Scott Turow's Innocent (2011), The Kennel Murder Case (1933), The Gentlemen (2020), Cocaine Cowboys (2006), Donnie Brasco (1997), The French Connection (1971), 10 Rillington Place (1971), The Advocate (1993) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Crime Investigation movies.
Storyline: Vivian, Ed and Harry steal jewels in Paris. In New York government agent McBride accompanies Vivian riding across the country with the loot. She falls in love with him and gives up crime; he finds the stash and arrests her. Rival crooks Doc and Steve, who had already stolen the stolen jewels once, attempt to take them once again.—Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
Plot Keywords: crime, thriller, drama, romance, mystery, film noir, detective ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Sang-do (Ryoo Seung-bum) has ambitions of becoming a major player in the drug racket. Working as a two-bit crystal meth dealer, he pays the bills and supports his semi-retired drug-dealer uncle by acting as an informant for corrupt cop Ho (Hwang Jung-min). The two form an uneasy alliance when they try to take down a local drug lord protected by government officials, but problems in their personal lives continue to intrude at inopportune moments, jeopardizing their chances for success.
Plot Keywords: crime, action, thriller, drugs, police, undercover, gangster ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Fernack tries to get Simon arrested as he returns home from a Transatlantic European vacation in order to help old friend and World War I hero Peter Johnson travel safely to Palm Springs in order to deliver $200,000, which has been converted into three rare stamps, to his daughter. While Simon is protecting him in New York, Johnson is murdered in his own apartment, but the killer is unable to get the stamps. The Saint brings them himself to the resort but is assaulted by a gang of foreign agents who steal the stamps. Johnson's beautiful daughter Elna doesn't believe Simon's story but gives him 24 hours to get them back before reporting him to the California authorities. Along with old friend Pearly Gates, a reformed pickpocket turned hotel house detective, they sift through many red herrings to uncover the stamps and the murderer.—duke1029@aol
Plot Keywords: comedy, crime, mystery, detective, classic, black and white, 1940s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A frustrated thriller writer wants accurate crimes for his next book so he hypnotizes his assistant to make him commit the required crimes.—Steve Crook <steve@brainstorm.co.uk>
Plot Keywords: horror, crime, thriller, mystery, psychological horror, murder, film noir ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Alex masterminds an ambitious plan to steal millions of untraceable cash that is stacked in the underground vaults of The London Exchange Bank, waiting for its last journey, Incineration. Lucky, Matty, Terry, Chubby, Norman and Jay make up his unlikely gang of robbers. Setting up their alibi, the gang check in for a flight and join in with thousands of England supporters that are part of a mass exodus to The World Cup Tournament in Germany. Instead of passing through to Departure Lounge, the gang head out to the car park, pile into a van and head for Central London where they spectacularly ram raid London Exchange Bank, blocking any exit for those caught up inside. But with an unexpected turn of events, their plan is hampered from the start and they are left with a whole lot more than just a bank robbery to deal with. They have twenty hostages inside and the Police have laid siege to The Bank. There are two and a half hours before their plane leaves, and seventy million pounds in hard cash to steal. A daunting task, even for the most seasoned Blagger!—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: crime, action, thriller, british film, criminal gang, suspense, violence ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: An FBI agent goes undercover in the California Highway Patrol as officer Frank "Ponch" Poncherello. Members of the CHP have been robbing cash delivery vehicles and his job is to uncover the perpetrators. At the CHP he is partnered with a 30-something rookie, Jon Baker. Baker is a former professional motorcycle rider with a list of ailments and personal problems who is lucky to be in the CHP. They are very different people and immediately clash.
