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Based upon the true story of Bruce Johnston Sr., his son, and his brothers; together, they constituted one of suburban Philadelphia's most notorious crime families during the 1970s. Their criminal activities ranged from burglary, theft... and ultimately, murder.
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | drug usepsychopathrapemurder |
| Mood: | high schoolneo noir |
| Locations: | pennsylvaniamotelcourtroomsmall townhelicopter |
| Characters: | evil fathergirlfriendthieffather son relationship |
| Period: | year 19781970s |
| Story: | criminal gangwhite briefskilling a witnessteenage gangcareer criminalrye whiskeyshot in carremoving a bulletprocess serverused car lothorse and buggymuscle shirtgrand jurysubpoenaepileptic …man and woman in bedparanoidginbreaking glassfilicideamishbailforkliftcourthousemerry go roundbullet woundactual animal killedcornfieldbriefsabsent fathermale underwearpoolloss of loved oneshot in the stomachbeer drinkingsociopathwitnessdeath of brothercountrysideconvertiblegraveganggay slurcriminalshootingarrestshotgunbased on true storyfemale frontal nuditybare chested maleviolencebloodgun (See All) |
Brazil, 1960s, City of God. The Tender Trio robs motels and gas trucks. Younger kids watch and learn well...too well. 1970s: Li'l Ze has prospered very well and owns the city. He causes violence and fear as he wipes out rival gangs without mercy. His best friend Bene is the only one to keep him on t …he good side of sanity. Rocket has watched these two gain power for years, and he wants no part of it. Yet he keeps getting swept up in the madness. All he wants to do is take pictures. 1980s: Things are out of control between the last two remaining gangs...will it ever end? Welcome to the City of God. (Read More)
| Themes: | drug usepsychopathrapemurder |
| Mood: | neo noir |
| Locations: | motel |
| Characters: | thieffather son relationship |
| Period: | 1970s |
| Story: | teenage gangcareer criminalactual animal killedsociopathdeath of brotherganggay slurcriminalshootingarrestbased on true storybloodviolencegun |
A Kansas City waitress with dreams of becoming a nurse becomes delusional after seeing her no-good car salesman husband murdered. Becoming delusional from shock, she becomes convinced that she is the former fiancee of her soap opera idol. What she also believes is that the soap opera is real and goe …s to LA to find the hospital where he works as a cardiologist. Meanwhile, her husband's murderers are searching for the drugs stolen by her husband and, as luck would have it, they are stored in the trunk of the car she drove off in. Freeman, an aging hit man planning his retirement after this job, also becomes delusional about the woman he is tracking. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | drug usepsychopathmurder |
| Mood: | neo noir |
| Locations: | motelsmall town |
| Characters: | thieffather son relationship |
| Story: | white briefsbriefsmale underwearwitnessgay slurshootinggunbloodviolence |
The movie details a town split between the wealthy South Zone gang called 'The Socials' and the poor North Zone gang called 'The Greasers'. Dallas Winston, Ponyboy Curtis and Johnny Cade from 'The Greasers' befriend the rich Cherry Valance and Marcia at a drive-in. Later that night, a group of 'The …Socs' chase and beat up Johnny and attempt to drown Ponyboy in a fountain. However, Johnny stabs one Soc and kills him, saving Ponyboy. The desperate boys seek Dallas who finds a hideout for them in a nearby town. One week later, Johnny and Ponyboy decide to return to their hometown, with Dallas, to claim the murder as self-defense. But on their way back, they see the church on fire and Ponyboy and Johnny help the children trapped in the church and become heroes. However Johnny is badly wounded and confined to the hospital. Meanwhile The Socs and The Greasers prepare to fight. (Read More)
| Themes: | murder |
| Mood: | high school |
| Locations: | small town |
| Story: | white briefsteenage gangbriefsmale underwearconvertiblegangcriminalshootingbare chested malegunviolenceblood |
This urban nightmare chronicles several days in the life of Caine Lawson, following his high-school graduation, as he attempts to escape his violent existence in the projects of Watts, CA.
