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Burglar Maurice Faugel has just finished his sentence. He murders Gilbert Vanovre, a receiver, and steals the loot of a break-in. He is also preparing a house-breaking, and his friend Silien brings him the needed equipment. But Silien is a police informer ... A movie whose "all characters are two-fa …ced, all characters are false", according to director Jean-Pierre Melville. (Read More)
Subgenre: | heist gone wrongheist |
Themes: | gangsterbetrayalmoneymurderdeathrevenge |
Mood: | neo noirrain |
Locations: | nightclubparis france |
Characters: | running from policealcoholic drinkpolice detectivekillerhitmandoctor |
Period: | 1960s |
Story: | jewel heistjewel robberyjewel theftjewel thiefcar goes over a cliffpushed off a cliffcar falling off a clifffalling off a cliffkilling the wrong personjazz singerjazz clubjewelry heistjazz musichired killerbroken mirror …looking at self in mirrorpaper moneytelephone calldeath of main characterends with deathfence receiverremoving a bulletjewelry thiefstolen jewelryslang in titledigging a holepiano bardance troupequestioned by policepushed from heightcriminal underworldlamp postnickname as titleradiatorweaselburied treasureparis metrowoman smoking cigarettefinger gunwoman in beddeath of title characterraincoatgas station attendantrainy nightsafecrackermultiple murderman slaps womanpoodleshowgirlman hits a womanreading a newspaperjewelinformerbullet woundex conpolice chiefsandwichrelease from prisongunfireprison celldead mancliffframe upsafeburglarymisunderstandingwhiskeythugdead womanfriendship between menhatjazzkillingpianistgunshotbartenderpolice officer killeddouble crossnonlinear timelinebound and gaggedshot in the backtelephoneheld at gunpointshootingfalling from heightarrestblondeshot in the chestmirrorhorseshot to deathcigarette smokingbare chested malebased on noveltwo word titlebare breastsnudityflashbackgun (See All) |
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)
Subgenre: | heist gone wrongheist |
Themes: | gangsterbetrayalmoneydeathrevengemurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | nightclubparis france |
Story: | jewel heistjewel theftjewel thiefjazz clubjewelry heistjazz musictelephone callsafecrackerjewelex conrelease from prisonsafeburglarydouble crossbound and gagged …shot in the backshootingcigarette smokingbare chested malebased on novelgun (See All) |
Hitman Jef Costello is a perfectionist who always carefully plans his murders and who never gets caught. One night however, after killing a night-club owner, he's seen by witnesses. His efforts to provide himself with an alibi fail and more and more he gets driven into a corner.
Themes: | gangsterbetrayalmoneydeathmurder |
Mood: | neo noirrain |
Locations: | nightclubparis france |
Characters: | police detectivekillerhitman |
Period: | 1960s |
Story: | jazz musichired killerlooking at self in mirrortelephone callparis metroex conhatkillingpianistgunshotbartenderdouble crossshot in the backheld at gunpointshooting …arrestcigarette smokingbased on novelgun (See All) |
Nick Wells, a professional criminal, decides to leave the business for good, since he nearly got caught on his last job. His plan is to live in peace with his girl Diane, running his Montreal jazz club. Soon afterward, Max, his good friend and financial partner, comes along with an offer Nick can't …refuse: A historical and priceless French scepter has been discovered while being smuggled into the country. It is now under massive surveillance in the Montreal Customs House, and soon to be returned to France. Nick has to team up with Max's man inside, the young, talented and aggressive thief Jack Teller to get the precious item. Only one question remains: Who will trick whom out of their share? (Read More)
Subgenre: | heist |
Themes: | betrayalmoney |
Mood: | neo noirrain |
Locations: | nightclub |
Story: | jewel heistjewel theftjewel thiefjazz singerjazz clubjewelry heistsafecrackersafeburglarythugjazzdouble crossheld at gunpointbare chested male |
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: | heist |
Themes: | gangsterbetrayalmoneymurderdeath |
Mood: | neo noir |
Story: | jewel heistjewel thiefjewelry heistgunfiresafedouble crossshot in the backheld at gunpointshootingshot in the chestshot to deathcigarette smokinggun |
Three amateurs stickup a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse. Brad Pitt plays the hitman hired to track them down and restore order.
