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No Country for Old Men (2007)
Plot Summary:
Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the violent pursuit of money and justice collide
Duration: 122 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 10000000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: hitman, psychopath, human nature, shooting, desert, serial killer, peril, greed, brutality, sheriff, death, murder, escape, cruelty, police, bounty hunter, gunfight, violent, u.s. mexico border, thief, assassin, violence, money, cold blooded killer, border guard
Elite Squad (2007)
Plot Summary:
In 1997, before the visit of the pope to Rio de Janeiro, Captain Nascimento from BOPE (Special Police Operations Battalion) is assigned to eliminate the risks of the drug dealers in a dangerous slum nearby where the pope intends to be lodged
Duration: 115 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 109000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Brazil, USA, Argentina
Plot tags: police corruption, police brutality, drug traffic, slum, drug lord, favela, torture, law enforcement, poverty, police, organized crime, squad, gangster, team, society, drug, special forces, social decay, violence, fighting crime, struggle, cop, arrest, leader, war
Johnny Gaddaar (2007)
Plot Summary:
Vikram decides to elope with his girlfriend Mini for a better life. For this purpose he decides to steal the money collected by his business partners for a drug deal. Everything goes horribly wrong when the partner carrying the money, Shiva, is accidentally killed
Duration: 135 min
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Plot tags: betrayal, drug dealing, thief, murder, theft, vengeance, dishonesty, gangster, heist, underdog, gambling, train, traitor, nightclub, corrupt cop, anti hero, deception, gang, rivalry, corrupt law enforcer, violent content, money, con artists, dark humor, cat
The Trap (2007)
Plot Summary:
"THE TRAP" is a modern film noir reflecting the true face of Serbian (Eastern European) 'society in transition.' It's a story that could happen to you. It is a film about an ordinary man, who is forced to choose between life and death of his own child
Duration: 106 min
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Serbia, Germany, Hungary
Plot tags: desert, heart disease, sick child, hospital, terminal illness, oppression, wartime life, mysterious character, health situation, father son relationship, financial problem, husband wife relationship, hard life, loss of son, civil engineer, teenager, mafia, children, intrigue, bosnian war, social problems, son, teacher, friendship, foreigner
For Love and Honour (2007)
Plot Summary:
Ali Osman is a former bully of city of Istanbul. But lately he gives up bully and starts to operate a synthetic pitch. He often meets his old friends, former bullies, too. One day Ali Osman receives a news which is related with his previous passionate life. Then the whole action stats as a chain of events
Duration: 140 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Turkey
Plot tags: mafia, femme fatale, blackmail, criminal heroes, parents and children, vengeance, rivalry, uninhibited rivalry, protective parent, mob boss, police corruption, forced into action, love, turk, dementia, sex crime, singer, gay slur, family relations, homosexual, debt, soccer, retired, frustration, dishonesty
American Gangster (2007)
Plot Summary:
Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem district of Manhattan. He does so by buying heroin directly from the source in South East Asia and he comes up with a unique way of importing the drugs into the United States. Based on a true story
Duration: 157 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 446000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Plot tags: organized crime, mafia, gangster, mob boss, heroin, drug lord, police, violence, mobster, crime boss, drug traffic, gang, drug, criminal, ghetto, mob hit, criminal syndicate, drug dealer, police corruption, mafioso, smuggling, cop, society, rise and fall, drug addiction
Zodiac (2007)
Plot Summary:
The true story of the investigation of the "Zodiac Killer", a serial killer who terrified the San Francisco Bay Area, taunting police with his ciphers and letters. The case becomes an obsession for four men as their lives and careers are built and destroyed by the endless trail of clues
Duration: 157 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 584000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: serial killer, investigation, murder, murder mystery, maniac, journalism, mind game, journalist, paranoia, killings, true crime, investigator, killer, police, uncover truth, cop, danger, reporter, obsession, newspaper, victim, zodiac, suspicion, psychology, life is a bitch
3:10 to Yuma (2007)
Plot Summary:
In Arizona in the late 1800s, infamous outlaw Ben Wade and his vicious gang of thieves and murderers have plagued the Southern Railroad. When Wade is captured, Civil War veteran Dan Evans, struggling to survive on his drought-plagued ranch, volunteers to deliver him alive to the "3:10 to Yuma", a train that will take the killer to trial
Duration: 122 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 327000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Plot tags: gunfight, old west, honor, runaway, sheriff, morality, gang, outlaw, heroic mission, race against time, violence, righting the wronged, death of protagonist, courage, heroes, reward, rivalry, dishonesty, wild west, cowboy, civil war, redemption, leader, train, chase
