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Directed by John SchlesingerOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
CrimeThemes Films about sexuality,
Rape in fiction,
Rape and revenge filmsActors Sally Field,
Kiefer Sutherland,
Ed Harris,
Beverly D'Angelo,
Joe Mantegna,
Paul McCraneRating61%
Karen McCann (Sally Field) is happily married to Mack (Ed Harris) and has two daughters, 17-year-old Julie (Olivia Burnette) (from Karen's previous marriage) and six-year-old Megan (Alexandra Kyle). She lives in a nice house in Santa Monica, California and has a good job in a museum., 1h39
Directed by Walter Hill,
Craig R. BaxleyOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Action,
Historical,
Crime,
WesternThemes Films about families,
Jesse James,
Gangster filmsActors James Keach,
Stacy Keach,
David Carradine,
James Withmore Jr.,
Robert Carradine,
Keith CarradineRating68%
During the years following the Civil War, banks and trains become the targets of the James-Younger gang, outlaws who terrorize the Midwestern United States. The band of robbers is led by Jesse James and Cole Younger, along with several of their brothers., 2h15
Directed by Barry LevinsonOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Biography,
Mob film,
Action,
Adventure,
Crime,
RomanceThemes Mafia films,
Gangster filmsActors Warren Beatty,
Annette Bening,
Harvey Keitel,
Ben Kingsley,
Elliott Gould,
Joe MantegnaRating67%
Gangster Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, who works for the New York mob, goes to California and instantly falls in love with Virginia Hill, a tough-talking Hollywood starlet. The two meet for the first time when Bugsy visits his friend, actor George Raft, on a film set. He buys a house in Beverly Hills from opera singer Lawrence Tibbett, planning to stay there while his wife and two daughters remain in Scarsdale., 2h4
Directed by Robert De Niro,
Frank OzOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
CrimeThemes Heist films,
Gangster films,
EscroquerieActors Robert De Niro,
Edward Norton,
Marlon Brando,
Angela Bassett,
Gary Farmer,
Paul SolesRating67%
After nearly being caught on a routine burglary, master safe-cracker Nick Wells (Robert De Niro) decides the time has finally come to retire. Nick's flight attendant girlfriend, Diane (Angela Bassett), encourages this decision, promising to fully commit to their relationship if he does indeed go straight. Nick, however, is lured into taking one final score by his fence Max (Marlon Brando). The job, worth a $4 million payoff to Nick, is to steal a sceptre, which is discovered to be a French national treasure. It was hidden in the leg of an antique piano and smuggled illegally into Canada, stored in the ultra-secure basement of the Montréal Customs House after accidentally being uncovered.Directed by John McNaughtonOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
CrimeThemes Mafia films,
Gangster filmsActors Richard Dreyfuss,
Eric Roberts,
Anthony LaPaglia,
Mosko Alkalai,
Ryan Merriman,
Max PerlichRating55%
The movie circuits around flashbacks of Lansky's life, the first showing is as Lansky as an old man looking for a rock to put on his grandfather's grave in Jerusalem. Upon seeing soldiers of the Israeli Defense Force, Lansky expresses regret that his grandfather never lived to see them. As he walks through a tunnel, he catches sight of an old man. He recalls how at the age of 10 years, he witnessed an elderly Jew being bludgeoned to death with an axe during a pogrom. , 1h38
Directed by Steve BuscemiOrigin USAGenres Drama,
CrimeThemes Prison filmsActors Willem Dafoe,
Edward Furlong,
Danny Trejo,
John Heard,
Mickey Rourke,
Tom ArnoldRating65%
Ron Decker, a young man convicted for drug possession, is sent to prison where veteran con Earl Copen takes Decker under his wing and introduces him into his own gang. Copen first helps out Decker when three Puerto Ricans attempt to lure him into a cell block to rape him, however Copen sees through their plans and talks to the Puerto Ricans, who quickly abandon interest in Decker., 1h38
Directed by James GrayOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
CrimeThemes Mafia films,
Gangster filmsActors Tim Roth,
Edward Furlong,
Maximilian Schell,
Moira Kelly,
Vanessa Redgrave,
Paul GuilfoyleRating66%
The film follows the personal relationship between a father, Arkady Shapira (Schell), his terminally ill wife Irina (Redgrave), and his two sons, Joshua and Reuben (Roth and Furlong). Joshua, the elder, is a hit-man for the Jewish-Russian mafia in Brooklyn and estranged from his family. After things go sour Joshua executes a man at a phone booth, which angers the mafia. Joshua starts dating Alla (Kelly). Alla asks Reuben if he has seen Joshua anywhere and the three go together to see a movie. Eventually Reuben takes Joshua home to see his parents again, but Arkady kicks him out., 1h38
Directed by Scott KalvertOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
Crime,
RomanceThemes Gangster filmsActors Stephen Dorff,
Brad Renfro,
Fairuza Balk,
Norman Reedus,
Max Perlich,
Balthazar GettyRating56%
Leon (Stephen Dorff) and Bobby (Brad Renfro) are brothers and members of the Deuces, a Brooklyn street gang. Ever since the death of their other brother Alphonse "Allie Boy" from a drug overdose at the hands of Marco (Norman Reedus), they keep drugs off their block. This puts them in opposition to the Vipers, another local gang headed by Marco who want to sell drugs in the neighborhood. On the eve of Marco's return from a three-year stint in prison, a gang war seems imminent. Marco plans revenge against Leon, whom he believes ratted him out to the police.