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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S.W.A.T. Firefight (2011)
Action | Crime | Thriller
Transferred to Detroit to put a local SWAT team through a training regimen, LAPD Lieutenant Paul Cutler finds himself the target of a homicidal genius who is protected by government officials.
Starring: Gabriel Macht, Giancarlo Esposito, Kristanna Loken, Robert Patrick, Carly Pope
Director: Benny Boom
S.W.A.T. (2003)
Action | Crime | Thriller
Jim Street (Colin Farrell) is a former S.W.A.T. team member, who along with his partner Brian Gamble (Jeremy Renner), is thrown off the team in the aftermath of a controversial decision they made during a robbery/hostage standoff. Gamble quits the force in disgust, but for Street, being a policeman is his life and he agrees to a demotion, hoping to someday have the chance to redeem himself and once again wear the privileged S.W.A.T. uniform. He gets that chance when team commander Dan "Hondo" Harrelson (Samuel L. Jackson) is assigned to recruit and train five top-notch officers for a new Special Weapons and Tactics unit. After weeks of rigorous physical training, the new team is immediately thrown into action when a notorious drug lord, offers a $100 million bounty to anyone who can free him from police custody. As they escort the kingpin out of Los Angeles into the hands of the Feds, the S.W.A.T. team is pursued by a ruthless and well-armed band of mercenaries.
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Colin Farrell, Michelle Rodriguez, LL Cool J, Josh Charles
Director: Clark Johnson
In Too Deep (1999)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
An undercover cop goes too deep into the Cincinnati drug trade. The local drug lord, a man who calls himself God, controls all of the action in Ohio. As the cop moves up the ladder, he befriends the gangster, learns of his violent tendencies, but also sees him as a benefactor to the poor, a dedicated family man, and one who staunchly defends his friends. The cop's commanding officer fears that he has become too close to the gangster and will be unable to regain his identity, a fear that comes close to reality when the big bust ultimately happens.
Starring: Omar Epps, LL Cool J, Nia Long, Stanley Tucci, Pam Grier
Director: Michael Rymer
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Women in Cages (1971)
Action | Crime | Drama
American women prisoners in a foreign country. Sex and action.
Starring: Judith Brown, Roberta Collins, Jennifer Gan, Pam Grier, Bernard Bonnin, Charlie Davao
Director: Gerardo de Leon
Stiletto (2008)
Action | Crime | Drama
The seemingly random killings of an assassin puzzle her former lover, a wealthy Greek crime boss whose organization is jeopardized by his love for her, and the detective following her rising body count.
Starring: Stana Katic, Tom Berenger, Paul Sloan, Michael Biehn, William Forsythe, Kelly Hu, Amanda Brooks, D.B. Sweeney, James Russo, Tom Sizemore
Director: Nick Vallelonga
The Bank Job (2008)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
A car dealer with a dodgy past and new family, Terry has always avoided major-league scams. But when Martine, a beautiful model from his old neighborhood, offers him a lead on a foolproof bank hit on London's Baker Street, Terry recognizes the opportunity of a lifetime. Martine targets a roomful of safe deposit boxes worth millions in cash and jewelry. But Terry and his crew don't realize the boxes also contain a treasure trove of dirty secrets – secrets that will thrust them into a deadly web of corruption and illicit scandal that spans London's criminal underworld, the highest echelons of the British government, and the Royal Family itself… the true story of a heist gone wrong… in all the right ways.
Starring: Jason Statham, Saffron Burrows, Stephen Campbell Moore, Daniel Mays, James Faulkner
Director: Roger Donaldson
Punisher: War Zone (2008)
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Waging his one-man war on the world of organized crime, ruthless vigilante-hero Frank Castle sets his sights on overeager mob boss, Billy Russoti. After Russoti is left horribly disfigured by Castle, he sets out for vengeance under his new alias: Jigsaw. With the "Punisher Task Force" hot on his trail and the FBI unable to take Jigsaw in, Frank must stand up to the formidable army that Jigsaw has recruited before more of his evil deeds go unpunished.
Starring: Ray Stevenson, Dominic West, Julie Benz, Doug Hutchison, Colin Salmon
Director: Lexi Alexander
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The Punisher (2004)
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
The Punisher walks through the world we all know, a world darkened by war, crime, cruelty and injustice. He has no superpowers to battle the evil he sees – only his fierce intelligence, his years of combat experience, and above all, his iron determination to avenge those wronged by society's villains.