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | psychopathmurder |
| Mood: | high schoolneo noir |
| Period: | 1970s |
| Story: | ganggay slurcriminalshootingarrestshotgunbare chested malegunviolenceblood |
Brian Kessler, a journalist researching serial killers, and his photographer girlfriend Carrie set out on a cross-country tour of the sites of the killings. Sharing the ride and their expenses are Early Grayce, a paroled white trash criminal, and his girlfriend Adele. As the trip progresses, Early b …egins to appear more and more unstable, and Brian and Carrie begin to fear that they may have a real-life killer in the back seat of their car. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | psychopathrapemurder |
| Mood: | neo noir |
| Locations: | motelhelicopter |
| Characters: | girlfriend |
| Story: | male underweargay slurcriminalshotgunbare chested malegunviolenceblood |
David Mamet takes this story of thieves along many twists and turns, some of which work and some of which don't. Gene Hackman plays the brilliant leader of a gang (Delroy Lindo, Ricky Jay & Rebecca Pigeon as Hackman's youngish wife), which pulls off complex heists for a despicable fence (Danny DeVit …o). After stiffing the gang on a jewelry robbery, DeVito forces the gang to go after a Swiss gold shipment and to use his nephew (Sam Rockwell) in the crime. No one trusts anyone and every step is shaded with the unexpected. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | murder |
| Mood: | neo noir |
| Characters: | thieffather son relationship |
| Story: | criminal ganggangcriminalshootingshotgunbloodgunviolence |
A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family. It is finally revealed that George's father cannot make a living and the family goes bankrupt. George does not want the same thing to happen to him, …and his friend Tuna, in the 1960's, suggests that he deal marijuana. He is a big hit in California in the 1960's, yet he goes to jail, where he finds out about the wonders of cocaine. As a result, when released, he gets rich by bringing cocaine to America. However, he soon pays the price. (Read More)
| Themes: | drug usemurder |
| Locations: | courtroom |
| Characters: | thieffather son relationship |
| Period: | 1970s |
| Story: | bailcourthouseganggay slurcriminalshootingarrestbased on true storybloodgun |
Chopper tells the intense story of Mark "Chopper" Read, a legendary criminal who wrote his autobiography while serving a murder sentence in prison. His book, From the Inside, upon which the film is based, was a best-seller.
| Themes: | drug usemurder |
| Locations: | courtroom |
| Characters: | father son relationship |
| Period: | year 1978 |
| Story: | criminalshootingshotgunbased on true storybare chested malegunviolenceblood |
1934. Young adults Bonnie Parker, a waitress, and Clyde Barrow, a criminal just released from prison, are immediately attracted to what the other represents for their life when they meet by chance in West Dallas, Texas. Bonnie is fascinated with Clyde's criminal past, and his matter-of-factness and …bravado in talking about it. Clyde sees in Bonnie someone sympatico to his goals in life. Although attracted to each other physically, a sexual relationship between the two has a few obstacles to happen. Regardless, they decide to join forces to embark on a life of crime, holding up whatever establishments, primarily banks, to make money and to have fun. They don't plan on hurting anyone physically or killing anyone despite wielding loaded guns. They amass a small gang of willing accomplices, including C.W. Moss, a mechanic to fix whatever cars they steal which is important especially for their getaways, and Buck Barrow, one of Clyde's older brothers. The only reluctant tag-along is Buck's nervous wife, Blanche Barrow, a preacher's daughter. The gang's life changes after the first fatal shot is fired. Following, their willingness to shoot to kill increases to protect themselves and their livelihood. Their notoriety precedes them, so much so that no matter what one's opinion is of them, most want to have some association to the Barrow gang, to help them, to be spoken in the same breath as them, or to capture and or kill them. Of the many people they encounter in their crime spree, t… (Read More)
| Themes: | murder |
| Locations: | motelsmall town |
| Characters: | thieffather son relationship |
| Story: | criminal gangcornfieldshot in the stomachdeath of brothergangcriminalshootingshotgunbased on true storybare chested malegunviolenceblood |
