Django Unchained (2012)
Adventure | Crime | Drama | Western
With the help of his mentor, a slave-turned-bounty hunter sets out to rescue his wife from the brutal Calvin Candie, a Mississippi plantation owner.
Starring: Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, Samuel L. Jackson, Don Johnson
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Mr. Brooks (2007)
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Consider Mr. Brooks. A successful businessman. A generous philanthropist. A loving father and devoted husband. Seemingly, he's perfect. But Mr. Brooks has a secret – he is an insatiable serial killer, so lethally clever that no one has ever suspected him – until now. Earl Brooks is a man who has managed to keep his two incompatible worlds from intersecting by controlling his cunning, wicked alter ego Marshall. But now, as Mr. Brooks succumbs to one last murderous urge, an amateur photographer witnesses the crime. Suddenly Brooks finds himself entangled in the dark agenda of an opportunistic bystander, as well as hunted by the unorthodox and tenacious detective Tracy Atwood. Can Mr. Brooks outsmart his adversaries and conceal his shocking double life from his wife and daughter or will someone expose his crimes and his identity once and for all?
Starring: Kevin Costner, Demi Moore, Dane Cook, William Hurt, Marg Helgenberger, Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Director: Bruce A. Evans
The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations (2009)
Crime | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Sam possesses the ability to travel through time. He uses his gift to help police solve cases, but has learned from bitter experience not to change the past, lest he change the present in unforeseen ways. But when the sister of Sam's former love begs him to find the woman's killer, Sam breaks his own rule…with deadly consequences.
Starring: Chris Carmack, Rachel Miner, Melissa Jones, Kevin Yon, Lynch R. Travis
Director: Seth Grossman
The 400 Blows / Les quatre cents coups (1959)
Crime | Drama
François Truffaut first feature, The 400 Blows (Les quatre cents coups), is also his most personal. Told through the eyes of Truffaut life-long cinematic counterpart, Antoine Doinel (Jean-Pierre Léaud), The 400 Blows sensitively re-creates the trials of Truffaut own difficult childhood, unsentimentally portraying aloof parents, oppressive teachers, petty crime, and a friendship that would last a lifetime. The film marks Truffaut passage from leading critic of the French New Wave to his emergence as one of Europe most brilliant auteurs.
Starring: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Robert Beauvais, Claire Maurier, Albert Remy, Guy Decomble
Director: François Truffaut
Anthony Zimmer (2005)
Crime | Drama | Romance | Thriller
In Paris, the international police force and the Russian mafia are chasing Anthony Zimmer, an intelligent man responsible for laundry of dirty money in France. Zimmer had extensive plastic surgery, and his new face and voice are completely unknown. The only means to reach Zimmer is through his beloved mistress Chiara, who is under surveillance of the police and the mobsters. While traveling by train to the country nearby Nice, the common man François Taillandier, who has the same body shape of Zimmer, is select by Chiara as if he were Zimmer and used as a bait to lure those that are pursuing her. When Taillandier is chased by the professional Russian killers, he runs the French police when the real situation begins to be disclosed to him.
Starring: Sophie Marceau, Yvan Attal, Sami Frey, Gilles Lellouche, Daniel Olbrychski, Samir Guesmi
Director: Jérôme Salle
Paradise Now (2005)
Crime | Drama | Thriller | War
The story places two close friends, Palestinians Said and Khaled, recruited by an extremist group to perpetrate a terrorist attack in Tel-Aviv, blowing up themselves. However, things go wrong and both friends must separate in the border. One of them, maintaining in his purpose of carry the attack to the end, and the other will have his doubts about it.
Starring: Kais Nashif, Ali Suliman, Lubna Azabal, Hiam Abbass, Mohammad Bustami
Director: Hany Abu-Assad
Once Fallen (2010)
Crime
The twisted, dynamic lives of a violent crime family.
