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Beyond Reasonable Doubt (1981) A docu-drama covering one of the most famous murder cases in New Zealand history. Did Arthur Thomas kill Jeannette and Harvey Crewe at their Pukekawa farm house? Arthur was sure that trusting the police and co-operating fully would prove his innocence. The police held

Tokyo Joe (1949) Joe Barrett returns to Tokyo after World War II where he once owned a bar, Tokyo Joe's, and deserted his wife Trina. They have a seven-year-old daughter. Kimura forces Joe into piloting war criminals by revealing that during the war Trina made treasonous propaganda broadcasts.

The Turning Point 1952 Special prosecutor John Conroy hopes to combat organized crime in his city, and appoints his cop father Matt as chief investigator John doesnt understand why Matt is reluctant, but cynical reporter Jerry McKibbon thinks he knows hes seen Matt with mob lieutenant Harrigan Jerry

Operation Cicero 2019 Cicero, pseudonym of Ilyas Bazna, born 1904, Pristina, one of the most famous spies of World War II, who worked for Nazi Germany in 1943 44 while he was employed as valet to Sir Hughe Montgomery Knatchbull Hugessen, British ambassador to neutral Turkey from 1939 He photographed

Loophole (1981) When architect Stephen Booker loses his partnership, he finds jobs hard to come by, and with money in short supply, he unwittingly becomes involved in a daring scheme to rob one of London's biggest bank vaults.

A bumbling pair robs a bank, taking everyone inside hostage when it goes wrong However, one of the hostages turns out to be a notorious wanted criminal and he takes over the hostage situation

Project Ninja Daredevils (1986) Two brothers, Warren and David, try to defeat the evil forger who is making their lives a misery.

Nothing But the Night (1973) Already three trustees of the Van Traylen fund have died during the last months, looking like suicides. However after a mysterious accident of a bus with the last three trustees and 30 orphan kids in it, police colonel Bingham starts investigating. First question is, how

Mean Frank and Crazy Tony (1973) There's trouble in Frankie Diomede's criminal empire in Genoa. A French gangster has moved into Frankie's territory, so Frankie flies home to take care of business. He promptly has himself arrested so that he'll have the perfect alibi when his top local associate die

Lagression (1975) An ordinary man is driven to violence in the name of revenge in this drama. Paul Varlin (Jean-Louis Trintignant) is a businessman who decides to take his wife and daughter on a vacation. ...

The Man in the Trunk (2019) A late night knock at the door from an absent friend brings the question - "I need you to come with me, but I can't tell you where we're going or what we're going to do." How far would you go to help those you care about?

PsychoPass: Sinners of the System Case.3 Onshuu no Kanata ni (2019) Following the incident in the Southeast Asia Union in 2116, Shinya Kogami resumes his vagrant journey. In a small South Asian nation, Kogami rescues a bus of refugees under attack by armed ...

Urge to Kill (1960) A psychopathic killer murders three girls before police catch him.

Lover, Stalker, Killer 2024 In this twisting documentary, a mechanic tries online dating for the first time and meets a woman who takes romantic obsession to a deadly extreme

Bullet Down Under (1994) Signal One is a fast paced thriller that will have you guess till the very end. A tormented former cop is disenchanted with LA madness and moves to Australia to start afresh. He's drawn into a world of drugs, murder, money and deceit. One wrong move, one slip up and he'll be

Man on Wire (2008) On August 7, 1974, Philippe Petit, a French wire walker, juggler, and street performer days shy of his 25th birthday, spent 45 minutes walking, dancing, kneeling, and lying on a wire he and friends strung between the rooftops of the Twin Towers. Uses contemporary interviews, archi

Wall Writers (2016) Narrated by John Waters, Wall Writers is a documentary about graffiti in its innocence. Through unprecedented access to TAKI183, CORNBREAD, and other legendary writers, Wall Writers features photographs and archival footage from the late 1960s and early 1970s, a time when underpr

The Shadow on the Window (1957) Three teenagers, led by psychopathic Jess Reber, break into an isolated farmhouse and murder its prosperous owner whose secretary, Linda Atlas, witnesses the crime. The three thugs decide ...

Shoot First, Die Later (1974) A police lieutenant suddenly faces the consequences of his choice to part for the local mobs.

Heaven and Earth (1994) In much the same vein as "The Untouchables", Andy Lau stars as a Cantonese detective out to combat opium sellers. Encountering high-level corruption along with close friends being murdered, Lau sets out to stop the dealers.

Elle boit pas, elle fume pas, elle drague pas, mais... elle cause! (1970) Housemaid Georgette (Girardot) loves to gossip and this causes major trouble to people around her.

Bitter End of a Sweet Night (1961) An opportunistic department store clerk gets involved with three women and attempts to manipulate them so he can move up the social ladder.

