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.
1281. Trainspotting
Drama Crime Coming-of-Age Drama Narcotics Crime1996•1h 34min
United Kingdom
Director: Danny Boyle
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Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends --Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy. He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane, along for the ride. After cleaning up and moving from Edinburgh to London, Mark finds he can't escape the life he left behind as Begbie and Sick Boy come knocking.
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Two parents deal with the effects when their son is accused of murdering his girlfriend.
Upon his release from a mental hospital following a nervous breakdown, the directionless Anthony joins his friend Dignan, who seems far less sane than the former. Dignan has hatched a harebrained scheme for an as-yet-unspecified crime spree that somehow involves his former boss, the (supposedly) legendary Mr. Henry.
A policeman from Stockholm come to Norrbotten in Sweden, to join his brother, now when their father is dead. While there he starts to work on a long-running case where reindeers have been poached and soon discovers that his brother is involved...
After the funeral of one of their own, a criminal family decides to embark on an emotionally unnerving journey in an attempt to exact bloody revenge.
After kidnapping a father and his two kids, the Gecko brothers head south to a seedy Mexican bar to hide out in safety, unaware of its notorious vampire clientele.
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When Ashtray moves to South Central L.A. to live with his father (who appears to be the same age he is) and grandmother (who likes to talk tough and smoke reefer), he falls in with his gang-banging cousin Loc Dog, who along with the requisite pistols and Uzi carries a thermo-nuclear warhead for self-defense. Will Ashtray be able to keep living the straight life?
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Los Angeles’ best detective picks up the trail of a crew of top-tier robbers after they make a mistake during their latest heist.
Five different criminals face imminent death after botching a job quite badly.
1290. Casino
Crime Drama Organized Crime Psychological Drama1995•2h 59min
France, United States
Director: Martin Scorsese
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In Las Vegas, two best friends--a casino executive and a Mafia enforcer--compete for a gambling empire and a fast-living, fast-loving socialite.
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