The Last Deal (2023)
Crime
Inspired by true events, the film is about a black market marijuana dealer that tries to make one final score before getting squeezed out of the business when cannabis becomes legal.
Crime movies
Explore crime, criminals and those pursuing them.
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The Reports on Sarah and Saleem (2018)
Crime, Drama, romance film
The plot centres on an extramarital affair between a Palestinian man and an Israeli woman, Sarah and Saleem, both of whom are married. Sarah is a Jewish Israeli who owns a cafe in West Jerusalem, while Saleem is a Muslim Palestinian bakery delivery man from East Jerusalem. The second half of the film focuses on the personal and political fallout of the couple's affair, in which both of them are investigated by the authorities after Saleem is taken in by the Israeli army and brutally interrogated.
The Phantom Express (1932)
Crime, Drama, mystery film
Railroad engineer D.J. 'Smokey' Nolan ( J. Farrell MacDonald) drives his locomotive at full speed when he spies an oncoming train directly in his path.
The Lawbreakers (1961)
Crime, Noir
Allen Bardeman is a prominent, married lawyer who collects money from the numbers racket for the syndicate. His legal secretary, Angela Walsh, is also his mistress, and he provides her with a house of her own, where Sam Henry – a corrupt New York City administrator who acts as a "bag man" for the syndicate – makes a weekly visit to pick up money from Bardeman. Bardemans lavish lifestyle and tax problems have placed him deeply in debt.
The Marked One (1963)
Crime
Truck driver Don Mason is an ex-con who served time for involvement in a forgery racket, and is now trying to go straight. A blackmailer demands the plates used in the forgery, threatening Mason's wife and kidnapping their child.
Side Street (1929)
Crime, Drama
thumb|160px|left|Tom Moore as Jimmy in Side Street The film chronicles the exploits of three Irish brothers. Jimmy is a cop, John is an emergency room doctor, and Dennis, as far as his family is aware of, is a very wealthy businessman, even having paid for John to go to medical school. Their parents, Nora and Tom, are very proud of all three sons.
Victim Five (1964)
Action, Crime
New York City private detective Steve Martin is hired for protection by Wexler, a wealthy German living in Cape Town. After Wexler's butler is murdered and an assassination attempt is made on Martin and Wexler's secretary Helga, Martin discovers a photograph of four people, including Wexler and his butler, that indicates that all those in the picture are marked for death and there will be five victims.
Night in New Orleans (1942)
Crime, Detective
Steve Abbott and Bill Richards are both lieutenants in the New Orleans police department, colleagues and rivals alike. Steve, seeking love letters his wife Ethel once wrote to a Phillip Wallace, finds the man's dead body and immediately becomes Bill's prime suspect. Both report to Dan Odell, their chief.
Red Ribbon Blues (1996)
Comedy drama, Heist, LGBTQ-related film
Troy and Duke have attended dozens of funerals for friends who have died of AIDS. Many of them were unable to afford the prohibitively expensive drugs they needed to stay alive. With their own funds running low, Troy and Duke decide to stage a series of robberies, stealing supplies of the life-saving drugs.
At Ground Zero (1994)
Tom and Aysha (character names) are at the economic bottom of the LA scene; no money, on drugs, and selling themselves to exist. Tom brains his drug dealer, steals his drugs and the two split town by bus and thumb, heading 'home'. Hitching a ride from a quixotic, dangerous character, Bubba, they put up with his advances until he too is ejected from his own car as the two free themselves from all restraint.
Women of Twilight (1952)
Helen Allistair is the sadistic proprietress of a grim boarding house providing accommodation for unmarried young mothers and pregnant women. One of these is Vivianne Bruce, carrying the child of nightlclub singer Jerry Nolan, about to be hanged for murder. Vivianne is befriended by fellow-lodger Christine, and while Christine is away, her child falls ill.
Calculated Risk (1963)
crime thriller film
Bank robber Kip is released from Wormwood Scrubs Prison on a snowy morning. He goes to visit the grave of his wife who died while he was in prison. Back home he starts to plan a bank robbery based on idea a co-prisoner had told in prison before dying.
The Man Behind the Mask (1936)
Crime, Drama
On the night Nick Barclay is to elope from a masked ball with Lady June Slade, a masked man takes his place, elopes with June and steals the Shield of Kahm, owned by June's father, Lord Slade. Framed for the robbery, Nick traces June and the kidnapper. Later they are lured to the house of the mad crook responsible for the theft, with the police arriving just in time.