Subgenre: | heist |
Themes: | gangsterbetrayalmoneydeathmurder |
Mood: | rain |
Characters: | hitman |
Story: | hired killerwhiskeythugkillingbartenderdouble crossheld at gunpointarrestshot in the chestshot to deathcigarette smokingbased on novelflashback |
Themes: | gangsterbetrayalmoneymurderdeathrevenge |
Mood: | neo noir |
Characters: | killerhitman |
Story: | hired killertelephone callex conthugbartenderpolice officer killeddouble crossshot in the backtelephoneheld at gunpointarrestshot in the chesthorseshot to deathbare chested male …two word titlebased on novelgun (See All) |
Jeff Bailey, small-town gas pumper, has his mysterious past catch up with him one day when he's ordered to meet with gambler Whit Sterling. En route to the meeting, he tells girlfriend Ann his story. Flashback: Once, Jeff was a private eye hired by Sterling to find his mistress Kathie who shot Whit …and absconded with $40,000. He traces her to Acapulco...where the delectable Kathie makes Jeff forget all about Sterling... Back in the present, Whit's new job for Jeff is clearly a trap, but Jeff's precautions only leave him more tightly enmeshed... (Read More)
Themes: | gangsterbetrayalrevengemurder |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | nightclub |
Characters: | alcoholic drink |
Story: | pushed off a clifffalling off a cliffdead manframe upwhiskeythugjazzdouble crossfalling from heightshot to deathcigarette smokingbased on novelgunflashback |
A group of thieves steal a rare gem, but in the process, two of the men double cross the leader of the thieving group, Patrick, and take off with the precious stone. Ten years later, prominent psychiatrist Nathan Conrad is invited to examine a disturbed young woman named Elisabeth. Patrick immediate …ly kidnaps Nathan's daughter, forcing Nathan to attempt to get Elisabeth to reveal a secret number which will ultimately lead Patrick to the whereabouts of the precious gem that has eluded him. (Read More)
Subgenre: | heist |
Themes: | betrayalmoneyrevengedeathmurder |
Mood: | neo noir |
Characters: | police detective |
Story: | jewel theftjewel thiefjewelry heistjewelthuggunshotpolice officer killeddouble crossshot in the backtelephoneheld at gunpointarrestshot in the chestshot to deathcigarette smoking …based on novelflashback (See All) |
Four tales of crime adapted from Frank Miller's popular comics, focusing around a muscular brute who's looking for the person responsible for the death of his beloved Goldie, a man fed up with Sin City's corrupt law enforcement who takes the law into his own hands after a horrible mistake, a cop who … risks his life to protect a girl from a deformed pedophile, and a hitman looking to make a little cash. (Read More)
Themes: | gangsterbetrayalmurderrevengedeath |
Mood: | neo noirrain |
Characters: | police detectivekillerhitman |
Story: | telephone callwoman smoking cigaretterainy nightinformerdead manthugdead womankillingpolice officer killednonlinear timelineshot in the backshootingfalling from heightshot in the chestshot to death …cigarette smokingtwo word title (See All) |
Miles Logan is a jewel thief who just hit the big time by stealing a huge diamond. However, after two years in jail, he comes to find out that he hid the diamond in a police building that was being built at the time of the robbery. In an attempt to regain his diamond, he poses as an L.A.P.D. detecti …ve... (Read More)
Subgenre: | heist |
Themes: | betrayalmurderdeath |
Characters: | police detective |
Story: | jewel thiefsafecrackerjewelrelease from prisonburglarydouble crossheld at gunpointfalling from heightarrestshot in the chestmirrorshot to deathcigarette smoking |
A career bank robber busts out of jail (Clooney) with the help of his buddy (Rhames) and kidnaps a US Marshal (Lopez) in the process. When the two cons head for Detroit to pull off their final big scam, the Marshal is put on their case but she finds she is attracted to one of them and has second tho …ughts about bringing them in. (Read More)
Subgenre: | heist |
Themes: | murder |
Mood: | neo noir |
Story: | jewel heistjewel theftjewel thiefjewelry heistsafenonlinear timelinebound and gaggedshot in the backarrestshot in the chestcigarette smokingbased on novelflashback |
Porter is bad, but his neighbours are worse. Street-wise and tough, an ex-marine, he is betrayed by a one-time partner, and shot in the back by his junkie wife. He survives and returns, looking to recover his share from the robbery of an Asian crime gang. The money has passed into the hands of "the …Outfit", a slick gangster organisation that runs the city. He has to make his way through a world populated by heroin dealers, prostitutes, sado-masochists, gunmen and crooked cops, a place where torture is a way of life. His only friend is a former employer, a prostitute, and her loyalty is in question, given she now works for the Outfit. He makes good early progress, but then falls into the hands of Fairfax, the crime boss. (Read More)
Subgenre: | heist gone wrongheist |
Themes: | gangsterbetrayalmoneydeathrevenge |
Mood: | neo noir |
Story: | telephone callfinger gunreading a newspaperwhiskeydead womandouble crossshot in the backtelephoneshootingshot in the chestshot to deathcigarette smokingbare chested malebased on novelgun …flashback (See All) |
Needing extra cash, two brothers conspire to pull off the perfect, victimless crime. No guns, no violence, no problem. But when an accomplice ignores the rules and crosses the line, his actions trigger a series of events in which no one is left unscathed.
