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Dom Hemingway
Dom Hemingway is a 2013 British black comedy crime film written and directed by Richard Shepard, starring Jude Law as a safecracker freed after 12 years in prison.
Drug War (毒战)
Drug War (毒战) is a 2012 Johnnie To crime thriller, his first film set entirely on mainland China, starring Sun Honglei and Louis Koo in a cat-and-mouse anti-narcotics story; released April 2013, it earned 148 million yuan and four Golden Horse nominations.
Dying of the Light (film)
Dying of the Light is Paul Schrader's 2014 thriller starring Nicolas Cage as a CIA agent with dementia hunting his old nemesis; taken from Schrader in post-production, re-edited, disowned by its director and stars, and later reworked by Schrader as Dark (2017).
Edge of Darkness (2010 film)
Edge of Darkness is a 2010 political conspiracy thriller directed by Martin Campbell, a remake of his 1985 BBC series, starring Mel Gibson as a Boston detective.
El Niño
El Niño (The Kid) is a 2014 Spanish-French thriller by Daniel Monzón about teenage hashish smugglers in the Strait of Gibraltar, starring Luis Tosar and debutant Jesús Castro; it earned €16.2 million in Spain and won 4 Goyas from 16 nominations.
Empire State (2013 film)
Empire State (2013) is a Dito Montiel crime drama, written by Adam Mazer, starring Liam Hemsworth, Michael Angarano, and Dwayne Johnson, based on the real 1982 New York armored car robbery by Chris Potamitis, then the largest cash heist in U.S. history.
End of Watch
End of Watch is a 2012 American action crime drama written and directed by David Ayer, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña as LAPD partners patrolling South Central Los Angeles.
Every Secret Thing (film)
Every Secret Thing: 2014 American psychological crime drama, Amy Berg's fiction debut, adapted by Nicole Holofcener from Laura Lippman's 2004 novel, produced by Frances McDormand, starring Diane Lane, Elizabeth Banks, and Dakota Fanning; Tribeca 2014, limited 2015 release.
Filth (film)
Filth (2013) is Jon S. Baird's black comedy adaptation of Irvine Welsh's 1998 novel, starring James McAvoy as corrupt Edinburgh detective Bruce Robertson. Released 27 September 2013, it earned £3.9 million in the UK and won McAvoy BIFA and BAFTA Scotland acting awards.
Fire of Conscience (火龙)
Fire of Conscience (火龙/火龍) is a 2010 Hong Kong action crime thriller directed by Dante Lam, starring Leon Lai and Richie Jen as police officers investigating a prostitute's murder; released April 1, 2010, grossing $808,429 worldwide.
Firestorm (风暴) (2013 film)
Firestorm (風暴) is a 2013 Hong Kong–Chinese 3D action-crime film, Alan Yuen's directorial debut, starring Andy Lau, Gordon Lam, Yao Chen, and Hu Jun; it earned 165 million yuan in its first mainland week.
Friend 2
Friend 2 (친구 2, Friend: The Great Legacy) is Kwak Kyung-taek's 2013 South Korean neo-noir action sequel to Friend (2001), starring Yu Oh-seong, Joo Jin-mo, and Kim Woo-bin; released November 14, 2013, it drew 2,971,475 admissions in Korea.
Gangster Squad (film)
Gangster Squad (2013), directed by Ruben Fleischer, stars Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling, and Sean Penn as Mickey Cohen in a fictionalized 1949 Los Angeles tale of a secret LAPD unit, delayed by the Aurora shooting and critically panned.
Golden Slumber
Golden Slumber (ゴールデンスランバー) is a 2010 Japanese thriller by Yoshihiro Nakamura, adapted from Kotaro Isaka's award-winning novel, starring Masato Sakai as a delivery driver framed for the prime minister's assassination in Sendai; remade in Korea in 2018.
Gone Girl (film)
Gone Girl (2014) is David Fincher's psychological thriller adapted by Gillian Flynn from her 2012 novel, starring Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike as Nick and Amy Dunne. Released October 3, 2014 by 20th Century Fox, it grossed $365.3 million worldwide, Fincher's highest-grossing film, with an 88% Tomatometer and 79 Metascore.
