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48 Hours/Another 48 Hours (1982)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***
Format:  DVD  191 min. 
Plot: A hard-nosed cop teams up with a wise-cracking criminal to track down a killer and a drug lord.
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Nick Nolte. Directed by Walter Hill.
Categories:  Action  Comedy  Organized Crime

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Al Capone (1959)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  104 min. B&W
Plot: History of gang lord Al Capone follows his rise and fall in Chicago gangdom during the Prohibition era.
Cast: Rod Steiger, Fay Spain, James Gregory, Martin Balsam. Directed by Richard Wilson.
Categories:  Banking  Organized Crime  Justice

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American Gangster (2007)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD (2 disc set) 113 min. 
Plot: In the 1970's, an ambitious detective works to bring down the drug empire of a Manhattan heroin kingpin.
Cast: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Cuba Gooding Jr., Josh Brolin. Directed by Ridley Scott.
Categories:  Criminal Law  Organized Crime  Law Enforcement

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American Hustle (2013)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***
Format:  Blu-ray/DVD  138 min. 
Plot: A con man and his seductive partner are forced to work for a wild FBI agent who pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia.
Cast: Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Jennifer Lawrence. Directed by David O. Russell.
Categories:  Drama  Organized Crime  Government

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Amores Perros (2001)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  154 min. 
Plot: A horrific car accident connects three stories, each involving characters dealing with life. In Spanish and French with English subtitles.
Cast: Emilio Echevarría, Gael García, Goya Toledo, Alvaro Guerrero, Vanessa Bauche, Jorge Salinas. Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu.
Categories:  Foreign  Drama  Organized Crime

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Animal Kingdom (2010)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  113 min. 
Plot: A seventeen year-old in the process of becoming initiated into a gang discovers that the situation is far larger and more menacing than he could ever imagine.
Cast: Ben Mendelsohn, Guy Pearce, James Frecheville, Joel Edgerton, Luke Ford, Jacki Weaver, Sullivan Stapleton. Directed by David Michôd.
Categories:  Drama  Organized Crime  Family

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Atlantic City (1981)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  103 min. 
Plot: A small-time gangster's life is turned upside-down by a young croupier.
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Susan Sarandon, Michel Piccoli, Hollis McLaren, Robert Joy, Moses Znaimer, Robert Goulet, Al Waxman, Kate Reid. Directed by Louis Malle.
Categories:  Organized Crime  Economics  Romance

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Baby Driver (2017)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  112 min. 
Plot: After being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail.
Cast: Ansel Elgort, Jon Bernthal, Jon Hamm. Directed by Edgar Wright.
Categories:  Action  Musical  Organized Crime

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Better Tomorrow, A (1986)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  94 min. 
Plot: A reforming ex-gangster tries to reconcile with his estranged policeman brother, but the ties to his former gang are difficult to break.
Cast: Chow Yun Fat, Ti Lung, Leslie Cheung, Emily Chu. Directed by John Woo.
Categories:  Action  Organized Crime  Family

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Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  105 min. 
Plot: A freewheeling Detroit cop pursuing a murder investigation finds himself dealing with a very different culture of Beverly Hills.
Cast:  Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Lisa Eilbacher. Directed by Martin Brest.
Categories:  Action  Comedy  Organized Crime

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Beverly Hills Cop III (1994)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***
Format:  DVD  104 min. 
Plot: While Axel is nvestigating a car theft ring, he comes across something much bigger than that.
Cast:  Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Hector Elizondo, Theresa Randle. Directed by John Landis.
Categories:  Action  Comedy  Organized Crime

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Black Mass (2015)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  123 min. 
Plot: The true story of Whitey Bulgar who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf.
Cast: Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Kevin Bacon. Directed by Scott Cooper.
Categories:  Biography  Drama  Organized Crime

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Blow (2001)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  124 min. 
Plot: Three decades in the turbulent life of the American cocaine smuggler who established the first vital link between a Colombian cartel and the United States in the 1970s.
Cast: Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz, Paul Reubens. Directed by Ted Demme.
Categories:  Biography  Drama  Organized Crime

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Boondock Saints (1999)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD (2 disc set) 108 min. 
Plot: Irish twin brothers set out to rid the world of the criminals of the Boston underworld and are soon being tracked down by an FBI agent.
Cast: William Dafoe, Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus, David Della Rocco. Directed by Troy Duffy.
Categories:  Organized Crime  Law Enforcement  Action

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Bound (1996)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  109 min. 
Plot: A tough female ex con and her lover concoct a scheme to steal millions of stashed mob money and pin the blame on her lover's boyfriend.
Cast: Jennifer Tilly, Gina Gershon, Joe Pantoliano, John Ryan. Directed by The Wachowski Brothers.
Categories:  Organized Crime  Sexuality  Drama

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Brighton Rock (1947)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  92 min. B&W
Plot: Charts the headlong fall of Pinkie, a razor-wielding disadvantaged teenager with a religious death wish.
Cast: Richard Attenborough, Hermione Baddeley, William Hartnell, Carol Marsh. Directed by John Boulting.
Categories:  Drama  Organized Crime  Action

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Brighton Rock (2010)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***
Format:  DVD  111 min. 
Plot: Charts the headlong fall of Pinkie, a razor-wielding disadvantaged teenager with a religious death wish.
Cast: Sam Riley, Andrea Riseborough, Andy Serkis, Helen Mirren, John Hurt. Directed by Jowan Joffe.
Categories:  Drama  Action  Organized Crime

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Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
Rated:  PG  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  84 min. 
Plot: In his attempts to reconcile a lounge singer with his mistress, a hapless talent agent is mistaken as her lover by a jealous gangster.
Cast: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Nick Apollo Forte. Directed by Woody Allen.
Categories:  Comedy  Domestic Relations  Organized Crime

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Bullets or Ballots (1936)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  82 min. B&W
Plot: An undercover cop infiltrates the mob in an attempt to bring down their illicit rackets.
Cast: Joan Blondell, Edward Robinson, Barton MacLane, Humphrey Bogart, Frank McHugh. Directed by William Keighley.
Categories:  Organized Crime  Law Enforcement

