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Crime Dramas, Vol. V
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Another playlist dedicated to Crime Dramas (both Film and TV shows) that I like


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Movie: Eye for an Eye ( 1996 )
When the courts fail to keep behind bars the man who raped and murdered her daughter, a woman seeks her own form of justice.
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Movie: Notes on a Scandal ( 2007 )
A veteran high school teacher befriends a younger art teacher, who is having an affair with one of her 15-year-old students. However, her intentions with this new "friend" also go well beyond platonic friendship.
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TV Show: The Red Road ( 2014 )
Lines will be crossed when tragedy forces two men, an ex-con & a local cop, to face devastating secrets.
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Movie: Man Bites Dog ( 1993 )
A film crew follows a ruthless thief and heartless killer as he goes about his daily routine. But complications set in when the film crew lose their objectivity and begin lending a hand.
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Movie: The Long Good Friday ( 1981 )
An up-and-coming gangster is tested by the insurgence of an unknown, very powerful threat.
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TV Show: Wormwood ( 2017 )
In this genre-bending tale, Errol Morris explores the mysterious death of a U.S. scientist entangled in a secret Cold War program known as MK-Ultra.
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Movie: Derailed ( 2005 )
When two married business executives having an affair are blackmailed by a violent criminal, the two must turn the tables on him to save their families.
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Movie: The Salton Sea ( 2002 )
After a tragic incident, a man drifts into a world populated by thugs and speed junkies.
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Movie: Game of Swords ( 2006 )
Set in the 16th century, a sheriff working on a series of murders has to choose between his conscience and protecting his family when he's tied to the crimes.
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Movie: Fresh ( 1994 )
Death and violence anger a twelve-year-old drug courier, who sets his employers against each other.
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Movie: Malice ( 1993 )
A tale about a happily married couple who would like to have children. Tracy teaches art, Andy's a college dean. Things are never the same after she is taken to hospital and operated upon by Jed, a "know all" doctor.
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TV Show: Dogs of Berlin ( 2018 )
Dogs of Berlin tells the story of two contrasting Berlin police detectives who become a team against their will – and are forced into a territorial battle with the Berlin underworld that confronts them with their own human weaknesses and criminal activities – and into a final decision on which side of the law they're actually on.
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Movie: Trapped ( 2002 )
When their daughter is abducted and taken for ransom by a gang of serial kidnappers, a young doctor and his wife find themselves held hostage while a 24-hour plan to extort their money is set into motion. Now, with time running out and the health of their asthmatic daughter at serious risk, they find themselves in a life-and-death race against the clock as the "perfect crime" begins spiraling towards an unthinkable, terrifying and deadly conclusion.
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Movie: Addiction: A 60's Love Story ( 2015 )
NEW YORK CITY, 1968 Max Bornstein had the wit, looks and charm that would carry him beyond the typical man's troubles. He was untouchable... Yet the typical man's troubles were the least of Max's worries: He was a full-time dope fiend and a part-time father working within the underground, highly illegal pornography industry.
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Movie: The Snowtown Murders ( 2011 )
Based on true events, 16 year-old Jamie falls in with his mother's new boyfriend and his crowd of self-appointed neighborhood watchmen, a relationship that leads to a spree of torture and murder.
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Movie: Wolf Warrior ( 2015 )
A Chinese special force soldier with extraordinary marksmanship is confronted by a group of deadly foreign mercenaries who are hired to assassinate him by a vicious drug lord.
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Movie: Nitro Rush ( 2016 )
We find Max in jail, after losing his young wife. When he learns that his son Theo has just been hired by a criminal organization, Max will risk everything to save him. His car chase and athletic skills prove to be a great asset.
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TV Show: Law & Order True Crime ( 2017 )
This true-crime installment of the powerhouse "Law & Order" franchise delivers a gripping in-depth dramatization of the notorious murder case that changed America forever. When the Menendez brothers were tried on national TV for brutally killing their parents in Beverly Hills, their story became a national obsession. The first edition of this anthology series delves into the players, the crime and the media circus, detailing the day-to-day battles of the trial and unveiling the shocking truth of what really went down when the cameras stopped rolling.
