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Drama, Film Noir, docudrama, film noir
Episcopal priest Father Lambert is shot dead on a Bridgeport, Connecticut street at night. The police, led by Chief Robinson, fail to immediately find the murderer. The case soon becomes a political hot potato, with the police accused of incompetence and the city's reform-minded administration attacked by the corrupt political machine that it had displaced.
crime film, drama film, heist film, mystery film
In Paris, robber and murderer Roger Sartet escapes from custody with the help of the Manalese, a small, well-organized Sicilian Mafia clan consisting of patriarch Vittorio, his two sons, and his son-in-law. Sartet pays them with some valuable stamps he had stowed away, and the Manalese hide him in an apartment above the arcade game manufacturing company they own as a front. Jeanne, the French wife of Vittorio's elder son, looks after Sartet, but he sneaks out to see a prostitute at a hotel and narrowly avoids getting captured by Commissaire Le Goff.
buddy film, comedy drama, crime film
Officers of the Los Angeles Police Department experiencing various pressures at work unwind at night with drunken get-togethers (a.k.a. "choir practice") at MacArthur Park, where their pranks often go too far: among those there are a retiring cop, a small number of young cops, a bigoted one and a Vietnam War veteran with panic disorder.
Crime, Mysterie, crime film
John Barratt, a lonely, discontented teacher of French at a British university, is on holiday in France. There, by chance, he meets his double, French nobleman Jacques De Gué. They become acquainted.
Cyberpunk, Fantasy
The film tells the story of a virtual reality game designer, Jimi (Christopher Lambert), who discovers that the main character of his game, Solo (Diego Abatantuono), has achieved sentience due to an attack by a computer virus. Asked by his creation (who feels everything the character in the game feels, including multiple deaths) to eliminate its existence, Jimi sets out to erase the game from the server of his employer, Okasama Star, before it's commercially released on Christmas Day, and thus spare Solo further suffering. Jimi has been depressed since his wife Lisa (Emmanuelle Seigner) left him.
Psychological Thriller, action film, crime film, drama film
Lori is an unhappy 15/16-year-old girl who lives with her single mother. She receives sexual attention from men, including her boss at a retail store and her mother's boyfriend Gary. Eric Komenko is an 18-year-old boy who has killed his parents.
Film Noir, crime film, drama film, film noir, mystery film
In the suburban New York home of Victor Grandison (Claude Rains), a shadowy figure murders his secretary, Roslyn Wright (Barbara Woodell). He leaves her body hanging from a chandelier, and the death is reported as a suicide. A week later Victor is broadcasting an episode of his popular "true crime" radio show, "The Unsuspected".
Crime, drama film
Paul Linden, a wealthy, middle-aged architect, returns home to Kensington, London. Previously divorced, he brings his new wife, 24-year-old Nichole, whom he has just married in Paris. Paul's teenage daughter, Jennifer, is resentful of his remarriage and rejects Nichole's friendly overtures.
Film Noir, Psychodrama, drama film, film noir
thumb|175px|left|Don DeFore and Lizabeth Scott Los Angeles couple Jane and Alan Palmer are returning from a party when the driver in an oncoming car tosses a bag of cash into their car. The Palmers elude another car that pursues them, and in a compromise between Jane wanting to keep the money and Alan wanting to contact police, they agree to check the bag at Union Station. When Alan is at work, a man named Danny Fuller comes to the Palmer apartment and tells Jane the money was intended for him.
Crime Comedy, comedy film, drama film
On her twentieth wedding anniversary, Maggie receives a diamond necklace and a price on her head; both from her husband, Jack. While waiting for the signal, all the way from Connecticut, to do the murder, the hitman Tony starts bonding with Maggie instead. Later, Jack shows up himself, complicating the entire situation.
Drama, Dramedy, crime film, drama film, romance film
Action, action film, drama film
Richard Malone is a covert CIA operative specializing in assassinations, but has grown disillusioned with his line of work and suddenly resigns, much to the chagrin of his superiors. Malone begins driving aimlessly before his Ford Mustang breaks down in a rural Oregon valley. Malone pushes it to a gas station and garage owned by Paul Barlow, who runs the station with his 17-year-old daughter Jo.
Crime, Komödie, black comedy film, crime comedy film
Gabriela is a Colombian immigrant living in Miami who has been fascinated with violent death ever since she saw a falling corpse pass by her mother's bakery window as a child. With many television shows and films feeding her obsession, she believes that after someone is decapitated, they still talk for a short while afterwards. Having quit her job at a bakery, she begins work for a cleaning service, after she sees a television commercial advertising it.