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Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  98 min. 
Plot: In 1920s New York, a struggling playwright is forced to cast a mobster's talentless girlfriend in his latest drama in order to get it produced.
Cast: John Cusack, Dianne Wiest, Jennifer Tilly, Chazz Palminteri. Directed by Woody Allen.
Categories:  Comedy  Entertainment  Organized Crime

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Casino (1995)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  178 min. 
Plot: Details of mob involvement in the casinos of the 1970's and '80's are revealed.
Cast: Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci, James Woods, Don Rickles, Alan King. Directed by Martin Scorsese.
Categories:  Drama  Biography  Organized Crime

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City for Conquest (1940)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  104 min. B&W
Plot: A truck driver turns pro boxer to fund his brother's education, until he must come to terms with being blinded in the ring.
Cast: James Cagney, Ann Sheridan, Frank Craven, Donald Crisp, Frank McHugh, Arthur Kennedy, George Tobias. Directed by Anatole Litvak.
Categories:  Family  Organized Crime

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Client, The (1994)
Rated:  PG-13  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  121 min. 
Plot: A young boy seeks the protection of an unseasoned attorney from both the Mob, who will kill him if he reveals what he learned about a Mob murder, and a zealous federal prosecutor, who won't let up until he tells all.
Cast: Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones, Mary-Louise Parker, Brad Renfro. Directed by Joel Schumacher.
Categories:  Witness  Organized Crime  Juvenile

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Confidence (2003)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  97 min. 
Plot: When a con man chooses the wrong mark he finds himself indebted to a mob boss and struggling to stay one step ahead of the law.
Cast: Edward Burns, Rachel Weisz, Andy Garcia, Paul Giamatti. Directed by James Foley.
Categories:  Organized Crime  Law Enforcement  Drama

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Crime Wave/Decoy (1954)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  150 min. B&W
Plot: A reformed parolee is caught in the middle when a wounded former cell mate seeks him out for shelter/When a gang leader is fatally shot, she recounts her sordid life of crime to a police officer.
Cast: Sterling Hayden, Gene Nelson, Phyllis Kirk, Jean Gillie, Edward Norris. Directed by Andre De Toth and Jack Bernhard.
Categories:  Law Enforcement  Organized Crime

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Crips and Bloods: Made in America (2008)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  93 min. 
Plot: Examines the conditions that have lead to decades of devastating gang violence among young African Americans growing up in South Los Angeles.
Cast: Narrated by Forest Whitaker. Directed by Stacy Peralta.
Categories:  Documentary  Organized Crime  Juvenile

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Criss Cross (1949)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  88 min. B&W
Plot: A man still obsessed with his ex-wife is drawn by her into the underworld.
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Yvonne DeCarlo, Dan Duryea, Stephen McNally. Directed by Robert Siodmak.
Categories:  Drama  Domestic Relations  Organized Crime

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Dead Man's Shoes (2004)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  90 min. 
Plot: A disaffected soldier returns to his hometown to get even with the thugs who brutalized his mentally-challenged brother years ago.
Cast: Paddy Considine, Gary Stretch, Toby Kebbell. Directed by Shane Meadows.
Categories:  Drama  Organized Crime  Mental Health

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Death Sentence (2007)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  106 min. 
Plot: When a family falls victim to a vicious attack perpetrated as a gang initiation ritual, the vengeful father vows to track down each person involved in the crime.
Cast: Kevin Bacon, Garrett Hedlund, Kelly Preston, Aisha Tyler, John Goodman. Directed by James Wan.
Categories:  Criminal Law  Organized Crime  Family

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Dillinger (1973)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  107 min. 
Plot: John Dillinger and his gang go on a bank robbing spree across the midwest, but one G-Man is determined to bring him down.
Cast: Warren Oates, Ben Johnson, Cloris Leachman, Michelle Phillips. Directed by John Milius.
Categories:  Drama  Biography  Organized Crime

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Dogville (2003)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  177 min. 
Plot: The town of Dogville agrees to harbor a woman on the run from the mob. When a search begins there she learns that their support has a price, but they do not how dangerous her secret really is.
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Harriet Anderson, Lauren Bacall, Jean-Marc Barr, Paul Bettany. Directed by Lars Von Trier.
Categories:  Organized Crime  Ethics  Action

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Donnie Brasco (1997)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***
Format:  DVD  127 min. 
Plot: An undercover FBI agent infiltrates the mob and finds himself identifying more with the Mafia life than his regular one.
Cast: Al Pacino, Johnny Depp, Michael Madsen, Bruno Kirby, James Russo, Anne Heche, Zeljko Ivanek, Gerry Becker, Robert Miano. Directed by Mike Newell.
Categories:  Law Enforcement  Ethics  Organized Crime

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Dredd (2012)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  95 min. 
Plot: The future America is an irradiated wasteland where the force of order lies with urban cops called Judges.
Cast: Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby, Lena Headey, Wood Harris. Directed by Pete Travis.
Categories:  SciFi/Fantasy  Organized Crime  Law Enforcement

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Drive (2011)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  100 min. 
Plot: A mysterious Hollywood stuntman, mechanic and getaway driver lands himself in trouble when he helps out his neighbour.
Cast: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Ron Perlman. Directed by Nicolas Winding Fefn.
Categories:  Action  Entertainment  Organized Crime

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Drop, The (2014)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  106 min. 
Plot: A bartender and his employer find themselves caught in a robbery gone bad and on the hook for a debt they can't repay.
Cast: Tom Hardy, James Gandolfini, Noomi Rapace. Directed by Michael Roskam.
Categories:  Drama  Organized Crime

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Eastern Promises (2007)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  101 min. 
Plot: A driver for one of London's most notorious crime families loyalties are put to the test when a midwife discovers some of the family's secrets.
Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Naomi Watts, Vincent Cassel, Armin Mueller-Stahl. Directed by David Cronenberg.
Categories:  Organized Crime  Action  Family

