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Snatch (2000)
Plot Summary:
The second film from British director Guy Ritchie. Snatch tells an obscure story similar to his first fast-paced crazy character-colliding filled film “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.” There are two overlapping stories here – one is the search for a stolen diamond, and the other about a boxing promoter who’s having trouble with a psychotic gangster
Duration: 104 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 894000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Plot tags: heist, gangster, gambling, organized crime, caper, robbery, criminal heroes, cons and scams, sarcasm, master criminal, boxing, crime gone awry, underground fighting, mafia, nothing goes right, violent, disorder, group of criminals, bookies, graphic violence, theft, diamond, boxer, violence, gunfight
Hera Pheri (2000)
Plot Summary:
Three unemployed men find the answer to all their money problems when they receive a call from a kidnapper. However, things do not go as planned
Duration: 156 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 71000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Plot tags: kidnapping, rescue, rivalry, unemployment, mistaken identity, love and romance, fall in love, nothing goes right, buddies, couple relations, gangster, bank, telephone call, ransom, duel, hindu, police, friendship, deception, lie, chase, friendship between men, girl, debt, sikh
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
Plot Summary:
Selma, a Czech immigrant on the verge of blindness, struggles to make ends meet for herself and her son, who has inherited the same genetic disorder and will suffer the same fate without an expensive operation. When life gets too difficult, Selma learns to cope through her love of musicals, escaping life's troubles - even if just for a moment - by dreaming up little numbers to the rhythmic beats of her surroundings
Duration: 140 min
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10
IMDB Votes: 115000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Musical
Country: Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, USA, UK, France, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Norway
Plot tags: factory worker, life is a bitch, blindness, death sentence, immigrant, destiny, tragedy, secret, hanging, tragic hero, dancing, music, death, existentialism, disability, storytelling, murder, blind character, fighting illness, human spirit, friendship, young woman, self sacrifice, daydreamer, financial problem
Hey Ram (2000)
Plot Summary:
Saketh Ram's wife is raped and killed during direct action day riots in Calcutta. He is convinced that Mahatma Gandhi is responsible for all the problems happening in the country. He sets out to kill him
Duration: 186 min
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Crime, Drama, History
Country: India
Plot tags: assassination, political unrest, violence, religious intolerance, muslim, destiny, danger, independence, revenge, husband wife relationship, religion, politics, integration, sex crime, hindu, vengeance, rape, sex scene, sacrifice, surrealism, ethnic conflict, interracial friendship, non violence, social commentary, anti hero
Nine Queens (2000)
Plot Summary:
An Argentinian crime drama revolving around a sheet of rare stamps (the Nine Queens)
Duration: 114 min
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10
IMDB Votes: 56000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Plot tags: plot twist, heist, swindle, manipulation, partner, crime gone awry, twists and turns, justice, police, robbery, mind game, criminal heroes, partners in crime, con men, great ending, cons and scams, gambling, impostor, hustler, betrayal, spaniard, whodunit, murder, criminal, bank robber
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (2000)
Plot Summary:
The Joker is back with a vengeance, and Gotham's newest Dark Knight needs answers as he stands alone to face Gotham's most infamous Clown Prince of Crime
Duration: 76 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Animation, Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: superhero, heroes, good versus evil, insanity, justice, save the day, fighting crime, secret identity, master villain, heroic mission, undercover, danger, aging, imaginary, righting the wronged, dystopian future, unlikely friendships, death, torture, murder, villain, mentor, violence, batman, multiverse
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
Plot Summary:
In the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them. On their journey they come across many comical characters and incredible situations. Based upon Homer's 'Odyssey'
Duration: 107 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 326000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Music
Country: UK, France, USA
Plot tags: prison escape, blues, on the run, treasure hunt, small town, music, great depression, obsessive quest, country music, on the road, runaway, dark humor, satire, creativity, eccentricity, criminal heroes, husband wife relationship, prison, buddy, musician, dialogue, american history, storytelling, dancing, ku klux klan
Traffic (2000)
Plot Summary:
An exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the new head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the war becomes personal when he discovers his well-educated daughter is abusing cocaine within their comfortable suburban home. In Mexico, a flawed, but noble policeman agrees to testify against a powerful general in league with a cartel, and in San Diego, a drug kingpin's sheltered trophy wife must learn her husband's ruthless business after he is arrested, endangering her luxurious lifestyle
Duration: 147 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 217000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Plot tags: organized crime, drug abuse, addiction, drug dealer, drug lord, drug addiction, drug traffic, drug cartel, drug, corruption, war on drugs, heroin, cop, police corruption, politics, gangster, drug addict, profanity, family problems, fighting crime, violence, assassin, social commentary, junkie, police
American Psycho (2000)
Plot Summary:
A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies
Duration: 102 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 690000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Plot tags: psychopath, serial killer, insanity, sociopath, satire, dark humor, violence, materialism, mental illness, psycho killer, psycho, yuppie, hidden identity, serial murder, millionaire, nihilism, greed, cannibal, sadism, macabre, brutality, terror, murder, crazy, maniac
Brother 2 (2000)
Plot Summary:
Arriving in Moscow, Chechen veteran Danila (Sergei Bodrov Jr) meets Konstantin, an old friend who tells him that his twin brother has been forced into signing a crooked contract with a US ice hockey team. Soon after this meeting, Danila discovers Konstantin dead and he sets out to avenge his death; a journey that leads him to Chicago and a whole new experience
Duration: 122 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia
Plot tags: mafia, organized crime, russian mafia, siblings relations, uncover truth, killer, gangster, immigrant, spoiled brat, vengeance, handgun, anti hero, violence, vigilantism, shooting, brother brother relationship, gang, conflict, exodus, underworld, hockey, criminal heroes, sexism, buddies, chess
Flickering Lights (2000)
Plot Summary:
Four small gangsters from Copenhagen trick a gangster boss: they take over 4,000,000 kroner which they were supposed to bring him. Trying to escape to Barcelona they are forced to stop in the countryside, in an old, wrecked house, hiding there for several weeks. Slowly, one after another, they realize, that they would like to stay there, start a new life
Duration: 109 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Plot tags: gangster, friendship, heist, justice, group of criminals, one last job, going straight, criminal heroes, partner, career change, hopes, secret hideout, money, nordic, violence, dark humor, caper, doctor, restaurant, journey, runaway, organized crime, hung over, childhood trauma, drug abuse
Frequency (2000)
Plot Summary:
When a rare phenomenon gives police officer John Sullivan the chance to speak to his father, 30 years in the past, he takes the opportunity to prevent his dad's tragic death. After his actions inadvertently give rise to a series of brutal murders he and his father must find a way to fix the consequences of altering time
Duration: 118 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 114000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: time travel, radio, father son relationship, investigation, parallel universe, butterfly effect, altering history, murder, serial killer, changing the past or future, time, rescue, sent to the past, race against time, police detective, psychopath, murder mystery, haunted by the past, supernatural, firefighter, memory, family relations, fire, alternate history, alternate reality
Sexy Beast (2000)
Plot Summary:
The idyllic life of retired safecracker Gal is put at risk when a psychotic gangster from his past arrives at his villa in southern Spain, intent on bringing him out of retirement for one last job
Duration: 89 min
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
IMDB Votes: 65000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Spain
Plot tags: heist, robbery, retired, mafia, safecracker, caper, organized crime, one last job, bank robbery, psychopath, murder, character study, gangster, british gangster, rivalry, manipulation, violent, bank, haunted by the past, summer, hustler, underworld, gangsta, bully, rabbit
Common Wealth (2000)
Plot Summary:
Julia finds 300 million pesetas hidden in a dead man's house while selling an apartment. She's a 40-ish real estate agent now forced to face the wrath of a very peculiar community (of neighbors), headed by an unscrupulous administrator. Black humor gives way to suspense, closely followed by horror that doesn't take long in coming to a head in undisguised pandemonium
Duration: 110 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Plot tags: real estate agent, greed, stolen money, neighbor, murder, fish out of water, dishonesty, conflict, dark humor, conspiracy, female protagonist, money, violence, psychology, psycho, satire, retreat, unfaithful wife, native, nothing goes right, disorder, siblings relations, survival, strong female lead, fight
Brother (2000)
Plot Summary:
A Japanese Yakuza gangster’s deadly existence in his homeland gets him exiled to Los Angeles, California, where he is taken in by his little brother and his brother’s gang. This is the first English film by Takeshi Kitano
