151. The Man Who Wasn't There
Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Joel Coen
Actors: Billy Bob Thornton, Michael Badalucco, Frances McDormand, Jon Polito, James Gandolfini, Scarlett Johansson
Plot: This barber is man no one notices, laconic, chain-smoking and completely
stuck in the rut that is his life. That is until he hatches a plan to
blackmail his wife and her supposed lover, her boss Big Dave, in order to
fun a new dry cleaning business. Too bad his plan immediately falls apart.
152. The Equalizer
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Actors: Denzel Washington, Chloë Grace Moretz, Haley Bennett, Marton Csokas, Melissa Leo, Robert Wahlberg
Plot: A former black ops commander has settled down in Boston - having faked his own death in order to enjoy a normal life. But when a young girl gets herself in trouble, his need for justice brings him out of retirement - even if it means going up against a group of dangerous Russian gangsters.
153. Death Wish
Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Winner
Actors: Charles Bronson, Hope Lange, Vincent Gardenia, Steven Keats, William Redfield, Stuart Margolin
Plot: While New York City architect Paul Kersey is away from home, drug addicts break into his house and brutally murder his wife and rape his daughter until she's comatose. Once wary of guns, Kersey takes matters into his own hands, seeking vigilante justice against not only the culprits, but other wrongdoers as well.
154. Scum
Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alan Clarke
Actors: Ray Winstone, Mick Ford, Julian Firth, John Blundell, Phil Daniels, Philip Jackson
Plot: Brutality and violence in a modern prison for youthful offenders.
155. State of Grace
Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Phil Joanou
Actors: Sean Penn, Ed Harris, Gary Oldman, Robin Wright Penn, John Turturro, John C. Reilly
Plot: After ten years, Terry Noonan returns to Hell's Kitchen where he quickly finds himself kindling an old flame but also getting involved with his brother and the mob. Soon he must decide where his true loyalties lie.
156. Longlegs
Year of Release: 2024
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Oz Perkins
Actors: Maika Monroe, Nicolas Cage, Blair Underwood, Alicia Witt, Michelle Choi-Lee, Dakota Daulby
Plot: Young FBI Agent Lee Harker seems to have a sixth sense and is put on the
case of a mysterious string of family murders - with a cryptic cipher
being left behind at each one signed "Longlegs". Despite never being at
the scene of the murders, each also revolving around the daughter's
birthday on the 14th of the month, he somehow seems to exert control
over the actions. As Lee gets closer to the truth, she realizes her own
connection to the killer - and the revelations won't stop there.
157. 25th Hour
Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Spike Lee
Actors: Edward Norton, Barry Pepper, Brian Cox, Philip Seymour Hoffman , Anna Paquin, Rosario Dawson
Plot: A good hearted convicted drug dealer looks back on his life and the choices he made while still knowing he must face 7 years in jail or run away for ever.
158. Man from Nowhere, The ( Ajeossi )
Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Crime/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jeong-beom Lee
Actors: Bin Won, Sae-ron Kim, Hyo-seo Kim
159. The Ladykillers
Year of Release: 1956
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Alexander Mackendrick
Actors: Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers, Danny Green, Katie Johnson
Plot: Five criminals, led by the erudite Professor Marcus, plan a daring
daylight heist of gold bullion while posing as classical musicians for
octogenarian Mrs. Wilberforce, Marcus' landlady. The heist is pulled off
without a hitch, but Mrs. Wilberforce soon deduces the quintet's
involvement in it, and demands that they return the money and then turn
themselves in. Not too keen on this idea, the five criminals resolve to
'do in' the old lady. Killing a sweet, defenseless old widow in cold
blood, though, turns out to be a lot harder than the criminals first
anticipated.
160. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John McNaughton
Actors: Michael Rooker, Tom Towles, Tracy Arnold, David Katz, Erzsebet Sziky, Ray Atherton
Plot: FIlm based on real-life serial killer Henry Lee Lucas and his relationship
with Otis and his sister.
