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The Big Bird Cage (1972)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Grier and Haig are thieving mercenaries who engineer a prison break from the outside.
Style: grindhouse, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison, women in prison, exploitation, sexploitation, blaxploitation, women's prison, gang rape, voyeur, tropical island, violent, woman with a gun, rebellion ...
Time: year 1972, 70s
Place: the philippines, asia
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 4.5
 14K
Bitch Slap (2009)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Three bad girls (a down-and-out stripper, a drug-running killer and a corporate powerbroker) arrive at a remote desert hideaway to extort and steal $200 Million in diamonds from a ruthless underworld kingpin.
Style: sexy, grindhouse, stylized, bloody, exciting ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: lesbian, femme fatale, anti heroine, female martial artist, anti hero, female protagonist, gratuitous violence, crime gone awry, adaptation, brutality, culture clash, partner ...
Time: 21st century
Place: las vegas, moscow russia
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Ghost in the Shell (2017)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, India, Hong Kong, China, Canada
Duration: 107 min.
Story: In the near future, Major is the first of her kind: a human saved from a terrible crash, then cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world's most dangerous criminals.
Style: futuristic, philosophical, neo noir, suspense, stylized ...
Audience: family friendly, teens
Plot: cyberpunk, cyborgs, artificial intelligence, robot, female protagonist, technology, distopia, hacker, androids, tough girl, chase, terrorism ...
Time: future, year 2017, 2010s, year 2011, near future
Place: tokyo, japan
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I Spit on Your Grave (2010)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A remake of the 1979 controversial cult classic, I Spit on Your Grave retells the horrific tale of writer Jennifer Hills who takes a retreat from the city to a charming cabin in the woods to start on her next book. But Jennifer's presence in ...
Style: brutal, disturbing, psychological, scary, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: vengeance, rape and revenge, torture, rape, violence, sexual abuse, serial killer, revenge, rapist, woman in danger, strong violent content, murder ...
Time: year 2000, year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
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 7.6
 590K
Kick-Ass (2010)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Dave Lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan who one day decides to become a super-hero, even though he has no powers, training or meaningful reason to do so.
Style: stylized, funny, entertaining, dark comedy, offbeat ...
Audience: teens, manly, chick flick, boys' night, date night ...
Plot: superhero, heroes, vigilante, young heroes, vigilantism, double life, lifestyle, youth, teenager, friends, courage, misfit ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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Ghost in the Shell 2.0 (2008)
Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min.
Story: In the year 2029, Section 9, a group of cybernetically enhanced cops, are called in to investigate and stop a highly-wanted hacker known as 'The Puppetmaster'. Ghost in the Shell 2.0 is a reproduced version of its original 1995 ...
Style: anime, exciting, rough, atmospheric, stylized ...
Audience: adult
Plot: cyberpunk, androids and robots, anti heroine, female spy, hacker, artificial intelligence, cyberspace, female warrior, ghost in the shell, terrorism, woman fights a man, uncover truth ...
Time: future, 2020s, 21st century
Place: japan, east asia, tokyo, asia
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Angel of Death (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story: In the tradition of Grindhouse, Kill Bill and Sin City, award-winning comic book writer Ed Brubaker (Incognito, The Death of Captain America, Daredevil) teams up with stuntwoman-turned-cult star Zoe Bell (Death Proof, TV's "Lost") to ...
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, exciting ...
Plot: female assassin, assassin, danger, rivalry, heroes, woman in danger, organized crime, female protagonist, fbi agent, husband wife relationship, female fighter, female fight ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles
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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A zombie outbreak has fallen upon the land in this reimagining of Jane Austen’s classic tale of the tangled relationships between lovers from different social classes in 19th century England. Feisty heroine Elizabeth Bennet (Lily James) is a ...
Style: romantic, exciting, humorous, costume drama, stylized ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot: zombie, prejudice, unlikely couple, couples, female warrior, wooing, supernatural, looking for love, zombie survival, plague, shaolin, virus ...
Time: 19th century, regency period, 1800s, 2010s, victorian era ...
Place: england, europe, britain, london
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 5.2
 3K
RoboGeisha (2009)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Sisters Yoshie and Kikue are two Geisha who are abducted by a mysterious organization to be transformed into murderous cyborg assassins.
Style: exciting, humorous, futuristic, captivating, splatter ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: androids and robots, cyborgs, martial arts, danger, rivalry, medieval, chaos, escapades, cyberpunk, body horror, transformation, kickass women ...
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 7.0
 641K
Prometheus (2012)
Genre: Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.
Style: futuristic, scary, atmospheric, suspenseful, dark ...
Audience: girls' night, boys' night, adult
Plot: alien, space travel, survival, androids, outer space, robot, space and aliens, distant planet, expedition, alien encounter, spacecraft, alien life-form ...