Subgenre: | heist gone wrongheist |
Themes: | betrayalmoneydeathmurderrevenge |
Mood: | neo noir |
Characters: | police detectivedoctor |
Story: | jewel robberytelephone callgunshotnonlinear timelineshot in the backshot in the chestmirrorshot to deathcigarette smokingbare chested malegunflashbacknudity |
Based on the novel by David Baldacci, Absolute Power is about the ruthlessness of people in power. The President believes that everything he does is beyond reproach, including an affair or two. That leads to murder and everyone around him is involved. There is only one witness, a thief named Luther …Whitney. They are sure he'll talk, but when? The Secret Service is determined to keep him quiet, but catching a thief isn't always easy. (Read More)
Themes: | betrayalmurderdeathrevenge |
Mood: | neo noir |
Characters: | police detectivehitmandoctor |
Story: | jewel thiefhired killerjewelry thiefman hits a womanframe upsafeburglarybartendershot in the backarrestshot to deathcigarette smokingtwo word titlebased on novel |
An ex-cop turned con threatens to jump to his death from a Manhattan hotel rooftop. The nearest New York Police officer immediately responds to a screaming woman and calls dispatch. More Officers arrive with SWAT and tactical command along with fire-fighters. The police then dispatch a police psycho …logist personally requested to talk him down from the ledge. However, things aren't as they seem. (Read More)
Subgenre: | heist |
Themes: | betrayaldeathrevenge |
Characters: | police detective |
Story: | jewel heistjewel theftjewelry heistframe upbartendershot in the backheld at gunpointarrestblondeshot in the chestshot to deathcigarette smokinggunflashback |
Russell and his younger brother Rodney live in the economically-depressed Rust Belt, and have always dreamed of escaping and finding better lives. But when a cruel twist of fate lands Russell in prison, his brother becomes involved with one of the most violent and ruthless crime rings in the Northea …st - a mistake that will cost him everything. Once released, Russell must choose between his own freedom, or risk it all to seek justice for his brother. (Read More)
Themes: | betrayalmoneydeathrevengemurder |
Mood: | neo noir |
Story: | telephone callends with deathpolice chiefrelease from prisonprison cellsafewhiskeybartenderdouble crossshot in the backtelephoneheld at gunpointshootingshot in the chestmirror …shot to deathcigarette smokingbare chested malegunflashback (See All) |
Boston, 1926. The '20s are roaring. Liquor is flowing, bullets are flying, and one man sets out to make his mark on the world. Prohibition has given rise to an endless network of underground distilleries, speakeasies, gangsters, and corrupt cops. Joe Coughlin, the youngest son of a prominent Boston …police captain, has long since turned his back on his strict and proper upbringing. Now having graduated from a childhood of petty theft to a career in the pay of the city's most fearsome mobsters, Joe enjoys the spoils, thrills, and notoriety of being an outlaw. But life on the dark side carries a heavy price. In a time when ruthless men of ambition, armed with cash, illegal booze, and guns, battle for control, no one-neither family nor friend, enemy nor lover-can be trusted. Beyond money and power, even the threat of prison, one fate seems most likely for men like Joe: an early death. But until that day, he and his friends are determined to live life to the hilt. Joe embarks on a dizzying journey up the ladder of organized crime that takes him from the flash of Jazz Age Boston to the sensual shimmer of Tampa's Latin Quarter to the sizzling streets of Cuba. Live by Night is a riveting epic layered with a diverse cast of loyal friends and callous enemies, tough rumrunners and sultry femmes fatales, Bible-quoting evangelists and cruel Klansmen, all battling for survival and their piece of the American dream. At once a sweeping love story and a compelling saga of revenge, it is a spe… (Read More)
Subgenre: | heist gone wrongheist |
Themes: | gangsterbetrayalmoneyrevengedeathmurder |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | nightclub |
Characters: | hitman |
Story: | hired killertelephone callman slaps womanpolice chiefrelease from prisonthugpolice officer killeddouble crossnonlinear timelinebound and gaggedshot in the backtelephoneheld at gunpointarrestshot in the chest …shot to deathcigarette smokingbased on novel (See All) |
