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American football film, Coming Of Age, Komödie, comedy drama, coming-of-age film, crime film
High-school nerd Ed Wallis enters into a friendship with his neighbor, Ashby, a retired CIA assassin who only has a few months to live. The film is a coming of age/approaching death comedy drama. Ashby initially tells Ed that he is a retired napkin salesman.
crime film
A Robber's Tale is set between November 1962 and the aftermath of the Great Train Robbery on 8 August 1963. It begins in November 1962 at London Heathrow Airport where an earlier robbery took place, Bruce Reynolds (Luke Evans) then gathered a group of men to target the Royal Mail train heading between Glasgow and London. A Copper's Tale begins in the early morning of 8 August 1963 after the train robbery took place.
crime film, drama film, horror film
After being blinded in a horse riding accident, Sarah visits her uncle George Rexton's stately home. Out on a date with her boyfriend, Steve Reding, she escapes the fate of her relatives, who are murdered at their home, along with the gardener Barker who has been shot, by a psychotic killer. Sarah returns from her date and spends the night in the house, unaware that three of her family members' corpses are strewn in various rooms.
Action, Gangster Film, biographical film, heist film
André Stander is an officer for the South African Police, newly married with a rising reputation as the youngest captain on the force. In 1976, he and his partner are assigned along with other officers to a protest duty in the wake of the Soweto uprising. In the chaos of one of the peaceful protests in Thembisa, Stander shoots and kills a young, unarmed protester, which deeply affects him and causes him to become disillusioned with the apartheid system.
Action, blaxploitation film, crime film, drama film, thriller film
Having survived the assassination attempt at the end of Black Caesar, Tommy Gibbs takes on corrupt New York District Attorney James DiAngelo, who had sought to jail Gibbs and his father, Papa Gibbs, in order to monopolize the illicit drug trade. Gibbs decides to eliminate drug pushing from the streets of Harlem, while continuing to carry out his other illicit enterprises. Gibbs falls in love with Sister Jennifer, a woman who works with Reverend Rufus, a former pimp who has found a religious calling.
Caper-Movie, Crime Comedy, comedy film, crime film
Simon Garden, a well-meaning but ineffectual probation officer who suffers from hypoglycemia, is transferred to Manchester, where he develops romantic feelings for an attractive WPC, Emma. Following a police pursuit, Kirsty, a young juvenile delinquent, crashes her car and is rescued by Detective Inspector Burton, who then charges her with concealing Class A drugs in a toy. After Kirsty protests her innocence about the drugs, Simon, handling her case, becomes suspicious of Burton when he notices the toy in his possession.
Film Noir, crime film, drama film, film noir
Prison convict Joe Sullivan has "taken the fall" for an unspecified crime. His share for committing the crime was to be $50,000. Joe breaks out of jail with the help of his girl Pat.
blaxploitation film, crime film, drama film
Willie Dynamite appears as the film's opening credits begin, with Martha Reeves singing the title song, 'Willie Dynamite.' Willie is driving his 'pimped-out' purple Cadillac on the streets of midtown Manhattan. The front license plate reading the first part of his nickname - 'Willie,' and the back license plate reading the second part - 'Dynamite.' Willie's destination is a midtown hotel, to collect payment from his women - who work the midtown hotels, attracting the many businessmen, conventioneers, who are looking for sex. Willie's 'stable' of seven women are of all ethnicities, dressed in vibrant outfits.
Exploitation Film, action film, exploitation film, prison film
Blossom, a buxom bad girl, is the rough-and-ready girlfriend of a radical guerrilla leader, Django. She keeps her relationship a secret, but is also quick to start a fight without knowing it. However, when Django's mercenary friends itch for some female companionship, she softens and the two devise a plan to liberate the inmates of a local women's prison, where the inmates are kept barefoot and subjected to brutally hard labor.
Crime, Mysterie, thriller film
Preacher David Martin finds a man unconscious at the side of the road in West Texas. David is traveling to the small town of Bevel to be the new preacher. When they reach a quarry nearby, the man kills David and heads to Bevel.
Action, action film, crime film, thriller film
A DEA SWAT team, led by elite DEA agent James Baker (Michael Jai White), assaults a Mexican cartel's drug lab. The bad guys are taken out in the ensuing gun fight, but Baker inadvertently kills three hostages, a mother and her two daughters. As a result of PTSD-induced hallucinations, nightmares, and not being able to differentiate between reality and illusion, Baker is sent home to recover.
Crime, Film Noir, film noir
Police Lieutenant Collier Bonnabel of the homicide division explains to the camera that he solved cases by applying pressure to suspects until they snap under the tension. He then cites a murder case involving Warren Quimby. In flashback, the bespectacled Quimby, night manager of a drugstore, is married to Claire, who lives with him above the store and is openly unfaithful to him.
