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Vedam (2010)
, 2h15Directed by Radhakrishna Jagarlamudi
Genres Drama, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about prostitution
Actors Allu Arjun, Manchu Manoj, Anushka Shetty, Manoj Bajpayee, Saranya, Lekha Washington
Vedam revolves around 5 principal characters. Vivek Chakravarthy (Manoj Manchu) is an upcoming rock star in Bengaluru who hails from a family of decorated army officers. His mother wants him to follow the same path but he isn't interested. He is about to give his first live concert on New Year's Eve with his band-mates in Hyderabad. However, Vivek is late to catch the flight and so the band is forced to travel by road. After sometime, one of their tyres get deflated. Not having a spare, the other friends go to get the tyre inflated leaving Vivek and Lasya (Lekha Washington) alone. Meanwhile, they are attacked by a Hindu racist group. However, they manage to get out of the mess with the help of a Sikh truck driver (who incidentally gets involved in an earlier altercation with Vivek). The band successfully reaches Hyderabad. However they suffer a minor accident there which involves a mother in labour. So Vivek and Lasya take her to a hospital nearby.
St. Martin's Lane (1938)
, 1h25Directed by Tim Whelan
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Crime
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Charles Laughton, Vivien Leigh, Rex Harrison, Maire O'Neill, Tyrone Guthrie, Gus McNaughton
Charles Staggers (Charles Laughton) is a London street performer, a "busker," with his partners, Arthur Smith (Gus McNaughton) and Gentry (Tyrone Guthrie).
Vedi (2011)
, 2h18Directed by Prabhu Deva
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime
Actors Vishal, Sameera Reddy, Poonam Kaur, Sayaji Shinde, Vivek, Urvashi
Vedi tells the story of Prabhakaran (Vishal), who is a young Police Officer, who goes to Kolkata in search of his sister, Aishwarya (Poonam Kaur). Prabhakaran, at his native place, Thoothukudi, had developed enmity with a local don (Sayaji Shinde) by thrashing him in public and putting him behind bars. The enmity gets travelled to Kolkata also where the don join another local gangster to take revenge on the police officer. The baddies trouble the police officer's sister and her friend, Paaru (Sameera Reddy), who falls in love with Prabhakaran.
Veena Meettiya Vilangukal (1991)
Directed by Cochin Haneefa
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors Kalabhavan Mani, Rashin Rahman, Lakshmi Sharma, Madhu, Mala Aravindan, Cochin Haneefa
Velayudham (2011)
, 2h46Directed by Mohan Raja
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Crime
Actors Vijay, Abhimanyu Singh, Genelia D'Souza, Hansika Motwani, Saranya Mohan, Vineet Kumar
A young journalist Bharathi (Genelia D'Souza), along with two of her friends, investigate a series of terrorist attacks which have taken place in Chennai and also illegal activities like women trafficking. When they are caught video-recording illicit activities happening in a secluded house one night by a group of thugs, they attempt to flee from them. While Bharathi's friends are killed, Bharathi manages to escape despite being stabbed by one of the thugs. But after the attack on Bharathi and her friends, the thugs' vehicle explodes due to a small mishap when a matchstick falls over petrol packets stored in the vehicle, killing all the thugs. Bharathi comes up with a new idea to eradicate society's evils by creating and propagating a fictional character called "Velayudham" who wants to clean up the city of terrorism and other illegal activities.
Vendetta (1950)
, 1h23Directed by Max Ophüls, Howard Hughes, Jr., Mel Ferrer, Preston Sturges, Stuart Heisler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Faith Domergue, George Dolenz, Donald Buka, Joseph Calleia, Robert Warwick, Hugo Haas
In 1825, in the village of Pietranera in French-controlled Corsica, hot-blooded maiden Colomba della Rabia (Faith Domergue) wants her brother Orso (George Dolenz) to avenge the murder of their father by the powerful Barracini family. Despite being a lieutenant, Orso is a man of peace and reason who opposes the Corsican practice of vendetta and revenge; he is more interested in courting the beautiful English aristocrat, Lydia Nevil (Hillary Brooke), who is vacationing on the island with her father, Col. Sir Thomas Nevil (Nigel Bruce).
Vendetta (1999)
, 1h57Directed by Nicholas Meyer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about immigration, La précarité
Actors Christopher Walken, Luke Askew, Clancy Brown, Bruce Davison, Andrew Connolly, Joaquim de Almeida
La Nouvelle-Orléans, 1891. Dix-huit dockers italo-américains originaires de Sicile sont faussement accusés du meurtre du chef de la police Hennessy. Ils sont acquittés mais, peu après le procès, onze d'entre eux sont pendus au cours de l'un des plus importants lynchages de masse de l'histoire des États-Unis.
