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The Bikeriders (2023), an American period crime drama film written and directed by Jeff Nichols, follows the story of Kathy Bauer as she meets Benny Cross, an impulsive member of the Vandals Motorcycle Club based in Chicago. Despite knowing each other for just five weeks, they get married. Meanwhile, photography student Danny Lyon joins the Vandals on their journey and interviews them along the way. During his time with the club, he comes to learn that founder Johnny Davis was inspired to create it after watching Marlon Brando in The Wild One. However, Johnny faces a challenge to his leadership when he rejects a ...

The American crime thriller film, Emily the Criminal (2022), marks the feature directorial debut of John Patton Ford. The story follows Emily Benetto, a resident of Los Angeles burdened with significant debt. Due to a past felony conviction, she faces difficulties in securing a high-paying job and instead works as a food delivery independent contractor. In an effort to earn some extra cash, she is introduced by a colleague to a “dummy shopper” service that claims to pay $200 for just one hour of work. Emily comes across a credit card fraud scheme and meets Youcef, one of ...

Based on a nonfiction book by Baltimore Sun reporter Justin Fenton, We Own This City (2022) is an American crime drama miniseries. It was created by George Pelecanos and David Simon and directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green. HBO airs the six-episode series on April 25, 2022. The miniseries chronicles the ascent and downfall of Baltimore’s Gun Trace Task Force, exposing the pervasive corruption within. Focusing on Sergeant Wayne ...

The crime drama film, Ray Donovan: The Movie (2022), was directed and co-written by David Hollander and Liev Schreiber, respectively. Serving as a continuation of the TV series of the same name’s final season in 2020, it revolves around the main character, played by Schreiber, and his familial connections with brothers Terry, Bunchy, and Daryll. Premiering on Showtime on January 14th, the movie garnered a nomination for Outstanding Television Movie at the 74th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards.

Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (2022–2024) is the debut season of the true crime anthology series, Monster, produced by Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan for Netflix. It premiered on September 21, 2022 with Murphy as showrunner and executive producer alongside Brennan. The series delves into the infamous life of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, while also featuring key characters such as Dahmer’s father Lionel, stepmother Shari, neighbor Glenda, and grandmother Catherine. Reviews for Dahmer were mixed, but it ...

Directed by Lee Sang-yong, The Roundup (2022) is a South Korean crime action film that centers around Detective Ma Seok-do and Captain Jeon Il-man. Together, they embark on a mission to Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam to extradite Yoo Jong-hoon, a suspect wanted for his involvement in a brutal murder case. Upon arriving in Vietnam, they encounter a group of Koreans living there and begin to piece together the events leading up to Choi Yong-gi’s kidnapping and death at the hands of Kang Hae-sang, a violent killer who has been targeting Koreans and tourists for money. As they delve deeper into their investigation, they ...

Directed by Ridley Scott, an American film House of Gucci (2021) is a biographical crime drama based on Sara Gay Forden’s book The House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed. Set in Italy during the year 1978, it follows Patrizia Reggiani as she works as an office manager for her father’s small trucking firm. At a party, she meets Maurizio Gucci, a law student and heir to 50% of the Gucci fashion house through his father Rodolfo. Patrizia aggressively pursues Maurizio and they fall in love. Despite warnings from Rodolfo ...

Adiós (2019) is a Spanish drama film directed by Paco Cabezas, starring Mario Casas, Natalia de Molina, and Ruth Díaz. Set in Seville, Andalucía (southern Spain), the movie takes place in the neighborhood of Las 3.000 Viviendas (The 3,000 Homes or ‘The 3,000’ for short), a ruthless and lawless area where police have no control. Juan Santos, a con man with supervised freedom, is released from jail for one day to celebrate his daughter Estrella’s First ...

The film The Highwaymen (2019), directed by John Lee Hancock and written by John Fusco, follows the story of notorious criminals Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow. In 1934, after two years on the run, they break several associates out of Texas’ Eastham Prison Farm. To track them down, Chief Lee Simmons of the Texas Department of Corrections convinces Governor ‘Ma’ Ferguson to hire retired Texas Ranger Frank Hamer. Despite his reluctance to leave retirement and his wife Gladys, Hamer joins the manhunt after a shootout in Missouri involving the fugitives. He ...

City on a Hill (2019–2022) is an American crime drama series created by Charlie MacLean, based on a story by Ben Affleck and MacLean. The show features a talented cast including Kevin Bacon, Aldis Hodge, Amanda Clayton, Cathy Moriarty, Kevin Dunn, and

Set in 1969 Hollywood, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (2019) is a comedy-drama film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. The story follows Rick Dalton, a former star of the Western show Bounty Law, as he faces the decline of his career. After only landing small roles as TV villains, Dalton’s agent Marvin Schwarz suggests he make Spaghetti Westerns in Italy – an option that Dalton looks down on. His closest companion is Cliff Booth, a war veteran who serves as his stunt double, personal assistant, and driver. Booth lives in a trailer with his pit bull Brandy and struggles to find work due to rumors ...

