Nowhere to Hide
Action | Comedy | Crime | Thriller
A chase film in which cops try to catch a master of disguise. This is a film as much about the joy of filmmaking as it is about a deadly pursuit.
Starring: Joong-Hoon Park, Sung-kee Ahn, Dong-gun Jang, Ji-Woo Choi
Director: Myung-se Lee
Mon Ami (2012)
Comedy | Crime
Two friends try executing their 'get-rich-quick' plan by kidnapping their boss's daughter, but when the plan falls apart, they must scramble to fix the situation and repair their friendship.
Starring: Mike Kovac, Scott Wallis, Bradley Duffy, Chelsey Reist, Teagan Vincze
Director: Rob Grant
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Tony Rome (1967)
Crime | Drama | Mystery
Tony Rome is an ex-cop turned private eye in Miami Beach. For $200 he returns a young woman to her father's house after she passes out in a seedy hotel, and he keeps the hotel's name out of it. Trouble is, she's missing a diamond pin, and tough guys show up at Tony's boat looking for it. When the pin does turn up, it's fake, so the girl's father, a wealthy builder, hires Tony to find out what happened to the real stones. Bodies pile up, Tony suspects the builder's trophy wife, and he's also looking for a mysterious guy named Nimmo who used to date Ann Archer, a stunning redhead Tony meets at the builder's. Can Tony sort it out before too many die, and what about Ann?
Starring: Frank Sinatra, Jill St. John, Richard Conte, Gena Rowlands, Simon Oakland
Director: Gordon Douglas
The Night of the Generals (1967)
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller | War
The murder of a prostitute in Nazi occupied Warsaw draws Wehrmacht Major Grau into an investigation where the evidence points to one of three high ranking Generals. The trail leads Grau from Warsaw to Paris and straight into the 1944 plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler, of which two of the Generals are deeply involved. Grau's case goes unfinished and it is not until 1965 when the true killer is brought to justice.
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Tom Courtenay, Donald Pleasence, Joanna Pettet, Philippe Noiret, Charles Gray
Director: Anatole Litvak
Prank (2013)
Crime
Harmless prank or violent revenge? Three high school students, sick of living in fear of bullies, plan the ultimate payback. But when their prank goes way too far, they come to realize that getting even can have deadly consequences. Packed with unpredictable twists and turns, this cutting-edge thriller pulls no punches and delivers a shocking conclusion you'll never forget. Just remember…no matter how sweet revenge might taste, there's always a price to pay.
Starring: Nick Renaud, Henry Monfries, Gemmenne de la Peña, Hannah Kasulka, Alastair Ferrie, Rene Cadet
Director: Yiuwing Lam
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Confidence (2003)
Crime | Thriller
What Jake Vig doesn't know just might get him killed. A sharp and polished grifter, Jake has just swindled thousands of dollars from the unsuspecting Lionel Dolby with the help of his crew: Insideman Gordo, Shills Miles, and Big Al–and two corrupt LAPD officers, Lloyd Whitworth and Omar Manzano. But when both Lionel and Big Al turn up dead, it becomes clear that Lionel wasn't just any mark–as Jake soon learns, he was an accountant for eccentric crime boss Winston King. Never one to shy away from a challenge, Jake offers to repay The King by pulling off the biggest con of his career. The mark? Morgan Price, a banker with deep ties to organized crime. With so much riding on the outcome, Jake decides to bring in a brash, blonde pickpocket named Lily, who joins the crew in a complex scheme involving corporate loans, creative accounting, wire transfers and off-shore accounts. Jake and his crew will have to stay one step ahead of both the criminals and the cops to finally settle their debt.
Starring: Edward Burns, Rachel Weisz, Dustin Hoffman, Andy Garcia
Director: James Foley
Murder! (1930)
Crime | Mystery | Thriller
The police find the actress, Diana Baring, near the body of her friend. All the circumstantial proofs seems to point to her and, at the end of the trial, she is condemned. Sir John Menier, a jury member, suspects Diana's boyfriend, who works as an acrobat wearing a dresses.
Starring: Herbert Marshall, Norah Baring, Phyllis Konstam, Edward Chapman , Miles Mander
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
White Heat (1949)
Crime | Drama | Film-Noir | Thriller
A government agent infiltrates a gang run by a mother-fixated psychotic.
Starring: James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien, Steve Cochran, John Archer, Fred Clark
Director: Raoul Walsh
Legal Eagles (1986)
Comedy | Crime | Romance
District Attorney Tom Logan is set for higher office, at least until he becomes involved with defence lawyer Laura Kelly and her unpredictable client Chelsea Deardon. It seems the least of Chelsea's crimes is the theft of a very valuable painting, but as the women persuade Logan to investigate further and to cut some official corners, a much more sinister scenario starts to emerge.
Starring: Robert Redford, Debra Winger, Daryl Hannah, Brian Dennehy, Terence Stamp
Director: Ivan Reitman
Le cerveau / The Brain (1969)
Comedy | Crime
Arthur and Anatole are two little robbers. They want to rob money, money that will travel in a special train from Paris to Bruxelles. They don't know that other people have planned to do the same thing.
