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Mark | imdb: 7.6 |
Genre | action, thriller, drama, crime, biography |
Country | India |
Duration | 02:05 |
Plot | On real events, Revenge, Political, Rivalry |
Place | India, Asia |
Style | Action, Heavy, Serious, Disturbing |
Inspired from real life, this fiery crime thriller depicts the phenomenal rise to power of Paritala Ravi from Andhra Pradesh, a powerful killer. When a man's father and elder brother are murdered in cold blood due to the fatal mixture of caste, crime, jealousy and dirty politics, a fearless young man who has been kept away from his family's violent lifestyle, is left with no choice but to get into the fray. He hides in the forest and begins clinically exacting revenge upon those responsible for the death of his family members. Will he be successful in his mission? How will his future unfold?
Mark | imdb: 8.5 |
Genre | action, drama, crime, history |
Country | India |
Characters | Terrorists |
Plot | On real events, Revenge, Investigation, Political |
Place | India, Asia |
Style | Serious |
Bombs tear through Bombay, wreaking havoc and polarising the citizens. With perpetrators at large, the state launches a massive drive to unmask the truth behind these events.
Mark | imdb: 7.2 |
Genre | melodrama, drama, crime, biography |
Country | USA |
Duration | 02:05 |
Characters | Friends, Partners |
Plot | On real events |
Place | Prison, Russia, Los Angeles |
Time | World War II |
Style | Action, Light, Fascinating, Heavy, Depressive |
During his 18 years in Folsom Prison, street-gang leader Santana rules over all the drug-and-murder activities behind bars. Upon his release, Santana goes back to his old neighborhood, intending to lead a peaceful, crime-free life. But his old gang buddies force him back into his old habits.
Mark | imdb: 6.7 |
Genre | drama, crime, biography |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:00 |
Characters | Friends, Single mothers |
Plot | On real events, Survival, Abduction, Cars, Friendship |
Place | USA |
Style | Psychological problems, Action, Depressive, Serious |
A single mother becomes Ariel Castro's first kidnapping victim, and finds herself trapped in his home with two other women for 11 years.
Mark | imdb: 6.7 |
Genre | drama, adventure, western, crime, biography |
Country | USA |
Duration | 03:32 |
Characters | Gangsters, Heroes, Family, Friends, Sheriffs |
Plot | On real events, Gambling, Skirmishes, Revenge, Friendship |
Place | Wild West |
Time | 19th century |
Style | Fascinating, Heavy, Epic, Serious |
Covering the life and times of one of the West's most iconic heroes Wyatt Earp weaves an intricate tale of Earp and his friends and family. With a star studded cast, sweeping cinematography and authentic costumes Wyatt Earp led the way during the Western revival in the 90's.
Mark | imdb: 6.4 |
Genre | action, drama, crime, biography |
Country | India |
Characters | Gangsters, Poor |
Plot | On real events, Rivalry |
Place | India |
Style | Heavy, Serious, Disturbing |
This is the gritty and sensational true story of Arun Gulab Gawli, a mill worker’s son who grew up in Mumbai’s impoverished Dagdi Chawl, to become an infamous don, politician and chief rival of the most powerful crime boss of the day, Dawood Ibrahim. Daddy realistically charts Mumbai’s true crime history from the 1970s and 1980s until 2012, when Gawli was finally sentenced to life imprisonment.
Mark | imdb: 6.2 |
Genre | action, thriller, melodrama, drama, crime |
Country | India |
Duration | 02:35 |
Characters | Gangsters, Musicians |
Plot | Love, Fate |
Place | Village, England, India, London, Asia |
Style | Romantic, Exciting, Fascinating, Heavy, Epic |
The story is about two Davids living in different parts of India whose lives eventually come together in a twist of events., who are about to take a step which is going to change their lives forever.
Mark | imdb: 6.5 |
Genre | drama, crime, biography |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:48 |
Characters | Friends, Losers, Football hooligans |
Plot | On real events, Soccer, Adoption, Uprising |
Place | England, London |
Style | Fascinating, Heavy, Serious |
The incredible true story of how an orphaned Jamaican baby, adopted by an elderly white couple and brought up in an all white area of London, became one of the most feared and respected men in Britain.
Mark | imdb: 6.6 |
Genre | drama, crime, biography |
Country | United Kingdom, India |
Plot | On real events |
Place | Prison, England, London |
Style | Exciting, Depressive, Serious, Disturbing |
Provoked is the true story of Kiranjit Ahluwalia, a Punjabi woman who moved to London after her marriage with Deepak Ahluwalia. Her husband seemed caring at first but then began to beat her up. He started drinking a lot and sleeping around with other women. he also subjected her to spousal rape. After ten years and having two children with him, out of fear, she sets him on fire.
Mark | imdb: 7.2 |
Genre | drama, crime |
Country | United Kingdom, South Africa |
Duration | 01:34 |
Characters | Criminals, Street children, Babies, Poor |
Plot | Friendship, Hip Hop |
Place | Africa |
Style | Soulful, Fascinating, Heavy, Depressive, Serious |
The South African multi-award winning film about a young South African boy from the ghetto named Tsotsi, meaning Gangster. Tsotsi, who left home as a child to get away from helpless parents, finds a baby in the back seat of a car that he has just stolen. He decides that it his responsibility to take care of the baby and in the process learns that maybe the gangster life isn’t the best way.
