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Creed III(2023)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 45min | Drama, Action
3.6/5 (with 1,043 votes)

After dominating the boxing world, Adonis Creed has thrived in his career and family life. When a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy, Damian Anderson, resurfaces after serving a long sentence in prison, he is eager to prove that he deserves his shot in the ring. The face-off between former friends is more than just a fight. To settle the score, Adonis must put his future on the line to battle Damian — a fighter with nothing to lose.

Heat(1995)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 50min | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
4.0/5 (with 3,084 votes)

Obsessive master thief Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective Vincent Hanna pursues him without rest. Each man recognizes and respects the ability and the dedication of the other even though they are aware their cat-and-mouse game may end in violence.

Palmer(2021)

1h 50min | Drama
4.0/5 (with 472 votes)

After 12 years in prison, former high school football star Eddie Palmer returns home to put his life back together—and forms an unlikely bond with Sam, an outcast boy from a troubled home. But Eddie's past threatens to ruin his new life and family.

Desperation Road(2023)

1h 52min | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
3.6/5 (with 25 votes)

After 11 years in a Mississippi state prison, Russell Gaines struggles to leave his past sins behind him as he returns home to his stoic father, Mitchell. One fateful night he meets Maben, a young mother with nothing but a stolen gun and a murdered police deputy to her name. Desperate and on the run, Russell and Maben must trust one another to escape their own circumstances, before the truths of their intertwined violent past threatens to destroy them.

Double Jeopardy(1999)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 45min | Thriller, Crime, Mystery, Drama
3.3/5 (with 548 votes)

Framed for the murder of her husband, Libby Parsons survives the long years in prison with two burning desires sustaining her -- finding her son and solving the mystery that destroyed her once-happy life. Standing between her and her quest; however, is her parole officer, Travis Lehman. Libby poses a challenge to the cynical officer, one that forces him to face up to his own failings while pitting him against his superiors and law enforcement colleagues.

Bound(1996)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 45min | Drama, Thriller
3.6/5 (with 393 votes)

Corky, a tough female ex-convict working on an apartment renovation in a Chicago building, meets a couple living next door, Caesar, a paranoid mobster, and Violet, his seductive girlfriend, who is immediately attracted to her.

The Drop(2014)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 46min | Drama, Crime
3.4/5 (with 967 votes)

Bob Saginowski finds himself at the center of a robbery gone awry and entwined in an investigation that digs deep into the neighborhood's past where friends, families, and foes all work together to make a living - no matter the cost.

Jackie Brown(1997)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 34min | Crime, Thriller, Drama
3.7/5 (with 2,810 votes)

Jackie Brown is a flight attendant who gets caught in the middle of smuggling cash into the country for her gunrunner boss. When the cops try to use Jackie to get to her boss, she hatches a plan — with help from a bail bondsman — to keep the money for herself.

Spenser Confidential(2020)

1h 50min | Comedy, Action, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 1,066 votes)

Spenser, a former Boston patrolman who just got out from prison, teams up with Hawk, an aspiring fighter, to unravel the truth behind the death of two police officers.

Bullet to the Head(2013)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 32min | Action, Crime, Thriller
2.8/5 (with 552 votes)

After watching their respective partners die, a cop and a hitman form an alliance in order to bring down their common enemy.

Swordfish(2001)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 39min | Action, Crime, Thriller
3.1/5 (with 1,235 votes)

Rogue agent Gabriel Shear is determined to get his mitts on $9 billion stashed in a secret Drug Enforcement Administration account. He wants the cash to fight terrorism, but lacks the computer skills necessary to hack into the government mainframe. Enter Stanley Jobson, a n'er-do-well encryption expert who can log into anything.

Vacation Friends 2(2023)

1h 45min | Comedy
3.3/5 (with 78 votes)

Newly married couple Marcus and Emily invite their uninhibited besties Ron and Kyla to join them for a vacation when Marcus lands an all-expenses-paid trip to a Caribbean resort. When Kyla’s incarcerated father Reese is released and shows up at the resort unannounced, things get out of control, upending Marcus’ best laid plans and turning the vacation friends’ perfect trip into total chaos.

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Stolen(2012)

1h 36min | Action, Crime, Thriller
2.7/5 (with 460 votes)

Master thief Will Montgomery is just released from the State penitentiary after serving a 10 year sentence, is contacted by Vincent, his ex comrade in crime, who is holding Will’s teenage daughter ransom in a hijacked taxi cab. Vincent will only surrender her when Will reveals the whereabouts of the 20 million dollars he contrived to conceal from their last robbery.

Dragged Across Concrete(2018)

2h 38min | Crime, Action, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 403 votes)

Two policemen, one an old-timer, the other his volatile younger partner, find themselves suspended when a video of their strong-arm tactics becomes the media's cause du jour. Low on cash and with no other options, these two embittered soldiers descend into the criminal underworld to gain their just due, but instead find far more than they wanted awaiting them in the shadows.

The Boss(2016)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 31min | Comedy
2.9/5 (with 608 votes)

A titan of industry is sent to prison after she's caught for insider trading. When she emerges ready to rebrand herself as America's latest sweetheart, not everyone she screwed over is so quick to forgive and forget.

