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Plot Summary:
NYPD Detective Sara Pezzini's main goal in life was to bring down Tommy Gallo, the hitman who killed her father, her best friend, and eventually her partner. While chasing down one of Gallo's thugs, she acquires the Witchblade, an enchanted armored glove once used by Joan of Arc that deflects bullets, extends into bladed weapons, produces visions, and neatly compacts itself into a bracelet. She uses it to help her take down Gallo with the aid of businessman Kenneth Irons and his enigmatic and lethal compatriot Ian Nottingham.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, stylized, anime, fast, tv series pilot
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Model by Day (1994)
Plot Summary:
Lady X is a woman who works during the day as a model but turns into a fighter for justice at night with the help of her karate master Chang.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 494
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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The Trial of the Incredible Hulk (1989)
Plot Summary:
On the run again, Dr. David Banner is jailed for assault after interrupting a mugging. Blind attorney Matt Murdock enlists Banner's help in locating the muggers because he believes they work for his longtime foe, Fisk, the head of an international crime network. But David, afraid of public exposure, breaks out of jail as the Hulk. Tracking David down, Murdock reveals his own secret: His blindness came from a radioactive spill, and after developing his other senses so incredibly, he has become the amazingly athletic crime fighter called Daredevil. Fisk must now face off against Daredevil and the Incredible Hulk!.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: epic, saga, anime, exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Eve (2008)
Plot Summary:
Eve's life is forever altered when her parents vanish without a trace after being attacked by supernatural agents. Growing up on the streets, Eve learns the art of self reliance. When she runs into members of the mysterious "Order"-the same organization to which her parents bore allegiance-several unanswered questions from Eve's childhood reemerge. Why were her parents attacked? Who was their assailant? What is the source of her own supernatural powers?.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 24
Genere: Action, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 68 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, independent film, fast
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Caped Crusader: The Dark Hours (2014)
Plot Summary:
The Dark Knight returns for a fan-film that does Batman justice. "Caped Crusader: The Dark Hours" is a film that delves deep into the psyche of a seasoned Batman. Convinced Gotham City is in his able hands, Bruce Wayne learns mind-shattering truths about the world he lives in.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 52
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, suspense
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New York Cop (1993)
Plot Summary:
Allegedly based on a true story, this film follows the life of Toshi, a Japanese man living in America and working with the New York City police. After being recommended for undercover work, Toshi decides to go after a gang lead by Hawk. Hawk and Toshi soon become friends, although Hawk's second-in-command, Tito, is suspicious of the newcomer. Will Toshi be able to bring the gang down, or will his cover be blown before he can finish the assignment?.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 249
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: crime drama, independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Cartel War (2010)
Plot Summary:
Led by a detective hell-bent on revenge, a team of undercover cops in Los Angeles attempt to bring down a powerful drug mob from the inside. Operating outside the law, they put everything on the line to clean up the streets and exact payback on the king pin who devastated their families. Based on the true story of Mexico's most powerful drug lord, Cartel War is an action-packed journey into an all-too-real violent underworld.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 238
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating, crime drama, independent film
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Eye for an Eye (2008)
Plot Summary:
Sung-chan is a top detective of the special crime squad. He is notorious for punishing the opponent who hurts his pride. When Hyun-min impersonates as Sung-chan and robs a cash transport car under the daylight, and seizes $10 billion worth of smuggled gold right before the cop’s eyes, Sung-chan is outraged. He cannot let this criminal slip through. Sung-chan goes after Hyun-min like a wild beast going after its prey, but Hyun-min cunningly threads through the investigation, even leaving traces in the crime scenes on purpose to allure and provoke Sung-chan.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 521
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, serious, suspenseful, crime drama, realistic, fast
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Almighty Thor (2011)
Plot Summary:
When the demon god Loki destroys the fortress of Valhalla and steals the Hammer of Invincibility, only the young hero Thor can protect Earth from armageddon.
IMDB Rating: 1.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, mockbuster, semi serious, humorous, parody, offbeat, bleak, stylized, exciting
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Ancestral World (2020)
Plot Summary:
A prince must learn to be a hero. In a time of demons and Gods warring for domination, a prince is sent on a mission to rescue his brother and recover a magical armor stolen by the God of Destruction.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 299
Genere: Action, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, tense, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, disturbing, contemplative
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The One Warrior (2011)
Plot Summary:
The One Warrior is a fantasy/action piece that is loosely based on video adventure games. In our story, the character of The One Warrior finds himself in a mythical world where he must destroy the Evil Lord Shoukata, but to do so he must first fight his way through many challenges. These include dragons, the cursed swords of Damacleus, the Samurai Six, the Amazon Warriors, and much, much more. With each level he passes through, the more powerful he becomes until the end where we realize it is really a man who may have been testing a new video game. Or was it? The truth may never be known. Written by Jewel A.
