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Plot Summary:
A typical night for veterans at a VFW turns into an all-out battle for survival when a desperate teen runs into the bar with a bag of stolen drugs. When a gang of violent punks come looking for her, the vets use every weapon at their disposal to protect the girl and themselves from an unrelenting attack.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Crime, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: slasher, splatter, psychological, bloody, experimental, mumblecore, disturbing, grindhouse, hood, dark comedy
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The Devil's Express (1976)
Plot Summary:
Warhawk Tanzania plays Luke Curtis who along with his friend Rodan (Wilfredo Roldan) takes a break from the city streets to train kung fu in China. Whilst there, Rodan steals an ancient amulet which prevents an evil spirit from leaving his tomb. The evil spirit now free, possesses somebody and lurks in the subways killing and mutilating its victims. Can kung fu master Luke Curtis right Rodan's wrong and put a stop to the killings?.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 529
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: detective, grindhouse, hood, psychotronic, independent film, weird
Similar in 88%
4/20 Massacre (2018)
Plot Summary:
A group of five women go camping in the woods to celebrate a friend's birthday over 4/20 weekend. But when they cross the turf of an illegal marijuana grow operation they must struggle to survive the living nightmare.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 774
Genere: Action, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: slasher, tense, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, horror comedy, queer horror, mumblecore
Similar in 90%
Three Tough Guys (1974)
Plot Summary:
Isaac Hayes plays as Lee in his feature film debut, as Father Charlie and himself solve a bank robbery mystery that stretches across the city. After Lee is removed from the force due to $1,000,000 being stolen from the bank Father Charlie helps him to gain revenge for the loss of one of his friends.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 377
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, crime drama, surprise ending, poliziottesco, cult film
Similar in 83%
The Zebra Force (1976)
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
Similar in 84%
Acid Bath (2006)
Plot Summary:
A crazed murderer is on the loose and he's got the local nightlife on the run. The hooker network has organized a game plan to save themselves from their unknown killer. In a conflict between the crime syndicate and a reckless bounty hunter, their fates will all be decided in a flash.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 52
Genere: Action, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: splatter
Similar in 80%
Blind Woman's Curse (1970)
Plot Summary:
Akemi is a dragon tattooed leader of the Tachibana Yakuza clan. In a duel with a rival gang Akemi slashes the eyes of an opponent and a black cat appears, to lap the blood from the gushing wound. The cat along with the eye-victim go on to pursue Akemi’s gang in revenge, leaving a trail of dead Yakuza girls, their dragon tattoos skinned from their bodies.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, slasher, disturbing, cult classic, scary, psychological, exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful
Similar in 82%
Carnage Park (2016)
Plot Summary:
Part crime caper gone awry, part survival horror film, this 1970s set thriller depicts a harrowing fight for survival after a pair of wannabe crooks botch a bank heist and flee into the desert, where they inexplicably stumble upon Carnage Park, a remote stretch of wilderness occupied by a psychotic ex-military sniper.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, brutal, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, bloody, psychological, retro, mumblecore, independent film
Similar in 82%
Amateur Porn Star Killer 2 (2008)
Plot Summary:
Shane Ryan's sequel to the disturbing Amateur Porn Star Killer is a brutal calling card to all those who were enraged by its predecessor (and there were many). Ryan is a force to be reckoned with, and he's not letting up any time soon. The victim here isn't a young girl. This one doesn't just go quietly, either. She fights back. She knows she's in trouble, but she mistakenly thinks she can get away. In other movies, she would escape and somber music would play as the credits creep up the screen. The audience would leave the theatre satisfied that the bad guy got what he deserved. They would go home feeling safe. Ryan doesn't let anyone have such notions. He shows things as they really are. This is what a killer would film. This is how it would look, and if you didn't know any better, you'd swear it was real. (And you still can't be totally sure it's not.).