Torchy Gets Her Man (1938)
Crime
Torchy Blane is in the police station when a secret service agent Charles Gilbert ask the police for help in catching "$100 Bailey", a counterfeiter who has eluded police capture for fifteen years and is passing hundred dollar bills. Charles tells detective Steve McBride that he suspects Bailey will pass the money at the racetrack. He recruits the police in a sting operation at the local racetrack to catch Bailey and convinces Steve to let him watch the $100 betting window.
We're Talkin' Serious Money (1992)
Comedy, Crime
Two misfit men, Sal (Dennis Farina) and his friend Charlie (Leo Rossi), are cheated out of $10,000 that they had borrowed from a Mafia kingpin. They must flee from New York to Los Angeles, only to there get involved in a caper involving a video of Senators in compromising positions. Given a cool million for the video, they are then pursued by the mob and the FBI.
Five Guns to Tombstone (1960)
Crime, Western
Young outlaw Billy Wade, determined to reform, is roped into a robbery by rich businessman George Landon then framed for it. Landon springs Billy's brother Matt from prison, on the condition he get Billy to go along with the theft. During a struggle for a gun Matt is accidentally killed, and his teenaged son Ted and others mistakenly believe Billy killed him in cold blood.
Cold Deck (2015)
crime thriller film
Bobby, a compulsive gambler, lives with his invalid mother, Audrey, who disapproves of his gambling habit, as gambling was his father's ruin. Bobby dates Kim, a waitress at Chips' gaming hall, where he spends most of his time in poker games. As Audrey's bills pile up and Bobby's losing streak continues, Bobby's friend Ben suggests Bobby enter a high stakes poker game he has heard about and share the winnings.
10 Cent Pistol (2014)
crime thriller film
When a high-stakes scheme goes horribly wrong, two brothers must take on the craziest job of their criminal careers, and pray they get out alive.
Meet Simon Cherry (1949)
Crime, mystery film
When the Rev. Simon ("The Rev") Cherry sets off for a much needed holiday, his car breaks down in a storm and he is forced to stay overnight in a manor house belonging to Lady Harling. The following morning, the body of Lady Harling's invalid daughter Lisa Colville is discovered, apparently murdered, and the Rev must bring his crime solving skills to the case.
Exposed (1947)
Crime
A beautiful female private detective is hired by a wealthy businessman to check up on his stepson—the heir to the family fortune—who has been withdrawing large amounts of money from his bank account, taken an apartment in the city and is generally acting suspiciously. She soon finds herself mixed up in secret experiments, shadowy underworld figures and, finally, the murder of her employer.
Rigged (2008)
Action, boxing film, Crime, LGBTQ-related film, sport film, thriller film
Michael Dublin (Chad Ortis) is a shyster specialised in illegal betting. One night during an illegal car race he gets beaten up by a participant whose car he's previously sabotaged. When his opponents are about to stash him away, a feisty female neighbor steps in.
The Clutching Hand (1936)
Crime, mystery film
The serial was based very loosely on Arthur Reeve's final novel and in it, the Clutching Hand has a new secret identity: Dr. Paul Gironda, the very man whom Kennedy is looking for. Having almost exhausted the estate of his young ward Vera, he has come up with the idea of using a fake synthetic gold formula to recoup his losses on the stock market, but just before he disappears, one of his assistants steals the notebook containing the formula.
Pressed (2011)
Action, Crime, crime thriller film, Drama
Business executive Brian Parker (played by Goss) has been fired from his job at a top investment firm and is facing serious financial troubles. He decides to invest his personal money in a dangerous drug deal that may end his problems quickly. However, two young joyriders, Jesse and Sam, steal the illicit drug money.
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge (1937)
Adventure, Mysterie, mystery film
Captain Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond, a British officer, while on a drive with his friend Algy Longworth and valet Tenny, is the first to discover a mysterious suitcase that has been parachuted from an aircraft above, minutes before the plane crashes. The case contains the highly explosive chemical hexanite, the formula for which has been stolen. Despite the urging of his fiancee Phyllis Claverling, Drummond is dragged into the mystery surrounding the affair, traveling by both train and ship to recover the formula.