Starring: Brian Presley, Taraji P. Henson, Ed Harris, Amy Madigan, Peter Weller
Director: Ash Adams
Talaash / Talaash: The Answer Lies Within (2012)
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Talaash follows inspector Surjan Singh Shekhawat (Aamir Khan), who is tackling the accidental death of a film star Armaan Kapoor (Vivan Bhatena). As Shekhawat unfolds the strange case, he gets entangled in a drama that has more to it than meets the eye. Meanwhile, his personal life suffers as he reels under the repercussions of an almost-broken marriage with Roshni (Rani Mukerji), and comes face-to-face with his suppressed grief of losing his only child. While trying to investigate the case, Shekhawat meets a sex worker Rosie (Kareena Kapoor), who helps him fight his inner demons and also helps him with his enquiry about the accident. How Shekhawat solves the case and revives his relationship with his wife forms the crux of the story.
Starring: Aamir Khan, Rani Mukherjee, Kareena Kapoor, Shernaz Patel
Director: Reema Kagti
The Penalty (1920)
Crime | Drama | Horror
A deformed criminal mastermind plans to loot the city of San Francisco as well as revenge himself on the doctor who mistakenly amputated his legs.
Starring: Charles Clary, Doris Pawn, Jim Mason, Lon Chaney
Director: Wallace Worsley
Winners & Sinners / 5 Lucky Stars / Qi mou miao ji: Wu fu xing (1983)
Action | Comedy | Crime
Five friends are released from prison and do their best to stay out trouble. Trying to mind their own business (and run their Five Star Cleaning Service), they are unfortunately caught up in a war between rival Triad gangs fighting for control of the counterfeit currency market.
Starring: Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, John Sham, Richard Ng, Charlie Chin, Shui-Fan Fung, Cherie Chung
Director: Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao
Badlands (1973)
Crime | Drama
A garbage collector (Martin Sheen) and his impressionable girlfriend (Sissy Spacek) kill her father when he disapproves of their relationship, and embark on a homicidal trail of destruction across the Midwestern United States. Based on the true case of 1950s killers Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate.
Starring: Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek, Warren Oates, John Carter
Director: Terrence Malick
On the Waterfront (1954)
Crime | Drama
Elia Kazan's compelling social drama was the winner of eight Academy Awards and marks one of Marlon Brando's finest screen performances. Brando is Terry Malloy, a handsome but inarticulate longshoreman, who gets involved in a labor scandal when a fellow dock worker is murdered. He knows that the victim was killed by the oppressive labor union for squealing to a commission investigating misdoings. Terry intends to keep his mouth shut and his job safe. But when Edie (Eva Marie-Saint), the dead man's beautiful sister, comes to town, he must choose between his allegiance to a corrupt union and his loyalty to Edie.
Starring: Marlon Brando, Eva Marie Saint, Lee J. Cobb, Karl Malden, Rod Steiger, Pat Henning
Director: Elia Kazan
Beyond the Trophy / Trophy (2012)
Action | Crime | Drama
TROPHY tells the story of men's obsession with power and how far they will go to claim the "PRIZE". Two rival gangs in Los Angeles and Las Vegas, led by Gino (Robert Miano) and Cole (Michael Madsen), are vying for control. Danny (Michael Masini), an LAPD undercover police detective, goes deep into gangland to infiltrate one gang to bring down both. Along the way, he becomes entangled with the beautiful and seductive Angela (Ali Costello), whose relationship with her husband Jake and mob leader Gino makes her the focal point of an intoxicating romantic equation-with deadly consequences. Her dream is to escape the wrath of evil abusive men, and find the love she never knew but always dreamed of. Even in the underworld, sometimes dreams do come true even when it all seems impossible.
