291. The Negotiator
Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: F. Gary Gray
Actors: Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey, David Morse, Ron Rifkin, John Spencer, J.T. Walsh
Plot: Two Chicago Police Negotiators find themselves in an awkward position as one tries to talk the other one out of a hostage situation.
292. Better Tomorrow, A ( Ying hung boon sik )
Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Woo
Actors: Lung Ti, Leslie Cheung, Yun-Fat Chow, Kenneth Tsang, John Woo, Emily Chu
293. Out of Sight
Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Actors: George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez, Dennis Farina, Don Cheadle, Catherine Keener, Ving Rhames
Plot: A career bank robber breaks out of prison for one, last big score and manages to romance the U.S. Marshal assigned to his case along the way.
294. American Animals
Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Bart Layton
Actors: Evan Peters, Barry Keoghan, Blake Jenner, Jared Abrahamson, Ann Dowd, Wayne Duvall
Plot: Taking inspiration (and not much else) in the heist films they have seen, a group of young men plan to steal millions worth of rare books from their college library.
295. Baby
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Juwan Chung
Actors: David Huynh, Feodor Chin, Kenneth Choi, Shannon Dang, Aljarreau Galang, Kenzo Lee
296. Face/Off
Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Woo
Actors: John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Joan Allen, Alessandro Nivola, Gina Gershon, Dominique Swain
Plot: A new surgical technique allows an under cover agent to take the appearance and voice of a crime boss allowing him to infiltrate the organization.
297. A Most Violent Year
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: J.C. Chandor
Actors: Jessica Chastain, Oscar Isaac, Ashley Williams, Elyes Gabel, Elyes Gabel, Harris Yulin
Plot: New York City - winter 1981 - considered one of the most violent years in the cities history. An immigrant and his family try to get by - expanding a business - even as the moral decay and corruption surrounding them threatens to bring down everything they have built.
298. 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, Veit Stübner, Lenn Kudrjawizki
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.
299. 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, Ric Young, Doug Rand
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.
300. 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, Sinolicka Trpkova, Zabit Memedov
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.