Duration: 114 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Japan
Plot tags: yakuza, gangster, mafia, culture clash, organized crime, gang, samurai, suicide, sibling relationship, family relations, interracial relations, gang war, siblings relations, fish out of water, criminal heroes, friendship, urban, japanese mafia, violence, blood, ghetto, police officer, politics, criminal, triad
Chopper (2000)
Plot Summary:
The true and intense story of Mark 'Chopper' Read, a legendary criminal who wrote his autobiography while serving a jail sentence in prison
Duration: 94 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 41000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Plot tags: prison, brutality, jail, character study, gangster, murder, eccentricity, judge, self destructing, criminal heroes, prison life, notoriety, criminal, serial killer, organized crime, true crime, gang, profanity, biopic, violence, blood, drinking, convict, spy, killer
Boiler Room (2000)
Plot Summary:
A college dropout gets a job as a broker for a suburban investment firm, which puts him on the fast track to success, but the job might not be as legitimate as it sounds
Duration: 120 min
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 56000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: stock broker, entrepreneur, business, wall street, stock market, finance, entrepreneurship, caper, greed, crime gone awry, trading, marketing, economics, plot twist, office, mentor, rise to the top, moral dilemma, workplace, parents and children, ambition, gambling, illegal gambling, success, economist
The Crimson Rivers (2000)
Plot Summary:
Two French policemen, one investigating a grisly murder at a remote mountain college, the other working on the desecration of a young girl's grave by skinheads, are brought together by the clues from their respective cases. Soon after they start working together, more murders are committed, and the pair begin to discover just what dark secrets are behind the killings
Duration: 106 min
IMDB Rating: 6.9/10
IMDB Votes: 65000
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Plot tags: serial killer, murder, investigation, police investigation, demon, police detective, whodunit, twists and turns, police officer, murder mystery, ritual, plot twist, faked death, mountain, eugenics, chase, genetics, nun, secret society, winter, snow, misfit, student life, law enforcement, disorder
Saving Grace (2000)
Plot Summary:
Unexpectedly widowed, prim and proper housewife Grace Trevethyn finds herself in dire financial straits when she inherits massive debts her late husband had been accruing for years. Faced with losing her house, she decides to use her talent for horticulture and hatches a plan to grow potent marijuana which can be sold at an astronomical price, thus solving her financial crisis
Duration: 93 min
IMDB Rating: 6.9/10
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Plot tags: marijuana, drug dealer, small town, weed, drug dealing, family problems, small town life, twists and turns, police investigation, farce, female protagonist, drug, cannabis, criminal heroes, unlikely criminals, partners in crime, women, church, stoner, drug lord, garden, police officer, grief, strong female lead, life
The Whole Nine Yards (2000)
Plot Summary:
A mobster named Jimmy the Tulip agrees to cooperate with an FBI investigation in order to stay out of prison; he's relocated by the authorities to a life of suburban anonymity as part of a witness protection program. It's not long before a couple of his new neighbors figure out his true identity and come knocking to see if he'd be up for one more hit, suburban style
Duration: 98 min
IMDB Rating: 6.7/10
IMDB Votes: 128000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Plot tags: mafia, hitman, murder, assassin, adultery, dark humor, organized crime, bandit, gangster, violence, opposites attract, twists and turns, divorce, brutality, life philosophy, buddy, betrayal, infidelity, misfit, love affair, disorder, unlikely partners, dentist, love and romance, changing lives
Gangster No. 1 (2000)
Plot Summary:
An old gangster is advised that Freddie Mays would leave jail after thirty years in prison. His mood changes and he recalls when he was a young punk, who joined Freddie Mays' gang, a man he both envied and ultimately betrayed
Duration: 103 min
IMDB Rating: 6.7/10
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, Ireland
Plot tags: gangster, rise and fall, organized crime, psychopath, torture, mafia, betrayal, prison, violence, gang war, leadership, extortion, rivalry, criminal heroes, male nudity, male pubic hair, frame up, dishonesty, gory, brutality, violent, character study, ambition, british gangster, obsession
The Way of the Gun (2000)
Plot Summary:
Two criminal drifters without sympathy get more than they bargained for after kidnapping and holding for ransom the surrogate mother of a powerful and shady man
Duration: 119 min
IMDB Rating: 6.6/10
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: kidnapping, gunfight, twists and turns, gangster, hostage, shootout, pregnancy, car chase, rags to riches, confined, disorder, mafia, heist, drifter, criminal, violence, rescue, on the run, friendship, revenge, tough guy, organized crime, blood, russian roulette, redemption
