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Crime 101 (2026 film)

Crime 101 is a 2026 American heist thriller directed by Bart Layton, adapted from Don Winslow's novella, starring Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, and Halle Berry. Released 13 February 2026 by Amazon MGM (Sony internationally), it runs 140 minutes and is rated R.

Crime in the Streets

Crime in the Streets is a 1956 American juvenile-delinquency drama directed by Don Siegel from Reginald Rose's teleplay, starring John Cassavetes as gang leader Frankie Dane, with James Whitmore, Sal Mineo, and Mark Rydell.

Crime Story (重案组)

Crime Story (重案組) is a 1993 Hong Kong action-crime film directed by Kirk Wong, starring Jackie Chan as Inspector Eddie Chan investigating a tycoon kidnapping based on the Wang Dehui case; it won Chan the 30th Golden Horse Best Actor and the 13th Hong Kong Film Award for Best Editing.

Crímenes Ejemplares

Crímenes ejemplares, Max Aub's 1957 book of hyperbrief murder confessions (earlier 1956 version), a classic of Spanish microfiction with black humor, translated into six languages and adapted to film, theater, and stop-motion animation.

Crimes and Misdemeanors

Crimes and Misdemeanors is Woody Allen's 1989 Orion Pictures comedy-drama, 104 minutes, PG-13, starring Martin Landau, Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, and Alan Alda, intertwining an unpunished murder with a failed romance; three Oscar nominations.

Crimes of Passion

Crimes of Passion is a 1984 American erotic thriller directed by Ken Russell and starring Kathleen Turner as a designer with a double life as a prostitute.

Crimes of the Future (2022 film)

Crimes of the Future (2022) is David Cronenberg's body-horror sci-fi film starring Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux, and Kristen Stewart, about humans mutating new organs in a plastic-polluted future; premiered at Cannes 2022, released by Neon.

Crimes of the Heart

Crimes of the Heart is Beth Henley's 1979 dramatic comedy about the Magrath sisters in Hazlehurst, Mississippi; it won the 1981 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, ran 535 Broadway performances, and became a 1986 Bruce Beresford film with Diane Keaton, Jessica Lange, and Sissy Spacek.

Crimewave

Crimewave (1985) is Sam Raimi's studio comedy written by Joel and Ethan Coen, starring Reed Birney and Bruce Campbell; a critical and commercial failure for Embassy Pictures, distinct from John Paizs's Canadian Crime Wave.

Criminal (1994 film)

Criminal (1994) is an Indian Telugu-Hindi bilingual action thriller directed by Mahesh Bhatt, starring Nagarjuna, Manisha Koirala, and Ramya Krishnan; an adaptation of The Fugitive, with music by M. M. Keeravani, released 14 October 1994 (Telugu) and 4 August 1995 (Hindi).

Criminal (2016 film)

Criminal is a 2016 American action thriller directed by Ariel Vromen and starring Kevin Costner as a death-row inmate who receives a dead CIA agent's memories through an experimental procedure.

Crimson Peak

Crimson Peak is a 2015 American gothic romance film directed by Guillermo del Toro. It follows an aspiring writer who moves to a decaying mansion in 1901.

Crimson Tide (film)

Crimson Tide is a 1995 American submarine thriller directed by Tony Scott. It stars Denzel Washington and Gene Hackman during a nuclear launch crisis on the USS Alabama.

Crippled Avengers (残缺)

Crippled Avengers (殘缺), aka Return of the 5 Deadly Venoms, is a 1978 Shaw Brothers kung fu film directed by Chang Cheh, starring the Venom Mob as crippled fighters trained for revenge.

Crisis (2021 film)

Crisis (2021), also released as Dreamland, is a drama-thriller written and directed by Nicholas Jarecki, starring Gary Oldman, Armie Hammer, and Evangeline Lilly in three interwoven opioid-epidemic stories; it grossed $1,099,426 worldwide.

