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 5.7
 1K
Hit Man (1972)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Bernie Casey portrays Tyrone and Pamela Grier plays a sultry skin-flick star in this first Americanized remake of the iconic Michael Caine action film Get Carter. From Watts to the West Side, from porno parlors to a high-rise, from motel dives to a ...
Style: neo noir, grindhouse, psychotronic, realistic, serious ...
Plot: blaxploitation, lawyer, martial arts, revenge, exploitation, black, tough heroes, hitman, rivalry, criminal's revenge, vengeance, lone wolves ...
Time: year 1972, 20th century, 70s
Place: los angeles, usa
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 6.2
 21K
Below Zero (2021)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 106 min.
Story: When a prisoner transfer van is attacked, the cop in charge must fight those inside and outside while dealing with a silent foe: the icy temperatures.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, captivating, perverse, disturbing ...
Plot: police, rapist, murder, revenge, ice, sole survivor, confined, prisoner, death, accidental death, all male cast, survival ...
Time: 2020s
Place: spain
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 5.3
 805
Capital Games (2013)
Genre: Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Take two ambitious men, one top LA advertising firm, add a competition for the same high ranking job. Tough ex-LAPD cop, Steve Miller quit police to work in the calm environment of a business office. Mark Richfield, the glamorous new kid in the ...
Style: touching, melancholic, romantic, sexy, lgbt cinema ...
Plot: gay, gay love, gay interest, male pubic hair, couple relations, youth, lgbt, gay lead character, lgbtq, gay couple, society, male protagonist ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 4.2
 249
New Crime City (1994)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Peru, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Ricks is a criminal who is revived after execution to go into a futuristic prison to get a virus that the big prison gang has created. The prison is a squared off area of LA that the prisoners are put into and allowed to do as they please. Ricks ...
Style: independent film
Plot: prison, criminal, cyberpunk, post apocalypse, ex cop, male nudity, punched in the face, virus, electrocuted, gas chamber, cannibal, dystopian future ...
Time: future, 2020s, 2000s
Place: los angeles
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 2.9
 10K
Cool as Ice (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Johnny, a freewheeling, motorcycle-riding musician, rolls into a small town with his band, and meets Kathy, an honor student who catches his eye. Meanwhile, Kathy's father, after being in the Witness Protection Program, is finally found by the ...
Style: humorous, intense, melancholic, road movie, realistic ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: hip hop, motorcycle, music, gang, biker, adaptation, teenage life, rebelliousness, youth, bare chested male, egocentrism, white rapper ...
Time: 90s, year 1991
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Spiral: From the Book of Saw (2021)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Working in the shadow of an esteemed police veteran, brash Detective Ezekiel “Zeke” Banks and his rookie partner take charge of a grisly investigation into murders that are eerily reminiscent of the city’s gruesome past. Unwittingly entrapped ...
Style: slasher, scary, suspense, suspenseful, detective ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, torture, murder, characters killed one by one, trap, master criminal, police officer, investigation, danger, blood, violence, evil wins ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
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 7.9
 28K
The Red Circle (1970)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 140 min.
Story: Master thief Corey is fresh out of prison. But instead of toeing the line of law-abiding freedom, he finds his steps leading back to the shadowy world of crime, crossing those of a notorious escapee and alcoholic ex-cop. As the unlikely trio plots a ...
Style: neo noir, tense, stylized, suspense, noir ...
Plot: heist, gangster, robbery, caper, organized crime, nightclub, mafia, great ending, thief, prison, gunfight, existentialism ...
Time: year 1970, 60s, 20th century
Place: paris france, europe, marseille, france
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The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Samantha Caine, suburban homemaker, is the ideal mom to her 8 year old daughter Caitlin. She lives in Honesdale, PA, has a job teaching school and makes the best Rice Krispie treats in town. But when she receives a bump on her head, she begins to ...
Style: suspense, intense, serious, realistic, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: memory loss, amnesia, hitman, strong female lead, terrorism, chase, female assassin, cia, female protagonist, espionage, christmas, terrorist plot ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: new jersey, pennsylvania, usa, atlantic city new jersey, new york ...
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 3.0
 5K
Vanquish (2021)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Victoria is a young mother trying to put her dark past as a Russian drug courier behind her, but retired cop Damon forces Victoria to do his bidding by holding her daughter hostage. Now, Victoria must use guns, guts and a motorcycle to take out a ...
Style: suspense, captivating, neo noir, perverse, detective ...
Plot: police, female warrior, cell phone, abduction, woman with a gun, murder, revenge, kidnapping, criminal, criminal's revenge, blackmail, lynching ...
Time: 2020s
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 4.5
 2K
Sin (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Retired cop Eddie Burns gave 15 years and the use of his left arm to the Reno homicide squad. When his wayward sister, Kassie, goes missing Eddie Burns finds himself subjected to a fiendish and ingenious campaign of revenge by the mysterious Charlie ...
