Movies (fiction) by Category

25th hour 2014

Monty Brogan is facing a seven year prison sentence for dealing drugs. On the night before he has to go to prison, he decides to go out with his friends one last time, and re-examines his life in the process. 1 videodisc (134 min.)

MEDIA 10-5448

 

48 hours 2007, 1982

48 hours: Hard-nosed cop Jack Cates reluctantly teams up with wise-cracking prison inmate Reggie Hammon (temporarily paroled to him for 48 hours) in order to track down the felon's ex-partners. Another 48 hours: Hard-nosed cop Cates and ex-con Hammond team up together again--Cates to prove he's innocent of manslaughter in a drug bust gone wrong, and Hammond, who's just been released from prison, to fight those trying to take his life. 1 videodisc (97 min. ; 95 min.)

MEDIA 10-4452

 

Across 110th Street 2001, 1972

A hard-edged cop on the take for years battles the Mafia and local gansters in Harlem. 1 videodisc (101 min.)

MEDIA 10-4024

 

Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a train c2004, 1951

Guy Haines, a tennis star who hates his wife, is approached on a train by a stranger, Bruno Anthony, who hates his father. Anthony offers a plan: each could kill the other's victim. No motive, no clue would link the two murders save the casual meeting of strangers on a train. 2 videodiscs (101 min.)

MEDIA 10-4055

 

American history X 2012

"Derek Vinyard, the charismatic leader of a group of young white supremacists in Los Angeles, lands in prison for a brutal, hate-driven murder. Upon his release, ashamed of his past and pledging to reform, Derek realizes he must save his younger brother, Danny, from a similar fate. A groundbreaking controversial drama about the tragic consequences of racism in a family."--Container. 1 videodisc (119 min.)

MEDIA 10-5445

 

Analyze this 1999

Kenneth Lonergan, Peter Tolan, Harold Ramis, Paula Weinstein, Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro, Billy Crystal, Lisa Kudrow, Joe Viterelli, Chazz Palminteri, Warner Bros, Village Roadshow Pictures, NPV Entertainment (Firm), Baltimore Spring Creek Pictures (Firm), Face Productions, Tribeca Productions, and Warner Home Video (Firm)

A spoof on the gangster roles that have been associated with De Niro's film career, this is the story of an anxiety-ridden Mafia boss who monopolizes the services of a family psychiatrist. 1 videodisc (104 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3063

 

Bad day at Black Rock 2005, 1955

A one-armed stranger arrives in a tiny desert town, the locals possessing a dark past they want to keep secret, by any means necessary. 1 videodisc (81 min.)

MEDIA 10-4938

 

Baise-moi c2000

"Manu is violently raped by a group of savage young thugs. Nadine, a tough-skinned prostitute, sells her body but refuses to give up her soul. Chance unites them and together they decide to alter their destinies. Angry at the world, the embark on a twisted, rage-filled road trip."--Container. 1 videodisc (74 min.)

MEDIA 10-3900

 

The big sleep 2005

Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a rich family. Before the complex case is over, he's seen murder, blackmail, and what might be love. 1 videodisc (114 min.)

MEDIA 10-5477

 

Blonde ice 2003, 1948

Society reporter comes under suspicion when her series of rich husbands die mysteriously. 1 videodisc (74 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3780

 

Blood simple c2001, 1984

When Marty, the owner of a Texas backwoods bar, hires a man to kill his cheating wife and her boyfriend, he opens a door into the criminal world that he'll never be able to shut. The sleazy hit man decides instead to shoot Marty, thereby collecting his unearned fee and eliminating the only person who could implicate him-- or so he thinks. 1 videodisc (96 min.)

MEDIA 10-4043

 

Bonnie and Clyde 2008, 1967

The story of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, who robbed banks across the country during the Depression era. 2 videodiscs (111 min.)

MEDIA 10-4001

 

The Boston strangler Based on the true story of "Boston Strangler" Albert De Salvo, the man who terrorized the city for a year and a half when he murdered 13 women. 1 videodisc (116 min.)

MEDIA 10-5412

 

Bullets over Broadway 2011

An ambitious young playwright must tolerate the floozy girlfriend of a mob figure to get financing for his new play. 1 videodisc (99 min.)

MEDIA 10-5332

 

Burglar c1998, 1987

Ex-con Bernice Rhodenbarr is tough, smart, funny--and in one helluva mess. A double-dealing cop's got the goods on her for a long-ago theft and wants $20,000 to keep from squealing. Of course, there's only one way Bernice can come up with dough like that--turn burglar for one last heist. 1 videodisc (102 min.)

