Category Archives: Crime
Nightmare Alley
Release 2021
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Director: Guillermo del Toro
Writers: Guillermo del Toro, Kim Morgan, William Lindsay Gresham
Stars: Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Willem Dafoe, Richard Jenkins
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7740496/
An ambitious carny with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychiatrist who is even more dangerous than he is.
House of Gucci
Release 2021
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Director: Ridley Scott
Writers: Becky Johnston, Roberto Bentivegna, Sara Gay Forden
Stars: Lady Gaga, Adam Driver, Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons, Jared Leto
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11214590/
When Patrizia Reggiani, an outsider from humble beginnings, marries into the Gucci family, her unbridled ambition begins to unravel their legacy and triggers a reckless spiral of betrayal, decadence, revenge, and ultimately...murder.
Clean
Release 2020
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Director: Paul Solet
Writers: Adrien Brody, Paul Solet
Stars: Adrien Brody, Glenn Fleshler, Richie Merritt, Chandler DuPont, Michelle Wilson
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10023022/
Tormented by his past, a garbage man named Clean attempts a quiet life of redemption. But, soon finds himself forced to reconcile with the violence of his past.
A Shot Through the Wall
Release 2021
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Director: Aimee Long
Writer: Aimee Long
Stars: Kenny Leu, Ciara Renée, Fiona Fu, Tzi Ma, Lynn Chen
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8588414/
A Chinese-American police officer's life unravels after he accidentally shoots an innocent Black man. Facing trial, he wades through his guilt as he navigates the complicated worlds of media, justice, racial politics and his own morality.
Brazen
Release 2022
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Director: Monika Mitchell
Writers: Suzette Couture, Donald Martin, Nora Roberts
Stars: Alyssa Milano, Sam Page, Emilie Ullerup, Colleen Wheeler, David Lewis
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13978306/
When her sister is killed and her double life as a webcam performer is revealed, Grace ignores the warnings of a cool-headed detective and gets involved in the case.
Small World
Release 2021
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Director: Patryk Vega
Writers: Olaf Olszewski, Patryk Vega
Stars: Piotr Adamczyk, Enrique Arce, Jim Conway, Andris Keiss, Aleksey Serebryakov
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14319068/
Follows policeman Robert Goc, who becomes engaged in an international investigation to find a girl who was kidnapped by Russian mafia.
The Unforgivable
Release 2021
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Director: Nora Fingscheidt
Writers: Peter Craig, Hillary Seitz, Courtenay Miles
Stars: Sandra Bullock, Viola Davis, Vincent D'Onofrio, Jon Bernthal, Richard Thomas
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11233960/
A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past.
This Game's Called Murder
Release 2021
Genre Crime, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: Adam Sherman
Writer: Adam Sherman
Stars: Ron Perlman, Natasha Henstridge, Vanessa Marano, Judson Mills, Mark Kubr
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11311754/
A modern, dark-humored tale of greed, romance, and lost innocence in consumer-crazed, alienated society that functions as a harsh critique of society today without taking itself too seriously.
American Sicario
Release 2021
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Director: RJ Collins
Writers: Rich Ronat
Stars: Danny Trejo, Maya Stojan, Maurice Compte, Johnny Rey Diaz, Dionysio Basco
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13322120/
American gangster Erik Vasquez (Philippe A. Haddad) is scheming to become the top dog in the Mexican underworld, only to find himself making enemies out of both the powerful cartels and his own allies.
Red Notice
Release 2021
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Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber
Writer: Rawson Marshall Thurber
Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds, Gal Gadot, Ritu Arya, Chris Diamantopoulos
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7991608/
An Interpol agent tracks the world's most wanted art thief.