Firestorm / Fung bou (2013)
Action | Crime | Thriller
'Firestorm' centers on a senior police inspector determined to bring down a violent gang of robbers responsible for a string of violent heists across the city.
Starring: Chen Yao, Ka Tung Lam, Andy Lau, Jun Hu, Shing-Ban Lam, Vincent Sze, Michael Wong
Director: Alan Yuen
Dangerous Minds / My Posse Don't Do Homework (1995)
Biography | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Based on an incredible true-life story – Pfeiffer is former U.S. Marine LouAnne Johnson, a first-time high school teacher assigned to a class of tough-but-smart inner city students. When conventional methods fail to reach them, the feisty Ms. Johnson tries the unconventional – defying the rules and creating her own curriculum.
Starring: Michelle Pfeiffer, George Dzundza, Courtney B. Vance, Robin Bartlett, Beatrice Winde, John Neville
Director: John N. Smith
American Hustle (2013)
Crime | Drama
A fictional film set in the seductive world of one of the most stunning scandals to rock our nation, American Hustle tells the story of brilliant con man Irving Rosenfeld, who along with his equally cunning British partner and lover Sydney Prosser is forced to work for a wild unhinged FBI agent Richie DiMaso. DiMaso pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia that's as dangerous as it is enchanting. Renner is Carmen Polito, the passionate, volatile, New Jersey political operator caught between the con-artists and Feds. Irving's unpredictable wife Rosalyn could be the one to pull the thread that brings the entire world crashing down.
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Amy Adams, Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Jeremy Renner, Jack Huston
Director: David O. Russell
Out of the Furnace (2013)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
An ex-con attempts to blend into his new surroundings in an Indiana town, but is haunted by a figure from his past.
Starring: Christian Bale, Zoe Saldana, Woody Harrelson, Willem Dafoe, Casey Affleck, Forest Whitaker, Sam Shepard
Director: Scott Cooper
Paths of Glory (1957)
Crime | Drama | War
Safe in their picturesque chateau behind the front lines, the French General Staff passes down a direct order to Colonel Dax: take the Ant Hill at any cost. A blatant suicide mission, the attack is doomed to failure. Covering up their fatal blunder, the Generals order the arrest of three innocent soldiers, charging them with cowardice and mutiny. Dax, a lawyer in civilian life, rises to the men's defense but soon realizes that, unless he can prove that the Generals were to blame, nothing less than a miracle will save his clients from the firing squad.
Starring: Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou, George Macready, Wayne Morris, Richard Anderson
Director: Stanley Kubrick
The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976)
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
A Texas Ranger hunts for a hooded serial killer terrorizing the residents of a small town, set in 1946 Texarkana. Based on a true story.
Starring: Ben Johnson, Andrew Prine, Dawn Wells, Charles B. Pierce
Director: Charles B. Pierce
Evil Under the Sun / Agatha Christie's Evil Under the Sun (1982)
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Hercule Poirot travels to an exclusive island resort frequented by the rich and famous. When a murder is committed, everyone has an alibi…
Starring: Peter Ustinov, Colin Blakely, Jane Birkin, Nicholas Clay, Maggie Smith, Roddy McDowall
Director: Guy Hamilton
Death on the Nile / Agatha Christie's Death on the Nile (1978)
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot has a set of murder suspects on a boat in the Nile after a rich heiress is killed. Can he find the culprit before they reach port?
Starring: Peter Ustinov, David Niven, Bette Davis, Simon MacCorkindale, Lois Chiles, Mia Farrow
Director: John Guillermin
Murder on the Orient Express / Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Famous detective Hercule Poirot is on the Orient Express, but the train is caught in the snow. When one of the passengers is discovered murdered, Poirot immediately starts investigating.
Starring: Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Martin Balsam, Ingrid Bergman, Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Pierre Cassel
Director: Sidney Lumet
Homefront (2013)
Action | Crime | Thriller
A former DEA agent moves his family to a quiet town, where he soon tangles with a local meth druglord.
Starring: James Franco, Jason Statham, Rachelle Lefevre, Winona Ryder, Frank Grillo, Kate Bosworth
Director: Gary Fleder
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Her Alibi (1989)
Comedy | Crime | Mystery | Romance
Mystery novelist Phillip Blackwood has writer's block. He hits the courtrooms for inspiration–and is zapped with a doozy. A mysterious Romanian beauty arraigned for murder arouses both his creative and amorous impulses.
