Staten Island / Little New York (2009)
Comedy | Crime | Drama
In the shadow of Manhattan, the lives of three ambitious men intersect when Sully, a dim-witted septic tank cleaner, decides to rob $50,000 from the local mob boss.
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, Seymour Cassel
Director: James DeMonaco
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The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
Comedy | Crime
Holland, a shy retiring man, dreams of being rich and living the good life. Faithfully, for 20 years, he has worked as a bank transfer agent for the delivery of gold bullion. One day he befriends Pendlebury, a maker of souvenirs. Holland remarks that, with Pendlebury's smelting equipment, one could forge the gold into harmless-looking toy Eiffel Towers and smuggle the gold from England into France. Soon after, the two plant a story to gain the services of professional criminals Lackery and Shorty. Together, the four plot their crime, leading to unexpected twists and turns.
Starring: Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Sidney James, Alfie Bass
Director: Charles Crichton
Mad Money (2008)
Comedy | Crime | Thriller
Academy Award winner Diane Keaton, Academy Award nominee Queen Latifah and Katie Holmes are all in for the crime of their lives! Deep inside the most secure bank in America, three desperate women from very different worlds cook up the most unlikely heist of the century: Smuggle out millions of dollars in worn-out currency headed for a Federal Reserve shredder every day. Taking the cash is going to be easy…but getting away with it will be insane! Ted Danson, Christopher McDonald (Happy Gilmore), Roger Cross (24) and Stephen Root (Office Space) co-star in this wild comedy caper from the creator of Thelma & Louise about chasing your dreams, beating the system and paying the price for Mad Money!
Starring: Diane Keaton, Queen Latifah, Katie Holmes, Ted Danson, Stephen Root
Director: Callie Khouri
Frailty (2001)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
A tale which follows an FBI investigation in present day Texas. Fenton Meiks, a young man, approaches the lead FBI investigator, claiming he knows the identity of a serial killer who calls himself "God's Hands." The FBI agent is curious, but unimpressed until Fenton reveals that the killer is his younger brother Adam. Fenton recounts in a series of flashbacks, how he and his brother grew up in a very loving family, raised by their widowed father. All that changed, the day his father awoke, believing he had been visited by an angel and given a mission to destroy "demons" – seemingly normal looking people, who walked this earth as pure evil. Fenton's father, and then his brother Adam, swore to carry out this 'divine' mission. Fenton refused to participate in the killings. Out of loyalty however, he refused to go to the police, until now. The FBI agent follows Fenton to the family's rose garden only to be surprised that neither evil nor innocence are what they seem.
Starring: Bill Paxton, Matthew McConaughey, Powers Boothe
Director: Bill Paxton
Bangkok Dangerous (2008)
Action | Crime | Thriller
The life of Joe, an anonymous assassin, takes an unexpected turn when he travels to Thailand to complete a series of contract killings. Joe, a remorseless hitman, is in Bangkok to execute four enemies of a ruthless crime boss named Surat. He hires Kong, a street punk and pickpocket, to run errands for him with the intention of covering his tracks by killing him at the end of the assignment. Strangely, Joe, the ultimate lone wolf, finds himself mentoring the young man instead whilst simultaneously being drawn into a tentative romance with a local shop girl. As he falls further under the sway of Bangkok's intoxicating beauty, Joe begins to question his isolated existence and let down his guard–just as Surat decides it's time to clean house.
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Charlie Young, Chakrit Yamnarm, Panward Hemmanee, Dom Hetrakul
Director: Danny Pang, Oxide Pang
Bernie (2012)
Comedy | Crime | Drama
In small-town Texas, the local mortician strikes up a friendship with a wealthy widow, though when he kills her, he goes to great lengths to create the illusion that she's alive.
Starring: Jack Black, Matthew McConaughey, Shirley MacLaine
Director: Richard Linklater
One in the Chamber (2012)
Action | Crime | Thriller
A seasoned assassin plays both sides in a Russian gang war and becomes the target of an unknown enemy.
Starring: Dolph Lundgren, Cuba Gooding Jr., Billy Murray, Billy Murray, Claudia Bassols
Director: William Kaufman
Breach (2007)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
In February, 2001, Robert Hanssen, a senior agent with 25 years in the FBI, is arrested for spying. Jump back two months: Eric O'Neill, a computer specialist who wants to be made an agent is assigned to clerk for Hanssen and to write down everything Hanssen does. O'Neill's told it's an investigation of Hanssen's sexual habits. Within weeks, the crusty Hanssen, a devout Catholic, has warmed to O'Neill, who grows to respect Hanssen. O'Neill's wife resents Hanssen's intrusiveness; the personal and professional stakes get higher. How they catch Hanssen and why he spies become the film's story. Can O'Neill help catch red-handed "the worst spy in history" and hold onto his personal life?
Starring: Chris Cooper, Ryan Phillippe, Dennis Haysbert, Laura Linney, Caroline Dhavernas, Gary Cole, Kathleen Quinlan, Bruce Davison
Director: Billy Ray
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009)
Action | Crime | Thriller
Walter Garber is a New York City subway dispatcher whose ordinary day is thrown into chaos by an audacious crime: the hijacking of a subway train. Ryder, the criminal mastermind behind the hijacking and leader of a highly-armed gang of four, threatens to execute the train's passengers unless a large ransom is paid within one hour. As the tension mounts beneath his feet, Garber employs his vast knowledge of the subway system in a battle to outwit Ryder and save the hostages. But there's one riddle Garber can't solve: even if the thieves get the money, how can they possibly escape?
