Top Crime Movies 2011
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Outrage
The boss of a major crime syndicate orders his lieutenant to bring a gang in line, a job which gets passed on to a long-suffering subordinate.
Takeshi Kitano, Kippei Shiina
R
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
A journalist-investigator and a precocious computer hacker become embroiled in life-threatening mysteries as they attempt to expose institutions that pull the strings behind the scenes.
Rooney Mara, Scott Rudin, Max von Sydow, Christopher Plummer, Steven Berkoff, David Dencik, David Fincher, Ole Sondberg
R
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The Son of No One
A young cop is assigned to a precinct in the working class neighborhood where he grew up, and an old secret threatens to destroy his life and his family.
Katie Holmes, Al Pacino, Dito Montiel, Juliette Binoche, Gary Howsam, Holly Wiersma, Channing Tatum, James Gandolfini
R
J. Edgar
In 1935, J. Edgar Hoover forms the FBI and makes it an efficient crime-fighting organization — in part by harassing dissenters and building secret files on politicians. Hoover also fights the gangster wars in the ’30s and, later, the Mafia. He remains the FBI's director until his death in 1972.
Leonardo DiCaprio, Dustin Lance Black, Naomi Watts, Josh Lucas, Armie Hammer, Judi Dench, Clint Eastwood, Rob Lorenz
R
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London Boulevard
After release from prison, a South London criminal tries to give up the gangster life by becoming a handyman for a reclusive young actress.
Colin Farrell, Keira Knightley, David Thewlis, William Monahan, Graham King, Quentin Curtis, Stephen Graham, Ray Winstone
R
J. Edgar
In 1935, J. Edgar Hoover forms the FBI and makes it an efficient crime-fighting organization — in part by harassing dissenters and building secret files on politicians. Hoover also fights the gangster wars in the ’30s and, later, the Mafia. He remains the FBI's director until his death in 1972.
Leonardo DiCaprio, Dustin Lance Black, Naomi Watts, Josh Lucas, Armie Hammer, Judi Dench, Clint Eastwood, Rob Lorenz
R
Elite Squad: The Enemy Within
After a prison riot, Captain Nascimiento is swept into a bloody political dispute involving government officials and paramilitary groups.
Jose Padilha
Rampart
The story centers on the widespread corruption in the Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums (or CRASH) anti-gang unit of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Rampart Division in the late 1990s. More than 70 police officers were implicated in varied misconduct.
Ice Cube, Woody Harrelson, Sigourney Weaver, Clark Peterson, Gwyneth Paltrow, Anne Heche, Cynthia Nixon, Oren Moverman
R
Trespass
Four brutal perpetrators, looking for easy money, take a wife and husband hostage, but they run into complications with betrayal and deception.
Ben Mendelsohn, Nicole Kidman, Nicolas Cage, John Thompson, Cam Gigandet, Avi Lerner, Dash Mihok, Liana Liberato
R
The Double
The mysterious murder of a US senator bearing the distinctive trademark of the legendary Soviet assassin "Cassius," forces Paul Shepherdson (Richard Gere), a retired CIA operative, to team with rookie FBI agent, Ben Geary (Topher Grace), to solve the crime. Having spent his career chasing Cassius, Shepherdson is convinced his nemesis is long dead, but is pushed to take on the case by his former supervisor, Tom Highland (Martin Sheen). Meanwhile, Agent Geary, who wrote his Master's thesis on Shepherdson's pursuit of the Soviet killer, is certain that Cassius has resurfaced. As Shepherdson and Geary work their way through crimes both past and present, they discover that Cassius may not be the person they always thought him to be, forcing both to re-examine everything and everyone around them.
Richard Gere, Patrick Aiello, Stana Katic, Michael Brandt, Ashok Amritraj, Andrew Deane, Derek Haas, Topher Grace
PG-13
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Love Crime
When Christine, a powerful executive (Scott Thomas), brings on a naive young ingenue, Isabelle (Sagnier), as her assistant, she delights in toying with her naivete and teaching her hard lessons in a ruthless professional philosophy. But when the protege's ideas become tempting enough for Christine to pass one as her own, she underestimates Isabelle's ambition and cunning-- and the ground is set for all out war. In this devilish, propulsive thriller, Corneau sets up a the scenery expertly and his actors devour it.
Ludivigne Sagnier, Alain Corneau, Kristin Scott Thomas, Patrick Mille
NR
Burke and Hare
The true story of 19th century graverobbers Burke and Hare who discover a lucrative business in providing cadavers for an Edinburgh medical school.
