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Plot Summary:
Gorgeous blonde assassin Samantha Fox accepts a contract to liquidate a quintet of gangsters in the Philippines. Problems ensue when she falls in love with the Manila detective investigating the killings.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 331
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, detective, independent film
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Fly Me (1973)
Plot Summary:
Stewardesses battle kung fu killers.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 262
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, sexy, sex comedy, independent film, hot
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The Naked Seven (1972)
Plot Summary:
Scantily clad female warriors battle thieves to save a small village. Director Yasuharu Hasebe crossed the Seven Samurai legends of Shichinin No Samurai with his own popular Naraneko Rokku series and dressed it up with some of the most popular softcore pinup queens of the day.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 143
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags:
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Cover Girl Models (1975)
Plot Summary:
A fashion photography assignment teams three American models and inadvertently pitches them into the mystery and danger of international espionage, when an invaluable roll of microfilm secreted into one of the girls' fashion gowns, draws them into the violence and intrigue of a spy-vs-counterspy conspiracy.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 284
Genere: Thriller
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film
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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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Death Machines (1976)
Plot Summary:
An evil Oriental Dragon Lady injects three martial arts fighters with a serum that turns them into zombie-like assassins, and she sends them out against her enemies.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 658
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: cult classic, cult film
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Silk 2 (1989)
Plot Summary:
Silk, the smoothest, toughest, and sexiest cop in Honolulu is hot on the trail of ruthless art smugglers who are after a priceless Asian Scroll. Silk will stop at nothing to get her man, even if it means blowing up an entire building.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 235
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Seven (1979)
Plot Summary:
A government agent discovers a plot by a cartel of seven gangsters to take over the state of Hawaii. He hires a team of seven hitmen to stop them.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 868
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film, cult film
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Mr. No Legs (1978)
Plot Summary:
Meet Mr. No Legs! Deadly professional hit-man for a drug syndicate... and a limbless cripple! With his cool wheelchair, armed with shotguns and shurikens, and his amazing kung fu skills he means trouble for everyone he confronts, even his own boss! Things get ugly when a unlucky drug dealer kills his girl by an accident, especially because the girl's brother is a cop! And No Legs apparently have his own plans how to take over the whole business.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 554
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: experimental, grindhouse, action adventure, psychotronic, independent film, poliziottesco
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Black Dragon's Revenge (1975)
Plot Summary:
Three rival gangs embark on a search for Bruce Lee's handwritten "finger fighting " manual.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 148
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Mean Mother (1973)
Plot Summary:
Two Vietnam deserters go their separate ways, become criminals and are eventually reunited.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 442
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, Spain, USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film
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The Woman Hunt (1972)
Plot Summary:
A foreign correspondent is kidnapped and used for human prey.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 195
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Death Journey (1976)
Plot Summary:
Fearful that their star witness might be murdered, two attorneys hire a protector to bring him from Los Angeles to New York. Jesse Crowder (Fred Williamson) is a no-nonsense tough guy. He buddies up with the witness, an accountant, and they hit the road. Outwitting their foes means taking all manner of conveyance, including automobile, train, and airplane.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 306
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film, detective
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Kung Fu Executioner (1981)
Plot Summary:
Li, a martial artist, returns home to find out that his father is being harassed by a crime syndicate. Together with an American kung fu champion he vows revenge when the syndicate kills his father.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 75
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, grindhouse
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A Place Called Today (1972)
Plot Summary:
Racial tensions arise when a black lawyer runs for mayor of a racially divided town.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 76
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: political, grindhouse, independent film
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Bury Me an Angel (1971)
Plot Summary:
Biker film told from the woman's point of view. The heroine sets out on the road to avenge her brother's murder, toting a shotgun and meaning business.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 297
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, psychotronic, road movie, independent film
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Dangerous Prey (1995)
Plot Summary:
On a trip to Europe, a woman gets abducted and soon finds herself in a training facility for female mercenaries.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 306
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, Czech Republic
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Firecracker (1981)
Plot Summary:
Femme fatale martial arts expert teaches the mafia a lesson.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 811
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, cult classic, psychological, retro, sexy, action adventure, independent film, cult film
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Savage! (1973)
Plot Summary:
Low-budget adventure starring former baseball star James Iglehart as Savage, who is kidnapped by South American rebels. After a time, he sees their position and is joined by a female commando squad in battling the repressive government officials.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 163
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: independent film, grindhouse, black cinema
