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Trading Places(1983)

R
| 1h 56min | Comedy
3.6/5 (with 1,421 votes)

A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.

Road House(1989)

R
| 1h 54min | Action, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 450 votes)

The Double Deuce is the meanest, loudest and rowdiest bar south of the Mason-Dixon Line, and Dalton has been hired to clean it up. He might not look like much, but the Ph.D.-educated bouncer proves he's more than capable -- busting the heads of troublemakers and turning the roadhouse into a jumping hot-spot. But Dalton's romance with the gorgeous Dr. Clay puts him on the bad side of cutthroat local big shot Brad Wesley.

The Way of the Dragon(1972)

R
| 1h 40min | Action, Crime
3.7/5 (with 471 votes)

Tang Lung arrives in Rome to help his cousins in the restaurant business. They are being pressured to sell their property to the syndicate, who will stop at nothing to get what they want. When Tang arrives he poses a new threat to the syndicate, and they are unable to defeat him. The syndicate boss hires the best Japanese and European martial artists to fight Tang, but he easily finishes them off.

Directed by Bruce Lee - With Nora Miao, Chuck Norris, Hwang In-shik, Robert Wall, Paul Wei Ping-ao, Bruce Lee, ...

Double Impact(1991)

R
| 1h 50min | Thriller, Action, Crime, Drama
3.0/5 (with 477 votes)

Jean Claude Van Damme plays a dual role as Alex and Chad, twins separated at the death of their parents. Chad is raised by a family retainer in Paris, Alex becomes a petty crook in Hong Kong. Seeing a picture of Alex, Chad rejoins him and convinces him that his rival in Hong Kong is also the man who killed their parents. Alex is suspicious of Chad, especially when it comes to his girlfriend.

Baby's Day Out(1994)

3.1/5 (with 561 votes)

Baby Bink couldn't ask for more: he has adoring (if somewhat sickly-sweet) parents, lives in a huge mansion, and he's just about to appear in the social pages of the paper. Unfortunately, not everyone in the world is as nice as Baby Bink's parents—especially the three enterprising kidnappers who pretend to be photographers from the newspaper. Successfully kidnapping Baby Bink, they have a harder time keeping hold of the rascal, who not only keeps one step ahead of them, but seems to be more than a little bit smarter than the three bumbling criminals.

Kangaroo Jack(2003)

PG
| 1h 29min | Kids & Family, Comedy, Adventure, Crime
2.6/5 (with 385 votes)

Two childhood friends — a New York hairstylist and a wanna-be musician — get mixed-up with the mob and are forced to deliver $50,000 to Australia, but things go all wrong when the money is lost to a wild kangaroo.

Lucky Number Slevin(2006)

R
| 1h 50min | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery
3.7/5 (with 1,790 votes)

Slevin is mistakenly put in the middle of a personal war between the city’s biggest criminal bosses. Under constant watch, Slevin must try not to get killed by an infamous assassin and come up with an idea of how to get out of his current dilemma.

Cradle 2 the Grave(2003)

R
| 1h 41min | Action, Crime, Drama
3.0/5 (with 420 votes)

Gang leader Tony pulls off a major diamond heist with his crew, but cop-turned-criminal Ling knows who has the loot and responds by kidnapping Tony's daughter and holding her for ransom. Unfortunately, Tony's lost the diamonds as well. As he frantically searches for his daughter and the jewels, Tony pairs with a high-kicking government agent who once worked with Ling and seeks revenge on him.

The Whole Nine Yards(2000)

R
| 1h 38min | Comedy, Crime
3.2/5 (with 797 votes)

After a mobster agrees to cooperate with an FBI investigation in order to stay out of prison, he's relocated by the authorities to a life of suburban anonymity as part of a witness protection program. It's not long before a couple of his new neighbours figure out his true identity and come knocking to see if he'd be up for one more hit—suburban style.

Four Rooms(1995)

R
| 1h 38min | Crime, Comedy
2.9/5 (with 1,195 votes)

It's Ted the Bellhop's first night on the job...and the hotel's very unusual guests are about to place him in some outrageous predicaments. It seems that this evening's room service is serving up one unbelievable happening after another.

Police Story 2(1988)

PG-13
| 2h 2min | Action, Crime, Thriller
3.5/5 (with 214 votes)

The Hong Kong super-cop must stop a group of blackmailing bombers at the same time that the villains of the first Police Story are out for revenge.

Directed by Jackie Chan - With Maggie Cheung, Charlie Cho, Jackie Chan, Benny Lai, Bill Tung, Chor Yuen, ...

Mad Money(2008)

PG-13
| 1h 44min | Action, Comedy, Crime
3.2/5 (with 292 votes)

Three female employees of the Federal Reserve plot to steal money that is about to be destroyed.

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From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money(1999)

R
| 1h 28min | Crime, Action, Horror, Thriller
2.3/5 (with 189 votes)

A gang of bank-robbing misfits heads to Mexico with the blueprints for the perfect million-dollar heist, but when one of the crooks wanders into the wrong bar... and crosses the wrong vampire... the thieving cohorts develop a thirst for blood!

Death Sentence(2007)

R
| 1h 45min | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
3.4/5 (with 474 votes)

Nick Hume is a mild-mannered executive with a perfect life, until one gruesome night he witnesses something that changes him forever. Transformed by grief, Hume eventually comes to the disturbing conclusion that no length is too great when protecting his family.

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang(2005)

R
| 1h 43min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
3.6/5 (with 1,201 votes)

A petty thief posing as an actor is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation along with his high school dream girl and a detective who's been training him for his upcoming role...

White Men Can't Jump(1992)

R
| 1h 55min | Comedy, Drama
3.3/5 (with 549 votes)

Two street basketball hustlers try to con each other, then team up for a bigger score.

Hard Rain(1998)

R
| 1h 37min | Thriller, Crime, Action
2.9/5 (with 298 votes)

An armored car driver tries to elude a gang of thieves while a flood ravages the countryside.

No Retreat, No Surrender(1986)

PG
| 1h 25min | Action
3.1/5 (with 229 votes)

Young Jason Stillwell moves with his parents to Seattle, where local bullies harass them without mercy. Jason's father Tom does not believe in violence, so the family takes it on the chin. One day Jason enrolls in a martial arts class and quietly rises in rank to be a major contender. His mettle is tested in an international match against Ivan, a Russian champion.

Barbershop(2002)

PG-13
| 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.

Tampopo(1985)

NR
| 1h 55min | Comedy
4.0/5 (with 137 votes)

In this humorous paean to the joys of food, a pair of truck drivers happen onto a decrepit roadside shop selling ramen noodles. The widowed owner, Tampopo, begs them to help her turn her establishment into a paragon of the "art of noodle-soup making". Interspersed are satirical vignettes about the importance of food to different aspects of human life.

Ocean's Eleven(1960)

NR
| 2h 7min | Crime, Comedy, Music
3.3/5 (with 135 votes)

Danny Ocean and his gang attempt to rob the five biggest casinos in Las Vegas in one night.

Small Time Crooks(2000)

PG
| 1h 34min | Comedy, Crime
3.2/5 (with 284 votes)

A loser of a crook and his wife strike it rich when a botched bank job's cover business becomes a spectacular success.

Saving Grace(2000)

R
| 1h 33min | Crime, Comedy
3.3/5 (with 182 votes)

Unexpectedly widowed, prim and proper housewife Grace Trevethyn finds herself in dire financial straits when she inherits massive debts her late husband had been accruing for years. Faced with losing her house, she decides to use her talent for horticulture and hatches a plan to grow potent marijuana which can be sold at an astronomical price, thus solving her financial crisis.

Chopper(2000)

R
| 1h 34min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
3.4/5 (with 145 votes)

The true and infamous story of Australia's notorious criminal Mark 'Chopper' Read and his years of crime, interest in violence, drugs and prostitutes.

Directed by Andrew Dominik - With Eric Bana, Bill Young, Kate Beahan

Going Places(1974)

R
| 1h 57min | Comedy, Drama
3.4/5 (with 185 votes)

Two whimsical, aimless thugs harass and assault women, steal, murder, and alternately charm, fight, or sprint their way out of trouble. They take whatever the bourgeoisie holds dear, whether it’s cars, peace of mind, or daughters. Marie-Ange, a jaded, passive hairdresser, joins them as lover, cook, and mother confessor. She’s on her own search for seemingly unattainable sexual pleasure.

Thieves and Robbers(1983)

1h 41min | Action, Comedy, Crime
3.2/5 (with 52 votes)

LAPD Captain Parker finally is going on Holiday with all his family. At the last moment he has to cancel the program to re-capture a pilferer named Tony Roma, bad copy of a Latin lover. He use to seduce older women and then steals their jewelry. Parker is close to sort the case out when Roma is witness of a Mafia murder. Parker Holiday flies away.

Breaking News(2004)

1h 30min | Action, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
3.5/5 (with 63 votes)

When an ambulatory TV news unit live broadcasts the embarrassing defeat of a police battalion by five bank robbers in a ballistic showdown, the credibility of the police force drops to a nadir. While on a separate investigation in a run-down building, detective Cheung discovers the hideout of the robbers. Cheung and his men have also entered the building, getting ready to take their foes out any minute. Meanwhile, in order to beat the media at its own game, Inspector Rebecca decides to turn the stakeout into a breaking news show.

Harlem Nights(1989)

R
| 1h 56min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
3.1/5 (with 128 votes)

'Sugar' Ray is the owner of an illegal casino and must contend with the pressure of vicious gangsters and corrupt police who want to see him go out of business. In the world of organised crime and police corruption in the 1920s, any dastardly trick is fair.

Killing Zoe(1993)

R
| 1h 36min | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
3.2/5 (with 142 votes)

Zed is an American vault-cracker who travels to Paris to meet up with his old friend Eric. Eric and his gang have planned to raid the only bank in the city which is open on Bastille day. After offering his services, Zed soon finds himself trapped in a situation beyond his control when heroin abuse, poor planning and a call-girl named Zoe all conspire to turn the robbery into a very bloody siege.

Killer's Kiss(1955)

1h 8min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
3.2/5 (with 226 votes)

The film revolves around Davey Gordon, a 29 year old welterweight New York boxer in the end of his career, and his relationship with a dancer and her violent employer.

Directed by Stanley Kubrick - With Frank Silvera, Chris Chase, Barbara Brand, Felice Orlandi, Ruth Sobotka, Shaun O'Brien, ...
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