181. Animal Kingdom
Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Michôd
Actors: Guy Pearce, Ben Mendelsohn, Joel Edgerton, Luke Ford, James Frecheville, Anthony Hayes
Plot: At just 17, J is caught between his families' criminal enterprise and a detective determined to save him.
182. The Postman Always Rings Twice
Year of Release: 1946
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Tay Garnett
Actors: Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway, Hume Cronyn, Leon Ames, Audrey Totter
Plot: Frank Chambers hitchhikes to an out-of-the-way gas station/diner where he finds both a job and trouble.
183. Rounders
Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Dahl
Actors: Matt Damon, Edward Norton, John Turturro, Gretchen Mol, Ray Iannicelli, Famke Janssen
Plot: A couple of high-stakes poker players get into a mess with the Russian KGB
and have to repay a debt.
184. The Warriors
Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Walter Hill
Actors: Michael Beck, Dorsey Wright, David Harris, James Remar, David Patrick Kelly, Tom McKitterick
Plot: A popular leader attempts to unite all the gangs in New York City. At a huge rally he is killed and The Warriors gang is fingered for the hit. They must make their way back to their home turf of Coney Island while dodging rival gangs.
185. Hard Eight
Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Actors: Philip Baker Hall, John C. Reilly, Gwyneth Paltrow, Samuel L. Jackson, F. William Parker, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Plot: A tale of love, revenge and redemption, set against the seedy casinos of Reno, Nevada.
186. Deliver Us from Evil
Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Amy Berg
Actors: Jeff Anderson, Case Degroot, Jane Degroot, Thomas Doyle, Oliver O'Grady, Bill Hodgman
Plot: A documentary about the history and causes of the Catholic sex abuse scandal.
187. Stray Dog ( Nora inu )
Year of Release: 1949
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Actors: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Awaji, Eiko Miyoshi, Noriko Sengoku, Fumiko Honma
Plot: A post war (WW2) look at Tokyo, Japan through the events surrounding a police detective, searching for a killer, and his stolen gun.
188. Hard Boiled ( Lat sau san taam )
Year of Release: 1993
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Woo
Actors: Yun-Fat Chow, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Teresa Mo, Philip Chan, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Hoi-Shan Kwan
Plot: As the mob smuggles guns into China, a daring raid leaves an ace detective without his partner. While the smugglers fight internally over territory, the detective works with an insider to bring down the entire operation.
189. Brick
Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Rian Johnson
Actors: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Nora Zehetner, Lukas Haas, Emilie de Ravin, Matt O'Leary, Noah Fleiss
Plot: When his ex-girlfriend turns up dead, a high school student must use all
his wits and contacts to find out who killed her.
190. Enigma of Kaspar Hauser, The ( Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle )
Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama/Crime
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Werner Herzog
Actors: Walter Ladengast, Bruno S., Brigitte Mira, Michael Kroecher, Gloria Doer, Willy Semmelrogge
Plot: Based on the true story of Kaspar Hauser, a man who appeared in 1828 in Nuremberg - with scant ability to speak or walk - with a note attached claiming he had spent his life in a dungeon of a sort and was recently released for unknown reasons. A benefactor attempts to reintegrate him into society with startling results.