The Yards(2000)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 55min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
3.1/5 (with 181 votes)

In the rail yards of Queens, contractors repair and rebuild the city's subway cars. These contracts are lucrative, so graft and corruption are rife. When Leo Handler gets out of prison, he finds his aunt married to Frank Olchin, one of the big contractors; he's battling with a minority-owned firm for contracts.

Barbershop(2002)

FSK: 6+ years
| 1h 42min | Comedy, Drama
3.2/5 (with 191 votes)

A day in the life of a barbershop on the south side of Chicago. Calvin, who inherited the struggling business from his deceased father, views the shop as nothing but a burden and waste of his time. After selling the shop to a local loan shark, Calvin slowly begins to see his father's vision and legacy and struggles with the notion that he just sold it out.

Buffalo '66(1998)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 50min | Drama, Romance / Love, Comedy
3.6/5 (with 366 votes)

Billy is released after five years in prison. In the next moment, he kidnaps teenage student Layla and visits his parents with her, pretending she is his girlfriend and they will soon marry.

Nobody's Fool(2018)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 50min | Comedy, Romance / Love
3.1/5 (with 132 votes)

A woman, who gets released from prison and reunites with her sister, discovers she is in an online relationship with a man who may be "catfishing" her.

In Your Eyes(2014)

3.6/5 (with 315 votes)

Two seemingly unconnected souls from different corners of the United States make a telepathic bond that allows them to see, hear and feel the other's experiences, creating a bond that apparently can't be broken.

Blood Father(2016)

1h 28min | Action, Thriller, Drama
3.1/5 (with 681 votes)

An ex-con reunites with his estranged wayward 16-year old daughter to protect her from drug dealers who are trying to kill her.

The Limey(1999)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 29min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
3.3/5 (with 173 votes)

The Limey follows Wilson, a tough English ex-con who travels to Los Angeles to avenge his daughter's death. Upon arrival, Wilson goes to task battling Valentine and an army of L.A.'s toughest criminals, hoping to find clues and piece together what happened. After surviving a near-death beating, getting thrown from a building and being chased down a dangerous mountain road, the Englishman decides to dole out some bodily harm of his own.

Bait(2000)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 59min | Action, Thriller, Crime
2.9/5 (with 81 votes)

Landing in jail for a petty theft crime, Alvin finds himself sharing a cell with John Jaster, the incarcerated half of the pair of high-tech thieves responsible for the missing gold. His partner, Bristol, is still at large. Alvin wants only to get out of prison and start fresh with his girlfriend, Lisa, and when the Feds, led by U.S. Treasury investigator Clenteen, set him loose on a sketchy deal, he thinks his luck has changed. Alvin has his freedom and the Feds have found their bait.

Tangerine(2015)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 27min | Comedy, Drama
3.5/5 (with 278 votes)

It's Christmas Eve in Tinseltown and Sin-Dee is back on the block. Upon hearing that her pimp boyfriend hasn't been faithful during the 28 days she was locked up, the working girl and her best friend, Alexandra, embark on a mission to get to the bottom of the scandalous rumor. Their rip-roaring odyssey leads them through various subcultures of Los Angeles, including an Armenian family dealing with their own repercussions of infidelity.

Mauvais Sang(1986)

3.6/5 (with 100 votes)

Two aging crooks are given two weeks to repay a debt to a woman named The American. They recruit their recently deceased partner's son to help them break into a laboratory and steal the vaccine against STBO, a sexually transmitted disease that is sweeping the country. It's spread by having sex without emotional involvement, and most of its victims are teenagers who make love out of curiosity rather than commitment.

Spenser Confidential 2(2023)

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The Informer(2019)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 49min | Drama, Crime, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 366 votes)

In New York, former convict Pete Koslow, related to the Polish mafia, must deal with both Klimek the General, his ruthless boss, and the twisted ambitions of two federal agents, as he tries to survive and protect the lives of his loved ones.

Tenderness(2009)

1h 41min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
2.7/5 (with 45 votes)

Russell Crowe stars as Detective Cristofuoro, a semi-retired police officer who is trying to unravel the past to discover whether a violent teenager, Eric Poole (Jon Foster), was responsible for the murder of his family. Sophie Traub co-stars as Lori, the teenage runaway who falls under Eric's spell. Based on the novel by Robert Cormier.

Three Fugitives(1989)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 36min | Comedy, Crime
3.4/5 (with 119 votes)

On his first day after being released from jail for 14 armed bank robberies, Lucas finds himself caught up in someone else's robbery. Perry has decided to hold up the local bank to raise money so that he can keep his daughter, Meg, and get her the treatment she needs. Dugan, a detective, assumes Lucas helped plan the robbery, and hence Lucas, Perry and Meg become three fugitives.

Primal Rage(2018)

1h 46min | Horror
2.7/5 (with 28 votes)

A newly reunited young couple's drive through the Pacific Northwest turns into a nightmare as they are forced to face nature, unsavory locals, and a monstrous creature, known to the Native Americans as Oh-Mah.

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