Category Archives: Crime
Darkness Falls
Release 2020
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Director: Julien Seri
Writers: Giles Daoust
Stars: Shawn Ashmore, Gary Cole, Daniella Alonso, Richard Harmon, Judah Mackey
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6647564/
After his wife's suicide, Detective Jeff Anderson becomes convinced that she has been murdered. Obsessed with his investigation, he finds out that his wife was the victim of a team of father-and-son serial killers and sets out to stop them.
The Last Days of American Crime
Release 2020
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Director: Olivier Megaton
Writers: Karl Gajdusek, Karl Gajdusek, Greg Tocchini
Stars: Michael Pitt, Sharlto Copley, Edgar RamÃrez, Anna Brewster, Carel Nel
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1552211/
In the not-too-distant future, as a final response to terrorism and crime, the U.S. government plans to broadcast a signal making it impossible for anyone to knowingly commit unlawful acts.
The Lovebirds
Release 2020
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Director: Michael Showalter
Writers: Aaron Abrams, Brendan Gall, Martin Gero
Stars: Issa Rae, Kumail Nanjiani, Paul Sparks, Anna Camp, Nicholas X. Parsons
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8851668/
A couple (Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani) experiences a defining moment in their relationship when they are unintentionally embroiled in a murder mystery.
Capone
Release 2020
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Director: Josh Trank
Writer: Josh Trank
Stars: Linda Cardellini, Tom Hardy, Noel Fisher, Kyle MacLachlan, Matt Dillon
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6199572/
The 47-year old Al Capone, after 10 years in prison, starts suffering from dementia and comes to be haunted by his violent past.
Calm with Horses
Release 2019
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Director: Nick Rowland
Writers: Joe Murtagh
Stars: Barry Keoghan, Ned Dennehy, Niamh Algar, Cosmo Jarvis, Anthony Welsh
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4460792/
Douglas 'Arm' Armstrong has become the feared enforcer for the drug-dealing Devers family, whilst also trying to be a good father. Torn between these two families, Arm's loyalties are tested when he is asked to kill for the first time.
Arkansas
Release 2020
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Director: Clark Duke
Writers: Andrew Boonkrong, Clark Duke
Stars: Liam Hemsworth, Vince Vaughn, Michael Kenneth Williams, John Malkovich, Vivica A. Fox
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9139586/
Kyle and Swin live by the orders of an Arkansas-based drug kingpin named Frog, whom they've never met. But when a deal goes horribly wrong, the consequences are deadly.
The Quarry
Release 2020
Genre Crime, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: Scott Teems
Writers: Scott Teems, Andrew Brotzman, Damon Galgut
Stars: Shea Whigham, Michael Shannon, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Bobby Soto, Bruno Bichir
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10151054/
A drifter (Shea Whigham) kills a traveling preacher and takes his place at a small-town church, but the police chief (Michael Shannon) suspects foul play.
Blue Story
Release 2019
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Director: Rapman
Writers: Rapman, Rapman
Stars: Stephen Odubola, Micheal Ward, Khali Best, Karla-Simone Spence, Eric Kofi-Abrefa
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9285882/
Feature adaptation of Rapman's YouTube series about two young friends who become rivals in a street war.
The Whistlers
Release 2019
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Director: Corneliu Porumboiu
Writer: Corneliu Porumboiu
Stars: Vlad Ivanov, Catrinel Marlon, Rodica Lazar, Agustà Villaronga, Sabin Tambrea
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7921248/
Not everything is as it seems for Cristi, a policeman who plays both sides of the law. Embarking with the beautiful Gilda on a high-stakes heist, both will have to navigate the twists and turns of corruption, treachery and deception.
The Gentlemen
Release 2019
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Director: Guy Ritchie
Writers: Guy Ritchie, Guy Ritchie, Ivan Atkinson
Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Michelle Dockery, Jeremy Strong, Lyne Renee
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8367814/
An American expat tries to sell off his highly profitable marijuana empire in London, triggering plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an attempt to steal his domain out from under him.