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 910
Genere: Crime, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: suspense, disturbing, tense, erotic, controversial
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VS3: Infantry of Doom (1999)
Plot Summary:
Karl Jr continues his killing spree on a remote island with the help of his father and their army of metal masked mercenaries known as the Infantry Of Doom. A band of castaways are turned loose in the wilderness and hunted down, where they must fight to survive. They have moon's phase time to make across the island safely.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 863
Genere: Action, Horror
Country: Germany
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: slasher, bloody, disturbing, controversial, extreme horror, splatter, cult film
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Deadbeat at Dawn (1988)
Plot Summary:
Goose leaves the gang life behind after pleas from his girlfriend. But it isn't long before he's pulled back into the world of violence.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: independent film, bloody, disturbing, controversial, art house, hood, cult classic, cult horror, action adventure, indie film
Similar in 79%
Parasites (2016)
Plot Summary:
A group of friends get lost in the seedy streets where they encounter a crazed gang of homeless derelicts that seizes them and kills them one by one. The surviving man escapes on foot, naked and unarmed, with a pack of depraved transients in pursuit, and only seconds away from capture.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 408
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, retro
Similar in 79%
New Terminal Hotel (2010)
Plot Summary:
Don Malek (Stephen Geoffreys) isn't the usual tenant found in the skid row hotels of downtown L.A. Grief-stricken since the murder of his fiancee Katherin, the successful screenwriter-turned murderous vigilante is bent on revenge against studio head Stanley Glissberg, the man cleared of murder charges in Katherin's death. Don can't forget - and Glissberg's going to pay. Enter Don's tenacious literary agent, Ava Collins (Tiffany Shepis), who tracks him down and wants to sell his manuscript - if there is one - or cut him loose. He assures her he's holed-up in the cheap room to write, and his story's a work-in-progress. Adding to his slippery slope, Don calls in a favor from a neighbor, and in doing so, uncovers despicable abuses down the hall. Spitz (Ezra Buzzington) is a hard-drinking former Marine and paraplegic, with a penchant for hookers and a violent streak. When he demands a return of the favor, Don must choose between turning a blind eye, or quickening his own destructive spiral.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 455
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychological, rough, serious, suspense, disturbing, crime drama, independent film
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Adam Chaplin: Violent Avenger (2011)
Plot Summary:
Set in the fictional country of Heaven Valley, the film is the story of a man, Adam, who following the suspicious death of his wife begins to investigate her murder and in doing so, discovers the involvement of local mafia boss: Denny Richards. Unable to trust the police, corrupt and controlled by Denny, Adam, consumed by anger, summons a demon who offers him superhuman strength and dark powers. The demon follows him during his trip, promising to lead Adam to the door of the murderer if he does everything the demon asks. This unleashes a bloody war that will bring Adam, the demon on his side, against the police department with all its dark allies. The fight begins and it will be extreme!.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Horror
Country: Italy, USA, UK
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: disturbing, bleak, suspenseful, rough, serious, slasher, bloody, suspense, controversial, grindhouse
Similar in 81%
Band of the Hand (1986)
Plot Summary:
An Indian Vietnam veteran trains five street punks in the Everglades to fight vice in Miami.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: cult classic, retro, independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, neo noir
Similar in 75%
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
Similar in 89%
Maniac Cop 2 (1990)
Plot Summary:
A supernatural, maniac killer cop teams up with a Times Square serial killer.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, christian film, christmas horror, classic horror, psychological thriller, bloody, dark, cult classic, spooky, independent film
Similar in 79%
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
Similar in 84%
Don't Breathe 2 (2021)
Plot Summary:
The Blind Man has been hiding out for several years in an isolated cabin and has taken in and raised a young girl orphaned from a devastating house fire. Their quiet life together is shattered when a group of criminals kidnap the girl, forcing the Blind Man to leave his safe haven to save her.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 69000
Genere: Action, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, tense, suspenseful, brutal, bloody, twist ending, captivating, psychological, suspense
Similar in 80%
Tenement (1985)
Plot Summary:
A drug-dealing band of violent street thugs terrorize the tenants of a South Bronx apartment building.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 984
Genere: Action, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: disturbing, controversial, hood, terrifying, independent film, scary, tense, rough, bleak, serious
Similar in 84%
Hobo with a Shotgun (2011)
Plot Summary:
A vigilante homeless man pulls into a new city and finds himself trapped in urban chaos, a city where crime rules and where the city's crime boss reigns. Seeing an urban landscape filled with armed robbers, corrupt cops, abused prostitutes and even a pedophile Santa, the Hobo goes about bringing justice to the city the best way he knows how - with a 20-gauge shotgun. Mayhem ensues when he tries to make things better for the future generation. Street justice will indeed prevail.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, bloody, disturbing, dark comedy, splatter, cult classic, stylized, horror comedy, brutal, futuristic
