The I Inside (2004)
Psychological Thriller, Science fiction, speculative fiction
Simon Cable wakes up in a hospital in 2002 with no memory of the past two years. Dr. Newman informs him that he briefly died and is suffering from memory loss.
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Excessive Force (1993)
Action, Martial arts
Terry McCain is a detective with the Chicago Police Department. One night, he and his team are involved in a drug bust on the Italian mafia that ends in a chaotic shootout and three million dollars of the mob’s money going missing. Terry interrogates one of the gangsters and coerces him into admitting that the infamous crime boss DiMarco, Terry’s nemesis, is the one behind the drug exchange.
The Rise of the Krays (2015)
Biography, Crime, Drama
The film focuses on the early life of the Krays before their downfall. In comparison with Legend it aims for a gritty authenticity with less glamorising, portraying The Twins as "horrible pieces of work".
Southside 1-1000 (1950)
Crime, Noir
The US Secret Service searches for a gang of counterfeiters, whose brilliant engraver Eugene Deane (Morris Ankrum) has secretly made his plates while doing life in San Quentin. A priest was tricked into serving as a mule smuggling them out. A narrator explains the crucial role of paper currency in underpinning trade in the economy, and how the US Treasury Department ensures it is safeguarded by tracking down counterfeiters.
Touch of Truth (1994)
Crime, Drama
Karen Barth is the divorced mother of Michael, a 7-year-old nonverbal autistic boy. After an incident in which Michael wanders away from home, Karen's ex-husband Roger realizes that Michael may need more specialized care than she can provide, and suggests Michael be sent to a special residential school. Karen reluctantly enrolls him after therapist Terry Wilson explains how the program will be able to help Michael.
Six Ways to Sunday (1997)
Comedy, Crime, Drama
Eighteen-year-old Harry (Norman Reedus) is an innocent, bashful burger boy who lives with his overly attentive mother Kate. Harry's father left Kate for another man. They live in an old apartment, where Kate treats her son like a child, even going as far to draw his bath water and connect a wire to his reading lamp, shutting it off when Harry is busy to get his attention.
Chicago (1927)
Comedy drama, Crime, Crime Comedy, silent film
The plot of the film is drawn from the 1926 play Chicago by Maurine Dallas Watkins which was in turn based on the true story of Beulah Annan, fictionalized as Roxie Hart (Phyllis Haver), and her spectacular murder of her boyfriend. The silent film adds considerably to the material in Watkins' play, some additions based on the original murder, and some for Hollywood considerations. The murder, which occurs in a very brief vignette before the play begins, is fleshed out considerably.
High Voltage (1997)
Action, thriller film
A group of close-knit thieves are led by Johnny (Antonio Sabàto, Jr), Mollie (Amy Smart), Larry (Lochlyn Munro) and Sam (Mike Mains). Their latest target is a small bank in Little Saigon, Orange Country, California. Mollie has been working in the bank undercover for months with the bank's manager Jane (Shannon Lee) unaware of what she plans to do.
The Deal (2005)
Crime, Drama, political film, Political Thriller, thriller film
With America at war with Saudi Arabia and in the grip of a crippling fuel crisis, Wall Street analyst Tom Hanson (Slater) agrees to broker a lucrative deal between a Russian oil cartel and his investment firm's biggest client, led by cold-blooded CEO Jared Tolson (Loggia). While juggling his growing attraction to newly hired associate, Abby Gallagher (Blair) a Harvard graduate who wants to save the world and has an innovative idea for helping those seeking alternative energy sources further their research. The snake pit of Wall Street is the last place she wants to be, but Gordon (Morrissey) convinces her that his company can make her…
Live Free or Die (2006)
Comedy, Crime, Criminal Comedy Film
A clueless, aspiring criminal named John "Rugged" Rudgate spends his days forging rebate coupons and selling speakers out the back of his van. One day, Rugged runs into an old acquaintance, the dim-witted Jeff Lagrand, who recently returned home to help his cynical sister run the storage facility that they inherited from their father. When Rugged tries to force his way into the Lagrand family business, things go terribly wrong—and the situation gets even more complicated when an emotionally unstable cop begins investigating.
Witness To Murder (1954)
Crime, Drama, Noir, thriller film
Cheryl Draper looks out of her bedroom window, and witnesses a young woman being strangled to death and reports it to the police, but when the killer, Albert Richter, sees detectives arriving downstairs, he moves the body. When the police show up to his door, Albert acts nonchalant, and, when no body is found, the police are convinced that Cheryl dreamed it up. The next day, Albert puts the body in a trunk and leaves to dispose of it.
