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Plot Summary:
When Matt Booth sets off to meet his fiance for a foreign wedding he couldn't have imagined the dangerous world he was about to step into. Betrayed and set up, Matt finds himself on the run from the CIA and hired mercenaries, all looking for a package that he has supposedly smuggled through customs. Hunted on all sides, Matt is aided by Agent Adriana Vasquez, a femme fatale with orders of her own to follow.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 613
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 88 min
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Maximum Impact (2017)
Plot Summary:
The agents of the Federal Security Service of Russia and the US Secret Service are forced to work together to prevent a full-scale international crisis.
IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: Russia, USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags:
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Highpoint (1982)
Plot Summary:
James Hatcher embezzles ten million dollars from a joint mafia/CIA operation, leaving them squabbling with each other. Unemployed Lewis Kinney gets caught up in the intrigue, and must try to recover the money, while saving the beautiful Lise Hatcher (hopefully for himself).
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 282
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Big Match (2014)
Plot Summary:
Choi Ik-Ho (Lee Jung-Jae) is a martial arts star with talent for action and humor. But one day, he is framed for murder. Ace (Shin Ha-Kyun) is a game planner, who makes a game for the Korean upper class. He is a villain who makes a city into a big gameboard through technology. Ace and Choi Ik-Ho become adversaries as Choi Ik-Ho jumps into the game to save his brother. -asianwiki.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 620
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: tense, humorous, captivating
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Ultimate Target (2000)
Plot Summary:
A double-dealing member of an elite group of hit men becomes the ultimate target when his organization discovers his deceit.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 155
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: crime drama, suspense, independent film
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Bhai (2013)
Plot Summary:
Bhai (Nagarjuna) is the most skilled and trusted enforcer of a Hong Kong based Don, named David (Ashish Vidyarthi). David is heavily dependant on Bhai for his day to day operations and this is resented by David’s sons, James (Sonu Sood) and Tony (Ajay). David sends Bhai to Hyderabad, to finish off an undercover police officer who is disrupting the mafia operations in the city. Bhai begins hunting down the undercover officer and uncovers his identity. The cop is none other than Arjun (Prasanna) and Bhai decides to finish him off. At the last moment, Bhai discovers a shocking truth about Arjun and his family. He must now protect Arjun from the clutches of David and his gang. What is that truth? What does Bhai do to save Arjun? Will he succeed in his mission?.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 223
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 153 min
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The Golden Lady (1979)
Plot Summary:
A wealthy industrialist hires Julia Hemingway and her elite team of female mercenaries to sabotage a deal between his competitor and an oil sheik.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 84
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, Hong Kong
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Godmother (2017)
Plot Summary:
A humble housewife becomes an assassin for money, gaining self-confidence and rebuilding her life.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 219
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: romantic, humorous, captivating, black comedy, entertaining
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Hum Dono (1995)
Plot Summary:
Vikram Sehgal (Alok Nath) a renowned businessman has two sons. The legitimate Vishal (Nana Patekar) and the illegitimate Raju (Rishi Kapoor). Vishal's uncle Shrichand (Mohan Joshi) and his friend Arjun Chaudhry murder Vikram Sehgal for his property. But he learns that Vikram had willed his assets to be divided equally among Raju and Vishal. Vishal has to bring Raju back to the house if he wants his share of property. But the journey back home is precarious for apart from the innumerable scraps between the two; they have face Shrichand's various attempts to murder them.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 238
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 154 min
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Hit Man (2023)
Plot Summary:
A strait-laced professor discovers his hidden talent as a fake hit man. He meets his match in a client who steals his heart and ignites a powder keg of deception, delight, and mixed-up identities. Inspired by an unbelievable true story.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 717
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
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The Hit List (1993)
Plot Summary:
A hit man's boss refers him to a client, a dangerous woman who mixes business with pleasure.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, neo noir
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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
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War, Inc. (2008)
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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Red Line (1995)
Plot Summary:
A car thief is seen stealing, and is blackmailed into stealing more cars for someone else's profit.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 602
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, fast, neo noir
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Codename: Jackal (2012)
Plot Summary:
A legendary assassin takes on an elimination task targeting the famous pop singer. She succeeds in kidnapping the singer but is hesitant to kill him, while he is hesitant to run away.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 527
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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There Are No Saints (2022)
Plot Summary:
A man is imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit. When his wife is murdered and his son kidnapped and taken to Mexico, he devises an elaborate and dangerous plan to rescue his son and avenge the murder.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, disturbing