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End of Watch (2012)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  Blu-ray/DVD  109 min. 
Plot: Two young officers are marked for death after confiscating a small cache of money and firearms.
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, America Ferrera, Michael Pena, Anna Kendrick. Directed by David Ayer.
Categories:  Drama  Organized Crime  Law Enforcement

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Enter the Dragon (1973)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  102 min. 
Plot: A martial artist agrees to spy on a reclusive crime lord using his invitation to a tournament there as cover.
Cast: Bruce Lee, John Saxon, Ahna Capri. Directed by Robert Ckouse.
Categories:  Organized Crime  Sports  Action

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Film Noir Classics (2009)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD (5 disc) 428 min. B&W
Plot: This collection presents five film-noir classics: The Big Heat (1953), 5 Against the House (1955), The Lineup (1958), The Sniper (1952), and Murder By Contract (1958).
Cast: Lee Marvin, Eli Wallach, Glenn Ford, Kim Novak, Gloria Grahame. Directed by .
Categories:  Drama  Organized Crime  Criminal Law

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Find Me Guilty (2006)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  124 min. 
Plot: Based on the true story of Jack DiNorscio, a mobster who defended himself in court for what would be the longest mafia trial in U.S. history
Cast: Vin Diesel, Peter Dinklage, Linus Roache, Ron Silver. Directed by Sidney Lumet.
Categories:  Criminal Law  Organized Crime  Biography

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Frantic (1988)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  120 min. 
Plot: In a Paris hotel a doctor emerges from his shower to find his wife missing.
Cast: Harrison Ford, Betty Buckley, Emmanuelle Seigner, Djiby Soumare. Directed by Roman Polanski.
Categories:  Mystery/Suspense  Organized Crime  Law Enforcement

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Free Men (2011)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  99 min. 
Plot: In German-occupied Paris, a young unemployed Algerian earns his living as a black marketeer. In French with English subtitles.
Cast: Christopher Buchholz, Tahar Rahim, Michael Lonsdale, Mahmoud Shalaby. Directed by Ismael Ferroukhi.
Categories:  Foreign  Organized Crime  War

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Freshman, The  (1990)
Rated:  PG  Stars: ***
Format:  DVD  103 min. 
Plot: When a small time crook steals all the belongings of a young man starting his first year at film school in New York City, he finds himself caught up in a caper involving endangered species and fine dining.
Cast: Marlon Brando, Matthew Broderick, Bruno Kirby, Penelope Ann Miller. Directed by Andrew Bergman.
Categories:  Education  Organized Crime  Comedy

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Fury (1936)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  90 min. B&W
Plot: When a prisoner barely survives a lynch mob attack and is presumed dead, he vindictively decides to frame the mob for his murder.
Cast: Sylvia Sidney, Spencer Tracy, Walter Abel, Bruce Cabot. Directed by Fritz Lang.
Categories:  Drama  Criminal Law  Organized Crime

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G Men (1935)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  86 min. B&W
Plot: In the early days of the FBI the unarmed law enforcement officers set out to stop a crime spree that is spanning the country.
Cast: James Cagney, Margaret Lindsay, Ann Dvorak, Robert Armstrong. Directed by WIlliam Keighley.
Categories:  Organized Crime  Law Enforcement

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Gangster Squad (2013)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  113 min. 
Plot: A secret crew of police officers work together in an effort to take down the ruthless mob king Mickey Cohen who runs the city.
Cast: Nick Nolte, Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone. Directed by Ruben Fleischer.
Categories:  Drama  Organized Crime  Politics

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Get Shorty (1995)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  105 min. 
Plot: A Miami-based debt collector for the mob is sent to Los Angeles to collect on a gambling debt, where he gets a bad case of the movie-producing bug.
Cast: Gene Hackman, John Travolta, Rene Russo. Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld.
Categories:  Organized Crime  Entertainment  Comedy

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Gilda (1946)
Rated:  PG  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  110 min. B&W
Plot: Machinations unravel as a gambling cheat working for an unsettling casino owner finds his alluring ex-lover married to the owner.
Cast: Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, George MacReady, Joseph Calleia. Directed by Charles Vidor.
Categories:  Drama  Domestic Relations  Organized Crime

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Godfather Collection, The (2001)
Rated:  R  Stars: *****
Format:  DVD (5 disc set) 4 hours, 5 min. 
Plot: The rise and fall of an organized crime family, from its roots in pre-war Italy, attempted expansion into Las Vegas, and eventual attempts to legitimize their business.
Cast: Marlon Brando, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall, Talia Shire, Diane Keaton, Andy Garcia. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
Categories:  Drama  Organized Crime

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Gomorrah (2008)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD (2 disc set) 137 min. 
Plot: An inside look at Italy's modern-day crime families. In Italian with English subtitles.
Cast: Toni Servillo, Gianfelice Imparato, Maria Nazionale, Salvatore cantalupo. Directed by Matteo Garrone.
Categories:  International  Organized Crime

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Goodfellas (1990)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****1/2
Format:  DVD (2 disc set) 145 min. 
Plot: The blue-collar side of New York's Italian mafia is explored as a young man makes his way from a petty criminal, to a big-time thief, to a middle-aged cocaine addict and dealer.
Cast: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino. Directed by Martin Scorsese.
Categories:  Organized Crime  Biography  Drama

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Guard, The (2011)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  96 min. 
Plot: An unorthodox Irish policeman is teamed up with an uptight FBI agent to investigate an international drug-smuggling ring.
Cast: Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle, Liam Cunningham, Mark Strong. Directed by John Michael McDonagh.
Categories:  Comedy  Organized Crime  Criminal Law

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Hard boiled (1992)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD (2 disc set) 247 min. 
Plot: A tough-as-nails cop teams up with an undercover agent to shut down a sinister mobster and his crew.
Cast: Chow Yun-Fat, Tony Leung, Teresa Mo, Philip Chan. Directed by John Woo.
Categories:  Law Enforcement  Organized Crime

