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88 Minutes
88 Minutes is a 2007 psychological thriller directed by Jon Avnet, starring Al Pacino as a Seattle forensic psychiatrist threatened by phone with death in 88 minutes.
A Dirty Carnival (비열한 거리)
A Dirty Carnival (비열한 거리) is Yoo Ha's 2006 Korean gangster film starring Zo In-sung as Byung-doo, a small-time mobster who kills a prosecutor for his boss, with Namgung Min and Lee Bo-young; 141 minutes, released June 15, 2006.
A History of Violence
A History of Violence is a 2005 crime thriller directed by David Cronenberg, starring Viggo Mortensen as a diner owner with a hidden criminal past.
Alpha Dog
Alpha Dog (2007) is Nick Cassavetes' crime drama, also known by its real-case basis, the Jesse James Hollywood kidnapping and murder of Nicholas Markowitz, starring Emile Hirsch, Justin Timberlake, and Bruce Willis, released January 12, 2007 amid legal controversy.
American Gangster (film)
American Gangster is a 2007 American crime drama directed by Ridley Scott, starring Denzel Washington as Harlem drug kingpin Frank Lucas and Russell Crowe as the detective pursuing him.
An American Crime
An American Crime is Tommy O'Haver's 2007 crime drama starring Catherine Keener and Elliot Page, dramatizing the 1965 Sylvia Likens torture-murder in Indianapolis, premiered at Sundance and aired on Showtime.
Archangel (2005 film)
Archangel (2005) is a BBC One thriller directed by Jon Jones, adapted from Robert Harris's novel, starring Daniel Craig as historian Fluke Kelso hunting Stalin's secret notebook legacy; filmed in Riga, Latvia, aired March 2005.
Awake (2007 film)
Awake is a 2007 American medical thriller directed by Joby Harold, starring Hayden Christensen as a man who is conscious but paralyzed during heart surgery.
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007) is Sidney Lumet's final film, a heist-gone-wrong crime drama starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney, and Marisa Tomei, shot digitally with a fractured timeline.
Blood Rain (혈의 누)
Blood Rain (혈의 누, Hyeol-ui Nu) is a 2005 South Korean period thriller directed by Kim Dai-seung, set in 1808 Joseon on the paper-making island Donghwado, where investigator Won-kyu (Cha Seung-won) probes murders blamed on an executed Catholic's curse; it won the 2006 Baeksang Best Film award.
Butterfly on a Wheel
Butterfly on a Wheel, released as Shattered in the US, is a 2007 psychological thriller directed by Mike Barker, starring Pierce Brosnan, Gerard Butler, and Maria Bello.
Cargo 200 (Груз 200)
Cargo 200 (Груз 200, Gruz 200) is Alexei Balabanov's 2007 Russian thriller, set in 1984 Leninsk during the Afghan war, about militia captain Zhurov's abduction of a party secretary's daughter; a controversial, banned-from-TV cult film.
Confession of Pain (伤城)
Confession of Pain (伤城, "Hurt City") is a 2006 Hong Kong crime thriller by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak, written with Felix Chong, starring Tony Leung, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Shu Qi, and Xu Jinglei; a detective probes his friend's father-in-law's murder in SARS-scarred Hong Kong.
Confessions of a Dog
Confessions of a Dog (Pochi no kokuhaku, ポチの告白) is Gen Takahashi's 195-minute 2006 Japanese drama about police corruption, starring Shun Sugata; withheld from Japanese theaters and released in 2009 after a four-year controversy.
Derailed (2005 film)
Derailed (2005) is a psychological thriller directed by Mikael Håfström, starring Clive Owen and Jennifer Aniston as executives blackmailed after a failed affair; adapted from James Siegel's novel, released by The Weinstein Company.
Disturbia (film)
Disturbia is a 2007 American teen suspense thriller directed by D.J. Caruso and starring Shia LaBeouf, about a seventeen-year-old under house arrest who spies on his suburban neighbors.
Dog Bite Dog (狗咬狗)
Dog Bite Dog (狗咬狗, Gau ngao gau) is a 2006 Hong Kong-Japan Category III crime thriller directed by Soi Cheang, starring Edison Chen as a Cambodian assassin hunted by Sam Lee's obsessive cop; it competed at Tokyo IFF 2006.
Domino (2005 film)
Domino is a 2005 American action-biography film directed by Tony Scott, starring Keira Knightley as Domino Harvey, a real-life model turned bounty hunter in Los Angeles.
Eastern Promises
Eastern Promises (2007) is a David Cronenberg crime thriller, written by Steven Knight, starring Viggo Mortensen as London Russian-mob driver Nikolai and Naomi Watts as midwife Anna; it won TIFF's People's Choice Award and earned Mortensen an Oscar nomination.
Election (黑社会) (2005 film)
Election (黑社会) is Johnnie To's 2005 Hong Kong triad film about the Wo Shing Society chairman election between Lok (Simon Yam) and Big D (Tony Leung Ka-fai); Cannes competitor, Hong Kong Film Awards Best Film, gun-free, with 2006 sequel Election 2.
Exiled (放·逐)
Exiled (放·逐, Fong juk) is Johnnie To's 2006 Hong Kong crime film, a spiritual successor to The Mission, set in 1999 Macau, starring Anthony Wong, Francis Ng, and Nick Cheung; it competed at Venice and won Golden Horse and Hong Kong Film Critics Society honors.
Find Me Guilty
Find Me Guilty (2006) is Sidney Lumet's courtroom comedy-drama starring Vin Diesel as mobster Jackie DiNorscio, who defended himself in the 21-month Lucchese family trial, the longest in U.S. history.
Firewall (film)
Firewall is a 2006 American crime thriller directed by Richard Loncraine, in which Harrison Ford plays a bank security chief forced to steal from his own bank.
Flash Point (导火线) (2007 film)
Flash Point (導火綫, Dou fo sin) is a 2007 Hong Kong action film by Wilson Yip starring Donnie Yen as Detective Ma Jun fighting Vietnamese gangster brothers; its MMA choreography won Best Action Choreography at the Hong Kong Film Awards and Golden Horse Awards.
Flawless (2007 film)
Flawless (2007) is a British-Luxembourgish heist drama directed by Michael Radford, starring Michael Caine and Demi Moore as a janitor and executive robbing the London Diamond Corporation in 1960 London; grossed $6.8M on a $20M budget.
Fracture (2007 film)
Fracture is a 2007 American legal thriller directed by Gregory Hoblit, in which Anthony Hopkins shoots his unfaithful wife and defends himself in court against prosecutor Ryan Gosling.
Get Rich or Die Tryin' (film)
Get Rich or Die Tryin' is a 2005 American drama film directed by Jim Sheridan, starring rapper 50 Cent as a drug dealer who turns to rap music.
Gone Baby Gone
Gone Baby Gone (2007) is Ben Affleck's directorial debut, a Boston crime drama adapted from Dennis Lehane's 1998 novel, starring Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan, Morgan Freeman, Ed Harris, and Oscar-nominated Amy Ryan, released October 19, 2007 by Miramax.
Hanbando (한반도)
Hanbando (한반도) is a 2006 South Korean action-drama film directed by Kang Woo-suk, starring Cho Jae-hyun and Cha In-pyo, about a disputed 1907 treaty and a lost royal seal.
Hannibal Rising (film)
Hannibal Rising is a 2007 psychological thriller directed by Peter Webber and written by Thomas Harris, a prequel about young Hannibal Lecter, played by Gaspard Ulliel.