Erotic Thriller, drama film, erotic thriller, mystery film
Psychiatrist Ann Hecker has a successful practice in Manhattan. During a session with a disturbed art gallery owner named Eve Abergray, Eve describes a sadomasochistic sexual encounter she recently had with her male lover. The next day, one of Ann's patients, Johnny Castillo, a painter, remarks that he passed by Eve on his way out of the office the day before, and that her beauty provoked violent sadistic fantasies in him.
Adventure, Romance Film, War Film, adventure film, docudrama, drama film, war film
George Hogg (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers) is a young British journalist from Hertfordshire. In 1938, a year after the Japanese invasion of northern China and occupation of central coastal areas, he sneaks into Nanjing, China, by pretending to be a Red Cross aid worker. Arriving in Nanjing, Hogg witnesses and photographs the poverty, ruins, and corpses on the streets.
Action, Blaxploitation, Horror, Zombiefilm, blaxploitation film, horror film, zombie film
The story centers on Diana "Sugar" Hill (Bey), a photographer in Houston whose boyfriend, nightclub owner Langston (Larry D. Johnson), has been killed by mob boss Morgan (Robert Quarry) and his men when he refused to sell the club to Morgan. Sugar seeks the help of a former voodoo queen named Mama Maitresse (Zara Cully) to take revenge on Morgan and his thugs.
Crime
In 1989, Canadian journalist Victor Malarek investigates the circumstances surrounding the suspicious arrest of Daniel Léger, a 25-year-old heroin addict serving time in a prison in Thailand and facing the death penalty. Malarek is a dedicated investigative journalist working for The Globe and Mail newspaper who is being pressured by his boss to move to writing weekly feature articles. He comes across the strange case of a Canadian citizen under arrest in Thailand after a joint investigation by Canadian and Thai authorities, in which Léger is identified as a mastermind in the drug trafficking trade.
Action, Gangster Film, crime film, drama film
Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw is a 1976 crime drama that follows the story of Bobbie Jo Baker, a young country singer with dreams of escaping her small-town life, and her lover, Lyle Wheeler, a charismatic drifter with a penchant for trouble. The film begins with Lyle arriving in a small New Mexico town, where he meets Bobbie Jo, a carhop and aspiring singer. Captivated by Lyle's free-spirited attitude, Bobbie Jo quickly falls for him and decides to leave her mundane life behind to join him on the road.
crime film, drama film, romance film
Intense young "tough" Thomas Seyr is a 28-year-old real estate broker involved in shady business deals. His business partners, Fabrice and Sami, spend much of their time ruthlessly chasing squatters and illegal immigrants out of the buildings they have procured and trying to work their way around government housing regulations. Thomas is born to this kind of work; his father, Robert, is involved in dodgy endeavors and sometimes calls upon Thomas to beat up people who refuse to pay.
Mysterie, crime film
Psychological Thriller, thriller film
Lea, a young woman, wakes up in an unfamiliar, eerie mansion and quickly realizes she’s been kidnapped. As she explores the house, she finds several other unconscious people who soon awaken. Panic sets in when they discover that all the exits are sealed.
crime film, horror film, mystery film, satanic film
A mysterious person seems to be chasing student Martha Sayers (Terry Lumley), who drives to her sister's lakeside house in Los Angeles. The same day, the police and Martha's sister Elizabeth (Pamela Franklin) find her hanged in the living room. The police rule her death as an unmotivated suicide, but Elizabeth refuses to believe this and investigates further.
Film Noir, crime film, drama film, film noir
Chris Emery works as a nightclub singer and dancer in the British colony of Trinidad and Tobago. One night after her performance, she receives news from Inspector Smythe and Anderson, a member of the American consulate, that her husband Neil has been found dead. She is comforted by Neil's friend Max Fabian.
Action, action film, crime film, drama film
The film starts with members of white supremacist, Polynesian, and Latino gangs being gunned down as they meet for the sale of cocaine, killing a dozen. The killer, Colonel Robert Sikes, is a stealthy, one-man assault team who takes on a city's street gangs, mobsters, and corrupt politicians until his mission is complete. His former protégé, William Porter, teams up with the local police department to bring his former commander to justice and prevent him from further vigilantism.