ACTION | CRIME
L.A. Confidential. An elaborately casted and filmed crime thriller about police corruption in Los Angeles in the fifties.
Bound -- a thriller about two women who try to rob a lot of money from organized crime with sex, murder, and smarts.
Jackie Brown -- Tarantino tells a smooth tale about crime, criminals, and money, where a bail-bondsman walks a tightrope with a career criminal and arms dealer (Samuel Jackson).
The Bad Lieutenant -- the descent and suffering of a corrupt, addicted policeman.
The Last Seduction. A beautiful woman with no conscience seeks power and money, using her sex appeal to manipulate men into her con games.
House of Games. David Mamet's complex movie about con-men who scam for a living, told from the perspective of a psychologist who is given a back-door past into the confidence world.
One False Move. A suspenseful crime thriller about three killers driving across southern United States toward a small town where a naive sheriff and two FBI wait for their arrival.
Chinatown. A classic post-noir mystery set in Los Angeles in the fifties. A private investigator (Jack Nicolson) becomes entangled in a murder and money scheme.
A Simple Plan -- three men find millions in a wrecked airplane nobody else knows about.
Silence of the Lambs -- a young FBI woman helps conduct an investigation into a serial killer.
Henry Portrait of a Serial Killer -- an intimate look at the day to day existence of a serial killer.
Memento. A tale about a guy with no memory who is looking for his wife's killer. The very original story is told in reverse.
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer. The story of a man with an incredile sense of smell who begins killing women to preserve their particular scents.
Irreversible. A story told in reverse order of a man and his friend looking for the thug that raped and beat up his wife.
The Vanishing (European version). A travelling couple stop at a rest-stop to gas the car and use the bathroom and one of them never returns to the car.
Thomas Crown Affair (Both versions). A rich tycoon relieves his boredom by manufactoring complicated heists until he becomes pursued by a seductive insurance investigator. Like The Getaway, these two versions are the same story with interesting differences.
The Getaway (Both versions). A man is doule-crossed and goes to jail, but the local mob need him for a heist so they have him paroled early; however, this time the man does the doule-crossing.
Sin City. From the comics by Miller, intersecting crime stories in a fictious hard-boiled city.
The Bourne Identity. Jason Bourne, a highly trained killer, is tasked to kill a warlord on his yacht but is shot and tumbles overboard into the Mediterranean where he is picked up by a fishing vessel to find out he has lost his memory and the trust of the government that hired him.
The Bourne Supremacy. Jason is hiding in plain sight in a small town in India when a contract killer shows up trying to kill him, the attempt killing the woman he loves. His search for answers and vengeance is full of twists and turns and high powered action.
The Bourne Ultimatum. Completing the trilogy, this film takes place almost immediately after the previous film in Moscow. The film starts fast and the action does not let up; it's a real thrill ride. In my opinion, this trilogy stands up against any other including LOTRs and STAR WARS.
2 Days in the Valley. Intersecting crime stories involving hitmen, mafia, cops, and bystanders.
Bullitt. A witness against the mob becomes a target of assassination.
The Usual Suspects. Local criminals are hired by a mysterious crime-lord to execute a major heist. Brilliant.
The Shawshank Redemption. A wrongly accused man is sent to jail where he adapts and becomes indespensible to the warden. 4.5/5
Italian Job. Team of thieves pull off a major job only to become betrayed.
Ronin. A mysterious irish woman hires ex-CIA and former spies to steal a silver briefcase from an arms dealer.
The Firm. A young lawyer discovers his new firm is crooked but cannot leave without endangering everyone he loves.
Ordinary Decent Criminal. A crime comic-drama about a charismatic criminal outwitting cops.
Runaway Jury. A major tobacco trial brings out the heavy-duty jury consultants and a couple of opportunists take advantage and threaten to tamper with the jury unless paid.
Scarface. A classic crime story about a Cuban immigrant becoming a drug lord.
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. A classic spaghetti western about the search for a chest full of silver coins.
Goodfellas. The story of three friends growing up in the mob -- crime, Scorsese film about life in the mob.
The Proposition -- In the harsh setting of 19th century Australia, the younger of two outlaw brothers is captured and coerced into helping with the capture of his older brother with unforeseen results. Ray Winstone.
Clockwork Orange -- strange cautionary tale about violence and social science in a psychedelic 1970's setting.
The Unforgiven. Haunting Western about a retired killer that comes out of retirement to kill for money. 4.5/5
Drugstore Cowboy. Thieves rob drugstores for drugs to party. 4/5
Frailty. Crime-horror, men can see people's sins.
The Assignment --
Wild at Heart -- adventure, released prisoner and girl are hunted by girl's mother.
The Wild Bunch.
Miller's Crossing -- 1920's gangsters start a war between Irish & Italians.
Pulp Fiction -- dramatic-action, criminals & thugs pursue money and freedom.
Redrock West -- stranger comes to town and mistaken identity gets him in trouble.
Blood Simple -- crime, stranger comes to town and is implicated in murder.
The Cell. a woman goes into the mind of a serial killer to find hostage.
Runaway Train. suspense, Prisoners escaped from prison and hijacked a train.
To Live and Die in LA. -- suspense-action, a thrill seeking cop tries to arrest a counterfeit expert.
Mean Streets -- thugs on streets survive.
Lone Star. A complex mystery/drama about a sheriff in a small contemporary town in Texas on the border of Mexico. 4.5/5
Seven.
Kalifornia. A couple traveling across the southern states trying to visit historic serial killer places take along a brash young couple who become more and than they can handle. Brad Pitt, Juliette Lewis, David Duchovny.
Angel Heart. A down and out investigator is hired to find a woman but the search leads him to Louisiana where he becomes a target of voodoo witchcraft and becomes the suspect of a rash of the serial killings. Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro.
Dead Calm. A couple out sailing are stuck in a dead calm when a stranger arrives in a blow-up boat with a strange tale of death and a deadly agenda.
Croupier. A roulette wheel dealer must decide whether to assist in the theft of the casino or do nothing or reveal the plot. Clive Owen.
Dolores Claibourne. A woman living with an abusive, alcoholic husband contemplates killing him during an upcoming eclipse. Kathy Bates, Jessica Jennifer Leigh.
The Edge. A highly clever billionaire travels with his entourage to the lodge in the great Canadian North. He becomes lost with the one person that would like to see him dead. Alec Baldwin, Anthony Hopkins.
Frantic. American tourist in Europe discovers his wife has been kidnapped and the authorities unwilling to believe him or help in searching. Harrison Ford.
The Princess & The Warrior. German film about two people with different lives - the girl is a care-aid at a medical facility, and the man is an army vet trying to pull off a heist - that intersect randomly and develop a strange love story.
When Night Falls on Manhattan. A young district attorney is assigned to a police shooting which turns out to be a widespread police corruption case.
Heat. A bank heist goes wrong for a career criminal.
Body Heat. A lawyer becomes involved in murder and love.
The Grifters. The mother and master grifter of a young con-artist tries to keep her son out of the business.
Raiders of the Lost Ark (THE TRILOGY). An adventurer/historian seeks lost treasure.
Criminal. Con-artists teach a up-and-coming grifter about the business of disloyalty.
Taken
Harry Brown
Generation Kill (miniseries)
13 Assassins
Inception
Restrepo
Book of Eli
The Kingdom
Body of Lies
True Grit (Cohens)
Ripley's Game.
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