Kamikaze 1986 Albert is old, lonely, drunken and unemployed, but an expert in computers He embarks on a mission to get rid of the people he hates most television and invents a way to kill them, on air, from the comfort of his own living are baffled, but Inspector Romain dedicates himself to the chas

So Dark the Night (1946) A renowned and relentless Paris detective takes his first vacation in eleven years at a small inn in the French countryside. There he meets and falls in love with the hotelier's daughter, who had been betrothed to a neighboring farmer, but who hopes to marry him and move to

Donkey (2010) Upon his release from jail, two-bit thug Don Keys gets caught up in the kidnapping plot of a mobster's daughter.

Manhattan Melodrama 1934 Orphans Edward Blackie Gallagher and Jim Wade are lifelong friends who take different paths in life Blackie thrives on gambling and grows up to be a hard nosed racketeer Bookworm Wade becomes a D A vying for the Governorship When Blackies girlfriend Eleanor leaves him and ma

Nowhere Man (2005) A desperate man ventures into a dangerous and sordid underworld of crime and pornography in search of his severed genitalia which is held for ransom by his disgruntled former girlfriend.

In Society (1944) Two bumbling plumbers are hired by a socialite to fix a leak. A case of mistaken identity gets the pair an invitation to a fancy party and an entree into high society. As expected, things don't go too smoothly.

Money to Burn (1973) A convict who managed to print $1 million in counterfeit bills in the prison print shop hatches a scheme to swap them for real money.

Without Warning (1973) A discredited police inspector is given a second chance, in the form of a dangerous assignment. Chosen because of his uncanny resemblance to a Lt. Revere, the inspector impersonates him in order to penetrate a jungle camp belonging to a soldier of fortune friendly with Revere.

Otoko no monsho 1963 A more original story than usual for a ninkyo yakuza film

Thorne: Scaredycat (2010) Two women have been murdered within hours of one another near St. Pancras station, but in quite different ways. When a connection is made with two other murders which occurred months before, but also on the same day, DI Thorne realizes two serial killers may be at work in a

Hidden Fear (1957) American policeman Mike Brent (John Payne) arrives in Denmark to help clear his sister of a murder rap in which her partner/boyfriend has been killed, and all the evidence leads to her having been the murderer. Mike works with the Danish Police, but becomes embroiled in a counterf

TeenAge Crime Wave (1955) A propaganda film intended to highlight the growing problem of juvenile crime. Jane Koberly, present during a robbery, is falsely convicted of being an accessory. While being taken with her companion, Terry Marsh, to an industrial school on the week of Thanksgiving, Terry's

The Odds (2011) A murder mystery set in the world of illegal teenage gambling. A 17-year old must find his best friends' killer before the game is exposed.

The Heist (1970) Patterning himself after the American gangster John Dillinger, a criminal is tracked by aninspector; a former childhood friend.

Dealer/Healer (2017) Biography of Chen Hua, a former underworld kingpin and drug dealer who takes a new lease of life and help rehabilitate people from drug addiction.

The Chronicle Mysteries: The Wrong Man (2019) The body of a woman who had been missing for 3 years is found. Her husband, acquitted for lack of evidence but now seen as guilty, asks Alex for help. As she investigates for her podcast, a colleague investigates fishy river shipping.

The mysterious death of a mountain shepherd awakens greed and superstition in a remote Peruvian village.

Dead or Alive 2: Birds (2000) Two contract killers cross paths in the middle of the same job and realize they are childhood friends. Together they take a break from killing and visit the small island they once called home. After reflecting on their past lives they decided to team up and use their ta

Pistol Opera (2001) The No. 3 assassin of Japan is given the chance to usurp No. 1 and take their place.

Safe House 1618 2021 A revenge plot traps 3 sisters and their getaway driver in a safe house until they can escape the country, but they may be running from so much more than just the police

With only three days to prove his innocence, a struggling ex soldier Derek Davenport is forced to take one last job and save his clients kidnapped daughter Amelia Haberman or face time for a crime he did not commit

Sartana the Gravedigger (1969) Sartana is falsely accused of robbing a bank, and must find the real robbers and clear his name.

Blast of Silence (1961) Having been 'away' for some time, professional killer Frankie Bono returns to New York to do another job: assassinate some mid-level mobster. Although intending to avoid unnecessary 'contact' while carefully stalking his victim, Bono is recognized by an old fellow from the or

The Cry Baby Killer (1958) 17-year-old Jimmy Wallace is brutally beaten by Manny Cole and two of his teen-age punk friends, Joey and Al, because Manny wants to move in on Jimmy's girl, Carole Fields. Later, Jimmy shows up at the hangout of the teenage crowd to take Carole away, and challenges Manny

Le crime de Monsieur Lange (1936) A man and a woman arrive in a cafe-hotel near the Belgian frontier. The customers recognize the man from the police description. His name is Amedee Lange, and he murdered Batala in Paris. His ladyfriend Valentine tells the whole story: Lange was an employee in Batal

Blind Detective 2013 A brilliant detective is forced into early retirement after losing eyesight Making ends meet by solving cold cases for reward money, he teams up with a rookie lady inspector to solve a case from her personal past