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Heist (2001)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***
Format:  DVD  109 min. 
Plot: A jewel thief's nephew is sent along on a heist to ensure a longtime partner in crime stays honest about the division of the loot.
Cast: Gene Hackman, Sam Rockwell, Rebecca Pidgeon, Danny DeVito, Delroy Lindo. Directed by David Mamet.
Categories:  Mystery/Suspense  Drama  Organized Crime

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History of Violence, A (2005)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  96 min. 
Plot: A bloody self defense incident involving a mild mannered man brings his hidden past back to haunt him and his family.
Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, William Hurt, Ed Harris. Directed by David Cronenberg.
Categories:  Drama  Organized Crime

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Hit, The (1984)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  98 min. 
Plot: Two hit men pick up an ex-gangster as an escort to Paris to face betrayed colleagues but the road trip suffers complications.
Cast: John Hurt, Terence Stamp, Tim Roth, Laura del Sol, Jim Broadbent. Directed by Stephen Frears.
Categories:  Action  Drama  Organized Crime

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Hustler, The (1961)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  134 min. B&W
Plot: An up-and-coming pool player plays a long-time champion in a single high-stakes match.
Cast: Paul Newman, Piper Laurie, George Scott, Jackie Gleason. Directed by Robert Rossen.
Categories:  Drama  Organized Crime

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Ice Harvest, The (2005)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***
Format:  DVD  89 min. 
Plot: A lawyer attempts a Christmas Eve crime, hoping to swindle the local mob out of some money. But his partner, a strip club owner, might have different plans for the cash.
Cast: John Cusack, Billy Bob Thorton, Connie Nielsen, Randy Quaid. Directed by Harold Ramis.
Categories:  Organized Crime  Fraud  Drama

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Illicit: The Dark Trade (2008)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  54 min. 
Plot: Explores the shadowy world of illicit trade.
Cast: . Directed by Helen Fitzwilliam.
Categories:  Documentary  Organized Crime

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In Bruges (2008)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  107 min. 
Plot: Holed up in Bruges, Belgium after a difficult job, two hit men begin to reevaluate their views of life and death as they become acclimated to local customs.
Cast: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Ralph Fiennes. Directed by Martin McDonagh.
Categories:  Criminal Law  Organized Crime  Comedy

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Italian Job, The (1969)
Rated:  G  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  99 min. 
Plot: To steal $4 million in gold, a team of thieves must bring the traffic in Turin, Italy to a screeching halt.
Cast: Michael Caine, Noel Coward, Benny Hill, Raf Vallone, Tony Beckley, Rossano Brazzi, Maggie Blye. Directed by Peter Collinson.
Categories:  Action  Organized Crime

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Jackie Brown (1997)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD (2 disc set) 154 min. 
Plot: A flight attendant becomes the key figure in a plot between the police and an arms dealer.
Cast: Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Forster, Bridget Fonda, Michael Keaton, Robert De Niro, Michael Bowen, Chris Tucker. Directed by Quentin Tarantino.
Categories:  Mystery/Suspense  Organized Crime  Drama

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John Wick (2014)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  101 min. 
Plot: An ex-hitman comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him.
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Michael Nyqvist, Alfie Allen, Adrianne Palicki. Directed by Chad Stahelski.
Categories:  Action  Organized Crime

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John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  Blu-ray/DVD  122 min. 
Plot: After returning to the criminal underworld to repay a debt, John Wick discovers that a large bounty has been put on his life.
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Riccardo Scamarcio, Ian McShane. Directed by Chad Stahelski.
Categories:  Action  Mystery/Suspense  Organized Crime

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Key Largo (1948)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  100 min. B&W
Plot: A man visits his old friend's hotel and finds a gangster running things.
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Lauren Bacall. Directed by John Huston.
Categories:  Organized Crime  Criminal Law  Drama

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Kick-Ass (2010)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  117 min. 
Plot: A teenage comics-reader dons a wetsuit and becomes a masked vigilante.
Cast: Aaron Johnson, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Mark Strong, Chloe Moretz, Omari Hardwick, Xander Berkeley, Nicolas Cage. Directed by Matthew Vaughn.
Categories:  Action  Organized Crime  Media

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Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  111 min. 
Plot: A female assassin wakes from a coma and seeks revenge on her former leader, after a violent attack on her wedding day.
Cast: Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox, Michael Madson, Darryl Hannah, David Carradine. Directed by Quentin Tarantino.
Categories:  Organized Crime  International  Action

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Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  137 min. 
Plot: "The Bride" continues her bloody quest for vengeance against her ex-boss and his associates.
Cast: Uma Thurman, Gordon Liu, Michael Madson, Darryl Hannah, David Carradine. Directed by Quentin Tarantino.
Categories:  Organized Crime  Family  Action

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Killer, The (1989)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  111 min. 
Plot: A disillusioned assassin accepts one last hit in hopes of using his earnings to restore vision to a singer he accidentally blinded, only to be double-crossed by his boss. In Cantonese, subtitled in English.
Cast: Yun-Fat Chow, Danny Lee, Sally Yeh. Directed by John Woo.
Categories:  Foreign  Organized Crime  Action

Law movies
Killing, The (1956)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD (2 disc set) 85 min. B&W
Plot: Crooks plan and execute a daring race-track robbery.
Cast: Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards, Jay C. Flippen. Directed by Stanley Kubrick.
Categories:  Drama  Sports  Organized Crime

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Leon: The Professional (1994)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ****1/2
Format:  DVD (2 disc set) 133 min. 
Plot: A professional assassin reluctantly takes in a 12-year-old girl after her family is killed and begins to teach her his trade.
Cast: Jean Reno, Gary Oldman, Natalie Portman, Danny Aiello. Directed by Luc Besson.
Categories:  Organized Crime  Family  Ethics