The gangster Nino has a gang who call themselves Cash Money Brothers. They get into the crack business and not before long they make a million dollars every week. A cop, Scotty, is after them. He tries to get into the gang by letting an ex-drug addict infiltrate the gang, but the attempt fails miser …ably. The only thing that remains is that Scotty himself becomes a drug pusher. (Read More)
Themes: | gangsterbetrayalmoneymurderrevengedeath |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | nightclub |
Characters: | police detectivehitman |
Story: | telephone callsafecrackersafethugpolice officer killeddouble crossshot in the backtelephoneheld at gunpointshootingfalling from heightarrestshot in the chestshot to deathbare chested male …gunflashback (See All) |
A down and out cynical detective teams up with a down and out ex-quarterback to try and solve a murder case involving a pro football team and a politician.
Themes: | gangsterbetrayalmoneymurderdeathrevenge |
Mood: | neo noir |
Characters: | police detectivehitman |
Story: | car falling off a cliffframe upthugbartenderpolice officer killeddouble crossshot in the backheld at gunpointfalling from heightarrestshot in the chesthorseshot to deathcigarette smokingbare chested male …bare breastsgunflashback (See All) |
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.
Themes: | gangsterbetrayalmoneydeathrevengemurder |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | nightclub |
Characters: | doctor |
Story: | telephone callbullet woundgunshotpolice officer killeddouble crossshot in the backheld at gunpointarrestshot in the chestshot to deathcigarette smokingbare chested malegun |
Sent from the city to investigate the murder of a teenage girl in a small Alaska town, a police detective (Pacino) accidentally shoots his own partner while trying to apprehend a suspect. Instead of admitting his guilt, the detective is given an unexpected alibi, but this "solution" only multiplies …the emotional complexity and guilt over his partner's death. He's also still got a murder to solve, in addition to the blackmail and framing of an innocent bystander being orchestrated by the man they were chasing. There's also a local detective (Swank) who is conducting her own personal investigation... of his partner's death. Will it all come crashing down on him? (Read More)
Themes: | betrayalmurderdeath |
Mood: | neo noirrain |
Characters: | police detective |
Story: | telephone callremoving a bulletgunfireframe updead womanpolice officer killedtelephoneheld at gunpointshootingshot in the chestshot to deathcigarette smokinggunflashbacknudity |
In South Boston, the state police force is waging war on Irish-American organized crime. Young undercover cop Billy Costigan is assigned to infiltrate the mob syndicate run by gangland chief Frank Costello. While Billy quickly gains Costello's confidence, Colin Sullivan, a hardened young criminal wh …o has infiltrated the state police as an informer for the syndicate is rising to a position of power in the Special Investigation Unit. Each man becomes deeply consumed by their double lives, gathering information about the plans and counter-plans of the operations they have penetrated. But when it becomes clear to both the mob and the police that there is a mole in their midst, Billy and Colin are suddenly in danger of being caught and exposed to the enemy - and each must race to uncover the identity of the other man in time to save themselves. But is either willing to turn on their friends and comrades they've made during their long stints undercover? (Read More)
Themes: | gangsterbetrayalmoneydeathmurder |
Mood: | neo noirrain |
Characters: | killerhitman |
Story: | telephone callmultiple murderinformerdead manthugdead womankillingpolice officer killeddouble crossbound and gaggedheld at gunpointshootingfalling from heightarrestblonde …shot in the chestshot to deathcigarette smokingbare chested maletwo word titleflashbackgun (See All) |
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: | betrayalmoneydeathmurderrevenge |
Story: | hired killerlooking at self in mirrorbullet woundpianistbartenderpolice officer killedheld at gunpointshootingarrestshot in the chestmirrorhorseshot to deathcigarette smokingbare chested male …based on novelgun (See All) |
The crown jewel of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Agent Lorraine Broughton (Theron) is equal parts spycraft, sensuality and savagery, willing to deploy any of her skills to stay alive on her impossible mission. Sent alone into Berlin to deliver a priceless dossier out of the destabilized … city, she partners with embedded station chief David Percival (James McAvoy) to navigate her way through the deadliest game of spies. (Read More)
