post Vietnam War actioner, a group of veterans, former members of a crack guerrilla team, decide to reteam and use their specialized skills to fight organized crime.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 266
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film, cult film
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Bogard (1975)
Plot Summary:
To make money, a Los Angeles street-fighter goes to work for gangsters.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 496
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film, grindhouse, cult film
Similar in 90%
Sol Madrid (1968)
Plot Summary:
Government agent Sol Madrid travels to Mexico with hooker Stacey to bring mobster Villanova and drug kingpin Dietrich to justice.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 368
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Polk County Pot Plane (1977)
Plot Summary:
Oosh and Boosh, two pot smoking hicks, meet up with Big Jim, who flies in drugs from Cuba and Colombia. Our heroes unload the plane and drive off, the only problem being that within about ten seconds of doing so, the police are on their tail. You've never met two more unlucky drugs couriers, as the police are on to them every time they try something, the mafia have changed management and want money back for lost shipments, and they're about to get stiffed for their biggest heist.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 196
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, cult film
Similar in 81%
Death of a Snowman (1976)
Plot Summary:
A white cop and a black reporter join forces to investigate apparent vigilante killings in the South African underworld.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 106
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: South Africa
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: grindhouse
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Black Samson (1974)
Plot Summary:
Noble nightclub owner Samson does his best to keep his neighborhood clean of crime and drugs. When vicious mobster Johnny Nappa tries to muscle in on Samson's territory, Samson takes a brave stand against Nappa and his flunkies.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 616
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: grindhouse
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The No Mercy Man (1973)
Plot Summary:
A decorated Vietnam Vet returns to his father's ranch in Arizona just as criminally minded carnies begin to cause trouble.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 189
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, anamorphic, independent film, juvenile, cult film
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Black Samurai (1976)
Plot Summary:
Robert Sand, agent of D.R.A.G.O.N. (Defense Reserve Agency Guardian Of Nations), is playing tennis on his vacation with a beautiful black girl, when his commanding officers ask him to save a Chinese girl who happens to be Sand's girlfriend, and the daughter of a top Eastern Ambassador. The ransom for the abduction was the secret for a terrific new weapon - the freeze bomb.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, hood, cult classic, independent film, weird, cult film
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Hired Gun (2009)
Plot Summary:
A hit man turns against his former boss after witnessing a nuclear weapon being smuggled into the US.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 227
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags:
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The Slams (1973)
Plot Summary:
Rival prison factions surround a Los Angeles convict (Jim Brown) who has $1.5 million stashed on the outside.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 313
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags:
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Hard As Nails (2001)
Plot Summary:
After being punished for disobedience and arranging an arms deal with Russian mobsters, young member Takura violently takes over control of his Japanese mafia family. Takura takes advantage of his new position and is proceeding his deal with the Russians, his recklessness attracts the attention of an undercover cop.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 146
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: crime drama, neo noir, independent film, detective
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A Mission to Kill (1992)
Plot Summary:
His activities in Viet Nam would be denied by the U S Government. Only two others providing similar service returned to the states. Now he's getting mental help in a military institution, escapes, and must be recaptured.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 70
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: cult film
Similar in 82%
American Commandos (1985)
Plot Summary:
Chris Mitchum plays Dean Mitchell (I know, quite a stretch), the one gas station attendant you don't wanna mess with. He's a taciturn Vietnam vet who doesn't say very much. When some stupid baddies DO decide to mess with him, they end up in a world of hurt. They try robbing his beloved gas station, and then they go after his family. Big mistake.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 336
Genere: Action
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: independent film, cult film
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Hammer (1972)
Plot Summary:
Hotheaded laborer B.J. Hammer can't go long without ending up in a fight, and, after he comes out on top in a particularly impressive workplace scuffle, word of his brawling skills makes its way to Davis, a top boxing manager. Hammer is hired by Davis and begins a lucrative career in the ring, only to find out that his new employer wants him to throw a fight and take part in other illicit activities. Hammer reacts to this news violently, and the feud is on.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 733
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, neo noir, detective, cult film
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Mean Johnny Barrows (1975)
Plot Summary:
A Vietnam veteran gets caught in a mob war with a couple of double-crossers.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 526
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film
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The Annihilators (1985)
Plot Summary:
Upon his return from Vietnam, an ex-soldier finds his neighborhood has deteriorated badly, and is being terrorized by a vicious street gang. He calls some of his GI buddies, and together they hatch a plan to get rid of the gang.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 692
