Thorne (TV mini-series 2010)
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Thorne is a crime drama series based on the best selling books by Mark Billingham. The series stars David Morrissey as DI Tom Thorne.
Starring: David Morrissey, Eddie Marsan, Aidan Gillen, Natascha McElhone, Sandra Oh, O.T. Fagbenle
Creator: Mark Billingham
A View to a Kill (1985)
Action | Adventure | Crime | Mystery | Thriller
When James Bond (Agent 007) is sent to investigate a security leak at the high-tech Zorin Industries, he discovers a hotbed of murder and deception. The company's mysterious owner, Max Zorin has devised a plan to corner the world's microchip market–even if he has to kill millions to do it. But before Bond can stop Zorin, he must confront the madman's beautiful and deadly companion May Day. With help from the gorgeous Stacey, Bond launches an all-out assault on Zorin's deadly scheme, which leads to a treacherous duel against May Day on the upper spans of the Golden Gate Bridge.
Starring: Roger Moore, Christopher Walken, Tanya Roberts, Grace Jones, Patrick Macnee, Patrick Bauchau
Director: John Glen
Apaharan (2005)
Action | Crime | Drama
An idealistic young man, who aspires to become a police officer, is drawn into the dark world of corruption and despair in this drama of shattered dreams from award winning director, Prakash Jha. Ajay Shastri is a young man living in the Hindi heartland of Bihar, and looking to follow in his law-enforcing father's noble footsteps. Just as Ajay's dreams of sharing a blissful life with devoted girlfriend Megha, begin to come into focus, he is shaken to the core by the questionable choices.
Starring: Ajay Devgn, Nana Patekar, Bipasha Basu, Ayub Khan, Mohan Agashe, Mukesh Tiwari
Director: Prakash Jha
Johan Falk: Organizatsija Karayan / Johan Falk 10 (2012)
Action | Crime | Thriller
Johan Falk stepdaughter Nina has finally gotten better contact with his biological father Orjan builder. While crack too Orjan. His debt to an Estonian construction company in one of the municipal construction projects in Gothenburg, leading to Nina kidnapped. What the kidnappers not counted on is that Nina's step-father is a police officer. While deepening handles / infiltrators-relationship between Sophie Nordh and Seth Rydell. Seth promises to help Sophie with locating Karayans toppmän in Gothenburg. In return, he wants something personal done… "Johan Falk – Organizatsija Karayan" is the fourth of six new films in the tough and intensely exciting historienom police special forces GSI. The series is inspired by real events, criminal cases, undercover agents and police officers.
Starring: Jakob Eklund, Joel Kinnaman, Jens Hultén, Meliz Karlge
Director: Richard Holm
Hawaii Five-0 (TV Series 2010- )
Action | Crime | Drama
HAWAII FIVE-0 is a contemporary take on the classic series about a new elite federalized task force whose mission is to wipe out the crime that washes up on the Islands' sun-drenched beaches. Detective Steve McGarrett (Alex O'Loughlin), a decorated Naval officer turned cop, returns to Oahu to investigate his father's murder and stays after Hawaii's governor persuades him to head up the new team: his rules, her backing, no red tape and full blanket immunity to hunt down the biggest "game" in town. Joining McGarrett is Detective Danny "Danno" Williams (Scott Caan), a newly relocated ex-New Jersey cop who prefers skyscrapers to the coastline but is committed to keeping the Islands safe for his 8-year-old daughter; and Chin Ho Kelly (Daniel Dae Kim), an ex-Honolulu Police Detective wrongly accused of corruption and relegated to a federal security patrol, who is also a former protégé of McGarrett's father. Chin's cousin, Kona (Grace Park), is a beautiful and fearless native, fresh out of the academy and eager to establish herself among the department's elite. McGarrett vows to bring closure to his father's case while the state's brash new FIVE-0 unit, who may spar and jest among themselves, is determined to eliminate the seedy elements from the 50th state.