This is the story of a mild-mannered man, named Tom Stall, who becomes a local hero through an act of violence, he lives a happy and quiet life with his lawyer wife and their two children in the small town of Millbrook, Indiana. But one night their idyllic existence is shattered when Tom foils a vic …ious attempted robbery in his diner. Sensing danger, he takes action and saves his customers and friends in the self-defense killings of two-sought-after criminals. Heralded as a hero, Tom's life is changed overnight, attracting a national media circus, which forces him into the spotlight. Uncomfortable with his newfound celebrity, Tom tries to return to the normalcy of his ordinary life only to be confronted by a mysterious and threatening man who arrives in town believing Tom is the man who wronged him in the past. As Tom and his family fight back against this case of mistaken identity and struggle to cope with their changed reality, they are forced to confront their relationships and the divisive issues which surface as a result. (Read More)
| Themes: | drug userapemurder |
| Mood: | high schoolneo noir |
| Locations: | pennsylvaniasmall town |
| Characters: | thieffather son relationship |
| Story: | sociopathdeath of brothergay slurshootingshotgunfemale frontal nuditygunbloodviolence |
In Texas, after the death of his mother, the unemployed oil and gas worker Toby Howard is losing his ranch to the Texas Midlands Bank. Toby is divorced from his wife who lives with their two sons. When his brother Tanner Howard is released from the prison, they team up to rob agencies of the Texas M …idlands Bank to raise money to pay the loan so that Toby may leave the real estate to his sons. Meanwhile the Texas Ranger Marcus Hamilton who is near retirement and his Indian descendant partner Alberto Parker try to anticipate the next move of the thieves. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | murder |
| Mood: | neo noir |
| Locations: | motelsmall town |
| Characters: | father son relationship |
| Story: | bullet woundcornfieldmale underwearbeer drinkingsociopathdeath of brothercriminalshootingshotgunbare chested maleviolencebloodgun |
Mesrine: Killer Instinct -- the first of two parts -- charts the outlaw odyssey of Jacques Mesrine (Vincent Cassel), the legendary French gangster of the 1960s and 1970s who came to be known as French Public Enemy No. 1 and The Man of a Thousand Faces. Infamous for his bravado and outrageously darin …g prison escapes, Mesrine carried out numerous robberies, kidnappings and murders in a criminal career that spanned continents until he was shot dead in 1979 by France's notorious anti-gang unit. Thirty years after his death, his infamy lives on. Mesrine was helped along the way by beautiful and equally reckless Jeanne Schneider (CA(C)cile de France), a Bonnie to match his Clyde. Mesrine made up his own epic, between romanticism and cruelty, flamboyance and tragedy. (Read More)
| Themes: | murder |
| Period: | 1970s |
| Story: | criminal gangbullet woundconvertiblegangcriminalshotgunbased on true storybare chested maleviolencegun |
Lazy court-process clerk and stoner Dale Denton has only one reason to visit his equally lazy dealer Saul Silver: to purchase weed, specifically, a rare new strain called Pineapple Express. But when Dale becomes the only witness to a murder by a crooked cop and the city's most dangerous drug lord, h …e panics and dumps his roach of Pineapple Express at the scene. Dale now has another reason to visit Saul: to find out if the weed is so rare that it can be traced back to him--and it is. As Dale and Saul run for their lives, they quickly discover that they're not suffering from weed-fueled paranoia: incredibly, the bad guys really are hot on their trail and trying to figure out the fastest way to kill them both. All aboard the Pineapple Express. (Read More)
| Themes: | drug usemurder |
| Mood: | high school |
| Locations: | motel |
| Characters: | father son relationship |
| Story: | process serversubpoenamale underwearshot in the stomachwitnessdeath of brothershootingarrestshotgunbare chested malegunviolenceblood |
Tony Montana manages to leave Cuba during the Mariel exodus of 1980. He finds himself in a Florida refugee camp but his friend Manny has a way out for them: undertake a contract killing and arrangements will be made to get a green card. He's soon working for drug dealer Frank Lopez and shows his met …tle when a deal with Colombian drug dealers goes bad. He also brings a new level of violence to Miami. Tony is protective of his younger sister but his mother knows what he does for a living and disowns him. Tony is impatient and wants it all however, including Frank's empire and his mistress Elvira Hancock. Once at the top however, Tony's outrageous actions make him a target and everything comes crumbling down. (Read More)
| Themes: | murder |
| Locations: | motelhelicopter |
| Story: | criminal gangloss of loved oneshot in the stomachconvertiblegay slurcriminalshootingarrestshotgunbare chested malegunviolenceblood |
"Gomorra" is a contemporary Neapolitan mob drama that exposes Italy's criminal underbelly by telling five stories of individuals who think they can make their own compact with Camorra, the area's Mafia.