Style: psychological, serious, suspenseful, rough, bleak ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: psychopath, betrayal, kidnapping, murder, police investigation, mind game, haunted by the past, life is a bitch, undercover, false accusation, serial killer, vigilante ...
Place: washington d.c., usa, reno nevada
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 6.4
 875
Romance Doll (2020)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 123 min.
Story: It was a pre-destined love and marriage for Sonoko and Tetsuo. They tied the knot and became husband and wife no questions asked. All is well then. Well, perhaps not. Each holds a secret that even the binds of matrimony cannot untie. Sonoko does not ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating, sensual
Plot: japanese wife, sex doll, marriage, east asian woman, family relations, family problems, relationship problems, secret, troubled marriage, husband wife relationship, relationships, male female relationship ...
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Blood in the Streets (1973)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 111 min.
Story: An Italian prison official's wife is kidnapped, and the kidnappers demand that a notorious prisoner be released in order for the man to get his wife back. He gets the man released - but then kidnaps him himself, in order to ensure that the ...
Style: poliziottesco, cult classic, action thriller, retro, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police, prison, police officer, female nudity, assassination, revenge, vigilante, woman with a gun, blackmail, conspiracy, danger, heroes ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: italy, rome italy, europe, alps, paris france ...
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Baghdad Central (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Shortly after the fall of Saddam Hussein, Iraqi ex-policeman Muhsin al-Khafaji has lost everything and is battling daily to keep himself and his sick daughter, Mrouj safe. But when he learns that his estranged elder daughter Sawsan is missing ...
Style: captivating, suspense, suspenseful, political, detective ...
Plot: father daughter relationship, uncover truth, criminal, investigation, fighting crime, father and daughter, parents and children, crime investigation, missing person, army captain, police inspector, u.s. military ...
Time: future, 2000s, year 2003
Place: baghdad iraq, iraq
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The Midnight Man (1974)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: An ex-convict, and ex-cop, finds himself in the midst of drama as a murder, of a female student, is commited at the university where he works as a night watchman. He is reluctantly drawn into the criminal investigation and eventually becomes a ...
Style: political
Plot: murder, spy, private investigator, murder mystery, police corruption, parole officer, night watchman, blackmail, janitor, investigation, ex convict, cop ...
Place: south carolina
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Ann Rule Presents: The Stranger Beside Me (2003)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: While working at a Seattle clinic for women in the 1970s, Ann Rule becomes friends with Ted Bundy. Based on a book by Ann Rule.
Style: suspenseful, realistic, serious, dark
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, investigation, murder, police detective, who done it, police investigation, life is a bitch, uncover truth, legal, protagonist as suspect, danger ...
Time: 70s, 80s, year 1978
Place: utah, seattle, usa, florida
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 6.7
 707
Grow Your Own (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story: An English community gets testy when a refugee family is granted a plot of land on which to grow vegetables.
Style: weird
Plot: therapy, wildlife, immigrant, trauma, family relations, friendship, cell phone, father son relationship, father daughter relationship, interracial friendship, little girl, chinese immigrant ...
Place: england, liverpool
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 4.7
 384
Raw Nerve (1999)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A cop, who is losing his sanity, lures his girlfriend and his former partner into the dangers of arson, robbery, and murder.
Style: neo noir, independent film, detective, serious, realistic ...
Plot: murderous pair, reluctant partners, sex scene, murder, terminal illness, police corruption, die hard, interracial relations, lust, blonde, friend, corrupt cop ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: new york
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Point of Impact (1993)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Jack Davis is a tough, outspoken cop who finds himself wrongly accused for the death of a fellow agent by the depraved and power hungry chief of Miami Customs, Martin Cullen. Disgraced and dismissed, Jack swears revenge and goes to work for Roberto ...
Style: suspense, erotic, independent film, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: bodyguard, passionate sex, extramarital affair, older woman younger man relationship, death, revenge, partner, loss of partner, danger, nudity, sex scene, adultery ...
Time: 90s
Place: miami, florida, cuba
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Youth of the Beast (1963)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 92 min.
Story: To infiltrate a criminal organization responsible for the death of one of his colleagues, the Detective Tajima adopts the behavior of of a brutal thug and plays opposing yakuza bosses against each other.
Style: neo noir, grindhouse, bloody, crime drama, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: yakuza, female nudity, mafia, murder, police detective, organized crime, gang war, violence, working undercover, pimp, tough heroes, hitman ...
Time: year 1963, 60s
Place: japan
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 5.5
 816
Renegade Force (1998)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: An FBI Agent (Michael Rooker) and a female cop (Diane DiLascio) join forces to stop renegade cops who are offing the bad guys. Robert Patrick is the leader of the renegades and Louis Mandylor is a reluctant young cop that is brought into the hit ...