Starring: Alex O'Loughlin, Scott Caan, Daniel Dae Kim, Grace Park, Masi Oka, Taylor Wily, Michelle Borth
Creator: Alex Kurtzman, Peter M. Lenkov, Roberto Orci
Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai / Once Upon a Time in Mumbai (2010)
Crime | Drama | Romance
During March 1993, after his Ambassador car is being fished out of water, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Agnel Wilson, narrates to the Commissioner as to how he commenced his investigation against an underworld gangster, Sultan Mirza. He details how Sultan had survived floods in Madras, shortly after Independence; his arrival in Bombay; and his employment which earned him a mere 25 Paisa daily. Agnel's attempts to rein in Sultan fail, but he keeps tabs on him and his romance with Bollywood actress, Rehana; as well as his new recruit, Shoaib, the son of Sub-Inspector Khan. Agnel will find his investigation slipping out of his hands after Sultan temporarily delegates complete responsibility to Shoaib.
Starring: Ajay Devgn, Emraan Hashmi, Randeep Hooda, Kangana Ranaut, Prachi Desai
Director: Milan Luthria
Chicago (2002)
Comedy | Crime | Musical
At a time when crimes of passion result in celebrity headlines, nightclub sensation Velma Kelly and spotlight-seeking Roxie Hart both find themselves sharing space on Chicago's famed Murderess Row! They also share Billy Flynn, the town's slickest lawyer with a talent for turning notorious defendants into local legends. But in Chicago there's only room for one legend!
Starring: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Renée Zellweger, Richard Gere, Queen Latifah, John C. Reilly, Lucy Liu
Director: Rob Marshall
Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1983 / The Red Riding Trilogy: 1983 (2009)
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
The seemingly untouchable, corrupt West Yorkshire police, and the true evil mastermind behind the child abductions and murders of the last 14 years, can't resist doing it again. Against them, a fat useless lawyer, and one remorseful copper.
Starring: David Morrissey, Jim Carter, Warren Clarke, Sean Bean, Sean Harris, Steven Robertson, Mark Addy
Director: Anand Tucker
Savages (2012)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
Laguna Beach entrepreneurs Ben, a peaceful and charitable Buddhist, and his closest friend Chon, a former Navy SEAL and ex-mercenary, run a lucrative, homegrown industry – raising some of the best marijuana ever developed. They also share a one-of-a-kind love with the extraordinary beauty Ophelia. Life is idyllic in their Southern California town….until the Mexican Baja Cartel decides to move in and demands that the trio partners with them. When the merciless head of the BC, Elena, and her brutal enforcer, Lado, underestimate the unbreakable bond among these three friends, Ben and Chon – with the reluctant, slippery assistance of a dirty DEA agent – wage a seemingly unwinnable war against the cartel.
Starring: Taylor Kitsch, Salma Hayek, Benicio Del Toro, Blake Lively, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, John Travolta
Director: Oliver Stone
Sons of Anarchy (TV Series 2008- )
Crime | Drama | Thriller
Sons of Anarchy, aka SAMCRO, is a motorcycle gang that operates both illegal and legal businesses in the small town of Charming. They combine gun-running and a garage, plus involvement in porn film. Clay, the president, likes it old school and violent; while Jax, his stepson and the club's VP, has thoughts about changing the way things are, based on his dead father's journal. Their conflict has effects on both the club and their personal relationships.
Starring: Charlie Hunnam, Mark Boone Junior, Kim Coates, Tommy Flanagan, Maggie Siff, Katey Sagal, Ron Perlman, Theo Rossi, Dayton Callie, Ryan Hurst, William Lucking, David Labrava, Christopher Douglas Reed, Winter Ave Zoli
Creator: Kurt Sutter
Death Warrant (1990)
Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery
The Canadian policeman Louis Burke is assigned in a jail to investigate in some murders of prisoners and jailors
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Robert Guillaume, Cynthia Gibb, Art LaFleur, Patrick Kilpatrick, Al Leong
Director: Deran Sarafian
Untraceable (2008)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
Within the FBI, there exists a division dedicated to investigating and prosecuting criminals on the Internet. Welcome to the front lines of the war on cybercrime, where Special Agent Jennifer Marsh (Diane Lane) has seen it all… until now. A tech-savvy Internet predator is displaying his graphic murders on his own website – and the fate of each of his tormented captives is left in the hands of the public: the more hits his site gets, the faster his victims die. When this game of cat and mouse becomes personal, Marsh and her team must race against the clock to track down this technical mastermind who is virtually untraceable.