| Themes: | drug usemurder |
| Characters: | thieffather son relationship |
| Story: | witnessgangcriminalshootingarrestshotgunbased on true storyfemale frontal nuditybare chested malegunbloodviolence |
An 8 year old Amish boy and his mother are traveling to Philadelphia, on their way to visit the mother's sister. While waiting at the train station, the young boy witnesses a brutal murder inside one of the bathroom stalls. Police detective John Book is assigned to investigate the murder of the man, … who was a undercover cop. Soon after, Book finds out that he's in great danger when the culprits know about his investigation and hides out in the Amish community. There, he learns the way of living among the Amish locals, which consists of non-violence and agriculture. Book soon starts a romance with the mother of the little boy, but their romance is forbidden by the Amish standards. But, it's not long before the bad guys find out Book's whereabouts. (Read More)
| Themes: | murder |
| Mood: | neo noir |
| Locations: | pennsylvania |
| Story: | horse and buggyamishwitnessshotgunfemale frontal nudityviolencegunblood |
Despite being no saint herself, Julia Cody has shielded her seventeen year old son, Joshua "J" Cody, from her Melbourne-based criminal relatives who they have not seen in years. After Julia dies in front of J's eyes from a self-inflicted heroin overdose, J, who is slightly detached from life, feels …he has no choice but to contact his maternal grandmother, Janine "Smurf" Cody, the family matriarch, for a place to live. Smurf rules the family with a borderline incestuous love over her three sons, the quietly menacing Andrew "Pope" Cody, the hyperactive Craig Cody, and the barely of age Darren Cody. Pope and his best friend, Barry "Baz" Brown, are armed robbers, with Darren their up and coming apprentice, while Craig is a mid level drug dealer. Melbourne's Armed Robbery Squad is after specifically Pope, who is hiding out. But when the standoff between the Codys and the Armed Robbery Squad is brought up a notch, an all out war ensues, with some casualties and J caught in the middle. The only grounding in J's life is his girlfriend, Nicky Henry. With those casualties comes an investigation by Homicide Detective Senior Sergeant Nathan Leckie, who knows the Codys are involved in some of those deaths. As Leckie tries to get J on his side, J has to figure out how best to get himself out from the middle, where he trusts neither side. J also wants to figure out how to exact what he considers justice in an all around bad situation. (Read More)
| Themes: | drug usepsychopathmurder |
| Mood: | neo noir |
| Locations: | motelcourtroom |
| Characters: | girlfriendthief |
| Story: | sociopathdeath of brothercriminalarrestshotgunbased on true storybare chested malebloodviolence |
Germany in the 1970s: Murderous bomb attacks, the threat of terrorism and the fear of the enemy inside are rocking the very foundations of the yet fragile German democracy. The radicalised children of the Nazi generation lead by Andreas Baader, Ulrike Meinhof and Gudrun Ensslin are fighting a violen …t war against what they perceive as the new face of fascism: American imperialism supported by the German establishment, many of whom have a Nazi past. Their aim is to create a more human society but by employing inhuman means they not only spread terror and bloodshed, they also lose their own humanity. The man who understands them is also their hunter: the head of the German police force Horst Herold. And while he succeeds in his relentless pursuit of the young terrorists, he knows he's only dealing with the tip of the iceberg. (Read More)
| Themes: | murder |
| Locations: | courtroomhelicopter |
| Characters: | thief |
| Period: | 1970s |
| Story: | criminal gangbriefsshot in the stomachgravegangshootingarrestbased on true storyfemale frontal nuditybare chested maleviolencebloodgun |
Sean Archer, a very tough, rugged FBI Agent, is still grieving for his dead son Michael. Archer believes that his son's killer is his sworn enemy and a very powerful criminal, Castor Troy. One day, Archer has finally cornered Castor, however, their fight has knocked out Troy cold. As Archer finally …breathes easy over the capture of his enemy, he finds out that Troy has planted a bomb that will destroy the entire city of Los Angeles and all of its inhabitants. Unfortunately the only other person who knows its location is Castor's brother Pollux, and he refuses to talk. The solution, a special operation doctor that can cut off people's faces, and can place a person's face onto another person. Archer undergoes one of those surgeries to talk to Pollux. However, Castor Troy somehow regains consciousness and now wants revenge on Archer for taking his face. Not only is Troy ruining Archer's mission, but his personal life as well. Archer must stop Troy again. This time, it's personal. (Read More)
| Themes: | psychopathmurder |
| Mood: | neo noir |
| Locations: | helicopter |
| Characters: | father son relationship |
| Story: | criminal gangshot in the stomachsociopathdeath of brothercriminalshotgunbare chested malegunbloodviolence |
The true story of London's most notorious gangsters, twins Reggie and Ronnie Kray. As the brothers rise through the criminal underworld, Ronnie advances the family business with violence and intimidation while Reggie struggles to go legitimate for local girl Frances Shea. In and out of prison, Ronni …e's unpredictable tendencies and the slow disintegration of Reggie's marriage threaten to bring the brothers' empire tumbling to the ground. (Read More)