Time: future, year 2012, 2010s, year 2000, 21st century
Place: scotland
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Reign of Assassins (2010)
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: China, Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Set in ancient China, Zeng Jing is a skilled assassin who finds herself in possession of a mystical Buddhist monk's remains. She begins a quest to return the remains to its rightful resting place, and thus places herself in mortal danger ...
Style: atmospheric, suspenseful, serious, captivating, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: sword fight, martial arts, master warrior, wuxia, kung fu, vengeance, betrayal, escapades, uninhibited rivalry, mortal combat, dishonesty, medieval ...
Time: 15th century
Place: china, asia, ancient china
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Cold Prey III (2010)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Takes place in the '80s where a group of teenagers go to visit an abandoned hotel, only to find themselves hunted by a psychotic killer through the Norwegian woods.
Style: slasher, scary, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, friends, psychopath, winter, woods, cruelty, hotel, escapades, danger, profanity, buddies, graphic violence ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 90s
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[REC] 3: Genesis (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 80 min.
Story: The action now takes place miles away from the original location and partly in broad daylight, giving the film an entirely fresh yet disturbing new reality. The infection has left the building. In a clever twist that draws together the plots of the ...
Style: scary, serious, suspenseful, rough, suspense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: wedding, infection, virus, gory, quarantine, found footage, monster, chainsaw murder, supernatural, apocalypse, danger, plague ...
Time: year 2000, 21st century
Place: spain, europe
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 6.5
 287K
Kick-Ass 2 (2013)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story: After Kick-Ass’ insane bravery inspires a new wave of self-made masked crusaders, he joins a patrol led by the Colonel Stars and Stripes. When these amateur superheroes are hunted down by Red Mist — reborn as The Mother Fucker — only the ...
Style: stylized, brutal, entertaining, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night, adult
Plot: superhero, vigilante, double life, revenge, comic book, female bodybuilder, high school, vengeance, youth, crime fighter, masked vigilante, villain ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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 6.4
 107K
Colombiana (2011)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA, UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Zoe Saldana plays a young woman who, after witnessing her parents’ murder as a child in Bogota, grows up to be a stone-cold assassin. She works for her uncle as a hitman by day, but her personal time is spent engaging in vigilante murders that she ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, intense, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, female assassin, vengeance, revenge, female killer, vigilante, one against many, assassin, tough girl, haunted by the past, female protagonist, strong female lead ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, year 1992, 90s, 21st century
Place: colombia, chicago, latin america, south america, usa ...
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 6.3
 38K
Unlocked (2017)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, Switzerland, UK, USA, France
Duration: 98 min.
Story: After failing to apprehend the terrorist behind a Paris attack that claimed dozens of lives, CIA agent Alice Racine is forced to live in London as a caseworker. Her mentor unexpectedly calls her back into action when the CIA discovers that another ...
Style: suspense, exciting, suspenseful, rough, entertaining ...
Plot: terrorism, spy, cia, biohazard, female warrior, betrayal, cia agent, female protagonist, virus, rogue agent, terrorist, biological warfare ...
Time: year 2017, future, 2010s, year 2012
Place: paris france, moscow russia, tower bridge london, big ben london, langley virginia ...
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A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: In the Iranian ghost-town Bad City, a place that reeks of death and loneliness, the townspeople are unaware they are being stalked by a lonesome vampire.
Style: dark, surreal, stylized, black and white, art house ...
Plot: vampire, supernatural, loneliness, cat, prostitute, murder, father son relationship, drug addict, women, following someone, drug use, feminist ...
Time: 2010s, year 2016, year 2014
Place: middle east, iran, persia, maghreb
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 6.7
 21K
A Private War (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: One of the most celebrated war correspondents of our time, Marie Colvin is an utterly fearless and rebellious spirit, driven to the frontlines of conflicts across the globe to give voice to the voiceless.
Style: tense, disturbing, suspense, rough, psychological ...
Plot: war correspondent, journalism, mission, wartime, death of child, hospital, photographer, dictator, journalist, women, international relations, terrorist ...
Time: 90s, 2010s, year 1986, year 1991, year 2009 ...
Place: syria, libya, baghdad iraq, iraq, london ...
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The Scribbler (2014)
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Suki is a young woman confronting her destructive mental illness using "The Siamese Burn," an experimental machine designed to eliminate multiple personalities. The closer Suki comes to being "cured," she's haunted by a ...
Style: psychological, serious, suspenseful, suspense, mind blowing ...
Plot: mental illness, split personality, suicide, experiment gone awry, badass female lead, addiction, superhero, multiple personality disorder, multiverse, house, schizophrenia, anti heroine ...
Time: 21st century
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 6.3
 12K
Angel of Mine (2019)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A woman grieving over the death of her daughter loses grip of reality when she begins to think her girl may still be alive.
Style: surprise ending, suspense, disturbing, captivating, sentimental ...
