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Plot Summary:
Reflecting the tumultuous politics of the early ’70s in India, Deewar tells the story of a pair of impoverished brothers who, after their family is betrayed by the misplaced idealism of their father, struggle to survive on the streets of Mumbai. They head for a showdown when one becomes a policeman, and the other becomes a criminal.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 174 min
Plot tags: inspirational, serious, realistic, poliziottesco
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Akela (1991)
Plot Summary:
The 7th film of Ramesh Sippy.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 492
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Don 2: The Chase Continues (2011)
Plot Summary:
In 2006, with the ever looming dangers of the underworld in Malaysia, Don broke the morale of his associates by infiltrating the gang with an alias and taking advantage of the enmity of Singhania & Vardhaan. He rose to become the undisputed King of the Asian underworld with his shrewd mind and merciless tactics. Now, having conquered the Asian underworld, Don (Khan) has his sights set on European domination. In his way are the bosses of the existing European underworld and all law enforcement agencies. The action shifts from Kuala Lumpur to Berlin as Don must avoid assassination or arrest, whichever comes first, in order for his plan to succeed.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 57000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India, Germany
Duration: 148 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, psychological thriller, entertaining, suspense, dark, action thriller
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Don (1978)
Plot Summary:
A ruthless gangster named Don is killed during a scuffle with the police. Since only DSP DeSilva knows of this incident, he recruits another person named Vijay who is a spitting image of Don. Vijay is planted in Don's place in Don's gang and DeSilva has a plan to nab the entire gang in this way. But when DeSilva dies during a raid, the secret that Vijay is not Don is also buried with him.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 175 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, fast, suspense, cult film
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Butterfly (2014)
Plot Summary:
A young man in Delhi tries to break free from his controlling brothers.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, tense, rough, suspense thriller, avant garde
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Black Stone (1979)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 176 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Billa (2007)
Plot Summary:
The intertwined stories of an international Don in Malaysia, David Billa, chased by the cops, an Indian police officer, a woman who wants to avenge the death of her brother, and a lowly thief, Velu who shares with Billa, an unusual connection.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Arrested (1985)
Plot Summary:
Kishan Kumar Khanna is a well-rate film actor who falls head over heels in love with young, beautiful and attractive Anuradha Saxena much to the dislikeness of her gangster brother who wastes no time in entrapping Kishan in a web of lies and deceits and gets him imprisoned for life. While in jail, Kishan reaches up with his long lost elder brother Karan who has been sentenced for life charged with murdering the Police Commissioner son, Vijay Sinha. Together they both plotted a scheme which will only benefit them in granting revenge from there perpetrators. Written by gavin ([email protected]).
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 513
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 167 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Footpath (2003)
Plot Summary:
Footpath is a Hindi crime thriller film directed by Vikram Bhatt and released in 2003. The film stars Aftab Shivdasani, Rahul Dev, Bipasha Basu and marked the debut of Emraan Hashmi. The film failed to do well at the box office. This film is inspired by the Hollywood flick State of Grace. Arjun Singh (Aftab Shivdasani) and the Srivastav brothers, Raghu (Emraan Hashmi) and Shekhar (Rahul Dev), are neighbors in a gangster-prone area in Bombay. When Arjun's union leader father is killed, the brothers urge him to avenge his death. They get a sword and find the killers - and kill them. Arjun is the prime suspect in this homicide and the brothers get him to run to Delhi, where he begins a new life as a Real Estate Agent, Mohan Kumar Sharma.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 966
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 164 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Aatish: Feel the Fire (1994)
Plot Summary:
Baba and Avinash are brothers who lives in a shanty house with their widowed mother, who makes a living as a housemaid. When a stalker attempts to rape their mother, Baba knives him to death, and the three, along with an orphan named Nawab, take shelter with a underworld don named Uncle. Baba would like Avinash to study and make something of his life, in order to help his brother study he decides to make crime his career. When Avinash completes his studies he becomes a police officer on his first assignment he learns his brother Baba and friend Nawab are on the most wanted criminal list.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 863
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 155 min
Plot tags: heroic, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, neo noir
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Truth (1998)
Plot Summary:
A young man named Satya comes to Mumbai from South India in search of a job. Jailed for something he did not do, the once-honest young man meets an underworld boss, Bhiku Mhatre in jail and joins his gang.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 170 min
