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The Wolf of Wall Street(2013)

R
| 3h | Crime, Drama, Comedy
4.0/5 (with 11,232 votes)

A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.

Captive(2015)

PG-13
| 1h 37min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
2.9/5 (with 120 votes)

Based on a miraculous true story that drew the attention of the entire nation, is the dramatic, thrilling, and spiritual journey of Ashley Smith and Brian Nichols. After being taken hostage by Brian in her own apartment, Ashley turns to Rick Warren’s inspirational book, The Purpose Driven Life, for guidance. In reading from the book, Ashley not only finds purpose in her own life, but helps Brian find a more peaceful resolution to a harrowing situation.

Grey Eyes(2018)

2.5/5 (with 2 votes)

In a post-apocalyptic future, mankind is color blind. A brilliant scientist suddenly dies, leaving his precious briefcase-filled with a highly-addictive synthetic drug that allows people to see colors again-to Ana, a mere 12-year-old girl. Possession of the briefcase makes her the target of a doctor with wicked plans for the drug, and her only hope to escape his pursuit relies on the aid of the dead scientist's two devoted bodyguards. Together, their epic, perilous journey pivots on a tremendous secret: Ana herself could be the key to salvaging a world in ruins.

Priscilla(2023)

R
| 1h 50min | Romance / Love, Drama
3.5/5 (with 167 votes)

When teenage Priscilla Beaulieu meets Elvis Presley at a party, the man who is already a meteoric rock-and-roll superstar becomes someone entirely unexpected in private moments: a thrilling crush, an ally in loneliness, a vulnerable best friend.

Looper(2012)

3.4/5 (with 4,661 votes)

In the futuristic action thriller Looper, time travel will be invented but it will be illegal and only available on the black market. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target 30 years into the past where a looper, a hired gun, like Joe is waiting to mop up. Joe is getting rich and life is good until the day the mob decides to close the loop, sending back Joe's future self for assassination.

Angel Heart(1987)

R
| 1h 53min | Horror, Mystery
3.6/5 (with 636 votes)

Down-and-out private detective Harry Angel is ordered by the mysterious Louis Cyphre to go on a mission to find a missing person. His routine failure soon leads to a bloody spar with himself, as he goes on a supernatural journey into his own soul.

Lord of War(2005)

R
| 2h 2min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
3.6/5 (with 2,057 votes)

Yuri Orlov is a globetrotting arms dealer and, through some of the deadliest war zones, he struggles to stay one step ahead of a relentless Interpol agent, his business rivals and even some of his customers who include many of the world's most notorious dictators. Finally, he must also face his own conscience.

Trainspotting(1996)

R
| 1h 34min | Drama, Crime
4.0/5 (with 4,547 votes)

Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends -- Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy. He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane, along for the ride. After cleaning up and moving from Edinburgh to London, Mark finds he can't escape the life he left behind when Begbie shows up at his front door on the lam, and a scheming Sick Boy follows.

Cherry(2021)

R
| 2h 20min | Drama, Crime
3.7/5 (with 530 votes)

Cherry drifts from college dropout to army medic in Iraq - anchored only by his true love, Emily. But after returning from the war with PTSD, his life spirals into drugs and crime as he struggles to find his place in the world.

Burnt(2015)

R
| 1h 40min | Drama
3.3/5 (with 1,585 votes)

Adam Jones is a Chef who destroyed his career with drugs and diva behavior. He cleans up and returns to London, determined to redeem himself by spearheading a top restaurant that can gain three Michelin stars.

Gone Baby Gone(2007)

R
| 1h 53min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
3.7/5 (with 1,614 votes)

When 4 year old Amanda McCready disappears from her home and the police make little headway in solving the case, the girl's aunt, Beatrice McCready hires two private detectives, Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro. The detectives freely admit that they have little experience with this type of case, but the family wants them for two reasons—they're not cops and they know the tough neighborhood in which they all live.

Blow(2001)

R
| 2h 4min | Crime, Drama
3.7/5 (with 1,917 votes)

A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family. It is finally revealed that George's father cannot make a living and the family goes bankrupt. George does not want the same thing to happen to him, and his friend Tuna, in the 1960's, suggests that he deal marijuana. He is a big hit in California in the 1960's, yet he goes to jail, where he finds out about the wonders of cocaine. As a result, when released, he gets rich by bringing cocaine to America. However, he soon pays the price.

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Beautiful Boy(2018)

R
| 2h 1min | Drama
3.8/5 (with 1,069 votes)

After he and his first wife separate, journalist David Sheff struggles to help their teenage son, who goes from experimenting with drugs to becoming devastatingly addicted to methamphetamine.

Moonlight(2016)

R
| 1h 51min | Drama
3.7/5 (with 3,217 votes)

The tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality.

Almost Famous(2000)

R
| 2h 2min | Drama, Music
3.7/5 (with 1,167 votes)

In 1973, 15-year-old William Miller's unabashed love of music and aspiration to become a rock journalist lands him an assignment from Rolling Stone magazine to interview and tour with the up-and-coming band, Stillwater.