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Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  108 min. 
Plot: Four London working-class stiffs pool their money to put one in a high stakes card game.
Cast: Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher, Rick Moran, Jason Statham, Steven Mackintosh. Directed by Guy Ritchie.
Categories:  Foreign  Criminal Law  Organized Crime

Law movies
Long Good Friday, The (1982)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  114 min. 
Plot: British comedy thriller about a racketeer who attempts to transform the London dockyards into a potential Olympics site.
Cast: Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren, Dave King, Bryan Marshall, Derek Thompson, Eddie Constantine, Pierce Brosnan. Directed by John Mackenzie.
Categories:  Drama  Organized Crime  Ethics

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Looper (2012)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  119 min. 
Plot: A time travel hired gun must chase himself down to close the loop.
Cast: Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emily Blunt, Paul Dano. Directed by Rain Johnson.
Categories:  SciFi/Fantasy  Organized Crime  Justice

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Lucky Number Slevin (2006)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***
Format:  DVD  109 min. 
Plot: A case of mistaken identity lands Slevin in the middle of a war being plotted by two of the city's rival crime bosses.
Cast: Josh Hartnett, Morgan Freeman, Ben Kingsley, Lucy Liu, Stanley Tucci, Bruce Willis. Directed by Paul McGuigan.
Categories:  Drama  Organized Crime

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Marked Woman (1937)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ***
Format:  DVD  96 min. 
Plot: A hostess' client is murdered, but she won't help the prosecution build the case.
Cast: Bette Davis Humphrey Bogart, Lola Lane, Isabel Jewell, Eduardo Cianelli, Jane Bryan, Rosalind Marquis, Mayo Methot, Allen Jenkens. Directed by Lloyd Bacon.
Categories:  Witness  Testimony  Organized Crime

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Mean Streets (1973)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  112 min. 
Plot: A small time member of the local mob must decide whether his desire for power or love for a woman and his friends is more important.
Cast: Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, David Proval, Amy Robinson, Richard Romanus, Cesare Danova. Directed by Martin Scorsese.
Categories:  Organized Crime  Drama  Health

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Miami Vice (2006)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ***
Format:  DVD  140 min. 
Plot: Two detectives go undercover as offshore boat racers and outlaw smugglers to take on the narcotrafficking network of Miami.
Cast: Jamie Foxx, Colin Farrell, Gong Li, Naomie Harris. Directed by Michale Mann.
Categories:  Action  Law Enforcement  Organized Crime

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Midnight Run (1988)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  126 min. 
Plot: An accountant is chased by bounty hunters, the FBI, and the Mafia after jumping bail.
Cast: Robert DeNiro, Charles Grodin, Yaphet Kotto. Directed by Martin Best.
Categories:  Action  Comedy  Organized Crime

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Miller's Crossing (1990)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  115 min. 
Plot: An advisor to a Prohibition-era crime boss tries to keep the peace between warring mobs but gets caught in divided loyalties.
Cast: Gabriel Byrne, Marcia Gay Harden, John Turturro. Directed by Ethan Coen.
Categories:  Organized Crime  Constitutional

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Molly's Game (2017)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  Blu-ray/DVD  140 min. 
Plot: True story of an Olympic-class skier who ran the world's most exclusive high-stakes poker game and became an FBI target.
Cast: Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba, Kevin Costner. Directed by Aaron Sorkin.
Categories:  Biography  Drama  Organized Crime

Law movies
Mule, The (2014)
Rated:    Stars: ***
Format:  DVD  163 min. 
Plot: A first time drug mule is caught by law enforcement.
Cast: Hugo Weaving, Leigh Whannell, Angus Sampson, John Noble, Ewen Leslie . Directed by Tony Mahony & Angus Sampson.
Categories:  Documentary  Comedy  Organized Crime

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Narco Cultura (2013)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  103 min. 
Plot: To a growing number of Mexicans and Latinos in the Americas, narco traffickers have become iconic outlaws and the new models of fame and success.
Cast: . Directed by Paul Schwarz.
Categories:  Documentary  Organized Crime

Law movies
Narrow Margin (1990)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***
Format:  DVD  99 min. 
Plot: A woman secretly witnesses the murder of her date by a top Mafia boss.
Cast: Gene Hackman, Anne Archer, James B. Sikking, J.T. Walsh, M. Emmet Walsh. Directed by Peter Hyams.
Categories:  Action  Organized Crime  Witness

Law movies
New Jack City (1991)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD (2 disc set) 101 min. 
Plot: A maverick police detective tries to bring down a city's crack kingpin.
Cast: Wesley Snipes, Ice T, Chris Rock, Mario Van Peebles, Judd Nelson. Directed by Mario Van Peebles.
Categories:  Criminal Law  Organized Crime  Law Enforcement

Law movies
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD (2 disc set) 229 min. 
Plot: A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to Brooklyn over 30 years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
Cast: Robert De Niro, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern, Joe Pesci, Burt Young, Tuesday Weld, Treat Williams. Directed by Sergio Leone.
Categories:  Organized Crime  Drama

Law movies
Perfect Witness (1989)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****1/2
Format:  DVD  104 min. 
Plot: A restaurant owner witnesses a mob killing and thereafter is harassed by the U.S. attorney and the mob.
Cast: Brian Dennehy, Stockard Channing, Aidan Quonn, Laura Harrington. Directed by Robert Mandel.
Categories:  Organized Crime  Family

Law movies
Pink Panther Strikes Again, The (1976)
Rated:  PG  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  103 min. 
Plot: After a nervous breakdown, Chief Inspector Dreyfus builds a criminal organization devoted to the extermination of Inspector Clouseau.
Cast: Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Colin Blakely, Leonard Rossiter. Directed by Blake Edwards.
Categories:  Organized Crime  Mental Health  Comedy

Law movies
Point Blank (2010)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  84 min. 
Plot: Samuel Pierret is a nurse who saves the wrong guy -- a thief.
Cast: Elena Anaya, Gilles Lellouche, Roschdy Zem. Directed by Fred Cavaye.
Categories:  Foreign  Action  Organized Crime