MEDIA 10-4022

 

Buta to gunkan Pigs and battleships c2009

Hisashi Yamanouchi, Kano Otsuka, Sh ohei Imamura, Hiroyuki Nagato, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Y oko Minamida, Shinsaku Himeda, Toshir o Mayuzumi, Tony Rayns, Audie Bock, Nikkatsu Kabushiki Kaisha, Janus Films, and Criterion Collection (Firm)

Portrays postwar Japan through the power struggles between small-time gangsters in the port town of Yokosuka, where American soliders are based. 1 videodisc (108 min.)

MEDIA 10-1950

 

By hook or by crook 2002

A magical buddy film about two friends who steal and grift their way towards understanding themselves and the crazy world around them. 1 videodisc (95 min.)

MEDIA 10-3873

 

Carlos 2010

Olivier Assayas, Daniel Leconte, Edgar Ramirez, Fadi Abi Samra, Juana Acosta, Ahmad Kaabour, Studio Canal+, Egoli Tossell Film AG, Doc en Stock (Firm), and Comstar Home Entertainment

A fictionalized account of Venezuelan revolutionary Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, who founded a worldwide terrorist organization and raided the 1975 OPEC meeting. 3 videodiscs (328 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2330

 

City of hope 1992

An honest politician and the son of a corrupt contractor find their lives intersecting in surprising ways with the powerful and powerless of a decaying East Coast city in this portrait of the corruption, bigotry and violence of urban America. 1 videocassette (130 min.)

MEDIA 10-5303

 

Civil brand 2004

Frances has been sent to the "pen" for killing her abusive husband. After being abused, violated and persecuted by the prison warden, the women from the cellblock rise up and revolt against the injustices of the penitentiary and the "new plantation" workplace that harvest human labor for big-time profit. Nothing will stop Frances and her fellow inmates in this brutal battle for justice. 1 videodisc (91 min.)

MEDIA 10-5006

 

Clockers 1995

Two brothers grow up together in the same Brooklyn housing projects, but they are as opposite as good and evil. Victor Dunham has a family, works two jobs and leads a respectable life. His 19-year-old brother, Strike, hangs out with his friends on a bench and sells crack cocaine. Strike agrees to kill a rival dealer as a favor to Rodney, the neighborhood drug kingpin, but when the man is murdered, it is Victor who confesses. Detective Rocco Kleine won't buy Victor's confession, and begins to attempt to break down the stories of both brothers in order to save Victor. 1 videodisc (128 min.)

MEDIA 10-4693

 

A clockwork orange 2007, 1971

Stanley Kubrick, Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates, Warren Clarke, John Clive, Wendy Carlos, Anthony Burgess, Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ), and Warner Home Video (Firm)

"Being the adventures of a young man who couldn't resist pretty girls, or a bit of the old ultra-violence, who went to jail, was re-conditioned, and came out a different young man. Or was he?" So might opine your humble narrator, Alex. Alex and his droogs Georgie, Dim, and Pete are bored. Alex loves Ludwig van, milk bars, and mayhem. One night a botched burglary ends in murder. Apprehended by the police, Alex is tried, sentenced, and sent to prison for fourteen years. Two years into his sentence, he signs up for The Ludovico Treatment, and is released as cured. However, the world is a harsh and violent place, and now Alex is unable to defend himself. O my brothers, what will happen to poor Alex now? 2 videodiscs (137 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3414

 

Compulsion 2006, 1959

Chicago, 1924. Two young men, one bossy and intimidating, the other sensitive and introverted, thought their superior intellect would enable them to pull off "The perfect crime." The result is a sensational case with defense attorney Jonathan Wilk putting capital punishment itself on trial. 1 videodisc (103 min.)

MEDIA 10-4617

 

Cruising 2007, 1980

Steve Burns is sent undercover to find a serial killer who brutally slays and dismembers gay men in New York's S & M subculture. Working almost completely isolated from his department, he has to learn and practice the rules of this little society. 1 videodisc (102 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3779

 

The curse of the jade scorpion 2002

Someone is stealing millions in jewels from New York City's upper crust. It's up to insurance investigator C.W. Briggs to find out who is stealing the goods. Feeling that the heists are an inside job, he uses his instincts to discover which "insiders" are actually responsible. Those instincts are slightly hampered by a hypnotic spell placed on him by Zoltan. 1 videodisc (102 min.)