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Movie: Loving Pablo ( 2018 )
A journalist strikes up a romantic relationship with notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar.
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Movie: Alone in the Night ( 1994 )
Nami, the widow of a disgraced narcotics officer seeks to clear his name by going undercover.
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Movie: The Persian Connection ( 2016 )
After being wrongly accused of stealing from his former boss, an Iranian gangster with girl problems must hunt down stolen drugs in this neon-noir fever dream set in the bizarre Persian and Russian Los Angeles underworld where obscene reigns supreme.
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Movie: Rumble Fish ( 1983 )
Rusty James, an absent-minded street thug struggles to live up to his legendary older brother's reputation, and longs for the days when gang warfare was going on.
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Movie: Trade ( 2007 )
Adriana is a 13-year-old girl from Mexico City whose kidnapping by sex traffickers sets in motion a desperate mission by her 17-year-old brother, Jorge, to save her. Trapped and terrified by an underground network of international thugs who earn...
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Movie: American Mobster: Retribution ( 2021 )
Nick Romano must navigate through murder, violence, and betrayal in order to maintain his place as the top mobster in Miami.
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Movie: Billy Bathgate ( 1991 )
In the year 1935, a teen named Billy Bathgate finds first love while becoming the protégé of fledgling gangster Dutch Schultz.
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Movie: American Heist ( 2015 )
James owes his life to his older brother, Frankie after taking the rap for a crime they committed together. While Frankie served time, James worked to turn his life around, got a steady job and began courting his former girlfriend Emily. Now, Frankie is released and back on the streets with no money and no place to go.
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Movie: City of Ghosts ( 2003 )
A con man (Matt Dillon) travels to Cambodia (also on the run from law enforcement in the U.S.) to collect his share in an insurance scam, but discovers more than he bargained for.
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Movie: The Business ( 2005 )
Frankie is sent from London to Spain to make a delivery to Charlie, who likes the kid and shows him the ropes including the use of guns and drugs. Frankie likes the sun, pools and the cute, bikini clad girls and stays in Spain.
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Movie: That Was Then... This Is Now ( 1985 )
Two juvenile delinquents find themselves growing apart, for one is growing up, and the other is staying young and reckless.
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Movie: Brotherhood ( 2010 )
A college fraternity initiation rite goes awfully wrong. A bullet wounded frat boy and a kidnapped convenience store clerk end up at the frat house. Panic continues.
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Movie: The Air I Breathe ( 2008 )
A drama based on an ancient Chinese proverb that breaks life down into four emotional cornerstones: happiness, pleasure, sorrow and love. A businessman bets his life on a horse race; a gangster sees the future; a pop star falls prey to a crime boss; a doctor must save the love of his life.
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Movie: Angel ( 1984 )
Molly, a high schooler, secretly earns her living as Angel, a street prostitute whose only family and friends are the ones she works with on the streets. She has to survive against a serial killer who is targeting people of her profession.
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Movie: 10th & Wolf ( 2007 )
A former street tough returns to his Philadelphia home after a stint in the military. Back on his home turf, he once again finds himself tangling with the mob boss who was instrumental in his going off to be a soldier.
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Movie: 44 Inch Chest ( 2010 )
A jealous husband and his friends plot the kidnapping of his wife's lover with the intention of restoring his wounded ego.
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Movie: Best Seller ( 1987 )
A hitman approachs a writer to help him create the next best seller on his career, but the violent world he was a part of has other plans.
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Movie: Z ( 1969 )
Following the murder of a prominent leftist, an investigator tries to uncover the truth while government officials attempt to cover up their roles.
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Movie: 88 Minutes ( 2007 )
On the day that a serial killer that he helped put away is supposed to be executed, a noted forensic psychologist and college professor receives a call informing him that he has 88 minutes left to live.