Law movies
Pope of Greenwich Village, The (1984)
Rated:  R  Stars: *****
Format:  DVD  121 min. 
Plot: Two small-time con men find themselves in trouble with both the Mafia and a corrupt police department.
Cast: Eric Roberts, Mickey Rourke, Daryl Hannah, Geraldine Page, Kenneth McMillan, Burt Young. Directed by Stuart Rosenberg.
Categories:  Organized Crime  Mystery/Suspense  Sports

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Prophet, A (2010)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  155 min. 
Plot: A young Arab man is sent to a French prison where he becomes a mafia kingpin.
Cast: Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif, Hichem Yacoubi. Directed by Jacquest Audiard.
Categories:  Foreign  Organized Crime  Racism

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Public Enemy (1931)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  83 min. B&W
Plot: A man advances to big time crime while his brother tries to keep him on the right path.
Cast: James Cagney, Edward Woods, Jean Harlow, Joan Blondell. Directed by William A. Wellman.
Categories:  Organized Crime  Drama  War

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Public Eye, The (1992)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  99 min. 
Plot: Story of a 1940s photographer who specializes in crime and in not getting involved... until this time.
Cast: Joe Pesci, Barbara Hershey. Directed by Howard Franklin.
Categories:  Drama  Media  Organized Crime

Law movies
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****1/2
Format:  DVD (2 disc set) 154 min. 
Plot: The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.
Cast: John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Tim Roth, Amanda Plummer, Bruce Willis, Eric Stoltz. Directed by Quentin Tarantino.
Categories:  Organized Crime  Drama  Criminal Law

Law movies
Q & A (1990)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***
Format:  DVD  132 min. 
Plot: An assistant D.A. is assigned to investigate the shooting of a drug dealer by a veteran street cop.
Cast: Nick Nolte, Timothy Hutton, Armand Assante. Directed by Sidney Lumet.
Categories:  Law Enforcement  Drama  Organized Crime

Law movies
Rapt (2009)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  125 min. 
Plot: A rich industrialist is brutally kidnapped; physically and mentally degenerates while the kidnappers negotiate about the ransom. In French with English subtitles.
Cast: Yvan Attal, Anne Consigny, André Marcon, Françoise Fabian, Alex Descas, Michel Voïta. Directed by Lucas Belvaux.
Categories:  Foreign  Drama  Organized Crime

Law movies
Ricochet (1991)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  102 min. 
Plot: An attorney is terrorized by a criminal he put away years ago.
Cast: Denzel Washington, John Lithgow, Ice T, Kevin Pollack. Directed by Russell Mulcahy.
Categories:  Action  Justice  Organized Crime

Law movies
Road to Perdition (2002)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  117 min. 
Plot: Bonds of loyalty are put to the test when a hitman's son witnesses what his father does for a living.
Cast: Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, Tyler Hoechlin, Jude Law. Directed by Sam Mendes.
Categories:  Organized Crime  Family  Drama

Law movies
Rocky (1976)
Rated:  PG  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  119 min. 
Plot: A small time boxer gets a once in a lifetime chance to fight the heavyweight champ.
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, Burgess Meredith. Directed by John G. Avildsen.
Categories:  Drama  Sports  Organized Crime

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Romeo is Bleeding (1993)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  100 min. 
Plot: Desire and a series of deadly double-crosses erupt between a voyeuristic cop and a violent woman gangster.
Cast: Gary Oldman, Lena Olin, Annabella Sciorra, Juliette Lewis, Roy Scheider. Directed by Peter Medak.
Categories:  Drama  Organized Crime  Criminal Procedure

Law movies
Rounders (1999)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  121 min. 
Plot: A law student loses his tuition money in a high stakes poker game, so he vows to quit playing.
Cast: Matt Damon, Edward Norton, John Malkovich, Gretchen Mol. Directed by John Dahl.
Categories:  Drama  Organized Crime

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Run Lola Run (1998)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  81 min. 
Plot: A young woman in Germany has twenty minutes to find and bring 100,000 Deutschmarks to her boyfriend before he robs a supermarket.
Cast: Franka Potente, Herbert Knaup. Directed by Tom Tykwer.
Categories:  Drama  Organized Crime

Law movies
Scarface (1932)
Rated:  PG  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  94 min. 
Plot: An ambitious and near insanely violent gangster climbs the ladder of success in the mob, but his weaknesses prove to be his downfall.
Cast: Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak, George Raft, Boris Karloff. Directed by Howard Hawks.
Categories:  Organized Crime  Criminal Law  Drama

Law movies
Sexy Beast (2000)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  89 min. 
Plot: A retired safecracker refuses to work for a brutal gangster.
Cast: Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley, Ian McShane, Amanda Redman, Cavan Kendall, Julianne White, Alvaro Monje, James Fox. Directed by Jonathan Glazer.
Categories:  Drama  Criminal Law  Organized Crime

Law movies
Shaft (1971)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***
Format:  DVD  100 min. 
Plot: Who's the black private dick that's a sex machine to all the chicks? Shaft!
Cast: Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Charles Cioffi, Christopher St. John, Gwenn Mitchell. Directed by Gordon Parks.
Categories:  Organized Crime  Criminal Law  Action

Law movies
Shoot 'em Up (2007)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  86 min. 
Plot: A man delivers and saves a baby during a shootout and enters into a cat-and-mouse game with the thugs that killed the child's mother.
Cast: Clive Owen, Paul Giamatti, Monica Bellucci. Directed by Michael Davis.
Categories:  Organized Crime  Children

Law movies
Sin Nombre (2009)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  96 min. 
Plot: A teenage Honduran girl forms an unlikely friendship with a Mexican gang member. In Spanish with English subtitles.
Cast: Paulina Gaitan, Edgar Flores, Kristyan Ferrer, Tenoch Huerta Mejía. Directed by Cary Fukunaga.
Categories:  Foreign  Family  Organized Crime