MEDIA 10-5329

 

Le deuxičme souffle c2008, 1966

Charles Lumbroso, André Labay, José Giovanni, Jean-Pierre Melville, Marcel Combes, Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Raymond Pellegrin, Christine Fabréga, Marcel Bozzuffi, Paul Frankeur, Bernard Gérard, José Giovanni, Société nouvelle Prodis, and Criterion Collection (Firm)

A French criminal, recently escaped from prison and trying to pull off a robbery, finds himself being chased by an inspector. 1 videodisc (144 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2851

 

Dog day afternoon 2006, 1975

The story of a botched bank robbery that occurred August 22, 1972 in Brooklyn, New York and turned into a bizarre hostage situation lasting all day. The lead robber wishes to obtain funding for a sex-change operation for his gay lover. 2 videodiscs (124 min.)

MEDIA 10-3999

 

Le Doulos 2008

Carlo Ponti, Georges de Beauregard, Jean-Pierre Melville, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Serge Reggiani, Jean Desailly, Renae Lefaevre, Fabienne Dali, Carl Studer, Philippe Nahon, Michel Piccoli, Paul Misraki, Pierre Lesou, Rialto Pictures LLC, Studio Canal, and  Criterion Collection (Firm)

As the title screens explain, in gangster slang, 'doulos' means 'hat.'  In the slang shared by criminal and police, 'doulos' also designates the person who wears it: the informer.  Through shadowy back streets on the edge of Paris, an ingenious cat and mouse game is played as two underworld characters, seemingly working against each other, find themselves in a deadly entanglement of their own making but infinitely larger than both of them.  Faugel, a thief recently released from prison, and Silien, Faugel's best friend and all-around suspicious character, are up against shady nightclub owner Nuttheccio, and the police's Capt. Clain, ruthless as any criminal.  The hapless gangsters know two things: their sense of honor is the only thing they can take with them to the grave, and that date with the grave is coming all too soon.  By Jean-Pierre Melville, French poet of crime cinema, full of shadows, night, trench coats, guns, tough guys, cigarettes, slinky dames, cocktail bars, crooked cops, betrayal, and loot. 1 videodisc (109 min.)

MEDIA 10-2049

 

Dragnet c2009

A mysterious gangland slaying has taken place and it is up to Sergeant Joe Friday and the Los Angeles Police Department to put together the pieces. They enlist the services of a pretty and daring police woman to trap the devious mobsters and bring them to justice. 1 videodisc (90 min.)

MEDIA 10-5059

 

The driver c2005, 1978

A skilled getaway driver faces finally being caught in a double-cross scheme planned by an obsessed detective. 1 videodisc (89 min.)

MEDIA 10-4253

 

Dushman Dusmana 1998?

A young woman, Naina, is determined to track her twin's rapist and killer, and to seek justice on her own terms, when it is unobtainable through the courts. She resorts to rigorous physical training and pursues the criminal despite her own fears and the obvious danger to herself. 1 videodisc (145 min.)

MEDIA 10-3888

 

Extreme prejudice c2001, 1987

A rum tale of friendship gone wrong, "Extreme Prejudice" presents the age-old story of two friends: one on the side of law and order, one not. El Paso based Texas Ranger Jack Benteen is intent on trying to control the drug trade, and the means breaking up the drug cartel run by his old friend Cash Bailey across the border in Mexico. His girl Sarita has tired of life with him, and returned to her former lover--Cash. Cash's cohorts have killed a local sheriff, and an unofficial, top-secret cadre of American combat veterans (apparently working for the CIA) has arrived to muddy the waters. Are they after Cash, too, or just his cash? A shootout at Cash's Mexican fortress seems inevitable, but who will be there, and on which side? 1 videodisc (104 min.)

MEDIA 10-4252

 

Find the blackmailer 2010

Find the Blackmailer: Private eye, D.L. Trees, is hired by mayoral candidate, John M. Rhodes, to prevent adverse publicity. Somewhere in town, there's a talking blackbird who insists that Rhodes will commit a murder. When the killing occurs, Rhodes is implicated, and Trees is off on pursuit of the bird and the murderer. The Smiling ghost: An heiress seems to be cursed as each of her intended grooms meets with a horrible end. 1 videodisc (126 min.)