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Dynamite Brothers (1974)
Plot Summary:
Young black man teams up with a Chinese kung-fu expert to fight a drug ring.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 559
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, independent film, rough, realistic, semi serious
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Terminal Island (1973)
Plot Summary:
In the wake of a Supreme Court decision to outlaw the death penalty, California passes an initiative that designates San Bruno island as a dumping spot for first-degree murder convicts, free to do what they like except leave. The main camp of convicts is controlled by the tyrannical Bobby, who rules with an iron hand, and the women are used as sex slaves. A.J. and a group of more free-minded murderers have escaped and gone into hiding. When A.J. and his men liberate the women from Bobby's custody, tensions mount to an all-out confrontation for control of the island.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: independent film, grindhouse, action thriller, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychotronic
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The Abductors (1972)
Plot Summary:
Someone is stealing cheerleaders and other pretty girls and selling them to the highest bidder. Female super sexy spy Ginger is soon employed to investigate the disappearances. She does so by going undercover with a fellow agent and doing whatever is necessary to put an end to the operation and take down the leaders.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 479
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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Scum of the Earth (1963)
Plot Summary:
A naive and innocent teenage girl is blackmailed into modeling in the nude for a photographer who is in league with a teenage gang whose boss illegally sells photos of teenage girls being abused and degraded.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 835
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, suspense, stylized, psychotronic, independent film, sexploitation film, cult film
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Ginger (1971)
Plot Summary:
The police suspect that a drug and forced-prostitution ring is behind the recent spate of kidnappings and disappearances, but so far they've been unable to infiltrate the suspects gang. To break the case, they recruit Ginger, a young woman from an upper-class family to act as bait for the kidnappers and hopefully lead the police to their hideout. It may sound like a foolproof plan to the police, but Ginger's the one who has to risk it all.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 636
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: erotic, grindhouse, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexual, independent film, sexy
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The Savage Seven (1968)
Plot Summary:
Biker gang leader Kisum (Adam Roarke) loves waitress Marcia Little Hawk (Joanna Frank). Her brother Johnnie Little Hawk (Robert Walker, Jr.), the leader of a group of American Indians disapproves. At various times these two groups are adversaries and allies. The two groups join forces but crooked businessmen scheme to have them at each other's throats again. The theme song "Anyone for Tennis" is by Cream. The Iron Butterfly are heard playing their classic "Iron Butterfly Theme." Producer Dick Clark and director Richard Rush made "Psych-Out" earlier in the year.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 422
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, psychotronic, independent film
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Angelfist (1993)
Plot Summary:
An assassination in the Philippines is caught on film by kickboxer Christy, which leads to her death at the hands of radicals intent on disrupting peace talks. Her sister Kat, a Los Angeles police officer, comes to Manila to try and bring justice to the people responsible. She enters the kickboxing tournament in order to get closer to the nefarious agents, and begins unravelling the twisted plan while narrowly evading the wrath of the Death Brigades.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 448
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: erotic, psychotronic, independent film, remake of cult film, cult film
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Girls Are for Loving (1973)
Plot Summary:
Two women who like control face each other in a battle over jealousy and weaknesses. The US is about to sign a trade treaty with an Asian country; in exchange for friendly relations, the US will loan the Asians money to purchase US goods under contract. Evil siren Ronnie St. Clair tries various ways to find out which US companies will get these contracts, so that she can do some inside trading to make money on the stock market. The CIA hires gun-carrying, man-eating chanteuse and stripper, Ginger MacAllister, to put a stop to Miss St. Clair’s plan. Ginger and her CIA contact, Clay Boyer, an African-American, are attracted to each other. Will they live to ignite this spark?.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 254
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, erotic, rough, sexy, serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexual, independent film
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Slaughter's Big Rip-Off (1973)
Plot Summary:
Vigilante Slaughter comes under attack from Duncan, a local money launderer whose hit-man traps Slaughter in a car at a cliff, but Slaughter escapes, arms himself, and goes after Duncan's hideout.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 586
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, black cinema
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Diary of a Rape (1971)
Plot Summary:
Young Lena is trapped in a complex situation of sex and lies.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 851
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, art house, sensual, suspense, erotic
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Savage Sisters (1974)
Plot Summary:
A corrupt General plans on smuggling one million US dollars out of the Banana Republic he dominates. Local revolutionaries plan on stealing the cash but are thwarted when a bandit leader they are working with double crosses them. A tough cop and her boyfriend help two of the female revolutionaries escape from prison hoping that they will lead them to the cash, which they plan on keeping for themselves.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 449
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, political, independent film, exciting, rough, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, cult film
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The Big Doll House (1971)
Plot Summary:
Female prisoners in a Phillippine jail are being subjected to sadistic torture. Five of the women--along with the help of two men--plot an escape.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, art house, cult classic, rough, offbeat, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, psychotronic