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Crime movies

A deep dive into the underworld of gangsters, detectives, and heists where the line between right and wrong blurs.

Subgenres include: Organized Crime, Heist, Con Artist Crime.

Very Bad Things

1191. Very Bad Things

Comedy Crime Thriller
6.3

19981h 40min

United States

Director: Peter Berg

Kyle Fisher has one last night to celebrate life as a single man before marrying Laura, so he sets out to Vegas with four of his best buddies. But a drug and alcohol filled night on the town with a stripper who goes all the way, turns into a cold night in the desert with shovels when the stripper goes all the way into a body bag after dying in their bathroom. And that's just the first of the bodies to pile up before Kyle can walk down the aisle...


Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

1192. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

Comedy Crime Heist Dark Comedy
8.1

19981h 45min

United Kingdom, United States

Director: Guy Ritchie

Four mates stake everything on a card shark’s big poker night, but a rigged game leaves them owing a brutal debt collector half a million in a week, forcing them to rob the gang next door and setting off a chain of double-crosses that spins their small-time hustle into all-out criminal chaos.

Themes

Loyalty under strain, High stakes deception, Debt pressure in crime, Escalation of violence, Value of weaponry, Rival gang pressure

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Snake Eyes

1193. Snake Eyes

Crime Mystery Thriller
6.1

19981h 38min

United States

Director: Brian De Palma

All bets are off when shady homicide cop Rick Santoro witnesses a murder during a boxing match. Determined to solve the crime, he quickly learns that his search for answers will only uncover yet more questions in an ever-widening web of conspiracy, intrigue, and danger.


The Negotiator

1194. The Negotiator

Action Crime Drama Thriller Kidnapping & Captivity Thriller
7.3

19982h 20min

Germany, United States

Director: F. Gary Gray

After being falsely accused of murder, a former police negotiator sees no other way out than to take hostages himself in a skyscraper.

Themes

Abuse of power, Internal corruption, Investigative deception, Disability fund fraud, Insider betrayal, Trust under siege

Available on

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Apple TV
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Lethal Weapon 4

1195. Lethal Weapon 4

Action Adventure Comedy Crime Thriller
6.6

19982h 7min

United States

Director: Richard Donner

With personal crises and age weighing in on them, Riggs and Murtaugh must contend with deadly Chinese triads trying to free their former leaders from prison and onto American soil.


Out of Sight

1196. Out of Sight

Romance Comedy Crime
7.0

19982h 3min

United States

Director: Steven Soderbergh

Meet Jack Foley, a smooth criminal who bends the law and is determined to make one last heist. Karen Sisco is a federal marshal who chooses all the right moves … and all the wrong guys. Now they're willing to risk it all to find out if there's more between them than just the law.


A Perfect Murder

1197. A Perfect Murder

Crime Thriller Drama
6.6

19981h 47min

United States

Director: Andrew Davis

Extremely successful financier Steven Taylor considers his young wife his greatest treasure. But their relationship is far from perfect: Steven suspects she’s cheating on him, and decides to hire a hitman…


Black Cat, White Cat

1198. Black Cat, White Cat

Comedy Romance Crime
8.0

19982h 7min

France, Germany

Director: Emir Kusturica

Matko is a small time hustler, living by the Danube with his 17-year-old son Zare. After a failed business deal he owes money to the much more successful gangster Dadan. Dadan has a sister, Afrodita, that he desperately wants to see get married so they strike a deal: Zare is to marry her.


Bulworth

1199. Bulworth

Comedy Drama Crime Thriller Romance
6.8

19981h 48min

United States

Director: Warren Beatty

A suicidally disillusioned liberal politician puts a contract out on himself and takes the opportunity to be bluntly honest with his voters by affecting the rhythms and speech of hip-hop music and culture.


The Rose Seller

1200. The Rose Seller

Drama Crime
7.4

19981h 55min

Colombia

Director: Víctor Gaviria

Monica is 13 years old and has already created her own world, on the street, where she fights courageously to defend what little she has: her friends, her boyfriend, who sells drugs, and her dignity and pride that makes no concessions to anyone. On Christmas night, like every night, she sells roses to make a living. But life brings her a new appointment with loneliness, poverty, drugs and death.