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Movie: Witness to the Mob ( 1998 )
Underboss "The Bull" Gravano rises through the ranks of the Gambino mob. His brutal past catches up to him when he lands behind bars and faces the life-threatening decision to turn state's evidence against his former friend, John Gotti.
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Movie: The Assignment ( 1997 )
1986. In his civilian clothes while on shore leave in Jerusalem, Lieutenant Commander Annibal Ramirez of the US Navy is captured and interrogated by who he eventually learns is Mossad in a case of mistaken identity. Because of the resemblance, they believed him to be Carlos the Jackal, one of if not the most wanted and dangerous terrorist in the world. Shortly following, Henry Fields, using the alias Jack Shaw, he the Paris deputy chief of CIA counter-terrorism whose primary mission for at least the past ten years has been to get rid of Carlos in any way possible, tries to recruit Ramirez to work on a covert CIA-Mossad operation to stop Carlos' terrorist activities with the ultimate goal of Carlos' capture or death. The plan is for Ramirez to impersonate Carlos, in the process discrediting Carlos in the eyes of his current KGB backers, and thus effectively ending his career as a terrorist, with nowhere he can longer hide. After an initial reluctance on Ramirez's part, Shaw is able to convince him to do the job. The rigorous training is to ensure that Ramirez not only looks like Carlos, but instinctively behaves like Carlos, even to those closest to him, which also means how he makes love as one of Ramirez's interactions is to be with one of Carlos' old girlfriends. Beyond the potential problem of getting caught by Carlos or his associates, Ramirez may have problems stomaching his work and reconciling it with his real life as a military man. If he is able to carry out the mission and survive, the bigger question becomes whether being Carlos will have transformed his inherent being permanently.
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Movie: The Hard Word ( 2003 )
3 brothers are in and out of prison in connection with heists planned by their lawyer et al. He gets them out for the heists and "looks after" the money and one's wife.
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Movie: Break ( 2020 )
Spencer Pryde (Sam Gittins), a gifted snooker player is wasting his talents, choosing instead to indulge in petty crime with his mates, but when things begin spiralling out of control, he seeks sanctuary in the one place he feels safe, the local snooker hall. While there, he is presented with an opportunity to turn his life around after a chance encounter with a Chinese stranger named Qiang (David Yip). Qiang, a former 8-ball pool champion turned coach, tries to convince Spencer to turn pro. But, in order to make a new life for himself, Spencer will need to break away from his friends, his environment, and the negative elements of his current life.
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Movie: The Criminal Mind ( 1996 )
A young District Attorney pays a visit to his older brother, who is a Mafia boss. The older brother forces his girlfriend and his brother to witness a double murder, then sets them up so an Asian organized crime gang believes they committed the murders.
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Movie: Extreme Measures ( 1996 )
A young doctor confronts a famous colleague when he learns about the true methods of his work.
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Movie: The Funeral ( 1996 )
In the 30's, in New York, the coffin of the leftist gangster Johnny Tempio is brought to the house of his older brother Ray for the wake of family and friends. Ray is a cold gangster that likes to read and is married to Jean. His brother Chez is a hot head that runs a bar and is married to Clara . Ray decides to revenge the murder of his younger brother and believes the gangster Gaspare is the one who killed Johnny. Meanwhile Chez has a breakdown with tragic consequences for the Tempio brothers.
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Movie: The Alliance ( 2021 )
4 drug dealers call a truce and form an Alliance,but after 20 years of peace one member is forced to kill the others.
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Movie: 33 Postcards ( 2013 )
Dean Randall has sponsored Mei Mei, a young Chinese orphan, for many years. When she arrives in Sydney out of the blue to thank him, their lives are changed forever.
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Movie: Fragments ( 2009 )
A group of strangers form a unique relationship with each other after surviving a random shooting at a Los Angeles diner.
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Movie: Avenging Angel ( 1985 )
Molly, former baby prostitute "Angel" from Sunset Boulevard, has managed to leave her street life with help of Lt. Andrews. She studies law at an university and aims to become attorney. When she learns that Andrews was shot during a failed observation by brutal gangsters, she returns downtown to take revenge. She frees Kit Carson from the old people's home and together with the other old friends she tracks down the bad guys.
