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 8.6
 2K
19-2 (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Officer Nick Beroff, 17 years of service for Montreal's police, is not happy to be stuck with Ben Chartier, newly transferred from S.Q (provincial police), as a partner, but after the tragic event that occurs in the first scene of the pilot, he ...
Style: tense, suspenseful, sincere, serious, detective ...
Plot: workplace, police investigation, partners against crime, reluctant partners, police, partner, organized crime, boss, policewoman, marital problem, suspicion, estrangement ...
Time: 21st century
Place: quebec, canada
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Fire of Conscience (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Fire of Conscience is an 2010 Hong Kong action/thriller film directed by Dante Lam and starring Leon Lai and Richie Ren. The Chinese name is derived in one of the action scenes where Lai has to chase Ren through a street of dragon dance.
Style: tense, captivating, serious, detective, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, tough heroes, uncover truth, investigation, danger, dishonesty, prostitute, loss of wife, brutality, mitsubishi, cop, torture ...
Time: 21st century
Place: china, asia, hong kong
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 6.9
 1K
Zuzu Angel (2006)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Brazil
Duration: 108 min.
Story: "Zuzu Angel" covers the last years of the famous Brazilian fashion designer in her doomed quest for justice in the case of her activist son Stuart's arrest, torture, murder and subsequent corpse disposal by the military forces in ...
Style: disturbing, serious, psychological, suspenseful, thought provoking ...
Plot: fighting the system, uncover truth, missing person, injustice, life is a bitch, society, politics, rebellion, legal, price of justice, political unrest, political intrigue ...
Time: 70s, 60s, 20th century
Place: rio de janeiro, latin america, brazil
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My New Partner (1984)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 107 min.
Story: My New Partner is a 1984 French comedy film directed by Claude Zidi, starring Philippe Noiret and Thierry Lhermitte. Noiret plays a streetwise Paris policeman who takes kickbacks from the minor criminals on his beat to allow them to continue. At the ...
Style: exciting, witty, suspenseful, neo noir, anthology ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police, buddy cop, prostitute, corrupt cop, police corruption, corruption, disorder, misfit partners, odd couple, buddies, law enforcement, bad guy ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: paris france, france, europe
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True Believer (1989)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Eddie Dodd is a burnt out former civil rights lawyer who now specializes in defending drug dealers. Roger Baron, newly graduated from law school, has followed Eddie's great cases and now wants to learn at his feet. With Roger's idealistic ...
Style: neo noir, detective, clever, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: courtroom drama, lawyer, courtroom, prison, investigation, conspiracy, neo nazi, legal, idealism, racial discrimination, cross examination, mentor protege relationship ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: usa, manhattan new york city, greenwich village manhattan new york city, new york
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 6.7
 14K
Rio Lobo (1970)
Genre: Drama, War, Western
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 114 min.
Story: After the Civil War, Cord McNally searches for the traitor whose perfidy caused the defeat of McNally's unit and the loss of a close friend.
Style: harsh, serious, realistic, tense, rough ...
Plot: american civil war, civil war, betrayal, vengeance, gunfight, revenge, justice, brutality, redemption, colonel, unlikely friendships, old west ...
Time: 19th century, 20th century, year 1865, 1860s
Place: texas, usa
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Between the Lines (1992)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Between the Lines was a television police drama series created by J. C. Wilsher and produced by World Productions for the BBC. It was first shown on BBC1 between 1992 and 1994, running for three series. The show centred on the eventful life of ...
Style: detective, realistic, serious, tense, captivating ...
Plot: police, police corruption, dirty cop, dishonesty, law enforcement, police investigation, workplace, corrupt law enforcer, workplace situations, honest law enforcer, police station, lesbian ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: london, england
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Internal Affairs (1990)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Keen young Raymold Avila joins the Internal Affairs Department of the Los Angeles police. He and partner Amy Wallace are soon looking closely at the activities of cop Dennis Peck whose financial holdings start to suggest something shady. Indeed Peck ...
Style: suspense, neo noir, suspenseful, intense, atmospheric ...
Plot: police corruption, internal affairs, corrupt cop, police investigation, corruption, manipulation, psychopath, police, abusive husband, rivalry, law enforcement, dishonesty ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 90s
Place: los angeles, usa
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 6.0
 48K
Bird on a Wire (1990)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A FBI informant has kept his new identity secret for 15 years, now an old flame has recognised him and the bad guys are back for revenge.
Style: road movie, suspense, exciting, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: date night, teens
Plot: chase, false identity, corruption, car chase, tiger, justice, on the run, motorcycle, betrayal, fbi, violence, disorder ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 80s
Place: usa, atlantic city new jersey, new york, detroit, wisconsin ...
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The Longest Nite (1998)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Two triad leaders vie for the right to manage a string of casinos in Macau which sparks an exhausting battle. A twist of fate brings the two gangster bosses together in collaboration, but rumors have it otherwise. A murderous plot unfolds.