Themes: | betrayalmurderdeathrevenge |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | nightclubparis france |
Characters: | hitman |
Story: | jewelthugkillinggunshotbartenderpolice officer killeddouble crossnonlinear timelineshot in the backtelephoneheld at gunpointfalling from heightblondeshot in the chestshot to death …cigarette smokingbare chested malebased on noveltwo word titlebare breastsflashbackgun (See All) |
The thief Laurie Ash steals the expensive diamond jewel called 'Eye of the Serpent' in an audacious heist during an exhibition in Cannes 2001 Festival. She double-crosses her partners and is mistakenly taken as Lily, a woman who lost her husband and son in an accident and is missing since then, by a …n ordinary family. One day, while having bath in Lily's bathtub, Lily comes back home and commits suicide. Laurie assumes definitely Lily's identity, goes to America where she marries a rich man, who becomes the Ambassador of USA in France. When Laurie returns to France, her past haunts her. (Read More)
Subgenre: | heist |
Themes: | betrayalmurder |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | paris france |
Story: | jewel thefttelephone calljewelhatkillingdouble crossnonlinear timelinefalling from heightarrestblondecigarette smokingbare chested malegunflashback |
Finding himself in considerable debt, Chris, a Texan drug dealer, decides the only solution is to murder his mother to collect the insurance money. Getting together with his father, the ex-husband of Chris' mother, they decide to hire Joe Cooper (a contract killer) who also happens to be a police de …tective. The plan is that the money will go to Chris' sister Dottie. However due to the size of the contract fee, Chris agrees that Joe can take Dottie as a retainer until the insurance comes through. (Read More)
Themes: | gangstermoneydeathmurder |
Mood: | neo noirrain |
Characters: | police detectivekillerhitman |
Story: | telephone callman hits a womantelephoneshootingblondeshot in the chestmirrorshot to deathcigarette smokingbare chested maletwo word titlebare breastsgunnudity |
When Bobby's car breaks down in the desert while on the run from some of the bookies who have already taken two of his fingers, he becomes trapped in the nearby small town where the people are stranger than anyone he's encountered. After becoming involved with a (unbeknownst to him) young married wo …man, her husband hires Bobby to kill her. Later, she hires Bobby to kill the husband. (Read More)
Themes: | betrayalmoneymurder |
Mood: | neo noir |
Story: | pushed off a clifffalling off a cliffpolice officer killeddouble crossshot in the backheld at gunpointfalling from heightshot in the chestshot to deathbare chested maletwo word titleflashback |
Professional Brooklyn hitman Jimmy Conlon is more commonly known as THE GRAVEDIGGER. Jimmy was a mob hit-man, who was best friends with his boss Sean Maguire. But when Jimmy's son, Michael, is marked for death by the mob, Jimmy must go up against Sean to protect Michael at all costs. Together, he an …d Michael must avoid corrupt cops, contract killers and the mob to survive the night. (Read More)
Themes: | gangstermurderrevengedeath |
Mood: | neo noirrain |
Characters: | police detectivehitman |
Story: | whiskeythugpolice officer killednonlinear timelineshot in the backheld at gunpointfalling from heightarrestshot in the chestshot to deathcigarette smokingflashback |
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)
Subgenre: | heist gone wrongheist |
Themes: | gangsterbetrayaldeathmurderrevenge |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | nightclub |
Characters: | police detective |
Story: | finger gunrelease from prisondouble crossshot in the backheld at gunpointarrestshot in the chestshot to deathcigarette smokingbare chested male |
Charles is worn down by his home life where he and his wife struggle to cope with the demands of their daughter's illness and his job. When he meets Lucinda on the train to work in Chicago, there is an immediate spark between them. Soon they are doing lunch; dinner and drinks follow. This leads to a …n adulterous rendezvous in a hotel. However, no sooner have they torn each other's clothes off than their room is invaded by a thief who beats Charles and rapes Lucinda. Because of the illicit nature of their relationship, Charles agrees with Lucinda who is reluctant to go to the police and soon finds he is powerless to resist the demands of the thief. (Read More)
Subgenre: | heist |
Themes: | moneyrevengedeathmurder |
Mood: | neo noirrain |
Characters: | police detective |