| Themes: | drug usepsychopathrapemurder |
| Locations: | courtroom |
| Story: | ginbriefswitnessconvertiblegraveganggay slurcriminalshotgunbased on true storybare chested maleviolencebloodgun |
Hunters and their prey--Neil and his professional criminal crew hunt to score big money targets (banks, vaults, armored cars) and are, in turn, hunted by Lt. Vincent Hanna and his team of cops in the Robbery/Homicide police division. A botched job puts Hanna onto their trail while they regroup and t …ry to put together one last big 'retirement' score. Neil and Vincent are similar in many ways, including their troubled personal lives. At a crucial moment in his life, Neil disobeys the dictum taught to him long ago by his criminal mentor--'Never have anything in your life that you can't walk out on in thirty seconds flat, if you spot the heat coming around the corner'--as he falls in love. Thus the stage is set for the suspenseful ending.... (Read More)
| Themes: | psychopathmurder |
| Mood: | neo noir |
| Characters: | thief |
| Story: | criminal gangcareer criminalgangcriminalshotgungunviolenceblood |
Oddball cop and tough guy, Jack Cates is the only survivor of a cop shooting and in hunting down the murderer collects Reggie Hammond from jail for 48 hours. Hammond is oddly motivated to help. The killer is searching for his stash of cash. Cates and Hammond who have the Black-white, cop-crook thing … to work out make surprisingly good partners as they navigate through the city looking for their suspect. (Read More)
| Themes: | psychopathmurder |
| Mood: | neo noir |
| Locations: | motel |
| Story: | beer drinkingconvertiblegay slurshootingshotgunbare chested malegunbloodviolence |
Nazi skinheads in Melbourne take out their anger on local Vietnamese, who are seen as threatening racial purity. Finally the Vietnamese have had enough and confront the skinheads in an all-out confrontation, sending the skinheads running. A woman who is prone to epileptic seizures joins the skins' m …erry band, and helps them on their run from justice, but is her affliction also a sign of impurity? (Read More)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | murder |
| Story: | white briefsepilepticbriefsmale underwearganggay slurbare chested maleviolence |
This stylish Brian De Palma thriller plays off the theme of the unsuspecting witness who discovers a crime and is thereby put in grave danger, but with a novel twist. Jack Terry is a master sound recordist who works on grade-B horror movies. Late one evening, he is recording sounds for use in his mo …vies when he hears something unexpected through his sound equipment and records it. Curiosity gets the better of him when the media become involved, and he begins to unravel the pieces of a nefarious conspiracy. As he struggles to survive against his shadowy enemies and expose the truth, he does not know whom he can trust. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | psychopathmurder |
| Mood: | neo noir |
| Locations: | pennsylvania |
| Story: | white briefsbriefsmale underwearwitnessgravefemale frontal nuditybare chested malegun |
1882, New Mexico Territory. Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch are itinerant lawmen, hired by desperate towns as marshal and deputy. The city fathers of Appaloosa hire them after Randall Bragg, a newly-arrived rancher with money and a gang of thugs, disrupts commerce and kills three local lawmen. Cole an …d Hitch contrive to arrest Bragg and bring him to trial, but hanging him proves difficult. Meanwhile, a widow has arrived in town, Allison French, pretty, refined, and good-natured. Virgil falls hard, and it seems mutual, but there may be more to Allie than meets the eye. Can friendship and skill with a gun overcome a pernicious villain and green-eyed jealousy? (Read More)
| Themes: | rapemurder |
| Locations: | courtroomsmall town |
| Story: | bullet woundwitnessgangshootingarrestshotgunbare chested malegunviolenceblood |
After finding himself at the constant abuse of his best friend, Bobby, Marty has become fed up with his friend's twisted ways. His girlfriend, a victim of Bobby's often cruel ways, couldn't agree more and they strategize murdering Bobby, with a group of willing and unwilling participants in a small …Florida town. In the midst of their plotting, they find themselves contemplating with the possible aftermath of what could happen. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | drug userapemurder |
| Locations: | courtroomsmall town |
| Characters: | girlfriendthieffather son relationship |
| Story: | sociopathgay slurarrestbased on true storyfemale frontal nuditybare chested malegunbloodviolence |
A mid-western farm boy reluctantly becomes a member of the undead when a girl he meets turns out to be part of a band of southern vampires who roam the highways in stolen cars. Part of his initiation includes a bloody assault on a hick bar.
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | psychopathmurder |
| Mood: | neo noir |
| Locations: | motelsmall town |
| Characters: | thieffather son relationship |
| Story: | shot in the stomachsociopathgangcriminalshotgunbare chested maleviolencegunblood |
Two petty if violent criminals kidnap a girl being paid $1m to be a surrogate mother. As the baby is for a gangster the pair's demand for money sees several henchmen and assorted other ruthless characters head after them to Mexico. Bullets rather than talking are always going to settle this one.