IMDB Rating: 2.4
IMDB Votes: 503
Genere: Action, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, exciting
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The Loner (1987)
Plot Summary:
A cop is looking for the killer of his friend.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: rough, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, neo noir
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Cross (2011)
Plot Summary:
Given incredible power by an ancient Celtic Cross. Callan continues to fight evil... Now, joined by a team of weapons experts, Callan battles an unstoppable empire in Los Angeles.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, fast
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Black Scorpion (2001)
Plot Summary:
Black Scorpion is an action-crime TV series that aired on the Sci-Fi Channel in 2001 and in Canada on Space in 2002. The series is based on two Roger Corman movies, Black Scorpion, and the sequel Black Scorpion II: Aftershock. The show focuses on a female police officer, who, by night, takes to the streets and fights crime as the superhero, the Black Scorpion. The show contains many references to the old Batman TV series, including guest appearances by Adam West and Frank Gorshin. Episode 1.1, 1.3 and 1.8 were combined into a 2002 straight to video movie called Sting of the Black Scorpion. The complete series was briefly available on DVD in North America, but the set is now out of production.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 596
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: exciting, rough, suspenseful, stylized, detective, serious, psychotronic, weird, campy
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Hammer of the Gods (2009)
Plot Summary:
Thor along with his friends travels to mysterious island seeking glory and fame. Upon arriving they encounter strange creatures and they start searching the island for answers. Meanwhile Thor keeps seeing visions for a mighty warrior and a big hammer and Freyja tells him that his visions are clues so they start searching for the hammer.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Bulgaria, USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, stylized, scary, offbeat
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If You Knew Me (2015)
Plot Summary:
Sathyadev, who is on a career break, is forced to put on his cop shoes ones again to save Thenmozhi, a young woman who is the target of a criminal organ harvesting group, led by a ghost from his past.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 168 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, thrilling, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cult film
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Black Scorpion (1995)
Plot Summary:
Darcy is a cop who is also a supehero named Black Scorpion at night who kicks and beats evildoers to a pulp. She soon catches wind of an asthmatic mad scientist who plans on tainting the city's air supply with a toxin. Only Darcy in her superhero garb can stop him with the assistance of a petty thief named Argyle.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: action adventure, exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, fast, detective, campy
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The Shadow (1994)
Plot Summary:
Based on the 1930's comic strip, puts the hero up against his arch enemy, Shiwan Khan, who plans to take over the world by holding a city to ransom using an atom bomb. Using his powers of invisibility and "The power to cloud men's minds", the Shadow comes blazing to the city's rescue with explosive results.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: exciting, entertaining, suspenseful, visually stunning, dieselpunk, stylized, tense, retro, noir, epic
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The Incredible Hulk Returns (1988)
Plot Summary:
Dr. David Banner meets a former student, who has a magical hammer that summons Thor, a Norse god who is prevented from entering Valhalla. When the two superheroes stop feuding long enough to breathe, they are a team unmatched by any of their enemies.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: epic, slasher, saga, anime, exciting, suspenseful, stylized, semi serious, psychotronic, campy
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The Death of the Incredible Hulk (1990)
Plot Summary:
During the critical experiment that would rid David Banner of the Hulk,a spy sabotages the laboratory. Banner falls in love with the spy, Jasmin, who performs missions only because her sister is being held hostage by Jasmin's superiors. Banner and Jasmin try to escape from the enemy agents to rebuild their lives together, but the Hulk is never far from them.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: epic, saga, anime, exciting, serious, suspenseful, stylized, psychotronic, tragic ending
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Witchblade (2001)
Plot Summary:
Witchblade is an American television series that aired on TNT from 2001 to 2002. The series is based on the Witchblade comic book series, and followed a pilot film which debuted in August 2000. Some of the episodes were written by Ralph Hemecker, Marc Silvestri and J.D. Zeik. Yancy Butler starred as Sara Pezzini, Anthony Cistaro as Kenneth Irons, David Chokachi as Jake McCartey, Eric Etebari as Ian Nottingham, Will Yun Lee as Danny Woo, Conrad Dunn as Tommy Gallo, Kenneth Welsh as Joe Siri, and John Hensley as Gabriel Bowman, among others. Although critically acclaimed and popular with audiences, the show was canceled in September 2002; there was speculation that the cancellation was connected to Butler's entering rehab for alcoholism. The series ran for two seasons on TNT, for a total of 24 episodes. The first episode aired June 12, 2001; the last episode aired August 26, 2002. In spite of its cancellation, Witchblade was ranked seventh in the Top 10 Basic Cable Dramas for 2002. According to Top Cow editor Matt Hawkins the Witchblade TV series was cancelled because the lead actress Yancy Butler was an alcoholic and went into rehab – it was and remains the highest rated TV series to be cancelled.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, stylized, detective