Isla Fisher, Andy Serkis, Barnaby Thompson, Nick Moorcroft, Simon Pegg, John Landis, Piers Ashworth, Dan Aykroyd
R
Granito: How To Nail A Dictator
A story of destinies joined by Guatemala’s past, and how a documentary film intertwined with a nation’s turbulent history emerges as an active player in the present.
Pamela Yates
Point Blank
A hospital nurse forced to do the bidding of a criminal after his pregnant wife is kidnapped.
Gilles Lellouche, Fred Cavaye, Roschdy Zem, Gerard Lanvin, Elena Anaya, Mireille Perrier
R
Flypaper
Tripp Kennedy (Patrick Dempsey) ambles into a bank near closing time, just as two different gangs unwittingly converge to rob it. A shoot-out erupts, and Tripp tackles the smart, pretty teller, Kaitlin (Ashley Judd), to protect her.
Peter Safran, Rob Minkoff, Scott Moore, Patrick Dempsey, Mark Damon, Jon Lucas, Tim Blake Nelson, Ashley Judd
NR
Scarface
Released in 1983, Scarface is directed by Brian Del Palma and written by Oliver Stone and stars Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer and Steven Bauer. Scarface is the rags-to-riches story of Tony “Scarface” Montana (Al Pacino), a Cuban immigrant who finds wealth, power and passion beyond his wildest dreams…at a price he never imagined. Tony Montana’s meteoric rise, lavish life and soul-destroying fall anchor an epic film that inspired a worldwide following.
Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Brian De Palma, Steven Bauer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Robert Loggia
R
Crime After Crime
Documentary on the legal battle to free Debbie Peagler, a woman imprisoned for over a quarter century due to her connection to the murder of the man who abused her. She finds her only hope for freedom when two rookie attorneys with no background in criminal law step forward to take her case.
Yoav Potash
Horrible Bosses
For Nick (Jason Bateman), Kurt (Jason Sudeikis) and Dale (Charlie Day), the only thing that would make the daily grind more tolerable would be to grind their intolerable bosses (Kevin Spacey, Colin Farrell, Jennifer Aniston) into dust. Quitting is not an option, so, with the benefit of a few-too-many drinks and some dubious advice from a hustling ex-con (Jamie Foxx), the three friends devise a convoluted and seemingly foolproof plan to rid themselves of their respective employers…permanently. There’s only one problem: even the best laid plans are only as foolproof as the brains behind them.
Jason Bateman, Colin Farrell, Julie Bowen, Seth Gordon, Jamie Foxx, Jonathan Goldstein, Jennifer Aniston, Brett Ratner
R
Crime After Crime
Documentary on the legal battle to free Debbie Peagler, a woman imprisoned for over a quarter century due to her connection to the murder of the man who abused her. She finds her only hope for freedom when two rookie attorneys with no background in criminal law step forward to take her case.
Yoav Potash
Salvation Boulevard
A private detective investigates the killing of a professor and it becomes a clash of faiths: The detective is a born-again Christian, the dead man an atheist, the accused killer an Islamic foreign student and the D.A. is Jewish.
Jennifer Connelly, Celine Rattray, Isabelle Fuhrman, George Ratliff, Ed Harris, Jim Gaffigan, Cathy Schulman, Douglas Stone
R
Point Blank
A hospital nurse forced to do the bidding of a criminal after his pregnant wife is kidnapped.
Gilles Lellouche, Fred Cavaye, Roschdy Zem, Gerard Lanvin, Elena Anaya, Mireille Perrier
R
Hobo With a Shotgun
Based on one of the fake trailers Jason Eisener created for "Grindhouse," pic follows a homeless vigilante on a mission to clean up the city.
Rutger Hauer, Jason Eisener, Gregory Smith
Cost of a Soul
A gritty tale of two wounded veterans who return home to the ghetto they joined the military to escape. As they struggle for redemption, their own families become entangled in a web of crime, corruption and violence.
Chris Kerson, Sean Kirkpatrick, Will Blagrove, Mark Borkowski, Judy Jerome, Maddie Morris Jones, Gregg Almquist
R
Small Town Murder Songs
An aging police officer from a small Ontario Mennonite town hides a violent past until a local murder upsets the calm of his newly reformed life.
Ed Gass-Donnelly
R
The Last Godfather
Story centers on a Mafia boss who trains his mentally impaired son as his successor.
Shim Hyung-rae, Alec Sokolow, Joel Cohen, Harvey Keitel, Jason Mewes
PG-13
Dum Maaro Dum
A crime thriller set in the tourist hotspot of Goa, India.
