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Plot Summary:
Shiiba Gaku has transferred to Kushima High School which is called ‘Windmill’ because of the windmill monument on its rooftop. His ambition is to get to the top of the school. Bad boys like Tobe, the leader of Hydra, a gang of delinquents; and Shiro, rumoured to be the strongest of the first year students, crowd the school grounds. Gaku immediately picks a fight with Shake who now reigns atop the windmill, but is cut off by students who demand that he defeat them first if he wants to take on Shake. There are those that falter at the sight of the wild look in Shiiba’s glare. However, someone lands a punch on Shiiba’s face. His nose bleeds and he goes out cold. Even the school beauty Suwa Haruka is stunned by Shiiba’s loss. On his first day, Shiiba meets first year student Marumo Taiji. Marumo is disinterested in fighting and asks Shiiba, who has been provoking but losing successive fights, if there is meaning in competing for the top. A brutal Oga intends to crush Marumo at his part-time job. At that moment, Shiiba challenges Oga to a fight too ….
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 57
Genere: Action
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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KO One (2005)
Plot Summary:
KO One is a 2005 Taiwanese drama starring Jiro Wang, Calvin Chen, Aaron Yan and Danson Tang. It was produced by Comic International Productions and was first broadcast in Taiwan on cable TV Gala Television Variety Show/CH 28 on 26 November 2005 to 27 May 2006. Before this drama was aired there was not much interests in it, due to the storyline and unfamiliar cast. Despite the new encounters, the ratings of KO One exceeded expectations. Although the ratings were not high, it brought fame to three of the four leads, who are part of the then newly formed Taiwanese boy band called Fahrenheit. This drama also brought fame to the Taiwanese artist, Tank who wrote and sang the opening and ending theme songs. The KO One original soundtrack was the best selling soundtrack of 2006, selling more than 60,000 copies in Taiwan within the first month of release. The sequel The X-Family was broadcast from 8 August 2007 to 23 October 2007 and threequel, K.O.3an Guo was broadcast from 28 February 2009 to 27 February 2010, on cable TV Gala Television Variety Show/CH 28.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 103
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Music
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: exciting, enigmatic, humorous, captivating, surreal
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King David (2012)
Plot Summary:
Our story begins in Bethlehem, an Israelite territory, in the year 1045 B.C. David is 10 years old and is preparing to herd his father Jesse’s flock of sheep. Being the youngest of seven brothers, David is tasked with being the household servant. He’s been relegated beneath his brothers because they all have the honor of being brave warriors for King Saul.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 354
Genere: Action
Country: Brazil
Duration:
Plot tags: novela, captivating, entertaining, disturbing, biblical
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High & Low: The Worst X (2022)
Plot Summary:
The story revolves around battle between two high school in SWORD area, Oya High School and Senomon Technical High School. The Head of Senomon Technical High School build a "three-school alliance" with two other school, Kamasaka High School and Ebara Commercial High School, and expand it's power to aim the neck of Oya High School. Men of Oya High suddenly caught and attacked. Could Fujio protect them with his own fist? The battle to decide the real Teppen is about to begin.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 720
Genere: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: tense, bleak, captivating, suspenseful, action packed
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Cutie Honey: The Live (2007)
Plot Summary:
Cutie Honey: The Live is a Japanese tokusatsu production of the popular Cutie Honey manga and anime series chief directed by Makoto Yokoyama and written primarily by Toshiki Inoue. It began airing on TV Tokyo on October 2, 2007. Gravure idol Mikie Hara portrays Honey Kisaragi, the title character.