Starring: Denzel Washington, John Travolta, Luis Guzmán, Victor Gojcaj, Robert Vataj
Director: Tony Scott
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
A gang of thugs who have hijacked a subway train near New York's Pelham Station threaten to kill one hostage per minute. Forced to stall the assailants until a ransom is delivered or a rescue made, transit chief Lt. Garber must somehow ad-lib, con and outmaneuver one of the craftiest, cruelest villains ever. It's a race against time, and no one knows whether things will end heroically or tragically in this pulse-pounding thrill ride!
Starring: Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam, Hector Elizondo, Tony Roberts
Director: Joseph Sargent
Fallen (1998)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
Homicide detective John Hobbes witnesses the execution of serial killer Edgar Reese. Soon after the execution the killings start again, and they are very similar to Reese's style.
Starring: Denzel Washington, John Goodman, Donald Sutherland, Embeth Davidtz, James Gandolfini
Director: Gregory Hoblit
Analyze That / Analyze This 2 (2002)
Comedy | Crime
Mobster Paul Vitti is released into Dr. Ben Sobol's care, where only more chaos ensues.
Starring: Robert De Niro, Billy Crystal, Lisa Kudrow, Joe Viterelli, Cathy Moriarty
Director: Harold Ramis
Analyze This (1999)
Comedy | Crime
A comedy about a psychiatrist whose number one-patient is an insecure mob boss.
Starring: Robert De Niro, Billy Crystal, Lisa Kudrow, Chazz Palminteri, Joe Viterelli
Director: Harold Ramis
Cradle 2 the Grave (2003)
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
When his daughter is kidnapped and held in exchange for priceless diamonds, the leader of a crew of highly skilled urban thieves forges an unlikely alliance with a Taiwanese Intelligence officer to rescue her. Their race against the clock to find the precious stones ultimately unravels a plot to distribute a deadly new weapon of war.
Starring: Jet Li, DMX, Anthony Anderson, Kelly Hu, Tom Arnold, Mark Dacascos, Gabrielle Union
Director: Andrzej Bartkowiak
Castle (TV Series 2009-2016)
Comedy | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Romance
Rick Castle is one of the world's most successful crime authors. But when his rock star lifestyle isn't enough, this bad boy goes looking for new trouble and finds it working with smart, beautiful Detective Kate Beckett. Inspired by her professional record and intrigued by her buttoned-up personality, Castle's found the model for his bold new character whether she likes it or not. Now with the mayor's permission, Castle is on her case and in her way. Kate's initial disdain for Castle turns to grudging respect as he quickly proves that a background in plotting murders can be a valuable asset in catching killers. As they solve a new crime together each week, their partnership grows as does their love-hate relationship. These two may not always see eye to eye, but together they might just write a whole new chapter in crime-solving.
Starring: Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic, Susan Sullivan, Molly C. Quinn, Jon Huertas, Tamala Jones, Seamus Dever, Penny Johnson
Creator: Andrew W. Marlowe
Frequency (2000)
Crime | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller
A tale of time travel in which a father and a son reach out to one another across parallel universes to stop a terrible crime: For John Sullivan, there is no question. He would undo the events of October 12, 1969, when the out-of-control Bruxton fire took the life of his father, a heroic firefighter. Ever since he was a kid, John has dreamed of being able to stop the tragedy of that fateful day, which set into motion the anger and loneliness that have haunted his adult life as a cop in the 1990s. Now John may get exactly what he wished for… and much more than he bargained for.
Starring: Dennis Quaid, James Caviezel, Andre Braugher, Elizabeth Mitchell, Noah Emmerich
Director: Gregory Hoblit
The Mask (1994)
Action | Comedy | Crime | Fantasy | Romance
Jim Carrey stars as mild mannered bank clerk Stanely Ipkiss, who discovers a mysterious ancient mask which brings his inner most desires screaming to life! Now together with his sidekick dog, Milo, this wise cracking, love-crazy, crime-fighting green tornado is taking Edge City by storm, in an unstoppable action comedy that will leave you smokin'!
Starring: Jim Carrey, Cameron Diaz, Peter Riegert, Peter Greene, Amy Yasbeck
Director: Chuck Russell
The Raid: Redemption / Serbuan maut (2011)
Action | Crime | Thriller
A swat team arrives at a rundown apartment block with a mission to remove its owner, a notorious drug lord named Tama. The building has never been raided before, never been touched by police. Seen as a no go zone it has since become a sanctuary to killers, gangs, rapists and thieves seeking accommodation in the one place they know they cannot be touched.
Starring: Iko Uwais, Ananda George, Ray Sahetapy, Joe Taslim, Donny Alamsyah
Director: Gareth Evans
All Good Things (2010)
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Romance | Thriller
A love story and murder mystery set against the backdrop of a New York real estate dynasty in the 1980s, inspired by the most notorious missing person's case in New York history. Robert Durst, scion of the wealthy Durst family, was suspected but never tried for killing his wife Kathie who disappeared in 1982 and was never found.
Starring: Ryan Gosling, Kirsten Dunst, Frank Langella, Lily Rabe, Philip Baker Hall
Director: Andrew Jarecki
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Studio Sex (2012)
Crime | Drama
In the middle of the cemetery a corpse, of a young woman from the strip club Studio Six, is found. It turns out that a senior politician has visited the Studio Six in the evening and he is soon suspected of the murder. The case brings up memories of the crime reporter Annika Bengtzon, from a past she'd rather forget. She becomes obsessed with revealing the young girl's killer while she slowly sinking even deeper in the Stockholm underworld.
Starring: Malin Crépin, Björn Kjellman, Leif Andrée, Kajsa Ernst, Erik Johansson
Director: Agneta Fagerström-Olsson
