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1) Ajami
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
עברית
Description
Nominated for a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, Ajami is a bold crime drama set on the margins of an Arab ghetto. Working with a cast of non-actors in the real streets of Ajami itself, the film deftly meshes characters and conflicts with unsentimental compassion, uncompromising realism, and harrowing violence.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Italiano
Description
Paul, Joe and Louie are three young men from good families who decide to go on a bloodthirsty and pointless crime spree, much to the dismay of Paul's girlfriend (Eleonora Giorgi) and the local police commissioner (Tomas Milian). The group starts by robbing a gas station where Paul guns down three innocent bystanders. When they later decide to rob a bank and a grocery store, Paul ends up killing more people. It isn't long before the entire police force...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Eleanor's catch is a delightful short, directed by and starring Cleo Madison. A successful actress, Madison was one of many women who directed films at Universal, particularly in the mid 1910s. In this two-reeler, she stars as a young city girl dragged into a life of crime by a ne'er-do-well suitor. A terrific surprise ending gives Eleanor and Cleo an early claim to promoting women's equality in the workforce. Rousing Melodrama.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Italiano
Description
A robbery goes terribly wrong for a hapless criminal when he goes to knock off a jewelry store. Upon entering the store, the steel shutters immediately slam down and lock him inside until the police arrive. He is later sent to jail, but it doesn't take long before he befriends a big time crime boss inside. The two execute a successful break out and we soon find out that we don't really know the true background of these criminals or what is really...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Italiano
Description
Director Francesco Barilli's hallucinatory giallo horror-thriller stars Mimsy Farmer who portrays Sylvia, a chemist who begins to suffer from strange visions; a mysterious woman in black applying perfume in a mirror appears to her and strangers follow her everywhere she goes. Barilli's psychological investigation into the workings of the mind becomes apparent when it is revealed that as a child, Sylvia committed a horrible crime. The slow progression...
7) The Spirit
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Denny Colt is a rookie cop who returns from the dead as The Spirit. He is a hero whose mission is to fight against the bad forces that lurk in the shadows of Central City. The Octopus kills anyone unfortunate enough to see his face, and he has other plans for the city. He wants to wipe it off the map. The Spirit tracks this cold hearted killer from the city's rundown warehouses, through damp catacombs, to the windswept waterfront. He does this all...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Français
Description
A "parody of the old New Wave crime eroticism movies" (The New York Times), Trans-Europ-Express is a self- referential, neo-noir thriller, with heavy doses of sado-masochism, from the mind of Alain Robbe-Grillet (Last year at Marienbad). On the train from Paris to Antwerp, a director (Robbe-Grillet) and his production team hash out the plot of a crime movie. Their story is enacted by Jean Louis-Trintignant (Amour), who plays Elias, a cocaine smuggler...
9) Trespass
Publisher
distributed exclusively in Canada by Videoville Showtime
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"Kyle Miller (Nicolas Cage) is a charming, eccentric diamond dealer who struggles to provide an exceptional lifestyle for his beautiful wife (Nicole Kidman) and his teenage daughter (Liana Liberato). When a group of vicious criminals storm the Miller estate in search of Kyle's diamonds, dark secrets surface, which could cost the Millers everything, including their lives."--Container.
10) I want to live!
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
A screen adaptation of the dramatic events in the life of a "B-Girl, " Barbara Graham, a vagrant prostitute and fast-living party girl, which led to a sensational murder trial and afterwards, her execution in the gas chamber despite growing doubts about her guilt. The background music is made up in its entirety of progressive jazz.
11) Morning after
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
When an alcoholic has-been actress wakes up with a dead guy lying next to her, she panics and run for it right into the battered convertible of a washed-up former cop.
12) The outfit
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
An expert tailor must outwit a dangerous group of mobsters in order to survive a fateful night.
13) Yellow sky
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
"Oscar® winner Gregory Peck (To Kill A Mockingbird) stars in this 'brilliantly cast' (The Hollywood Reporter) Western epic featuring 'an unusually fine story and magnificent direction - unleashing dramatic power seldom found in this type of film!' (Daily Variety) A band of outlaws, led by tough, gruff Stretch (Peck), find themselves knocking at death's door after becoming lost in the treacherous western Badlands - only to find their salvation in...
14) War dogs
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Two friends in their early twenties living in Miami Beach during the Iraq War exploit a little-known government initiative that allows small businesses to bid on U.S. Military contracts. Starting small, they begin raking in big money and are living the high life. But the pair gets in over their heads when they land a 300 million dollar deal to arm the Afghan Military.
15) The line
Publisher
Maya Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Veteran assassin Mark Shields tracks down Pelon, the elusive head of the Salazar Crime Cartel. Through twists of fate, Shields ends up with a local woman, Olivia, who is fighting her own demons for the sake of her daughter. Set in the rich and atmospheric backdrop of Tijuana, Mexico, it is full of action and drama, and finds its soul in the plight of the characters that inhabit the most dangerous city in North America.
16) The roundup
Publisher
MPI Media Group
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Korean
Description
Featuring international action star Don Lee, the film follows two South Korean detectives who are sent to Vietnam to extradite a suspect. They soon uncover a series of connected murders and crimes against tourists, and vow to bring down the criminals responsible. This bone-crushing, record-setting box office hit is sure to entertain audiences with adrenaline-pumping action.
17) The negotiator
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"Maverick hostage negotiator Danny Roman is framed for embezzlement and murder. Just married and unjustly faced with prison, Roman turns hostage-taker to smoke out the guilty ones. Squaring off against him is respected, methodical negotiator Chris Sabian."--Container.
18) The code
Publisher
First Look Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Two thieves try to pull off a dangerous heist with FBI, NYPD, and KGB operatives on their trail, and try to escape with their loot and their lives.
20) Now you see me 2
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The Four Horsemen are on a new mission to steal a chip that can decrypt any electronic device in the world.