Crime, crime thriller film, drama film, mystery film, neo-noir
Los Angeles Police Lieutenant Phil Gaines and his girlfriend Nicole Britton, a high-priced call girl, have their weekend plans dashed when Gaines receives a call that a dead woman was found on the beach. Before he leaves, the two plan a romantic trip to Rome. At the police precinct, Gaines and his partner, Sergeant Louis Belgrave, meet Marty and Paula Hollinger, and ask Marty to view the deceased to see if it is his daughter, Gloria.
crime film, drama film
Prisoner Dick Hickock, 28, overhears a cellmate talking about a farmer who keeps $10,000 in cash in a home safe. When Hickock is paroled, he convinces 31-year-old ex-con Perry Smith to rob the safe with him. One night in November 1959, the two ex-cons break into Herbert Clutter's farmhouse in Holcomb, Kansas, a small town where people often leave their doors unlocked.
Komödie, Police Film, action film, buddy cop film, comedy film
Over a period of several days, detectives in the Boston Police Department's 87th Precinct investigate a variety of cases. Detective Steve Carella goes undercover as a homeless man to investigate a spate of attacks in which homeless men have been set on fire. In an alleyway two youths approach him, throw flammable liquid over him, and set him alight.
Drama, Film Noir, crime film, drama film, film noir
'Doc' Penny and two of his gang have broken out of San Quentin. While robbing a gas station for "eatin' money," they kill a police officer. However, one of the gang members is badly wounded.
Drama, Gangster Film, drama fiction
The movie starts with flashbacks of Lansky's life, first showing an elderly Lansky looking for a rock to put on his grandfather's grave in Jerusalem. Upon seeing soldiers of the Israeli Defense Force, Lansky expresses regret that his grandfather never lived to see them. As he walks through a tunnel, he catches sight of an old man.
Crime, Drama, Western film, bushranging film
Jimmie Blacksmith, child of an Aboriginal mother and a white father, is raised to adulthood by the Reverend Neville and his wife Martha, hoping their influence will civilize him and provide him with greater opportunities in early twentieth century Australia. With a letter of recommendation from his foster family, he goes out in search of work to establish himself, but is taken advantage of by multiple parties. His first employer, Healey, repeatedly shortchanges his pay by nitpicking about his fencebuilding work, and refuses to write a job recommendation to avoid having to admit his illiteracy.
Destiny, Drama, LGBTQ-related film, Social Drama, drama film
Trash follows Joe (Joe Dallesandro), a heroin addict wandering through New York City over the course of a single day. Living with his dramatic but devoted girlfriend Holly (Holly Woodlawn), Joe has a series of chaotic encounters. Their Lower East Side apartment serves as the film's center, where arguments, reconciliations, and improvised schemes—such as Holly's attempt to secure welfare benefits—play out.
Crime Comedy, comedy film
Larry Stalder is a small-town deputy who dreams of becoming an FBI agent. He witnesses what he believes is a kidnapping and rushes to rescue a woman named Madeleine. The "kidnappers" turn out to be FBI agents assigned to protect her and deliver her to a big Enron-type corruption trial in Chicago.
Drama, crime film, drama film
Temple Drake, the reckless granddaughter of a prominent judge in a small Mississippi town, refuses to marry her lawyer boyfriend, Stephen Benbow. This earns her a reputation in the town as a seductress. On the night of a town dance, Temple declines Stephen's proposal for a second time, and instead goes out with one of her suitors, Toddy Gowan.
Action, Crime, crime film, drama film
The film starts with a young woman (Franklin) on an airplane and a stewardess, Vi (Moreno) bending over her. As she leaves, we see a chauffeur, Bud (Brando), saying something to her which we do not hear. He puts her in the back of a Rolls-Royce and drives off.
Christmas film, Film Noir, crime film, film noir, neo-noir
Frankie Bono, an Italian-American Mafia hitman working with the Mafia in Cleveland, returns to his hometown of New York City during Christmas week to kill Troiano, a middle-management mobster. The assassination will be risky, and Frankie is warned by the go-between who delivers the front half of Frankie's money that the contract will be reneged if he is spotted before the hit is performed. Frankie follows his target to determine the best possible location for the hit; he discovers that when Troiano is in his daily routine, he is no longer accompanied by bodyguards.
Drama, Film Noir, crime thriller film, film noir
At night on a busy Los Angeles sidewalk, James "Jim" Vanning (Aldo Ray) wanders aimlessly, avoiding bright lights and police cars, while he's being watched by another man, later revealed to be insurance investigator Ben Fraser (James Gregory). At a corner, Fraser asks Vanning for a light, and the two men chat briefly, with Vanning revealing that he is a veteran who fought on Okinawa in the war. Vanning enters a bar, sitting next to Marie Gardner (Anne Bancroft), who has been nursing her drink because she has no cash to pay for it.