301. 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, Evelyne Brochu, Johanne-Marie Tremblay
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.
302. 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.
303. 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, Marc Di Napoli, Louise Chevalier
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.
304. 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.
305. Drugstore Cowboy
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Gus Van Sant
Actors: Matt Dillon, Kelly Lynch, James LeGros, Heather Graham, James Remar, Eric Hull
306. 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, Nicky Katt, Larry Holden
Plot: Two detectives go to a small, northern town where the sun never completely sets to investigate some murders.
307. The Lookout
Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Scott Frank
Actors: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Isla Fisher, Carla Gugino, Jeff Daniels, Matthew Goode, Alberta Watson
308. 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.
309. 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.
310. House of Wax
Year of Release: 1953
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: André De Toth
Actors: Vincent Price, Frank Lovejoy, Phyllis Kirk, Carolyn Jones, Charles Bronson, Paul Picerni
Plot: A disfigured sculptor opens his own house of wax where the figures are life-like for a very good reason: he's stealing bodies to create his art.
