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Plot Summary:
Two complete strangers, Lola and Chelsea, intervene in a fatal carjacking while waiting at a suburban bus stop, and are subsequently thrust into a chase from authorities across Australia with a vehicle filled with cash. The strangers must rely solely on each other while on the run.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: road movie, witty
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Warrior (2018)
Plot Summary:
A war veteran plagued by guilt over his final mission teams up with his best friend's widow to infiltrate a dangerous Copenhagen biker gang.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration:
Plot tags: serious, captivating, realistic, disturbing, psychological
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You Cannot Hide (2019)
Plot Summary:
After discovering that her husband is involved with drug trafficking, and she decides to cooperate with the DEA, Lidia is forced to move to Spain with her teenage daughter, fleeing her tragic past to start a new life. Two years later, in Spain, Lidia's life enters chaos once more when someone is sent to kill her and her daughter is kidnapped.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: Mexico
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, breathtaking, captivating, entertaining
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Taxi Brooklyn (2014)
Plot Summary:
Caitlin "Cat" Sullivan is an NYPD detective working in Brooklyn. After her driving privileges are suspended, she relies on Leo Romba, a highly skilled Brooklyn cab driver from France. Leo becomes Cat's driver and a consultant on her cases. While solving crimes with Leo, Cat is also running her own unauthorized investigation into the death of her father, an NYPD detective thought to have been executed by the Capella crime family. In doing so, she clashes with her boss, Captain Baker, and her ex-husband Gregg, who has picked up the case for the FBI.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: not serious, exciting, humorous, realistic, detective, fast
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Bad Thief, Good Thief (2017)
Plot Summary:
The story centers on thieves who strike against people in high power who try to control Korea.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 105
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: sentimental, captivating, suspense, detective
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The Sniffer (2013)
Plot Summary:
An extraordinary sense of smell gives a crime investigator unique insight into solving mysteries, but his gift takes a toll on his personal life.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, clever, suspense, light, semi serious, detective
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Cuffs (2015)
Plot Summary:
Cuffs is a fresh, authentic and visceral drama that will take the audience on an exhilarating ride through the challenges of front-line policing. Adrenalized and vibrant, the show is packed full of dramatic incidents and colourful characters. From a booby trapped cannabis farm in a suburban semi to an elderly farmer's wife with a shotgun, the stories are surprising and exciting. There will be more absurd altercations - such as a middle-class dog-napping or fisticuffs between pensioners - as well as the daily grind of speeding drivers, city-centre shoplifters and Saturday night drinkers.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: detective, suspense, suspenseful, tense, unusual plot structure, contemplative, crime drama, queer cinema
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Deadly Tropics (2019)
Plot Summary:
On the Caribbean island of Martinique, in the middle of the tropics, several mysterious murders occur. Now it is up to the two investigators Mélissa Sainte-Rose and Gaëlle Crivelli to solve the case - even if the two women have very different views of law.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 286
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 52 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, stylized
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Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries (2019)
Plot Summary:
In swinging 60’s Melbourne, gorgeously reckless Peregrine Fisher inherits a windfall when the famous aunt she never knew goes missing over the highlands of New Guinea. Peregrine must prove herself brilliant enough to become a world class private detective in her own right.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: detective, realistic, serious, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, slasher, detective series
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Heist (2006)
Plot Summary:
Heist is an American television series that premiered March 22, 2006, on NBC, but was almost immediately canceled due to low ratings. The series was from acclaimed director Doug Liman and revolved around professional thief Mickey O' Neil, who created a team of experts to try to pull off the biggest heist in history — to simultaneously rob three jewelry stores on Rodeo Drive during Academy Awards week. Meanwhile, Amy Sykes, lead detective for LAPD’s Robbery Division, led the task force investigating a series of thefts committed by this new crew. Under high pressure from her superiors, she had to figure out not only who was behind the crimes, but also what larger job they were leading up to.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 555
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags:
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Peacemakers (2003)
Plot Summary:
Peacemakers is an American crime fiction television series about forensic science in the Old West. It was filmed in Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada. The series premiered July 30, 2003, on the USA Network. The show was cancelled after one season of nine episodes.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 682
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Western
Country: Canada, USA
Duration:
Plot tags: captivating, exciting, tense, suspense, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Team Bulldog: Off-Duty Investigation (2020)
Plot Summary:
A crime action investigation drama about police investigator Jin Kang Ho from the serious crime squad who never gives up on a case until he gets to the end of it. He will solve unsolved cases with a team consisting of a passionate producing director (PD) of an investigative show with low viewership ratings, a detective who used to be a profiler, a bar CEO who puts his violent past behind, and a funeral director who used to be a well-esteemed autopsy doctor at the National Forensic Service (NIS).
