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22 July (film)
22 July is Paul Greengrass's 2018 Netflix drama on Norway's 22 July 2011 terror attacks that killed 77, adapted from Åsne Seierstad's One of Us, premiered at Venice, and distinct from the 2020 NRK series 22. juli.
4 Blocks
4 Blocks is a German crime drama series (2017–2019, TNT Serie/Wiedemann & Berg) about the Lebanese-Arab Hamady clan in Berlin-Neukölln, starring Kida Khodr Ramadan, 19 episodes in 3 seasons, Grimme-Preis winner, with the 2026 prequel 4 Blocks Zero.
A Sun (阳光普照)
A Sun (陽光普照) is a 2019 Taiwanese family drama by Chung Mong-hong, starring Chen Yi-wen, Ko Shu-chin, Wu Chien-ho, and Greg Han Hsu. It won six Golden Horse Awards including Best Feature Film and Best Director and made the Oscar international feature shortlist.
Above Suspicion (2019 film)
Above Suspicion (2019) is Phillip Noyce's crime thriller starring Emilia Clarke and Jack Huston as informant Susan Smith and FBI agent Mark Putnam, based on Joe Sharkey's 1993 book about the 1989 Pikeville, Kentucky murder.
Adiós
Adiós is a 2019 Spanish thriller directed by Paco Cabezas, starring Mario Casas, Natalia de Molina, and Ruth Díaz, set in Seville's Las 3,000 Viviendas, where a girl's accidental death exposes police corruption and drug trafficking; distinct from Buena Vista Social Club: Adiós (2017).
Ash Is Purest White (江湖儿女)
Ash Is Purest White (江湖儿女, Jianghu ernü) is Jia Zhangke's 2018 crime melodrama starring Zhao Tao and Liao Fan. Spanning 2001 to 2018 in three parts, it follows Qiao, imprisoned five years for firing a gun to protect gangster Bin, and competed at Cannes 2018.
Billionaire Boys Club (2018 film)
Billionaire Boys Club is a 2018 American crime drama directed by James Cox, starring Ansel Elgort and Taron Egerton as founders of a fraudulent 1983 Los Angeles investment club.
Birds of Passage
Birds of Passage (Pájaros de verano), 2018 crime epic by Ciro Guerra and Cristina Gallego about a Wayuu family destroyed by Colombia's 1970s marijuana boom; Cannes Directors' Fortnight opener, Oscar shortlist.
Brawl in Cell Block 99
Brawl in Cell Block 99 is S. Craig Zahler's 2017 prison action-thriller starring Vince Vaughn as boxer Bradley Thomas, with Don Johnson and Udo Kier; 132 minutes, RLJE Films, 90% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Captive (2015 film)
Captive is a 2015 American drama directed by Jerry Jameson, starring David Oyelowo as fugitive Brian Nichols and Kate Mara as his hostage Ashley Smith.
Chasing the Dragon (追龙) (film)
Chasing the Dragon (追龍) is a 2017 Hong Kong-mainland crime film by Wong Jing and Jason Kwan starring Donnie Yen as drug lord Crippled Ho and Andy Lau as Lee Rock, remaking 1991's To Be Number One and Lee Rock.
Cleveland Abduction
Cleveland Abduction (2015) is a Lifetime crime drama directed by Alex Kalymnios, starring Taryn Manning as Michelle Knight and Raymond Cruz as Ariel Castro, based on Knight's memoir Finding Me about her 11-year captivity.
Coin Locker Girl (중국인의 고민)
Coin Locker Girl (차이나타운, Chinatown) is a 2015 South Korean noir thriller and Han Jun-hee's debut feature, starring Kim Hye-soo and Kim Go-eun, screened at Cannes Critics' Week 2015.
Dark Crimes
Dark Crimes (2016), originally titled True Crimes, is a US-Poland thriller directed by Alexandros Avranas, starring Jim Carrey as detective Tadek; adapted from David Grann's 2008 New Yorker article, it holds a 0% Rotten Tomatoes score and grossed $21,216.