IMDB Rating: 8.9
IMDB Votes: 40
Genere: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious
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Mercury (2017)
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IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 368
Genere: Action
Country: Egypt
Duration:
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Rumble (2017)
Plot Summary:
An aging and injured former MMA champ is forced back into a deadly Mexican underground fight circuit to save is girlfriend who is kidnapped by a mysterious cartel leader and criminal mastermind.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 310
Genere: Action
Country: Mexico
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Crows Explode (2014)
Plot Summary:
A month after Genji Takiya graduates, a new battle for supremacy at Suzuran All-Boys High School begins. Transfer student Kaburagi Kazeo combats Kagami Ryohei for the coveted top spot, amidst a brewing inter-school conflict with Kurosaki Industrial High.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing, hood, weird
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Attack on Titan: Counter Rockets (2015)
Plot Summary:
During the Great Titan War, a race of giants called Titans nearly wiped out humanity. The survivors built three concentric walls tall enough to keep the Titans out, but a century into that era of peace, the Colossal Titan suddenly appeared and kicked a hole through the Outer Wall, allowing other Titans to surge through. Forced to retreat behind the Middle Wall, humanity begins planning its retaliation.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 495
Genere: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 34 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing, anime, entertaining
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Drawing Sword (2005)
Plot Summary:
During the Second Sino-Japanese War, Chen Geng is the commander of the 386th brigade, part of the 129th division of the Eighth Route Army. Subordinate to Chen is Li Yun Long, who leads his regiment for the fight against the Japanese invaders. Although rash and rough in personality, Li Yun Long possesses brilliant military skills, which he carries with him from the war against the Japanese to the Chinese Civil War.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 566
Genere: Action
Country: China
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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My Schoolmate the Barbarian (2001)
Plot Summary:
A brainy private school student is transferred to a far less elite institution, where he must fend off classmates who settle scores with fistfights.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 408
Genere: Comedy, Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Justice High (2020)
Plot Summary:
Today is righteous Chae-young’s first day of her transferred school after beaten a bully to nothing. Despite the dad’s warning, she saves her classmate Jong-gu from bullies again. Fascinated by her, Jong-gu asks how to be strong like her.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 307
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Blazing Transfer Students (2017)
Plot Summary:
Featuring the boys of Johnny's West, a gang of zany transfer students are recruited for a mysterious mission ordained by their shadowy principal.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 137
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, shounen
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Mask the Kekkou: Reborn (2012)
Plot Summary:
Sparta Academy is the nation's top prep school, where students with poor grades undergo frightening torture under the school headmaster's direction. Kekko Kamen makes her appearance at the school in outrageous attire, completely naked except for her red mask, boots and gloves, and attacks the torturing teacher.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 75
Genere: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 63 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, manga
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Padikathavan (2009)
Plot Summary:
Rocky is looked down upon by his father and spends all his time in a mechanic shop. Problems arise in his life after he falls in love with Gayathri.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 831
Genere: Action
Country: India
Duration: 163 min
Plot tags: psychological, exciting, captivating, disturbing
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Rangbaaz: Darr Ki Rajneeti (2022)
Plot Summary:
Traces the rise and fall of 'Saheb' Haroon Shah Ali Baig, a gangster-turned-politician, who was much loved and feared in Bihar.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 687
Genere: Action
Country: India
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing
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Shanghai Bund (2007)
Plot Summary:
Shanghai Bund is a 2007 Chinese television series and a remake of the 1980 Hong Kong television series The Bund produced by TVB. Directed by Gao Xixi, the series starred Huang Xiaoming, Betty Sun, Li Xuejian and Huang Haibo in the lead roles.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 48
Genere: Action
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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High & Low: The Worst (2019)
Plot Summary:
Oya High was divided into a part-time system and a full-time system. Yoshiki Murayama (Yuki Yamada) has been the leader of Oya High for a while, and he is now bored without challenge inside the ferocious school. Fujio Hanaoka (Kazuma Kawamura) is a new student transferred to the school who has ambitions to challenge Murayama to a man-to-man fight one day after he acquires the position of leader of the Full-time School. However, there are many other people at the Full-time School aiming for the same leadership position. They are the top-ranked team of Yosuke Todoroki, Shibaman, and Tsuji; the Nakagoshi and Nakaoka, who are leading the second-year and first-year students, respectively; the Yasu-Kiyo faction led by Yasushi and Kiyoshi, who rise to prominence through their crazy fighting style. As the new generation, Fujio, together with his childhood friend Tsukasa and his minion Jamuo, has entered the Warring States period of The Full-time School.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 749
Genere: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense
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Crows Zero (2007)
Plot Summary:
The students of Suzuran High compete for the King of School title. An ex-graduate yakuza is sent to kill the son of a criminal group, but he can't make himself to do it as he reminds him of his youth.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, captivating, semi serious, dorama, epic, manga, anime, action packed, serious
