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Plot Summary:
War Inc. is set in the future, when the fictional desert country of Turaqistan is torn by a riot after a private corporation, Tamerlane, owned by the former Vice President of the United States, has taken over the whole country. Brand Hauser, a hit man who suppresses his emotions by gobbling down hot sauce, is hired by the corporation's head to kill the CEO of their competitors.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: satirical, cynical, black comedy, suspenseful, parody, political, cult classic, clever, action comedy, dark comedy
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Shut Up and Shoot! (2006)
Plot Summary:
A movie producer hatches a scheme to have an actor (Silvio Pollio) kill his fellow filmmakers.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 456
Genere: Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: realistic, humorous, cynical, suspense, independent film, semi serious, biting, surprise ending, dark comedy
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Coldblooded (1995)
Plot Summary:
Cosmo, an affectless mob bookie who lives in the basement of a retirement home, is promoted to hitman. He learns his new trade from Steve, a seasoned killer. He falls in love with a yoga teacher, Jasmine, and must figure out a way to leave the mob so they can be together.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, humorous, stylized, intense, black comedy, realistic, semi serious, witty, action comedy, crime thriller
Similar in 86%
American Strays (1996)
Plot Summary:
The desert can be a lonely place for the people who live there or for those who are traveling through. It is also the teller of different stories including the story of a traveling salesman whose only commodity is death and the story of a young man who finds that the death that he wishes for is difficult to find. Others are just traveling through, on their way to another place when they stop to eat at Red's Desert Oasis. The food may not be great, and the waitress may be surly, but those who stopped at Red's will find that they are involved in the showdown of their life.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 715
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, black comedy, independent film, offbeat, realistic, suspenseful, witty, cynical, semi serious, road movie
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Kill Me Three Times (2014)
Plot Summary:
While on a seemingly routine job, a jaded hit man discovers that he's not the only one with his target in the crosshairs.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, humorous, tense, surreal, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, semi serious, clever
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End Game (2006)
Plot Summary:
Alex Thomas was the man in charge of protecting the president but, when the time came to fulfill his duties, everything just went wrong. His conscience haunted by a bullet and his devotion to his country stronger than ever, Alex teams with seasoned reporter in navigating a treacherous web of lies, unlocking a dangerous conspiracy, and enters into a deadly world in which skilled assassins and highly-trained ex-special ops lurk in every shadow.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic, political, surprise ending, exciting, gloomy, fast, independent film
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Team America: World Police (2004)
Plot Summary:
Team America World Police follows an international police force dedicated to maintaining global stability. Learning that dictator Kim Jong il is out to destroy the world, the team recruits Broadway star Gary Johnston to go undercover. With the help of Team America, Gary manages to uncover the plan to destroy the world. Will Team America be able to save it in time? It stars… Samuel L Jackson, Tim Robbins, Sean Penn, Michael Moore, Helen Hunt, Matt Damon, Susan Sarandon, George Clooney, Danny Glover, Ethan Hawke, Alec Baldwin… or does it?.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 177000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: parody, funny, humorous, black comedy, political, adult animation, witty, not serious, cult classic, clever
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Operation: Endgame (2010)
Plot Summary:
A battle ensues among two government spy teams in an underground facility after their boss is assassinated.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, semi serious, humorous, realistic, perverse, fast, surprise ending, black comedy, dark comedy
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A Cold Day in August (2003)
Plot Summary:
One day in the life of a hit man, Ronnie, who spends it trying to save the life of fellow hit man, August, who he had brought into the business three years ago. August has become a real problem for some of the bosses around town, and Ronnie will soon find out just what his Frankenstein's monster will cost him.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 644
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: semi serious, humorous, realistic, exciting, tense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Action Jackson (1988)
Plot Summary:
Vengence drives a tough Detroit cop to stay on the trail of a power hungry auto magnate who's systematically eliminating his competition.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: cult classic, neo noir, black comedy, action comedy, psychotronic, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
Plot Summary:
Martin Blank is a hitman for hire. When he starts to develop a conscience, he botches a couple of routine jobs. On the advice of his secretary and his psychiatrist, he decides to attend his ten-year high school reunion in Grosse Pointe, Michigan.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 98000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, entertaining, humorous, funny, light, black comedy, offbeat, action comedy, exciting, semi serious
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Bad Company (2002)
Plot Summary:
When a Harvard-educated CIA agent is killed during an operation, the secret agency recruits his twin brother.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 50000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: humorous, intense, suspenseful, action comedy, semi serious, funny, entertaining, action packed, spy comedy, realistic
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True Lies (1994)
Plot Summary:
Harry Tasker is a secret agent for the United States Government. For years, he has kept his job from his wife, but is forced to reveal his identity and try to stop nuclear terrorists when he and his wife are kidnapped by them.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 276000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, action packed, action comedy, semi serious, funny, suspense, entertaining, suspenseful, scary
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Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre (2023)
Plot Summary:
Five Eyes, the international intelligence agency, recruits MI6 agent Orson Fortune to prevent the sale of a deadly new weapons technology that threatens to disrupt the world order.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 77000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, China, Indonesia, Turkey
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: entertaining, captivating, satirical, exciting, humorous, action comedy, action thriller, surprise ending, suspense, independent film
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The Man from Toronto (2022)
Plot Summary:
In a case of mistaken identity, the world’s deadliest assassin, known as the Man from Toronto, and a New York City screw-up are forced to team up after being confused for each other at an Airbnb.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 57000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: action comedy, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, exciting, funny, humorous, surprise ending
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One in the Chamber (2012)
Plot Summary:
A seasoned assassin plays both sides in a Russian gang war and becomes the target of an unknown enemy.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic, action thriller, action packed, rough, surprise ending, neo noir, independent film
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The Defender (2004)
Plot Summary:
The global war on terror rages on. When a government official goes missing, Lance, a man with an impressive record of service to his country, finds himself protecting the man who embodies everything he has dedicated his life to fight against.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Germany, Romania
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, exciting, realistic, suspenseful, fast
Similar in 82%
Canadian Bacon (1995)
Plot Summary:
Canadian Bacon is the only fictitious film from Director Michael Moore. This comedy is about an American president who decides to go to war to bring the public’s opinion of him up during election time. Canadian Bacon is actor John Candy’s last film.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, political, satirical, light, talky, semi serious, witty, sweet, independent film, realistic
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Wrong Is Right (1982)
Plot Summary:
Political double-talk, dirty tricks, hidden microphones, spy satellites, bugging the Oval Office and a nuclear bomb for sale are all ingredients in this swift, funny and frightening look at the possibilities in today's political arenas. Sean Connery stars as TV Newsman Patrick Hal on an international chase to track two suitcase sized nuclear weapons and to uncover the twisting maze of apparent involvement of US Government agencies.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: political, black comedy, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, witty, cynical, semi serious, fast, political comedy
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The Numbers Station (2013)
Plot Summary:
When the moral values of a longtime wetwork black ops agent is tested during his last operation, he receives an unfavorable psych evaluation. Now he is given a break and a seemingly uncomplicated assignment of simply protecting the security of a young female code announcer, code resources and remote station they are assigned to. After an ambush and one phone call later, it becomes a complicated fight for their survival.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, Belgium, USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, tense, suspense, intense, enigmatic, talky, serious, political thriller, action thriller
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The Interview (2014)
Plot Summary:
Dave Skylark and his producer Aaron Rapoport run the celebrity tabloid show "Skylark Tonight". When they land an interview with a surprise fan, North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, they are recruited by the CIA to turn their trip to Pyongyang into an assassination mission.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 348000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: funny, absurd, political, humorous, action comedy, satirical, entertaining, exciting, black comedy, not serious
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The Prince (2014)
Plot Summary:
A family man who turns out to be a retired mob enforcer must travel across the country to find his daughter who has gone missing.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, tense, suspense, serious, realistic, neo noir, independent film
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Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball (2010)
Plot Summary:
Walter Weed is an unassuming desk jockey at the FBI when the Bureau uncovers a plot to assassinate him. A team of degenerate, psychotic assassins dispatched by mystery man Hal Leuco to win a huge bounty includes a resourceful beauty who has a unique method of killing her prey, a power-tool wielding psychopath and a deadly master of disguise.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious, surprise ending, clever, action packed, rough, stylized
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Precious Cargo (2016)
Plot Summary:
After a botched heist, Eddie a murderous crime boss, hunts down the seductive thief Karen who failed him. In order to win back Eddie’s trust, Karen recruits her ex-lover and premier thief Jack to steal a cargo of rare precious gems. But when the job goes down, allegiances are betrayed and lines are crossed as Jack, Karen, and Eddie face off in a fateful showdown.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, tense, humorous, hood, action adventure, surprise ending, neo noir, independent film, black comedy
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The Big Hit (1998)
Plot Summary:
Affable hit man Melvin Smiley is constantly being scammed by his cutthroat colleagues in the life-ending business. So, when he and his fellow assassins kidnap the daughter of an electronics mogul, it's naturally Melvin who takes the fall when their prime score turns sour. That's because the girl is the goddaughter of the gang's ruthless crime boss. But, even while dodging bullets, Melvin has to keep his real job secret from his unsuspecting fiancée, Pam.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: humorous, exciting, semi serious, realistic, hilarious, action comedy, suspense, slapstick, dark comedy, fast
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The Nice Guys (2016)
Plot Summary:
A private eye investigates the apparent suicide of a fading porn star in 1970s Los Angeles and uncovers a conspiracy.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 361000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: neo noir, entertaining, buddy comedy, detective, suspense, funny, period piece, action comedy, humorous, stylized
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The November Man (2014)
Plot Summary:
An ex- CIA operative is brought back in on a very personal mission and finds himself pitted against his former pupil in a deadly game involving high level CIA officials and the Russian president-elect.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 70000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, tense, suspense, action thriller, brutal, visually appealing, clever, political, slasher
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Bullet Train (2022)
Plot Summary:
Unlucky assassin Ladybug is determined to do his job peacefully after one too many gigs gone off the rails. Fate, however, may have other plans, as Ladybug's latest mission puts him on a collision course with lethal adversaries from around the globe—all with connected, yet conflicting, objectives—on the world's fastest train.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 397000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: funny, suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, exciting, action comedy, crime drama, twisted, neo noir
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Submerged (2005)
Plot Summary:
Chris Kody, imprisoned member of the US military, is released from prison and reunited with his old team in order to pursue a renegade scientist. The catch, the scientist has developed mind control technology that can make even your friends into heartless killers.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Bulgaria
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: stylized, rough, serious, suspenseful, suspense, surprise ending, fast, black comedy, freeze frame, dark comedy
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Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
Plot Summary:
When the White House (Secret Service Code: "Olympus") is captured by a terrorist mastermind and the President is kidnapped, disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning finds himself trapped within the building. As the national security team scrambles to respond, they are forced to rely on Banning's inside knowledge to help retake the White House, save the President and avert an even bigger disaster.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 289000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: exciting, political thriller, rough, serious, suspense, intense, realistic, clever, brutal, action adventure
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2 Guns (2013)
Plot Summary:
A DEA agent and an undercover Naval Intelligence officer who have been tasked with investigating one another find they have been set up by the mob -- the very organization the two men believe they have been stealing money from.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 223000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: buddy comedy, exciting, action comedy, entertaining, funny, humorous, crime drama, action adventure, light, visually appealing