Two Chinese coal miners have hit upon the perfect scam: murder one of their fellow mine workers Read More »
Crime
The Odd One Dies AKA Liang ge zhi neng huo yi ge (1997) Tat-Chi Yau, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Carman Lee, Woo-min Byeon
The secret world of contract killing comes to focus in the dark Read More »
Cop or Hood AKA Flic ou voyou (1979) Georges Lautner, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Georges Géret, Jean-François Balmer
When the local police inspector was found dead in a prostitute’s house Read More »
The Payoff AKA La mazzetta (1978) Sergio Corbucci, Nino Manfredi, Paolo Stoppa, Marisa Laurito
Sasá Iovine, a small-time Neopolitan operator, finds himself in the thick of a multi-murder Read More »
The Young Don’t Cry (1957) Alfred L. Werker, Sal Mineo, James Whitmore, J. Carrol Naish
A teenager (Sal Mineo) fights to retain his dignity and self-respect against the brutality Read More »
Escape by Night (1953) John Gilling, Bonar Colleano, Andrew Ray, Sidney James
An Italian racketeer on the run in London holes up in a disused theatre with a hard-drinking journalist out to get the full story. Read More »
The Young Lieutenant AKA Le petit lieutenant (2005) Xavier Beauvois, Nathalie Baye, Jalil Lespert, Roschdy Zem
When a fresh young police academy graduate from provincial Le Havre volunteers for the high pressure Read More »
The Hi-Jackers (1963) Jim O’Connolly, Anthony Booth, Jacqueline Ellis, Derek Francis
Terry is a self-employed lorry driver. He meets Shirley at a roadside cafe and later offers her a lift. Read More »
Hotel Splendide (1932) Michael Powell, Jerry Verno, Anthony Holles, Edgar Norfolk
Jerry Mason inherits the Hotel Splendide at Speymouth but is disappointed when Read More »
House of Numbers (1957) Russell Rouse, Jack Palance, Harold J. Stone, Edward Platt
Arnie Judlow, an inmate at San Quentin prison serving a life sentence for murder Read More »
The Butterfly Affair (1971) Jean Herman, Claudia Cardinale, Stanley Baker, Henri Charrière
Popsy double-crosses her older partner Silva. Silva has arranged to divert diamonds Read More »
Confidentially Yours AKA Vivement dimanche! (1983) François Truffaut, Fanny Ardant, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean-Pierre Kalfon
Claude Massoulier is murdered while hunting at the same place as Julien Vercel (Jean-Louis Trintignant) Read More »
The Day the Sun Turned Cold AKA Tian guo ni zi (1994) Ho Yim, Gaowa Siqin, Chung-Hua Tou, Jingwu Ma
Guan Jian wants to report the murder of his father who died 10 years ago. Read More »
The Last Ride (1944) D. Ross Lederman, Richard Travis, Charles Lang, Eleanor Parker
A police lieutenant sets out to break up a ring of tire bootleggers–criminals Read More »
I Promise to Pay (1937) D. Ross Lederman, Chester Morris, Leo Carrillo, Helen Mack
Eddie Lang (Chester Morris), a decent family man making $27.50 a week, borrows fifty-dollars Read More »