Mark | imdb: 7.3 |
Genre | drama, crime |
Country | Morocco, Tunisia, France, Belgium, USA |
Characters | Teens, Friends, Street children, Poor |
Plot | Survival, Revenge, Friendship |
Place | Sea, Islands, Africa |
Style | Fascinating, Heavy, Depressive, Serious |
Ali, Kwita, Omar and Boubker are street kids. The daily dose of glue sniffing represents their only escape from reality. Since they left Dib and his gang, they have been living on the portside of Casablanca. They live in constant fear of Dib's revenge. Ali wants to become a sailor - when he was living with his mother, a prostitute, he used to listen to a fairy tale about the sailor who discovered the miracle island with two suns. Instead of finding his island in the dream, Ali and his friends are confronted with Dib's gang. Matters are getting serious.
Mark | imdb: 8.2 |
Genre | drama, biography |
Country | India |
Characters | Terrorists, Lawyers |
Plot | On real events |
Place | Prison, India, Asia |
Style | Psychological problems, Action, Fascinating, Makes me think, Serious |
A story based on real-life human-rights and criminal lawyer, Shahid Azmi, who was slain while defending the wrongly accused by the law in terrorist activities.
Mark | imdb: 7.8 |
Genre | drama, crime, biography |
Country | Italy, France |
Characters | Losers |
Plot | On real events, Political, Uprising |
Place | USA |
Style | Fascinating, Heavy, Depressive, Serious, Disturbing |
Boston, 1920. Italian immigrants Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are charged and unfairly tried for murder on the basis of their anarchic political convictions.
Mark | imdb: 6.5 |
Genre | drama, crime, biography |
Country | Germany |
Duration | 01:51 |
Characters | Captives |
Plot | On real events, Survival, Abduction, Loneliness, Mental disorders |
Style | Action, Fascinating, Heavy, Serious |
A young Austrian girl is kidnapped and held in captivity for eight years. Based on the real-life case of Natascha Kampusch.
Mark | imdb: 7.1 |
Genre | drama, crime, biography |
Country | Canada, Germany |
Duration | 01:52 |
Plot | On real events, Investigation, Political, Conspiracies |
Style | Heavy, Intellectual, Depressive, Heartbreaking, Serious |
Based on the experiences of Nebraska cop Kathryn Bolkovac (Rachel Weisz) who discovers a deadly sex trafficking ring while serving as a U.N. peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia. Risking her own life to save the lives of others, she uncovers an international conspiracy that is determined to stop her, no matter the cost.
Mark | imdb: 8.4 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime |
Country | United Kingdom |
Characters | Teens, Friends, Poor |
Plot | Rivalry |
Place | England, London |
Style | Action, Soulful, Heavy, Gloomy, Depressive |
A thrilling and raw crime drama following a gang of drug dealers in Hackney, London - an honest and gripping rendition of inner-city drug and gang culture.
Mark | imdb: 6.5 |
Genre | action, thriller, drama, crime, biography |
Country | Norway |
Duration | 01:27 |
Characters | Thieves |
Plot | On real events, Robbery, Bank robbery, Money, Hostage |
Style | Action, Fascinating, Heavy, Serious, For men |
In the morning of April 5, 2004, the greatest bank robbery in Norwegian history was carried out in Stavanger. The robbery itself is the main character of the story, and it is illuminated from several angles in the course of the film, from the perspective of the police, the robbers, the central cash service personnel, and ordinary people
Mark | imdb: 6.4 |
Genre | thriller, drama, crime |
Country | USA |
Duration | 02:25 |
Characters | Monsters, Gangsters, Heroes |
Plot | Revenge, Death, Supernatural, Political, Uprising |
Style | Heavy, Depressive, Serious |
Johnny Kovak joins the Teamsters trade-union in a local chapter in the 1930s and works his way up in the organization. As he climbs higher and higher his methods become more ruthless and finally senator Madison starts a campaign to find the truth about the alleged connections with the Mob.
Mark | imdb: 7.1 |
Genre | drama, biography |
Country | USA |
Characters | Heroes, Military, Soldier |
Plot | On real events, Political, Uprising |
Place | Japan, The White House, Asia |
Time | World War II, World War I |
Style | Soulful, By books, Fascinating, Serious |
Biographical account of America's President for the latter part of WWII. Shows Truman's rise from small-town nobody to leader of the USA, his decision to use the Atomic Bomb against Japan, and subsequent election as the US' post-war President.
