Demolition Man (1993)
Action | Crime | Sci-Fi
A cop is brought out of suspended animation in prison to pursue an old ultra-violent enemy who is loose in a nonviolent future society.
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Sandra Bullock
Director: Marco Brambilla
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In the Realm of the Senses / Ai no korîda (1976)
Crime | Drama | History | Romance
A graphic portrayal of insatiable sexual desire, this film, set in 1936 and based on a true incident, depicts a man and a woman consumed by a transcendent, destructive love while living in an era of ever escalating imperialism and governmental control. Less a work of pornography than of politics, In the Realm of the Senses is a brave, taboo-breaking milestone.
Starring: Tatsuya Fuji, Eiko Matsuda, Aoi Nakajima, Yasuko Matsui, Meika Seri, Taiji Tonoyama
Director: Nagisa Ôshima
30 Minutes or Less (2011)
Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime
Two fledgling criminals kidnap a pizza delivery guy, strap a bomb to his chest, and inform him that he has mere hours to rob a bank.
Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Danny McBride, Nick Swardson, Aziz Ansari
Director: Ruben Fleischer
Despicable Me (2010)
Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Crime | Family
Trying to outdo his main rival Vector, serial villain Gru hatches a plan to steal the moon, aided by his army of minions. About to set his dastardly plan in motion, and bristling with his arsenal of freeze-rays and sci-fi gadgetry, all goes according to plan until the arrival at his door of three little orphan girls, Margo, Agnes and Edith, in search of a father figure.
Starring: Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Russell Brand, Julie Andrews, Will Arnett, Kristen Wiig
Director: Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud
Drive Angry (2011)
Action | Crime | Fantasy | Thriller
A vengeful father escapes from hell and chases after the men who killed his daughter and kidnapped his granddaughter.
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Amber Heard, William Fichtner, Billy Burke, David Morse
Director: Patrick Lussier
Salt (2010)
Action | Crime | Mystery | Thriller
Before becoming a CIA officer, Evelyn Salt swore an oath to duty, honor, and country. She will prove loyal to these when a defector accuses her of being a Russian sleeper spy. Salt goes on the run, using all her skills and years of experience as a covert operative to elude capture, protect her husband, and stay one step ahead of her colleagues at the CIA.
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Daniel Olbrychski, August Diehl
Director: Phillip Noyce
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest / Luftslottet som sprängdes (2009)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
Lisbeth is recovering in a hospital and awaiting trial for three murders when she is released. Mikael must prove her innocence, but Lisbeth must be willing to share the details of her sordid experiences with the court.
Starring: Noomi Rapace, Michael Nyqvist, Annika Hallin, Per Oscarsson, Lena Endre
Director: Daniel Alfredson
The Girl Who Played with Fire / Flickan som lekte med elden (2009)
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Mikael Blomkvist, publisher of Millennium magazine, has made his living exposing the crooked and corrupt practices of establishment Swedish figures. So when a young journalist approaches him with a meticulously researched thesis about sex trafficking in Sweden and those in high office who abuse underage girls, Blomkvist immediately throws himself into the investigation.
Starring: Noomi Rapace, Michael Nyqvist, Lena Endre
Director: Daniel Alfredson
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo / Män som hatar kvinnor (2009)
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
In 1966, 16-year old Harriet Vanger disappeared without a trace from a family gathering on the island owned by the powerful Vanger family. Nearly 40 years later, disgraced magazine journalist Mikael Blomqvist is contacted by Harriet's uncle, powerful industrialist Henrik Vanger, who asks him to write the history of the Vanger family and find out what happened to Harriet. Joining forces with troubled young computer hacker Lisbeth Salander, Mikael starts to delve into the past of the Vanger family – and unearths a history more sinister and violent than he could ever have imagined.
Starring: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Peter Haber, Lena Endre, Marika Lagercrantz
Director: Niels Arden Oplev
Blow (2001)
Biography | Crime | Drama
Based on the true story of how powder cocaine turned into the United States' biggest drug problem and how one man from the blue-collar suburbs became the 35 billion-dollar-a-year conduit to the Colombian cartels. George Jung pursued what he thought was the American Dream. Rather than become just another construction worker like his father, George moves to California where he discovers the profitable pleasures of selling marijuana. A spell in prison introduces him to big-time Colombian dealers, and soon George is involved with their plan to export tons of cocaine to US shores. Becoming fabulously wealthy, he will take a dizzying fall that will knock him out of the underworld.
Starring: Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Jordi Mollà, Franka Potente, Rachel Griffiths
Director: Ted Demme
Nobody (2007)
Crime | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi
On a cold and endless winter night a ruthless assassin commits murder and ignites a sequence of mysterious events that spiral beyond his control. Narrowly escaping a savage attack by a shadowy assailant who seems to anticipate his every move, time begins to fold in on itself. People he meets don't remember him. Wounds he sustains vanish from his skin. He becomes caught up in an inexplicable loop where events eerily repeat themselves, until an ominous phone call confirms the impossible: his mysterious would be victim is still alive.
