241. Fox and His Friends ( Faustrecht der Freiheit )
Year of Release: 1976
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Drama/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Actors: Peter Chatel, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Karlheinz Böhm, Adrian Hoven, Christiane Maybach, Harry Baer
Plot: Explores the class struggle and homosexual undertones of when a former circus performer and working class man, Franz "Fox" Biberkopf wins the lottery and looks to improve his lot in life. But money comes at a cost, and his new upper middle-class friends take advantage of him.
242. Shanghai Triad ( Yao a yao yao dao waipo qiao )
Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Yimou Zhang
Actors: Li Gong, Baotian Li, Wang Xiaoxiao, Xuejian Li, Chun Sun, Baoying Jiang
243. Infernal Affairs II ( Mou gaan dou II )
Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Wai-keung Lau, Siu Fai Mak
Actors: Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Eric Tsang, Edison Chen, Carina Lau, Francis Ng, Shawn Yue
244. Gomorrah ( Gomorra )
Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Italian
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Matteo Garrone
Actors: Salvatore Abruzzese, Simone Sacchettino, Salvatore Ruocco, Vincenzo Fabricino, Vincenzo Altamura, Italo Renda
Plot: Five individual stories present a contemporary look at the mafia in Italy.
245. Presumed Innocent
Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Actors: Harrison Ford, Brian Dennehy, Raul Julia, Bonnie Bedelia, Paul Winfield, John Spencer
Plot: D.A. Rusty Sabich becomes the chief suspect in his ex-girlfriends murder and sets out to find the real killer only to realize the man may be closer to him than he could have imagined.
246. The Roaring Twenties
Year of Release: 1939
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Raoul Walsh
Actors: James Cagney, Priscilla Lane, Humphrey Bogart, Gladys George, Jeffrey Lynn, Frank McHugh
Plot: Three WWI Army buddies get mixed up with the mob in peacetime.
247. Desperado
Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Actors: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Joaquim de Almeida, Cheech Marin, Steve Buscemi, Carlos Gómez
Plot: A traveling musician is once again mistaken for a hit man and gets
embroiled in web of drugs, violence and saving a beautiful woman. The
bullets will fly leading to the ultimate one-on-one showdown.
248. The Killers
Year of Release: 1946
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert Siodmak
Actors: Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Albert Dekker, Sam Levene, William Conrad
Plot: A boxer is murdered to little resistance and an insurance investigator is hired to connect the dots uncovering a past robbery.
249. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Frank Oz
Actors: Steve Martin, Michael Caine, Glenne Headly, Ian McDiarmid, Anton Rodgers, Barbara Harris
Plot: Two men compete for the honor of being the worst scoundrel around by trying to cheat a lady out of her money.
250. The Devil's Rejects
Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Rob Zombie
Actors: Sid Haig, Bill Moseley, Leslie Easterbrook, Sheri Moon, William Forsythe, Ken Foree
Plot: The serial killing Firefly family is under attack from a sadistic local
sheriff looking to avenge the death of his brother. When a couple of the
family escape, they turn a fleabag motel into their own playground with
the sheriff hot on their heels.