Plot Keywords: action, comedy, crime, buddy cop, reboot, california, law enforcement ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A bikini-clad pin-up is found dead by the Serpentine in the same place, pose and get-up as when she appeared on the cover of "Wow!" magazine. When the police find the same fate befalling other girls featured on the front page they realise a highly intelligent madman is on the loose.—Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
Plot Keywords: crime, thriller, film noir, british film, b-movie, serial killer, murder ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Joe Manning returned from the Korean War a changed man and became a Bohemian artist, supported by his understanding mother and distrusted by others. On a drunken binge, Joe flirts with torch singer Irene Crescent, who is later found dead by the hand of the town's serial killer...and Joe's the prime suspect. No one will help Joe except carhop 'Slacks'. Can they find the real killer before he finds them?—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: film noir, crime, drama, mystery, thriller, detective, murder ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Clayton Murdoch (Ashley Thomas) carries a terrible darkness inside him. As a boy he was exposed, by his father(David Harewood), to murder and gang culture, With his father now in prison, Clayton struggles to overcome what he was groomed to become, in a city where every day there is a constant threat of violence and death. Clayton channels his aggression into boxing. Controlled, powerful, contained. However, when the violence starts to destroy his own family, Clayton loses control, and the darkness within him is unleashed. And now, to get the revenge against those who have taken his loved ones, he must ask the one man he fears the most for help, his father. With everything around him falling apart and the full shocking fury in him let loose, Clayton must look death in the face and find out who is the man inside.—Dan Turner
Plot Keywords: thriller, crime, action, mystery, undercover, police, gangster ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: On January 18, 2003, police, alerted by a frantic 911 call from a distraught pair of teenage girls, arrived at the girls Toronto area town house to find their mother dead. It appeared the 44-year-old alcoholic, having slipped into a booze-and-pill stupor, drowned in her own bathwater. The death was ruled accidental by the authorities. In the months that followed, however, police were alerted to rumours and reports that the teenagers had been gossiping to friends about the accident. Police began piecing together rumours that suggested the teens might have had a hand in their mother's death. In fact, rather than an accident, the story that emerged portrayed the two teens as cold-blooded, premeditated killers.—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: based on true events, crime, drama, thriller, murder, domestic violence, psychological thriller ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Jack Moony, a white cop, has it in for a black lawyer to the drug crowd, Napoleon Stone. That Stone is now dating his ex-girlfriend doesn't help matters at all. Stone is shot after Moony suffers a heart attack and wakes to find that he not only has a new heart, but that it is Stone's and that Stone's ghost is now his constant companion. Stone is insistent that Moony not only take care of his heart now but that Moony solve his murder.—John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
Plot Keywords: comedy, crime, fantasy, black culture, los angeles, race relations, police ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A film that goes head first into the lives of inhabitants of a housing commission tower whose paths cross after a shocking event occurs on their front doorstep. Claudio is an aspiring musician with a tough upbringing , while Jaiwara is a university student from an immigrant family tragedy brings their first meeting. Duke is an ageing crime boss who does things his way, Angelo is his troubled crime prince who aspires to be the boss And go his own way. A story of justice, loyalty, cultural struggles and a beautiful love story underpinning and at the centre of the film, a tale of love and hate. Power struggles all played out masterfully on the screen.—Captain_yobbo
Plot Keywords: drama, crime, thriller, british, shakespeare, adaptation, modern setting ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Lucinda "Luce" Price is a strong-willed seventeen-year-old living a seemingly ordinary life until she is accused of a crime she didn't commit. Sent off to the imposing Sword & Cross reform school, Luce finds herself being courted by two mysterious students to whom she feels oddly connected. Isolated and haunted by strange visions, Luce begins to unravel the secrets of her past and discovers the two men are fallen angels, who she learns have loved her for centuries.Luce must choose where her feelings lie, pitting Heaven against Hell in an epic battle over true love.
Plot Keywords: thriller, crime, mystery, drama, american film, revenge, police ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A Dutch police inspector (Huub Stapel) deals with mutilated corpses found hanging in his city's canals.
Plot Keywords: horror, thriller, crime, mystery, serial killer, gory, dark ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: With his reliability in tatters after the audacious theft of a priceless Van Gogh painting while under his supervision, the down-on-his-luck private security agent, Danny Stratton, has been given a shot at redemption. Now, along with his partners, brawny, Mach Ren, no-nonsense, J.Jae An, and tech-savvy, Ding Dong, the members of the Security Management Action Recovery Team, Danny will have to transport a rare ancient Chinese vase out of Shanghai, all the way to London. However, history repeats itself, and once again, Danny's old nemesis, the villainous art-thief, Long Fei, and his murderous henchmen ambush the team. Can Danny protect those he loves, retrieve the precious artefact, and in the process, restore his damaged reputation?—Nick Riganas
Plot Keywords: action, crime, thriller, chase, suspense, adventure, agent ...
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