Crime movies

Charley Varrick (1973)

Monday, December 15th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Matthau, Walter | Baker, Joe Don | Farr, Felicia | Robinson, Andrew | North, Sheree | Fell, Norman | Fong, Benson | Parfrey, Woodrow | Schallert, William | Scott, Jacqueline | Bennett, Marjorie | Diaz, Rudy | Chester, Colby | Briggs, Charlie | Garcia, Priscilla
Directors: Siegel, Don
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Charley Varrick and his friends rob a small town bank. Expecting a small sum to divide amongst themselves, they are surprised to discover a very LARGE amount of money. Quickly figuring out that the money belongs to the MOB, they must now come up with a plan to throw the MOB off their trail.

To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

Monday, December 15th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Peck, Gregory | Megna, John | Overton, Frank | Murphy, Rosemary | White, Ruth | Peters, Brock | Evans, Estelle | Fix, Paul | Paxton, Collin Wilcox | Anderson, James | Ghostley, Alice | Duvall, Robert | Windom, William | Denton, Crahan | Hale, Richard
Directors: Mulligan, Robert
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In the rural American south during the depths of the Depression, two children watch as their principled father takes a stand against intolerance.

Chinatown (1974)

Friday, December 12th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Nicholson, Jack | Dunaway, Faye | Huston, John | Lopez, Perry | Hillerman, John | Zwerling, Darrell | Ladd, Diane | Jenson, Roy | Bakalyan, Richard | Mantell, Joe | Glover, Bruce | Hinds, Nandu | O'Rear, James | Hong, James
Directors: Polanski, Roman
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Los Angeles detective Jake Gittes is hired by a woman claiming to be a Mrs. Mulwray to spy on her husband. Shortly after Gittes is hired, the real Mrs. Mulwray appears in his office threatening to sue if he doesn’t drop the case immediately. Gittes pursues the case anyway, slowly uncovering a vast conspiracy centering on water management, state and municipal corruption, land use and real estate, and involving at least one murder.

Man on Wire (2008)

Friday, December 12th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Documentary
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Blondeau, Jean-Louis | Demato, David | Forman, David | Frank, David Roland | Greenhouse, Barry | Haskell, Aaron | Heckel, Jean François | McGill, Paul | Moore, Jim | Petit, Philippe | Sciglimpaglia, Robert | Welner, Alan | Allix, Annie | Campbell, Ardis
Directors: Marsh, James
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A look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit’s daring, but illegal, high-wire routine performed between New York City’s World Trade Center’s twin towers in 1974, what some consider, “the artistic crime of the century.”

Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back (1995)

Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: McDonald, Christopher | Gershon, Gina | Rolston, Mark | Simmons, Peter | Lawson, Cristina | Wallace, Dee | Smith, Michael Bailey | Brentley, Justin | Ward, Andra R. | Boyd, Barbara | Sakurai, Kitao | McKay, Cole S. | Hulin, Steve | Thomas, Jack C.
Directors: Rhee, Phillip
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A group of Russian mobsters have stolen a huge supply of paper for printing U.S. currency, and are now flooding the market with conterfeit bills. When one of the mobsters decides to give herself in and hand over a data CD to the DA, she is shot and killed, but not before handing the disc to an unsuspecting Tommy Lee. Despite working with the police as a martial arts instructor, Lee doesn’t go to the cops with the disc, but instead goes on the run, giving the mafia time to kidnap his daughter and hold as a hostage in exchange for return of the disc. Will Tommy ever see his daughter again?

O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Music
Countries: France | UK | USA
Actors: Clooney, George | Hunter, Holly | Turturro, John | Root, Stephen | Goodman, John | Durning, Charles
Directors: Coen, Joel
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Loosely based on Homer’s ‘Odyssey’ the movie deals with the grotesque adventures of Everett Ulysses McGill and his companions Delmar and Pete in 1930s Mississipi. Sprung from a chain gang and trying to reach Everetts home to recover the buried loot of a bank heist they are confronted by a series of strange characters. Among them sirens, a cyclops, bankrobber George ‘Babyface’ Nelson (very annoyed by that nickname), a campaigning Governor, his opponent, a KKK lynch mob, and a blind prophet, who warns the trio that “the treasure you seek shall not be the treasure you find.”

Killer Nurse (2008)

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Horror
Countries: USA
Actors: Olson, Steve | Pownall, Pia
Directors: Lommel, Ulli
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Based on a true story.
He called himself the Angel of Death. But when the police
discovered that he was involved with over 40 deaths, his name soon
became Killer Nurse.

In the beginning it was his story against theirs. Soon he gave up
his version of the events and admitted to killing 43 patients in
his care at the St. Mary’s Hospital. Charles Cullen also became
one of the most notorious serial killers in the history of the
US.

Ladykillers, The (2004)

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Crime | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Hanks, Tom | Hall, Irma P. | Wayans, Marlon | J.K. Simmons | Ma, Tzi | Hurst, Ryan | Delano, Diane | Wallace, George | McConnell, John | Weaver, Jason | Root, Stephen | Odums, Lyne | Jordan, Walter K. | Bell, George Anthony | Grunberg, Greg
Directors: Coen, Ethan
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A remake of the 1955 comedy, the story revolves around a Southern professor who puts together a group of thieves to rob a casino. They rent a room in an old woman’s house, but soon she discovers the plot and they must kill her, a task that is more difficult than it seems.

Governor’s Wife, The (2008)

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Henner, Marilu | Emily Bergl | Keeslar, Matt | Taylor-Compton, Scout | Bottoms, Timothy | Van Valkenburgh, Deborah | Snay, Tim | Boyle, Felix J. | Byrd, La Monde | Holmberg, Sven | Lynch, Gus | Mathieu, Martin | Stotesbery, Gregg | Williams, Don | Bickerton, Melissa
Directors: Morris, David Burton
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A manipulative mother increases her plotting to stay in control.

Elite Squad, The (2007)

Monday, December 8th, 2008
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: Brazil
Actors: Moura, Wagner | Junqueira, Caio | Ramiro, André | Ribeiro, Maria | Machado, Fernanda | de Freitas, Fernanda | Vilela, Paulo | Cortaz, Milhem | Valle, Marcelo | Lago, Fábio | de Almeida, Luiz Gonzaga | Delia, Bruno | Escorel, Marcelo | Felipe, André | Fernandes, Thelmo
Directors: Padilha, José
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Two childhood friends decide to enlist in Rio de Janeiro’s Military Police Department. After juggling their police jobs and college, both make up their minds to try out for a Special Operations Squad whose mission is to take down the drug-lords that plague the city. Both men struggle to survive, facing the daily challenges of dealing with pressure at home and fighting an unnamed war on the streets.