The Glass Key (1942)
A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.
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Side Street (1950)
A struggling young father-to-be gives in to temptation and impulsively steals money from the office of a shady lawyer - with catastrophic consequences.
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Piccadilly (1929)
A young Chinese woman, working in the kitchen at a London dance club, is given the chance to become the club's main act which soon leads to a plot of betrayal, forbidden love and murder.
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Pushover (1954)
Undercover cop falls for the beautiful moll of a bank robber on the run and together they plan to double-cross the hood and the cops.
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Tough Enough (2006)
From the youth directed novel of the same name by Greogor Tressnow comes a film by Detlev Buck that is a realistic portrait of life in the section of Berlin called Neukölln. It's about power and weakness, delinquents and victims, and the difficulties a 15-year-old faces in a poor and criminal environment.
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The Big House (1930)
A convict falls in love with his new cellmate's sister, only to become embroiled in a planned break-out which is certain to have lethal consequences.
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True Confessions (1981)
A 1940s Los Angeles detective (Robert Duvall) hounds his monsignor brother (Robert De Niro) about a pious pimp's (Charles Durning) tie to a grisly murder.
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