421. State of Play
Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Kevin Macdonald
Actors: Rachel McAdams, Russell Crowe, Jason Bateman, Ben Affleck, Robin Wright Penn, Helen Mirren
Plot: An investigative reporter on the uncovering the mystery behind a series of brutal murders finds himself tangled in the highest echelons of political and corporate giants.
422. Get Shorty
Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Actors: John Travolta, Danny DeVito, Gene Hackman, Rene Russo, Dennis Farina, Delroy Lindo
Plot: Chili Palmer, John Travolta, is a debt collecting mobster from Miami that travels to Hollywood to collect a debt and finds that the mob is just like the movie industry.
423. Thug ( Tsotsi )
Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Other
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Gavin Hood
Actors: Presley Chweneyagae, Terry Pheto, Kenneth Nkosi, Mothusi Magano, Zenzo Ngqobe, Nambitha Mpumlwana
424. Elite Squad ( Tropa de Elite )
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Portuguese
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: José Padilha
Actors: Caio Junqueira, Wagner Moura, André Ramiro, Maria Ribeiro, Fernanda Machado, Fernanda de Freitas
Plot: In 1997 when the Pope is set to visit a special ops officer struggles to find a suitable
team member to continue the war against the drug lords of South America.
425. Infernal Affairs III ( Mou gaan dou III: Jung gik mou gaan )
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: Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Andy Lau, Edison Chen, Kelly Chen, Eric Tsang, Daoming Chen
426. Bound
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski
Actors: Gina Gershon, Jennifer Tilly, Joe Pantoliano, Richard C. Sarafian, John P. Ryan, Christopher Meloni
Plot: Two lovers, Corky and Violet create a plan to steal money from Corky's rich boy friend with the perfect plan to blame on her boyfriend, leaving them scot free as they whisper and listen through shared walls.
427. Monsieur Verdoux
Year of Release: 1947
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Charles Chaplin
Actors: Charles Chaplin, Mady Correll, Allison Roddan, Robert Lewis, Audrey Betz, Martha Raye
Plot: Chaplin stars in this very dark comedy as a "bluebeard" who supports his beloved wife and son by marrying and murdering women of property. Based on an idea by Orson Welles.
428. Once Were Warriors
Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Lee Tamahori
Actors: Rena Owen, Temuera Morrison, Mamaengaroa Kerr-Bell, Julian Arahanga, Taungaroa Emile, Rachael Morris Jr.
429. The Score
Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Frank Oz
Actors: Robert De Niro, Edward Norton, Marlon Brando, Angela Bassett, Gary Farmer, Paul Soles
Plot: An aging thief is set to retire, but his wily partner brings him back in for one more score: a French scepter in the Montreal Customs House. Joining with brash, young thief the only question is which man is going to outsmart the other.
430. Cure
Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Crime/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Actors: Kôji Yakusho, Masato Hagiwara, Tsuyoshi Ujiki, Anna Nakagawa, Yoriko Douguchi, Yukijiro Hotaru
Plot: A series of gruesome murders sweeps Tokyo - each murderer is found near the victim with no recollection of having killed anyone. A young, strange man is the only tentative link to the crimes and he starts having an effect on the people around him.
