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The Connection (2014 film)
The Connection (La French) is a 2014 French-Belgian crime thriller by Cédric Jimenez starring Jean Dujardin as Marseille magistrate Pierre Michel fighting heroin kingpin Gaëtan Zampa's French Connection ring, released 3 December 2014.
The Counselor
The Counselor (2013) is Ridley Scott's crime thriller from Cormac McCarthy's first sold spec script, starring Michael Fassbender, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Javier Bardem, and Brad Pitt; released October 25, 2013, it grossed $16.9 million in the US and scored 34% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Drop (2014 film)
The Drop is a 2014 American crime drama directed by Michaël R. Roskam, written by Dennis Lehane, and starring Tom Hardy and James Gandolfini in his final film role.
The Family (2013 film)
The Family (French title Malavita) is a 2013 black comedy crime film directed by Luc Besson, starring Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer as a Mafia family in witness protection.
The Frozen Ground
The Frozen Ground is a 2013 Scott Walker crime thriller starring Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, and Vanessa Hudgens, based on the real Alaska serial killer Robert Hansen case; it earned $5.5 million on a $27.2 million budget.
The Gambler (2014 film)
The Gambler (2014) is an American crime drama directed by Rupert Wyatt, written by William Monahan, and starring Mark Wahlberg as professor and gambler Jim Bennett; a remake of the 1974 James Caan film, budgeted at $25 million by Paramount.
The Ghost Writer (film)
The Ghost Writer (2010), Roman Polanski's political thriller adapted from Robert Harris's novel The Ghost, stars Ewan McGregor and Pierce Brosnan; it won the Berlin Silver Bear for Best Director and six European Film Awards.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is a 2011 English-language crime thriller directed by David Fincher, based on Stieg Larsson's 2005 novel and starring Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara.
The Great Hypnotist (催眠大师)
The Great Hypnotist (催眠大师) is a 2014 Chinese suspense thriller directed by Leste Chen, starring Xu Zheng and Karen Mok as dueling hypnotists, released 29 April 2014, earning 274 million yuan.
The Iceman (film)
The Iceman is a 2012 American crime thriller directed by Ariel Vromen, starring Michael Shannon as Mafia contract killer Richard Kuklinski, with Winona Ryder, Ray Liotta, and Chris Evans; premiered at Venice, released in the US May 2013.
The Killer Inside Me (2010 film)
The Killer Inside Me (2010) is Michael Winterbottom's neo-noir adaptation of Jim Thompson's 1952 novel, starring Casey Affleck as psychopathic deputy Lou Ford, with Jessica Alba and Kate Hudson; released by IFC Films, it drew controversy for its violence against women.
The Ledge (film)
The Ledge (2011) is a drama-thriller written and directed by Matthew Chapman, starring Charlie Hunnam, Liv Tyler, Patrick Wilson, and Terrence Howard. An atheist is forced onto a ledge by his fundamentalist Christian neighbor; released July 8, 2011 by IFC Films, rated R, Metascore 34.
The Lincoln Lawyer (film)
The Lincoln Lawyer is a 2011 American legal thriller directed by Brad Furman, adapted from Michael Connelly's 2005 novel and starring Matthew McConaughey as defense attorney Mickey Haller.
The Paperboy (2012 film)
The Paperboy is a 2012 American crime drama directed by Lee Daniels, based on Pete Dexter's 1995 novel, starring Matthew McConaughey, Zac Efron, Nicole Kidman, and John Cusack.
The Place Beyond the Pines
The Place Beyond the Pines is Derek Cianfrance's 2013 crime drama starring Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper, and Eva Mendes, set in Schenectady, New York. Its triptych follows a bank-robbing stunt motorcyclist, a rookie cop, and their sons 15 years later.
The Raven (2012 film)
The Raven is a 2012 thriller directed by James McTeigue, starring John Cusack as Edgar Allan Poe hunting a serial killer who stages murders from Poe's stories.
The Ravine of Goodbye
The Ravine of Goodbye (さよなら渓谷, Sayonara Keikoku) is a 2013 Japanese drama-mystery film by Tatsushi Omori, adapted from Shuichi Yoshida's novel, starring Yoko Maki and Shima Onishi; it won the Moscow IFF Special Jury Prize and Japan Academy Best Actress.
The Reluctant Fundamentalist (film)
The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2012), Mira Nair's film adaptation of Mohsin Hamid's novel, stars Riz Ahmed as Changez, a Pakistani whose American Dream collapses after 9/11, interviewed in Lahore by Liev Schreiber's journalist.
The Robber
The Robber (Der Räuber) is a 2010 Austrian-German thriller by Benjamin Heisenberg, based on Martin Prinz's novel about marathon-runner bank robber Johann Kastenberger, "Pumpgun Ronnie"; it competed at Berlinale 2010 and won Austrian Film Awards for direction and acting.
The Roommate
The Roommate (2011) is a Screen Gems psychological thriller directed by Christian E. Christiansen, starring Minka Kelly and Leighton Meester; a college-set Single White Female-style stalker film that opened number one with $15 million despite 3% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Snitch Cartel
The Snitch Cartel (El cartel de los sapos) is a 2011 Colombian-Mexican crime film directed by Carlos Moreno, adapted from Andrés López López's book and the Caracol TV series, starring Manolo Cardona as a Norte del Valle cartel informant.
The Snow White Murder Case (白ゆき姫殺人事件)
The Snow White Murder Case (白ゆき姫殺人事件) is a 2014 Japanese suspense film by Yoshihiro Nakamura, adapted from Minato Kanae's novel, in which a cosmetics employee's murder and a missing plain colleague ignite a Twitter-fueled witch hunt.
The Stool Pigeon (线人)
The Stool Pigeon (线人, Xian Ren) is a 2010 Hong Kong crime film by Dante Lam, reuniting Nick Cheung and Nicholas Tse from The Beast Stalker; it won Tse the 30th Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor.
The Suspect
The Suspect (용의자) is a 2013 South Korean action thriller directed by Won Shin-yun, starring Gong Yoo as abandoned North Korean agent Ji Dong-chul; released December 24, 2013, it sold about 4.13 million admissions on a $9 million budget.
The Terror Live (더 테러 라이브)
The Terror Live is a 2013 South Korean suspense thriller directed by Kim Byung-woo, in which radio anchor Yoon Young-hwa, played by Ha Jung-woo, broadcasts live with a terrorist.
The Thieves (도둑들)
The Thieves (도둑들) is a 2012 South Korean-Hong Kong heist film directed by Choi Dong-hoon, about rival thief teams stealing the $20 million 'Tear of the Sun' diamond from a Macau casino; it drew about 12.98 million Korean admissions, then a national record.
The Tourist (2010 film)
The Tourist is a 2010 romantic thriller directed and co-written by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, starring Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie, an English-language remake of the 2005 French film Anthony Zimmer, set in Paris and Venice.
The Town (2010 film)
The Town is a 2010 American crime drama directed by Ben Affleck, adapted from Chuck Hogan's novel Prince of Thieves, about a Boston bank robber falling for his hostage.
The Tribe (Плем'я) (2014 film)
The Tribe (Плем'я) is Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy's 2014 Ukrainian crime drama set in a boarding school for the deaf, performed entirely in Ukrainian Sign Language with no subtitles, starring deaf non-professional actors and winning the Cannes Critics' Week Grand Prize.
The Two Faces of January (film)
The Two Faces of January is Hossein Amini's 2014 directorial debut, a thriller adapted from Patricia Highsmith's 1964 novel, starring Viggo Mortensen, Kirsten Dunst, and Oscar Isaac as Americans entangled in murder and flight in 1962 Greece.