301. 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.
302. 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.
303. 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.
304. 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.
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. Savage Streets
Year of Release: 1984
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Danny Steinmann
Actors: Linda Blair, John Vernon, Robert Dryer, Johnny Venocur, Sal Landi, Scott Mayer
307. Normal Life
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John McNaughton
Actors: Ashley Judd, Luke Perry, Kate Walsh, Bruce A. Young, Jim True-Frost, Scott Cummins
Plot: A contemporary "Bonnie & Clyde" about a woman living on the edge who marries a young cop and convinces him to join her on a bank robbery spree throughout Chicago.
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. 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
310. 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.
