Popular Crime Movies - Page 278
Ball of Fire
1941
Ball of Fire
1941
star 7.3A group of academics have spent years shut up in a house working on the definitive encyclopedia. When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language. Here he meets Sugarpuss O’Shea, a nightclub singer, who’s on top of all the slang—and, it just so happens, needs a place to stay.The Playbirds
1978
The Playbirds
1978
star 4.5In order to unmask a pathological killer who is targeting the beautiful centrefolds of Playbirds magazine, a sexy policewoman Lucy Sheridan puts her life and reputation on the line by sleeping with millionaire publisher Harry Dougan. The Chief Superintendant and Police Commissioner are keeping a close eye on her, but time is running out fast.Index Zero
2014
The Set-Up
1949
The Set-Up
1949
star 7.3Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.Keep Punching
1939
Keep Punching
1939
star 5.5Henry Jackson, known as Little Dynamite, is a Golden Gloves champion, who agrees to turn professional when approached by fight manager Ed Watson, despite the opposition raised by his father and Fanny Singleton, his sweetheart.The State of the Dead
2002
star 5.7When the war in Yugoslavia breaks out, an army officer who's ethnic Slovenian yet still believes in Yugoslavia, decides to move to Belgrade. The country continues to fall apart and so does his family failing to find acceptance there.Retro
2025
Retro
2025
star 6.5Raised by a criminal father, Paarivel Kannan leaves behind his adoptive family to build a quiet life with his love, Rukmini. But his violent past won't let him go.House of Bodies
2013
House of Bodies
2013
star 4.9While indulging his appetite for the grim and gruesome by patronizing a voyeuristic Web site that's based in a house where a serial killer once lived, a hearing-impaired boy begins to suspect that the site's violence is more than just make-believe.Lady Snowblood
1973
Lady Snowblood
1973
star 7.5Yuki's family is nearly wiped out before she is born due to the machinations of a band of criminals. These criminals kidnap and brutalize her mother but leave her alive. Later her mother ends up in prison with only revenge to keep her alive. She creates an instrument for this revenge by purposefully getting pregnant. Yuki never knows the love of a family but only killing and revenge.LSD 2: Love, Sex aur Dhokha 2
2024
star 5.9In a high-tech world, three intertwined stories discuss identity, online intimacy and the allure of social networks.You'll Never Leave Me
2023
star 5.9After a car accident leaves her boyfriend in a coma, April’s panic attacks return and make her life a living hell. However, once she accepts the kindness of a stranger trying to help her, she realizes that he might not be the stranger she thought he is.American Violence
2017
American Violence
2017
star 4.4A psychologist interviews a death row inmate to determine whether or not a stay of execution should be granted.The Goldcabbage Family
1975
star 5.5The family Gyldenkål is actually called Iversen, but have changed their name, after numerous problems with the IRS, loan sharks and employers. Using clever scams, the family builds up a reputation as a wealthy and respectable part of society.In the Blue Ground: A North of 60 Mystery
1999
star 6Someone – or something – is stalking the woods of Lynx River, a small isolated town in the unforgiving wilderness. When a geologist on the verge of a major diamond find is murdered, Corporal Michelle Kenidi and her partner Constable James Harper suspect a hotheaded entrepreneur who’d been double-crossed by diamond hunters. But then the town nurse disappears under chilling circumstances and the two cops find themselves tracking a phantom. Through endless miles of rough terrain, their search leads to a startling discovery: the unknown stalker’s real target is Michelle. Now the madman is playing a deadly game with people as bait. And when the two finally meet, it’s a showdown that will leave only one of them standing.Maigret at Bay
1969
Maigret at Bay
1969
Inspector Maigret responds to a call from a young woman in the middle of the night, but he then finds himself accused of raping her. He is forced to clear his name, and search for what had really taken place that night.Dangerous Paradise
1930
Dangerous Paradise
1930
star 3.4Heyst, a hermit on his own tropical island, plays unwilling host to red-headed stowaway Alma. Danger looms...Her Favourite Husband
1950
star 5.6While casing a bank he intends to rob, gangster Leo discovers one of the clerks, Antonio, is his exact double. He kidnaps Antonio and robs the bank, posing as Antonio. But Leo hadn't accounted for the involvement of Antonio's wife, Dorothy.Boulevard des assassins
1982
star 5.8After a messy divorce, a struggling writer takes a holiday on the French Riviera, where he decides to investigate a series of mysterious incidents.Daughter of Shanghai
1937
Daughter of Shanghai
1937
star 5.1A Chinese-American woman tries to expose an illegal alien smuggling ring.Wild Butterfly
2020
Wild Butterfly
2020
Wild Butterfly is true crime documentary that follows the tragic story of 24 year-old Claire Murray and her desperate search for a life- saving liver transplant that became a trial by national media. Depicted as an ungrateful junkie who recklessly destroyed her first transplant, Wild Butterfly investigates the true story behind the events that lead to Claire's death in 2010 including new criminal evidence. Catholic institutional cover-up, medical negligence, missing police records, and trial by mainstream and social media, are all at play in this heartbreaking and gripping documentary. This is not just the tragic story of one young woman and her family - this story opens our eyes to the impacts of universal social injustices and prejudices, that could befall any family and anybody's daughter.
