Rampart (2011)
Crime | Drama
Set in 1999 Los Angeles, veteran police officer Dave Brown, the last of the renegade cops, works to take care of his family, and struggles for his own survival.
Starring: Woody Harrelson, Robin Wright, Steve Buscemi, Sigourney Weaver, Ben Foster, Ned Beatty, Anne Heche, Ice Cube, Cynthia Nixon
Director: Oren Moverman
Initial D / Tau man ji D (2005)
Action | Crime | Drama | Teen | Thriller
Based on a popular manga by Shuichi Shigeno, Initial D is a high-octane movie about the world of downhill mountain racing. Takumi Fujiwara is an average high-school student who has honed his driving skills while making late-night deliveries for his father's tofu restaurant. When he has an inadvertent run-in with one of the area's top racers, Takumi finds himself thrust into the world of mountain racing and is soon duking it out for top honors in a series of daredevil downhill races. Thrilling and adrenaline-fueled, the anime is presented in its entirety with this collection of episodes.
Starring: Jay Chou, Shawn Yue, Shawn Yue, Edison Chen, Anthony Wong, Anne Suzuki, Jordan Chan, Chapman To, Kenny Bee, Tsuyoshi Abe
Director: Andrew Lau, Alan Mak
The Terrorists / Ransom (1974)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
A gang of hijackers led by Ian McShane seize a British plane as it is landing in Scandinavia. Ruthless military police chief Colonel Tahlvik is assigned to rescue the plane and it's passengers. But he must also deal with the problem of the British Ambassador, whose residence has been seized by a second group of terrorists.
Starring: Sean Connery, Ian McShane, Jeffrey Wickham
Director: Caspar Wrede
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Vengeance is Mine / Fukushû suru wa ware ni ari (1979)
Crime | Drama
Iwao Enokizu is a middle-aged man who has an unexplainable urge to commit insane and violent murders. Eventually he is chased by the police all over Japan, but somehow he always manages to escape. He meets a woman who runs a brothel. They love each other but how long can they be together?
Starring: Ken Ogata, Rentarô Mikuni, Chôchô Miyako, Mitsuko Baishô, Mayumi Ogawa
Director: Shôhei Imamura
Bir zamanlar Anadolu'da / Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011)
Crime | Drama
A murder has been committed and a man has confessed; all that remains is for him to lead police to the body so they can wrap the case. In the dead of night, two cars and a Jeep carrying the murderer, the police chief and the prosecutor set out to find the burial spot. As the small convoy inches its way through the darkness of the deserted countryside, it becomes clear that the killer can't locate the place where he left his victim. Cigarettes are smoked; conversations occur and refreshments are served in a local village; nothing significant seems to happen. Yet whether we are aware of it or not, small clues are being planted along the way.
Starring: Muhammet Uzuner, Yilmaz Erdogan, Taner Birsel
Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Sister Act (1992)
Comedy | Crime | Music
Whoopi Goldberg stars as a Reno lounge singer who has been put under protective custody in a San Francisco convent and has to pretend to be a nun when a mob boss puts her on his hit list. Also in the cast are Maggie Smith, Kathy Najimy, Wendy Makkena, Mary Wickes, and Harvey Keitel. The film is #83 on Bravo's The 100 Funniest Movies list.
Starring: Whoopi Goldberg, Maggie Smith, Kathy Najimy
Director: Emile Ardolino
Donkey (2010)
Action | Crime | Drama
Upon his release from jail, two-bit thug Don Keys gets caught up in the kidnapping plot of a mobster's daughter.
Starring: Matthew Stefiuk, Cassandra Petrella, Greg Hiscock
Director: Adrian Langley
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Switch (2011)
Action | Crime | Thriller
July 2010, Montreal, Canada. Sophie Malaterre, 25 years old, fashion designer, is not looking forward to the summer holidays. No projects, no friends, no boyfriend Someone tells her about the website SWITCH.com that allows people to switch houses with someone else for a month. Sophie finds, by chance, a duplex in Paris, with view of the Eiffel Tower. Her first day there is idyllic. The next morning, she is woken up by the cops. A decapitated body is in the room next door. She has no way of proving that she isn't Bénédicte Serteaux, the owner of the duplex.
Starring: Karine Vanasse, Eric Cantona, Mehdi Nebbou
Director: Frédéric Schoendoerffer
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows / Sherlock Holmes 2 (2011)
Action | Adventure | Crime | Mystery | Thriller
Sherlock Holmes has always been the smartest man in the room…until now. There is a new criminal mastermind at large-Professor Moriarty – and not only is he Holmes' intellectual equal, but his capacity for evil, coupled with a complete lack of conscience, may actually give him an advantage over the renowned detective. When the Crown Prince of Austria is found dead, the evidence, as construed by Inspector Lestrade, points to suicide. But Sherlock Holmes deduces that the prince has been the victim of murder-a murder that is only one piece of a larger and much more portentous puzzle, designed by Professor Moriarty. The cunning Moriarty is always one step ahead of Holmes as he spins a web of death and destruction.