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | murder |
| Mood: | neo noir |
| Locations: | motel |
| Characters: | father son relationship |
| Story: | bullet woundshot in the stomachgay slurcriminalarrestshotgunbare chested malegunviolenceblood |
India Stoker ('Mia Wasikowska' (qv)) was not prepared to lose her father and best friend Richard ('Dermot Mulroney' (qv)) in a tragic auto accident. The solitude of her woodsy family estate, the peace of her tranquil town, and the unspoken somberness of her home life are suddenly upended by not only … this mysterious accident, but by the sudden arrival of her Uncle Charlie ('Matthew Goode (I)' (qv)), who she never knew existed. When Charlie moves in with her and her emotionally unstable mother Evie ('Nicole Kidman' (qv)), India thinks the void left by her father's death is finally being filled by his closest bloodline. Soon after his arrival, India comes to suspect that this mysterious, charming man has ulterior motives. Yet instead of feeling outrage or horror, this friendless young woman becomes increasingly infatuated with him. (Read More)
| Themes: | psychopathmurder |
| Mood: | high school |
| Locations: | pennsylvaniamotel |
| Story: | merry go roundcornfieldmale underwearsociopathdeath of brotherconvertibleblood |
Ten years after a global economic collapse, a cold-blooded drifter traverses the scorched Australian outback on a mission to track down the men who stole his last remaining possession - his car. When he crosses paths with a badly wounded member of the gang, he takes the vulnerable, naive young man a …long as his unwitting accomplice. (Read More)
| Themes: | murder |
| Locations: | motelsmall town |
| Characters: | thief |
| Story: | briefsmale underweardeath of brothergangbare chested malegunblood |
In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking us back to where it all began, Straight Outta Compton tells the true story of how th …ese cultural rebels-armed only with their lyrics, swagger, bravado and raw talent-stood up to the authorities that meant to keep them down and formed the world's most dangerous group, N.W.A. And as they spoke the truth that no one had before and exposed life in the hood, their voice ignited a social revolution that is still reverberating today. (Read More)
| Story: | white briefsbriefsmale underweardeath of brotherganggay slurarrestbased on true storyfemale frontal nuditybare chested maleviolence |
In Los Angeles, a city where streets are overrun by drug dealers, those who have sworn to uphold the law are breaking them to clean up the streets. Denzel Washington plays L.A.P.D. detective Alonzo Harris, a veteran narcotics officer whose methods of enforcing the law are questionable, if not corrup …t. 'Training Day' follows Harris as he trains rookie Jake Hoyt over a 24-hour period. Ethical dilemmas arise for Hoyt as well as the audience as questions present themselves as to whether or not Harris' methodology for ridding the streets of South Central Los Angeles of drugs is right or wrong. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | drug usepsychopathrapemurder |
| Mood: | neo noir |
| Locations: | helicopter |
| Characters: | father son relationship |
| Story: | shot in the stomachganggay slurshootingshotgunbare chested malegunviolenceblood |
A "story inside a story," in which the first part follows a woman named Susan who receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband, a man whom she left 20 years earlier, asking for her opinion. The second element follows the actual manuscript, called "Nocturnal Animals," which revolves around a man wh …ose family vacation turns violent and deadly. It also continues to follow the story of Susan, who finds herself recalling her first marriage and confronting some dark truths about herself. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | psychopathrapemurder |
| Mood: | neo noir |
| Locations: | motel |
| Story: | sociopathganggay slurcriminalarrestfemale frontal nuditybare chested malegunviolenceblood |
Protagonist Alex DeLarge is an "ultraviolent" youth in futuristic Britain. As with all luck, his eventually runs out and he's arrested and convicted of murder and rape. While in prison, Alex learns of an experimental program in which convicts are programmed to detest violence. If he goes through the … program, his sentence will be reduced and he will be back on the streets sooner than expected. But Alex's ordeals are far from over once he hits the mean streets of Britain that he had a hand in creating. (Read More)
| Themes: | psychopathrapemurder |
| Mood: | neo noir |
| Characters: | father son relationship |
| Story: | white briefsloss of loved onesociopathconvertiblegangcriminalarrestbare chested maleviolenceblood |
Mickey Knox and Mallory Wilson aren't your typical lovers - after killing her abusive father, they go on a road trip where, every time they stop somewhere, they kill pretty well everyone around them. They do however leave one person alive at every shootout to tell the story and they soon become a me …dia sensation thanks to sensationalized reporting. Told in a highly visual style. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | psychopathrapemurder |
| Mood: | neo noir |
| Locations: | motel |
| Characters: | father son relationship |
| Story: | sociopathwitnessconvertiblegay slurcriminalshootingarrestshotgunbare chested maleviolenceblood |
An intertwined drama about the United States' war on drugs, seen through the eyes of a once conservative judge, now newly-appointed drug czar, his crack-addicted daughter, two DEA agents, a jailed drug kingpin's wife, and a Mexican cop who begins to question his boss's motives.