Starring: Diane Lane, Billy Burke, Colin Hanks, Joseph Cross, Mary Beth Hurt
Director: Gregory Hoblit
Cleanskin (2012)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
Ewan is a secret service agent faced with the task of pursuing and eliminating a suicide bomber and his terrorist cell.
Starring: Sean Bean, Abhin Galeya, Charlotte Rampling, Peter Polycarpou, Tuppence Middleton
Director: Hadi Hajaig
Rope (1948)
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Two wealthy young men try to commit the perfect crime by murdering a friend.
Starring: James Stewart, Farley Granger, John Dall, Douglas Dick, Cedric Hardwicke, Edith Evanson, Cedric Hardwicke, Constance Collier
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Double Impact (1991)
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Alex and Chad, twins separated at the death of their parents. Chad is raised by a family retainer in Paris, Alex becomes a petty crook in Hong Kong. Seeing a picture of Alex, Chad rejoins him and convinces him that his rival in Hong Kong is also the man who killed their parents. Alex is suspicious of Chad, especially when it comes to his girlfriend.
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Geoffrey Lewis, Alonna Shaw, Bolo Yeung
Director: Sheldon Lettich
La linea / The Line (2009)
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
The Lieutenant to an ill Tijuana drug cartel kingpin takes over the operation and becomes a loose canon.
Starring: Ray Liotta, Andy Garcia, Esai Morales, Armand Assante, Valerie Cruz
Director: James Cotten
A Prophet / Un prophète (2009)
Crime | Drama
The rise through the criminal ranks of a young orphan of North African origin, who has only known a prison life and who will become, with the help of the Corsican mafia and an influential Imam, the ultimate crime kingpin of all of France's immigrant suburbs.
Starring: Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif, Reda Kateb
Director: Jacques Audiard
Freedomland (2006)
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Late one night in a working class New Jersey suburb, a bloodied woman staggers mute and dazed into the emergency room at the Dempsy Medical Center. After treatment for shock and hysteria, Brenda Martin recounts to Dempsy police detective Lorenzo Council a horrific tale of being carjacked on the isolated strip of undeveloped land that divides Dempsy's urban housing projects from the blue collar town of Gannon, where she lives. She claims she was forced out of her car by a black man, but during the interrogation Council senses he's not getting the whole story. Only after hours of questioning does Brenda finally break down and confess that her four-year-old son, Cody, was asleep in the back seat of the stolen car. Led by activist Karen Collucci, members of the communities of Dempsy and Gannon unite in a search for the missing child, but the criminal investigation into the alleged kidnapping by a suspect who is presumed to be a local from the projects soon ignites long-simmering racial tensions between the two towns.
Starring: Julianne Moore, Samuel L. Jackson, Edie Falco, Ron Eldard, William Forsythe
Director: Joe Roth
Loft (2010)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
Five best friends, all married, decide to share a loft apartment. In this loft they meet their mistresses and conquests. Everything seems perfect, until one morning the body of an unknown young woman is found in the loft. The group of friends begin to suspect each other and it soon becomes clear that they know far less about each other than they had initially thought.
Starring: Fedja van Huêt, Barry Atsma, Jeroen van Koningsbrugge, Gijs Naber, Chico Kenzari, Kim van Kooten, Raymond Thiry, Anna Drijver, Katja Herbers
Director: Antoinette Beumer
Snatch (2000)
Crime | Thriller
When a dizzying robbery takes place in the Orthodox Jewish diamond district, a flawless 86- carat gem, the size of an infant's fist, is lifted in the snatch. Taking it to London, the diamond's thief and courier, Franky Four Fingers arrives in the city as a stopover en route to New York to deliver the huge diamond to his bigwig crime boss, Avi. But because Franky can't resist temptation and London is a town with its share of illegal trade, a small crowd of miscreants and malefactors eventually ends up chasing each other and the whereabouts of the diamond. These include: Doug the Head, a jeweler who pretends he's Jewish because it's good for business; Boris the Blade, a Russian gangster with a deserved reputation for being impossible to kill; Bullet Tooth Tony, a legendary hard guy and Brick Top, perhaps the scariest of the lot.
Starring: Benicio Del Toro, Dennis Farina, Vinnie Jones, Brad Pitt, Rade Serbedzija, Jason Statham, Alan Ford, Mike Reid, Jason Flemyng
Director: Guy Ritchie