Starring: Michael Madsen, Stephen Cloud, Eric Roberts, Michael Masini, Tommy Lister, Ben Maccabee, Ali Costello, Robert Miano
Director: Daniel J. Gillin
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Hustle / All the Other Angels (1975)
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Phil Gaines is a bitter, cynical cop who investigates the case of a dead stripper/porno actress found on the beach. Gaines is experiencing a troubled relationship with a hooker, and things don't get any better when the dead girl's father launches his own investigation.
Starring: Burt Reynolds, Catherine Deneuve, Ben Johnson, Paul Winfield, Eileen Brennan, Eddie Albert, Ernest Borgnine, Catherine Bach, Jack Carter
Director: Robert Aldrich
Stavisky… / L'empire d'Alexandre (1974)
Crime | Drama
Irrestisible charm and talent helps Serge Alexandre alias Stavisky, small-time swindler, to make friends with even most influential members of French industrial and political elite during the early 30s. But nothing lasts forever and when his great scam involving hundreds millions of francs gets exposed result is an unprecedented scandal that almost caused a civil war.
Starring: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Boyer, François Périer, Anny Duperey, Michael Lonsdale, Roberto Bisacco, Claude Rich
Director: Alain Resnais
Le jour se lève / Daybreak (1939)
Crime | Drama | Romance | Thriller
Francois, a sympathetic factory worker, kills Valentin with a gun. He locked himself in his furnished room and starts remembering how he was led to murder. He met once Francoise, a young fleurist, and they fell in love. But Francoise was gotten round by Valentin, a dog trainer, a machiavellian guy…
Starring: Jean Gabin, Jacqueline Laurent, Arletty, Mady Berry, René Génin
Director: Marcel Carné
Pépé le Moko (1937)
Crime | Drama | Romance
Pépé le Moko is a gangster from Paris that hides in Algier's Casbah. In the Casbah, he is safe and is able to elude the police's attempts to capture him. But he misses his freedom, after two years in the Casbah. He meets a gorgeous Parisian tourist, Gaby, and they fall in love. Native inspector Slimane tries to use her to attract Pépé out of the Casbah in order to catch him.
Starring: Jean Gabin, Gabriel Gabrio, Saturnin Fabre, Fernand Charpin, Lucas Gridoux
Director: Julien Duvivier
Mr. Klein / Monsieur Klein (1976)
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller | War
Paris, 1942. Robert Klein cannot find any fault with the state of affairs in German-occupied France. He has a well-furnished flat, a mistress, and business is booming. Jews facing discrimination because of laws edicted by the French government are desperate to sell valuable works of art – and it is easy for him to get them at bargain prices. His cosy life is disrupted when he realizes that there is another Robert Klein in Paris – a Jew with a rather mysterious behaviour. Very soon, this homonymy attracts the close – and menacing – attention of the police on the established art trader.
Starring: Alain Delon, Jeanne Moreau, Francine Bergé, Juliet Berto, Jean Bouise, Suzanne Flon, Massimo Girotti
Director: Joseph Losey
Another Stakeout (1993)
Action | Comedy | Crime | Thriller
Once again, Seattle detectives Chris Lecce and Bill Reimers are teaming up on a stakeout, but this time they're bringing along a headstrong female partner, Gina Garrett, and her mischievous dog, Archie. Together, they're posing as the perfect family and it looks like these unlikely housemates might just catch their suspect . . . if they don't kill each other first.
Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, Rosie O'Donnell, Dennis Farina, Marcia Strassman, Cathy Moriarty
Director: John Badham
Heavenly Creatures / Maiden's Prayer (1994)
Biography | Crime | Drama | Fantasy
The story concerns Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme, outcasts who become best friends, whose bizarre fantasy life becomes more intense as their bond becomes increasingly more obsessive. When Pauline's mother tries to intervene and split the girls apart, they bring about a terrible revenge, resulting in what is to this day still a celebrated and controversial case.
Starring: Melanie Lynskey, Kate Winslet, Sarah Peirse, Diana Kent, Clive Merrison, Simon O'Connor
Director: Peter Jackson