Dark Figure of Crime (암수살인) (2018 film)
Dark Figure of Crime (암수살인) is a 2018 South Korean crime thriller directed by Kim Tae-gyun, starring Kim Yun-seok and Ju Ji-hoon, based on a real case of a prisoner confessing seven unreported murders; released by Showbox October 3, 2018.
Destroyer (2018 film)
Destroyer (2018 film), also known simply as Destroyer, is a Karyn Kusama neo-noir crime thriller starring Nicole Kidman as LAPD detective Erin Bell, who hunts gang leader Silas seventeen years after a failed undercover operation; released December 25, 2018 by Annapurna Pictures.
Detroit (film)
Detroit is a 2017 American historical drama film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Mark Boal, dramatizing the 1967 Detroit riot and the Algiers Motel killings.
Dragged Across Concrete
Dragged Across Concrete: 2018 neo-noir crime thriller written and directed by S. Craig Zahler, starring Mel Gibson and Vince Vaughn as suspended Bulwark detectives who turn to crime; released March 22, 2019, 158 minutes.
Frank & Lola
Frank & Lola is a 2016 psychosexual noir romance, Matthew Ross's directorial debut, starring Michael Shannon and Imogen Poots as a Las Vegas chef and designer; premiered at Sundance, released December 9, 2016.
Gangnam Blues (강남 1970)
Gangnam Blues (강남 1970), released internationally as Gangnam 1970, is a 2015 South Korean action crime film by Yoo Ha, starring Lee Min-ho and Kim Rae-won as gangster rivals in 1970s Seoul.
Godspeed (一路顺风)
Godspeed (一路順風, Yi lu shun feng) is Chung Mong-hong's 2016 Taiwanese road film in which drug courier Na Dow hails Michael Hui's taxi for a delivery south. Eight Golden Horse nominations, one win; 2017 Hong Kong Film Award for Best Cross-Strait film.
Gold (2016 film)
Gold is a 2016 American adventure drama film directed by Stephen Gaghan and starring Matthew McConaughey as prospector Kenny Wells, loosely based on the Bre-X mining scandal.
Good Time (film)
Good Time (2017) is a crime thriller by Josh and Benny Safdie starring Robert Pattinson as Connie Nikas, who spends one night trying to free his brother after a botched Queens bank robbery; Cannes competition premiere, A24 release, 91% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Hell or High Water (film)
Hell or High Water is a 2016 American crime drama directed by David Mackenzie, starring Chris Pine, Ben Foster, and Jeff Bridges as Texas brothers rob a bank.
Honor Thy Father
Honor Thy Father (2015) is a Filipino crime drama by Erik Matti, starring John Lloyd Cruz, about a couple ruined by a pyramid scheme who plot to rob their church; distinct from the 1973 Bonanno film and Talese book.
Hot Summer Nights (film)
Hot Summer Nights is a 2018 A24 coming-of-age crime drama, Elijah Bynum's directorial debut, starring Timothée Chalamet as a teenager dealing drugs on 1991 Cape Cod; released July 2018, 46% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Hounds of Love (film)
Hounds of Love is Ben Young's 2016 Australian psychological thriller debut, starring Emma Booth, Ashleigh Cummings, and Stephen Curry, about a Perth teen abducted by a serial-killing couple in 1987; it premiered at Venice Days and won festival awards.
Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise
Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise (2015) is the ninth Tom Selleck Jesse Stone TV movie, the first made for Hallmark Channel after eight on CBS, directed by Robert Harmon and written by Michael Brandman and Selleck.
King Cobra (2016 film)
King Cobra is Justin Kelly's 2016 true-crime drama, premiered at Tribeca, starring James Franco, Christian Slater, Garrett Clayton, and Keegan Allen, based on Brent Corrigan's porn career and Bryan Kocis's 2007 murder, released by IFC Films October 21, 2016.
Lila & Eve
Lila & Eve (Lila and Eve) is a 2015 American revenge drama directed by Charles Stone III, starring Viola Davis and Jennifer Lopez as mothers pursuing vigilante justice after a drive-by murder; Sundance premiere, Samuel Goldwyn Films release, July 17, 2015.