The Big Lebowski (1998)
Comedy | Crime
"Dude" Lebowski, mistaken for a millionaire Lebowski, seeks restitution for his ruined rug and enlists his bowling buddies to help get it.
Starring: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi, David Huddleston, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tara Reid
Director: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
West Side Story (1961)
Crime | Drama | Musical | Romance
Modern day "Romeo and Juliet" musical about a Polish teen from one gang who falls for a Puerto Rican girl whose brother is from a rival gang, and no one wants them to be together, all happening on the streets of New York City.
Starring: Natalie Wood, George Chakiris, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno
Director: Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise
Flic ou voyou / Cop or Hood (1979)
Action | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller
When the local police inspector was found dead in a prostitute's house, police division commissioner Stan Borowitz (Jean-Paul Belmondo) is sent to investigate the situation. Posing as the prostitute's long-lost brother "Antonio Cerruti", he discovers a mare's nest of police corruption. In fact, in this comedy thriller the whole town is corrupt.
Starring: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Georges Géret, Jean-François Balmer, Claude Brosset, Julie Jézéquel
Director: Georges Lautner
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
Action | Comedy | Crime | Mystery | Thriller
In Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, a breezy take on writer-director Shane Black's trademark buddy action/comedy oeuvre, a petty thief (Robert Downey Jr.) is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation, along with his high school dream girl (Michelle Monaghan) and a detective (Val Kilmer) who has been training him for his upcoming role.
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Val Kilmer, Michelle Monaghan, Corbin Bernsen, Dash Mihok
Director: Shane Black
Vares – The Girls of April / Vares – Huhtikuun tytöt (2011)
Crime | Thriller
Fifteen years ago in April, three university students went missing. To this day it remains one of the biggest mysteries in the annals of Finnish crime. All anyone can do is speculate; were the girls involved in an accident, were they killed, can they still be alive? Private investigator Vares delves into the case to help his journalist friend, Ruuhio, and finds new leads that shockingly point at influential people. Set in the historical seaside city of Turku on the west coast of Finland.
Starring: Antti Reini, Taisto Oksanen, Riitta Viiperi, Marjaana Maijala, Tuomas Uusitalo
Director: Lauri Törhönen
Jackie Brown (1997)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
Jackie supplements her meager income as a stewardess by smuggling cash into the U.S. for gunrunner Ordell Robbie–until the day an ATF agent and an L.A. cop bust her at the airport. The cops pressure her to help them bring down Ordell, threatening prison if she refuses. With a sympathetic bailbondsman, who understands her restlessness only too well, Jackie arrives at a bold almost foolhardy plan to play off these opposing forces against each other. Matters are complicated by Ordell's confederates, Louis Gara and Melanie Ralston who have agendas of their own. By appearing to cooperate with both sides, Jackie attempts to outfox them both and walk away with a half million dollar payday!
Starring: Pam Grier, Robert Forster, Robert De Niro, Samuel L. Jackson, Bridget Fonda, Michael Keaton, Michael Bowen, Chris Tucker, Lisa Gay Hamilton
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Sinners and Saints (2010)
Action | Crime | Thriller
In the gritty New Orleans underbelly, beleaguered Detective Sean Riley is trying to cope with the death of his young son and his failed marriage. Facing a probable suspension from the department, Riley is teamed with a young homicide Detective, Will Ganz, to help solve a series of brutal murders that have plunged the city into a major gang war. The two quickly realize there is something much bigger and far more sinister going on than either could have ever imagined.
Starring: Johnny Strong, Kevin Phillips, Costas Mandylor, Sean Patrick Flanery, Tom Berenger, Method Man, Kim Coates
Director: William Kaufman
À bout portant / Point Blank (2010)
Action | Crime | Thriller
A couple's lives are turned upside down when the woman is kidnapped and her boyfriend must negotiate her realease.
Starring: Gilles Lellouche, Gérard Lanvin, Elena Anaya, Mireille Perrier, Roschdy Zem
Director: Fred Cavayé
Tell No One / Ne le dis à personne (2006)
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Relentless suspense and a tense multi-layered plot combine in slick thriller 'Tell No One' – Guillaume Canet's multi award-winning numberone French box office smash hi adapted from the international bestselling novel by acclaimed crime writer Harlan Coben. It follows one man's frantic race against time, and possible death, as his tragic past is suddenly and unexpectedly unearthed. Paediatric Alex Beck (François Cluzet), still devastated by the savage murder of his wife Margot (Marie-Josée Croze) in the early days of their marriage eight years ago, receives an anonymous email. When he clicks on the link he sees a woman's face standing in a crowd and being filmed in real time – Margot;s face. Is she still alive? And why does she instruct him to 'tell no one'? At the same time the unearthing of two bodies near the site where Margot was discovered leads to the police to reopen their case. Alex is number one suspect – and eight years down the line the police are determined that he will take the rap for murder.