Style: heroic, neo noir, crime drama, exciting, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heroic bloodshed, triad, gunfight, killer, organized crime, contract killer, big city, hitman, conspiracy, gangster, restaurant, corrupt law enforcer ...
Time: 90s
Place: china, asia, hong kong
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Say This Is Love (2000)
Genre: Action, Musical, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 172 min.
Story: Life is paradise for an upright young man and a sweet-natured girl until fate intervenes. Now they're separated by circumstances beyond their control.
Style: realistic, serious, exciting, emotional, romantic ...
Plot: tragic love, lookalikes, betrayal, fall in love, mistaken identity, social differences, society, couples, family relations, rich and poor, parents and children, dual role ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: new zealand, asia, india
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 5.5
 10K
Wake of Death (2004)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, France, South Africa, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Action superstar, Jean-Claude Van Damme (Universal Soldier, Street Fighter), is back and at his hard-hitting best as Ben Archer, an ex-mob enforcer seeking revenge against a ruthless Chinese kingpin responsible for his wife's brutal murder. ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, action adventure ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: revenge, martial arts, gangster, child in peril, murder, mortal combat, danger, rivalry, tough heroes, chase, mafia, loss of wife ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
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 6.5
 7K
Inhale (2010)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A couple goes to dangerous lengths to find a lung donor for their daughter.
Style: serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense, psychological ...
Plot: transplant, doctor, moral dilemma, child illness, parents and children, family problems, couple relations, escapades, society, street kid, male pubic hair, daughter ...
Time: 21st century
Place: mexico, usa, latin america
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Shootout at Lokhandwala (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story: On a calm summer day in 1991, in the bustling Lokhandwala Complex, five criminals including Maya and Dilip were counting 70 lakhs in flat no. 32 B, when 286 policemen, headed by ACP Khan, took strategic positions around their building. A gunfire ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, suspense thriller ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, police shootout, criminal underworld, vengeance, society, rivalry, undercover, dishonesty, criminal's revenge, police investigation, danger, fighting crime ...
Time: year 2007, 90s, year 1991
Place: india, asia, mumbai india
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 5.9
 16K
The Horde (2009)
Genre: Action, Horror
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A posse of crooked cops, malevolent gangsters and a horde of walking dead are the centre point of this gruesome, tight, action packed, claustrophobic tale of retribution and escape. Penned like animals, on the top floor of a deserted high-rise ...
Style: scary, exciting, suspenseful, bleak, apocalyptic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: zombie apocalypse, zombie, female warrior, infection, murder, infected, violence spree, gang, danger, wrong place wrong time, gory, undead ...
Time: 21st century
Place: paris france, france, europe
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 6.1
 45K
Cleaner (2007)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Single father and former cop Tom Cutler has an unusual occupation: he cleans up death scenes. But when he's called in to sterilize a wealthy suburban residence after a brutal shooting, Cutler is shocked to learn he may have unknowingly erased ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, intense, psychological, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police corruption, murder, police investigation, murder mystery, father daughter relationship, hitman, organized crime, intelligence agency, deep south, spy, epidemic, cash ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: usa
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 7.2
 49K
The Outlaws (1985)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story: Four unwitting heroes cross paths on their journey to the sleepy town of Silverado. Little do they know the town where their family and friends reside has been taken over by a corrupt sheriff and a murderous posse. It's up to the sharp-shooting ...
Style: light, tense, intense, exciting, feel good ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: cowboy, gunfight, good versus evil, wild west, small town, friendship, violent, indians, modern western, modern west, civil war, chess ...
Time: 19th century, year 1985, 1880s
Place: usa, new mexico, arizona
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 7.2
 9K
Shaitan (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Five substance-abusing friends decide to fake a kidnapping in order to bribe a police constable for covering-up a hit-and-run accident.
Style: serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: drug abuse, kidnapping, police corruption, ransom, chief of police, bribery, buddies, on the run, law enforcement, life is a bitch, fake kidnapping, group of friends ...
Time: year 2011, 21st century
Place: india, mumbai india
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 6.6
 55K
Arbitrage (2012)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Poland
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A troubled hedge fund magnate, desperate to complete the sale of his trading empire, makes an error that forces him to turn to an unlikely person for help.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, tense, realistic, psychological ...
Plot: infidelity, business, police investigation, adultery, wall street, twists and turns, money, finance, morality, manipulation, moral ambiguity, moral dilemma ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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 7.0
 9K
The Round Up (2010)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: France, Germany, Hungary
Duration: 115 min.
Story: 1942. Joseph is eleven. And this June morning, he must go to school, a yellow star sown on his chest. He receives the support of a goods dealer. The mockery of a baker. Between kindness and contempt, Jo, his Jewish friends, their families, learn of ...
Style: emotional, disturbing, thought provoking, bleak, realistic ...