| Themes: | drug usemurder |
| Mood: | high school |
| Locations: | courtroomhelicopter |
| Story: | witnesscriminalshootingarrestviolence |
In Ruggsville, Texas, the police under the command of Sheriff John Quincy Wydell attack the house of the sadistic serial killers Firefly family (a.k.a. The Devil's Reject) and they arrest mother Firefly, but Otis B. Driftwood and Baby Firefly escape from the siege. Tiny is wandering nearby the house … and also escapes. Otis and Baby call their patriarch, the mad clown Captain Spaulding and they schedule to reunite at an isolated motel in the desert. When Otis and Baby arrive, they kidnap two families of singers, using sadism and violence against the harmless persons. Meanwhile, Sheriff Wydell promises to capture and kill the runaways, seeking revenge for the death of his brother, the Deputy George Wydell. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | psychopathrapemurder |
| Locations: | motel |
| Characters: | father son relationship |
| Period: | year 19781970s |
| Story: | death of brothergay slurcriminalarrestshotgunbare chested malebloodviolence |
Mick Haller is a defense lawyer who works out of his Lincoln. When a wealthy Realtor is accused of assaulting a prostitute, Haller is asked to defend him. The man claims that the woman is trying to get some money out of him. But when Haller looks at the evidence against him, he learns that this case … might be linked to an old case of his. (Read More)
| Themes: | rapemurder |
| Locations: | courtroom |
| Story: | bailcourthouseshot in the stomachwitnessgay slurarrestbare chested male |
Larry Flynt is the hedonistically obnoxious, but indomitable, publisher of Hustler magazine. The film recounts his struggle to make an honest living publishing his porn magazine and how it changes into a battle to protect the freedom of speech for all people.
| Themes: | drug usemurder |
| Locations: | courtroomhelicopter |
| Characters: | thieffather son relationship |
| Period: | 1970s |
| Story: | courthouseshootingarrestbased on true storyfemale frontal nuditygunviolence |
John Singleton's portrayal of social problems in inner-city Los Angeles takes the form of a tale of three friends growing up together 'in the 'hood.' Half-brothers Doughboy and Ricky Baker are foils for each other's personality, presenting very different approaches to the tough lives they face. Rick …y is the 'All-American' athlete, looking to win a football scholarship to USC and seeks salvation through sports, while 'Dough' succumbs to the violence, alcohol, and crime surrounding him in his environment, but maintains a strong sense of pride and code of honor. Between these two is their friend Tre, who is lucky to have a father, 'Furious' Styles, to teach him to have the strength of character to do what is right and to always take responsibility for his actions. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | murder |
| Mood: | high school |
| Locations: | helicopter |
| Characters: | father son relationship |
| Story: | loss of loved onedeath of brotherganggay slurshootingarrestshotgunbare chested malegunviolenceblood |
Jim Davis is an ex-Army Ranger who finds himself slipping back into his old life of petty crime after a job offer from the LAPD evaporates. His best friend is pressured by his girlfriend Sylvia to find a job, but Jim is more interested in hanging out and making cash from small heists, while trying t …o get a law enforcement job so he can marry his Mexican girlfriend. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | drug usepsychopathmurder |
| Characters: | girlfriendthief |
| Story: | gay slurshootingshotgunviolencegunblood |
Wealthy, brilliant, and meticulous Ted Crawford, a structural engineer in Los Angeles, shoots his wife and entraps her lover. He signs a confession; at the arraignment, he asserts his rights to represent himself and asks the court to move immediately to trial. The prosecutor is Willy Beachum, a hots …hot who's soon to join a fancy civil-law firm, told by everyone it's an open and shut case. Crawford sees Beachum's weakness, the hairline fracture of his character: Willy's a winner. The engineer sets in motion a clockwork crime with all the objects moving in ways he predicts. (Read More)
| Themes: | psychopathmurder |
| Mood: | neo noir |
| Locations: | motelcourtroomhelicopter |
| Story: | courthousewitnessshootingarrestgunblood |
After five years in prison, Tony le Stephanois meets his dearest friends Jo and the Italian Mario Ferrati and they invite Tony to steal a couple of jewels from the show-window of the famous jewelry Mappin & Webb Ltd, but he declines. Tony finds his former girlfriend Mado, who became the lover of the … gangster owner of the night-club L' Age d' Or Louis Grutter, and he humiliates her, beating on her back for being unfaithful. Then he calls Jo and Mario and proposes a burglary of the safe of the jewelry. They invite the Italian specialist in safes and elegant wolf Cesar to join their team and they plot a perfect heist. They are successful in their plan, but the Don Juan Cesar makes things go wrong when he gives a valuable ring to his mistress. (Read More)
| Themes: | murder |
| Characters: | girlfriendthieffather son relationship |
| Story: | criminal gangcareer criminalbreaking glasswitnesscriminalshootingbare chested malegunblood |