Starring: Tom Selleck, Paulina Porizkova, William Daniels, James Farentino, Victor Argo, Tess Harper, Bill Smitrovich, Joan Copeland, Ossie Davis
Director: Bruce Beresford
Little Caesar (1931)
Crime | Drama | Film-Noir
The ambitious criminal Rico moves from the country to the big city in the east and joins Sam Vettori's gang with his friend Joe Massara. Soon he becomes the leader of the gangsters, known as Little Caesar.
Starring: Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Glenda Farrell, Sidney Blackmer, Thomas E. Jackson, George E. Stone
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)
Comedy | Crime | Drama
Seven years after a daring bank robbery involving an anti-tank gun used to blow open a vault, the robbery team temporarily puts aside their mutual suspicions to repeat the crime after they are unable to find the loot from the original heist, hidden behind a school chalkboard. The hardened artilleryman and his flippant, irresponsible young sidekick are the two wild cards in the deck of jokers.
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Jeff Bridges, Geoffrey Lewis, Catherine Bach, Gary Busey, George Kennedy
Director: Michael Cimino
Small Time Crooks (2000)
Comedy | Crime
A loser of a crook and his wife strike it rich when a botched bank job's cover business becomes a spectacular success.
Starring: Woody Allen, Tracey Ullman, Michael Rapaport, Hugh Grant, Tony Darrow, Jon Lovitz
Director: Woody Allen
Sexy Beast (2000)
Crime | Drama
Ex-con Gary "Gal" Dove has served his time behind bars and is blissfully retired to a Spanish villa paradise with a wife he adores. The idyll is shattered by the arrival of his nemesis Don Logan, intent on persuading Gal to return to London for one last big job. Desperate not to sacrifice his enchanted existence, Dove is drawn into a shocking and explosive battle of wills with Logan, a battle that redefines his notions of love, honor and commitment.
Starring: Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley, Ian McShane, Amanda Redman, James Fox
Director: Jonathan Glazer
Unforgiven / Yurusarezaru mono (2013)
Action | Crime | Drama | History | Thriller
Set in Hokkaido, Japan in the 1880's. Jubei Kamata (Ken Watanabe), who is on the side of the Edo shogunate government, kills many people. His name is infamous in Kyoto. When the battle at Goryoukaku is about to be finished, Jubei disappears. 10 years later, Jubei lives with his kid in relative peace. He is barely able to make a living. Protecting his dead wife's grave, Jubei has decided to never pick up a sword again, but due to poverty he has no choice but to pick the sword again. Jubei becomes a bounty hunter.
Starring: Ken Watanabe, Kôichi Satô, Akira Emoto, Yûya Yagira, Shiori Kutsuna, Eiko Koike, Jun Kunimura, Yukiyoshi Ozawa, Takahiro Miura, Ken'ichi Takitô, Yoshimasa Kondô
Director: Sang-il Lee
Witness (1985)
Crime | Drama | Romance | Thriller
A young Amish boy, visiting Philadelphia with his widowed mother, witnesses a murder. When the detective on the case discovers a police cover up, he realizes his, the boy's and the mother's lives are in jeopardy. He hides out in Amish country, living amongst the community and having to abide by their peaceful customs. Things get more complicated when he falls in love with the young widow. But, soon the idyllic life is shattered when the villains discover his whereabouts.
Starring: Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Lukas Haas, josef Sommer, Danny Glover, Alexander Godunov
Director: Peter Weir
Random Acts of Violence / Charm / Malcolm (2013)
Comedy | Crime | Horror
The adventures of a young man whose principle interests are movies, New York, and mass murder. When Malcolm gets tired of how gentrified, tepid and antiseptic New York has become, he decides to take matters into his own hands by personally starting a crime wave which he hopes will catch on and drive real estate value down, opening up the city to bohemians, artists and a swell of creativity. The only problem is nobody's paying attention.
Starring: Ashley Cahill, James DeBello, Jake Hoffman
Director: Ashley Cahill
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Jailbait / 17 & Life: Jailbait (2013)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
A gritty coming of age thriller about a young girl sent to juvenile prison for the murder of her abusive step father. The film follows Anna Nix's journey into the dark world of an all girls jail where she discovers complex relationships, drugs, mental illness and her eventual search for redemption.
Starring: Samantha Cardona, Sara Malakul Lane, Erin O'Brien, Steve Hanks, David Brite, Shannon Walters
Director: Jared Cohn
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The Life of David Gale (2003)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
David Gale is a man who has tried to live by his principles, but in a bizarre twist of fate, this devoted father, popular professor and respected death penalty opponent finds himself on Death Row for the rape and murder of a fellow activist. He decides to confide in a reporter who quickly realizes that a man's life is in her hands.
Starring: Kate Winslet, Cleo King, Constance Jones, Kevin Spacey, Laura Linney, Lee Ritchey
Director: Alan Parker