Plot: holocaust, concentration camp, nazism, german occupation, holocaust survivor, world war two, nazi, world war, against humanity, injustice, genocide, nazi concentration camp ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 2009, post world war two, year 1942
Place: france, vichy, paris france, middle east, europe ...
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Green Lantern: First Flight (2009)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story: Test pilot Hal Jordan finds himself recruited as the newest member of the intergalactic police force, The Green Lantern Corps.
Style: anime, intense, exciting, stylized, suspenseful ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: superhero, comic book, good versus evil, betrayal, frame up, heroic mission, intergalactic, law enforcement, pilot, secret identity, master villain, protagonist as suspect ...
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 6.7
 37K
Defendor (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A crooked cop, a mob boss and the young girl they abuse are the denizens of a city's criminal underworld. It's a world that ordinary Arthur Poppington doesn't understand and doesn't belong in, but is committed to fighting when he ...
Style: realistic, dark comedy, black comedy, stylized, sincere ...
Plot: superhero, vigilante, friendship, delusion, revenge, wannabe, undercover, obsession, righting the wronged, comic book, villain, drug ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: usa
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 7.0
 47K
Bad Lieutenant (1992)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: While investigating a young nun's rape, a corrupt New York City police detective, with a serious drug and gambling addiction, tries to change his ways and find forgiveness.
Style: neo noir, independent film, disturbing, detective, bleak ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: gambling, redemption, police, rape, corruption, drug addiction, masturbation, baseball, police corruption, heroin, police lieutenant, nun ...
Time: 90s, year 1992, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
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The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Western
Country: France, Mexico, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: When brash Texas border officer Mike Norton wrongfully kills and buries the friend and ranch hand of Pete Perkins, the latter is reminded of a promise he made to bury his friend, Melquiades Estrada, in his Mexican home town. He kidnaps Norton and ...
Style: emotional, realistic, intense, thought provoking, atmospheric ...
Plot: friendship, vengeance, desert, revenge, small town, cowboy, justice, murder, promise, loss of friend, racial slur, on the road ...
Time: year 2005, 21st century
Place: texas, mexico, austin texas, midwest, usa ...
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 6.4
 134K
Savages (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: Pot growers Ben and Chon face off against the Mexican drug cartel who kidnapped their shared girlfriend.
Style: sexy, tense, intense, action packed, romantic ...
Audience: chick flick, boys' night
Plot: kidnapping, drug cartel, rescue, marijuana, violence, twists and turns, drug dealing, friendship, woman in danger, polyamory, gangster, drug lord ...
Time: 2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place: california, southern california, los angeles, usa, tijuana mexico ...
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 6.5
 118K
Premium Rush (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: In Manhattan, a bike messenger picks up an envelope that attracts the interest of a dirty cop, who pursues the cyclist throughout the city.
Style: exciting, suspenseful, action packed, road movie, suspense ...
Audience: girls' night, boys' night
Plot: chase, delivery, organized crime, race against time, cycling, bicycle, police corruption, corrupt cop, on the run, chinese immigrant, justice, conspiracy ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa, china
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 7.2
 253K
Lawless (2012)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Set in the Depression-era Franklin County, Virginia, a bootlegging gang is threatened by authorities who want a cut of their profits.
Style: intense, suspense, harsh, stylized, entertaining ...
Plot: mafia, gangster, bootlegging, smuggling, corruption, greed, gang, vigilante, prohibition, great depression, violence, robbery ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, year 2012, 2010s, year 1940 ...
Place: virginia, usa, america, appalachia
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Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 115 min.
Story: After a bloody invasion of the BOPE in the High-Security Penitentiary Bangu 1 in Rio de Janeiro to control a rebellion of interns, the Lieutenant-Colonel Roberto Nascimento and the second in command Captain André Matias are accused by the Human ...
Style: political, realistic, unusual plot structure, stylized, brutal ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: corruption, politics, gangster, police corruption, favela, political corruption, gunfight, poverty, swat team, police investigation, justice, criminal ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, y2k, 21st century
Place: brazil, rio de janeiro, latin america, south america
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 7.8
 102K
A Prophet (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 155 min.
Story: Sentenced to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena (Tahar Rahim) is alone in the world and can neither read nor write. On his arrival at the prison, he seems younger and more brittle than the others detained there. At once he falls under the sway of ...
Style: harsh, tense, bleak, rough, atmospheric ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: prison, mafia, gangster, prison life, cruelty, organized crime, coming of age, prison gang, racial slur, jail, guilt, respect ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s, year 2010, 90s, 21st century
Place: france, europe, paris france, marseille
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Pineapple Express (2008)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, Russia, North Korea
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A stoner and his dealer are forced to go on the run from the police after the pothead witnesses a cop commit a murder.
Style: humorous, funny, hilarious, offbeat, action comedy ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot: stoner, marijuana, friendship, weed, drug, buddies, buddy, cannabis, chase, drug trip, witnessing a crime, immature ...
Time: year 2008, 1930s, year 1937, 21st century
Place: usa
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