Category: Crime
Posted on January 4, 2014 |
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Murder She Said / Agatha Christie's 'Murder She Said' / Meet Miss Marple (1961)
Comedy | Crime | Drama | Mystery
While passing by on a different train, Miss Marple witnesses the strangling of a young woman in the opposite carriage. The local police dismiss her story as the ramblings of a senile and bored old woman, so, undaunted, she conducts her own investigation, and comes to the conclusion that the body must be buried on the grounds of Ackenthorpe Hall, which adjoins the railway line.
Starring: Margaret Rutherford, Arthur Kennedy, Muriel Pavlow, James Robertson Justice, Thorley Walters, Bud Tingwell
Director: George Pollock
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Posted on January 4, 2014 |
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Yellow Sky (1948)
Crime | Western
A band of bank robbers on the run from a posse flee into the desert. Near death from lack of water they stumble into what appears to be a ghost town, only to discover an old prospector and his granddaughter living there. The robbers discover that the old man has been mining gold and set out to make a quick fortune by robbing the pair. Their plan runs foul when the gang leader, Stretch, falls for the granddaughter, which sets off a showdown between the entire gang.
Starring: Gregory Peck, Anne Baxter, Richard Widmark, Robert Arthur, John Russell, James Barton
Director: William A. Wellman
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Tags: Anne Baxter, Gregory Peck, James Barton, John Russell, Richard Widmark, Robert Arthur, William A. Wellman
Posted on January 3, 2014 |
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Jamesy Boy (2014)
Crime | Drama | Family | Music | Romance
The true story of James Burns who, as a teenager goes from the suburban street gangs of Denver to a maximum-security prison cell surrounded by hardened criminals. In this unlikely setting, James ultimately emerges with hope and a brighter future.
Starring: Spencer Lofranco, Mary-Louise Parker, James Woods, Ving Rhames, Taissa Farmiga
Director: Trevor White
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Tags: James Woods, Mary-Louise Parker, Spencer Lofranco, Taissa Farmiga, Trevor White, Ving Rhames
Posted on January 1, 2014 |
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Fletch (1985)
Comedy | Crime | Mystery
An undercover newspaper columnist with a penchant for donning various diguises and identities to get a story is on the trail of drug ring.
Starring: Chevy Chase, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Tim Matheson, Joe Don Baker, Richard Libertini, Geena Davis
Director: Michael Ritchie
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Tags: Chevy Chase, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Geena Davis, Joe Don Baker, Michael Ritchie, Richard Libertini, Tim Matheson
Posted on December 31, 2013 |
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Closed Circuit (2013)
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Martin and Claudia are lawyers — and ex-lovers — who find themselves put at risk after they join the defense team for an international terrorist's trial.
Starring: Rebecca Hall, Eric Bana, Julia Stiles, Isaac Hempstead Wright, Ciarán Hinds, Jim Broadbent
Director: John Crowley
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Tags: Ciarán Hinds, Eric Bana, Isaac Hempstead Wright, Jim Broadbent, John Crowley, Julia Stiles, Rebecca Hall
Posted on December 31, 2013 |
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Percentage (2013)
Crime
In Miami, two hustlers on the run set up a credit fraud operation that soon attracts the attention from the police and the city's top criminals.
Starring: Cam'ron, Omar Gooding, Ving Rhames, Macy Gray, Malinda Williams, Donnell Rawlings, K.D. Aubert
Director: Alex Merkin
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Tags: Alex Merkin, Cam'ron, Donnell Rawlings, K.D. Aubert, Macy Gray, Malinda Williams, Omar Gooding, Ving Rhames
Posted on December 31, 2013 |
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Sister / L'enfant d'en haut (2012)
Crime | Drama
A drama set at a Swiss ski resort and centered on a boy who supports his sister by stealing from wealthy guests.
Starring: Léa Seydoux, Gillian Anderson, Martin Compston, Kacey Mottet Klein
Director: Ursula Meier
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Tags: Gillian Anderson, Kacey Mottet Klein, Léa Seydoux, Martin Compston, Ursula Meier
Posted on December 31, 2013 |
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The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
Crime | Mystery | Thriller
Excitement runs high when the feuding film stars Marina Rudd (Elizabeth Taylor) and Lola Brewster (Kim Novak) arrive in the sleepy English village of St Mary Mead, ready to begin work on a movie about Elizabeth I and Lady Jane Grey. But the experience quickly turns sour when an innocent bystander drops dead at a party after drinking a poisoned cocktail. Everyone assumes the drink was intended for Marina, but local resident Miss Marple (Angela Lansbury) has her doubts and begins to investigate.