Jesse James meets Frankenstein's Daughter (1966)
Crime, crossover fiction, Horror, monster film, Science fiction, Weird West, Western
Sometime in the early 1880s, Dr Frankenstein's evil granddaughter Maria has moved to the American West with her brother Rudolph, in order to use the prairie lightning storms in her experiments on immigrant children snatched from a dying town. Maria is very much in charge, killing the children and replacing their brains with artificial ones, intending to revive them as her slaves. Rudolph, however, is reluctant to help his sister, but is too afraid of her to do otherwise.
Black Legion (1937)
Drama, Noir
Frank Taylor, a Midwestern factory worker, expects to get promoted. Instead, he is passed over in favor of a young, hard-working Polish immigrant. Taylor joins the Black Legion, a secret hate group.
Payroll (1961)
Crime, Heist, thriller film
Four crooks, Johnny Mellors, Monty, Blackie, and Bert, devise a plan to rob a payroll van with the assistance of Dennis Pearson, an accountant working at the targeted firm. Pearson is compelled to support his wife Katie, who desires a more luxurious lifestyle. During the heist, the van driver Harry Parker, is killed, and Bert sustains a fatal injury from Parker's colleague, Frank Moore.
Separate Lies (2005)
Drama, slice of life
James Manning is a wealthy London solicitor. Anne, his younger wife, is accommodating and dutiful and likes the life they lead; the house in London, the Buckinghamshire hideaway. At a village cricket match, Anne meets William Bule, son of a leading local family, who has recently returned from America.
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag (1992)
Crime, Daffy Comedy, screwball comedy film
Betty Lou Perkins is a meek librarian in New Orleans who is ignored by everyone, including her uninspiring police detective husband Alex. A criminal kingpin is killed in cold blood, and Betty Lou finds the murder gun. She goes to the police station to tell them about the gun, but no one listens to her until she actually fires the weapon at a trash can in the bathroom.
Salt and Pepper (1968)
Comedy, Criminal Comedy Film
American Charlie Salt and British Chris Pepper own a Soho nightclub, operating under the suspicious eye of the intrepid Inspector Crabbe. One night, Pepper finds a Chinese woman on the floor of the club. Assuming she's intoxicated, he makes a date with her and thinks she responds.
The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1949)
Crime, Mysterie, mystery film
In the streets of Paris, a myopic knife grinder Heurtin is berated by his partner for both his lack of money and initiative. Nearby, idle, cash-strapped playboy Kirby enters a restaurant to meet his wife. He is warned by the waiter that both his wife and mistress are waiting for him at the bar.
A Murder of Quality (1991)
Crime, Drama
George Smiley, at the request of his old wartime colleague Ailsa Brimley, investigates the murder of Stella Rode. A letter had previously come to Brimley from Rode detailing a plot supposedly by her husband, Stanley Rode, who teaches at Carne School, to kill her. Upon investigating, Smiley learns of many secrets that were kept by the victim, one being that Terence Fielding, a house master at Carne, was being blackmailed by her due to past homosexual activities.
Defenseless (1991)
thriller film
While editing a pornographic film, producer Jack Hammer of Blue Screen Productions is attacked by the father of the film's star, Cindy Bodeck, who is an underaged teenager. Theodora “T.K.” Katwuller represents Steven Seldes, who is implicated in the film's production. T.K.
The Vicious Circle (1957)
Crime, thriller film
Doctor Howard Latimer answers what he believes to be a request for a favour from an American friend by picking up a famous German actress from London Airport. He goes in the company of a journalist Geoffrey Windsor who tags along after failing to gain an interview with Latimer about recent medical research. As Latimer is already late for a date with his fiancée at the Royal Festival Hall, he lets Windsor take the actress to Claridges Hotel.
Zodiac Rapist (1971)
Crime, exploitation film, pornographic film
A woman who is pleasuring herself while tending to her garden is attacked by a man the media have dubbed "the Zodiac Rapist". In his office, Detective Sam Dobbs complains that the newspapers are making him look incompetent due to his inability to catch the Zodiac, who has been taunting him with letters and telephone calls. Dobbs has sex with a secretary, while the Zodiac is shown searching for another victim.
Judgment Day: The John List Story (1993)
Crime, Drama
Depiction of a fictionalized version of the crime of John List, who killed his mother, wife, and three children in 1971, before assuming a new identity, and eluding capture for over 17 years.
The Criminal Code (1931)
Crime, Drama, prison film, romance film
thumb|thumbtime=20|The Criminal Code In the film, Robert Graham, convicted of manslaughter after a drunken brawl, underwent 6 years of hard labor in the prison jute mill, which changed Graham from a polite man into a hardened convict. Mark Brady, the former district attorney who had prosecuted Graham and many of the men in the prison, becomes the warden and the prisoners stage a loud but nonviolent protest. Brady desires to become the state's governor following his term as warden.