Best movies like To Make a Killing
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Plot Summary:
Damon Kennedy (Tamblyn Lord, The River Kings) is an impressionable young man ready to begin university life.On the other side of the tracks live Terry (Craig Pearce, co-author of Strictly Ballroom), Felix (John Godden) and Benny (Kelly Dingwall) - who get their kicks out of robbing houses and chasing girls. But they're broke and all out of cash. During a routine burglary the gang discover an innocent Damon. Brushing off the intrusion and pretending they are looking for some mates, the gang flee the scene but bored Damon follows them and joins their group for the day, hoping to find some fun.When the gang picks up two girls, things become unhinged as a drunk Damon brags about some of his family's many affluent friends. Forced to take them to one of his cash-rich contacts, Damon's nightmare has only just begun. As Terry discovers that the wealthy don't always carry cash, what starts as a burglary soon turns into a killing spree.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 124
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: slasher, independent film
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Plot Summary:
A shy young man attempts to buy ice cream for his girlfriend when faced by two of the town's worst bullies. This is the beginning of a day he will never forget.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 27
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: cult film
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Plot Summary:
After his family is brutally murdered for an unknown reason, a computer engineer sets out to find those responsible.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 658
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: neo noir, independent film, poliziottesco
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Plot Summary:
Mario consigns his girlfriend Licia to a whorehouse for an evening in order to get the photographic goods to blackmail her father with. To get her out of the way, Licia is then consigned to a mental hospital by her father.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 437
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: slasher, poliziottesco, beautiful
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Plot Summary:
A blind professor is accused by the police of killing his neighbor and must clear his name by finding the murderer.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 156
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 86 min
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Plot Summary:
Züli Aladag's critically acclaimed, but controversial movie deals with the conflict of Can, son of Turkish immigrants, and the Laubs, a supposedly liberal middle class family. Simon Laub, professor of literature, and his wife Christa, real estate agent, live with their son Felix in a safe and quiet Berlin district. However, Felix gets in trouble with Can, son of a Turkish greengrocer, who starts to tyrannize the family. As he is annoyed by the boy's attacks, Simon -despite his political correct attitude- humiliates Can, which starts a vicious circle of anger and violence.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 764
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min
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Plot Summary:
Ethan is a young man searching for meaning in life and he thinks he has found what he is looking for in the new girl, Sasha. But Sasha has a dark side that will be his undoing.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 38
Genere: Drama, Thriller
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Directed by Samir Seif.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 481
Genere: Drama, Thriller
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Duration:
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Days of Wrath (2013)
Plot Summary:
Back in his high school days, Joon-Seok (Joo Sang-Wook) was bullied by Chang-Sik (Yang Dong-Geun). Because of this, Joon-Seok's high school days were like a nightmare. Now, Joon-Seok finds it difficult to live a normal life due to the bullying. Meanwhile, Chang-Sik, who has forgotten what he did to Jeon-Seok, lives a relatively happy life. He is about to marry Ji-Hee (Lee Tae-Im). Joon-Seok will pay him back for all the misery.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 208
Genere: Drama, Thriller
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Duration: 103 min
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Plot Summary:
A traumatized nurse plots revenge against a catatonic businessman, whom she blames for the death of her family, by integrated herself as his personal nurse and plots revenge by killing off his family members one by one.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 678
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: slasher, independent film, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 215
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Plot Summary:
A teenage gang led by the vicious Dexter; his girlfriend Mitzi; and friends Denny and Lummonx; create havoic in a small Florida town by harrassing various people, vandalizing property, well... just for the hell of it. When a former gang member, Doug, tries to prevent their ever increasing violent antics, Denny takes it upon himself and a few loyal members of the gang to target Doug's girlfriend, Jeanne, to make him back off.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 511
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
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Lady Stay Dead (1981)
Plot Summary:
Millionairess actress-singer Marie Coleby (Deborah Couls) lives in a luxurious villa on a deserted beach. One afternoon following a TV commercial shoot at the villa she incites gardener Gordon Mason (Chard Hayward) to mayhem and murder. The unexpected arrival of Marie's sister Jenny Nolan (Louise Howitt) hinders Mason's attempts to dispose of the body. He then decides to kill Jenny. But she is equally determined to stay alive ... so begins a battle of wits. Jenny's salvation seems at hand when two security men arrive at the villa, but only one, Officer Collings (Roger Ward) survives the initial siege. Then Jenny is alone to face Mason for the final time.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 494
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 95 min
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Vengeance (1980)
Plot Summary:
Four hoodlums break into a jeweller's house and brutally murder him, his wife and daughter. On the run they kidnap Jenny, a Senator's grand daughter and her boyfriend, but discover that the two will not be taken easily. In the melee that follows, the gang are blown away one by one, until the final vengeful confrontation between Jenny and the remaining gang member.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 121
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, slasher
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Plot Summary:
A young gymnast battles a group of bank robbers at the home of her boyfriend.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, South Africa
Duration: 80 min
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Restraint (2008)
Plot Summary:
Two fugitives land in hot water when they take a hostage who poses a threat to their well-being.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
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Pimped (2018)
Plot Summary:
Over the course of one night, Sarah meets the handsome, captivating and smooth talking Lewis, who aims to be the bait in a sick sexual trap set up by himself and his low-life, rich kid housemate Kenneth. When their ruse backfires, Lewis and Sarah are forced into an unlikely alliance with deadly consequences.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 895
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min
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Bonded by Blood 2 (2017)
Plot Summary:
In the shadow of the Range Rover murders, drugs, violence and revenge continue to reign in a criminal underworld even darker and deadlier than before as a new generation of Essex Boys begin to carve their bloody mark.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
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Country: UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, suspense, disturbing
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IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 267
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Country: Italy, France
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IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 6000
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Country: Spain, Mexico
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 97 min
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IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 78
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IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
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Country: Brazil, Chile
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IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 720
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Country: USA
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Intruders (2015)
Plot Summary:
Anna suffers from agoraphobia so crippling that when a trio of criminals break into her house, she cannot bring herself to flee. But what the intruders don't realize is that agoraphobia is not her only psychosis.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
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Bad Influence (1990)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
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Victimized (2014)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 50
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
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Plot Summary:
A teenage boy is sent to a juvenile reform facility in the wilderness. As we learn about the tragic events that sent him there, his struggle becomes one for survival with the inmates, counselors, and the retired war colonel in charge.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
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Bad Girl (2016)
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Bad girl Amy, 17, is given one last chance by her adoptive parents, who think Amy's friendship with local girl Chloe is a step in the right direction. But when Amy discovers Chloe's secret she finds herself fighting for her life, and for the future of the family she herself tried to destroy.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 836
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Country: Australia
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Parasite (2019)
Plot Summary:
All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 910000
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Nocturnal Animals (2016)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 298000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, China
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