Starring: François Cluzet, Marie-Josée Croze, Kristin Scott Thomas, Nathalie Baye, Marina Hands
Director: Guillaume Canet
Singham (2011)
Action | Crime | Drama | Musical
A humiliated gangster uses his influence and goon power to terrorize a newly transferred police officer.
Starring: Ajay Devgan, Kajal Agarwal, Prakash Raj, Sonali Kulkarni, Sachin Khedekar, Sudhanshu Pandey
Director: Rohit Shetty
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Coursier (2010)
Action | Comedy | Crime
From multicultural Paris to designer Paris, Montmartre to the Champs-Elysées, sleazy sidewalks to high-end galleries… Watch out! Sam the courier is a man on a mission! On his scooter, Sam breaks every rule of the road to make good on the "express delivery" promise of the courier service he works for. But however hard he tries, Sam never gets a bonus from his boss, never beats his slicker colleagues and never gets past his Dad, a cop who books him every time. All Sam has up is Nadia, and she will turn on him if he doesn't show up for her sister's wedding. Trouble is, Sam has one more delivery to make and his day has just gone from bad to worse…
Starring: Michaël Youn, Géraldine Nakache, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Didier Flamand, Catalina Denis, Natalia Dontcheva
Director: Hervé Renoh
The Crow (1994)
Action | Crime | Fantasy | Horror | Thriller
A man comes back from the grave in the guise of a night bird to avenge his and his girlfriend's deaths.
Starring: Brandon Lee, Michael Wincott, Rochelle Davis, Ernie Hudson, Ling Bai
Director: Alex Proyas
Gaganam (2011)
Action | Crime
Flight No. SK 957, Star Jet bound for Delhi is set to take off from Chennai on a Monday morning. Terrorists in a team of five, disguised as passengers take over the Star jet flight, supposedly to effect the release of their leader, Yusuf Khan. The passengers' only hope is Major Ravindra from the National Security Guards who along with his team, Major Nawaz Khan and Major Menon, captured Yusuf Khan 2 years ago.
Starring: Nagarjuna Akkineni, Prakash Raj, Poonam Kaur, Sana Khan, Bharath Reddy, Melkote
Director: Radha Mohan
Pursuit to Algiers (1945)
Adventure | Crime | Mystery
Holmes is recruited to escort the heir to a European throne safely back to his homeland after his father's assassination.
Starring: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Marjorie Riordan, Rosalind Ivan, Morton Lowry
Director: Roy William Neill
The Woman in Green (1945)
Crime | Drama | Horror
Sherlock Holmes investigates when young women around London turn up murdered, each with a finger severed off. Scotland Yard suspects a madman, but Holmes believes the killings to be part of a diabolical plot.
Starring: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Hillary Brooke, Henry Daniell, Paul Cavanagh
Director: Roy William Neill
The House of Fear (1945)
Crime | Mystery | Thriller
Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of deaths at a castle with each foretold by the delivery of orange pips to the victims.
Starring: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Aubrey Mather, Dennis Hoey, Paul Cavanagh
Director: Roy William Neill
The Pearl of Death (1944)
Crime | Drama | Mystery
When a valuable pearl with a sinister reputation is stolen, Sherlock Holmes must investigate its link to a series of brutal murders.
Starring: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Dennis Hoey, Evelyn Ankers, Miles Mander
Director: Roy William Neill
The Scarlet Claw (1944)
Crime | Mystery | Thriller
When a gentlewoman is found dead with her throat torn out, the villagers blame a supernatural monster, but Sherlock Holmes, who gets drawn into the case from nearby Quebec, suspects a human murderer.
Starring: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Gerald Hamer, Paul Cavanagh, Arthur Hohl
Director: Roy William Neill
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)
Crime | Mystery | Thriller
During WWII several murders occur at a convalescent home where Dr. Watson has volunteered his services. He summons Holmes for help and the master detective proceeds to solve the crime from a long list of suspects including the owners of the home, the staff and the patients recovering there.
Starring: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Dennis Hoey, Arthur Margetson, Hillary Brooke
Director: Roy William Neill
Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943)
Crime | Mystery | Thriller
Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson travel to Washington D.C. in order to prevent a secret document from falling into enemy hands.
Starring: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Marjorie Lord, Henry Daniell, George Zucco
Director: Roy William Neill