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Movie: Next Time I'll Aim for the Heart ( 2016 )
For several months in 1978 and 1979, inhabitants of Oise live in fright and terror as a serial killer disturbs the peace and quiet.
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Movie: Night of the Running Man ( 1995 )
A Las Vegas cab driver discovers a stolen million dollars, and is tracked by a relentless and cold-blooded assassin sent to retrieve the money.
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Movie: The Good Thief ( 2003 )
An aging gambler on a losing streak attempts to rob a casino in Monte Carlo. But someone's already tipped off the cops before he even makes a move.
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Movie: Yakuza and the Family ( 2021 )
Kenji Yamamoto's father died from using a stimulant drug. His life fell into desperation. Kenji then joined a crime syndicate. There, he meets the gang's boss Hiroshi Shibasaki. Hiroshi reaches out to Kenji and they developed a relationship like father and son. As time passes, Kenji has his own family.
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Movie: The Sweeney ( 2013 )
A hardened detective in the Flying Squad of London's Metropolitan police. Based on the '70s UK TV show.
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Movie: Soldier's Girl ( 2003 )
The true story of the price a young soldier paid for falling in love with a transsexual night-club performer.
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Movie: Rob the Mob ( 2014 )
A Queens couple who specialize in robbing mafia social clubs stumble upon a score bigger than they could ever imagine, becoming targets of both the mob and the FBI in the process.
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Movie: Plunkett & Macleane ( 1999 )
Two robbers are persecuted by the law, whose servants are not much better and even worse.
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Movie: Outlaw ( 2007 )
A group of people who feel betrayed by their government and let down by their Police force form a modern-day outlaw posse in order to right what they see as the wrongs of society.
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Movie: Sonny ( 2003 )
An honorably discharged soldier returns home to New Orleans, hoping to break away from his upbringing as a trained prostitute, but his brothel-madam mother has other expectations.
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Movie: 3 Blind Mice ( 2003 )
Thomas snoops on people using their web cams, but when he witnesses a murder he calls the police who discover several women have been murdered in the last years in a similar way.
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Movie: Homicide ( 1991 )
A Jewish homicide detective investigates a seemingly minor murder and falls in with a Zionist group as a result.
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Movie: Good Grief It's Friday ( 2021 )
A former Bay City cop tries to keep his failing P. I. business alive, and his loyal assistant employed, by finding and returning a piece of very expensive jewelry for a fabulously wealthy and beautiful client. She's the first client he's had in a long time but Philip discovers that there is far more to her story than she told him. Most puzzling of all, the police don't want him to follow this case or the suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of his late wife. The deeper he goes into this case, the clearer it becomes that everyone with whom he comes in contact has a secret.
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Movie: Pusher ( 2012 )
In London, a street dealer's life spins out of control over the course of one week after he borrows money from his supplier on what's supposed to be a sure thing.
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Movie: Shadowboxer ( 2006 )
When an assassin is diagnosed with terminal cancer, she decides to carry out one final killing, assisted by her lover and stepson, Mikey.
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Movie: Momo: The Sam Giancana Story ( 2011 )
The Giancana family unites to make "Momo: The Sam Giancana Story." His daughters speak publicly for the first time on Momo's involvement with the assassinations of Marilyn Monroe and JFK.
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Movie: The Mod Squad ( 1999 )
Three problem teens sent to jail are offered a deal to work with an undercover cop, uncover an intricate drug ring and are caught in a deadly set-up. With cops on their trail, they have little time to solve the case and clear their names.
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Movie: 1st Strike ( 2016 )
Juan is a teenager in a gang-infested LA barrio. When his Uncle Manny invites him out on a joy ride, the situation goes bad. Juan is accused of a crime he did not commit. Now Juan is caught between loyalty to his uncle and the Law.
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Movie: Moving Parts ( 2018 )
Two very different couples are drawn into organized crime, but it becomes clear before long that everything and everyone is not what they seem.
