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1) Robbery
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1967.
Language
English
Description
Using earnings from a diamond-robbery, Clifton hires first-rate specialists for the hold-up of all time. They will rob the night postal train that carries millions in old banknotes. Everything goes according to plan until the very last moment when a series of unforeseen events conspire against them and the police manage to capture the gang. Clifton however tries to escape the country using a counterfeit identity... Winner of Best British Original...
Publisher
National Film Board of Canada
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
When their son is accused of murdering his sister, a mother and father face perhaps the most awful decision any parent could have to make: whether to break with their son or accept him back into the family. With astonishing footage shot over a ten-year period, from minutes after the crime was committed to the present, the film follows the family's evolving relationships. Winner of Best Canadian Documentary at the **International Emmy Awards**. Nominated...
3) 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.
4) Captivated
Publisher
KimStim
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
When the curtain rose on the murder trial of the Pamela Smart murder case 23 years ago, the stage was set for the birth of reality TV. Accused of plotting the 1990 murder of her husband Gregory, the 22-year-old Smart was subsequently convicted in the first fully-televised, gavel-to-gavel court case, which has inspired TV shows, books, plays and feature films. Pamela Smart has always maintained her innocence. An official selection of the 2014 Sundance...
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures LLC
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
CATCHING HELL IN THE CITY OF ANGELS is the new documentary film from the makers of 2012's acclaimed 'Something From Nothing: The Art Of Rap' documentary. While their previous picture focused on the musical form most associated with the inner cities of America, their latest devotes itself to the less lyrical realities of life in the city itself - specifically South Central Los Angeles. Having worked with gang members from the infamous Imperial Courts...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Italiano
Description
Desperately sought after, the tough, exciting, dramatically potent, action packed film Shoot first, die later is known as one of the most impressive Italian crime/police movies ever made. Luc Merenda gives the performance of his career as a highly regarded police detective who is taking syndicate money in exchange for departmental favors. His father, a simple man, also works for the department but on a lower rung; he isn't jealous of his son, but...
8) Pre-Crime
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures LLC
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Science fiction turns into disturbing fact as forecasting softwares, algorithms and databases quickly become the new fortune-tellers for future crimes, driving us to ask: how much are we willing to abandon for the sake of security? Official Selection at the **Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival**.
9) Like Me
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
A reckless loner sets out on a crime spree that she broadcasts on social media. After releasing a video of herself robbing a convenience store, she amasses a huge following. While traveling along the coast, she encounters a drifter, an Internet troll, and a paint huffing outsider who are all pulled into her circle of chaos, junk food, and drugs. Robert Mockler’s visually arresting debut feature, produced by indie horror veteran Larry Fessenden,...
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...
11) Boondock saints
Publisher
Saturn
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
Fraternal twins Murphy (Norman Reedus, THE WALKING DEAD) and Connor (Sean Patrick Flanery, POWDER) become vigilantes after killing two members of the Russian Mafia in self-defense. After both experience an epiphany, the brothers set out to rid Boston of evil while being tracked down by FBI agent Paul Smecker (Willem Dafoe, SPIDERMAN, PLATOON, SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE) in this stylish and violent crowd-pleaser.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
Français
Description
After stealing a truckload of gold bars, a gang of thieves absconds to the ruins of a remote village perched on the cliffs of the Mediterranean. Home to a reclusive yet hypersexual artist and her motley crew of family and admirers, it seems like a perfect hideout. But when two cops roll up on motorcycles to investigate, the hamlet erupts into a hallucinatory battlefield as both sides engage in an all-day, all-night firefight rife with double-crosses...
13) Poetry
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Korean
Description
A sixty-something woman, faced with a crippling medical diagnosis and the discovery of a heinous family crime, finds strength and purpose when she enrolls in a poetry class. Lee Chang-dong's follow-up to his acclaimed Secret sunshine is a masterful study of the subtle empowerment, and moral compass, of an elderly woman.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1984.
Language
English
Description
A humorous tale of muck-raking journalism and political scandal. By night, Lois works for a smutty newspaper, but by day she campaigns for the dashing Mayor of New York, who is touting for re-election on an anti-vice ticket. When she is told to report on an orgy she discovers that politicians are only human - and that far more than flesh has been exposed! Official Selection at the **Sundance Film Festival.**
15) Eleanor's catch
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.
16) El Es Chapo
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
On February 22, 2014 Mexico was rocked by the arrest of drug kingpin "El Chapo" Guzmán in Mazatlan, MX. HOwever, many doubt its the real Chapo in custody. Recent polls show a near 50-50 split in Mexico. In the USA, more than half the people believe it is not Chapo Guzmán. Filmmaker Charlie Minn travels deep into the Sinaloa Mountains to find some answers, including a trip to Chapo's house. Journalists, authors, the Mexican police and many citizens...
17) Meet him and die
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...
19) White Boy
Publisher
Giant Interactive
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Now the subject of 1980's crime folklore, then 17 year-old Richard Wershe, Jr. allegedly ran a vicious, sophisticated underground cocaine operation throughout inner-city Detroit. Arrested as a teen and sentenced to life-without parole, he remains imprisoned 30 years later. In WHITE BOY, journalists, police, FBI agents, and hit men are interviewed to set the record straight on the urban legend known as "White Boy Rick.".
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