Similar in 89%
The Horde (2009)
Plot Summary:
A posse of crooked cops, malevolent gangsters and a horde of walking dead are the centre point of this gruesome, tight, action packed, claustrophobic tale of retribution and escape. Penned like animals, on the top floor of a deserted high-rise block, these two opposing gangs find that they are not alone in the lair of bloodthirsty corridors of death. Joining forces to survive, they must reach ground level together or perish. Loaded with a bad ass attitude, guns, axes and extremely creative hand-to-hand combat sequences that project the fears and paranoia that are the fighting forces behind the need to survive, when caught up in the wrong place at the wrong time.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Action, Horror
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, exciting, suspenseful, bleak, apocalyptic, suspense, disturbing, psychological, brutal, epic
Similar in 83%
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
Plot Summary:
Seth Gecko and his younger brother Richard are on the run after a bloody bank robbery in Texas. They escape across the border into Mexico and will be home-free the next morning, when they pay off the local kingpin. They just have to survive 'from dusk till dawn' at the rendezvous point, which turns out to be a Hell of a strip joint.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 334000
Genere: Action, Crime, Horror
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: bloody, grindhouse, scary, entertaining, cult classic, brutal, offbeat, road movie, splatter, horror comedy
Similar in 82%
Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
Plot Summary:
The lone inhabitants of an abandoned police station are under attack by the overwhelming numbers of a seemingly unstoppable street gang.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 54000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspense, atmospheric, grindhouse, tense, suspenseful, cult classic, talky, exciting, rough, serious
Similar in 87%
The Warriors (1979)
Plot Summary:
Prominent gang leader Cyrus calls a meeting of New York's gangs to set aside their turf wars and take over the city. At the meeting, a rival leader kills Cyrus, but a Coney Island gang called the Warriors is wrongly blamed for Cyrus' death. Before you know it, the cops and every gangbanger in town is hot on the Warriors' trail.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 109000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: neo noir, grindhouse, futuristic, stylized, suspense, hood, tense, intense, controversial, rough
Similar in 78%
Black Caesar (1973)
Plot Summary:
Tommy Gibbs is a tough kid, raised in the ghetto, who aspires to be a kingpin criminal. As a young boy, his leg is broken by a bad cop on the take, during a payoff gone bad. Nursing his vengeance, he rises to power in Harlem, New York. Angry at the racist society around him, both criminal and straight, he sees the acquisition of power as the solution to his rage.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, neo noir, psychotronic, hood, crime drama, grim, cult classic, action thriller, action adventure, rough
Similar in 87%
Hunger (2009)
Plot Summary:
Five strangers face the unthinkable when they wake up and find themselves trapped. With no idea how they got there they frantically try to figure out how to escape. The disoriented group quickly realise the truth about their situation when they discover another room containing enough water to survive for 30 days… and a razor sharp surgical knife. The intention becomes quite clear. Whoever put them in this place wants to see just how long it will take before the hunger makes them commit unspeakable acts and cross a very deadly line.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: scary, disturbing, realistic, suspenseful, independent film, psychological, psychological thriller, bloody, suspense, slasher
Similar in 79%
The Forever Purge (2021)
Plot Summary:
All the rules are broken as a sect of lawless marauders decides that the annual Purge does not stop at daybreak and instead should never end as they chase a group of immigrants who they want to punish because of their harsh historical past.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 42000
Genere: Action, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, tense, disturbing, psychological, bloody, slasher, saga, splatter, grindhouse
Similar in 83%
Street Fighters (1982)
Plot Summary:
New York City factory worker Eddie Marino (Robert Forster, Oscar nominee for JACKIE BROWN) is a solid citizen and regular guy, until the day a sadistic street gang brutally assaults his wife and murders his child. But when a corrupt judge sets the thugs free, Eddie goes berserk and vows revenge.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: cult classic, grindhouse, psychotronic, hood, grim, action adventure, independent film, rough, bleak, serious
Similar in 75%
Don't Breathe (2016)
Plot Summary:
A group of teens break into a blind man's home thinking they'll get away with the perfect crime. They're wrong.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 294000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Hungary
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, suspenseful, brutal, exciting, disturbing, twist ending, dark, tense, minimal cast
Similar in 84%
The Gentlemen (2019)
Plot Summary:
A drug lord tries to sell off his highly profitable empire.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 377000
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, stylized, realistic, neo noir, black comedy, funny, psychotronic, rough, psychological, cult classic