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Plot Summary:
Gang-cheol is a legendary street fighter in Busan who cleaned up his act to care for his sick mother. Knowing he's desperate for money for his mother's operation, Sang-gon proposes that Gang-cheol works for him.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 332
Genere: Action, Drama, Family
Country: South Korea
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Street (2015)
Plot Summary:
Remo Street is a young fighter who comes from a world where nothing is easy, so when he is faced with the opportunity to train with a world class coach, he has to choose between the long hard road to honor and glory, or succumbing to a brutal future as a cage fighter for the Russian Mafia.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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22 Chaser (2018)
Plot Summary:
One of the city's last decent tow truck drivers risks everything on a desperate quest to become king of the road and provide for his struggling family.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 511
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, action adventure
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Break Even (2020)
Plot Summary:
Four adventurous friends find 50M in cash at a remote island only to discover it was left by the DEA for the Cartel in a rogue deal.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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High & Low: The Movie 2 - End of Sky (2017)
Plot Summary:
Members of SWORD win against Wangan Rengogun, which is led by Kohaku (Akira). The city becomes peaceful again. Nevertheless, the most brutal gangs, Doubt and Prison Gang, appear. They try to dominate the area controlled by SWORD.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 556
Genere: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Crook: It's Good to Be Bad (2010)
Plot Summary:
Jai Dixit sells pirated DVDs and is caught by his uncle Joseph. His uncle changes his personality and name to Suraj Bhardwaj and sends him to Australia. At the airport he meets Romi Latti, a student on a scholarship to Univeristy College. He also meets Suhani who comes to pick Romi up. He impersonates Romi as he is attracted to Suhani. When she finds the truth he runs away. One day while talking to his uncle at grocery store he finds few Australians attacking the owner because he is a Muslim. Suraj finds the gun and holds the attackers at gunpoint. When the police arrive, he remembers his uncles advise and runs again. He meets Nicole, sister of the attackers, who works in a strip club. When times comes to decide between Suhani and Nicole, he chooses Suhani. Later Suhani's brother Samarth kidnaps Nicole, when Suraj goes to save her he is accidentally shot by Samarth. Romi attacks Samarth and kills him. The movie ends with Suhani and Suraj getting back together.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, disturbing, light
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On the Ropes (2018)
Plot Summary:
Following the sudden death of their father, two brothers realize the greatest threat to their criminal empire might just be each other. A no-holds-barred battle for power ensues that threatens to destroy everything their old man built.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 203
Genere: Action
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense
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Rupinder Gandhi the Gangster..? (2015)
Plot Summary:
With the local police force unwilling to deal with crime, a college student and his gang take it upon themselves to mete out justice in their own way.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 119
Genere: Action
Country: India
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense
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At Stake (2017)
Plot Summary:
Four brothers Ibra, Elzan, Amar, and Ical attempting to collect money for their father's medical bills. Always in stalemate, the brothers eventually took a very reckless decision.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 196
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, disturbing
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The Swindlers (2017)
Plot Summary:
A group of swindlers unite to hunt down an infamous con man who was known dead, amid their hidden motives and deception.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, disturbing, twisted
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Nitro (2007)
Plot Summary:
Max leads a good life with Alice and their son Théo; that is until Alice is threatened with death while waiting for a heart transplant. Max promises Théo that he will save Alice, but to keep his word he must find a heart, and fast. Since time is running out and he must find a solution, Max decides to reconnect with his troubled past. His decision will change his life in ways he could never imagine.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, road movie, rough, bleak, serious, realistic
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Kammatipaadam (2016)
Plot Summary:
Krishnan, who has been living away from his family and friends in Mumbai, gets a call from his friend Ganga in Kerala, out of the blue. He senses danger, and leaves for Kammattipadam, where both of them grew up.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 177 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, tense, captivating, disturbing
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The Honored Priest: Confession of a Samurai (2015)
Plot Summary:
An Orthodox priest, Father Nikolay, the brother of a Yakuza boss, is drawn into in a mob war in Japan. He escapes to the small Russian village of Glubokoe, where he finds that war has found him again.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 363
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, disturbing, smart, crime drama
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Strike One (2014)
Plot Summary:
Juan Garcia is a boy on the threshold of manhood living in a gang-controlled neighborhood. His role models could not be further apart: his older sister Angie, a single mom, struggling to gain a foothold in the white corporate world and his uncle Manny, an ex-gang member, who has fallen into an acting career playing gang bangers since his release from prison. With the future on his doorstep, Juan, like most boys, can only think of girls and is unaware of the judicial system's hard line stance against gang affiliation.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 317
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Yogi (2007)
Plot Summary:
Eeshwar Chandra Prasad (Prabhas) is the son of Ram Murthy (Chalapathi Rao) and Shantamma (Sharada Urvashi). Ram Murthy wants his son to do some job. However, Shantamma pampers Eeshwar very much and hence he doesn't want to leave the village. Ram Murthy dies and in order to fulfil his last wish, Eeshwar goes to the city to earn money on the advice of his friend Basha (Ali), who was a pickpocket. Eeshwar could not meet Basha. On the other hand Kotaiah (Kota Srinivasa Rao) runs big land mafia in Hyderabad city and a bitter rival of Narsing Pahilwan (Pradeep Rawat). Saidulu (Subbaraju) is Narsing's brother. Once Saidulu hacks Kotaiah and his assistant, when Eeshwar accidentally saves him. Eeshwar gets a job in a tea stall run by Chandranna (Chandra Mohan). He earns good money and purchases two gold bangles for his mother and plans to leave the city.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 723