Starring: Costas Mandylor, Darren Wall, Ed O'Ross, Dawn Johnson
Director: Shawn Linden
Assalto ao Banco Central / Federal Bank Heist (2011)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
"The Baron" wanted to commit the perfect heist involving 3 tons of money and no violence. For this he would need the right people willing to get 1 million dollars to take part in this job. Based on true events, in 2005, 168,000,000 Brazilian Real (almost 80,000,000 US dollars) were stolen from a Brazilian Central Bank (Federal Reserve), making it the biggest peace-time robbery in history. It was perhaps the most audacious bank heist ever.
Starring: Eriberto Leão, Hermila Guedes, Milhem Cortaz, Lima Duarte, Giulia Gam, Milton Gonçalves, Vinícius de Oliveira, Juliano Cazarré
Director: Marcos Paulo
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Good Neighbors (2010)
Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Neighbors Spencer and Louise have bonded over their fascination with a recent string of murders terrorizing their community. When a new tenant named Victor arrives in the building, all three quickly hit it off. But as they soon discover, each of them has their own dark secret. As the violence outside mounts, the city retreats indoors for safety.
Starring: Jay Baruchel, Emily Hampshire, Scott Speedman
Director: Jacob Tierney
Inside Out (2011)
Crime | Drama
For the last thirteen years AJ has been behind bars, convicted of manslaughter for killing a man who intended to kill his best friend, Jack. Now released, AJ wants nothing more than to start a small business and live a crime-free life. Unfortunately, within hours of leaving prison, his oldest and best friend, Jack involves AJ in an accidental shooting in which a man is killed, forcing Jack to skip town.
Starring: Paul Levesque, Michael Rapaport, Parker Posey, Michael Cudlitz, Julie White, Bruce Dern, Jency Griffin
Director: Artie Mandelberg
Harsh Times (2005)
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Jim Davis is an ex-Army Ranger recently discharged from the military, yet still haunted by nightmares of his former occupation. While seeking a position with the LAPD that will allow him to marry his Mexican girlfriend and bring her to the United States, Jim kills time chilling with his best friend, Mike. Mike is feeling the heat from his longtime girlfriend, Sylvia: either get a job or get out. But the love of a beautiful woman can't compare to the bonds of friendship, and Jim and Mike are soon cruising the streets of South Central, slipping back into a deceitful life of drugs, violence and petty crime, just like when they were kids.
Starring: Christian Bale, Eva Longoria, Freddy Rodrígue, J.K. Simmons, Noel Gugliemi, Terry Crews
Director: David Ayer
Cape Fear (1991)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
A convicted rapist, released from prison after serving a 14 year sentence, stalks the family of the lawyer who originally defended him.
Starring: Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange, Juliette Lewis, Joe Don Baker, Robert Mitchum, Gregory Peck
Director: Martin Scorsese
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French Connection II (1975)
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Gene Hackman returns as hard-boiled New York narcotics cop Popeye Doyle in the sequel to the Oscar-winning 'The French Connection'. Still on the trail of heroin kingpin Charnier (Fernando Rey), whom he's dubbed Frog One, Doyle heads for Marseilles. On arrival, his aggressive ugly-American persona alienates French inspector Barthelmy (Bernard Fresson), and his limited ability to speak French doesn't help. Frustrated by Barthelmy's lack of progress, he slips his assigned police protection and goes looking for Frog One on his own. He's soon captured by Charnier's minions, who lock him in a fleabag hotel and shoot him up repeatedly with free samples of their product until Doyle is completely addicted. Charnier uses the detective's narcotized state to interrogate him and is surprised to find that he's virtually ignorant about his operation. The disdainful Charnier has him dumped in front of police headquarters, and Barthemy arranges for him to be put in isolation. Doyle undergoes the lengthy, grueling ordeal of quitting heroin cold turkey while his desperation to capture Charnier builds inside him. Hackman's brilliant performance highlights this somewhat overlooked sequel; Claude Renoir's camera fully captures the squalor of the milieu, and Frankenheimer engineers a harrowing final chase.
Starring: Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Bernard Fresson, Jean-Pierre Castaldi, Philippe Léotard
Director: John Frankenheimer
The French Connection (1971)
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Tough-talking New York City detective Popeye Doyle and his partner uncover an international drug smuggling ring, but it's Doyle's feverish and relentless pursuit of the suspects that drives the investigation forward.
Starring: Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Roy Scheider, Tony Lo Bianco, Marcel Bozzuffi
Director: William Friedkin
Subway (1985)
Comedy | Crime | Drama | Romance | Thriller
Paris Metro where he finds an entire community of outlandish punks living underground. He then becomes involved with the bored housewife of the businessman he ripped off, leading a double life while staying one step ahead of the police.
Starring: Christopher Lambert, Isabelle Adjani, Richard Bohringer, Michel Galabru
Director: Luc Besson
RocknRolla (2008)
Action | Comedy | Crime | Thriller
A Russian mobster orchestrates a crooked land deal, putting millions of dollars up for grabs and attracting all of London's criminal underworld.
Starring: Gerard Butler, Tom Wilkinson, Thandie Newton, Mark Strong, Idris Elba
Director: Guy Ritchie
