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Crime, Thriller, crime film, thriller film
In November 2011, Filippo Malgradi is an Italian MP involved in a bill to change the classification of certain administrative areas; his objective is to allow a real estate project in Ostia so that it could be turned into a Las Vegas-like …
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Crime, Drama, action film, crime thriller film, drama film
Jonas Maldonado, the son of a slain NYPD officer, joins the police academy with his two best friends. After graduating, he is taken under the wing of his father's former partner Captain Joe Sarcone, who invites him to join the Street Vice …
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Gangster Film, Thriller, crime film, thriller film
Fish has been recently released from prison where he was serving time for his part in a diamond heist. He refused to give the authorities any information on his partners in crime or reveal to them the location of the stolen diamonds. In or…
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Crime Comedy, comedy film
Night beside the Brooklyn Bridge. A man, seen only from the back, walks to a huge stretch limo and gets in. It explodes.
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Action, Gangster Film, action film, drama film, heist film
In Detroit three friends, Sonny (50 Cent), Dave (Brett Granstaff), and Vincent (Ryan Phillippe), plan out a detailed heist of $5 million in diamonds. Their plans turn deadly when Vincent betrays the others, shooting Sonny and Dave. Dave di…
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Action, Thriller, crime film, thriller film
In 1973, a Mafia don (Martin Balsam) plans to avenge the killings of a group of Mafia dons back in 1931 ("The Night of Sicilian Vespers") with a bold nationwide counter-strike against most of the current Italian and Jewish syndicate heads,…
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Thriller, crime film, drama film, thriller film
A hyper-vigilant agent of the Department of Public Safety Erroll Babbage checks on registered sex offenders. Burnt out after a long career, he has become frustrated with the system of sex offender monitoring. With little faith in humanity …
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Drama, Film Noir, crime film, drama film, film noir
Ann Sutton, the wife of Dr. William Sutton, a successful psychoanalyst, is caught shoplifting in an upscale Los Angeles department store, and loses consciousness when apprehended. She is saved from scandal by smooth-talking hypnotist David…
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Drama, Thriller, crime film, drama film, horror film
The nine characters are revealed to be: Christian – a petty criminal Jackson – a police officer Leon – an illegal gun seller Sully – a strip club owner and loan shark Kelley – an Assistant District Attorney for LA County Coogan – a pedophi…
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Action Comedy, Heist, action film, crime thriller film, drama film
To get back in the good graces of her murderous boss (Bruce Willis), a seductive thief (Claire Forlani) recruits an ex-lover (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) to steal rare and valuable gems.
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Film Noir, crime film, drama film, heist film, melodrama, thriller film
Harper is a bank robber posing as a traveling salesman. He arrives in the town of Bradenville, soon to be joined by sadistic benzedrine addict Dill and bookish Chapman. Boyd Fairchild is the self-pitying manager of the local copper mine wh…
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Thriller, crime film
The film opens with a commercial for New West Recovery (NWR), a Los Angeles-based rehab center founded by ex-addict Vin. In narration, Vin boasts that, thanks to the 2010 passage of Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act, drug addiction and re…
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Crime, Drama, crime film, drama film
Children playing on Hampstead Heath in London come across the body of a young light-skinned woman who has been stabbed to death. Police Superintendent Robert Hazard and his assistant, Inspector Phil Learoyd, follow the lead of the woman's …
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Film Noir, crime film, drama film, film noir
On the surface, Richard and Kathryn Mason appear to be a happily married couple. But on their fifth wedding anniversary, Kathryn accuses Richard of having fallen in love with her younger sister, Evelyn Turner, who is visiting them. He does…
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crime thriller film, drama film, thriller film
Kang-do leads a solitary life as a seemingly heartless and brutal debt collector for his clients, loan sharks who demand a 10x return on a one-month loan. To recover the massive interest, the debtors sign an insurance application for handi…
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Komödie, comedy film, parody film
Prologue As a cartoon character dressed in prison stripes (and holding a peace-logo flower which turns into a tiny parasol and then a helicopter blade) executes a few dance steps to the music of Nilsson's Skidoo theme, the words "Otto Prem…
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Crime Comedy, crime film, mystery film, romantic comedy
Phil Blackwood is an American mystery novelist who has fallen into a rut with predictable plots and declining sales. He is floundering attempting to write a new novel, well behind schedule, and wastes time watching trials in court, where h…
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Crime, Drama, crime film, drama film
A young American man arrives in Palermo by plane. A taxi driver at the airport immediately gets word to Frank Ginetta (Kirk Douglas), who hides, armed with a gun, until he realizes that the visitor he's been warned about is actually his yo…
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Crime, Drama
Bill Pullman plays Judge Rusty Sabich, who is romantically involved with a colleague and on trial for murder: This time he is accused of killing his wife, Barbara (Marcia Gay Harden). His accuser is his old nemesis Tommy Molto (Richard Sch…
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Crime, Drama, Thriller, crime film
In the Paddington area of west London in July 1949, PC George Dixon, a long-serving traditional policeman who is due to retire shortly, supervises new recruit Andy Mitchell, introducing him to the night beat. Dixon is unprepared when he is…
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Crime, Drama, crime film, drama film, hood film
Drama, crime film, drama film
Long-time parole agent Emily Smith, newly arrived in Luna County, New Mexico, is assigned new parolee William Garnett, a career criminal just out of prison. Long-time county sheriff Bill Agati is unhappy about having the felon back on the …
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Crime, Thriller, crime film, drama film, neo-noir
Retired thief, Roy Egan (Harvey Keitel), comes out of retirement to help his youngest brother, Lee (Timothy Hutton), with a jewelry heist in Palm Springs. Along for the ride are hired muscle, Jorge Montana (Wade Dominguez), and wheelman, S…
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action film, crime film, mystery film, science fiction film
The masked Crimson Ghost is determined to steal the Cyclotrode X, a device designed to repel atomic bomb attacks and that can disable electrical devices. Its inventor, university professor Dr. Chambers, demonstrates its powers at a faculty…
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