Abhishek Bachchan, Rohan Sippy, Shridhar Raghavan, Bipasha Basu
R
Kill the Irishman
Over the summer of 1976, thirty-six bombs detonate in the heart of Cleveland while a turf war raged between Irish mobster Danny Greene (Ray Stevenson) and the Italian mafia. Based on a true story, Kill the Irishman chronicles Greene’s heroic rise from a tough Cleveland neighborhood to become an enforcer in the local mob. Turning the tables on loan shark Shondor Birns (Christopher Walken) and allying himself with gangster John Nardi (Vincent D’Onofrio), Greene stops taking orders from the mafia and pursues his own power. Surviving countless assassination attempts from the mob and killing off anyone who went after him in retaliation, Danny Greene’s infamous invincibility and notorious fearlessness eventually led to the collapse of mafia syndicates across the U.S. and also earned him the status of the man the mob couldn’t kill.
Christopher Walken, Vinnie Jones, Al Corley, Linda Cardellini, Ray Stevenson, Jonathan Hensleigh, Bart Rosenblatt, Eugene Musso
R
The Lincoln Lawyer
Mickey Haller (Matthew McConaughey) is a Los Angeles criminal defense attorney who operates out of the back of his Lincoln Continental sedan. Haller has spent most of his career defending garden-variety criminals, until he lands the case of a lifetime: defending a Beverly Hills playboy accused of murder. But the seemingly straightforward case suddenly develops into a deadly game of survival for Haller.
Matthew McConaughey, Trace Adkins, Bryan Cranston, John Leguizamo, Tom Rosenberg, Michael Peña, Brad Furman, Gary Lucchesi
R
Carancho
This love story begins the night Lujan and Sosa meet, on the street. She is fighting to save a car accident victim's life. He wants the victim to be his client. Together they will try to change the course of their lives, but Sosa's turbulent past will come up against them.
Pablo Trapero
I Love You Phillip Morris
When a local Texas policeman, Steve Russell (Jim Carrey), turns to cons and fraud to allow him to change his lifestyle (in more ways than one), his subsequent stay in the state penitentiary results in his meeting the love of his life, a sensitive fellow inmate named Phillip Morris (Ewan McGregor). What ensues can only be described as a relentless quest as Russell attempts escape after escape and executes con after con, all in the name of love.
Jim Carrey, Leslie Mann, Ewan McGregor, Glenn Ficarra, John Requa, Andrew Lazar, Far Shariat, Rodrigo Santoro
R
No One Killed Jessica
Jessica, a young attractive model trying her hand at bartending, is shot dead at a celebrity party for refusing to serve a drink after closing hours. The culprit Manish, son of a prominent politician, inebriated by a deadly cocktail of alcohol and a sense of entitlement, pulls the trigger in a fit of rage. With 300 of Delhi's swish set present at the party, many of whom are witnesses to the murder, Manish looks all set to go to the gallows. Except, that it doesn't quite turn out that way. Now two women, Jessica's sister, Sabrina and the feisty TV reporter, Meera will have to drum up every resource at their disposal to outwit Manish at his own game, if the truth is to have any chance of prevailing over money and political clout.
Raj Kumar Gupta
The Green Hornet
Britt Reid (Seth Rogen), son and heir to Los Angeles’ largest newspaper fortune, is a rich, spoiled playboy who has been happy to maintain a direction-less existence. When his father James Reid (Tom Wilkinson) dies, Britt meets an impressive and resourceful company employee, Kato (Jay Chou). They realize that they have the resources to do something worthwhile with their lives and finally step out of James Reid’s shadow. Kato builds the ultimate weapon, The Black Beauty, an indestructible car with every weapon imaginable and Britt decides that in order to be heroes, they will pose as villains. With the help of Britts new secretary, Lenore Case (Cameron Diaz), they learn that the chief criminal in the city is named Benjamin Chudnofsky (Christoph Waltz). He has united all the gangs under his power, and he quickly sees that the Green Hornet is a direct threat to the prosperous criminal underworld he controls.
Cameron Diaz, Adam Sandler, Michel Gondry, Evan Goldberg, Michael Peña, Kwon Sang-Woo, Jay Chou, Christoph Waltz
PG-13
A Somewhat Gentle Man
An ex-convict released from prison tries to live a normal, quiet life but is also looking for vengeance against the snitch who put him in jail.
Hans Petter Moland, Stellan Skarsgard
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Extremely Unique Dynamic
changed the US film release date from January 3, 2025 to January 10, 2025
Left At Wall
changed the US film release date from TBA to January 24, 2025
Cunk on Life
changed the US film release date from TBA to January 2, 2025
Into the Deep
changed the US film release date from TBA to January 24, 2025
Presence
changed the US film release date from January 24, 2024 to January 24, 2025
Hell of a Summer
changed the US film release date from TBA to April 18, 2025
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