Starring: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Bourvil, David Niven, Eli Wallach, Silvia Monti, Jacques Balutin
Director: Gérard Oury
The Double Hour / La doppia ora (2009)
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Romance | Thriller
Guido (Filippo Timi), a former cop, is a luckless veteran of the speed-dating scene in Turin. But, much to his surprise, he meets Slovenian immigrant Sonia (Ksenia Rappoport), a chambermaid at a high-end hotel. The two hit it off, and a passionate romance develops. After they leave the city for a romantic getaway in the country, things suddenly take a dark turn. As Sonia's murky past resurfaces, her reality starts to crumble. Everything in her life begins to change – – questions arise and answers only arrive through a continuous twist and turn of events keeping viewers on edge until the film's final moments. THE DOUBLE HOUR, winner of Best Actress at the 2009 Venice International Film Festival, is directed by Giuseppe Capotondi.
Starring: Kseniya Rappoport, Filippo Timi, Antonia Truppo, Gaetano Bruno, Fausto Russo Alesi, Michele Di Mauro
Director: Giuseppe Capotondi
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Femme Fatale (2002)
Crime | Mystery | Thriller
A con-woman tries to straighten out her life, even as her past comes back to haunt her.
Starring: Rebecca Romijn, Antonio Banderas, Peter Coyote, Eriq Ebouaney, Edouard Montoute, Rie Rasmussen
Director: Brian De Palma
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Prince of the City (1981)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
New York City cop Daniel Ciello is involved in some questionable police practices. He is approached by internal affairs and in exchange for him potentially being let off the hook, he is instructed to begin to expose the inner workings of police corruption. Danny agrees as long as he does not have to turn in his partners but he soon learns that he cannot trust anyone and he must decide whose side he is on and who is on his.
Starring: Treat Williams, Jerry Orbach, Richard Foronjy, Don Billett, Kenny Marino
Director: Sidney Lumet
The Girl Was Young / Young and Innocent (1937)
Crime | Mystery | Thriller
A film actress is murdered by her estranged husband who is jealous of all her young boyfriends. The next day, writer Robert Tisdall (who happens to be one such boyfriend) discovers her body on the beach. He runs to call the police, however, two witnesses think that he is the escaping murderer. Robert is arrested, but owing to a mix up at the courthouse, he escapes and goes on the run with a police constable's daughter Erica, determined to prove his innocence.
Starring: Nova Pilbeam, Derrick De Marney, Percy Marmont, Edward Rigby, Mary Clare, John Longden
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Zero Effect (1998)
Comedy | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Daryl Zero is a private investigator. Along with his assistant, Steve Arlo he solves impossible crimes and puzzles. Though a master investigator, when he is not working, Zero doesn't know what to do with himself. He has no social skills, writes bad music, and drives Arlo crazy. In his latest case, Zero must find out who is blackmailing a rich executive, and when his client won't tell him, why. The only problem with this case is Zero has done something he's never done before: got emotionally involved.
Starring: Bill Pullman, Ben Stiller, Ryan O'Neal, Kim Dickens, Angela Featherstone, Hugh Ross
Director: Jake Kasdan
Dexter (TV Series 2006-2013)
Crime | Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Based on Jeff Lindsay's novels Darkly Dreaming Dexter and Dearly Devoted Dexter this crime thriller follows Dexter Morgan. Dexter is a forensic blood spatter expert for the Miami Metro Police Department. Thanks to a code instilled in him by his foster father, Harry, he hunts down people who have escaped justice and makes sure they don't get away with a crime again.
Starring: Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Carpenter, Lauren Vélez, David Zayas, James Remar, C.S. Lee, Desmond Harrington, Julie Benz, Christina Robinson, Preston Bailey
Creator: James Manos Jr.
Criminal Minds (TV Series 2005- )
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Special Agents Jason Gideon (Mandy Patinkin) and Aaron Hotchner (Thomas Gibson) head up the FBI's most elite profiling team – experts in analyzing criminal minds. Each team member has their specialty. There's Elle Greenaway (Lola Glaudini), who has a background in sexual offences; Derek Morgan (Shemar Moore), who focuses on obsessional crimes; Special Agent Dr. Spencer Reid (Matthew Gray Gubler), the smart-but-socially-challenged genius; and Jennifer "JJ" Jareau (A.J. Cook), the rookie. With each mind-blowing case, they put their lives on the line as they match wits with the most ruthless criminals on earth.
Starring: Shemar Moore, Matthew Gray Gubler, Thomas Gibson, Kirsten Vangsness, A.J. Cook, Joe Mantegna, Paget Brewster
Creator: Jeff Davis
Officer Down (2013)
Crime | Drama
The film follows a rogue police officer who tries to right the wrongs of his past by seeking revenge against the men responsible for a string of attacks on the young women working at a local strip club.
Starring: Stephen Dorff, Walton Goggins, James Woods, Tommy Flanagan, Dominic Purcell, Elisabeth Röhm
Director: Brian A. Miller
xXx (2002)
Action | Crime | Thriller
From Revolution Studios and and Sony Pictures, Xander Cage (Vin Diesel) is a notorious underground thrill-seeker who, until now, has been deemed untouchable by the law. But when crack NSA Agent Gibbsons convinces Cage to infiltrate a ruthless Russian crime ring, this new breed of secret agent (codename: XXX) takes down the enemies of justice with a vengeance in this high-octane, turbo-charged thrill-ride from the acclaimed director of The Fast and the Furious.
Starring: Vin Diesel, Asia Argento, Marton Csokas, Samuel L. Jackson, Danny Trejo
Director: Rob Cohen
The In-Laws (1979)
Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Thriller
With his daughter about to marry, Manhattan dentist Sheldon Kornpett is getting in over his head. The groom's father Vince Ricardo (who may/may not be CIA) has been in over his head so long he may have lost it totally.
Starring: Peter Falk, Alan Arkin, Richard Libertini, Michael Lembeck, James Hong
Director: Arthur Hiller