Criss Cross

Criss Cross (1949) is a Robert Siodmak film noir starring Burt Lancaster, Yvonne De Carlo, and Dan Duryea, based on Don Tracy's novel, about an armored-car driver drawn into a fatal heist by his ex-wife; remade as The Underneath (1995).

Crissy Moran

Crissy Moran (Christina McMillan, born 1975, Jacksonville, Florida) is an American former adult film actress and model who retired in October 2006 to become a Christian, now works with Treasures Ministries, and appeared in Oversold and After Porn Ends.

Critical Thinking (film)

Critical Thinking is a 2020 American biographical drama, John Leguizamo's directorial debut, written by Dito Montiel, about the 1998 Miami Jackson High School chess team, the first inner-city team to win the U.S. National Chess Championship; released September 4, 2020 by Vertical Entertainment.

Critics' Choice Movie Awards

Critics' Choice Movie Awards, also called the Critics Choice Awards, annual film honors since 1995 from the 500-member Critics Choice Association, voted by working critics, held each January in Santa Monica as a leading Oscar precursor.

Critters (film)

Critters (1986) is a New Line Cinema horror comedy directed by Stephen Herek, also known as Krites, about carnivorous alien furballs attacking a Kansas farm family; it earned $11.3 million and spawned three sequels.

Critters 3

Critters 3 (1991) is a direct-to-video American sci-fi horror film, the third Critters entry, directed by Kristine Peterson, starring Leonardo DiCaprio in his film debut as Josh, with Don Opper returning as Charlie McFadden.

Crocodile (악어) (1996 film)

Crocodile (악어, Ageo) is Kim Ki-duk's 1996 South Korean debut drama about a Han River vagrant who extorts suicide victims' families and abuses a woman he saves; a domestic flop that launched his festival career.

Crocodile Dundee

Crocodile Dundee is a 1986 Australian comedy directed by Peter Faiman, starring Paul Hogan as bushman Mick Dundee opposite Linda Kozlowski. Second-highest-grossing film of 1986 worldwide and the most commercially successful Australian film ever made.

Crocodile Dundee II

Crocodile Dundee II is a 1988 Australian-American action comedy sequel directed by John Cornell, starring Paul Hogan as Mick Dundee, who lures drug dealers from New York into the outback.

Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles

Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles (2001) is the third Crocodile Dundee film, directed by Simon Wincer, starring Paul Hogan and Linda Kozlowski; it grossed $39.4 million worldwide and scored 11% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Cromwell (film)

Cromwell (1970) is a Ken Hughes British historical drama starring Richard Harris as Oliver Cromwell and Alec Guinness as Charles I, released by Columbia, winner of the Academy Award for Costume Design, and widely criticized for historical inaccuracy.

Cronos (film)

Cronos (La invención de Cronos) is Guillermo del Toro's 1992 Mexican horror-fantasy feature debut about an alchemist's scarab device granting eternal life with a thirst for blood, starring Federico Luppi and Ron Perlman, a Cannes Critics' Week and nine-Ariel winner.

Cronos: The New Dawn

Cronos: The New Dawn is a 2025 third-person survival horror game by Bloober Team (Silent Hill 2 remake). The Traveler time-travels between post-apocalyptic New Dawn (Nowa Huta, Kraków) and 1980s Poland; Orphans merge with corpses. Metascore 77.

Crook (film)

Crook: It's Good to Be Bad (क्रूक), 2010 Hindi action thriller by Mohit Suri, Vishesh Films, starring Emraan Hashmi and Neha Sharma; about racism against Indian students in Australia; released 8 Oct 2010, a flop.

Crooked House (film)

Crooked House (2017) is a Gilles Paquet-Brenner mystery film adapting Agatha Christie's 1949 novel, with screenplay by Julian Fellowes, starring Max Irons, Glenn Close, Gillian Anderson, and Christina Hendricks.