Law movies
Slight Case of Murder, A (1938)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  85 min. B&W
Plot: A bootlegger goes legit with the end of Prohibition, brewing bad-tasting beer that no one will buy.
Cast: Edward C. Robinson, Jane Bryan, Allen Jenkins, Ruth Donnelly, Willard Parker. Directed by Llyod Bacon.
Categories:  Organized Crime  Comedy

Law movies
Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
Rated:  PG  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  Blu-ray/DVD  96 min. 
Plot: The Bandit is hired on to run a tractor trailer full of beer over state lines, in hot pursuit by a pesky sheriff.
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jerry Reed. Directed by Hal Needham.
Categories:  Action  Comedy  Organized Crime

Law movies
Smokin' Aces (2006)
Rated:  R  Stars: **1/2
Format:  DVD  109 min. 
Plot: A Las Vegas magician finds himself the target of professional hit men after he snitches on the Mob.
Cast: Ben Affleck, Andy Garcia, Alicia Keys, Ray Liotta, Jeremy Piven, Ryan Reynolds. Directed by Joe Carnahan.
Categories:  Organized Crime  Evidence  Law Enforcement

Law movies
Snatch (2000)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  103 min. 
Plot: An American jewel thief takes a detour through London and sets off a series of events centered around the large diamond that he stole.
Cast: Benicio Del Toro, Dennis Farina, Vinnie Jones, Brad Pitt, Rade Sherbedgia, Jason Statham. Directed by Guy Ritchie.
Categories:  Criminal Law  Organized Crime  International

Law movies
Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
Rated:  PG-13  Stars: ***
Format:  DVD  135 min. 
Plot: Han Solo meets his future co-pilot Chewbacca and encounters Lando Calrissian years before joining the Rebellion.
Cast: Alden Ehrenreich, Joonas Suotamo, Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke, Donald Glover, Thandie Newton, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Paul Bettany. Directed by Ron Howard.
Categories:  SciFi/Fantasy  Organized Crime  Government

Law movies
Some Like it Hot (1959)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD (2 disc set) 122 min. 
Plot: When two musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all female band disguised as women.
Cast: Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon. Directed by Billy Wilder.
Categories:  Organized Crime  Entertainment  Adminstrative

Law movies
Sopranos, The: The Complete Fourth Season (2002)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD (4 disc set) 13 hours, 20 min. 
Plot: The continuing saga of a New Jersey mob boss juggling the pressures of his personal and professional lives.
Cast: James Gandolfini, Edie Falco, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Michael Imperioli, Christopher Moltisanti, Lorraine Bracco, Tony Sirico, Robert Iler, Steve Van Zandt, Joe Pantoliano. Directed by Allen Coulter, Tim Van Patten.
Categories:  Television  Organized Crime  Drama

Law movies
Sopranos, The: The Complete Fifth Season (2003)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD (4 disc set) 12 hours, 58 min. 
Plot: The continuing saga of a New Jersey mob boss juggling the pressures of his personal and professional lives.
Cast: ames Gandolfini, Edie Falco, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Michael Imperioli, Christopher Moltisanti, Lorraine Bracco, Tony Sirico, Robert Iler, Steve Van Zandt, Joe Pantoliano. Directed by Allen Coulter, Tim Van Patten.
Categories:  Television  Organized Crime  Drama

Law movies
Sopranos, The: The Complete First Season (1999)
Rated:  NR  Stars: *****
Format:  DVD (4 disc set) 11 hours, 20 min. 
Plot: The continuing saga of a New Jersey mob boss juggling the pressures of his personal & professional lives.
Cast: James Gandolfini, Edie Falco, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Michael Imperioli, Christopher Moltisanti, Lorraine Bracco, Tony Sirico, Robert Iler, Steve Van Zandt, Joe Pantoliano. Directed by Allen Coulter, Tim Van Patten.
Categories:  Television  Organized Crime  Drama

Law movies
Sopranos, The: The Complete Second Season (2000)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD (4 disc set) 11 hours, 36 min. 
Plot: The continuing saga of a New Jersey mob boss juggling the pressures of his personal and professional lives.
Cast: James Gandolfini, Edie Falco, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Michael Imperioli, Christopher Moltisanti, Lorraine Bracco, Tony Sirico, Robert Iler, Steve Van Zandt, Joe Pantoliano. Directed by Allen Coulter, Tim Van Patten.
Categories:  Television  Organized Crime  Drama

Law movies
Sopranos, The: The Complete Sixth Season (2004)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD (10 disc set) 19 hours, 30 min. 
Plot: The continuing saga of a New Jersey mob boss juggling the pressures of his personal and professional lives. Includes Bonus Material.
Cast: James Gandolfini, Edie Falco, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Michael Imperioli, Christopher Moltisanti, Lorraine Bracco, Tony Sirico, Robert Iler, Steve Van Zandt, Joe Pantoliano. Directed by Allen Coulter, Tim Van Patten.
Categories:  Television  Organized Crime  Drama

Law movies
Sopranos, The: The Complete Third Season (2001)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD (4 disc set) 12 hours, 58 min. 
Plot: The continuing saga of a New Jersey mob boss juggling the pressures of his personal and professional lives.
Cast: James Gandolfini, Edie Falco, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Michael Imperioli, Christopher Moltisanti, Lorraine Bracco, Tony Sirico, Robert Iler, Steve Van Zandt, Joe Pantoliano. Directed by Allen Coulter, Tim Van Patten.
Categories:  Television  Organized Crime  Drama

Law movies
St. Valentine's Day Massacre, The (1967)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  100 min. 
Plot: The history of the Feb. 14, 1929 organized crime incident between Al Capone and Bugs Moran.
Cast: Jason Robards, Geoge Segal, Ralph Meeker, Jean Hale. Directed by Roger Corman.
Categories:  Drama  History  Organized Crime

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Sting, The (1973)
Rated:  PG  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  129 min. 
Plot: When a mutual friend is killed by a mob boss, two con men seek revenge by pulling off "the big con" on this crime lord.
Cast: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw, Charles Durning, Ray Walston, Eileen Brennan. Directed by George Roy Hill.
Categories:  Drama  Organized Crime