MEDIA 10-5394

 

Force of evil c2012, 1948

A lawyer whose connection to a ruthless racketeer has nearly destroyed his sense of morality. His participation in a rigged numbers racket could prove disastrous for his high-strung brother whose small-time policy bank stands to go broke when the rigged numbers pay off. 1 videodisc (78 min.)

MEDIA 10-4390

 

The French connection c2001, 1971

Two New York City narcotics detectives learn of a scheme to smuggle a large quantity of heroin inside an automobile being shipped from France. 2 videodiscs (104 min.)

MEDIA 10-4230

 

French connection II 2001, 1975

Gene Hackman returns in the role of hard-hitting detective Popoeye Doyle who travels to Marseilles in prusuit of the heroin dealers who he hit, but failed to kill in New York. 1 videodisc (119 min.)

MEDIA 10-4231

 

The friends of Eddie Coyle 2009

World-weary and living hand to mouth, small-time gunrunner Eddie 'Fingers' Coyle (Mitchum) works on the sidelines of the seedy Boston underworld. But when he finds himself facing a second stretch of hard time, he's forced to weigh loyalty to his criminal colleagues against snitching to stay free. 1 videodisc (102 min.)

MEDIA 10-5408

 

Gangs of New York 2003, c2002

Alberto Grimaldi, Harvey Weinstein, Jay Cocks, Steven Zaillian, Kenneth Lonergan, Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz, Jim Broadbent, John C Reilly, Henry Thomas, Brendan Gleeson, Liam Neeson, Michael Ballhaus, Thelma Schoonmaker, Howard Shore, Sandy Powell, Dante Ferretti, U2 (Musical group), Miramax Films, Miramax Home Entertainment (Firm), and Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)

In 1846, waves of Irish immigrants poured into the New York neighborhood of Five Points. "Billy the Butcher" bands his fellow "Native Americans" into a gang to take on the Irish gang "The Dead Rabbits," organized by Priest Vallon. After a bloody clash Vallon is dead and his son ends up in a brutal reform school. In 1862, that boy returns to seek vengeance against the man that killed his father. 2 videodiscs (166 min.)

MEDIA 10-2182

 

Gomorra 2009, 2008

Five disparate tales of Naples' mafia underworld, known as the Camorra, centered around a housing project controlled by the mob. As adapted from the best-selling exposé by undercover Italian reporter, Roberto Saviano, the film depicts a culture that is thoroughly corrupted by organized crime. 2 videodiscs (137 min.)

MEDIA 10-4363

 

Gun crazy 2004, 1950

Peggy Cummins, John Dall, Berry Kroeger, Morris Carnovsky, Russ Tamblyn, Joseph H Lewis, Maurice King, Frank King, MacKinlay Kantor, Millard Kaufman, King Bros. Productions, and Warner Bros. Entertainment

Classic film noir based on a short story by MacKinlay Kantor. A greedy sideshow sharp-shooter marries an ex-army man, then leads him down the road to crime for easy money. Includes a bank robbery sequence, noted for being filmed in one shot. 1 videodisc (86 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3308

 

The harder they come 1972

A country boy who travels to Kingston to make it big as a reggae singer is ruthlessly exploited, first by his employer, then by the producer of his hit record. At last he becomes a pot-pushing desperado in an effort to live up to the code of his favorite movie heroes. 1 videodisc (105 min.)

MEDIA 10-5061

 

A history of violence 2012

Tom is a loving, well-respected family man from a small Indiana town. When two criminals show up at his diner, Tom is forced to take action and thwart the robbery attempt. Suddenly heralded as a local hero who took the courage to stand up to crime, people look up to Tom as a man of high moral regard. But all the media attention attracts the likes of the mob, who show up at Tom's doorstep. Is it a case of mistaken identity or does Tom have a history that no one knows about? 1 videodisc (95 min.)

MEDIA 10-5446

 

Hodejegerne 2012, 2011

Roger, an accomplished headhunter by day and art thief when opportunity knocks, decides to risk it all to get his hands on an extremely valuable painting, and in doing so discovers something which makes him a hunted man. 1 videodisc (100 min.)

MEDIA 10-4041

 

Homicide 2009, 1991

An inner-city detective is investigating the murder of an elderly candy shop owner and finds odd clues along the way, while at the same time trying to find out who he has become.  1 videodisc (101 min.)