Story: | hired killertelephone calldead womanbartendernonlinear timelineheld at gunpointshootingshot in the chestshot to deathcigarette smokingbased on novelgunflashback |
Subgenre: | heist gone wrong |
Themes: | gangsterbetrayalmurderdeath |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | nightclub |
Characters: | police detectivehitmandoctor |
Story: | man hits a womanframe upthugkillingpolice officer killeddouble crossnonlinear timelineheld at gunpointfalling from heightarrestshot in the chestcigarette smokingbare chested maleflashbackgun |
Robert Trench, an undercover DEA agent, takes advantage of gunman Michael Stigman's idea to rob a bank to bust him and a mob boss. However, it proves too successful with much more money seized than anticipated with Trench's forces not stopping the getaway. Complicating things still more, Stigman tur …ns out to be a Naval Intelligence agent who shoots Trench and takes the money. The interservice debacle suddenly finds Trench and Stigman in a bloody web of corrupt clandestine rivalries as they are hunted, blackmailed and isolated for the money on both sides of the law. Now, the fugitives must work together to find a way out of this situation with no one to turn to but themselves. (Read More)
Subgenre: | heist |
Themes: | gangsterbetrayalmoneydeathmurderrevenge |
Mood: | neo noir |
Characters: | killer |
Story: | bullet woundgunfireframe upsafedouble crossnonlinear timelinebound and gaggedshot in the backheld at gunpointshootingarrestshot in the chestmirrorhorseshot to death …cigarette smokingbare chested maletwo word titlebare breastsflashback (See All) |
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: | heist |
Themes: | betrayalmoneydeathmurderrevenge |
Mood: | neo noir |
Characters: | police detective |
Story: | bullet woundex congunfirefriendship between mengunshotpolice officer killeddouble crossshot in the backheld at gunpointshootingshot in the chesthorseshot to deathcigarette smokingbare chested male …bare breastsgun (See All) |
Kevin Chan (aka Jackie) is a Hong-Kong cop, who scores his first big hit by virtually single-handedly capturing and arresting a big drug- lord. Of course, the drug-lord isn't too happy about this, and frames Kevin with the murder of another cop (who happened to be on the take). Kevin has to clear hi …s name, whilst keeping himself from getting killed or arrested, and keeping his girlfriend from leaving him. (Read More)
Themes: | gangsterbetrayalmurderrevengedeath |
Characters: | police detectivehitman |
Story: | telephone callframe upmisunderstandingthugpolice officer killeddouble crossbound and gaggedtelephoneheld at gunpointarrestshot in the chestshot to deathbare chested maletwo word titlenudity |
In 1848, a New York bank wants to put a railroad across Mexico, so it buys up small banks around Santa Rita, Durango, and evicts farmers on the proposed rail line who owe money. The bank's henchman is the murderous Jackson. He runs afoul of two women, Maria, the tough but uneducated daughter of a fa …rmer, and Sara, the European-educated daughter of the owner of one of these banks. To feed the now landless people and to seek revenge, Maria and Sara become bank robbers, veritable Robin Hoods. But Jackson and his hired guns are after them. What are the women's options? (Read More)
Subgenre: | heist gone wrongheist |
Themes: | betrayalmoneyrevengedeathmurder |
Characters: | police detectivehitman |
Story: | safethugdouble crossshot in the backheld at gunpointfalling from heightarrestshot in the chesthorseshot to deathcigarette smokinggun |
In TRIPLE 9, a crew of dirty cops are blackmailed by the Russian mob to execute a virtually impossible heist. The only way to pull it off is to manufacture a 999, police code for "officer down". Their plan is turned upside down when the unsuspecting rookie they set up to die foils the attack, trigge …ring a breakneck, action-packed finale filled with double-crosses, greed and revenge. (Read More)
Subgenre: | heist |
Themes: | gangsterbetrayalmoneymurderrevengedeath |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | nightclub |
Characters: | police detectivehitman |
Story: | bullet woundthugpolice officer killeddouble crossbound and gaggedheld at gunpointarrestshot in the chestshot to deathcigarette smokingbare chested maletwo word titlebare breasts |
Dr. Alex Cross is on his last police duty to track down an assassin called Picasso, who's been torturing and killing rich businessmen in Detroit. Soon when the mission gets personal, Cross is pushed to the edge of his moral and psychological limits to end this once and for all.