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 190
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, detective
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Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police (1996)
Plot Summary:
Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei is a long-running, popular German television series about a two-man team of highway police, originally set in Berlin and later in North Rhine-Westphalia. The series has been broadcast in countries worldwide. Ihr Revier ist die Autobahn (Their precinct is the autobahn) Ihr Tempo ist mörderisch (They work at break-neck speed) Ihre Gegner: Autoschieber, Mörder und Erpresser (They're up against car thieves, burglars, and extortionists) Einsatz rund um die Uhr für die Männer von Cobra 11 (They're on call around the clock: the men of Cobra 11) Unsere Sicherheit ist ihr Job (Our safety is their job).
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, captivating, detective, suspenseful, retro
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Police Woman (1974)
Plot Summary:
Sergeant “Pepper"” Anderson, an undercover cop for the Criminal Conspiracy Unit of the Los Angeles Police Department, poses undercover from mob girl to prostitute.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: detective, retro, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Crossing Lines (2013)
Plot Summary:
Through globalization, many countries have been opened and barriers removed to ensure easy trade, travel and cultural diversity. However, this openness has given opportunities to criminals looking to exploit the system and ultimately threaten our global safety. As Europe has become a "safe house" for criminals eluding law enforcers, a special kind of law enforcement team is needed to handle specific ongoing crimes on a global level. "Crossing Lines" is the story of one such team, made up of five international cops, headed by Captain Daniel. The team - comprised of individuals who have little in common - must learn to live and work under the most dangerous and potentially deadly conditions. Housed in an unused storage section underneath the ICC, this mismatched team faces bureaucratic, jurisdictional and cultural obstacles while traversing continents in pursuit of justice.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: France, Germany, Belgium, USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: detective, serious, suspenseful, realistic, dramatic
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T.J. Hooker (1982)
Plot Summary:
T. J. Hooker is an American police drama television program starring William Shatner in the title role as a 15-year veteran police sergeant. The series premiered as a mid-season replacement on March 13, 1982, on ABC and ran on the network until May 4, 1985. The show was then picked up for a further single season by CBS. The supporting cast includes Adrian Zmed as rookie Officer Vince Romano, Heather Locklear as rookie Officer Stacy Sheridan, and Richard Herd as Captain Dennis Sheridan as personnel in the fictional "LCPD" Police Department Academy Precinct. Towards the end of the show's second season, James Darren became a regular cast member as Officer Jim Corrigan. The series was created by Rick Husky, who later went on to serve as executive producer of Walker Texas Ranger, and produced by Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: detective, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, witty, campy
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Sea Patrol (2007)
Plot Summary:
Sea Patrol is an Australian television drama that ran from 2007 to 2011, set on board HMAS Hammersley, a fictional patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy. The series focuses on the ship and the lives of its crew members. Despite similarities in setting and content, this series is not a follow-on to the 1979 series, Patrol Boat. At the start of the second season, Sea Patrol saw an upgrade from the Fremantle class to a newer Armidale class boat. The first season debuted on 5 July 2007 on the Nine Network, who invested $15 million into the programme. The second season of Sea Patrol, titled Sea Patrol II: The Coup, aired in 2008, while the third season, Sea Patrol: Red Gold, aired in 2009. The fourth season aired in 2010 in a new 16-episode format, with no main theme or continuous storyline running throughout, unlike the first three seasons. The fifth season of Sea Patrol, "Damage Control", began airing in 2011 and consisted of 13 episodes. The Nine Network has confirmed that this was to be the final season, due to reliance on government rebates that expire after 65 episodes. Completion of series five brings the total episode count to 68 episodes.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, realistic, colorful, tense, detective, captivating, serious, colourful
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Charlie's Angels (2011)
Plot Summary:
Charlie's Angels is a remake developed by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar for ABC, based upon the 1976 series of the same name created by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts. The series ran on ABC from September 22 to November 10, 2011. A remake of the original show had been in the works since 2009. Although there were going to be 13 episodes to be aired, production of Charlie's Angels ended on October 14, 2011 after airing only four episodes due to extremely poor ratings and critical reviews. It burned off three of the remaining four episodes and concluded its run on ABC on November 10, 2011. The show's critically negative reviews focused on its acting, plot, and action scenes. Charlie's Angels is currently available on DVD from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: exciting, semi serious, humorous, sexy, heroic, detective, fast, captivating, realistic
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NCIS: New Orleans (2014)
Plot Summary:
A drama about the local field office that investigates criminal cases affecting military personnel in The Big Easy, a city known for its music, entertainment and decadence.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: serious, exciting, realistic, suspenseful, tense, detective
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OCTB (2017)
Plot Summary:
Undercover detective Chen Feng Xiang in a crack after a large group of cadres transferred to civilian, but in eight years after being an anti-black group to recapture. As the current rivers and lakes on the most troublesome triad leader are Chen Feng Xiang then younger brother Zhang Zhi Qiang, Feng Xiang re-out of the "rivers and lakes." He joined Zhang Shaojun led by the anti-black team and the new villain tostart dealing with the hands of the old friends and enemies, which makes Feng Xiang once dilemma. There are three years since the return of Hong Kong, gangs intend to take advantage of a big ticket. Feng Xiang in the investigation of a case of the disappearance of the leader, but found a century of Hong Kong triad history of the shaking big conspiracy.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 176