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The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill (2021)
Plot Summary:
Akira is the legendary killer known as The Fable. Following the order of his boss and due to being overworked, he lives peacefully with his partner Yoko as ordinary siblings. Akira still works part-time at design company Octopus with CEO Takoda and employee Misaki. CEO Takoda and Misaki are unaware of Akira's background as an assassin. Meanwhile, Utsubo is a representative for an NPO. But, Utsubo works with contract killer Suzuki to set people up for extortion purposes. They target someone at design company Octopus.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 133 min
Plot tags: psychological, exciting, captivating, satirical, disturbing, perverse, bloody
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The Ghost (2001)
Plot Summary:
A feared Chinese Tong soldier goes undercover in America as an Asian Internet bride.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 382
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, psychological, exciting, tense, touching, suspense, disturbing, crime drama, independent film
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Double Threat (2022)
Plot Summary:
With ruthless mobsters on her tail, a young woman with a split personality becomes entangled with a man on a pilgrimage across the country to scatter his brother's ashes.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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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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Man with a Gun (1995)
Plot Summary:
Madsen plays an assassin who's hired to kill the woman he loves.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 656
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: suspense, independent film, tense, noir, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful
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The Virtuoso (2021)
Plot Summary:
A lonesome stranger with nerves of steel must track down and kill a rogue hitman to satisfy an outstanding debt. But the only information he's been given is a time and location where to find his quarry. No name. No description. Nothing.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense
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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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American Ultra (2015)
Plot Summary:
American Ultra is a fast-paced action comedy about Mike, a seemingly hapless and unmotivated stoner whose small-town life with his live-in girlfriend, Phoebe, is suddenly turned upside down. Unbeknownst to him, Mike is actually a highly trained, lethal sleeper agent. In the blink of an eye, as his secret past comes back to haunt him, Mike is thrust into the middle of a deadly government operation and is forced to summon his inner action-hero in order to survive.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 95000
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: USA, Switzerland
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: black comedy, feel good, entertaining, stylized, scenic, independent film, action comedy, spy comedy, light, visually appealing
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No Turning Back (2009)
Plot Summary:
Mau and Chespi, two lifelong friends, find themselves at a critical moment in their lives. Both are on the verge of their 30th birthday, and both empty-handed. An unexpected event gives them the opportunity they have always been waiting for, to have "everything" overnight. Mau and Chespi embark on a journey that has no map - and no return. In less than twenty-four hours they find eight-hundred thousand dollars and gain the power to access the impossible. However, not everything is destined to fall their way, and their prize turns out to be nothing but payment for a shipment that never arrives.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 41
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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RED 2 (2013)
Plot Summary:
Retired C.I.A. agent Frank Moses reunites his unlikely team of elite operatives for a global quest to track down a missing portable nuclear device.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 179000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, France, Canada, Russia
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: entertaining, exciting, witty, action adventure, humorous, realistic, semi serious, action comedy, predictable, spy comedy
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RED (2010)
Plot Summary:
When his peaceful life is threatened by a high-tech assassin, former black-ops agent, Frank Moses reassembles his old team in a last ditch effort to survive and uncover his assailants.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 320000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, China
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: exciting, entertaining, action comedy, witty, intense, heroic, semi serious, humorous, fast paced, predictable
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Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)
Plot Summary:
After five (or six) years of vanilla-wedded bliss, ordinary suburbanites John and Jane Smith are stuck in a huge rut. Unbeknownst to each other, they are both coolly lethal, highly-paid assassins working for rival organisations. When they discover they're each other's next target, their secret lives collide in a spicy, explosive mix of wicked comedy, pent-up passion, nonstop action and high-tech weaponry.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 528000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: sexy, entertaining, romantic, exciting, suspenseful, funny, romantic comedy, action packed, action comedy, black comedy
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Safe House (2012)
Plot Summary:
A dangerous CIA renegade resurfaces after a decade on the run. When the safe house he's remanded to is attacked by mercenaries, a rookie operative escapes with him. Now, the unlikely allies must stay alive long enough to uncover who wants them dead.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 233000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: South Africa, USA, Japan
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, suspense, intense, tense, serious, realistic, clever, action packed, action thriller
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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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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