MEDIA 10-4228

 

The honeymoon killers 2003, 1969

Martha is sullen, overweight and heartbreakingly lonely. Through the Friendship Club, she strikes up a correspondence with Ray, a suave charismatic smooth-talker who could be the man of her dreams. A stark portrayal of the desperate lengths to which a lonely heart will go in order to find true love. From brutally immoral killings to a passion that transcends all bounds. 1 videodisc (108 min.)

MEDIA 10-4394

 

House of games  c2007, 1987

A therapist and best-selling author must confront her own demons when she meets a man who has gambling debts and she feels compelled to help him. 1 videodisc (102 min.)

MEDIA 10-4002

 

Il dolce e l'amaro c2007

Saro must choose between his wife or power and riches as an up-and-coming mafioso in Palermo. 1 videodisc (95 min.)

MEDIA 10-4980

 

J.D.'s revenge  2001

A young black law student becomes possessed by the spirit of a hoodlum who has been dead for thirty years and is now out for revenge. 1 videodisc (96 min.)

MEDIA 10-5054

 

Jackie Brown 2011, 1997

A stewardess, a gun runner, a bail bondsman, a shifty ex-con, a stoned-out surfer girl, and an earnest federal agent converge in a quest for a missing half million dollars. 2 videodiscs (154 min.)

MEDIA 10-5146

 

Johnny Handsome 2002, 1989

A man, born severely deformed, makes his living as a small-time criminal. During a robbery he and his best friend are double-crossed by their partners and he ends up in prison. There he meets a sympathetic surgeon who gives him a new face. When he is released he sets in motion a plan to get revenge on the couple who double-crossed him. 1 videodisc (96 min.)

MEDIA 10-4257

 

Killer Joe 2012

'Killer' Joe Cooper is a Dallas detective who doubles as a hit man with the charm of a Southern gentleman. Chris hires Joe to kill his mother in order to collect her life insurance and pay off his debts. When Chris is unable to pay for the service up front, Joe takes Chris's sister Dottie as a retainer until he can be paid. 1 videodisc (102 min.)

MEDIA 10-5144

 

Kiss tomorrow goodbye 2013, 1950

Career criminal Ralph Cotter is a lowlife maniac who doesn't care about anything except his next 'kill'. After violently busting out from prison and murdering his partner, the cold-blooded mobster satisfies a pent-up lust for violence in an unstoppable and vicious crime spree. Dirty cops, Inspector Charles Webber, and Lieutenant John Reese try to strong-arm the fascinating creep, but he turns the table on them and blackmails them with the help of a crooked lawyer, Keith 'Cherokee' Mandon. 1 videodisc (103 min.)

MEDIA 10-4720

 

L.A. confidential 2010, 1997

Three detectives each use their own approach to find the truth behind a series of murders. 1 videodisc (138 min.)

MEDIA 10-5116

 

The league of gentlemen c2010

Bitter about being forced into retirement, a colonel (wittily embodied by Jack Hawkins) ropes a cadre of former British army men into aiding him in a one-million-pound bank robbery, a risky, multitiered plan that involves infiltrating a military compound. 1 videodisc (116 min.)

MEDIA 10-5578

 

Lethal weapon A veteran cop, Murtaugh, is partnered with a young suicidal cop, Riggs. Both having one thing in common; hating working in pairs. Now they must learn to work with one another to stop a gang of drug smugglers. 1 videodisc (117 min.)

MEDIA 10-5287

 

The Maltese falcon 2010, 1941

John Huston, Hal B Wallis, Humphrey Bogart , Mary Astor, Peter Lorre, Gladys George , Dashiell Hammett, Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967),  First National Pictures, Inc, and Warner Home Video (Firm)

Detective Sam Spade goes in search of a priceless statuette after the death of his partner. 1 videodisc (100 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3094

 

Manhattan murder mystery 2009

A bored Manhattan housewife becomes convinced her next-door neighbor has committed a murder. 1 videodisc (107 min.)

MEDIA 10-5317

 

Maria full of grace 2004

Paul Mezey, Joshua Marston, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Yenny Paola Vega, John Alex Toro, Guilied López, Patricia Rae, Jim Denault, Anne McCabe, Lee Percy, Jacobo Lieberman, Leonardo Heiblum, Lauren Press, Sarah Beers, Monica Marulanda, Debbie De Villa, HBO Video (Firm), HBO Films, Fine Line Features, Journeyman Pictures (Firm), Tucán Producciones, and Alter-Ciné, Inc

Maria, a poor Columbian teenager, is desperate to leave a soul-crushing job. She accepts an offer to transport packets of heroin -- which she swallows -- to the United States. The ruthless world of drug trafficking proves to be more than for which she bargained. 1 videodisc (101 min.)

