Crime Movies

star 6

Twin Detectives

1976

Twin Detectives

1976

star 6
Identical twin brothers who own a detective agency hatch a plan to expose a phony group of psychics, but soon find themselves involved in a murder.

Beck 18 - The Girl in the Root Cellar

2006

star 6.2
A small girl is found dead in a deserted underground cellar. She has been dead for some time but there is fresh food for her. Who is she?
star 4.9

The Beggar's Opera

1953

The Beggar's Opera

1953

star 4.9
Adaptation of John Gay's 18th century opera, featuring Laurence Olivier as MacHeath and Hugh Griffith as the Beggar.
star 6.6

Parvarish

1977

Parvarish

1977

star 6.6
A policeman adopts the son of a bandit. A misunderstanding leads the officer's own biological son to believe he is the bandit's son and he takes up a secret life of crime; meanwhile, the adopted son becomes an officer of the law.
star 6

Picco

2011

Picco

2011

star 6
Kevin is new in youth prison. Due to over-occupancy he has to share a cell with Tommy, Andy and Marc. A partnership of convenience in a system where only the strong prevail and which is dominated by violence and latent aggression. Oppression and beatings are a daily occurence. It is hard for Kevin to establish himself. Especially Marc and Andy are after him. He's afraid of not sticking it out. Only Tommy gives him an amicable advice: In this system, you're either a victim or a culprit. If he doesn't want to be a loser anymore, he has to start fighting... A piece of advice that will trigger most dire consequences
star 6.9

The Water Magician

1933

The Water Magician

1933

star 6.9
Taki no Shiraito is a very independent young woman with a famous water juggling act in a travelling carnival troupe. She falls in love with an orphaned carriage driver Kinya Murakoshi, and pledges to put him through law school in Tokyo. She always encloses money in her letters to him, until one hard winter there is no work to be found.
star 5.7

Detective Belli

1969

Detective Belli

1969

star 5.7
A crooked detective begins investigating a situation on behalf of a friend and gets involved in murder, deception and double-cross.
star 4.8

Vandhaan Vendraan

2011

Vandhaan Vendraan

2011

star 4.8
star 6.4

Dead Men Tell

1941

Dead Men Tell

1941

star 6.4
When the elderly woman sponsoring a treasure hunt is murdered on board her docked ship, Charlie Chan must deal with a treasure map in four pieces, the ghost of a hanged pirate, a talking parrot, a recalcitrant sea captain and several suspicious passengers - and a second murder.
star 6.1

Der Überfall

2000

Der Überfall

2000

star 6.1
Looking around for a suitable place to hold up, Andreas stumbles into a tailor's shop. What was supposed to last only a few minutes ends up being a bizarre afternoon for three men: the tragicomic of the less-than-expert robber, the cranky tailor and a customer - a know-it-all who drives the other two crazy. The mood constantly shifts, and the tables keep turning among the threesome. A black comedy with a twist.
star 6

M for Markus

2011

M for Markus

2011

star 6
A female police detective, TESS, discovers a mutilated body in a crime scene. Her search for the killer leads her to the young and innocent-looking MARKUS. Immediately attracted to Markus, her attraction to him leads her deep into a dreamy and grotesque world where her relationship to Markus is changed upside down - and inside out.
star 5.5

Slide

2013

Slide

2013

star 5.5
The main characters are above the law. They are a group of police investigators wallowed in criminal activities. But the criminal scheme worked out by the experienced d team begins to fail. There appears to be a mole reporting directly to FSB. When Pepl finds himself in a life threatening situation he starts thinking about the existence for the first time ever. Once he begins to think he can not go back to his former self. The team begins to suspect that he is a mole. The former coworkers turn into mortal enemies.
star 5.8

Judge

2013

Judge

2013

star 5.8
Seven people who committed the seven deadly sins : lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy and pride are locked up in a sealed space by someone. These seven people must play a game which is a matter of life or death.
star 4.5

My Daughter Must Live

2014

My Daughter Must Live

2014

star 4.5
When her daughter Katie gets sick with a liver disease, Meghan O'Mailley figures out that her husband, Hugh, is not her father. She finds that her marriage and life are in danger as she attempts to track down Dan, the man that got her pregnant 16 years before. She learns that Dan went into hiding after seeing something he should not have seen, about dangerous man.

These Dangerous Years

1957

star 6
A Liverpool gang member wins a singing contest is then called up for National Service where he clashes with another soldier.

The Crime of the Century

1933

star 6
A doctor who is also a “mentalist” confesses to a murder. The only problem is that the murder he’s confessed to hasn’t happened yet – although dead bodies are now starting to turn up all over the place. A reporter sets out to solve the “mystery”.
star 7

Unholy Partners

1941

Unholy Partners

1941

star 7
A crusading newsman starts up a tabloid with a gangster as his 50-50 partner.
star 7

The Godless Girl

1928

The Godless Girl

1928

star 7
High school students led by the Girl and Boy turn from Christianity toward secret atheistic meetings. When a girl is accidentally killed by a stairway collapse, the Girl and Boy go to reform school where they are treated brutally.