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A Hero Never Dies (真心英雄)
A Hero Never Dies (真心英雄) is a 1998 Hong Kong heroic-bloodshed action film directed by Johnnie To for Milky Way Image, starring Leon Lai and Lau Ching-wan as rival hitmen betrayed by their bosses, winner of the 1998 HK Film Critics Society Best Director award.
A Moment of Romance (天若有情)
A Moment of Romance (天若有情) is a 1990 Hong Kong film directed by Benny Chan, starring Andy Lau and Jacklyn Wu as lovers from different worlds.
A Perfect World
A Perfect World is a 1993 American crime drama directed by Clint Eastwood, written by John Lee Hancock, starring Kevin Costner, Eastwood, Laura Dern, and T.J. Lowther; set in 1963 Texas, released November 24, 1993, PG-13, Metascore 71, about $30 million box office.
American History X
American History X is a 1998 American drama directed by Tony Kaye, starring Edward Norton as reformed neo-Nazi Derek Vinyard and Edward Furlong as his brother Danny, released by New Line Cinema after a famous editing dispute.
American Me
American Me (1992) is Edward James Olmos's directorial debut for Universal, a crime drama about Montoya Santana, a Mexican Mafia leader in Folsom Prison, loosely based on Rodolfo Cadena.
Beast Cops (野兽刑警)
Beast Cops (野獸刑警, Yeshou Xingjing) is a 1998 Hong Kong crime film co-directed by Gordon Chan and Dante Lam, starring Anthony Wong as corrupt cop Tung; it won five 1999 Hong Kong Film Awards including Best Picture and Best Director.
Beat (1997 film)
Beat (비트, Biteu) is a 1997 South Korean action drama by director Kim Sung-soo, starring Jung Woo-sung, Ko So-young, Im Chang-jung, and Yu Oh-seong, based on a Huh Young-man comic about youth drifting into the underworld; distinct from the 2000 Walkow and 1998 Japanese films of the same title.
Belly (film)
Belly is a 1998 American crime drama directed by Hype Williams, his feature debut, starring Nas and DMX as criminal partners from Queens who grow apart.
Black Snow (本命年)
Black Snow (本命年, Ben ming nian) is Xie Fei's 1990 Chinese drama, adapted from Liu Heng's novel Hei de Xue, starring Jiang Wen as released prisoner Li Huiquan; it won the 1990 Berlin Silver Bear and Hundred Flowers Best Feature.
Blood In Blood Out
Blood In Blood Out (Bound by Honor) is Taylor Hackford's 1993, 180-minute crime drama about three East Los Angeles cousins, Miklo, Paco, and Cruz, whose lives split between the Vatos Locos gang, San Quentin prison, art, and the police; a box-office failure that became a Latino cult classic.
Boiling Point (3-4X10月) (1990 film)
Boiling Point (3-4X10月, 3-4 x jûgatsu) is Takeshi Kitano's 1990 Japanese yakuza comedy, his second feature and first from his own script, about a gas station attendant and baseball player who goes to Okinawa for a gun; 94% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Brother (Брат) (1997 film)
Brat (Брат, Brother), 1997 Russian crime drama by Aleksei Balabanov starring Sergei Bodrov Jr. as demobilized soldier Danila Bagrov, whose brother in St. Petersburg is a contract killer; Cannes Un Certain Regard premiere, Kinotavr Grand Prix, cult classic of 1990s Russia.
Bullet (1996 film)
Bullet (1996) is an American crime film directed by Julien Temple, starring Mickey Rourke as ex-con Butch "Bullet" Stein and Tupac Shakur as drug dealer Tank; written by Bruce Rubenstein and Rourke, shot in Brooklyn in 1994, released direct-to-video after Shakur's death.
Bullets Over Broadway (1994 film)
Bullets Over Broadway, Woody Allen and Douglas McGrath's 1994 backstage comedy starring John Cusack, Dianne Wiest, and Chazz Palminteri; seven Oscar nominations, Wiest won, later a 2014 Broadway musical.
