Category Archives: Crime
Night in Paradise
Release 2020
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Director: Park Hoon-jung
Writer: Park Hoon-jung
Stars: Tae-goo Eom, Yeo-bin Jeon, Seung-Won Cha, Dong-in Cho, Park Ho-San
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12792418/
Hiding out in Jeju Island following a brutal tragedy, a wronged mobster with a target on his back connects with a woman who has her own demons.
Girl in the Basement
Release 2021
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Director: Elisabeth Röhm
Writers: Manu Boyer, Leslie Greif, Barbara Marshall
Stars: Judd Nelson, Stefanie Scott, Joely Fisher, Emma Myers, Braxton Bjerken
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13269536/
Sara is a teen girl who is looking forward to her 18th birthday to move away from her controlling father Don. But before she could even blow out the candles, Don imprisons her in the basement of their home.
Original Gangster
Release 2020
Genre Crime
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Director: Savvas D. Michael
Writer: Savvas D. Michael
Stars: Steve Guttenberg, Ian Reddington, Daniel Caltagirone, Vas Blackwood, Adam Deacon
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9824114/
The stoic chronicles of Castor, orphaned as a child, forced to survive in the wild and his colorful journey through the criminal underworld of London.
The Dry
Release 2020
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Director: Robert Connolly
Writers: Harry Cripps, Robert Connolly, Jane Harper
Stars: Eric Bana, Genevieve O'Reilly, Martin Dingle Wall, Keir O'Donnell, Bruce Spence
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5144174/
Aaron Falk returns to his drought-stricken hometown to attend a tragic funeral. But his return opens a decades-old wound - the unsolved death of a teenage girl.
Enforcement
Release 2020
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Director: Frederik Louis Hviid, Anders Ølholm
Writers: Anders Ølholm, Frederik Louis Hviid, Anders Ølholm
Stars: Jacob Lohmann, Simon Sears, Tarek Zayat, Issa Khattab, Özlem Saglanmak
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11081050/
Jens and Mike, two police officers on routine patrol, find themselves trapped in a maze of buildings when unrest spreads.
Happily
Release 2021
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Director: BenDavid Grabinski
Writer: BenDavid Grabinski
Stars: Joel McHale, Natalie Zea, Natalie Morales, Kerry Bishé, Stephen Root
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9849004/
A dark romantic comedy. Tom and Janet have been happily married for years. But a visit from a mysterious stranger leads to a dead body, a lot of questions, and a tense couples' trip with friends who may not actually be friends at all.
Cherry
Release 2021
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Director: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Writers: Angela Russo-Otstot, Jessica Goldberg, Nico Walker
Stars: Tom Holland, Ciara Bravo, Jack Reynor, Michael Rispoli, Jeff Wahlberg
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9130508/
An Army medic suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder becomes a serial bank robber after an addiction to drugs puts him in debt.
Adverse
Release 2020
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Director: Brian A. Metcalf
Writer: Brian A. Metcalf
Stars: Thomas Ian Nicholas, Mickey Rourke, Lou Diamond Phillips, Penelope Ann Miller, Sean Astin
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8597594/
A rideshare driver discovers that his sister is in debt to a dangerous crime syndicate.
I Care a Lot
Release 2020
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Director: J Blakeson
Writer: J Blakeson
Stars: Rosamund Pike, Peter Dinklage, Eiza González, Dianne Wiest, Chris Messina
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9893250/
A crooked legal guardian who drains the savings of her elderly wards meets her match when a woman she tries to swindle turns out to be more than she first appears.
Body Brokers
Release 2021
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Director: John Swab
Writer: John Swab
Stars: Frank Grillo, Jessica Rothe, Michael Kenneth Williams, Melissa Leo, Alice Englert
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9585676/
Brought to Los Angeles for treatment, a recovering junkie soon learns that the rehab center is not about helping people, but a cover for a multi-billion-dollar fraud operation that enlists addicts to recruit other addicts.