The film The Irishman (2019) is a Martin Scorsese-directed and produced epic gangster movie, based on Steven Zaillian’s screenplay adapted from the book I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt. It follows the story of Frank Sheeran, an elderly Irish-American WWII veteran living in a nursing home, who reflects on his past as a hitman for the Italian-American Mafia. Sheeran starts off as a delivery truck driver in 1950s Philadelphia and begins selling meat shipments to local gangster ‘Skinny ...

The Gentlemen (2019) is an action comedy film written, directed and produced by Guy Ritchie, who also co-developed the story with Ivan Atkinson and Marn Davies. The editor of the Daily Print tabloid, Big Dave, feeling slighted by cannabis baron Mickey Pearson at a party, hires private detective Fletcher to look into Pearson’s connections with Lord Pressfield. Laura, Pressfield’s daughter and a heroin addict, becomes a focus of Fletcher’s investigation. In an attempt to profit from his findings (which he ...

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019), an American neo-Western crime thriller film, is part of the Breaking Bad franchise. Acting as a sequel and epilogue to the television series, it continues the story of Jesse Pinkman, who joins forces with former teacher Walter White to build a crystal meth empire in Albuquerque. In a flashback to their time together in Walter’s meth business, Jesse asks Mike Ehrmantraut where he would start over if given the chance. Mike mentions Alaska as an option, which piques Jesse’s interest. Despite expressing his desire to make things right for his past actions, Mike cautions that starting over would make that ...

The American crime drama, The Mule (2018), was both directed and produced by Clint Eastwood, who also stars in the film. After missing his daughter Iris’s wedding to receive a prestigious lifetime award for his work as a horticulturalist in 2005, Korean War veteran Earl Stone faces the consequences of choosing his career over his family. This event leads to his daughter cutting off communication and his wife filing for divorce. Twelve years later, Earl attends his granddaughter Ginny’s wedding rehearsal without revealing that he is bankrupt and facing foreclosure on his once successful flower farm. It is ...

Dragged Across Concrete (2018) is a riveting neo-noir crime thriller written and directed by S. Craig Zahler. Set in the fictional city of Bulwark, the film follows Henry Johns, a recently paroled individual who confronts his mother about her return to prostitution and drug use before meeting up with his brother Ethan, who has a disability. Meanwhile, Detectives Brett Ridgeman and Anthony Lurasetti find themselves suspended without pay from their police department due to a video that exposes their use of excessive force on a drug dealer. In dire need of money, Ridgeman hopes to move his family to a safer neighborhood ...

Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018) is a thriller directed by Stefano Sollima and written by Taylor Sheridan. After ISIS commits a deadly bombing in Kansas City, CIA agent Matt Graver is recruited by the U.S. government to investigate. Suspecting involvement from Mexican drug cartels, Graver enlists Alejandro Gillick and collaborates with Department of Defense officials to instigate conflict between rival factions. To maintain plausible deniability, Graver seeks assistance from PMC official Andy Wheeldon for mercenaries, helicopters, and communication equipment. Meanwhile, ...

Directed by James Marsh, King of Thieves (2018) is a British heist film that revolves around the infamous Hatton Garden safe deposit burglary of 2015. The main character, Brian Reader, is a retired thief who reunites with old criminal acquaintances at his wife’s funeral. During their brief conversation, they all express interest in carrying out one final heist – targeting the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit. With plans set in motion after the funeral, Brian and his cohorts, all in their 60s and 70s except for one young alarms expert named Basil, gather to meticulously plan their robbery. To minimize the risk of ...

Widows (2018), a neo-noir heist thriller directed by Steve McQueen, follows Harry Rawlings and his criminal gang as they steal $2,000,000 from Chicago crime boss Jamal Manning. During their getaway, the van is destroyed in a police standoff. In need of funds for his campaign for alderman of a South Side ward, Jamal threatens Veronica, Harry’s widow. Veronica is given a key to a safety deposit box by Bash, Harry’s loyal chauffeur. Inside is Harry’s notebook with a detailed plan for stealing an additional $5 million from Jamal’s opponent, Jack Mulligan. Despite being advised to sell the notebook to ...

A South Korean crime action film, The Outlaws (2017), tells the story of a turf war between a local gang in Garibong-dong and the Heuksapa gang from Yanbian. As violence continues to escalate, the police are called in to restore peace. Jang Chen, leader of the Chinese mainland gang Black Dragon, ruthlessly collects money as a loan shark in Seoul’s Chinatown. Backed by his henchmen Wei Sung-Rak and Yang-Tae, Jang Chen sets his sights on taking over Chinatown and eliminating rival gangs Venom Gang, led by Ahn Sung-Tae, and Cobra Gang, led by Jang-I-Soo. As tensions rise and violence erupts, Detective Ma Suk-Do and Captain Jeon Il-man work to maintain order in ...