Category Archives: Crime
Kings
Release 2017
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Director: Deniz Gamze Ergüven
Writer: Deniz Gamze Ergüven
Stars: Halle Berry, Daniel Craig, Lamar Johnson
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5843850/
The life of a foster family in South Central Los Angeles, a few weeks before the city erupts in violence following the verdict of the Rodney King trial.
Sweet Country
Release 2017
Genre Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Director: Warwick Thornton
Writers: Steven McGregor, David Tranter
Stars: Bryan Brown, Matt Day, Tremayne Doolan
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6958212/
Australian western set on the Northern Territory frontier in the 1920s, where justice itself is put on trial when an aged Aboriginal farmhand shoots a white man in self defense and goes on the run as posse gathers to hunt him down.
Loving Pablo
Release 2017
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Director: Fernando León de Aranoa
Writers: Fernando León de Aranoa, Virginia Vallejo
Stars: Javier Bardem, Penélope Cruz, Peter Sarsgaard
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4682788/
A journalist strikes up a romantic relationship with notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar.
7 Days in Entebbe
Release 2018
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Director: José Padilha
Writers: Gregory Burke
Stars: Rosamund Pike, Daniel Brühl, Eddie Marsan
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5466186/
Inspired by the true events of the 1976 hijacking of an Air France flight en route from Tel Aviv to Paris, and the most daring rescue mission ever attempted.
Gringo
Release 2018
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Director: Nash Edgerton
Writers: Anthony Tambakis, Matthew Stone
Stars: Joel Edgerton, Charlize Theron, David Oyelowo
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3721964/
GRINGO, a dark comedy mixed with white-knuckle action and dramatic intrigue, explores the battle of survival for businessman Harold Soyinka (David Oyelowo) when he finds himself crossing the line from law-abiding citizen to wanted criminal.
Death Wish
Release 2018
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Director: Eli Roth
Writers: Joe Carnahan, Brian Garfield, Wendell Mayes
Stars: Bruce Willis, Vincent D'Onofrio, Elisabeth Shue
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1137450/
Dr. Paul Kersey is an experienced trauma surgeon, a man who has spent his life saving lives. After an attack on his family, Paul embarks on his own mission for justice.
Dark Crimes
Release 2016
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Director: Alexandros Avranas
Writers: Jeremy Brock, David Grann
Stars: Jim Carrey, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Marton Csokas
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1901024/
A murder investigation of a slain business man turns to clues found in an author's book about an eerily similar crime. Based on the 2008 article "True Crimes - A postmodern murder mystery" by David Grann.
Terminal
Release 2018
Genre Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
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Director: Vaughn Stein
Stars: Simon Pegg, Dexter Fletcher, Mike Myers
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4463816/
In the dark heart of a sprawling, anonymous city, TERMINAL follows the twisting tales of two assassins carrying out a sinister mission, a teacher battling a fatal illness, an enigmatic janitor and a curious waitress leading a dangerous double life. Murderous consequences unravel in the dead of night as their lives all intertwine at the hands of a mysterious criminal mastermind hell-bent on revenge.
Game Night
Release 2018
Genre Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein
Writers: Mark Perez
Stars: Jason Bateman, Rachel McAdams, Kyle Chandler
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2704998/
A group of friends who meet regularly for game nights find themselves entangled in a real-life mystery.
The Escape of Prisoner 614
Release 2018
Genre Adventure, Comedy, Crime
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Director: Zach Golden
Writer: Zach Golden
Stars: Ron Perlman, Martin Starr, Jake McDorman
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7375578/
Two inept, small-town Sheriff's Deputies catch an escaped prisoner that they believe was wrongly convicted.