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, detective
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The Murders (2019)
Plot Summary:
A rookie Homicide detective's negligence in a fellow officer's death has her searching for redemption in her investigations.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 740
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, detective, contemplative
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The Children of the Street (2020)
Plot Summary:
The Children of the Street tells the story of young people who have to achieve their own justice in a world where law is inadequate. "What is justice?", "How does a teenager survive on the street?" will answer questions like.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 429
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: tense, bleak, neo noir, captivating
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Dumb (2016)
Plot Summary:
Shiri is 30 years old actress waiting for her big break, which doesn't seem to come because she looks too young. An unexpected opportunity comes when she is recruited by the police as a secret agent in a high-school where drugs are suspected to be distributed.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 193
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: psychological, exciting, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Converts (2007)
Plot Summary:
A convert is a person who agrees to cooperate with an enemy in exchange for some benefits. It can be a criminal who cooperates with the police or a policeman who delivers secrets to mobsters. No matter if the convert is the guardian of public order or the bandit it is always perilous game where a life is at stake. Main characters of Converts are Paul Sikora, an experienced officer of Central Investigation Bureau and Blacha - John Blachowski, a mobster from the most powerful gang in Poland. The axis of the series is complicated high risk game which is played between these two protagonists. The policeman tries to convert the criminal and the criminal attempts to corrupt the officer. These two men live on the opposite sides of the barricade, however, they have many things in common. Their occupation ruin their families. Both of them have wonderful wives and they love their children but their life is far away to be perfect. Each of them alone has to straggle with the aversion of their environment and personal weaknesses. They're both in a dilemma. Blacha is torn between the care of his family and the loyalty to the group which he comes from. Sikora is torn between his work and his family for whom he does not have enough time. He is desperate to be a good husband and father and good policeman at the same time. Sikora and Blacha have their own principles which seems never to be broken. However, life writes its own scenario in which some rules have to broken. Next to tension and continuous fight for dominance a thread of understanding appears between them gradually.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 467
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 49 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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The Rookie (2018)
Plot Summary:
Starting over isn’t easy, especially for small-town guy John Nolan who, after a life-altering incident, is pursuing his dream of being an LAPD officer. As the force’s oldest rookie, he’s met with skepticism from some higher-ups who see him as just a walking midlife crisis.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 60000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, tense, serious, detective, inspirational
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Hawaii Five-0 (2010)
Plot Summary:
Steve McGarrett returns home to Oahu, in order to find his father's killer. The governor offers him the chance to run his own task force (Five-0). Steve's team is joined by Chin Ho Kelly, Danny "Danno" Williams, and Kono Kalakaua.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 77000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: exciting, detective, realistic, cliffhanger, action packed, stylized, serious, suspenseful, telenovela
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Marvel's Jessica Jones (2015)
Plot Summary:
After a tragic ending to her short-lived super hero stint, Jessica Jones is rebuilding her personal life and career as a detective who gets pulled into cases involving people with extraordinary abilities in New York City.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 224000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 56 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, neo noir, realistic, semi serious, stylized, bleak, detective, psychological thriller, sexy
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Knockin' on Heaven's Door (1997)
Plot Summary:
Two young men, Martin and Rudi, both suffering from terminal cancer, get to know each other in a hospital room. They drown their desperation in tequila and decide to take one last trip to the sea. Drunk and still in pajamas they steal the first fancy car they find, a 60's Mercedes convertible. The car happens to belong to a bunch of gangsters, which immediately start to chase it, since it contains more than the pistol Martin finds in the glove box.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Action, Crime, Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: road movie, touching, funny, humorous, exciting, sentimental, unusual plot structure, entertaining, dramatic, talky
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Halifax: Retribution (2020)
Plot Summary:
A sniper is on the loose, as Jane Halifax comes back to the rescue to find the sniper before its too late. 20 years on the race for answers is more important than ever.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 356 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Blinded by the Lights (2018)
Plot Summary:
An eight-episode story charting seven days from the life of a cocaine dealer whose perfectly organized life begins to sink into chaos while he is forced to make the most important choices in his life.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: captivating, tense, suspense, entertaining, disturbing, anthology, hood, interesting
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Animal Kingdom (2016)
Plot Summary:
The series centers on 17-year-old Joshua "J" Cody, who moves in with his freewheeling relatives in their Southern California beach town after his mother dies of a heroin overdose. Headed by boot-tough matriarch Janine "Smurf" Cody and her right-hand Baz, who runs the business and calls the shots, the clan also consists of Pope, the oldest and most dangerous of the Cody boys; Craig, the tough and fearless middle son; and Deran, the troubled, suspicious "baby" of the family.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 43000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, erotic, sexy, anime, sensual, crime thriller