Themes: | betrayaldeathmurderrevenge |
Characters: | police detectivehitman |
Story: | hired killerdead womankillingpolice officer killedshot in the backheld at gunpointfalling from heightshot in the chestshot to deathbare chested maletwo word titlebased on novelflashback |
Recently divorced Meg Altman and her daughter Sarah have bought a new home in New York. On their tour around the mansion, they come across the panic room. A room so secure, that no one can get in. When three burglars break in, Meg makes a move to the panic room. But all her troubles don't stop there …. The criminals know where she is, and what they require the most in the house is in that very room. (Read More)
Subgenre: | heist gone wrongheist |
Themes: | betrayalmoneymurderdeathrevenge |
Mood: | neo noirrain |
Story: | broken mirrorlooking at self in mirrorsafecrackerman hits a womansafeburglarytelephoneheld at gunpointshootinggun |
Former criminal Jacob Sternwood is forced to return to London from his Icelandic hideaway when his son is involved in a heist gone wrong. This gives detective Max Lewinsky one last chance to catch the man he has always been after. As they face off, they start to uncover a deeper conspiracy they both … need to solve in order to survive. (Read More)
Subgenre: | heist |
Themes: | deathmurder |
Mood: | neo noirrain |
Locations: | nightclub |
Characters: | police detective |
Story: | hired killerpolice officer killedshot in the backarrestshot in the chestshot to deathbare chested maleflashback |
An ex-con, fresh out of prison, goes to L.A. to try to learn who murdered his daughter. However, he quickly finds that he is completely out of place with no understanding of the culture he finds. His investigations are helped by another ex-con. Together they learn that his daughter had been having a …n affair with a record producer, who is presently having an affair with another young woman. An aging actress, who also knew his daughter, forces him to look at his own failures as a father. The movie does focus on the drama of the situation and the inter-relationships of the characters and seldom slips into an action piece. (Read More)
Themes: | gangstermoneymurderdeathrevenge |
Mood: | neo noir |
Characters: | hitman |
Period: | 1960s |
Story: | hired killerex congunfirecliffgunshotnonlinear timelinebound and gaggedheld at gunpointshootingfalling from heightshot to deathcigarette smokingflashbackgun |
Christian Wolff is a math savant with more affinity for numbers than people. Behind the cover of a small-town CPA office, he works as a freelance accountant for some of the world's most dangerous criminal organizations. With the Treasury Department's Crime Enforcement Division, run by Ray King, star …ting to close in, Christian takes on a legitimate client: a state-of-the-art robotics company where an accounting clerk has discovered a discrepancy involving millions of dollars. But as Christian uncooks the books and gets closer to the truth, it is the body count that starts to rise. (Read More)
Themes: | gangsterbetrayalmoneymurderdeathrevenge |
Mood: | neo noirrain |
Characters: | hitman |
Story: | hired killerbullet woundsandwichrelease from prisongunshotdouble crossnonlinear timelineshot in the backheld at gunpointarrestshot in the chestshot to deathbare chested maletwo word titleflashback …gun (See All) |
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: | gangstermoneydeathmurder |
Locations: | nightclubparis france |
Characters: | killer |
Period: | 1960s |
Story: | telephone callbullet woundprison cellsafebound and gaggedshot to deathbare chested malegun |
A violent Hong Kong action film, this is the story of an assassin, Jeffrey Chow (aka Mickey Mouse) who takes one last job so he can retire and care for his girlfriend Jenny. When his employers betray him, he reluctantly joins forces with Inspector Lee (aka Dumbo), the cop who is pursuing him. Togeth …er, the new friends face the final confrontation of the gangsters out to kill them. (Read More)
Themes: | gangsterbetrayaldeathrevengemurder |
Mood: | neo noir |
Locations: | nightclub |
Characters: | police detectivekillerhitman |
Story: | removing a bulletbartenderdouble crossshot in the backheld at gunpointshootingfalling from heightshot in the chestshot to deathcigarette smokingbare chested malegunflashback |