Grupo 7
Grupo 7 (released internationally as Unit 7) is a 2012 Spanish police thriller directed by Alberto Rodríguez, following a Seville anti-drug unit in the late 1980s whose methods grow increasingly illegal ahead of the 1992 Expo.
Han Gong-ju (한공주)
Han Gong-ju (한공주) is Lee Su-jin's 2013 South Korean indie drama debut starring Chun Woo-hee as a teen rebuilding her life after a sexual assault, based on the 2004 Miryang case, winner of the Marrakech Golden Star and Rotterdam Tiger Award.
Headhunters (film)
Headhunters (Hodejegerne) is a 2011 Norwegian crime thriller directed by Morten Tyldum, adapted from Jo Nesbø's novel, starring Aksel Hennie as headhunter and art thief Roger Brown; it became the highest-grossing Norwegian film and earned a BAFTA nomination.
Hide and Seek (숨바꼭질) (2013 film)
Hide and Seek (숨바꼭질) is Huh Jung's 2013 South Korean debut thriller about squatters secretly living in others' homes, marked by doorbell symbols; Son Hyun-joo stars; 5.6 million admissions, Korean Association of Film Critics Best New Director.
House at the End of the Street
House at the End of the Street (2012) is a psychological horror thriller directed by Mark Tonderai, starring Jennifer Lawrence, Elisabeth Shue, and Max Thieriot; shot in 2010, delayed for The Hunger Games, grossing $44 million worldwide.
I Saw the Devil (악마를 보았다)
I Saw the Devil (악마를 보았다) is a 2010 South Korean revenge thriller directed by Kim Jee-woon, starring Lee Byung-hun as an agent who hunts his fiancée's serial killer.
In the House (2012 film)
In the House (Dans la maison) is François Ozon's 2012 French psychological comedy-drama, adapted from Juan Mayorga's play The Boy in the Last Row, starring Fabrice Luchini and Ernst Umhauer; it won the Golden Shell at San Sebastián 2012.
Joe (2013 film)
Joe (2013) is David Gordon Green's Southern Gothic drama, adapted by Gary Hawkins from Larry Brown's 1991 novel, starring Nicolas Cage as ex-con tree-poisoning crew boss Joe Ransom and Tye Sheridan as Gary; premiered at Venice 2013, where Sheridan won the Marcello Mastroianni Award.
Kill Me Three Times
Kill Me Three Times is a 2014 Australian darkly comedic crime thriller directed by Kriv Stenders, written by James McFarland, starring Simon Pegg as hit man Charlie Wolfe; shot in Western Australia, released 2015, poorly reviewed.
Killer Joe (film)
Killer Joe (2012) is William Friedkin's NC-17 crime thriller adapted by Tracy Letts from his 1991 play, starring Matthew McConaughey as a cop-turned-hitman hired to kill a mother for $50,000 insurance money.
Killing Them Softly
Killing Them Softly (Cogan's Trade, 2012) is Andrew Dominik's Cannes-competition crime film, adapted from George V. Higgins's 1974 novel and set amid the 2008 financial crisis, starring Brad Pitt as hit man Jackie Cogan.
La Isla Mínima
La Isla Mínima (Marshland), 2014 Spanish thriller by Alberto Rodríguez and Rafael Cobos, set in 1980 in the Guadalquivir marshes; two Madrid detectives hunt a killer of teenage girls. Won 10 Goyas from 17 nominations, including Best Film.
Lawless (film)
Lawless is a 2012 American crime drama directed by John Hillcoat and written by Nick Cave, about bootlegging brothers in Prohibition-era Virginia who resist a corrupt deputy.
Leviathan (Левиафан) (2014 film)
Leviathan (Левиафан), 2014 Russian drama by Andrey Zvyagintsev; a Barents Sea mechanic fights a corrupt mayor's land grab. Cannes Best Screenplay, Golden Globe winner, Oscar nominee.
Life of Crime (film)
Life of Crime (film): 2013 American crime comedy by Daniel Schechter, adapted from Elmore Leonard's The Switch; stars Jennifer Aniston, Tim Robbins, Yasiin Bey; TIFF closing film, released 2014; prequel to Jackie Brown characters.