151. Death Wish
Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Winner
Actors: Charles Bronson, Hope Lange, Vincent Gardenia, Steven Keats, William Redfield, Stuart Margolin
Plot: While New York City architect Paul Kersey is away from home, drug addicts break into his house and brutally murder his wife and rape his daughter until she's comatose. Once wary of guns, Kersey takes matters into his own hands, seeking vigilante justice against not only the culprits, but other wrongdoers as well.
152. Scum
Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alan Clarke
Actors: Ray Winstone, Mick Ford, Julian Firth, John Blundell, Phil Daniels, Philip Jackson
Plot: Brutality and violence in a modern prison for youthful offenders.
153. State of Grace
Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Phil Joanou
Actors: Sean Penn, Ed Harris, Gary Oldman, Robin Wright Penn, John Turturro, John C. Reilly
Plot: After ten years, Terry Noonan returns to Hell's Kitchen where he quickly finds himself kindling an old flame but also getting involved with his brother and the mob. Soon he must decide where his true loyalties lie.
154. Man from Nowhere, The ( Ajeossi )
Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Crime/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jeong-beom Lee
Actors: Bin Won, Sae-ron Kim, Hyo-seo Kim
155. 25th Hour
Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Spike Lee
Actors: Edward Norton, Barry Pepper, Brian Cox, Philip Seymour Hoffman , Anna Paquin, Rosario Dawson
Plot: A good hearted convicted drug dealer looks back on his life and the choices he made while still knowing he must face 7 years in jail or run away for ever.
156. The Ladykillers
Year of Release: 1956
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Alexander Mackendrick
Actors: Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers, Danny Green, Katie Johnson
Plot: Five criminals, led by the erudite Professor Marcus, plan a daring
daylight heist of gold bullion while posing as classical musicians for
octogenarian Mrs. Wilberforce, Marcus' landlady. The heist is pulled off
without a hitch, but Mrs. Wilberforce soon deduces the quintet's
involvement in it, and demands that they return the money and then turn
themselves in. Not too keen on this idea, the five criminals resolve to
'do in' the old lady. Killing a sweet, defenseless old widow in cold
blood, though, turns out to be a lot harder than the criminals first
anticipated.
157. The Gentlemen
Year of Release: 2020
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Guy Ritchie
Actors: Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Michelle Dockery, Jeremy Strong, Colin Farrell, Hugh Grant
Plot: An American expat has set up a lucrative marijuana empire in London. But
as all good things must come to an end, he looks to get out of the
business - which sets in motion a series of plots and schemes as his
underlings look to gain control before he can sell it off.
158. Elephant
Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Gus Van Sant
Actors: John Robinson, Eric Deulen, Alex Frost, Elias McConnell, Carrie Finklea, Brittany Mountain
Plot: A look at what could have been in Littleton Colorado as the camera follows the days of ordinary students in an ordinary school.
159. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John McNaughton
Actors: Michael Rooker, Tom Towles, Tracy Arnold, David Katz, Erzsebet Sziky, Ray Atherton
Plot: FIlm based on real-life serial killer Henry Lee Lucas and his relationship
with Otis and his sister.
160. trou, Le
Year of Release: 1964
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jacques Becker
Actors: Marc Michel, Jean Keraudy, Philippe Leroy, Raymond Meunier, Michel Constantin, André Bervil
Plot: A group of four prisoners have been planning an elaborate escape when a young detainee is transferred in while another cell block is repaired. The men must decide whether this fresh face can be trusted with their carefully-constructed plan.