In England, retired Royal Marine Harry Brown spends his lonely life between the hospital, where his beloved wife Kath is terminally ill, and playing chess with his only friend Leonard Attwell in the Barge pub owned by Sid Rourke. After the death of Kath, Len tells his grieving friend that the local …gang is harassing him and he is carrying an old bayonet for self-defense; the widower suggests him to go to the police. When Len is beaten, then stabbed to death in an underground passage, Inspector Alice Frampton and her partner Sergeant Terry Hicock are sent to investigate. They pay Harry a visit but don't have good news; the police have not found any other evidence, other than the bayonet, in order to arrest the hoodlums. This mean that should the case go to trial the gang would claim self-defense. Harry Brown sees that justice will not be granted and decides to take matters into his own hands. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | psychopathrapemurder |
| Mood: | neo noir |
| Story: | shot in the stomachsociopathganggay slurcriminalshootingarrestbare chested maleviolencegunblood |
After a bank heist in Abilene with several casualties, the bank robber Seth Gecko and his psychopath and rapist brother Richard Gecko continue their crime spree in a convenience store in the middle of the desert while heading to Mexico with a hostage. They decide to stop for a while in a low-budget …motel. Meanwhile the former minister Jacob Fuller is traveling on vacation with his son Scott and his daughter Kate in a RV. Jacob lost his faith after the death of his beloved wife in a car accident and quit his position of pastor of his community and stops for the night in the same motel Seth and Richard are lodged. When Seth sees the recreational vehicle, he abducts Jacob and his family to help his brother and him to cross the Mexico border, promising to release them on the next morning. They head to the truck drivers and bikers bar Titty Twister where Seth will meet with his partner Carlos in the dawn. When they are watching the dancer Santanico Pandemonium, Seth and Richard fight with three bodyguards. But soon they discover that the bar is a coven of vampires and they need to fight until dawn to leave the place alive. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | psychopathrapemurder |
| Locations: | motel |
| Characters: | father son relationship |
| Story: | bullet wounddeath of brotherganggay slurshotgungunviolenceblood |
A vicious serial-killer is on the loose in San Francisco and the police trace a link to a small town further down the coast. When Harry Callahan upsets the press and the mayor in his usual style, he's shipped out of town to investigate while the heat is on. With the help of his new Magnum handgun Ha …rry goes on the trail leaving behind the usual trail of dead criminals along the way. (Read More)
| Themes: | psychopathrapemurder |
| Mood: | neo noir |
| Locations: | courtroomsmall town |
| Story: | merry go roundgay slurcriminalshotgunbloodviolence |
In 2001, Andrew Bagby, a medical resident, is murdered not long after breaking up with his girlfriend. Soon after, when she announces she's pregnant, one of Andrew's many close friends, Kurt Kuenne, begins this film, a gift to the child. Friends, relatives, and colleagues say warm and loving things …about Andrew, home movies confirm his exuberance. Andrew's parents, Kathleen and David, move to Newfoundland, Canada where the ex-girlfriend has gone. They await an arrest and trial of the murderer. They negotiate with the ex-girlfriend to visit their grandchild, Zachary, and they seek custody. Is there any justice; is Zachary a sweet and innocent consolation for the loss of their son? (Read More)
| Themes: | murder |
| Locations: | pennsylvania |
| Characters: | girlfriendfather son relationship |
| Story: | bailpoolloss of loved onearrestshotgunbare chested male |
A seasoned team of bank robbers, including Gordon Jennings (Idris Elba), John Rahway (Paul Walker), A.J. (Hayden Christensen), and brothers Jake (Michael Ealy) and Jesse (Chris Brown) Attica successfully complete their latest heist and lead a life of luxury while planning their next job. When Ghost …(Tip T.I. Harris), a former member of their team, is released from prison he convinces the group to strike an armored car carrying $20 million. As the "takers" carefully plot their strategy and draw nearer to exacting the grand heist, a reckless police officer (Matt Dillon) inches closer to apprehending the criminals. (Read More)
| Themes: | murder |
| Mood: | neo noir |
| Locations: | helicopter |
| Characters: | thief |
| Story: | criminal gangcareer criminalshot in the stomacharrestshotgunbare chested maleviolenceblood |
Sam Bowden ('Nick Nolte' (qv))is a small-town corporate attorney/"Leave It to Beaver" type family-man. Max Cady ('Robert De Niro' (qv)) is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, bible-quoting, rapist. What do they have in common? Fourteen years, ago Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, a …nd he made a serious error: he hid a document from his illiterate client that could have gotten him acquitted. Now, the cagey, bibliophile Cady has been released, and he intends to teach Sam Bowden and his family a thing or two about loss. (Read More)
| Themes: | psychopathrapemurder |
| Mood: | high schoolneo noir |
| Locations: | motelsmall town |
| Story: | briefsmale underwearbare chested maleviolencegunblood |
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