Starring: Thomas Jane, John Travolta, Will Patton, Roy Scheider, Laura Elena Harring
Director: Jonathan Hensleigh
You Only Live Once (1937)
Crime | Drama | Film-Noir
The public defender's secretary and an ex-convict get married and try to make a life together, but a series of disasters sends their lives spiraling out of control.
Starring: Sylvia Sidney, Henry Fonda, Barton MacLane
Director: Fritz Lang
Freeway Killer (2009)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
For years he terrorized California motorists as he rode the endless highways searching for his next victim. The discarded bodies turned up beaten, sexually assaulted and horribly mutilated. Deceptively charming and intelligent, the scheming murderer easily avoided police at first. But as police closed in and the killer's pattern grew more erratic, the only question was how many more will die?
Starring: Michael Rooker, Helen Wilson, James Babson, Cole Williams, Scott Anthony Leet, Dusty Sorg
Director: John Murlowski
Miss Nobody (2010)
Comedy | Crime
A mild-mannered secretary discovers that she has a talent for murder as she ascends the corporate ladder.
Starring: Leslie Bibb, Adam Goldberg, Kathy Baker, Missi Pyle, Brandon Routh
Director: Tim Cox
xXx: State of the Union (2005)
Action | Adventure | Crime | Thriller
The winds of political change are rumbling through the halls of the Capitol as a popular President is being targeted for assassination by a radical splinter group of dissenters deep within the United States government. Only two people stand between anarchy and freedom: One of them, Augustus Gibbons (Samuel L. Jackson), has just survived a hit on the National Security Agency's top-secret headquarters and is on the run. The other, a decorated Special Ops soldier, Darius Stone (Ice Cube), sits under close guard in a military prison. Gibbons once again finds himself in need of an outsider and Stone is his man. The new xXx agent must uncover the insurgents from within. It is the nation's only hope to stop the first coup d'etat in American history.
Starring: Ice Cube, Willem Dafoe, Scott Speedman, Peter Strauss, Samuel L. Jackson
Director: Lee Tamahori
Traffic (2000)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
A patchwork of stories about various factions of the drug trade, including dealers, abusers and the law enforcement officials who pursue them. Mexican policeman Javier Rodriguez works on and around the border with his close friend and fellow policeman Manolo Sanchez, under Mexico's number one crime fighter, General Salazar. Confronted with temptations of power and money, Javier resists them but finds himself–and Manolo–caught in a web of corruption that leads to an untenable situation. Back in the U.S., Ohio State Supreme Court Justice Robert Wakefield is named by the president as the new antidrug czar. Collecting information, the uncompromising and conservative Wakefield prepares to supervise the country's task forces and partner them with Mexico's. But, at home, he and his wife Barbara must deal with their increasingly drug-addicted teenage daughter Caroline. In San Diego, undercover DEA agents Montel Gordon and Ray Castro work overtime to help the U.S. government build its case against the infamous Obregon drug cartel. Their bust of midlevel drug trafficker Eduardo Ruiz pays off when their new prisoner cuts a deal to testify against wealthy drug baron Carlos Ayala, who lives in the upscale suburbs. Carlos is arrested, shocking his unknowing and pregnant wife Helena. Helena and her son are quickly threatened by her husband's associates and tailed by the DEA agents. Enlisting the aid of attorney Arnie Metzger. Helena vows to get Carlos out of jail and keep her children safe– even if it means taking over her husband's business.
Starring: Michael Douglas, Don Cheadle, Benicio del Toro, Luis Guzmán, Dennis Quaid, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jacob Vargas, Miguel Ferrer
Director: Steven Soderbergh
The Town (2010)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
Bank robber Doug MacRay gets romantically involved with a woman who doesn't know he was her captor during a heist. This sets in motion a conflict of him wanting to leave the life, but getting held back by his friends.
Starring: Ben Affleck, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner, Blake Lively
Director: Ben Affleck
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A Dangerous Man (2009)
Action | Crime | Thriller
Shane Daniels is an ex-Special Forces operative released from prison after serving six years hard time for a murder he didn't commit. Back on the street, he comes to the rescue of a beautiful young hostage stashed in a car trunk with millions in cash. Wielding a devastating combination of street fighting smarts and martial arts skills, he suddenly finds himself in a deadly showdown with international drug merchants and the local corrupt cops.
Starring: Steven Seagal, Marlaina Mah, Vitaly Kravchenko, Mike Dopud, Jesse Hutch, Terry Chen
Director: Keoni Waxman
Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
Action | Crime | Thriller
With personal crises and age weighing in on them, LAPD officers Riggs and Murtaugh must contend with a deadly Chinese crimelord trying to get his brother out of prison.
Starring: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo, Chris Rock, Jet Li
Director: Richard Donner
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