291. Ronin
Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Frankenheimer
Actors: Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Natascha McElhone, Stellan Skarsgård
Plot: A former U.S. intelligence officer tries to track down a package wanted by the Irish and the Russians.
292. Counterfeiters, The ( Fälscher, Die )
Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky
Actors: August Diehl, Karl Markovics, Martin Brambach, Devid Striesow
Plot: In a Nazi concentration camp, several criminals and Jews are mixed together to create numerous foreign currencies in order to fund Germany's war effort. Eventually the moral dilemma of helping the Nazis versus saving themselves begins to take its toll on the prisoners.
293. Burn After Reading
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Actors: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton
Plot: A dark spy-comedy in which an ousted CIA agent (Malkovich) loses his memoir and it falls into the hands of two gym employees (Pitt) and (McDormand) looking to make some dough off the find.
294. Ichi the Killer ( Koroshiya 1 )
Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Takashi Miike
Actors: Tadanobu Asano, Nao Omori, Shinya Tsukamoto, Paulyn Sun
Plot: A sadistic Yakuza gangster searches for the man responsible of killing his boss. An ex-cop has a deranged killer of his own and between the two, the streets will run red with blood.
295. Time of the Gypsies ( Dom za vesanje )
Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Serbian
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Emir Kusturica
Actors: Davor Dujmovic, Bora Todorovic, Ljubica Adzovic, Husnija Hasimovic
Plot: Perhan is a young Romany (gypsy) who is gifted with telekinetic powers. Yet despite this gift, he finds himself seduced by the world of petty crime and quick cash - and the decision to make this life his own threatens to destroy not just his own life, but those around him as well.
296. Polytechnique
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Actors: Maxim Gaudette, Sébastien Huberdeau, Karine Vanasse, Martin Watier
Plot: Set in Montreal, Quebec and based on the École Polytechnique massacre (also known as the "Montreal Massacre"), the film documents the events of December 6, 1989, through the eyes of two students who witness a gunman murder fourteen young women.
297. The Transporter
Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Louis Leterrier, Corey Yuen
Actors: Jason Statham, Qi Shu, Matt Schulze, François Berléand
Plot: A loner, ex-soldier works as a "transporter" delivering any package, person or cargo, no questions asked. Abiding by a strict set of rules, he's about to find that breaking the rules leads to more trouble than he could ever imagine.
298. This Man Must Die ( Que la bête meure )
Year of Release: 1970
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Claude Chabrol
Actors: Michel Duchaussoy, Caroline Cellier, Jean Yanne, Anouk Ferjac
Plot: A single father will stop at nothing to avenge the hit and run death of his daughter. When he learns an actress was in the car - he poses as a screenwriter to get close to her - willing to kill her if she was the driver. But as he get more and more involved with her life, his empathy causes him to change his outlook.
299. Insomnia
Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Christopher Nolan
Actors: Al Pacino, Martin Donovan, Robin Williams, Hilary Swank
Plot: Two detectives go to a small, northern town where the sun never completely sets to investigate some murders.
300. Scarface
Year of Release: 1932
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Howard Hawks
Actors: Paul Muni, Karen Morley, George Raft, Vince Barnett
Plot: An emigrant during prohibition climbs up the chain of command in the mob business to become a ruthless gangster only to be brought down by what brought him to the top.
