Criminal
see all genres ›Elaborate, often stylized games of cat-and-mouse play out in the minimalist policier, the lavish gangster epic and everything in-between. Justice, in the conventional sense, may or may not be served. Crime movies regularly feature anti-heroes (though police protagonists are as common as criminal ones).
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Genres / Crime / Criminal
SUB-GENRES · Contract Killer · Gangster · Juvenile Delinquent · Sociopath/Supervillain
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Adam's Apples
Ivan is an insanely optimistic preacher who takes in convicts to help around the remote, rural church he ministers to. His current charges are a psychotic Saudi immigrant addicted to robbing gas stations and an alcoholic tennis pro convicted of sexual assault. His newest "helper" is Adam, a vicious neo-Nazi anxiously biding...Start your free trial to watch -
After Freedom
A unique portrait of immigrants feeling like outsiders struggling to survive in America. Michael, an Armenian-American in his 30’s, is feeling a growing obligation to take care of his aging father, Leon, who had left a good job in Soviet Armenia to raise his children in the land of freedom. Michael has risen to become an...Start your free trial to watch -
Alice, Sweet Alice
Also known as COMMUNION and HOLY TERROR, this very Catholic horror movie won little attention upon its original release and then a bit more when re-released to cash in on child-model-turned-actress Brooke Shields' success in 1978's big- budget PRETTY BABY. But it took longer still to be appreciated as one...Start your free trial to watch
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And Then There Were None
Ten people, strangers to each other, are invited to a lavish estate on an island. Through a recording, their mysterious host accuses each of his "guests" of murder and proceeds to exact ''justice." The tension mounts as, one by one, the number of people are reduced through the ingenious plotting of the...Start your free trial to watch -
Bad
A possible prelude to NATURAL BORN KILLERS, executive producer Andy Warhol's BAD is as low as it goes. Hazel runs a beauty salon out of her house but makes extra money by providing ruthless women to do hit jobs. K.T. is a parasite and contacts Hazel looking for work when he runs out of money. She is reluctant to use him for a...Start your free trial to watch -
The Bad Bunch
Violence and racial tension punctuate this fast moving study of prejudice and discrimination. THE BAD BUNCH is the story of a black gang who run the streets of Watts. It is also the story of Jim (played by director/screenwriter Greydon Clark), a white man who tries to befriend them. Prejudice stands in the way of any...Start your free trial to watch
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Bar Paradise
Cheuk looks for a job at a bar run by a girl named Beauty. In the middle of his interview, he foils what he believes is a crime being committed. In return, he gets the job. Meanwhile, desperate for money to return home to Hong Kong, a gangster named Hai and his girlfriend, Su, also begin working for Beauty. Both Cheuk and Hai...Start your free trial to watch -
Black Heat
Timothy Brown (NASHVILLE, STUD BROWN) stars as "Kicks" Carter, a tough-as-nails LA cop and one bad dude hot on the trail of a black mob boss named Guido. Guido and his sleazy henchman Ziggy (Russ Tamblyn, Twin Peaks) are planning a big-time, drugs-for-munitions trade, but Kicks and partner Tony (Geoffrey Land) stand in the...Start your free trial to watch -
Black Rat
From Kenta Fukusaku (BATTLE ROYALE II, X-CROSS) comes a twisted tale about the lives and deaths of several high schoolers. They receive a message from their friend Asuka telling them to go back to their classroom in the middle of the night. This ordinarily wouldn't be an issue, except for the fact that Asuka was supposed to...Start your free trial to watch
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Black Shampoo
John Daniels stars as Jonathan Knight, the owner of the most successful hair salon for women on the Sunset Strip. Jonathan is tall, muscular, black and ballsy. His reputation as a lover has become so awesome that he is sought after almost as much in that capacity as in his experience as a hair stylist. Everything is cool for...Start your free trial to watch -
Body/Antibody
Kip Polyard (Robert Gomes) suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder and hasn't left his rent-controlled Manhattan apartment in 10 months. When Celine (Leslie Kendall), a beautiful young woman, moves in next door, Kip finds himself in an unlikely romance. But trouble arrives in paradise when Celine's ex-boyfriend Andy (Frank...Start your free trial to watch
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Bruce's Deadly Fingers
After malicious gangsters capture Bruce Lee's ex-girlfriend, a young martial artist attempts to rescue her along with the late master's book containing lethal techniques for killing with one's fingers. Plenty of kung fu action and mayhem (including a particularly gruesome scene involving the torture of a...Start your free trial to watch -
The Brute Man
Lock the windows! Chain the door! THE BRUTE MAN has escaped from the sanatorium. He's on a rampage wreaking havoc, spreading panic and taking wholesale revenge by murdering those he holds responsible for his predicament. THE BRUTE MAN is totally insane and he's crazy about murder. His hideous face will scare you to death....Start your free trial to watch
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The Butterfly Tattoo
From the moment they first met, secrets from a hidden past would tear them apart. Chris and Jenny are teenage lovers from the gritty side of modern Oxford, England in this adaptation of the acclaimed novel by Philip Pullman (author of "The Golden Compass"). Chris, a naive lad, suspended between school and...Start your free trial to watch -
Child in the House
Elizabeth (Mandy Miller) moves in with her uncaring aunt and uncle while her mother is hospitalized. Her fugitive father (Stanley Baker) returns to see his daughter and Elizabeth must vow to never revel his whereabouts. She must now choose to tell the truth or be loyal to her estranged father.Start your free trial to watch -
Clean
Maynard Yates is trying to clean up his life when chance gives him a job as a limousine driver. He is soon chauffeuring the Hollywood elite and finds himself submerged in the dark, seedy underbelly of celebrity. When his own bad habits return, Maynard is unwillingly led into a downward spiral and slowly realizes that he may...Start your free trial to watch




