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Plot Summary:
The winner of the 1995 Jerusalem Film Festival, this political thriller centers on a young hero who returns to Israel from Berlin to ostensibly attend the funeral of his father, a convicted Russian spy. Instead he learns that the death was a ruse and that he is to be the bait in an elaborate scheme to catch his father, who has just escaped from prison. When the son learns the truth, he enters the desert to search for his father. He is assisted by a beautiful young actress. They are constantly followed by a pair of determined cops.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 49
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Israel
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: road movie
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Welcome Aboard! (1990)
Plot Summary:
A philosophizing uninvited hitchhiker terrorizes a writer, who's selling dictionaries while he's struggling with writer's block.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 120
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: neo noir
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Trouble on Wheels (2015)
Plot Summary:
After the death of his wife and father, Kudret, who has always lived by the book, decides to go on a road trip to save a girl.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: road movie
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Next Stop Paradise (1998)
Plot Summary:
The level of disinterest in personal affairs has become so cynical in Bucharest that people cheer even an inept army and police manhunt. Meanwhile, Mitu and Elena get to know each other in the course of a vodka drinking contest and discover that they are both dissatisfied with the status quo. Mitu is about to begin military service and Elena is to be married to a man she does not love. They decide they are meant for each other and plan on a different future, one that is on a collision course with the authorities, and start a mad affair.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Romania, Italy
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: iconic
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Every Second (1991)
Plot Summary:
Chandu is a petty thief who comes across Satya, an innocent girl who unwittingly comes across a way to a huge amount of money stolen from a bank. While the gang that robbed the bank go after her for the clue, one member dies in her apartment and she believes she's the one that killed him. Every one including the original gang that robbed the bank, the police and now Chandu and Satya go after the money.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 158 min
Plot tags: cult classic, poliziottesco, road movie, cult film
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The Dog Who Loved Trains (1977)
Plot Summary:
A fugitive girl, a stuntman and a young man who lost his dog quite some time before, are joining together on a trip to reach each of their own destination. A youngster gets emotionally connected to the girl, and he'd try to help her to leave the bossy stuntman, to get false passport and escape to Paris.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 549
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags:
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Angry (2010)
Plot Summary:
When Realtor Sandra visits a foreclosed property with her client, the former owner Danny attacks them.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 100
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Sweden, China, UK
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: independent film, detective
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Tail Lights Fade (1999)
Plot Summary:
A young woman (Tanya Allen) relay races across Canada with her boyfriend (Breckin Meyer) and another couple (Jake Busey and Denise Richards) to bail her brother out of a marijuana charge.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 849
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: erotic, political thriller, independent film, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious
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Ruckus (1980)
Plot Summary:
Madoc County is a quiet and peaceful place until vagrant Kyle Hanson arrives. The people of Madoc County are repelled by his appearance and want to chase him out of the city. Unfortunately for them, Kyle Hanson is a former Vietnam elite soldier and he uses his skills to fight back.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 786
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Kodi (2016)
Plot Summary:
A young politician finds himself in a position where he has to contest against his girlfriend, who is ambitious. Circumstances force his look-alike twin to also get involved in this political battle.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 145 min
Plot tags: political thriller, political
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Fay Grim (2006)
Plot Summary:
Many years after her notorious husband, Henry Fool, fled after killing a neighbor, Fay Grim receives a visit from CIA agent Fulbright, who tells her that Henry is dead, but that some of his journals have been unearthed in France. She sets forth on a globe-trotting odyssey that soon leads to the discovery that he is alive, and his journals are more than they appear to be.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, France
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: captivating, tense, suspense, disturbing, dark comedy, clever, offbeat, humorous, realistic, suspenseful
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Confidential Assignment (2017)
Plot Summary:
When a crime organization from North Korea crosses borders and enters South Korean soil, a South Korean detective must cooperate with a North Korean detective to investigate their whereabouts.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: tense, atmospheric, disturbing, intense, semi serious, detective
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Christian Brothers (2011)
Plot Summary:
When the daughter of a minister gets kidnapped, Christy is called upon to rescue her. Although he manages to save her, he himself gets embroiled in the kidnapper's murder.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 920
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration:
Plot tags: suspense, tense, unusual plot structure, captivating, contemplative
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Legacy of Lies (2020)
Plot Summary:
An ex-MI6 agent is thrown back into the world of espionage and high stakes to uncover the shocking truth about operations conducted by unknown secret services.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: Netherlands, UK, Poland, Ukraine, USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: serious, emotional, realistic, suspenseful, harsh, exciting, action thriller
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Golden Slumber (2010)
Plot Summary:
When easy-going Aoyagi meets an old friend for a fishing trip, he ends up drugged, framed for the Prime Minister's assassination, and on the run from corrupt cops. It's only the beginning of what quickly becomes the worst, weirdest day of his life. But he'll get by with a little help from his friends, who include a famous pop diva, a rockabilly deliveryman, a crippled old gangster, and the world's most cheerful serial killer.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 139 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic, fast
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Tel Aviv Stories (1992)
Plot Summary:
Three stories about three women: one is trying to find the right guy; one is trying to get a divorce from her runaway husband so she takes hostages; one turns Tel Aviv upside down in order to save a kitten trapped in a storm drain.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 101
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Israel
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: anthology
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Kachche Dhaage (1999)
Plot Summary:
Aftab has been brought up his mother, Mariam, and has no knowledge as to the identity and whereabouts of his biological father. When Mariam gets news that Ramakant Pandit is dying, she asks.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 144 min
