The Third Solution (1988)
Crime, thriller film
Crime movies
Explore crime, criminals and those pursuing them.
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Someone at the Door (1950)
Crime, Crime Comedy
Journalist Ronnie Martin comes up with a scheme to boost his career by inventing a fake murder (to which he will confess) and then when the whole thing is shown to be a hoax, he plans to write a book about it and become famous. But he soon becomes embroiled in trouble when some real killings take place.
The Raging Tide (1951)
Crime, Drama, Noir
San Francisco crime boss Bruno Felkin kills a mob rival and then tries to arrange an alibi with his girlfriend Connie Thatcher. However, Connie is not available, which forces Felkin to hide on a fishing boat owned by Hamil Linder until she appears. Felkin tries to enlist Linder's son Carl to perform work for him until the police stop their search.
A Masterpiece of Murder (1986)
Crime Comedy
A retired private eye teams up with a former jewel thief to solve a murder.
He Was Her Man (1934)
Crime, Gangster Film, romance film
Flicker Hayes informs the police after he sets up two men to be caught in a phony robbery attempt, because they were responsible for his going to prison. Dan Curly escapes, but the other kills a policeman and goes to the chair, so Dan wants two hitmen to get Flicker, who plans to leave the country. But he meets down-and-out Rose Lawrence, an ex-prostitute looking to hitch a ride to a small fishing village in the south to marry a Portuguese fisherman, and Flicker decides it would be a nice place to hide.
Last Exit (2003)
Crime, Drama, neo-noir, thriller film
Nigel (Morten Vogelius) is an incompetent criminal who flees his native England to Copenhagen in order to escape the loan sharks who are after him. He and his wife Maria (Jette Philipsen) shack up at a hotel, while each struggles separately with a drug problem. Maria manages to get a straight job, and Nigel gets a gig storing illegal goods for a local crime boss known as the President (Peter Ottesen).
Turnout (2011)
Crime, Drama
The film is set in Hoxton, East London and follows a young couple, George and Sophie. The premise of the film involves the pair saving money to go on their first holiday together. The deposit is paid, and they have two weeks left to pay the outstanding balance of £2,000.
Limehouse Blues (1934)
Crime
The film starts in a riverfront slum in Limehouse. The Lily Gardens, a local club, is owned by Chinese-American immigrant Harry Young. Young uses the club as a center of operations for his lucrative smuggling operation.
Midnight Alibi (1934)
Crime
A gangster returns to New York after some time in Europe and falls in love with Joan, unaware that she's the younger sister of his bitter rival, Angie the Ox. After an attempted hit on him, he seeks refuge in the home of an old lady, who tells him of her own romance many years ago with a man who looked just like him. Their friendship will prove useful later when he is accused of murder.
Naked Youth (1961)
Action, Crime, Drama
Two fugitives from a New Mexico prison farm, "Switch" and Frankie, encounter a 16-year-old farm girl, Donna, and go on the run together. After accepting a ride from a stranger, Rivas, when their car breaks down, the group encounters a drug dealer and murderer, Maddo, and his strung-out girlfriend, Madge who is addicted to heroin.
Spider's Web (1982)
Crime
Braker (1985)
Crime
Harry Braker is a tough veteran cop. Rookie detective Eddie Kelso is his inexperienced partner. They are both drawn in to investigate the murder of Kate Taylor, a music video editor.
Out of Innocence (2016)
Crime, Drama
The Devil's Sleep (1948)
Crime, Drama
Umberto Scalli has returned from a prison sentence with two lucrative enterprises: a women's health spa that gives the women Dinitrophenol tablets that reduce weight but may have dangerous side effects; and selling Benzedrine to teenagers through a young man who provides them through swinging parties held at a house Scalli owns. Some of the teenagers attempt to pay for their drugs by committing burglaries. Judge Rosalind Ballentine and Police Detective Sergeant Dave Kerrigan unite to end the menace, but Scalli attempts to blackmail the judge with photographs of her daughter Margie willfully drugged and nude at one of the parties.
Miami Exposé (1956)
Crime
Miami police lieutenant Bart Scott informs his captain of his plans to retire. His fiancée, Ann Easton, a widow whose husband was killed in the line of duty, refuses to marry Bart until he quits the force. The captain is murdered by a gunman who also is found dead.
The St. Louis Kid (1934)
Crime, Drama
A truck driver gets mixed up in a union dispute after a union leader is killed and his girlfriend is kidnapped after witnessing the crime.
Convicted Woman (1940)
Crime
Jobless Betty Andrews, although innocent, is convicted of a department store theft and, despite the best efforts of her lawyer and noted social worker Mary Ellis and of a reporter, Jim Brent, is sentenced to a year in the Curtiss House of Correction. Chief Matron Brackett rules with an iron hand with the aid of inmates Frankie Mason, "The Duchess", and Nita Lavore. One of the inmates commits suicide and a subsequent story by Jim on the prison conditions leads to Mary Ellis being made the supervisor of the correction center.
Hell Is Empty (1967)
Crime
On the run from the police, thieves stumble upon an abandoned mansion on a deserted island.
Jake Spanner, Private Eye (1989)
Comedy, Crime
Duel on the Mississippi (1955)
Action, Adventure, Drama
Andre Tulane, descendant of a plantation family in 1820 Louisiana, is bound to Lili Scarlet, a gambling-ship queen, due to his debts. Together, they face off against river pirates (led by her former fiancé who take control of the boat.
B-Girl (2009)
Dance Film
In Brooklyn, Angel is a breakdancer who lives with her mother Gabby. Her abusive boyfriend Hector won't accept that she wants to break up. One night Angel and her best friend Rosie trade hats and jackets and Hector fatally stabs Rosie thinking she is Angel.
Prison Break (1938)
Drama, prison film
Joaquin Shannon, a fisherman, takes the blame for a crime to protect his brother-in-law Chris Nelson, whom he thinks accidentally killed the odious Joe Fenderson in a drunken brawl, but who really died from injuries from a mugging. He is sentenced to 10 years in prison for the crime. Joaquin asks Joe's sister and his girlfriend Jean Fenderson to wait for him, expecting to be paroled in one year for good behavior.
Black Orchid (1953)
Crime, Drama, mystery film
Dr. John Winnington and Sophie have an unhappy marriage, and John falls in love with his new laboratory assistant, Sophie's sister Christine. Sophie agrees to a divorce and announces her intention to leave for South Africa.
The Mysterious Mr. M (1946)
Crime
Anthony Waldron intends to steal a new submarine invention from Dr. Kittridge while blaming a fictitious mastermind he calls "Mr. M." To further this plan, Waldron uses a mind control drug he has developed called "Hypnotreme." However, a mystery villain soon appears claiming to be the real Mr.