Plot tags: cult classic, neo noir, dark, experimental, black comedy, suspense thriller, rough, clever, bleak, realistic
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Agneepath (2012)
Plot Summary:
In a small Indian village Mandwa, Vijay Dinanath Chauhan is taught about the path of fire (Agneepath) by his principled father. His life is shattered when the evil drug lord Kancha Cheena hangs his father. Vijay leaves for Mumbai with his pregnant mother, and takes an oath that he will return back to Mandwa and take revenge against Cheena. In Mumbai, Vijay is taken under the wings of the drug lord Rauf Lala. Fifteen years later, his hatred for Kancha takes him back to Mandwa.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 174 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, entertaining, cult classic, fast, powerful, masala, realistic
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Bullett Raja (2013)
Plot Summary:
A common man who transforms into a gangster revolts against the very system he once obediently followed by declaring war on the police, the government, and the industrialists.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 138 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, realistic, exciting, tense, captivating
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Agneepath (1990)
Plot Summary:
Vijay's father is brutally lynched by villagers after being framed by Kancha Cheena, and his family is forced to flee. The young Vijay vows revenge, and grows.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Musical
Country: India
Duration: 174 min
Plot tags: cult classic, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cult film
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Ek Villain (2014)
Plot Summary:
When his lover becomes the latest victim of a serial killer, Guru blurs the line between good and evil in his pursuit of revenge.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, romantic, sad, realistic, psychological thriller, tear jerker, tearjerker
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All the Best (2002)
Plot Summary:
After his hatred of dishonesty costs him his job, an embittered man goes over to the dark side and plots to rob the bank he once managed.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 165 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, surprise ending, psychological thriller, clever, suspense, suspense thriller, rough, cult film
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Shool (1999)
Plot Summary:
Police Inspector Samar Pratap Singh is transferred to Motihari, in the Indian state of Bihar, along with his wife, Manjari and a daughter. He is honest and diligent and these attributes sets him up against his superior - the District Superintendent of Police, as well as his subordinates and fellow officers.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 138 min
Plot tags: dark, exciting, rough, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, tragic ending
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Don (2006)
Plot Summary:
A huge South Asian law enforcement contingent embarks on a dangerous cat-and-mouse game of capturing DON (Shah Rukh Khan) - high-ranking member of the ruthless drug mafia in Malaysia. When DON gets seriously injured in a police encounter, the word that he is dead begins to do the rounds. The reality, of course, is that DON is held captive in a secret location, while his bumpkin of a look-alike, Vijay, is polished and sent to infiltrate DON's gang. In a bizarre twist of fate, when the policeman shielding the humble street singer Vijay, is killed, the latter comes to terms with the horrifying realization that both the police and the gang are out to get him for different reasons. In a desperate attempt to prove his innocence, he is aided by the glamorous Roma (Priyanka Chopra), and ex-con Jasjit (Arjun Rampal), who owes Vijay a debt for caring for his son during his imprisonment. But will Vijay be successful in his mission?.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 178 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, twist ending, cult classic, fast, surprise ending, twisted, mad
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The Chain (1973)
Plot Summary:
The world erodes around Vijay, an honest police officer. He is jailed for 6 months on false charges, trapped by gang leader Teja. When Vijay is released from jail, he plans to take revenge.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 145 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Shootout at Lokhandwala (2007)
Plot Summary:
On a calm summer day in 1991, in the bustling Lokhandwala Complex, five criminals including Maya and Dilip were counting 70 lakhs in flat no. 32 B, when 286 policemen, headed by ACP Khan, took strategic positions around their building. A gunfire ensued and the entire nation witnessed the most talked about daylight encounter lasting 6 hours that transformed suburban Mumbai into a war zone.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense thriller, exciting, entertaining
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Family: Ties of Blood (2006)
Plot Summary:
The story is on the concept of karma and bad deeds. It follows Viren Sahai (Amitabh Bachchan), underworld don who rules over India. His son Abhir (Sushant Singh) is spoilt and believes he can do anything due to his father's power. When Viren's enemy Khan (Kader Khan) attacks Abhir, Viren demands revenge.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: exciting, realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious
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Trident (1978)
Plot Summary:
