The Hound of the Baskervilles (1921)
Crime, mystery film, silent film
According to a local legend, Sir Henry Baskerville is slated to become the next in his family line to fall victim to a ghostly hound.
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Twelve Hours to Kill (1960)
Crime
Martin Filones (Nico Minardos), a young Greek man, witnesses the murder of gangster Frankie Russo, and is ushered off into the relative "safety" of suburban obscurity by Lt. Jim Carnevan (Grant Richards), unaware that he is being double-crossed by a crooked gendarme. Barbara Eden plays the femme fatale of the story.
Act of Piracy (1990)
Crime, Pirate Film, thriller film
Ted Andrews persuades his ex-wife Sandy to let their kids Mark and Tracey accompany him and his girlfriend Laura Warner on a journey on his multimillion-dollar yacht to Australia, which he plans to sell upon his arrival there. However, after a few days, it turns out that Laura is member of a terrorist organization led by Jack Wilcox, who wants the boat as a base for his operations. Jack takes over the yacht and only Ted can escape, while Mark and Tracey are kept as hostages.
Parachute Jumper (1933)
Crime, Drama, Tragicomedy
Marine pilots Bill Keller and "Toodles" Cooper are shot down over Nicaragua. When a search party finds them drunk and unharmed in a cantina, they and the Marine Corps agree to split ways. In no time, they find employment as commercial pilots with a New York firm.
Daylight Robbery (2008)
Crime, Drama, Heist
Alex masterminds an ambitious plan to steal millions of pounds in untraceable, used banknotes which are stacked in the underground vaults of the London Exchange Bank, where they await incineration. Lucky, Matty, Terry, Chubby, Norman and Jay make up his unlikely gang of robbers. They initially set up an alibi, by checking in for a flight to join thousands of England supporters in a mass exodus to the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.
Whipsaw (1935)
Crime, Drama
thumb|upright=1.2|Spencer Tracy and Myrna Loy in Whipsaw Thieves Ed Dexter and Harry Ames are trying to steal some valuable pearls. When Ed discovers another gang, led by "Doc" Evans, has the same idea, he tips off the police to get rid of the competition. Then Ed and Harry get what they were after.
Deadmeat (2007)
Crime, Drama
Clarkie has just been released from prison and is staying in Notting Hill with his elder brother Bones, an Internet painting artist and entrepreneur, and his brother's girlfriend, Melanie, the lawyer who defended Clarkie. Froggy, a friend of the two brothers and Bone's best friend, tells Clarkie that Melanie and Bones set him up to go to prison. Froggy regularly visited Clarkie in prison but Bones did not visit him once.
L'affaire Dominici (1973)
Crime, Drama, thriller film
After a British family are found murdered on the road near his family's farm in rural Provence, the old villager Gaston Dominici is arrested and apparently confesses to the crime. He is tried and sentenced to death, but his punishment is commuted on health grounds amid growing doubts about his guilt.
Stickmen (2001)
Comedy, Drama
The film begins with Thomas and Wayne playing a game of pool against two English men. They almost win but Wayne loses the game on the last shot due to overconfidence. Their friend Jack then arrives.
Back to Back (1996)
Action
An explosive situation erupts when a mob war thrusts a yakuza, an ex-cop, and his adolescent daughter into a deadly, no-win situation. Booted in disgrace from the L.A. police force Bob Malone suffers a seemingly endless unlucky streak.
Law and Disorder (1940)
Crime, Crime Comedy, spy film
A young solicitor who defends a number of petty criminals is accused of sabotage.
Grand National Night (1953)
Crime, thriller film
Racehorse trainer Gerald Coates argues with his alcoholic wife Babs on the evening after his horse has won the Grand National. She attacks him with a knife and there is a struggle. Coates's butler hears the car leaving, and dead Babs is found in it the next day.
He Who Rides a Tiger (1965)
Crime, Drama
On his release from prison Peter Rayston returns to his life as a house-breaker, which funds his affluent lifestyle. He meets and becomes involved with Joanne, but when she discovers the source of his wealth she breaks up with him. When his latest burglary job goes wrong, leading to the death of one of his accomplices, he goes on the run.
Terror Among Us (1981)
Horror
A police sergeant and a parole officer endeavor to stop a rapist-on-parole before he can follow through his threats on five women who testified against him years earlier.
The Big I Am (2010)
Crime
"A cruel twist of fate catapults small time crook Mickey Skinner into the big league, as head of a brutal London gang, poised on the brink of a lucrative deal."
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front (2011)
Crime, documentary film, Documentation, Political Documentary
A Reasonable Man (1999)
Crime, Drama, trial film
Sean Raine, an ex-army officer with issues of his own, defends an impoverished young cowherd of killing a baby that he believes is an evil being known as a Tikoloshe.
The Genius Club (2006)
Drama
On Christmas Eve, Armand (Tom Sizemore), a terrorist who has a hidden nuclear device in Washington D.C., forces the president of the United States government (Jack Scalia) to round up seven geniuses with IQs over 200. The group consists of a casino owner (Carol Abney), a biochemist (Paula Jai Parker), a professional baseball player (Matt Medrano), a seminary student (Jacob Bonnema), an economics professor (Phillip Moon), a painter (Tricia Helfer), and a pizza delivery guy (Stephen Baldwin). The government places them in a bomb shelter and explains the group that they are there to solve the world's problems in one night; if they fail to…
The Mad Bomber (1973)
Crime, Drama
William Dorn, a middle-aged man in Los Angeles, rigs and sets off bombs in places he associates with the drug-overdose death of his daughter Ann and the collapse of his life. Investigating detective Geronimo Minnelli learns that at one of the locations of his attacks, a hospital, a rape took place, and both the victim Martha and her rapist George Fromley likely saw the face of the as-yet-unidentified bomber. The police desperately attempt to simultaneously identify and apprehend both violent criminals, hoping one will lead them to the other.
Bait (1954)
Crime, Drama, Noir
Middle-aged Marko is searching for his gold mine, the entrance to which has been lost for nearly 20 years, at which time his partner died, a death for which some locals think he is to blame. To share expenses for a prospecting expedition he teams up with bright young Ray Brighton. When they find the mine, Marko decides he doesn't want to share with his partner and plans to murder him.
Policewomen (1974)
Action, Crime, exploitation film, Martial arts
Lacy Bond is a tough-as-nails police officer and martial arts expert who is recruited for a dangerous undercover assignment. A high-stakes criminal syndicate, led by a ruthless woman named Maude is smuggling gold out of the United States. The investigation takes Bond from the streets of Los Angeles to various locales where she must infiltrate the gang's operation.
Good Morning... and Goodbye! (1967)
Crime, Drama, Erotic Film, exploitation film
In a country town, farmer Burt is married to the much younger Angel but cannot satisfy her sexually. Angel has an affair with a construction worker, Stone. Lana is Burt's 17 year old daughter to another woman.
The Shadow of the Eagle (1932)
Crime, Drama
Colonel Nathan B. "Skipper" Gregory, a former World War I ace pilot, is the owner of a travelling carnival that has fallen on hard times. Only the money brought in by Craig McCoy, the carnival stunt pilot, keeps the carnival from closing.
The Diamond (1954)
Crime, Noir
After a gang pulls off a heist to acquire freshly minted dollars, American Treasury Agent Joe Dennison pursues their trail to London. Dennison and Scotland Yard detective Hector McClaren attempt to break a racket involving the production of synthetic diamonds.