Popular Crime Movies - Page 371
The Satin Spider
1986
The Satin Spider
1986
star 2.8The setting is Les Fauvettes School for Girls just after WWI, where sternly Teutonic headmistress Ingrid Caven vies with Catherine Jourdan, a morphine addicted, fabric fetishist gym teacher, for the sexual favours of liquid eyed nymphet Scyluna. Meanwhile the chaplain conducts a nude exorcism.The Amsterdam Kill
1977
The Amsterdam Kill
1977
star 5.2Former DEA Agent Quinlan, removed from the force some years earlier for stealing confiscated drug money, is hired by Chung Wei, a leader in the Amsterdam drug cartel, who wants out of the business. Quinlan's job is to use Chung's information to tip DEA agents to drug busts, thereby destroying the cartel. But when the first two "tips" go awry, resulting in murdered DEA officers, the feds must decide whether to trust Quinlan further...The Monk and the Mafia
2011
star 4.4A businessman charters a flight to Tibet to pick up a monk. On the way back, the plane is hijacked, and the monk ends up in a war zone where he has to convince the bandits to change their evil ways.The Guvnors
2014
The Guvnors
2014
star 5.2A violent thriller set amongst the clans and firms of South-East London, bringing two generations together in brutal conflict.Confessions of a Dog
2006
Confessions of a Dog
2006
star 6.3Takeda is an honest police officer, father and husband, but after he’s promoted to detective he quickly becomes embroiled in dirty back room dealings, blackmail, and corruption that goes right to the top of the force. Meanwhile, renegade investigator Kusama must decide whether he should shake the foundations of Japanese law enforcement with the information that has come into his possession about the police.A Is for Acid
2002
A Is for Acid
2002
star 6.9Dramatisation of the true story of the notorious 'acid bath murderer' John Haigh, who murdered women and disposed of their bodies in vats of acid in the 1940s. He was only caught when the gallstones of one of his victims failed to dissolve in the acid and were detected by the pathologist who examined the residue from the acid bath.Night Visions
1990
Night Visions
1990
star 4.6A Los Angeles detective teams up with a psychic to hunt down a serial killer.Smoke Screen
2010
Smoke Screen
2010
star 4.9Newswoman Britt Shelley shockingly wakes up in bed next to the dead body of Detective Jay Burgess and is suspected of foul play. Five years prior, Jay’s lifelong friend Raley Gannon also woke up next to a dead body. After learning of Britt’s scandal and the similarities between their two cases, he realizes she might be his only chance for vindication. As the two unravel their mysterious cases together, they find themselves caught in a dangerous political cover-up involving arson and murder.Gefährliche Freundin
1996
Monday
2000
Monday
2000
star 7A simple funeral turns a man's world Topsy turvy. He wakes up in a posh hotel room, totally clueless about how he got there. Slowly, he recalls what happened a day before.A Tattered Web
1971
A Tattered Web
1971
star 5.6A detective discovers his son-in-law is cheating on his wife. He confronts the other woman and accidentally kills her, then tries to pin the crime on a local derelict.That Secret Sunday
1986
That Secret Sunday
1986
star 6.8A police cover-up of the murder of two young women at a wild party is complicated by the possible faking of a story by an overzealous young reporter seeking instant newspaper stardom.Sultans of the South
2007
Sultans of the South
2007
star 6.8A band of thieves steals from a Mexican bank and travel to Argentina to launder the money. Upon their arrival, the plan goes south and it's up to them to figure out what went wrong.Hell's Outpost
1954
Hell's Outpost
1954
star 5.5A returning Korean War vet becomes embroiled in a fight over possession of a tungsten mine.The Beast to Die
1980
The Beast to Die
1980
star 5.7A policeman is murdered and his gun, stolen, used to commit the next crime. Detective Kashiwagi, who is leading the investigation, learns that the author of the killings "walks like a dead man".The Blinded
1955
The Blinded
1955
star 7The young mechanic Borge Rasmussen works in Salling Harbour and lives with the slightly older Marinus Frederiksen, who chairs the city's port workers. Marinus sees in Borge, who has lost his parents, his only friend and is easily influenced by his extremist views.The Watchmaker
2026
The Watchmaker
2026
Stockholm, February 1968. A petty theft spirals when Sebbe and Adam accidentally destroy the pocket watch meant for an unknown client. Desperate, they turn to watchmaker Karl for an urgent repair, but their anxiety soon shifts to a darker fear. Confined to Karl’s cramped workshop, distrust and rising paranoia transform their predicament into a claustrophobic psychological chamber play. As midnight nears, buried truths and old revenge surface.