Animal Factory (2000)
Plot Summary:
A young man goes to prison and a tough, older convict takes him under his wing as a mentor
Duration: 94 min
IMDB Rating: 6.6/10
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: prison, friendship, survival, gang, violence, murder, transvestite, prison gang, prison escape, drug, adaptation, depression, redemption, prison rape, human nature, marijuana, homosexual, drug use, mentor protege relationship, male bonding, prison warden, confined, fish out of water, gay, court
Small Time Crooks (2000)
Plot Summary:
A loser of a crook and his wife strike it rich when a botched bank job's cover business becomes a spectacular success
Duration: 94 min
IMDB Rating: 6.6/10
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Plot tags: heist, love and romance, caper, corruption, robbery, unlikely criminals, disorder, couple relations, cons and scams, overnight success, bank robbery, art, crime gone awry, criminal, restaurant, swindle, business, rags to riches, screwball, gambling, wife, accountant, labor, assassination, hustler
Taxi 2 (2000)
Plot Summary:
A cabdriver and a cop race to Paris to rescue a love interest and the Japanese minister of defense from kidnappers
Duration: 88 min
IMDB Rating: 6.5/10
IMDB Votes: 58000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Plot tags: car chase, chase, taxi, yakuza, kidnapping, police investigation, gang, police, stereotypes, creativity, buddy, hostage, rescue, taxi driver, goofy hero, unlikely partners, incompetent police, partners against crime, police operation, friends, chases and races, partner, silly humor, buddies, heroic mission
Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000)
Plot Summary:
Upon learning that he has to come out of retirement to steal 50 cars in one night to save his brother Kip's life, former car thief Randall "Memphis" Raines enlists help from a few "boost happy" pals to accomplish a seemingly impossible feat. From countless car chases to relentless cops, the high-octane excitement builds as Randall swerves around more than a few roadblocks to keep Kip alive
Duration: 118 min
IMDB Rating: 6.5/10
IMDB Votes: 291000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: heist, car chase, chase, car, race against time, caper, car thief, car theft, master criminal, danger, theft, racing, thief, machismo, friends, slick, race, one last job, gangster, police investigation, life philosophy, ford mustang, group of criminals, robbery, chases and races
Under Suspicion (2000)
Plot Summary:
A lawyer is asked to come to the police station to clear up a few loose ends in his witness report of a foul murder. "This will only take ten minutes", they say, but it turns out to be one loose end after another, and the ten minutes he is away from his speech become longer and longer
Duration: 110 min
IMDB Rating: 6.4/10
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Plot tags: lawyer, serial killer, rape, police investigation, murder, murder mystery, twists and turns, psychology, investigation, plot twist, mind game, pedophile, courtroom, law, interrogation, prime suspect, secret relationship, sexual murder, police, mafia, hitman, pedophilia, criminal, basement, locked in a room
The Cell (2000)
Plot Summary:
A psychotherapist journeys inside a comatose serial killer in the hopes of saving his latest victim
Duration: 107 min
IMDB Rating: 6.4/10
IMDB Votes: 108000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Plot tags: serial killer, surrealism, psychopath, race against time, coma, psychiatrist, mind game, virtual reality, investigation, fbi, child abuse, schizophrenia, dream, torture, traumatic childhood, violent, horse, gore, sadomasochism, female bodybuilder, macabre, subconscious, kidnapping, psychology, obsession
The Yards (2000)
Plot Summary:
In the rail yards of Queens, contractors repair and rebuild the city's subway cars. These contracts are lucrative, so graft and corruption are rife. When Leo Handler gets out of prison, he finds his aunt married to Frank Olchin, one of the big contractors; he's battling with a minority-owned firm for contracts
Duration: 115 min
IMDB Rating: 6.4/10
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: corruption, betrayal, political corruption, murder, whistleblower, police corruption, character study, false accusation, mafia, female nudity, life is a bitch, injustice, moral dilemma, criminal, prison, train, friendship, conspiracy, justice, organized crime, investigation, caper, railway, mother son relationship, ex convict
Miss Congeniality (2000)
Plot Summary:
When the local FBI office receives a letter from a terrorist known only as 'The Citizen', it's quickly determined that he's planning his next act at the Miss America beauty pageant. Because tough-as-nails Gracie Hart is the only female Agent at the office, she's chosen to go undercover as the contestant from New Jersey
Duration: 109 min
IMDB Rating: 6.3/10
IMDB Votes: 226000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Plot tags: undercover agent, beauty pageant, fish out of water, personality change, strong female lead, fbi agent, working undercover, tomboy, female agent, tough girl, fbi, female fbi agent, rivalry, femininity, beauty queen, makeover, teenage girl, girl power, strong female presence, women, happy ending, creativity, law enforcement, popularity, teenager