MEDIA 10-2195

 

Murder a la mod c2006

Murder a la mod: Love starved Karen learns her married boyfriend makes nudie movies. The moving finger: A wounded bank robber with $90,000 in stolen cash is found in the basement of a beatnik coffee house by the bunch of "grubby bohemians.". 1 videodisc (161 min.)

MEDIA 10-5220

 

Mystery house 2010

Mystery House: Detective Lance O' Leary investigates the murder of a banker, in the midst of his investigation two more murders occur that may be connected to the first murder. The patient in room 18: Lance is sent to the hospital to recuperate from a nervous breakdown. While in the hospital a murder occurs. Everyone has a motive except for Sara and Lance as they were locked in his room during the murder. As the bodies pile up, Sara and Lance try to solve the case as Foley is clueless. 1 videodisc (116 min.)

MEDIA 10-5396

 

New Jack City 2010, 1991

Gangster film, set in New York City during the 1980s, about a young, rich, smart drug baron who thinks he's untouchable, and the tough, street-smart cops determined to bring him down. 1 videodisc (100 min.)

MEDIA 10-4018

 

Oldboy An advertising executive is kidnapped and held hostage for 20 years in solitary confinement. When he is inexplicably released, he embarks on an obsessive mission to discover who orchestrated his punishment, only to find he is still trapped in a web of conspiracy and torment. 1 videodisc (104 min.)

MEDIA 10-5444

 

Pete Kelly's blues 2008

A Kansas City singer and his jazz band bow down to pressure from a local gangster and take on the thug's alcoholic girlfriend as a singer. 1 videodisc (95 min.)

MEDIA 10-5562

 

Pink Flamingos an exercise in poor taste c1982, 1972

The story of a gang living in a trailer outside Baltimore holding the title of the world's filthiest people.  Their main competition are Connie and Raymond Marble, who are out to out-filthy Divine and take the title for themselves.  In a series of hilarious and disgusting adventures, Divine and her family finally capture the Marbles and execute them in front of the Tabloid Press. 1 videocassette (95 min.)

MEDIA 10-5127

 

Plein soleil 2002?, 1960

Martin Scorsese, Robert Hakim, Raymond Hakim, René Clément, Paul Gégauff, Alain Delon, Marie Laforźt, Maurice Ronet, Erno Crisa, Frank Latimore, Billy Kearns, Ave Ninchi, Elvire Popesco, Nino Rota, Jacques Metehen, Patricia Highsmith, Miramax Home Entertainment (Firm), and Buena Vista Home Video (Firm)

Small-time conman Tom Ripley travels to Italy to convince wealthy playboy Philippe Greenleaf to return to America, on behalf of Greenleaf's father. Greenleaf refuses, leading Ripley to undertake extreme measures in order to get what he wants. 1 videodisc (118 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3266

 

Point blank 2005, 1967

A professional criminal helps pull off an underworld heist, then is gunned down and left for dead. He resurfaces to track down his share of the loot. 1 videodisc (92 min.)

MEDIA 10-4027

 

Public enemy 2005, 1931

"Relates the story of a young man's rise in the criminal underworld in Prohibition-era urban America"--Wikipedia. 1 videodisc (84 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3785

 

Pulp fiction 2011, 1994

The lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption. 2 videodiscs (154 min.)

MEDIA 10-5145

 

A rage in Harlem c2011

A beautiful young woman from Mississippi arrives in Harlem with a chest full of stolen gold. Everybody wants a piece of the action, including a mobster, a con man, and a collection of crooks. But all a virginal accountant wants is the love of the beautiful young woman! 1 videodisc (108 min.)

MEDIA 10-5064

 

Red riding: 1974 2010

Andrew Eaton, Anita Overland, Wendy Brazington, Julian Jarrold, Tony Grisoni, Andrew Garfield, Sean Bean, Warren Clarke, David Peace, Rebecca Hall, Eddie Marsan, David Morrissey, Peter Mullan , Channel Four (Great Britain), Screen Yorkshire (Firm), Lipsync Productions (Firm), Revolution Films, and IFC Films

A young journalist investigates the kidnapping and murder of several children in Yorkshire, only to discover ties to the local high society and police corruption. 1 videodisc (106 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2835

 

Red riding: 1980 2010

Tony Grisoni, Andrew Eaton, Anita Overland , Wendy Brazington, James Marsh, Paddy Considine, Jim Carter, Warren Clarke, David Peace, Rebecca Hall, Eddie Marsan, David Morrissey, Peter Mullan , IFC Films, Channel Four (Great Britain), Screen Yorkshire (Firm), Lipsync Productions (Firm), and Revolution Films 

Veteran police officer, Peter Hunter, is called in to tackle the baffling mystery of the Yorkshire Ripper that has confounded the local law enforcement for years. Hunter soon finds that the only thing more challenging than catching the Ripper is getting his fellow officers to investigate the corruption he believes is at the heart of the case. 1 videodisc (97 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2836

 

Red riding: 1983 2010

Tony Grisoni, Andrew Eaton, Anita Overland , Wendy Brazington, Anand Tucker, Mark Addy, David Morrissey, Jim Carter, Sean Bean, Peter Mullan, Warren Clarke, David Peace, IFC Films, Channel Four (Great Britain), Screen Yorkshire (Firm), Lipsync Productions (Firm), and Revolution Films

When a little girl is kidnapped, Detective Maurice Jobson is disturbed by similarities between this case and one he investigated in the 1970's, and for which apparently an innocent man may have been sent to jail. 1 videodisc (105 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2837

 

Romanzo criminale 2007, 2005

Three young criminals decide to take a step up from the streets of 1960's Rome into the world of organized crime. It's the birth of a smart and ruthless organization which soon crushes all its rivals assuming total control of the drug trade, while imposing brutal criminal laws on Rome. Their story is interpered with incidents from Italy's turbulent social history, exposing links between career criminals, terrorists and corrupt politicians. 1 videodisc (147 min.)

MEDIA 10-3923

 

Sabotage 2008, 1936

A woman suspects her unassuming London theater owner husband of being a serial killer. 1 videodisc (77 min.)

MEDIA 10-5129

 

Sapphire c2010

A beautiful female college student is found dead in a public park. The police soon discover that her murder may have been racially motivated. 1 videodisc (92 min.)

MEDIA 10-5577

 

Sarkar raj c2008

Ram Gopal Varma, Praveen Nischol, Prashant Pandey, Aishwariya Rai Bachchan, Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Supriya Pathak Kapur, Adlabs (Firm), Z Picture Company (Firm), K Sera Sera (Firm), and Eros International (Firm)

Anita Rajan, CEO of Sheppard Power Plant, wants to set up a power plant in rural Maharashtra. She journeys to Maharashtra to mobilize support for the plant, but things are not what they seem and Shankar's dream project gradually becomes a political minefield. 1 videodisc (126 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3128

 

Scarface 2007, 1932

"An exciting story of organized crime's brutal control over Chicago during the Prohibition Era ... This compelling tale of ambition, betrayal and revenge is a groundbreaking masterpiece that influenced all gangster films to follow"--Container. 1 videodisc (94 min.)

DANA. MEDIA 640 10-4391

 

Set it off 1999, 1996

"Four women take the law into their own hands and try to get some pay-bak by robbing the city's biggest banks in this riveting action drama."--Container. 1 videodisc (123 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3828

 

Shaft 2006, 1971

John Shaft, a private investigator, is hired by a Harlem crime boss to find his kidnapped daughter. During his investigation, Shaft uncovers a Mafia plot to take over a chunck of the Black underworld's uptown territory. 1 videodisc (100 min.)

MEDIA 10-4021

 

Shottas 2007, c2006

Cess Silvera, Ky-Mani Marley, Spragga Benz , Paul Campbell, Wyclef Jean, Louie Rankin, J. R Silvera, Carlton Grant, Triumph Films (Firm), Destination Films, Lucky Bastard Films, and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)

This is an unapologetic raw urban drama about two friends raised on the dangerous streets of Kingston, Jamaica. Biggs and Wayne take on the "shotta" (Jamaican term for gangster) way of life to survive. As young boys, they begin a ruthless climb from the bottom to the glittering top of a criminal enterprise in a Miami filled with fast cars and gorgeous women. The two men remain fiercely bound by their shottas loyalty as they aggressively take control of the Jamaican underworld. 2 videodiscs (95 min.)