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Movie: In the Time of the Butterflies ( 2004 )
In the Time of the Butterflies is inspired by the true story of the three Mirabal sisters who, in 1960, were murdered for their part in an underground plot to overthrow the government.
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Movie: Revansa ( 2008 )
Ex-con Alex plans to flee to the South with his girl after a robbery. But something terrible happens and revenge seems inevitable.
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Movie: Ichi ( 2008 )
Ichi is a blind woman who roams about town with her shamisen (a three-stringed Japanese guitar), but she has exceptional sword skills with which she fights off yakuza and other villains.
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Movie: The Glitter Dome ( 1984 )
In this seedy neo-noire tale, two Hollywood homicide cops investigating a movie mogul's murder stumble upon a child-pornography ring.
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Movie: The Young Americans ( 1993 )
Experienced New York Police Detective John Harris is sent to London to help a local task force investigate a series of gangster killings organized by a new player in town, an American. Harris uses a teen wronged by gangsters to get to him.
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Movie: Wicked Love: The Maria Korp Story ( 2010 )
A tragic tale of a bizarre love triangle which ended in attempted murder in the outer suburbs of Melbourne in 2005.
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Movie: The Suspicions of Mr Whicher: The Murder at Road Hill House ( 2011 )
Based on true events. Scotland Yard Detective Inspector Jack Whicher is sent to rural Wiltshire to investigate the horrific murder of a three-year-old boy.
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Movie: Spitfire ( 2018 )
The story of the fighter plane and pilots that helped win the Battle of Britain in World War II.
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Movie: Inside ( 1996 )
A South African political prisoner is tortured to obtain information on apartheid conspirators. Ten years later, the head officer in charge of the questioning is similarly held as prisoner and questioned about his past offenses.
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Movie: Frank Nitti: The Enforcer ( 1988 )
True story of Al Capone's notorious hitman.
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Movie: Killer: A Journal of Murder ( 1996 )
Carl Panzram is sent to Leavenworth Prison for burglary. While there, he is brutally beaten by a guard. Neophyte guard Henry Lesser feels sympathy for Panzram, befriends him, and gets him to write his life story. Lesser learns that Panzram's past is much more violent than he thought, but also that he's capable of being a much better person than the rest of the prison staff believes - or so Lesser thinks.
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Movie: Four Corners ( 2014 )
Fatherless and raised by his grandmother, thirteen year old Ricardo Galam lives in South Africa's Cape Flats, a unique and volatile sub culture dominated by two Number gangs, the 26 and 28. Ricardo's future as a chess prodigy is threatened by his growing interest in the 26 whose local leader is grooming him as a potential member. Unknown to Ricardo, the father he's never known has been released from prison. Farakhan, a reformed general in the 28, is back in his old neighbourhood, an intruder in 26 territory. In a story that is at times raw and violent at other times touching and true. FOUR CORNERS is a gripping drama set against the backdrop of a gang war in Cape Town which has been raging for a 100 years; a little known fact.
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Movie: The Formula ( 1980 )
The synthetic fuel production formula, invented by the Nazis at the end of World War II, is sought after by some who aim to sell it, and by others who wish to destroy it.
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Movie: Boss of Bosses ( 2005 )
The story of the rise and fall of the powerful New York City organized crime boss, Paul Castellano.
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Movie: Asian School Girls ( 2014 )
After four Asian schoolgirls are drugged and gangraped by members of a crime syndicate, they train to hunt them down and exact revenge.
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Movie: Redacted ( 2007 )
The devastating reconstruction of the rape and murder of a 15-year-old Iraqi girl by American soldiers in Samarra in 2006.
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Movie: The Great Riviera Bank Robbery ( 1980 )
A group of fascists plan to finance their work by pulling off a bank robbery.
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Movie: The Driftless Area ( 2016 )
A bartender comes back to his hometown after his parents die, and finds himself in a dangerous situation involving a mysterious woman and a violent criminal.
