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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 8,422 films · Page 220.
Crime, Drama
The film is about a New York City-based artist who claims to have witnessed his best friend's murder. Due to a drug problem, he cannot recall what happened, and is the prime suspect. He desperately tries to remember before it is too late.
Crime, Drama
A trio of escaped criminals hide out in a woman's home as they wait to catch a ferry.
Crime, Drama
Elizabeth Montgomery and O. J. Simpson star as homicide detectives pursuing a killer played by Dean Stockwell.
Action, Crime, Drama
A young lad Oscar, whilst defending his young friend Loux, kills her abusive father; so he flees his rural hometown. During his run, he encounters love, crime and corruption and eventually, 15 years on, finds himself the leader of a band of lost children. At the same time, Loux relocates to the same city seeking a better life.
Crime
An unemployed football fanatic named Mike Jacobs becomes a major credit card fraudster and gangster. The movie depicts the lifestyles of luxury, frivolous spending and violent reprisals of its criminal underworld. Alongside the main character is Mike's old friend named Eddie who introduces Mike into the business of the fraud.
Biography, Crime, Drama, Heist, romance film
The rogue who would later call himself Eugène François Vidocq is born in a prison cell, the twelfth child of a woman who steals a loaf of bread each time she needs shelter to give birth. As the boy grows into a man, he is constantly in and out of jail. As the story begins, he and his cutpurse cellmate and associate, Emile Vernet, escape using a file hidden in a birthday cake provided by Vernet's aunt Ernestine.
Drama, Noir, Psychological Thriller
On board a ship traveling to Liverpool, England, from the West Indies, Anglican missionary's widow Olivia Harwood (Ann Todd) is prevailed on to help nurse malarial patients on the lower decks. There she meets the suavely handsome Mark Bellis (Ray Milland), who has been taken ill. Despite Mark's vagueness about his life and past, the couple strike up a friendship.
Treasure hunt
An American fashion photographer, Ben Morris (James Garner), goes to Guadagil, a remote village in South America, to take pictures of model Alison Duquesne (Eva Renzi) for a lipstick ad. One of the lipsticks is called "Pink Jungle". She arrives soon after Ben does, escorted by Raul Ortega (Michael Ansara) from the tourist board.
Drama, independent film
A group of disparate patrons in a Los Angeles diner are having breakfast when a psychopath enters with a gun, holds them hostage, and has a standoff with the SWAT Team. The film then cuts to earlier that same day, showing how each character came to be in the diner. The narrative progresses non-sequentially but working towards the moment when the gunman opens fire.
Crime, thriller film
Deidre Kenyon (Yancy Butler) is David Kenyon's (Nick Mancuso) ex-wife and intends to stalk him and wreck his family. She goes to extreme lengths to do this.
Action, Adventure, Blaxploitation, Crime
A successful Los Angeles-based businessperson, doting father of two and a loving husband, Ron Lewis turns into a completely different self at night – his alter ego, the "Black Baron", a prominent, powerful and feared pimp; but after killing two racist police officers, Dempsey and Gordon, in his pursuit, the Baron realizes that his pimping days are numbered.
Drama
The film is set in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, in London's East End, amongst the bomb sites. 12-year-old Frankie Palmer loses the sixpence his father has given him to buy a large yellow balloon from a street seller which the boy has set his heart on. He sees that a friend of his, young Ronnie Williams, has already bought one and Frankie snatches it from him and runs away with it, with Ronnie in hot pursuit.
Action, Crime, Drama, thriller film
Mercy Streets is the story of twin brothers, John (David White), a con man and Jeremiah (David White), a pastor, who are forced to switch lives. After being released from prison, John is looking to make a new start, and agrees to work for his father figure and mentor Rome (Eric Roberts). When John attempts to double cross Rome, it sets off a chain reaction which turns the lives of both brothers into turmoil.
Crime, Drama, mystery film
Action, Drama
After decades of street violence, two gangs have finally made a truce. MJ (Silkk The Shocker) has finally found a way to get out of the deadly neighborhood him and his sister Jodi are living in. Corrupt (Ice-T) is the only person standing in MJ's way of leaving and this results in a war between two gangs.
Crime, Drama
Aging small-time gangster Charlie Valentine (Barry) tries to pull one over on his boss Rocco (Russo) for some retirement cash. He assembles his old group, and despite Sal's (David) misgivings, they go through with it. The con goes wrong and only Charlie escapes with his life, leaving Rocco furious and demanding revenge.
Drama, Noir, prison film
left|thumb|150px|Bette Davis and Pat O'BrienWhen orphaned Jimmy Mason is taken in by his Aunt Emma and Uncle Henry, he meets their boarder, Matt Kelly, who impresses the young man with his boastful swagger and alleged political connections, although in reality he's a bootlegger. The boy's life is disrupted when, as one of Kelly's hired hands, he refuses to identify his boss during a police raid and is sentenced to three years of hard labor in reform school, where he befriends a sickly boy named Shorty, who in helping Jimmy, eventually is sent to solitary confinement. When Jimmy realizes his new pal is seriously ill and desperately needs…
Crime, Mysterie, propaganda film, Science fiction, spy film
It is prior to the American entry into World War II, and Japan's fiendish Black Dragon Society is hatching an evil plot with the Nazis. They instruct a brilliant scientist, Dr. Melcher, to travel to Japan on a secret mission.
Crime, Drama, Police Film, thriller film
Maria Quinn (Smith) has only recently begun working as a detective in Manhattan, but is already assigned to investigate a horrendous murder involving a drug lord who is given an overdose of heroin at a party. The case takes a personal turn when the detective finds out that the prime suspect is her lover.
Crime, historical drama, romance film
In 1901, US President William McKinley is put under great pressure by everyone, even US Bank Examiner Henry Maxwell, to do something about a gang of bank robbers nobody has been able to bring to justice. He sends U.S. Navy Lieutenant Richard L.
Drama, romance film, trial film
In a run-down Paris dwelling, an angry Hagolin accuses mistress Eponine of seeing a man named Robert Larnier behind his back. In a party at a stately home, prosperous attorney Lamerciere's guests include his longtime mistress Florence and his young law partner Claude Lancaster. Eponine attempts to murder Hagolin but fails.
Crime
Homicide detective David Marx (Rutger Hauer) teams up with computer expert Kris Paddock (Tara Fitzgerald) to track down a gang stealing computer chips from a list of factories.
Crime, documentary film
mystery film
NYPD Detective Kevin Harrison, a cop who used to be on the take from mobster Marcos Alfiri, has since turned good. Harrison is close to retirement when the son of a big-time gangster is killed; and no evidence is left behind. Together with his partner Cole, Harrison goes deep into the New York mob world, focused on finding his killer.