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 155 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Malik (2021)
Plot Summary:
A past ridden with crime, death and pain is recounted to Freddy, a juvenile criminal, who has been assigned to eliminate his estranged uncle Sulaiman, an aging patriarch, while behind bars.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 162 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, surprise ending, twist ending
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Aaraattu (2022)
Plot Summary:
Goparajan / Gopan, a native of Neyyattinkara and a real estate tycoon buys a large piece of land in Chittur for a construction purpose, but on his arrival, he learns that the residents are forcefully and unlawfully evicted from their properties by an Andhra based real estate mafia using illegal land acquisition rules with support from the local authorities and government officials.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 167 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing
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Limbo (2020)
Plot Summary:
When Ana, a young compliance manager, discovers unusually high bills among her company's records, she can't imagine what an avalanche her research will set off. Not only does she cross paths with an aging small-time crook and a Viennese Mafia lord at an illegal bare-knuckle fight, she also runs into Carsten, an undercover investigator. He has long been on the trail of a network of money launderers and now faces a difficult decision — since he knows Ana all too well.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 238
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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High & Low: The Story of S.W.O.R.D. (2015)
Plot Summary:
A town once dominated by Mugen has been split into 5 districts dominated by S.W.O.R.D., the 5 gangs: Sannoh Rengokai, White Rascals, Oya Kohkoh, Rude Boys and Daruma Ikka. Mugen's grip on the town ended after the legendary Amamiya Brothers refused to submit to their will. The 5 gangs fight for their pride and glory, but the mysterious Mighty Warriors appear.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 361
Genere: Action
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Milan Palermo - The Return (2007)
Plot Summary:
After 11 years in prison, Mafia accountant Turi Arcangelo Leofonte can return to freedom.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 278
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing, poliziottesco
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Fatal Blade (2000)
Plot Summary:
East meets West as the Japanese Yakuza battle drug lords and the LAPD in the streets of Los Angeles.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 280
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: tense, exciting, captivating, suspense, crime drama
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Outrage Coda (2017)
Plot Summary:
Ôtomo gets involved with new Yakuza battles after he comes back the Yakuza society.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, neo noir, hood
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Rise of the Footsoldier: Origins (2021)
Plot Summary:
A brutal account of how real-life, hard-as-nails Falklands War veteran Tony Tucker came to be involved in one of the most notorious gangland murders in British history.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, dark
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Boone: The Bounty Hunter (2017)
Plot Summary:
When fame-seeking reality show bounty hunter, Boone, attempts to bring down a drug lord and his empire, he uncovers more than he bargains for and learns that justice means more than ratings.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Rise of the Footsoldier 3: The Pat Tate Story (2017)
Plot Summary:
Notorious gangster, Pat Tate, rises through the ranks of Essex's criminal underworld. A prequel to the 'Rise of the Footsoldier' franchise.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Boon (2022)
Plot Summary:
Mercenary Nick Boon is trying to atone for his life as an enforcer for a ruthless syndicate. Running from his past, Boon moves to a remote area in the pacific northwest where he meets a struggling widow and her son. When he finds the pair living in fear of a criminal kingpin, Boon realizes the only way to protect them is to do what he does best: kill.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Hot Blooded (2022)
Plot Summary:
Kuam is a shabby port town in the shadow of stunning port city of Busan. Hee-su is a third-rate gangster who has been acting like a hotel manager under Don Son for 20 years. Seemingly out of nowhere, Yong-kang, who fled the country as a murder suspect, returns home and begins causing trouble all over town, which only adds pressure to Hee-su.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 326
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, disturbing
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Vatos Locos (2011)
Plot Summary:
Thriller - Two Chicano brothers, Estaban and Raul grow up hard on the streets of Los Angeles. Their papa gets executed for a drug deal gone bad when only seven years old. Half Irish, half Mexican gangster named Mickey Solis takes the two boys in and brings them up as lieutenants in his family business. - Damian Chapa, Gabriel Tang, Ricco Chapa.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 224
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing, independent film
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South Wind 2: Speed Up (2021)
Plot Summary:
Nenad, Maras his little brother, wants to follow the ilegal footsteps of his brother and now Maras and Baca have to free him from the clutches of the bad guys.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Serbia
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Syndicate Smasher (2017)
Plot Summary:
A group of mercenaries hired as contract killers are hunted down by the Mafia, the Yakuza, the Russian Mob, and the Tongs all at once.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 584
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Last of the Wolves (2021)
Plot Summary:
After Shogo Ogami’s death in Hiroshima, Detective Shuichi Hioka successfully implemented Shogo Ogami’s plan, which was to control the yakuza to prevent further gang wars and save innocent people from getting harmed. Shuichi Hioka manages the criminal organizations, but, due to one evil person who gets released from prison, the situation drastically changes.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 790
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 139 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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