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Noomi Rapace, Jared Harris
Director: Guy Ritchie
Project A II / 'A' ji hua xu ji (1987)
Action | Comedy | Crime
Dragon is now transferred to be the police head of Sai Wan district, and has to contend with a gangster kingpin, anti-Manchu revolutionaries, some runaway pirates, Manchu Loyalists and a corrupt police superintendent.
Starring: Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, Rosamund Kwan, Carina Lau, David Lam, Bill Tung, Regina Kent, Kenny Ho
Director: Jackie Chan
Project A / 'A' gai wak (1983)
Action | Comedy | Crime
In late 19th Century Hong Kong the British may rule the land, but the pirates rule the waters. Reluctantly, the Coast Guard is given money to fight these pirates, but the pirates themselves have many contacts (that is, bribed officials) in the government, and seek to thwart the Coast Guard's efforts to eliminate them. One Coast Guard officer is Dragon Ma, who is determined that his beloved Coast Guard will not be made fools of.
Starring: Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Biao Yuen, Dick Wei, Mars, Isabella Wong, Po Tai, Wu Long Cheung
Director: Jackie Chan
In the Valley of Elah (2007)
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
A young soldier goes missing upon returning to the U.S. from Iraq. When his war veteran father and his mother begin questioning the circumstances surrounding their son's mysterious disappearance, they embark on a journey to piece together their son's final days, enlisting the help of a police detective to aid in the investigation.
Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Charlize Theron, Jason Patric, Susan Sarandon, James Franco
Director: Paul Haggis
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Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Action | Comedy | Crime
A freewheeling Detroit cop pursuing a murder investigation finds himself dealing with the very different culture of Beverly Hills.
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Lisa Eilbacher, John Ashton, Ronny Cox
Director: Martin Brest
Into the Abyss (2011)
Crime | Documentary
Conversations with death row inmate Michael Perry and those affected by his crime serve as an examination of why people – and the state – kill.
Starring: Fred Allen, Jason Burkett, Melyssa Burkett, Werner Herzog
Director: Werner Herzog
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Gone Baby Gone (2007)
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Gone Baby Gone is Ben Affleck's directorial debut, based on the novel from the acclaimed author of Mystic River. It is an intense look inside an ongoing investigation about the mysterious disappearance of a little girl. Two young private detectives (Casey Affleck and Michelle Monaghan) are hired to take a closer look at the case and soon they discover nothing is what it seems. Ultimately they will have to risk everything – their relationship, their sanity, and even their lives – to find a little girl-lost.
Starring: Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan, Morgan Freeman, Ed Harris, John Ashton
Director: Ben Affleck
Be Cool (2005)
Comedy | Crime
Disenchanted with the movie industry, Chili Palmer tries the music industry, meeting and romancing a widow of a music exec on the way.
Starring: John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Dwayne Johnson, Vince Vaughn, Cedric the Entertainer, André Benjamin
Director: F. Gary Gray
Get Shorty (1995)
Comedy | Crime | Thriller
A mobster travels to Hollywood to collect a debt and discovers that the movie business is much the same as his current job.
Starring: John Travolta, Gene Hackman, Rene Russo, Danny DeVito
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
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Dragon Eyes (2012)
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
St. Jude Square is a neighborhood living in fear and despair. The dueling gangs of local kingpins Dash and Antuan terrorize the streets and the citizens live without a shred of hope… until mysterious stranger Ryan Hong arrives in town. He begins to play one gang against the other using his unparalleled martial arts skills, and by calling on the teachings of his brilliant mentor Tiano to find the strength to battle back. However, just as he begins to bring the community under control, Hong is confronted by Mr. V, the town's ruthless and corrupt police chief. At first Mr. V is impressed by Hong's skill, but soon sees Hong as a threat to his regime, and the two warriors are locked in a head-to-head battle, pitting the fear and corruption of Mr. V's regime versus the new beginning Hong represents for the people of St. Jude Square.
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Peter Weller, Cung Le, Eddie Rouse, Kristopher Van Varenberg
Director: John Hyams
Contraband (2012)
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Chris Farraday long ago abandoned his life of crime, but after his brother-in-law botches a drug deal, Chris is forced back into running contraband. Things quickly fall apart, and Chris must use his skills to navigate a treacherous criminal network of brutal drug lords, cops, and hit men before his wife and sons become their target.
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Giovanni Ribisi, Kate Beckinsale, Ben Foster
Director: Baltasar Kormákur
The Big Bird Cage (1972)
Action | Crime | Drama
Grier and Haig are thieving mercenaries who engineer a prison break from the outside.
Starring: Pam Grier, Anitra Ford, Candice Roman, Teda Bracci, Carol Speed
Director: Jack Hill
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