The Sound of Fury

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The Sound of Fury (1950)

Crime, Drama

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The Damned Don't Cry

The Damned Don't Cry

1950 ★ 7.0

Fed up with her small-town marriage, a woman goes after the big time and gets mixed up with the mob.

Underworld U.S.A.

Underworld U.S.A.

1961 ★ 7.0

A bitter young man sets out to get back at the gangsters who murdered his father.

Panic

Panic

2000 ★ 6.2

Alex is going through a midlife crisis and it has become a very difficult time for him. His marriage is struggling, he's worried about his son, and his job of killing people for his family has become the most stressful part of his life. He seeks the help of a therapist and meets a woman in the waiting room that he connects with.

Plunder Road

Plunder Road

1957 ★ 7.0

A spectacular heist starts to unravel as the crooks take it on the lam.

Cry of the City

Cry of the City

1948 ★ 6.7

Petty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still refuses to help slimy lawyer Niles clear his client by confessing to another crime. Police Lt. Candella must check Niles' allegation; a friend of the Rome family, he walks a tightrope between sentiment and cynicism. When Martin fears Candella will implicate his girlfriend Teena, he'll do anything to protect her. How many others will he drag down to disaster with him?

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

1956 ★ 6.9

A newspaper publisher, wanting to prove a point about the insufficiency of circumstantial evidence, talks his possible son-in-law Tom into a hoax in an attempt to expose ineptitude of the city's hard-line district attorney. The plan is to have Tom plant clues leading to his arrest for killing a female nightclub dancer. Once Tom is found guilty, he is to reveal the setup and humiliate the DA.

Framed

Framed

1947 ★ 6.5

Truck driver Mike Lambert is a down-and-out mining engineer searching for a job. When his rig breaks down in a small town, he happens upon a venomous seductress. When her boyfriend robs a bank, they intend to frame Lambert.

The Glass Key

The Glass Key

1942 ★ 6.6

A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.

The Web

The Web

1947 ★ 7.1

A brash young lawyer takes a short-term, high-paying job as bodyguard for a slick business exec being threatened by a former partner, and quickly realizes he may be in over his head.

Riot in Cell Block 11

Riot in Cell Block 11

1954 ★ 7.1

A prisoner leads his counterparts in a protest for better living conditions which turns violent and ugly.

Johnny O'Clock

Johnny O'Clock

1947 ★ 6.3

When an employee at an illegal gambling den dies suspiciously, her sister, Nancy, looks into the situation and falls for Johnny O'Clock, a suave partner in the underground casino. Selfish and non-committal by nature, Johnny slowly begins to return Nancy's affection and decides to run away with her, but conflict within his business threatens their plans. As Johnny tries to distance himself from the casino, his shady past comes back to haunt him.

Winged Creatures

Winged Creatures

2009 ★ 5.9

A psychotic man opens fire in a diner, murdering numerous people before killing himself. The survivors struggle in different ways following this horrendous event: a doctor doubts his own instincts and elects to use an experimental medical procedure on his wife, while a gambler believes he's on a lucky streak. A waitress begins engaging in promiscuous sex, and a young girl whose father is among the dead gains unexpected fame.

Nightfall

Nightfall

1956 ★ 6.9

An innocent man turns fugitive as he reconstructs events that implicate him for a murder and robbery he did not commit.

Conflict

Conflict

1945 ★ 6.7

Unhappily married Richard Mason concocts a meticulous scheme to kill his shrewish wife so that he'll be free to marry her sister.

Hollow Triumph

Hollow Triumph

1948 ★ 6.6

Pursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity—with unfortunate results.

Belly

Belly

1998 ★ 6.2

Tommy Bundy and Sincere are best friends as well as infamous and ruthless criminals and shot-callers in the hood. Respected by many but feared by all. As the police are closing in on them and new players are looking for a come up, will their reign last?

M

M

1951 ★ 6.4

Remake of the 1931 Fritz Lang original. In the city, someone is murdering children. The Police search is so intense, it is disturbing the 'normal' criminals, and the local hoods decide to help find the murderer as quickly as possible.

House by the River

House by the River

1950 ★ 6.8

Wealthy writer Stephen Byrne tries to seduce the family maid, but when she resists, he kills her. Long jealous of his brother John, Stephen does his best to pin the blame for the murder on his sibling. Also affected by Stephen's arrogant dementia is his long-suffering wife Marjorie.

The Unforgivable

The Unforgivable

2021 ★ 7.4

A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past.

Ill Manors

Ill Manors

2012 ★ 6.3

Ensemble film revolving around characters living in Forest Gate, London. Over the course of a few days, six inter-linking stories explore issues of drug use, prostitution and urban poverty.

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