301. 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.
302. 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.
303. 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.
304. Layer Cake
Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Matthew Vaughn
Actors: Daniel Craig, Sienna Miller, Colm Meaney, Dexter Fletcher, Michael Gambon, Tom Hardy
Plot: A seasoned British drug dealer longs to ditch his illegal trade. But he
can't do that without wrapping up just one more job involving the drug-
addicted daughter of an influential criminal and a gargantuan stash of
purloined ecstasy. The cache's original owners are after him as well,
leaving him with no other choice but to run for his life.
305. 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, Sean Bean, Jonathan Pryce
Plot: A former U.S. intelligence officer tries to track down a package wanted by the Irish and the Russians.
306. Detective Story
Year of Release: 1951
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: William Wyler
Actors: Kirk Douglas, Eleanor Parker, William Bendix, Cathy O'Donnell, George Macready, Gerald Mohr
Plot: On one day in the 21st Precinct squad room, assorted characters form a backdrop for the troubles of hard-nosed Detective Jim McLeod.
307. Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai
Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Actors: Forest Whitaker, Cliff Gorman, Henry Silva, Dennis Liu, John Tormey, Richard Portnow
Plot: A solitary modern day samuria who uses a gun instead of a sword is a hit man that is being chased after by the mob itself.
308. 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, J.K. Simmons, Frances McDormand
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.
309. Tell No One ( Ne le dis à personne )
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Guillaume Canet
Actors: François Cluzet, Marie-Josée Croze, André Dussollier, Kristin Scott Thomas, François Berléand, Marina Hands
Plot: Eight years after a tragic event, a pediatrician becomes the prime suspect once again and must dive head first in a labyrinthian plot to prove his innocence and uncover the truth behind some mysterious murders.
310. 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.