Law movies
Sweet Sixteen (2002)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  106 min. 
Plot: Determined to have a normal family life once his mother gets out of prison, a Scottish teenager from a tough background sets out to raise the money for a home.
Cast: Martin Compston, Annmarie Fulton, William Ruane, Michelle Abercromby. Directed by Ken Loach.
Categories:  Drama  Family  Organized Crime

Law movies
Thief (1981)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  124 min. 
Plot: A master thief finds himself increasingly entangled with organized crime as he tries to make one last score before he retires.
Cast: James Caan, Tuesday Weld, Willie Nelson, James Belushi, Robert Prosky, Tom Signorelli, Dennis Farina. Directed by Michael Mann.
Categories:  Drama  Mystery/Suspense  Organized Crime

Law movies
Third Man, The (1949)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  104 min. B&W
Plot: An out of work pulp fiction novelist arrives in post war Vienna at the invitation of a childhood friend, only to discover that this friend has recently died in a peculiar traffic accident.
Cast: Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Trevor Howard, Orson Welles. Directed by Carol Reed.
Categories:  Organized Crime  International  Mystery/Suspense

Law movies
This Gun for Hire (1942)
Rated:  G  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  81 min. B&W
Plot: A hired-gun seeks revenge from a client that betrayed him.
Cast: Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Robert Preston, Laird Cregar. Directed by Frank Tuttle.
Categories:  Drama  Organized Crime  National Security

Law movies
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  115 min. 
Plot: With the help of an irreverent young sidekick, a bank robber gets his old gang back together to organize a daring new heist.
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Jeff Bridges, Geoffrey Lewis. Directed by Michael Cimino.
Categories:  Comedy  Drama  Organized Crime

Law movies
True Romance (1993)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  121 min. 
Plot: Newlyweds steal a suitcase full of cocaine and try to sell it in Hollywood.
Cast: Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer, Gary Oldman, Brad Pitt, Christopher Walken. Directed by Tony Scott.
Categories:  Criminal Law  Organized Crime  Romance

Law movies
Usual Suspects, The (1995)
Rated:  R  Stars: *****
Format:  DVD  106 min. 
Plot: Dragged in by the police, five professional thieves team up and uncover the identity of a criminal mastermind.
Cast: Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Benicio Del Toro, Kevin Pollak, Kevin Spacey, Chazz Palminteri, Pete Postlethwaite, Suzy Amis. Directed by Bryan Singer.
Categories:  Mystery/Suspense  Organized Crime  Law Enforcement

Law movies
Viva Riva! (2011)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***
Format:  DVD  98 min. 
Plot: A small time operator returns to his hometown, a seductively vibrant but lawless sprawl of shantytowns, gated villas and nightclubs. In French with English subtitles.
Cast: Manie Malone, Patsha Bay. Directed by Djo Munga.
Categories:  Foreign  Drama  Organized Crime

Law movies
Walking Tall (1973)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  124 min. 
Plot: A Tennessee sheriff almost single-handily cleans up his small town of crime and corruption, but at a personal cost to his family life and nearly his own life.
Cast: Joe Don Baker, Noah Berry Jr., Elizabeth Hartman, Felton Perry. Directed by Phil Karlson.
Categories:  Law Enforcement  Organized Crime  Biography

Law movies
Wanted (2008)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  110 min. 
Plot: A frustrated office worker learns that he is the son of a professional assassin, and that he shares his father's superhuman killing abilities.
Cast: James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman, Terrence Stamp, Thomas Kretschmann, Common, Angelina Jolie. Directed by Timur Bekmambetov.
Categories:  Action  Organized Crime

Law movies
Warriors, The (1979)
Rated:  R  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  93 min. 
Plot: A gang is framed for killing the leader of another who was trying to unite all the gangs in the area.
Cast: Michael Beck, James Remar, Dorsey Wright, Brian Tyler. Directed by Walter Hill.
Categories:  Organized Crime  Action  Criminal Law

Law movies
What Doesn't Kill You (2008)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  100 min. 
Plot: Two childhood friends from South Boston turn to crime as a way to get by, ultimately causing a strain in their personal lives and friendship.
Cast: Mark Ruffalo, Ethan Hawke, Amanda Peet. Directed by Brian Goodman.
Categories:  Family  Drama  Organized Crime

Law movies
White Heat (1949)
Rated:  NR  Stars: ****
Format:  DVD  113 min. B&W
Plot: A psychopathic criminal makes a daring break from prison and leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist.
Cast: James Cagney, Virginia Mayo. Directed by Louis F. Edelman.
Categories:  Criminal Law  Drama  Organized Crime

Law movies
Whitey (2014)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  107 min. 
Plot: Number 2 on America's Most Wanted list, James 'Whitey' Bulger terrorized the city of Boston for years without ever being charged with so much as a misdemeanor.
Cast: Characters portray themselves. Directed by Joe Berlinger.
Categories:  Biography  Documentary  Organized Crime

Law movies
Widows (2018)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  129 min. 
Plot: Four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands' criminal activities, take fate into their own hands, and conspire to forge a future on their own terms.
Cast: Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki. Directed by Steve McQueen.
Categories:  Drama  Organized Crime  Women

Law movies
Yakuza, The (1974)
Rated:  R  Stars: ***1/2
Format:  DVD  112 min. 
Plot: Harry returns to Japan after several years in order to rescue his friend's kidnapped daughter - and ends up on the wrong side of the notorious Japanese mafia.
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Ken Takadura, Brian Keith. Directed by Sydney Pollack.
Categories:  Action  Drama  Organized Crime

The Wolf Law Library welcomes your suggestions for additions to the Feature Film Collection! If there is a law-related movie you feel we might be missing, please submit your suggestion to the Circulation & Reserve Desk at lawcir@wm.edu.

You can view a list of all law library movies in the online catalog.