Inspector Wing of the Hong Kong Police Force has become the victim of a gang, led by the evil Joe. When his entire team is killed, Wing becomes a hapless drunk, feeling guilty for the deaths of his team. A young man with a troubled past pretends to be a police officer working on the case with Wing, …to get him back on his feet and begin an adventure to get revenge on the evil Joe and his Gang of Five, especially when it becomes personal. (Read More)
Themes: | gangsterbetrayalmoneymurderdeathrevenge |
Mood: | neo noir |
Characters: | police detective |
Story: | jazz clubpolice chiefwhiskeythugpolice officer killeddouble crossnonlinear timelineshot in the backheld at gunpointfalling from heightarrestshot in the chestshot to deathbare chested maleflashback |
Forever alone in a crowd, failed comedian Arthur Fleck seeks connection as he walks the streets of Gotham City. Arthur wears two masks -- the one he paints for his day job as a clown, and the guise he projects in a futile attempt to feel like he's part of the world around him. Isolated, bullied and …disregarded by society, Fleck begins a slow descent into madness as he transforms into the criminal mastermind known as the Joker. (Read More)
Themes: | gangsterbetrayalmoneydeathrevengemurder |
Mood: | neo noir |
Characters: | police detective |
Story: | telephone callquestioned by policenickname as titlefinger gunkillingpianistdouble crossshot in the backtelephoneheld at gunpointshootingarrestshot in the chestmirrorshot to death …cigarette smokingbare chested maleflashbackgun (See All) |
Fired in disgrace, kids show host Randolph Smiley finds himself out on the street, while his replacement Sheldon Mopes, finds himself on the fast track to success with a new hit show as the proud purple rhino Smoochy. But things take a turn for the worst when Sheldon finds out that some of the peopl …e that he works with, and some he doesn't know he's working for, are all in it for the money. Meanwhile, Randolph is slowly turning insane with his only thoughts focusing on killing Smoochy and getting back to his life of luxury. (Read More)
Themes: | gangstermoneymurderrevengedeath |
Locations: | nightclub |
Characters: | hitman |
Story: | killing the wrong personhired killertelephone callframe upkillingshootingarrestshot to deathgunflashback |
Earl Brooks is a highly respected businessman and was recently named Portland's Man of the Year. He hides a terrible secret however: he is a serial killer known as the Thumbprint Killer. He has been attending AA meetings and has kept his addiction to killing under control for two years now but his a …lter ego, Marshall, has re-appeared and is pushing him to kill again. When he does kill a couple while they are making love, he is seen and photographed by someone who also has his own death and murder fetish. In a parallel story, the police detective investigating the murder is having problems of her own. She is going through a messy divorce and a violent criminal who had vowed revenge some years before has escaped from prison and is after her. (Read More)
Themes: | deathrevengemurder |
Mood: | rain |
Characters: | police detectivekillerdoctor |
Story: | telephone callrainy nightmultiple murderdead mandead womankillingdouble crosstelephoneshootingshot in the chestmirrorgunflashback |
Set in the year 1999 during the last days of the old millennium, the movie tells the story of Lenny Nero, an ex-cop who now deals with data-discs containing recorded memories and emotions. One day he receives a disc which contains the memories of a murderer killing a prostitute. Lenny investigates a …nd is pulled deeper and deeper in a whirl of blackmail, murder and rape. Will he survive and solve the case? (Read More)
Themes: | betrayaldeathmurderrevenge |
Mood: | neo noirrain |
Locations: | nightclub |
Story: | man hits a womankillingpolice officer killeddouble crossshot in the backheld at gunpointfalling from heightshot in the chestmirrorshot to deathcigarette smokingtwo word titleflashback |
Epic tale of a group of Jewish gangsters in New York, from childhood, through their glory years during prohibition, and their meeting again 35 years later.
Subgenre: | heist |
Themes: | gangsterbetrayaldeathmurder |
Period: | 1960s |
Story: | jewel robberypolice chiefrelease from prisonkillingnonlinear timelineshootingmirrorbased on novelbare breastsflashbackgunnudity |