Style: suspense, independent film, tense, exciting, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: sniper, police, bad guy, guy, nypd, swat, vigilantism, police corruption, nudity, vigilante, injustice, courtroom ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
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The Taking of Beverly Hills (1991)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A chemical spill has caused the occupants of Beverly Hills to be forcibly evacuated. A retiring football player left behind, finds that the toxic gas emulating from the spill is a bogus front for a heist set up by fired police officers out to ...
Style: action thriller, cult classic, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: reluctant partners, die hard, evacuation, master criminal, race against time, danger, one man army, on the run, chase, car chase, heist, profanity ...
Time: year 1991, 90s, 20th century
Place: beverly hills, california
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 5.3
 1K
Neon City (1991)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story: "Mad Max" clone set in the not-too-distant future about a group of people trying to escape to a safe haven called Neon City after a solar disaster that has decimated the Earth.
Style: exciting, suspenseful, bleak, serious, apocalyptic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: post apocalypse, survival, bounty hunter, danger, society, chaos, scientist, post apocalyptic, wasteland, dystopia, on the road, mutant ...
Time: future, 21st century
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The Merchant of Four Seasons (1972)
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Hans is a street fruit peddler and born-loser. His choice of career upsets his bourgeois family, causing him to turn to drinking and violence. After recovering from a debilitating heart attack, his business finally begins to take off. However the ...
Style: art house, psychological, sad, neo noir, philosophical ...
Plot: heart attack, street vendor, family relations, alcoholism, drinking, adultery, obsession, female nudity, hospital, marriage, depression, alcoholic ...
Time: year 1972, year 1971, 20th century, 70s, 1950s
Place: munich germany, germany, bavaria, morocco
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 7.4
 369K
The Nice Guys (2016)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A private eye investigates the apparent suicide of a fading porn star in 1970s Los Angeles and uncovers a conspiracy.
Style: neo noir, entertaining, buddy comedy, detective, suspense ...
Plot: private detective, investigation, corruption, conspiracy, father daughter relationship, private investigator, bare breasts, buddy cop, buddy, single father, murder, justice ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s, 70s, 90s, year 1977 ...
Place: los angeles, california, usa
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 5.0
 177
Private Wars (1993)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A wealthy businessman is trying to "convince" the inhabitants of an old neighborhood to abandon their homes in order to build a huge business center there. To achieve his goals, he bribes the police and uses organized bands to intimidate ...
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vigilantism, heroes, gang, vigilante, one against many, alcoholic, urban setting, manipulation, rich and poor, against the odds, dishonesty, rivalry ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles, usa
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 7.5
 78K
Disconnect (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Disconnect interweaves multiple storylines about people searching for human connection in today’s wired world. Through poignant turns that are both harrowing and touching, the stories intersect with surprising twists that expose a shocking reality ...
Style: thought provoking, depressing, suspenseful, independent film, intense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: multiple storylines, loneliness, couples, internet, social media, cyberspace, journalist, bullying, lawyer, career, character study, lifestyle ...
Time: year 2013, 21st century
Place: usa
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 4.0
 228
On the Edge (2002)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Dakota Smith is an ex-cop and former private eye with a proclivity for community service. When a young basketball player entangles himself with drug dealers, he turns to Dak for help. Eventually goons are sent to kill the hoopster, but they hit the ...
Style: serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, crime drama ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, tough heroes, vigilantism, rivalry, law enforcement, drug dealing, partners against crime, vengeance, urban ghetto, drug dealer, black, crime fighter ...
Time: 21st century
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The Double Hour (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A chambermaid and a former cop meet at a speed dating event and a romance develops. But during a romantic getaway things suddenly take a turn for the worse when her mysterious past is revealed.
Style: serious, realistic, psychological, suspenseful, stylized ...
Plot: psychology, twists and turns, death of lover, investigation, haunted by the past, uncover truth, maid, life is a bitch, male female relationship, strong female lead, girl, plot twist ...
Time: year 2009
Place: europe, italy, turin italy, argentina, buenos aires argentina
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 5.3
 439
Past Life (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Past Life is an American crime drama television series which aired on Fox from February 9 to June 4, 2010. The series premiered on Tuesday, February 9 at 9:00 pm Eastern/8:00 pm Central. After the premiere, subsequent airings were broadcast on ...
Style: surreal, emotional, serious, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot: past life, investigation, power relations, workplace, partner, supernatural, unsolved mystery, relationship problems, confronting the past, family problems, past, whodunit ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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Fast & Furious 6 (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan, Spain, UK
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Hobbs has Dominic and Brian reassemble their crew to take down a team of mercenaries: Dominic unexpectedly gets convoluted also facing his presumed deceased girlfriend, Letty.
Style: exciting, suspense, tense, entertaining, action adventure ...
Audience: girls' night, boys' night, teens
Plot: car chase, car, chases and races, car race, street racing, speed, heist, racing, chase, hotshot, car theft, auto racing ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: london, seattle, spain, england, canary islands ...
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