Starring: Angela Lansbury, Elizabeth Taylor, Kim Novak, Rock Hudson, Edward Fox, Geraldine Chaplin
Director: Guy Hamilton
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Tags: Angela Lansbury, Edward Fox, Elizabeth Taylor, Geraldine Chaplin, Guy Hamilton, Kim Novak, Rock Hudson
Posted on December 30, 2013 |
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Runner Runner (2013)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
A businessman who owns an offshore gambling operation finds his relationship with his protégé reaching a boiling point.
Starring: Ben Affleck, Gemma Arterton, Justin Timberlake, Anthony Mackie
Director: Brad Furman
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Posted on December 26, 2013 |
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Maou / Devil / Maô (TV Series 2008)
Crime | Drama | Mystery
Ryou Naruse (Satoshi Ohno) is a two-faced lawyer: on the surface, he is a kind-hearted soul, representing the poor and earning the nickname "The Angelic Lawyer" from the press; but unbeknownst to anyone else, he is also a "devil," meticulously plotting the perfect revenge against those responsible for his younger brother's death. Naoto Serizawa (Toma Ikuta) is a gung-ho detective whose overzealous methods mask a dark past which he is trying to overcome. When a family acquaintance of Serizawa's is murdered, Serizawa is thrust in the middle of a multiple-homicide case which stirs up memories of a dark event from his past – and Naruse's.
Starring: Tôma Ikuta, Michiko Kichise, Ryôko Kobayashi, Satoshi Ôno
Creator: Yoichi Maekawa, Masafumi Nishida
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Tags: Masafumi Nishida, Michiko Kichise, Ryôko Kobayashi, Satoshi Ôno, Tôma Ikuta, Yoichi Maekawa
Posted on December 26, 2013 |
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It Always Rains on Sunday (1947)
Crime | Drama
A nondescript Sunday in the bombed out East End is complicated for housewife Rose Sandigate (Googie Withers) when her ex pursued by the cops, turns up begging for sanctuary. Can she throw the law off the scent and will her husband catch him hiding out?
Starring: Googie Withers, Edward Chapman, Susan Shaw, Patricia Plunkett, Sydney Tafler, Betty Ann Davies
Director: Robert Hamer
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Tags: Betty Ann Davies, Edward Chapman, Googie Withers, Patricia Plunkett, Robert Hamer, Susan Shaw, Sydney Tafler
Posted on December 25, 2013 |
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Murdoch Mysteries (TV Series 2008- )
Crime | Drama | Mystery
A Victorian-era Toronto detective uses then-cutting edge forensic techniques to solve crimes, with the assistance of a female coroner who is also struggling for recognition in the face of tradition, based on the books by Maureen Jennings.
Starring: Yannick Bisson, Thomas Craig, Helene Joy, Jonny Harris, Lachlan Murdoch, Georgina Reilly
Creator: Maureen Jennings
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Tags: Georgina Reilly, Helene Joy, Jonny Harris, Lachlan Murdoch, Maureen Jennings, Thomas Craig, Yannick Bisson
Posted on December 22, 2013 |
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Au coeur du mensonge / The Color of Lies (1999)
Crime | Drama
In a small Breton town, a 10-year-old girl is found murdered. René, her art teacher, a professional painter, is the last person to have seen her alive. The inspector in charge of the investigation immediately questions him. In this small provincial town where people all know each other and regularly meet at the Bar des Amis, René is increasingly unsettled by the other inhabitants' suspicions and by the inspector's investigation. Children stop coming to him for lessons. His wife, Viviane, a district nurse, protects him and supports him with her love. However, a self-centred media-star writer adds to René's confusion…
Starring: Sandrine Bonnaire, Jacques Gamblin, Antoine de Caunes, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Bernard Verley
Director: Claude Chabrol
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Tags: Antoine de Caunes, Bernard Verley, Claude Chabrol, Jacques Gamblin, Sandrine Bonnaire, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
Posted on December 21, 2013 |
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Special ID / Dak siu san fan (2013)
Action | Crime | Thriller
Zi Long has been an infiltrating cop in Xiong's Hong Kong mafia clan for many years. The failure of his recent negotiation on behalf of Xiong with the other three local clans makes Xiong suspicious of Zi Long's identity. Xiong sets to wipe out every undercover in his gang. Sensing the danger, Zi Long requests an end to his undercover career from his supervisor Sir Zhang. However, Zhang sends Zi Long to Mainland China to infiltrate a business of "Special Identity" trading instead. The business is run by Xiong's best protégé Sunny who was Zi Long's previous buddy in the gang. Zhang promises to reinstate Zi Long's Police identity in conclusion of the mission once Sunny's business is broken down. Zi Long agrees, joining local Police Officer Lei Peng and Fang Jing in the force.
