Congotanga, West Africa, has no extradition laws; the government is controlled by foreign gangsters, headed by Carl Rittner. Read More »
Crime
Aimez-vous les femmes / A Taste for Women (1964) Jean Léon, Sophie Daumier, Guy Bedos, Grégoire Aslan, Comedy, Crime
A secret sect of cannibals owns a vegetarian restaurant, which they use as a cover so they can find a beautiful young woman to serve as the main course at their full-moon sacrifice. Read More »
Conduct Unbecoming (1975) Michael Anderson, Michael York, Richard Attenborough, Trevor Howard, Drama, Crime, Mystery
A company of British soldiers in colonial India is shaken when the widow of their most honored hero is assaulted. Read More »
Le voleur de crimes / Crime Thief (1969) Nadine Trintignant, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Robert Hossein, Giorgia Moll, Crime, Drama
Jean (Trintignant), a psychopath, casually witnesses a young woman’s suicide. Read More »
The Linguini Incident (1991) Richard Shepard, Rosanna Arquette, David Bowie, Eszter Balint, Comedy, Crime
Lucy (Arquette) is a frustrated magician, specifically an escape artist, who is obsessed with becoming a modern female version of Harry Houdini. She collects Houdini artifacts and waits for her big break while working as a waitress at a trendy Manhattan restaurant. With British bartender, Monte (Bowie), and her roommate Vivian, she arranges a heist of the restaurant. Read More »
The 3rd Voice (1960) Hubert Cornfield, Edmond O’Brien, Julie London, Laraine Day, Crime, Thriller, Drama
Marion Forbes is the secretary, the lover and the creator of the financial fortunes of Harry Chapman, but Chapman falls in love with Francis and decides to marry her. Read More »
Ni luo he nu er / Daughter of the Nile (1987) Hsiao-Hsien Hou, Lin Yang, Jack Kao, Shu-Fang Chen, Crime, Drama
The eldest daughter of a broken and troubled family works to keep the family together and look after her younger siblings, who are slipping into a life of crime. Read More »
White Slaves of Chinatown (1964) Joseph P. Mawra, Audrey Campbell, Marlaina Abbie, Gigi Darlene, Crime, Drama
Olga uses pot parties and comic-book violence to turn Gigi Darlene and other female captives before putting them to work as drug-addicted hookers. Read More »
New York Confidential (1955) Russell Rouse, Broderick Crawford, Richard Conte, Anne Bancroft
Nick Magellan works for the corrupt businessman Charlie Lupo, who presides over an influential crime syndicate in Manhattan, New York. Read More »
Hanky Panky (1982) Sidney Poitier, Gene Wilder, Gilda Radner, Kathleen Quinlan, Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Architect Michael Jordan, a Chicago Architect, is New York on business. A beautiful stranger identifying herself as Janet Dunn, runs into the taxi cab he’s using. Read More »
Against All Odds (1984) Taylor Hackford, Rachel Ward, Jeff Bridges, James Woods, Action, Adventure, Crime
Terry Brogan, an aging football player in L.A., is cut early in the season; he needs money, so he takes a job from a shady friend of his, Jake Wise, to track down Wise’s girlfriend, Jessie, who’s somewhere in Mexico. Read More »
Conseil de famille / Family Business (1986) Costa-Gavras, Johnny Hallyday, Fanny Ardant, Guy Marchand, Comedy, Crime
French rocker Johnny Hallyday stars as a professional thief just released from jail. He returns to stealing to support his family. Read More »
Deported (1950) Robert Siodmak, Märta Torén, Jeff Chandler, Claude Dauphin, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
The real-life deportation of gangster Lucky Luciano was the inspiration for this romanticized and slightly crackbrained crime drama. Read More »
Cita imposible (1958) Antonio Santillán, Beni Deus, Claudine Dupuis, Juanita Espín, Crime, Drama
When Rosario is released from a one year prison sentence in Barcelona women’s detention center, she is determined to prove her innocence. Read More »
Everybody Loves Sunshine / Busted (1999) Andrew Goth, Rachel Shelley, Clint Dyer, David Baker, Crime, Drama
Two toughs from the wrong side of the tracks in Manchester, choose different paths when they are released from prison. Read More »