Reminiscence(2021)

PG-13
| 2h 28min | Mystery, Science Fiction
3.4/5 (with 735 votes)

Nicolas Bannister, a rugged and solitary veteran living in a near-future Miami flooded by rising seas, is an expert in a dangerous occupation: he offers clients the chance to relive any memory they desire. His life changes when he meets a mysterious young woman named Mae. What begins as a simple matter of lost and found becomes a passionate love affair. But when a different client's memories implicate Mae in a series of violent crimes, Bannister must delve through the dark world of the past to uncover the truth about the woman he fell for.

The Florida Project(2017)

R
| 1h 52min | Drama
3.7/5 (with 1,202 votes)

The story of a precocious six year-old and her ragtag group of friends whose summer break is filled with childhood wonder, possibility and a sense of adventure while the adults around them struggle with hard times.

Directed by Sean Baker - With Willem Dafoe, Caleb Landry Jones, Macon Blair, Brooklynn Prince, Bria Vinaite, Christopher Rivera, ...

From Hell(2001)

R
| 2h 2min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 1,236 votes)

Frederick Abberline is an opium-huffing inspector from Scotland Yard who falls for one of Jack the Ripper's prostitute targets in this Hughes brothers adaption of a graphic novel that posits the Ripper's true identity.

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me(1992)

R
| 2h 15min | Drama, Mystery, Horror
3.7/5 (with 820 votes)

In the questionable town of Deer Meadow, Washington, FBI Agent Desmond inexplicably disappears while hunting for the man who murdered a teen girl. The killer is never apprehended, and, after experiencing dark visions and supernatural encounters, Agent Dale Cooper chillingly predicts that the culprit will claim another life. Meanwhile, in the more cozy town of Twin Peaks, hedonistic beauty Laura Palmer hangs with lowlifes and seems destined for a grisly fate.

August: Osage County(2013)

R
| 2h 1min | Comedy, Drama
3.4/5 (with 656 votes)

A look at the lives of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Midwest house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them.

Sabotage(2014)

R
| 1h 50min | Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime
2.8/5 (with 658 votes)

John "Breacher" Wharton leads an elite DEA task force that takes on the world's deadliest drug cartels. When the team successfully executes a high-stakes raid on a cartel safe house, they think their work is done – until, one-by-one, the team members mysteriously start to be eliminated. As the body count rises, everyone is a suspect.

The Big Sleep(1946)

NR
| 1h 56min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
3.8/5 (with 427 votes)

Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy General Sternwood regarding a matter involving his youngest daughter Carmen. Before the complex case is over, Marlowe sees murder, blackmail, deception, and what might be love.

Crisis(2021)

R
| 1h 58min | Thriller, Crime, Drama
3.2/5 (with 125 votes)

Three stories about the world of opioids collide: a drug trafficker arranges a multi-cartel Fentanyl smuggling operation between Canada and the U.S., an architect recovering from an OxyContin addiction tracks down the truth behind her son's involvement with narcotics, and a university professor battles unexpected revelations about his research employer, a drug company with deep government influence bringing a new "non-addictive" painkiller to market.

Dreamgirls(2006)

PG-13
| 2h 14min | Drama, Music
3.4/5 (with 440 votes)

A trio of female soul singers cross over to the pop charts in the early 1960s, facing their own personal struggles along the way.

Directed by Bill Condon - With Jamie Foxx, Beyoncé, Eddie Murphy, Danny Glover, Anika Noni Rose, Keith Robinson, ...

Real(2017)

2h 17min | Action, Crime, Thriller
2.7/5 (with 21 votes)

Jang Tae-Young is a popular trouble shooter in the criminal world. He is cold and ambitious. He dreams of building a casino hotel one day. A reporter then goes to Jang Tae-Young.

Directed by Love Lee - With Kim Soo-hyun, Sung Dong-il, Lee Sung-min, Jo Woo-jin, Sulli, Gyeongree, ...

Ed Wood(1994)

2h 7min | Comedy, Drama, History
3.8/5 (with 1,034 votes)

The mostly true story of the legendary "worst director of all time", who, with the help of his strange friends, filmed countless B-movies without ever becoming famous or successful.

Winchester(2018)

PG-13
| 1h 40min | Horror, Thriller
3.0/5 (with 788 votes)

San Jose, California, 1906. Isolated in her labyrinthine mansion, eccentric firearm heiress Sarah Winchester believes that she is being haunted by the souls of those killed by the guns manufactured by her company.

Bringing Out the Dead(1999)

R
| 2h 1min | Drama
3.3/5 (with 476 votes)

Once called "Father Frank" for his efforts to rescue lives, Frank Pierce sees the ghosts of those he failed to save around every turn. He has tried everything he can to get fired, calling in sick, delaying taking calls where he might have to face one more victim he couldn't help, yet cannot quit the job on his own.

Basic(2003)

R
| 1h 38min | Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Crime
3.3/5 (with 445 votes)

A DEA agent investigates the disappearance of a legendary Army ranger drill sergeant and several of his cadets during a training exercise gone severely awry.

Sid and Nancy(1986)

R
| 1h 54min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.4/5 (with 212 votes)

January 1978. After their success in England, the punk rock band Sex Pistols venture out on their tour of the southern United States. Temperamental bassist Sid Vicious is forced by his band mates to travel without his troubled girlfriend, Nancy Spungen, who will meet him in New York. When the band breaks up and Sid begins his solo career in a hostile city, the turbulent couple definitely falls into the depths of drug addiction.

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