Starring: Donnie Yen, Tian Jing, Andy On, Ronald Cheng, Collin Chou, Terence Yin, Zhigang Yang, Hanyu Zhang, Hee Ching Paw, Cheung-Ching Mak
Director: Clarence Fok
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Tags: Andy On, Cheung-Ching Mak, Clarence Fok, Collin Chou, Donnie Yen, Hanyu Zhang, Hee Ching Paw, Ronald Cheng, Terence Yin, Tian Jing, Zhigang Yang
Posted on December 20, 2013 |
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Who Needs Enemies (2013)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
When local London gangster and ex-boxer Tom Sheridan agrees to hire his strip club out to lifelong friend and colleague Ian Levine he soon discovers the private party involves something so atrocious and unspeakable that it sparks a bloody feud between the two old friends and their foot soldiers in a story of morality, loyalty and betrayal.
Starring: Michael McKell, Ian Pirie, Emma Barton, Kris Johnson, Glen Fox, Tom Carey
Director: Peter Stylianou
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Tags: Emma Barton, Glen Fox, Ian Pirie, Kris Johnson, Michael McKell, Peter Stylianou, Tom Carey
Posted on December 18, 2013 |
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Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon / Di Renjie: Shen du long wang (2013)
Action | Crime
The action-packed and captivating tale of Dee Renjie's beginnings in the Imperial police force. His very first case, investigating reports of a sea monster terrorizing the town, reveals a sinister conspiracy of treachery and betrayal, leading to the highest reaches of the Imperial family.
Starring: Angelababy, Mark Chao, Kun Chen, Shaofeng Feng, Carina Lau
Director: Hark Tsui
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Posted on December 18, 2013 |
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The Negotiator (1998)
Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Desperate to clear himself of murder charges, police officer Danny Roman takes a group of government employees hostage and then requests a specific negotiator from another precinct. When that master comes in to defuse the situation and bring Roman in, he learns there may be far more to the situation than anyone realizes, and he may actually have to protect the rogue cop.
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey, David Morse, J.T. Walsh, Paul Giamatti, Ron Rifkin
Director: F. Gary Gray
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Tags: David Morse, F. Gary Gray, J.T. Walsh, Kevin Spacey, Paul Giamatti, Ron Rifkin, Samuel L. Jackson
Posted on December 17, 2013 |
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Line of Duty (2013)
Action | Crime | Thriller
"Mission Park" follows the lives of four best friends who choose very different paths. Torn apart over time by their ambitions, their choices ultimately bring them back together on different sides of the law. In this urban crime drama, two young F.B.I. agents, Bobby Ramirez (Jeremy Ray Valdez) and Julian Medina (Will Rothhaar), go undercover to infiltrate an illegal drug organization run by the untouchable drug lord Jason Martinez (Walter Perez) and his right-hand man Derek Hernandez (Joseph Julian Soria).
Starring: Jeremy Ray Valdez, Will Rothhaar, Sean Patrick Flanery, Vivica A. Fox
Director: Bryan Ramirez
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Posted on December 17, 2013 |
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Runner Runner (2013)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
A businessman who owns an offshore gambling operation finds his relationship with his protégé reaching a boiling point.
Starring: Ben Affleck, Gemma Arterton, Justin Timberlake, Anthony Mackie
Director: Brad Furman
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Posted on December 17, 2013 |
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Closed Circuit (2013)
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Martin and Claudia are lawyers — and ex-lovers — who find themselves put at risk after they join the defense team for an international terrorist's trial.
Starring: Rebecca Hall, Eric Bana, Julia Stiles, Isaac Hempstead Wright, Ciarán Hinds, Jim Broadbent
Director: John Crowley
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Tags: Ciarán Hinds, Eric Bana, Isaac Hempstead Wright, Jim Broadbent, John Crowley, Julia Stiles, Rebecca Hall