Plot: plot twist, twists and turns, stalker, grief, little girl, depression, suspicion, psychotherapy, loss of daughter, family drama, hopes, mother son relationship ...
Place: australia
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Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 151 min.
Story: Wonder Woman comes into conflict with the Soviet Union during the Cold War in the 1980s and finds a formidable foe by the name of the Cheetah.
Style: intense, entertaining, suspense, emotional, action adventure ...
Audience: kids, chick flick, adult
Plot: female protagonist, superhero, female warrior, superheroine, woman fights a man, female fighter, heroes, amazon, super powers, amazon tribe, wonder woman, superhuman powers ...
Time: 2020s, 80s, year 1984
Place: hawaii, los angeles, washington d.c., russia, egypt ...
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 4.5
 6K
Army of One (2020)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Out hiking, Special Forces Brenner Baker stumbles onto a Cartel's compound. Her husband's killed and she's left for dead. The Cartel made two mistakes, killed her husband and left her alive. They won't live to make another.
Style: suspense, brutal, suspenseful, intense, cliffhanger ...
Plot: master warrior, female soldier, one woman army, backwoods, one man army, left for dead, tough heroes, danger, behind enemy lines, cruelty, criminal's revenge, fight ...
Place: alabama
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 5.5
 637
A Special Lady (2017)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Hyeon-jeong, a used-to-be prostitute, is now the NO.2 of the gang which turns into a leading enterprise. Sang-hoon who has been picked up by Hyeon-jeong, becomes the top killer in the gang. Hyeon-jeong is the reason why he bears all the dirty works ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, tense, disturbing, neo noir
Plot: criminal syndicate, gang, criminal gang, killer, gang member, social relations, criminal, fighting the system, gang leader, bandit, syndicate, organized crime ...
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 5.7
 2K
Lionheart (2018)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Nigeria
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In order to save her father's ailing bus company, competent but perennially overlooked Adaeze must find a way to work alongside feckless uncle Godswill.
Style: entertaining, captivating, light
Plot: woman, black history, businesswoman, sexism, family business, female sexism, businessman, problem solving, family relations, coping, father daughter relationship, financial problem ...
Time: 2010s
Place: africa
Is relevant ?
 4.8
 12K
The Courier (2019)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story: This intense action-thriller unfolds in real time as two embattled souls fight for their lives. Gary Oldman stars as a vicious crime boss out to kill Nick, the lone witness set to testify against him. He hires a mysterious female motorcycle courier ...
Style: suspense, psychotronic, captivating, tense, serious ...
Plot: female warrior, delivery man, one against many, dark heroine, black ops, ex special forces, femme fatale, revenge, one woman army, mystery woman, haunted by the past, attempted murder ...
Time: 2010s
Place: washington d.c., new york, tower bridge london, empire state building manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city ...
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 4.9
 2K
Ravage (2019)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: When a nature photographer explains to the Police how she fought her way out of the Watchatoomy Valley, they dismiss her crazed and violent story as a meth-induced nightmare. But when they discover that she's telling the truth, it's too ...
Style: disturbing, bloody, tense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: revenge, female protagonist, survival, corrupt sheriff, decapitation, murder, rape, captive, violence, witnessing a crime, rape and revenge, self defense ...
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 6.1
 93K
Crawl (2019)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: While struggling to save her father during a Category 5 hurricane, a young woman finds herself trapped inside a flooding house and fighting for her life against Florida’s most savage and feared predators.
Style: suspense, scary, slasher, psychotronic, natural horror ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: animal attack, survival, trapped, disaster, flood, alligator, natural disaster, creature feature, hurricane, survival horror, killer animal, predator ...
Time: 2010s
Place: florida
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She Never Died (2019)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Lacey, a socially detached loner is cursed with immortality and a never-ending tedium of existence. In her attempts to keep her compulsions in check, she seeks out the darkest souls humanity has to offer. Lacey must now face her own inner demons ...
Style: suspense, gothic
Plot: eternal youth, immortality, destiny, supernatural, transformation, brutality, supernatural power, life & death, society, female nudity, loneliness, love and romance ...
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 6.3
 6K
Furie (2019)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Vietnam
Duration: 98 min.
Story: When a little girl is kidnapped by a trafficking ring, they soon find they messed with the wrong child. Her mother, a notorious former gang leader, is close on their trail and will go to any lengths to bring her child home.
Style: suspense, serious, sinister
Plot: human trafficking, martial arts, mother daughter relationship, danger, medieval, strong female lead, murderer, life is a bitch, chase, one man army, dishonesty, violence ...
Place: vietnam, saigon
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 5.3
 3K
Hunted (2020)
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: Belgium, France, Ireland
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A woman flees two serial killers who are hot on her heels in a forest.
Style: suspense, disturbing, exciting, psychological, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: psychopath, high school student, serial killer, violence, murder, woman in jeopardy, woods, attempted rape, survival, maniac, woman in danger, sadistic rape ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe
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