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: retro, hood, 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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Bullets, Blood & a Fistful of Ca$h (2006)
Plot Summary:
A hard boiled tale of bloody revenge that interweaves the stories of nine criminals. The story takes place in one day, on the eve of an all out syndicate war. Through a twisted series of events, the interweaving narratives are put on an ultra-violent collision course that will determine, once and for all, who owns the streets.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 740
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: rough, realistic, serious, suspenseful, bloody, action packed
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Mafia (2012)
Plot Summary:
Ving Rhames, Pam Grier, and Robert Patrick headline this throwback action thriller set in 1975, and following a renegade cop who skirts the law in order to capture a ruthless crime boss.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 673
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, crime drama, realistic, neo noir
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The Black Godfather (1974)
Plot Summary:
The heroes in The Black Godfather are members of an African-American criminal organization. Like Brando in The Godfather, they're not averse to robbery and murder, but they do draw the line at narcotics. When the Mafia infiltrates the 'hood with dangerous drugs, the Black Godfather (Rod Perry) orders his minions to put an end to this perfidy.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 555
Genere: Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cult film
Similar in 79%
Crazy Six (1997)
Plot Summary:
In a crumbling Europe, powerful mafia families have emerged from the anarchy to vie for control of the lucrative arms trade.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Slovakia, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic, independent film, futuristic
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The Organization (1971)
Plot Summary:
After a group of young revolutionaries break into a company's corporate headquarters and steal $5,000,000 worth of heroin to keep it off the street, they call on San Francisco Police Lieutenant Virgil Tibbs for assistance.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: neo noir, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, suspense, black cinema
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Walking Tall (2004)
Plot Summary:
A former U.S. soldier returns to his hometown to find it overrun by crime and corruption, which prompts him to clean house.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 109000
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: intense, rough, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, serious, entertaining, action packed, humorous, suspense
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Quick (1993)
Plot Summary:
A female assassin named "Quick" is hired to bring in a Mafia accountant, who is under police protection. Double crossed by the mafia, she takes her hostage to California to retrieve $3M that he took before running. The mafia and Quick's untrustworthy boyfriend are on the trail.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 464
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: rough, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, serious, suspense, retro, independent film, psychotronic, surprise ending
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Black Gunn (1972)
Plot Summary:
A successful and popular nightclub owner who believes financial independence is the path to equality and success, must act as a go-between for militant-minded brother and the white gang syndicate his brother has attacked and robbed. Their involvements lead to a breathless race course chase, the destruction of a dopepusher and a violent waterfront climax.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 835
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: independent film, neo noir, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, poliziottesco
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Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987)
Plot Summary:
After the death of his girlfriend's daughter from a drug overdose, Paul Kersey (Charles Bronson) takes on the local drug cartel.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: cult classic, detective, neo noir, grindhouse, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast
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Foxy Brown (1974)
Plot Summary:
A voluptuous black woman takes a job as a high-class prostitute in order to get revenge on the mobsters who murdered her boyfriend.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, cult classic, hood, sexy, neo noir, thought provoking, slasher, psychotronic, multicultural, anime
Similar in 76%
Shaft (1971)
Plot Summary:
Cool black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, stylized, tense, harsh, neo noir, serious, suspenseful, hood, realistic, cult classic
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Coffy (1973)
Plot Summary:
After her younger sister gets involved in drugs and is severely injured by contaminated heroin, a nurse sets out on a mission of vengeance and vigilante justice, killing drug dealers, pimps, and mobsters who cross her path.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, cult classic, hood, sexy, neo noir, erotic, slasher, psychotronic, period piece, sexual
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El Coyote (2019)
Plot Summary:
The Italian mafia takes on the Mexican cartel on the Mexican border. The cartel has captured the son of an ex-mobster in witness protection. He calls on his mob buddies to come to Arizona to help him.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 159
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative
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Lethal Weapon (1987)
Plot Summary:
Veteran buttoned-down LAPD detective Roger Murtaugh is partnered with unhinged cop Martin Riggs, who -- distraught after his wife's death -- has a death wish and takes unnecessary risks with criminals at every turn. The odd couple embark on their first homicide investigation as partners, involving a young woman known to Murtaugh with ties to a drug and prostitution ring.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 272000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, suspense, exciting, humorous, entertaining, action packed, tense, detective, action comedy, saga