The Collini Casewednesday 12 august 2020 | Drama Thriller CrimeLawyer Caspar Leinen (Elyas M'Barek) is confronted with a spectacular case when appointed by the court as a defence counsel: the 70-year-old Italian Fabrizio Collini (Franco Nero) has worked in Germany for more than 30 years as a blameless citizen, and then goes and kills the respected industrial magnate Hans Meyer (Manfred Zapatka) in his Berlin hotel suite for no apparent reason. For Caspar, there is much more at stake than his first big case as a defence lawyer. The victim is the grandfather of his childhood sweetheart Johanna (Alexandra Maria Lara) and was like a surrogate father for Caspa... | |
HhhH - The Man With The Iron Heartwednesday 20 september 2017 | Crime Drama Action War1942: The Third Reich is at its peak. The Czech resistance in London decides to plan the most ambitious military operation of WWII: Anthropoid. Two young recruits in their late twenties, Jozef Gabcik and Jan Kubis, are sent to Prague to assassinate the most ruthless Nazi leader - Reich-protector Reinhard Heydrich, Head of the SS, the Gestapo, and the architect of the "Final Solution". | |
American Hustlewednesday 12 february 2014 | Crime DramaA fictional film set in the alluring world of one of the most extraordinary scandals of the 1970s, AMERICAN HUSTLE tells the story of brilliant con man Irving Rosenfeld (Christian Bale), who along with his equally cunning and seductive partner Sydney Prosser (Amy Adams) is forced to work for a wild FBI agent Richie DiMaso (Bradley Cooper). DiMaso pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia thats as dangerous as it is enchanting. Jeremy Renner is Carmine Polito, the passionate, volatile, New Jersey political operator caught between the con-artists and Feds. Irvings unpredictable w... | |
Oldboywednesday 22 january 2014 | Thriller CrimeOLDBOY is a provocative, visceral thriller that follows the story of Joe Doucette, a man who is abruptly kidnapped and held hostage for 20 years in solitary confinement, for no apparent reason. When he is suddenly released without explanation, he begins an obsessive mission to find out who imprisoned him, only to discover that the real mystery is why he was set free. | |
Gambitwednesday 20 february 2013 | Comedy CrimeA British thief (Firth) discovers that no plan is infallible when he recruits a beautiful woman (Diaz) to help him steal a priceless statue from an impossibly wealthy widower (Alan Rickman). Despite the fact that his pretty accomplice bears an uncanny resemblance to his affluent target's late wife, things quickly spin out of control once the job gets under way. | |
How I Spent My Summer Vacationwednesday 07 november 2012 | Action Crime Drama ComedyDuring a high-speed car chase with the US Border Patrol and a bleeding body in his back seat, Driver (Mel Gibson) violently crashes his car into the border wall as he tries to outrun them. Driver survives the crash only to land inside a hard-core Mexican prison where he enters the strange and dangerous world of El Pueblito. He finds unlikely guidance from a 10-year-old kid who shows him the ropes. | |
Lawlesswednesday 19 september 2012 | Crime DramaThree rebellious, bootlegging brothers find the elusive American Dream within their reach, and fight to maintain their grip as powerful urban gangsters reap the rewards of their hard work in this sprawling Great Depression-era crime drama from director John Hillcoat (The Road, The Proposition). At the height of Prohibition, ambitious country boy Jack Bondurant dreams of becoming ''Public Enemy #1'' while reaping all the benefits that go with the gangster lifestyle. By expanding his family's moonshining business, he plots to launch a vast criminal empire while winning the heart of beautiful Ami... | |
The Killer Inside Mewednesday 18 august 2010 | Crime Drama ThrillerBased on the novel by legendary pulp writer Jim Thompson, Michael Winterbottom's THE KILLER INSIDE ME tells the story of handsome, charming, unassuming small town sheriff's deputy Lou Ford. Lou has a bunch of problems. Woman problems. Law enforcement problems. An ever-growing pile of murder victims in his West Texas jurisdiction. And the fact he's a sadist, a psychopath, a killer. Suspicion begins to fall on Lou, and it's only a matter of time before he runs out of alibis. But in Thompson's savage, bleak, blacker than noir universe nothing is ever what it seems, and it turns out that the inves... | |
Transsiberianwednesday 05 november 2008 | Crime Drama Thrillern American couple, Roy (Woody Harrelson) and Jessie (Emily Mortimer), decide to return home the long way from their recent sojourn in Pekin and meet another couple from the West, Carlos (Eduardo Noriega) and Abby (Kate Mara), with whom they quickly form that tenuous bond that often unites fellow travellers away from home. When Roy gets separated from the train at a stopover, Jessie begins to realize that their compatriots arent exactly who or what they seem to be. But the real dangers of their unforgettable trip have only begun to surface; Russian cops (Ben Kingsley and Thomas Kretschmann), mo... | |
