Category Archives: Crime
Stolen
Release 2012
Genre Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Director: Simon West
Writers: David Guggenheim
Stars: Nicolas Cage, Josh Lucas, Danny Huston, Malin Akerman, Sami Gayle
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1656186/
A former thief frantically searches for his missing daughter, who has been kidnapped and locked in the trunk of a taxi.
Empire State
Release 2013
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Director: Dito Montiel
Writers: Adam Mazer
Stars: Liam Hemsworth, Michael Angarano, Dwayne Johnson, Paul Ben-Victor, Jerry Ferrara
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2171867/
Two childhood friends plan to rob an armored car depository. An NYPD officer stands in their way.
Dead Man Down
Release 2013
Genre Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Director: Niels Arden Oplev
Writers: J.H. Wyman
Stars: Colin Farrell, Noomi Rapace, Terrence Howard, Dominic Cooper, Isabelle Huppert
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2101341/
In New York City, a crime lord's right-hand man is seduced by a woman seeking retribution.
The Call(2014)
Release 2013
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Director: Brad Anderson
Writers: Richard D'Ovidio, Nicole D'Ovidio, Jon Bokenkamp
Stars: Halle Berry, Abigail Breslin, Morris Chestnut, Michael Eklund, David Otunga
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1911644/
When a veteran 911 operator takes a life-altering call from a teenage girl who has just been abducted, she realizes that she must confront a killer from her past in order to save the girl's life.
Identity Thief
Release 2013
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Director: Seth Gordon
Writers: Craig Mazin, Jerry Eeten
Stars: Jason Bateman, Melissa McCarthy, Jon Favreau, Amanda Peet, T.I.
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2024432/
Mild-mannered businessman Sandy Patterson travels from Denver to Florida to confront the deceptively harmless-looking woman who has been living it up after stealing Sandy's identity.
Runner Runner
Release 2013
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Director: Brad Furman
Writers: Brian Koppelman, David Levien
Stars: Justin Timberlake, Ben Affleck, Gemma Arterton, Anthony Mackie, Michael Esper
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2364841/
When a poor college student who cracks an online poker game goes bust, he arranges a face-to-face with the man he thinks cheated him, a sly offshore entrepreneur.
21 & Over
Release 2013
Genre Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Director: Jon Lucas, Scott Moore
Stars: Miles Teller, Skylar Astin, Justin Chon, Sarah Wright, Jonathan Keltz
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1711425/
The night before his big medical school interview, a promising student celebrates his 21st birthday with his two best friends.
Only God Forgives
Release 2013
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Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
Stars: Ryan Gosling, Kristin Scott Thomas, Vithaya Pansringarm, Gordon Brown, Yayaying Rhatha Phongam
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1602613/
Julian, a drug-smuggler thriving in Bangkok's criminal underworld, sees his life get even more complicated when his mother compels him to find and kill whoever is responsible for his brother's recent death.
The Place Beyond the Pines
Release 2012
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Director: Derek Cianfrance
Writers: Derek Cianfrance, Ben Coccio, Darius Marder
Stars: Ryan Gosling, Craig Van Hook, Eva Mendes, Olga Merediz, Anthony Pizza
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1817273/
A motorcycle stunt rider turns to robbing banks as a way to provide for his lover and their newborn child, a decision that puts him on a collision course with an ambitious rookie cop navigating a department ruled by a corrupt detective.
Get the Gringo
Release 2012
Genre Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Director: Adrian Grunberg
Writers: Mel Gibson, Stacy Perskie, Adrian Grunberg
Stars: Mel Gibson, Kevin Hernandez, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Jesús Ochoa, Dolores Heredia
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1567609/
A career criminal nabbed by Mexican authorities is placed in a tough prison where he learns to survive with the help of a young boy.