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Movie: Top Coat Cash ( 2017 )
After losing a major fight, a professional MMA fighter returns home from Vegas, where he reunites with various individuals from his past - including a father/son duo who recruit him to engage in their daring bank heists.
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Movie: Catch Hell ( 2014 )
A fading Hollywood pretty-boy gets taken and brutalized in Louisiana by two local men with his total ruination at heart.
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Movie: Napoli, Napoli, Napoli ( 2010 )
With his crooked face and rough demeanor Abel Ferrara looks and acts like he could have been born in Naples, Italy, the subject and location of his raw and hyper reality film Naples Naples Naples. Inspired by real events, this docudrama, narrated by the director, depicts a young woman, named Lucia, metaphysically lost in the passionate and vibrant streets of Naples. Meanwhile, two local men, Sebastiano and Ciccio, are sent to murder their partner-in-crime Carmine for being un-loyal to their business. Mixed in among the drama are interviews with local residents and inmates of a men's and women's prison detailing their lives in the poverty and crime-ridden city of Naples.
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Movie: The Butcher ( 2009 )
For nearly twenty years after his boxing career ended Merle Hench works for Murdoch, the capo of a San Fernando mob outfit. Merle spends his days cracking heads and collecting debts, it is not a job he enjoys.
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Movie: Spirits of St. Paul: The Gangster Era ( 2012 )
This award-winning drama depicts The Gangster Era in St Paul in the 1920s & 30s. John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson, Machine Gun Kelly and most notably, Ma Barker's Barker-Karpis Gang and many others were given safe haven by corrupt cops in exchange for their promise to not commit any crimes inside the city limits of St Paul.
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Movie: Home of the Giants ( 2007 )
A story about basketball and befriending. Gar is a High School journalist who, while covering the team to the state championship, is best friends with the teams' main "Star" Matt Dunbar. Matt's older brother persuades him to steal money from a drug dealers' home. Gar tags along, but soon things go horribly wrong. One question to ask is "Will the Giants win the big game? "
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Movie: Fight the Good Fight ( 2017 )
After his eldest son is murdered in a gangland hit, an absentee father desperately tries to protect what's left of the shattered family he abandoned.
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Movie: The Sign of Four ( 1987 )
The disappearance of a young woman's father and a mysterious note years later after the strange regular annual delivery of valuable pearls to her puts Sherlock Holmes on the case.
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Movie: Assassination Tango ( 2003 )
An aging hitman gets a contract to kill a General in Buenos Aires, Argentina. But when his mark becomes unavailable, he becomes involved in Argentinian tango culture.
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Movie: A New York Heartbeat ( 2013 )
Spider, a young gang leader, gets in over his head when he robs a notorious gangster. On the run, he's taken in by a sheltered young woman and her reclusive uncle, a legendary mobster gunned down by the same gangster now pursuing Spider.
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Movie: The Stranger Beside Me ( 2003 )
While working at a Seattle clinic for women in the 1970s, aspiring crime writer, Ann Rule, unwittingly becomes friends with serial killer Ted Bundy.
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Movie: If... Dog... Rabbit ( 2000 )
Johnnie Cooper (Matthew Modine) served time for an armed robbery, in which his father and brother also participated. When he's released from jail, he's determined to live a normal life, and gets work at a gas station. But soon his brother pays a visit.
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Movie: King of Crime ( 2018 )
When the biggest player in British cyber-crime faces destruction by some deadly serious Islamic extremists, he knows it's time to settle old scores and play the biggest scam of his life - before bailing out fast.
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Movie: The Hound of the Baskervilles ( 1988 )
When the latest heir to the Baskerville estate seems to be threatened by a family curse, only the master detective, Sherlock Holmes, can find out the truth.
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Movie: Cold Around the Heart ( 1997 )
Lovers Ned and Jude snatch a lot of diamonds in a jewelry store holdup, leaving three dead bodies. Ned is captured, but soon escapes and vows revenge on Jude, who pushed him out of their escaping car. Ned is joined in his search for Jude by female hitchhiker Bec.