The Oxford Murderswednesday 01 october 2008 | Crime ThrillerAt Oxford University, a professor and a grad student work together to try and stop a potential series of murders seemingly linked by mathematical symbols. | |
We Own The Nightwednesday 28 november 2007 | Action CrimeNew York, 1988: A new breed of narcotics has swept the great city, bringing with it a ferocious crime wave more terrifying than any in recent memory. Outmanned and outgunned by the new criminal order, the police find themselves burying one of their own at the rate of two a month. An all-out war rages, threatening to engulf guilty and innocent alike. Bobby Green (Joaquin Phoenix) is caught in the crossfire. Manager of a Russian nightclub in Brighton Beach frequented by gangsters like Vadim Nezhinski (Alex Veadov), Bobby keeps his distance, not wanting to get involved. Despite his hedonistic, am... | |
Whisperwednesday 05 september 2007 | Crime ThrillerWhen the ten-year-old son, David, (Blake Woodruff) of a wealthy New England socialite is abducted, his kidnapper Max Harper (Josh Holloway) and his seedy associates assume it will be a routine kidnapping in exchange for a large ransom. Unknown to the kidnappers, the shy and reserved David actually has a hidden agenda of his own, and a mysterious way of tapping into the minds of others. Soon, Max will wish that he had never kidnapped David, much less even heard of him... | |
A Guide To Recognizing Your Saintswednesday 30 may 2007 | Crime DramaA coming-of-age drama about a boy growing up in Astoria, NY., during the 80's. As his friends end up dead, on drugs or in prison, he comes to believe he has been saved from their fate by various so-called saints. | |
Alpha Dogwednesday 25 april 2007 | Crime DramaAlpha Dog is inspired by the true story of Jesse James Hollywood, a mid-level drug dealer from the San Gabriel Valley whose thirst for power led him to become the youngest man ever to appear on the FBI's Most Wanted list. Emile Hirsch stars as teenage suburban drug dealer Johnny Truelove, an ambitious young man whose lifestyle is a mecca for guns, sex and drugs. When a client cheats Johnny and a deal goes bad, he devises a plan to get his money back by kidnapping the client's younger brother. But things take an unexpected twist as Johnny and his crew get caught up in the dangerous and viol... | |
Crankwednesday 14 march 2007 | Action Crime ThrillerChev Chelios (Jason Statham) is about to begin his morning with an unexpected wake-up call. Groggy, practically unable to move and with a heart that's barely beating, Chev answers his cell phone and hears the voice of thug Ricky Verona (Jose Cantillo), who reveals Chev has been poisoned in his sleep and has only an hour to live. As it turns out, Chev is a hit man who freelances for a major West Coast crime syndicate. And a run of the mill job the night before that was supposed to be like any other hit went unexpectedly awry: Chev let his target go in an effort to quit the professional killing ... | |
Le Serpentwednesday 17 january 2007 | Crime DramaVincent Mandel is a photographer caught up in an ugly divorce and fighting for custody of his children. His already troubled existence is blown apart by the appearance of a ghost from his past: Joseph Plender. Seductive, sympathetic, Plender is nonetheless utterly ruthless, a predator motivated by pure hatred of former classmate Vincent, and hungry for vengeance. | |
Bubblewednesday 30 august 2006 | Crime DramaBubble is the story of an unlikely love triangle at a doll factory in a small midwestern town that has fallen on hard times. Lonely and isolated, long time employees Martha and Kyle have become friends by default in spite of their drastic age difference, but their dynamic is upset by the arrival of a new worker: young, attractive single mother Rose. As Martha grows increasingly wary about Rose's dubious character, she discovers Kyle and Rose developing a relationship of their own. One morning, Rose is found dead, strangled in her own home. An investigation begins, one that will call into quest... | |
Chronicleswednesday 01 march 2006 | Crime ThrillerWhen the star of a sensationalistic Miami news show travels to the Ecuadorian coastal village of Babahoyo to cover the story of a serial killer who hunts children, his personal ambition gets out of hand, and his pursuit of a moment of glory carries tragic consequences. | |
City Of Godtuesday 01 july 2003 | Action Crime DramaBrazil, 1960's, City of God. The Tender Trio robs motels and gas trucks. Younger kids watch and learn well...too well. 1970's: Li'l Zé has prospered very well and owns the city. He causes violence and fear as he wipes out rival gangs without mercy. His best friend Bené is the only one to keep him on the good side of sanity. Rocket has watched these two gain power for years, and he wants no part of it. Yet he keeps getting swept up in the madness. All he wants to do is take pictures. 1980's: Things are out of control between the last two remaining gangs...will it ever end? Welcome to the City... |