Eastern Promises (2007)
Plot Summary:
A Russian teenager, living in London, dies during childbirth but leaves clues to a midwife in her journal, that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family
Duration: 100 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 257000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Plot tags: gangster, mob boss, brutality, male nudity, russian mafia, prostitution, murder, rape, death in childbirth, child prostitute, investigation, organized crime, betrayal, nude fight, twists and turns, woman in danger, criminal heroes, revenge, danger, peril, nudity, underworld, mafia, uncover truth, orphan
Freedom Writers (2007)
Plot Summary:
A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pursue education beyond high school
Duration: 123 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 84000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Plot tags: high school, teacher, dedicated educator, teachers and students, racism, lifestyle change, teenage life, urban ghetto life, school, mentor, teenager, idealism, education, survival, women, rebellion, inspiration, gang violence, teaching, biopic, redemption, transformation, strong female lead, poverty, life is a bitch
12 (2007)
Plot Summary:
A loose remake of “12 Angry Men”, “12” is set in contemporary Moscow where 12 very different men must unanimously decide the fate of a young Chechen accused of murdering his step-father, a Russian army officer. Consigned to a makeshift jury room in a school gymnasium, one by one each man takes center stage to confront, connect, and confess while the accused awaits a verdict and revisits his heartbreaking journey through war in flashbacks
Duration: 159 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia
Plot tags: jury, courtroom drama, racism, legal, court case, murder, life is a bitch, heroes, family relations, teenage life, social differences, society, hopes, haunted by the past, murder trial, courtroom, father son relationship, adoption, lawyer, circus, justice, caucasian, conflict, social problems, european
Gone Baby Gone (2007)
Plot Summary:
When 4 year old Amanda McCready disappears from her home and the police make little headway in solving the case, the girl's aunt, Beatrice McCready hires two private detectives, Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro. The detectives freely admit that they have little experience with this type of case, but the family wants them for two reasons - they're not cops and they know the tough neighborhood in which they all live. As the case progresses, Kenzie and Gennaro face drug dealers, gangs and pedophiles. When they are about to solve the case, they are faced with a moral dilemma that tears them apart
Duration: 114 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 285000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: kidnapping, investigation, private detective, twists and turns, moral dilemma, police investigation, missing child, tragic event, disappearance, murder mystery, child abuse, kidnapped child, life is a bitch, immorality, conspiracy, mother daughter relationship, violence, child molester, police, plot twist, corrupt cop, moral ambiguity, victim, pedophile, corruption
The Counterfeiters (2007)
Plot Summary:
The story Jewish counterfeiter, Salomon Sorowitsch, coerced into assisting the Nazi operation of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp during World War II
Duration: 99 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 47000
Genere: Crime, Drama, History, War
Country: Austria, Germany
Plot tags: holocaust, nazi, concentration camp, war, world war two, nazi germany, survival, prison, brutality, counterfeit money, war crime, racial slur, world war, moral dilemma, wartime life, life is a bitch, society, danger, introspection, nazi concentration camp, team, hopes, genocide, wartime, social commentary
Sivaji (2007)
Plot Summary:
Corrupt police and politicians target a computer engineer for trying to better the lives of less privileged citizens
Duration: 188 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Plot tags: corrupt politician, politics, hospital, fighting the system, rivalry, fall in love, vengeance, cons and scams, architect, jail, entertainment, exploitation, college, student life, good versus evil, university, helicopter, cell phone, laptop, electric shock, new identity, gangster, money laundering, tamil, telugu
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
Plot Summary:
Outlaw Jesse James is rumored to be the 'fastest gun in the West'. An eager recruit into James' notorious gang, Robert Ford eventually grows jealous of the famed outlaw and, when Robert and his brother sense an opportunity to kill James, their murderous action elevates their target to near mythical status
Duration: 160 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 191000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Western
Country: USA, Canada, UK
Plot tags: assassination, jesse james, betrayal, biopic, vengeance, depression, assassin, modern western, modern west, robbery, wild west, sheriff, rivalry, revenge, violence, storytelling, idol, cowboy, american history, old west, resentment, tragic hero, downfall, dishonesty, criminal heroes
Pokkiri (2007)
Plot Summary:
Tamil is a killer for hire, and will accept any contract provided the amount is right. The Police want him for questioning, while the underworld needs him to silence their opponents. No one really knows this assassin's background. It is only Tamil who knows his real identity and he has no intention of sharing it with anyone
Duration: 161 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Plot tags: police, killer, gang war, exploitation, love, father, disguise, cop, fight, police officer, violence, obsession, kidnapping, murder, tough guy, criminal, undercover, crime boss, job, elevator, organized crime, nightclub, corrupt cop, blood, blackmail
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
Plot Summary:
When two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelry store, the job goes horribly wrong, triggering a series of events that send them and their family hurtling towards a shattering climax
Duration: 117 min
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
IMDB Votes: 110000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: robbery, dysfunctional family, heist gone wrong, heist, blackmail, greed, adultery, nudity, murder, divorce, caper, character study, debt, sibling relationship, deception, family problems, plan gone awry, embezzler, female nudity, death of wife, death of mother, trophy wife, disorder, storytelling, violence
Mr. Brooks (2007)
Plot Summary:
A psychological thriller about a man who is sometimes controlled by his murder-and-mayhem-loving alter ego
Duration: 120 min
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
IMDB Votes: 155000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: serial killer, psychopath, police investigation, split personality, murder, imaginary friend, macabre, schizophrenia, maniac, double life, investigation, secret, killer, twists and turns, psycho killer, murder mystery, plot twist, law enforcement, criminal heroes, psychology, mental disorder, mental illness, storytelling, voyeurism, violent
Trade (2007)
Plot Summary:
A Texas cop (Kevin Kline), whose own daughter might have been forced into sexual slavery, joins forces with a Mexican youth (Cesar Ramos) to find the boy's sister, who was abducted and forced into prostitution. Meanwhile, a Ukrainian woman who was promised a better life in America also becomes a victim
Duration: 120 min
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA, Mexico
Plot tags: human trafficking, kidnapping, missing child, slavery, sexual abuse, sex slavery, child molestation, rape victim, sexual assault, forced prostitution, child rape, rescue, child molester, humiliation, sex, sex slave, child abuse, violence against women, rape and revenge, abduction, rape, sex trafficking, prostitution, teenage girl, gang
An American Crime (2007)
Plot Summary:
The true story of suburban housewife Gertrude Baniszewski, who kept a teenage girl locked in the basement of her Indiana home during the 1960s
Duration: 98 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Plot tags: child abuse, true crime, torture, murder, dysfunctional family, confined, captivity, family problems, courtroom drama, domestic violence, court, trial, mistreatment, threat, victim, children, basement, mentally unstable, life is a bitch, family relations, sadism, serial killer, psychology, mental illness, courtroom
City of Men (2007)
Plot Summary:
Best buddies Acerola and Laranjinha, about to turn 18, discover things about their missing fathers' pasts which will shatter their solid friendship, in the middle of a war between rival drug gangs from Rio's favelas
Duration: 106 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil
Plot tags: friendship, street gang, slum, betrayal, coming of age, favela, relationships, best friend, brutality, adaptation, storytelling, character study, robbery, drug lord, ghetto, society, social problems, gang war, youth, life is a bitch, ex convict, dishonesty, organized crime, murder, hospital
Michael Clayton (2007)
Plot Summary:
A law firm brings in its 'fixer' to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multi-billion dollar class action suit
Duration: 119 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 172000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: lawyer, business, legal, conspiracy, guilt, plot twist, mental illness, law firm, divorce, trial, courtroom, murder, psychology, courtroom drama, law, twists and turns, scandal, crime gone awry, court, dishonesty, uncover truth, society, introspection, justice, redemption
Fracture (2007)
Plot Summary:
A husband is on trial for the attempted murder of his wife, in what is seemingly an open/shut case for the ambitious district attorney trying to put him away. However, there are surprises for both around every corner, and, as a suspenseful game of cat-and-mouse is played out, each must manipulate and outwit the other
Duration: 113 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 215000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Plot tags: twists and turns, courtroom drama, lawyer, murder, adultery, manipulation, investigation, murder mystery, mind game, obsession, perfect crime, police investigation, courtroom, police, legal investigation, plot twist, dishonesty, crimes of passion, older man younger woman relationship, court, hotshot lawyer, legal, trial, guilt, intelligence
In the Valley of Elah (2007)
Plot Summary:
A career officer and his wife work with a police detective to uncover the truth behind their son's disappearance following his return from a tour of duty in Iraq
Duration: 121 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 75000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Plot tags: guilt, investigation, army, military, army investigation, war crime, cover up, war, murder investigation, character study, uncover truth, parent child relationship, veteran, loss of son, evidence, missing person, war on terror, psychology, murder mystery, secrets, serial killer, conflict, trauma, policewoman, strong female character
Cargo 200 (2007)
Plot Summary:
A young woman is taken hostage by a police officer and subsequently abused by the lawman gone mad
Duration: 89 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia
Plot tags: kidnapping, sadism, sexual abuse, murder, rape victim, sexual perversion, life is a bitch, psychopath, perversion, rape, teenage rape, psycho killer, sexual torture, sadistic psychopath, sociopath, hostage, maniac, isolation, woman in danger, human monster, police officer, brutality, police corruption, child in peril, police brutality
Shootout at Lokhandwala (2007)
Plot Summary:
On a calm summer day in 1991, in the bustling Lokhandwala Complex, five criminals including Maya and Dilip were counting 70 lakhs in flat no. 32 B, when 286 policemen, headed by ACP Khan, took strategic positions around their building. A gunfire ensued and the entire nation witnessed the most talked about daylight encounter lasting 6 hours that transformed suburban Mumbai into a war zone
Duration: 122 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: India
Plot tags: terrorism, police shootout, criminal underworld, vengeance, undercover, rivalry, society, danger, fighting crime, police corruption, police investigation, police detective, civil rights, dishonesty, criminal's revenge, cop, police officer, police, mafia, death of protagonist, conflict, threat, political conflict, shootout, underworld
Breach (2007)
Plot Summary:
Eric O'Neill, a computer specialist who wants to be made an agent is assigned to clerk for Robert Hanssen, a senior agent with 25 years in the FBI, and to write down everything Hanssen does. O'Neill's told it's an investigation of Hanssen's sexual habits, however Hanssen is really suspected of spying for the Soviet Union and Russia for years and being responsible for the deaths of agents working for the United States
Duration: 110 min
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 61000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: espionage, investigation, spy, cia, double agent, betrayal, intrigue, fbi, surveillance, manipulation, cold war, conspiracy, suspicion, character study, mind game, secret service, mission, treason, special agent, rivalry, agent, secrets, intelligence, american history, hacker
In Bar (2007)
Plot Summary:
A group of young high society friends, aged between 18 and 25, are gathered at a friend's bar that they regularly frequent for the night. But when they finish of their last beer and prepare to head home they find themselves held captive at gunpoint by five strangers. With their mouths, hands and feet tied, they are tortured, raped and murdered until the next morning. The gang who have captured them have no clear reason, they just want to punish these young people for everything left incomplete in their lives
Duration: 92 min
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Plot tags: gang, captivity, vigilantism, murder, sexual abuse, life is a bitch, injustice, vengeance, rivalry, confined, gory, escape attempt, violence spree, survival, turk, violence, torture, pub, hostage, strong violent content, soccer, innocence lost, bar fight, college, group
Welcome (2007)
Plot Summary:
Dubai-based criminal don Uday takes it upon himself to try and get his sister Sanjana married - in vain, as no one wants to be associated with a crime family. Uday's associate Sagar Pandey finds a young man, Rajiv, who lives with his maternal uncle and aunt - Dr. and Mrs. Ghunghroo. Through extortion he compels Ghunghroo to accept this matrimonial alliance. But Rajiv has already fallen in love with young woman in South Africa. When the time comes to get Rajiv formally engaged to this woman, he finds out that Sanjana and she are the very same. With no escape from this predicament, the wedding is planned, with hilarious consequences
Duration: 159 min
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Plot tags: family relations, couples, siblings relations, love and romance, fall in love, gangster boss, mafia don, hindu, wedding, performer's life, love, horse, painter, doctor, pigeon, swimming pool, auction, painting, horse riding, accidental death, aspiring actor, threat, engagement, death threat, broken engagement
The Lookout (2007)
Plot Summary:
Chris is a once promising high school athlete whose life is turned upside down following a tragic accident. As he tries to maintain a normal life, he takes a job as a janitor at a bank, where he ultimately finds himself caught up in a planned heist
Duration: 99 min
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 60000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: bank robbery, heist, memory loss, robbery, seduction, casual sex, female nudity, violence, young man, murder, loss of friend, tragic event, blind character, sex, introspection, social relations, amnesia, psychology, caper, high school, chess, bank, blindness, small town, guilt