Carlito's Way
Carlito's Way is a 1993 American crime drama directed by Brian De Palma, starring Al Pacino as a former drug kingpin trying to leave crime behind.
Casino (1995 film)
Casino (1995) is Martin Scorsese's crime drama, written with Nicholas Pileggi from his book Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas, starring Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, and Joe Pesci as figures based on Frank Rosenthal and Tony Spilotro in mob-run 1970s Las Vegas.
Clockers (film)
Clockers (1995) is a Spike Lee crime drama adapted from Richard Price's 1992 novel, starring Harvey Keitel, Mekhi Phifer, Delroy Lindo, and John Turturro; produced by Scorsese, Lee, and Jon Kilik for Universal.
Dead or Alive (DEAD OR ALIVE 犯罪者) (1999 film)
Dead or Alive (DEAD OR ALIVE 犯罪者, Hanzaisha) is Takashi Miike's 1999 Japanese action crime film, first of a trilogy, starring Show Aikawa and Riki Takeuchi as a Shinjuku detective and gang leader clashing in Kabuki-cho.
Dead Presidents
Dead Presidents (1995) is a Hughes brothers crime drama starring Larenz Tate as a Black Bronx Vietnam veteran drawn into an armored-car robbery, based on Wallace Terry's Bloods, grossing $24.1 million.
Deep Cover (1992 film)
Deep Cover (1992) is a Bill Duke neo-noir crime film starring Laurence Fishburne as undercover cop John Hull infiltrating Los Angeles cocaine traffickers, with Jeff Goldblum; New Line Cinema release featuring Dr. Dre's debut solo single.
Dick Tracy (1990 film)
Dick Tracy (1990 film) is an American crime film based on a comic strip. Directed by Warren Beatty, it stars Al Pacino and Madonna and features a distinct seven-color palette.
Donnie Brasco (film)
Donnie Brasco (1997) is Mike Newell's crime drama starring Johnny Depp as FBI agent Joseph Pistone and Al Pacino as hitman Lefty Ruggiero, adapted from Pistone's memoir of his Bonanno family infiltration; it earned an Oscar screenplay nomination and 88% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Erwin und Julia
Erwin und Julia is a 1990 Austrian romantic crime drama, the debut feature of Götz Spielmann, about a young couple who talk themselves into a crime.
Expect the Unexpected (非常突然)
Expect the Unexpected (非常突然, Fai seung dat yin) is a 1998 Milkyway Image Hong Kong crime film directed by Patrick Yau, produced by Johnnie To and Wai Ka-fai, starring Lau Ching-wan and Simon Yam, famous for its ending in which the whole police unit dies.
Face (1997 film)
Face is a 1997 British crime thriller directed by Antonia Bird, starring Robert Carlyle as a London thief whose gang turns on each other after a heist pays too little.
Fireworks (1997 film)
Fireworks (HANA-BI) is a 1997 Japanese crime drama written, directed, and edited by Takeshi Kitano, who won the Golden Lion at the 54th Venice Film Festival.
Fresh (1994 film)
Fresh is a 1994 American crime drama written and directed by Boaz Yakin, starring Sean Nelson as a twelve-year-old Brooklyn drug courier who uses chess strategy against the dealers around him.
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (ゴースト・ドッグ) is Jim Jarmusch's 1999 crime film starring Forest Whitaker as a hitman living by the Hagakure, scored by RZA, released by Artisan and later restored by Criterion.
Goodbye South, Goodbye
Goodbye South, Goodbye (南國再見，南國) is a 1996 Taiwanese crime drama by Hou Hsiao-hsien, starring Jack Kao and Lim Giong, in competition at Cannes 1996, restored in 4K by Janus Films.
Goodfellas
Goodfellas (1990) is Martin Scorsese's crime film adapted from Nicholas Pileggi's book Wiseguy, starring Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, and Joe Pesci; it won Pesci a Supporting Actor Oscar, grossed $46.8 million, and joined the National Film Registry in 2000.