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13 Excellent Crime Movies
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GoodFellas (Two-Disc Special Edition)GoodFellas (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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1990. Martin Scorsese's masterpiece GoodFellas immortalizes the hilarious, horrifying life of actual gangster Henry Hill (Ray Liotta), from his teen years on the streets of New York to his anonymous exile under the Witness Protection Program.
Reservoir DogsReservoir Dogs
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1992 Director: Quentin Tarantino. Seven Total Strangers Team Up For The Perfect Crime. After a simple jewelery heist goes terribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant.
True Romance - Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition)True Romance - Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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1993 Directed by Tony Scott. Written by Quentin Tarantino. It stars Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette. It is billed as a "love story", albeit an unconventional one, as the plot revolves around drugs and violence. Clarence (Slater) and Alabama (Arquette) attempt to start a new life for themselves using cocaine stolen.
The FugitiveThe Fugitive
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1993 Director: Andrew Davis. Starring: Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones. Dr. Richard Kimble, unjustly accused of killing his wife is chased by an obsessed detective while he tries to find the real killer.
Pulp FictionPulp Fiction
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1994. Director: Quentin Tarantino. Starring John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis & Uma Thurman. Awards:Won Oscar. Another 43 wins & 40 nominations.
Love and a . 45Love and a . 45
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1994. Director: C.M. Talkington. Starring: Gil Bellows, Renée Zellweger, Rory Cochrane. Road movie. Texas lovers in trouble with the law after killing some cops go on the run.
The Usual Suspects (Special Editon)The Usual Suspects (Special Editon)
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1995 Directed by Bryan Singer. Starring: Gabriel Byrne, Kevin Spacey & Stephen Baldwin. The Neo-noir film tells the story of Roger (Spacey), a small-time con man who is the subject of a police interrogation. He tells his interrogator, a convoluted story about events leading to a massacre and massive fire.
Shallow GraveShallow Grave
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1995 Director: Danny Boyle. Starring: Kerry Fox, Christopher Eccleston & Ewan McGregor. Excellent. Three friends discover their new flatmate dead but loaded with cash.
Casino (Widescreen 10th Anniversary Edition)Casino (Widescreen 10th Anniversary Edition)
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1995. With Martin Scorsese as director of this movie it feels more like you are watching a documentary then a work of fiction. Of course it is a work of fiction but it has that gritting realism to it that is really disturbing.
Fargo (Special Edition)Fargo (Special Edition)
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1996 Directed and produced by the Coen Brothers. Excellent. Awards: Won 2 Oscars. Another 52 wins & 30 nominations. Kidnap and ransom.
Run Lola RunRun Lola Run
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1998 German (Lola rennt) Directed by Tom Tykwer. Starring Franka Potente and Moritz Bleibtreu. Story follows a woman who needs to retrieve 100,000 Deutsche Mark in 20 minutes to save her boyfriend's life.
Training DayTraining Day
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2001. Training Day presents the moral dilemma of committing little crimes to prevent larger ones and getting things done even if it means making moral compromises. Denzel Washington won the Academy Award for Best Actor. Ethan Hawke was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Lord of War (Widescreen)Lord of War (Widescreen)
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2005 Directed by Andrew Niccol. Starring Nicolas Cage, Bridget Moynahan, Ethan Hawke. The story of an illegal arms dealer selling weapons to Africa.