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The Flash (1990)
Plot Summary:
The Flash is a 1990 American television series that starred John Wesley Shipp as the superhero, the Flash, and co-starred Amanda Pays. The series was developed from the DC Comics characters by the writing team of Danny Bilson and Paul De Meo, and produced by their company, Pet Fly Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television. Composer Danny Elfman wrote the show’s title theme, and Stan Winston Studios built the costume.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Crime, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: exciting, semi serious, tense, captivating, epic, saga, detective, humorous
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20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope (2009)
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Set 15 years after "Twentieth Century Boys," Kanna (Airi Taira) reunites with several main characters from the first film in an attempt to stop Friend's increasing influence over the world and continued plans to eliminate humanity, as detailed in the New Book of Prophecy.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 139 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, stylized, exciting, manga, anime, offbeat, weird
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Gatchaman (2013)
Plot Summary:
By the year 2050 AD, a mysterious organization called Galactor has occupied half of the Earth and threatens to exterminate the human race. Around the same time, the International Science Organization had uncovered mysterious stones that bear unusual powers. It is said that one person out of approximately eight million is able to harness the power of the stones; they are known as a "Receptor". Dr. Kozaburo Nambu gathers a team of these five lucky Receptors together. Known as the "Gatchaman" team, it is their mission to defeat Galactor.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 510
Genere: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, anime, captivating, tense, heroic, intense, scenic, serious
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Plot Summary:
Elektra the warrior survives a near-death experience, becomes an assassin-for-hire, and tries to protect her two latest targets, a single father and his young daughter, from a group of supernatural assassins.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 97000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Fantasy
Country: Switzerland, Canada, USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, atmospheric, sexy, suspenseful, action packed, action adventure, stylized, epic, heroic
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Catwoman (2004)
Plot Summary:
Liquidated after discovering a corporate conspiracy, mild-mannered graphic artist Patience Phillips washes up on an island, where she's resurrected and endowed with the prowess of a cat -- and she's eager to use her new skills ... as a vigilante. Before you can say "cat and mouse," handsome gumshoe Tom Lone is on her tail.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 124000
Genere: Action, Crime, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: exciting, action packed, tense, captivating, saga, suspense, serious, epic, heroic, fantasy adventure
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Plot Summary:
Given superstrength and durability by a sabotaged experiment, a wrongly accused man escapes prison to become a superhero for hire.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 138000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min
Plot tags: serious, exciting, suspenseful, stylized, captivating, psychotronic, bleak, cliffhanger, sexy, political
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Powers (2015)
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Two homicide detectives, Christian Walker and Deena Pilgrim, are assigned to investigate cases involving people with superhuman abilities, referred to as “Powers.” Set amidst today’s paparazzi culture, Powers asks the questions, what if the world was full of superheroes who aren't actually heroic at all? What if all that power was just one more excuse for mischief, mayhem, murder, and endorsement deals?.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, tense, scenic, detective, serious, suspenseful
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Plot Summary:
Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist join forces to take on common enemies as a sinister conspiracy threatens New York City.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 115000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, stylized, bleak, suspenseful, saga, anime
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Plot Summary:
A team of young superheroes led by Nightwing (formerly Batman's first Robin) form to combat evil and other perils.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 111000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: tense, exciting, captivating, action adventure, suspenseful, anime, bleak, sad, teen, spectacular
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Birds of Prey (2002)
Plot Summary:
Huntress, Dinah, Oracle are determined to carry on Batman's fight for justice against the ruthless criminals of New Gotham City.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, stylized, semi serious, exciting, epic, neo noir, heroic, anime, thrilling, black comedy