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Weak Hero Class 1 (2022)
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Yeon Shi-eun is a model student, who ranks at the top at his school. Physically, he appears like a weak boy, but, by using his smarts, tools, and psychology, he fights against violence that takes place inside and outside of his school.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
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Country: South Korea
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: smart, action drama
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Pogaru (2021)
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Shiva, a ruffian, is the terror of his area in many ways, but still has a heart of gold. He has just one wish, for his mother to love him wholly like the way he does.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action
Country: India
Duration: 160 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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High & Low: The Movie 2 - End of Sky (2017)
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Members of SWORD win against Wangan Rengogun, which is led by Kohaku (Akira). The city becomes peaceful again. Nevertheless, the most brutal gangs, Doubt and Prison Gang, appear. They try to dominate the area controlled by SWORD.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 556
Genere: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Backstage (2016)
Plot Summary:
A group of “very talented” teenagers sing, dance, and perform their way to the top at the famous Keaton School of the Arts! From the disappointments of failure, to the new friendships and crowning achievements, being a student at Keaton means you're on the path to becoming a star!.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, entertaining, disturbing
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Gangster High (2006)
Plot Summary:
Sang-ho is an ordinary high school student. His dream is to enter the military academy under the influence of his father who is an army colonel. As entering high school, he became friends with Jae-gu, Chang-bae, Kyung-chul, Hong-kyu and Sang-sik. They grouped a soccer team called 'Tiger', building up friendship by playing soccer. Sang-ho and his friends ran into group of fight with seniors, these incidents made everybody in school to misunderstand them as they were serious group of gangster. When Sang-ho gets becomes close with a girl whose boyfriend is a boss of another school's gangster group, things are going worse.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 758
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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The Class (2016)
Plot Summary:
What is happening in the class? Who are friends, who are enemies - and who has had a mishap? The pupils have yet another day ahead of them.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 128
Genere: Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark
Duration: 10 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, entertaining, disturbing
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Hana Nochi Hare: HanaDan Next Season (2018)
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The setting of the drama takes place 10 years after the F4 graduated from Eitoku Academy. Edogawa Oto is the daughter of a former company president. Her life completely changed after their family business went bankrupt. Her fiance is Hase Tenma, the popular student council president of the rival school. With declining enrollment due to a recession and the rise of a rival school, Eitoku Academy is now ruled by the Correct5 whose leader is Kakuragi Haruto. The group seeks out, then runs out, any students whose families haven’t made appropriate donations to the school. When Haruto and Oto discover each other’s secrets — that Haruto buys self-help items to get stronger, and that Oto is poor and works at a convenience store – they promise to keep each other’s secret.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 201
Genere: Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Rider Time: Kamen Rider Ryuki (2019)
Plot Summary:
A mysterious person restarts the Mirror World's Rider Battle, thus making Shinji Kido and other war participants regain their memories and transforming abilities. With the appearance of Another Ryuki, Sougo Tokiwa and Geiz Myokoin investigate this event, becoming involved in the war themselves.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 74
Genere: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, contemplative, super sentai
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Rider Time: Kamen Rider Shinobi (2019)
Plot Summary:
In the near future, the resurgence of ninjitsu in Japan sets the stage for the adventures of Rentaro Kagura, Kamen Rider Shinobi!.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 49
Genere: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, super sentai
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Kamen Rider #4 (2015)
Plot Summary:
Kamen Rider 4 is a web series which was released as an accompanying special to the film Super Hero Taisen GP: Kamen Rider 3. It introduced a new rider, Kamen Rider 4, who is the fourth Kamen Rider cyborg created by Shocker after Kamen Riders 1, 2, and 3. The plot goes around a time loop created by the Shocker that resets whenever someone dies, but whenever the loop resets Shocker itself somehow grows stronger and stronger. Thus, it is up to the Riders to decide whether to keep on fighting a useless battle... Or end the loops for good by sacrificing one of their own.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 37
Genere: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, futuristic, suspenseful
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Kamen Rider Ghost: Legendary! Riders' Souls! (2016)
Plot Summary:
When a mysterious boy named Frey steals Ghost and Specter's Eyecons, they must call upon the powers of past Kamen Riders to defeat him.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 15
Genere: Action
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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High & Low: The Story of S.W.O.R.D. (2015)
Plot Summary:
A town once dominated by Mugen has been split into 5 districts dominated by S.W.O.R.D., the 5 gangs: Sannoh Rengokai, White Rascals, Oya Kohkoh, Rude Boys and Daruma Ikka. Mugen's grip on the town ended after the legendary Amamiya Brothers refused to submit to their will. The 5 gangs fight for their pride and glory, but the mysterious Mighty Warriors appear.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 361
Genere: Action
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing