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Directed by Damian LeeOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
ActionThemes Medical-themed films,
Films about drugsActors Cuba Gooding Jr.,
Devon Bostick,
Kim Coates,
Christian Slater,
Athena KarkanisRating43%
A tough undercover cop (John) inadvertently gets involved in a dangerous heroin ring when a young defector of the drug trade (Mike) leaves his five-year-old sister (Angel) in his care. Mike is killed, Angel is kidnapped, and John sets out to save the girl., 2h1
Directed by Tony ScottOrigin USAGenres Thriller,
Action,
Crime,
RomanceThemes Mafia films,
Medical-themed films,
Films about drugs,
Transport films,
Road movies,
Gangster filmsActors Christian Slater,
Patricia Arquette,
Dennis Hopper,
Val Kilmer,
Gary Oldman,
Brad PittRating78%
Clarence Worley (Christian Slater) watches a Sonny Chiba triple feature at a Detroit movie theater on his birthday where he meets Alabama Whitman (Patricia Arquette). They go to a diner and flirt with each other. At Clarence's apartment they have sex. She confesses that she is a call girl hired by Clarence's boss as his birthday present. Each claims to have fallen in love and they marry and express their commitment with one another by getting tattoos. An apparition of Elvis Presley (Val Kilmer) tells Clarence that killing her pimp will make the world a better place., 1h30
Directed by Kevin BrayOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
Adventure,
CrimeThemes Medical-themed films,
Films about drugs,
Gangster filmsActors Cuba Gooding Jr.,
Omari Hardwick,
Sharon Leal,
Evan Ross,
Dean Norris,
Chris BrowningRating54%
Michael Dixon (Cuba Gooding, Jr.) is an agent working linewatch for the United States Border Patrol on the U.S. Mexico Border in New Mexico. He is well-respected by his peers at US Border Patrol and loved by his wife Angela (Sharon Leal) and 5-year-old daughter Emily (Deja Warrior). Michael and his partner Luis DeSanto (Omar Paz Trujillo) discover a van full of dead illegal immigrants, and they go in search of the "coyote" who was leading them across before he left them for dead. At the same time, Michael has to deal with a Minute Men-style militia led by Ron Spencer (Chris Browning). The search for the coyote leads Michael and Luis to a trailer, and results in a shootout where Luis gets shot., 2h12
Directed by Antoine FuquaOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
Adventure,
CrimeThemes Medical-themed films,
Films about drugs,
Gangster filmsActors Richard Gere,
Don Cheadle,
Ethan Hawke,
Wesley Snipes,
Will Patton,
Vincent D'OnofrioRating66%
Bobby "Carlo" Powers and Detective Salvatore "Sal" Procida are having a conversation in a car when Sal unexpectedly shoots Carlo, grabs a bag of money from Carlo's lap and flees, then confesses to a priest, asking for help with his dire situation; his wife is pregnant with twins, in a house too small for their four children and has wood mold, which jeopardizes his family's health. Desperate to move, Sal has arranged to purchase a larger home through a woman who owes him a favor. The down payment is due the following Tuesday, and Sal is still short. Sal is a highly skilled and accomplished narcotics detective, but has begun to pocket drug money from raids., 1h39
Directed by Roger MichellOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
Adventure,
CrimeThemes Films about alcoholism,
Medical-themed films,
Films about drugsActors Ben Affleck,
Samuel L. Jackson,
Toni Collette,
Sydney Pollack,
William Hurt,
Amanda PeetRating64%
A successful New York City attorney, Gavin Banek, is in a rush to file a power of appointment, which will prove a dead man signed his foundation over to Banek's law firm. He has a collision on FDR Drive with another car, belonging to an insurance salesman, Doyle Gipson, who is also in a rush to a hearing to try to gain custody of his children and to prevent his estranged wife from taking them to Oregon. Banek tries to brush Gipson off with a blank check thereby disobeying the law. After Gipson refuses to accept the check and voices his desire to "do the right thing", that is, filing a police report and insurance claim, Banek strands Gipson, telling him, "better luck next time". After arriving to the court late, Gipson learns that it proceeded without him and that it did not go in his favor., 1h49
Directed by David AyerOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
Adventure,
CrimeThemes Medical-themed films,
Films about music and musicians,
Films about drugs,
Hip hop films,
Gangster filmsActors Jake Gyllenhaal,
Michael Peña,
Anna Kendrick,
America Ferrera,
Natalie Martinez,
Frank GrilloRating75%
The film begins with found footage from a Police dash camera of a car chase which ends in two police officers killing several gang members. This is all narrated by a monologue about what it means to be a police officer. , 1h59
Directed by Lee Jeong-beom,
Lee Jeong-beomOrigin Coree du sudGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
Adventure,
CrimeThemes Films about children,
Medical-themed films,
Films about drugs,
Sports films,
Transport films,
Films about automobiles,
Martial arts films,
Road movies,
Chase filmsActors Won Bin,
Kim Sae-ron,
Kim Sung-oh,
Kim Hee-won,
Kwak Do-won,
Kim Tae-hoonRating76%
Cha Tae-sik leads a quiet life running a pawnshop. His only friend is a little girl, So-mi, who lives next door. So-mi's mother, Hyo-jeong, is a heroin addict who steals drugs from a feared organized crime group. She pawns her camera bag to Tae-sik; he does not realize it has the stolen drugs inside. Crime lord Oh Myung-gyu sends his subordinates, brothers Man-Seok and Jong-seok to retrieve the drugs; Jong-seok and his henchman Lum Rowan torture Hyo-jeong to find the drugs' location, then kidnap her and So-mi. Two gangsters, Du-chi and "Bear" go to Tae-sik pawn shop, but Tae-sik easily overpowers them. When he finds that Hyo-jeong and So-mi have been kidnapped, he gives them the bag, and Rowan kills Bear to set him up as the fall guy., 1h37
Directed by Mario Van PeeblesOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
Adventure,
CrimeThemes Medical-themed films,
Films about music and musicians,
Films about drugs,
Hip hop films,
Gangster filmsActors Wesley Snipes,
Ice-T,
Mario Van Peebles,
Judd Nelson,
Russell Wong,
Allen PayneRating65%
Nino Brown and his gang, the Cash Money Brothers, become the dominant drug ring in New York City once crack cocaine is introduced to the streets during the late 1980s. His gang consists of his best friend, Gee Money; enforcer Duh Duh Duh Man; gun moll Keisha; Nino's girlfriend, Selina, and her tech-savvy cousin, Kareem. Nino converts the Carter, an apartment complex, into a crack house. Gee Money and Keisha kill rival Fat Smitty, the CMB throws out the tenants, and Nino forces the landlord out onto the streets naked. Undercover detective Scotty Appleton attempts to make a deal with stick-up kid Pookie, but Pookie runs off with the money. Scotty chases Pookie and shoots him in the leg, but the police let him go., 1h43
Directed by Takeshi KitanoOrigin JaponGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
Adventure,
CrimeThemes Medical-themed films,
Seafaring films,
Films about drugs,
Sports films,
Transport films,
Martial arts films,
Yakuza films,
Gangster filmsActors Takeshi Kitano,
Maiko Kawakami,
Shirō Sano,
Hakuryu,
Ittoku Kishibe,
Nobuyuki KatsubeRating71%
Kitano plays detective Azuma, a Dirty Harry-type who uses violent methods when confronting criminals. After the suicide of his friend and colleague Iwaki (a vice cop who was involved with drugs), and the kidnapping of his sister by yakuza gangsters, Azuma breaks all the rules of ethical conduct. He responds to every situation with violence, and resorts to unethical methods if they produce results., 1h36
Directed by J. Lee ThompsonOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
Adventure,
CrimeThemes Medical-themed films,
Films about drugs,
Auto-justiceActors Charles Bronson,
Kay Lenz,
John P. Ryan,
Perry Lopez,
John P. Ryan,
Soon-Tek OhRating54%
A woman in a parking garage has trouble starting her car. Three thugs appear, force her out, and begin to rape her when Paul Kersey appears out of nowhere. He shoots the first two to death and wounds the third. Kersey blocks the exit, where the third mugger pleads for his life. Paul shoots him and then rolls the criminal over with his foot and reveals him to be himself. The assault turns out to just a bad dream Kersey was having.