Plot tags: cult classic, cult film
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Burn Burn Burn (2015)
Plot Summary:
Following the death of their friend, two girls in their late twenties embark on a road trip to spread his ashes. Seph and Alex take turns driving. Dan is in the glove compartment, in tupperware, decreasing in volume as the trip progresses.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: road movie, humorous, exciting, light, captivating
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Convoy (1978)
Plot Summary:
Truckers form a mile long "convoy" in support of a trucker's vendetta with an abusive sheriff...Based on the country song of same title by C.W. McCall.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: road movie, surprise ending, exciting, feel good, humorous, semi serious, psychotronic, black comedy, dark comedy, light
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Runaway Car (1997)
Plot Summary:
A nurse apprentice, who had a bad day at work, meets a computer programmer at a car garage. The man is urged to go somewhere, but his car is not ready yet, so the nurse offers him a ride. Before leaving the man, they pick up the nurse's baby nephew. Once on the street, they almost run over a young man. Not knowing if he is hurt, they pick up the man too. But the worst luck begins when the car brakes break down.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: road movie, exciting, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film, fast
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Deep Dark Canyon (2013)
Plot Summary:
Bloom Towne is a small-town sheriff under the thumb of the well-established, deeply influential Mayor Dick Cavanaugh's family. When Bloom's two teenage sons, Nate and Skylar accidentally shoot and kill Dick during a deer-hunt, Bloom's long-held allegiance to the reigning Cavanaugh clan is tested. Skylar (still a minor) decides to take the wrap for his older brother Nate, claiming he fired the fatal shot. The Cavanaugh family's quick retaliation sends Skylar on his way to county jail, soon to be tried as an adult. Desperate and guilt-ridden, Nate breaks Skylar out of jail and sets off a chain of lawless acts, which send them deep into the woods and on the run. Bloom's choice between the law and his sons leads to revelations of old family secrets that threaten to destroy everything he loves.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, serious, realistic, independent film
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Carquake! (1976)
Plot Summary:
Coy "Cannonball" Buckman (David Carradine) and his blazing red Pontiac enter the Trans-America Grand Prix, an underground road race spanning the continent in which there are no rules, no speed limits and no heed for the law. En route, Buckman jockeys with an international ensemble of racers for a $100,000 purse. But there are none more important than Cade Redman (Bill McKinney), his direct competition for a guaranteed spot on the elite Modern Motors racing team.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: road movie, cult classic, humorous, psychotronic, independent film, exciting, realistic, semi serious, fast, poliziottesco
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A Girl, Three Guys, and a Gun (2000)
Plot Summary:
Three smalltown friends looking to leave their troubles behind come up with a robbery scheme to fund their trip to the big city. But as their plan goes awry and the authorities become involved, they are left with no other alternative but to take hostage a pair of traveling young lovebirds, with no shortage of problems of their own.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 263
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, semi serious, independent film, cult film
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Betrayal (2003)
Plot Summary:
When one of her hits goes wrong, a professional assassin ends up with a suitcase full of a million dollars belonging to a mob boss.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, rough, realistic, serious, spoof, parody
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1-900 (1996)
Plot Summary:
The police become involved when the callers to a 1-900 number begin turning up dead after a visit from the beautiful operator.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 39
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: erotic
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The Sell Out (1976)
Plot Summary:
This action drama centers on a former CIA operative who grudgingly rejoins the spy game due to the machinations of his one-time student - a screw up who goes to work for the Soviets. As his job drags him deeper into a dangerous and under-handed world, the student wants out of the agency and oout of the U.S.S.R. But the man's choices have made him a target and now both the United States and Russia want him dead, sending their mos able hit men to do it.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 619
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy, Israel
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: suspense, poliziottesco
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Nina's Tragedies (2003)
Plot Summary:
The taboo relationship between young Nadav and his Aunt Nina transcends definition on its way to odd highs and lows.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 801
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: touching, sentimental, realistic, sweet, witty, semi serious, crying
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Mahaan (2022)
Plot Summary:
A man's family leaves him when he strays from the path of ideological living in his search for personal freedom. However, as he realizes his ambitions, he also misses the presence of his son in his life. Having fulfilled his dream of becoming a billionaire, does life give him a second chance to be a father?.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 163 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, cult classic, independent film, epic, masterpiece, cult film
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Scorpio (1973)
Plot Summary:
Cross is an old hand at the CIA, in charge of assassinating high-ranking foreign personalities who are an obstacle to the policies of the USA. He often teams up with Frenchman Jean Laurier, alias "Scorpio", a gifted free-lance operative. One day, the CIA orders Scorpio to eliminate Cross -- and leaves him no choice but to obey. Scorpio is cold-blooded and very systematic; however, as a veteran agent, Cross knows many tricks. He can also rely upon a network of unusual personal contacts, some dating back to the troubled years preceding WWII. A lethal game of hide-and-seek is programmed, but what are the true motives of every single player?.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: neo noir, political thriller, cult classic, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, suspense, tragic ending, detective
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The Hard Word (2002)
Plot Summary:
Three fraternal bank robbers languishing in jail, discover a profitable (if not dodgy) way to spend their time. Crime can most certainly pay, if you "know wot I mean?" However when sex and greed rear-up between the good crims and the bad cops, the consequences are both bizarre and fatal.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: suspense, stylized, tense, suspenseful, cynical, cult classic, clever, exciting, serious, realistic
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The Marksman (2021)
Plot Summary:
Jim Hanson’s quiet life is suddenly disturbed by two people crossing the US/Mexico border – a woman and her young son – desperate to flee a Mexican cartel. After a shootout leaves the mother dead, Jim becomes the boy’s reluctant defender. He embraces his role as Miguel’s protector and will stop at nothing to get him to safety, as they go on the run from the relentless assassins.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 42000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: suspense, road movie, suspenseful, psychological, exciting, tense, disturbing, bloody, entertaining, anamorphic