Journal of a Contract Killer (2008)
, 1h30Directed by Tony Maylam
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Gangster films
Actors Heather Bleasdale, David Janson
Stephanie Komack was a big-class hooker and assassin for the Italian Mob. She now was working in London as a waitress, and a single mother to her seven-year-old daughter, the Mob tracks Stephanie down and persuade her to do one final job. That when the hit goes wrong and Stephanie soon realises the reality of her failure. They snatch her daughter as punishment, but didn't figure on Stephanie's capacity for revenge. Inspired by true events,
Concrete Romance (2007)
Directed by Marco Martani
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Nicolas Vaporidis, Giorgio Faletti, Carolina Crescentini, Stefano Antonucci, Ninetto Davoli, Alfredo Pea
Diego est un petit voyou, admiré par ses copains. Totalement inconscient, il est prêt à prendre tous les risques. Il pense avoir le courage qui manquait à son père, abattu comme un chien par des gangsters."Le chef" est un parrain mafieux, qui contrôle tout un quartier de Rome. Pour lui, semer la terreur est la seule façon d'être respecté. Aussi, il n'hésite jamais à tuer. Parce que "le chef" a violé son amie, Diego va lui déclarer la guerre.L'affrontement entre les amis du jeune homme et les mafieux va déboucher sur un bain de sang...
Black Friday (1940)
, 1h10Directed by Arthur Lubin
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror, Crime
Actors Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Stanley Ridges, Paul Fix, Anne Nagel, Raymond Bailey
The famous Dr. Ernest Sovac's best friend, bookish college professor George Kingsley, is run down while crossing a street. In order to save his friend's life, Sovac implants part of another man's brain into the professor's. Unfortunately, the other man was a gangster who was involved in the accident. The professor recovers but at times behaves like the gangster, and his whole personality changes. Sovac is horrified but also intrigued, because the gangster has hidden $500,000 somewhere in the city. The doctor continues to treat his friend and, when the professor is under the influence of the gangster's brain, Karloff attempts to have the man lead him to the fortune. Béla Lugosi plays a gangster also trying to get his hands on the cash.
Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)
, 1h27Directed by Steve Miner, Sean S. Cunningham
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Crime, Slasher
Themes Transport films, Serial killer films, Road movies
Actors Amy Steel, John Furey, Adrienne King, Betsy Palmer, Walt Gorney, Stuart Charno
Two months after the events of the first film, Alice Hardy, the sole survivor of the 1979 killing spree, is recovering from her trauma. In her apartment, she finds the head of Pamela Voorhees in her refrigerator and is brutally murdered by an unseen assailant with an ice pick to her temple.
Vénéneuses (2017)
Directed by Jean-Pierre Mocky
Origin France
Genres Crime
Actors Jean-Pierre Mocky, Richard Bohringer, Jean-François Stévenin, Charlotte Gaccio, Lola Marois, Bonnafet Tarbouriech
Dick Grant, truand vieillissant qui purge sa peine, apprend que sa compagne l'a doublement trahi : non seulement elle le trompe avec l'un de ses associés, mais le couple s'apprête à lui voler toute sa fortune. Il s'évade de prison et accomplit sa vengeance. Lors de sa cavale, il rencontre une jeune et jolie blonde avec qui il a une aventure. Elle finit par le démasquer et le fait chanter : ou bien il la débarrasse d'un oncle encombrant, ou bien elle le dénonce à la police...
Walking Vengeance (2008)
Directed by Agustín Díaz Yanes
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Diego Luna, Victoria Abril, Ariadna Gil, Pilar López de Ayala, Elena Anaya, José María Yazpik
Félix, un trafiquant, fait affaire avec la mafia chinoise. Ana, sa femme, est une prostituée qui aime l’argent. Depuis sa cage dorée, entre l’alcool et les coups de son mari, Ana a conçu un plan dangereux pour doubler Félix et son gang. Si elle y parvient, elle tiendra enfin sa revanche…
Revenge (1990)
, 2h4Directed by Tony Scott
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Horror, Crime, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, HIV/AIDS in film
Actors Kevin Costner, Anthony Quinn, Madeleine Stowe, Miguel Ferrer, John Leguizamo, Joaquín Martínez
Michael J. "Jay" Cochran is a retiring United States Naval Aviator who, after 12 years in the service, wants to relax and live one day at a time. He goes to Mexico, accepting a matched pair of Beretta shotguns and an invitation from his wealthy friend Tiburon "Tibey" Mendez to spend time at his hacienda in Mexico. Tibey is a powerful crime boss, constantly surrounded by bodyguards.