Vijay Kumar is the illegitimate son of a construction baron, Raj Kumar Gupta and his first love, Shanti, whom he gives up in order to marry a wealthy heiress. Raj does not know of this son, who grows up and after his mother's death comes to Delhi to take revenge on the Gupta family by destroying the family's business and connections with each other.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 167 min
Plot tags: tense, sentimental, serious, captivating, realistic
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Flames of the Sun (1975)
Plot Summary:
A Police Officer, whose family was killed by a bandit named Gabbar Singh, decides to fight fire with fire and recruits two convicts, Jai & Veeru, to bring Gabbar Singh to jail alive, but will they succeed in their mission and get their reward? Come and watch the action-packed super-hit Sholay to find out!!.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 58000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Musical, Thriller, Western
Country: India
Duration: 204 min
Plot tags: cult classic, exciting, epic, freeze frame, suspenseful, entertaining, semi serious, touching, romantic, retro
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God Is My Witness (1992)
Plot Summary:
Baadshah Khan falls in love with Benazir, a member of a rival clan who has defeated him in a game of buzkashi. Benazir will not marry him unless he brings back the head of her father's killer, Habibullah, from India. He is successful, but he must return to India. He is then tragically separated from Benazir through a series of incidents that are only resolved years later with the arrival of his daughter, Menhdi, and his release from prison.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 193 min
Plot tags: epic, serious, realistic, crying, weeping
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Gangs of Wasseypur (2012)
Plot Summary:
Shahid Khan is exiled after impersonating the legendary Sultana Daku in order to rob British trains. Now outcast, Shahid becomes a worker at Ramadhir Singh's colliery, only to spur a revenge battle that passes on to generations. At the turn of the decade, Shahid's son, the philandering Sardar Khan vows to get his father's honor back, becoming the most feared man of Wasseypur.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 102000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India, France
Duration: 321 min
Plot tags: realistic, tense, rough, serious, suspenseful, cult classic, inspirational, touching, offbeat, intellectual
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Sarkar Raj (2008)
Plot Summary:
The politically influential Shankar Nagre agrees to back a power plant scheme presented by corporate hotshot Anita Rajan; providing their enemies, which include upcoming political firebrands, an embezzling facilitator and shady businessmen with a unique opportunity to destroy the mass political clout enjoyed by him and his father (Subhash Nagre), the political icon known as "Sarkar".
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, political, political thriller
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Aan: Men at Work (2004)
Plot Summary:
Crime is at its highest peak in Mumbai with it split in three ways. Walia has one-third, Manik Rao has one-third and Roshni has a third of the Mumbai territory. The crime rate rises with more smuggling, trading and illegal activities soaring.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 149 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Shakti (1982)
Plot Summary:
A scrupulously honest cop refuses kidnappers' demands at grave risk to the life of his son. The son is rescued but lives forever scarred by his father's willingness to sacrifice his own son for the sake of his principles. This works out to devastating effect when the son grows up to be a Mafia don, and his father is assigned the job of bringing him in. Vijay Kumar grows up with a grudge against his father, a honest and incorruptible policeman, Ashwini, who refuses to negotiate his son's release from his kidnappers. Vijay grows up hating everything his dad stood for, and turns to crime. Now an established criminal, Vijay faces a murder charge, will his father help him now?.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 166 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Company (2002)
Plot Summary:
Mallik is a henchman of Aslam Bhai, a Mumbai underworld kingpin. He inducts local hothead Chandu into the gang, and the two of them soon form a formidable faction within the gang, eventually displacing Aslam. As the empire grows, however, the two of them start drifting apart.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 142 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, neo noir, realistic, offbeat, entertaining, experimental, captivating, cult film
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Martyr (1999)
Plot Summary:
Ajay Rathore is a no-nonsense police officer from Mumbai Crime Branch. Long time ago his elder brother was killed by terrorists which caused him to quit his medical studies and join Indian Police Service. He is a great admirer of Pakistan-based ghazal singer Gulfam Hassan. During one of Hassan's concerts, they meet for the first time and become great friends. Meanwhile, Ajay's investigation into the Pakistan-supported cross-border terrorism takes him to Rajasthan and reveals an unsettling truth about someone close to his heart.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 174 min
Plot tags: inspirational, patriotic, political, entertaining, action thriller, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, cult film
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The Uniform (2004)
Plot Summary:
Just as he is preparing for his daughter's wedding, a veteran policeman is assigned to a crack team transporting a Pakistani secret agent to trial.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 174 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, bleak, suspenseful, masala, serious, realistic, surprise ending, freeze frame