Crime movies

A drug pusher grows increasingly desperate after a botched deal leaves him with a large debt to a ruthless drug lord.

Following the arrest of her mother, Ramona, young Vanessa Lutz decides to go in search of her estranged grandmother. On the way, she is given a ride by school counselor Bob Wolverton. During the journey, Lutz begins to realize that Bob is the notorious I-5 Killer and manages to escape by shooting him several times. Wounded but still very much alive, Bob pursues Lutz across the state in this modern retelling of Little Red Riding Hood.

Shinji and Masaru spend most of their school days harassing fellow classmates and playing pranks. They drop out and Shinji becomes a small-time boxer, while Masaru joins up with a local yakuza gang. However, the world is a tough place.

A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.

A young half-Navajo convict dying of cancer forces a yuppie doctor to drive him to a magic healing lake.

In 1950s Los Angeles, a special crime squad of the LAPD investigates the murder of a young woman.

When an inner-city Miami schoolteacher gets her knee broken after standing up to the school's gang leader, her mercenary combat specialist boyfriend goes undercover as a substitute teacher to take down the punk. Soon he discovers a conspiracy of criminals at work, and must reassemble his team from his last jungle raid to stop them.

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Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. It's going to be a snap and nobody's going to get hurt... until people start dying. Enter Police Chief Marge, a coffee-drinking, parka-wearing - and extremely pregnant - investigator who'll stop at nothing to get her man. And if you think her small-time investigative skills will give the crooks a run for their ransom... you betcha!

Themes

Deception and manipulation, Criminal escalation, Financial desperation, False promises, Investigative persistence, Moral ambiguity

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Police arrest a young man accused of the brutal murder of an archbishop. Successful attorney Martin Vail takes the case, and although all the evidence points to the boy’s guilt, he’s convinced it isn’t as simple as it looks at first glance.

Themes

Power dynamics, Moral ambiguity in law, Duty vs prestige, Manipulation in high-profile cases, Deception and evidence, Identity and persona ambiguity

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A tough, Jewish ex-con just released from prison crosses a powerful drug dealer and former prison rival in his return to a life of crime.