Mark | imdb: 4.1 |
Genre | fantastic, action, thriller, comedy, drama, crime |
Country | United Kingdom |
Duration | 01:34 |
Characters | Gay |
Plot | Revenge |
Place | England, London |
Time | Future |
Style | Exciting, Action, Fascinating, Heavy, Depressive |
Mo Ali’s futuristic knife-crime drama brings the dystopian environment of CHILDREN OF MEN and DISTRICT 13 to London’s East 17. SHANK delivers a ruthless vision of forthcoming urban life, where guns have been superseded by knives and are fiercely wielded by aimless youths. Amidst the chaos is the Paper Chazers gang, a rare morally conscious group who trade scavenged food for money. After Chazers gang member, Junior (Kedar Williams-Stirling), witnesses his brother, murder he must decide whether to get revenge of stick to the gangs moral code... In this superbly paced and artistic film, present-day social issues, and murky city streets, provide a perfect canvas for imagination and action.
Mark | imdb: 8.1 |
Genre | action, thriller, drama, crime |
Country | India |
Duration | 02:35 |
Characters | Lawyers |
Plot | Revenge, Wedding, Obsession, Political, Jealousy |
Place | Village, India, Asia |
Style | Serious |
Half-caste bandit Omkara Shukla abducts his lady love, Dolly Mishra, from her family. Thanks to his cleverness, he gets away with the kidnapping. A conspiracy, however, forms against him when he denies his right-hand man, Langda Tyagi, a promotion. Ultimately, this plot threatens not only his relationship with Dolly, but their lives and those of their associates as well.
Mark | imdb: 6.6 |
Genre | drama, crime |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:37 |
Characters | Teens |
Plot | On real events, Slavery, Human trafficking |
Style | Psychological problems, Fascinating, Depressive, Serious, Disturbing |
The true story of Chong Kim who, as a young teen, was abducted into the sex trade, and the complicated moral choices she had to make in order to survive as her situation grew more desperate.
Mark | imdb: 7.3 |
Genre | drama, crime |
Country | Germany, Israel, United Kingdom |
Duration | 02:04 |
Plot | On real events, Revenge, Missing people |
Place | Israel |
Style | Action, Soulful, Fascinating, Heavy, Gloomy |
Ajami is an area of Tel Aviv in Israel where Arabs, Palestinians, Jews and Christians live together in a tense atmosphere. Omar, an Israeli Arab, struggles to save his family from a gang of extortionists. He also courts a beautiful Christian girl: Hadir. Malek, an illegal Palestinian worker, tries to collect enough money to pay for his mother's operation. Dando, an Israeli cop, does his utmost to find his missing brother who may have been killed by Palestinians.
Mark | imdb: 6.2 |
Genre | drama, crime, biography |
Country | India |
Plot | On real events, Money, Success, Stock Exchange |
Place | India |
Style | Action, Fascinating, Serious, Disturbing |
Inspired by events from the late '80s and the early '90s that shook the country's financial fabric, The Big Bull tells the story of the biggest hustle in the stock market.
Mark | imdb: 6.5 |
Genre | action, melodrama, adventure, western, crime, biography, history |
Country | Australia, United Kingdom, USA, France |
Duration | 01:50 |
Characters | Heroes |
Plot | On real events, Bank robbery, False accusations |
Place | Australia |
Time | 19th century |
Style | Soulful, Fascinating, Heavy, Gloomy, Serious |
After getting threatened by Kelly's friends and family, Constable Fitzpatrick places the blame on Ned Kelly and exaggerates what happened. With the biggest ever award available, Kelly and his gang set into the wild, to remain hidden from everyone who seeks them. Even if it means having his family arrested, the Kelly Gang stay hidden and plan a way to get their names cleared.
Mark | imdb: 6.8 |
Genre | action, drama, crime, biography |
Country | USA |
Duration | 02:09 |
Characters | Bikers, Heroes, Orphans |
Plot | On real events, Skirmishes |
Place | Africa |
Style | Heavy, Tense, Serious, Disturbing |
The true story of Sam Childers, a former drug-dealing biker who finds God and became a crusader for hundreds of Sudanese children who've been kidnapped and pressed into duty as soldiers.
Mark | imdb: 6.8 |
Genre | thriller, melodrama, drama, crime |
Country | Mexico, Netherlands, Germany, France |
Duration | 01:45 |
Characters | Police |
Plot | Love, Adventure, Travel, Revenge, Missing people |
Place | Mexico, Small cities |
Style | Action, Atmospheric, Fascinating, Heavy, Depressive |
Heli must try and protect his young family when his 12-year-old sister inadvertently involves them in the brutal drug world. He must battle against the drug cartel that have been angered as well as the corrupt police force.
Mark | imdb: 5.3 |
Genre | horror, thriller, drama, crime, biography |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:27 |
Characters | Students |
Plot | On real events, Double life |
Style | Heavy, Depressive, Serious, Disturbing |
Based on a true story. Philip Markoff, a charismatic and popular med student at Boston University, leads a double life as a brutal and cruel sexual deviant who abuses prostitutes he finds via Craigslist.
Mark | imdb: 7.1 |
Genre | melodrama, drama, biography, history |
Country | France, United Kingdom, Thailand |
Duration | 02:12 |
Characters | Military, Housewives |
Plot | On real events, Revolution, Political, Elections |
Place | Asia |
Style | To cry, Soulful, Fascinating, Touching, Serious |
The story of Aung San Suu Kyi as she becomes the core of Burma's democracy movement, and her relationship with her husband, writer Michael Aris.