MEDIA 10-2166

 

Sin nombre 2009

Cary Joji Fukunaga, Amy Kaufman, Paulina Gaitan, Edgar Flores, Kristyan Ferrer, Tenoch Huerta Mejķa, Marcelo Zarvos, Canana Films (Firm), Primary Productions (Firm), Focus Features, Alliance Films, and Alliance vivafilm (Firm)

Sayra is a beautiful young Honduran woman who joins her father and uncle on an odyssey to cross the gauntlet of the Latin American countryside en route to the United States. Along the way she crosses paths with El Casper, a teenage Mexican gang member, who is maneuvering to outrun his violent past and elude his unforgiving former associates. 1 videodisc (96 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3087

 

Small time crooks c2000

Ray is an ex-convict who is married to Frenchy, a former stripper. Ray concocts a scheme to rob a bank by digging a tunnel from a defunct pizza place next door. As a cover, Frenchy opens a cookie shop in the storefront while Ray digs in the back. Ray's burglary is a failure, but Frenchy's cookies are a rousing success, and within a year the store has spawned a nationwide franchise that makes both rich. However, while Ray wants to move to Miami and bask in the sun, nouveau riche Frenchy now aspires to join high society, with posh art dealer David as her guide. 1 videodisc (95 min.)

MEDIA 10-5327

 

Strange illusion c2000, 1945

A son is haunted by the mysterious death of his father and dreams which seem to be coming true. 1 videodisc (85 min.)

MEDIA 10-4461

 

Sur mes lčvres 2003

Jean-Louis Livi, Philippe Carcassonne, Jacques Audiard, Tonino Benacquista, Vincent Cassel, Emmanuelle Devos, Olivier Gourmet, Olivia Bonamy, Olivier Perrier, Bernard Alane, S.E.D.I.F, and Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm)

Carla works in a real estate office and has a hearing problem. Carla makes the acquaintance of Paul, a small-time criminal who has just been released from prison on parole. Before long, it becomes obvious that Paul is having an influence on Carla's normally stable nature. Carla and Paul's actions go from malicious to seriously criminal when Paul hatches a scheme to rob a nightclub owner to whom he owes money -- a scheme that involves Carla's keen skill as a lip reader. 1 videodisc (119 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3505

 

Tenue de soirée 2009, 1986

Bob, a seductive, bisexual thief, entices Antoine and Monique, a bored and dissatisfied couple, into joining him as he robs wealthy homes. Turned on by the thrill of thievery, the couple soon abandons their world of middle-class predictability and a bizarre love triangle develops between the three in this darkly comedic sex caper. 1 videodisc (84 min.)

MEDIA 10-4206

 

Thieves like us 2007, 1974

Two convicts break out of Mississippi State Penitentiary in 1936 to join a third on a long spree of bank robbing. The youngest of the gang falls in love with a girl he has met at their hideout. Their last robbery in Yazoo City goes bad and all three become notorious men, who are wanted by the law. 1 videodisc (123 min.)

MEDIA 10-4449

 

To live and die in LA 2009

Federal Agent Richard Chance has a score to settle, and he's through playing by the rules. Whether that means blackmailing a beautiful parolee, disobeying direct orders or hurtling the wrong way down a crowded freeway, he vows to take down a murderous counterfeiter. As the stakes grow higher, Chance's obsession with vengeance might ultimately destroy him. 1 videodisc (116 min.)

MEDIA 10-5411

 

Touch of evil 2008, 1958

Orson Welles, Albert Zugsmith, Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Joseph Calleia, Akim Tamiroff, Joanna Moore, Ray Collins, Dennis Weaver, Valentin De Vargas, Mort Mills, Marlene Dietrich, Zsa Zsa Gįbor, Whit Masterson, Universal-International (Firm), and Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)

A narcotics officer and a corrupt cop are involved in a murder investigation in a small border town. See all three versions of the film: the theatrical version, the preview version, and the restored version. Features include commentaries and featurettes. 2 videodiscs (161 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3432

 

True romance 2012

The story of two unlikely lovers who find themselves in possession of a suitcase full of valuable mob contraband which they plan to take from Detroit to Los Angeles, sell, and begin a new life. 1 videodisc (121 min.)

MEDIA 10-5447

 

Un prophčte  2010

Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Abdel Raouf Dafri, Nicolas Peufaillit, Pascal Caucheteux, Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif, Reda Kateb, Hichem Yacoubi, Jean-Philippe Ricci, Pierre Leccia, Antoine Basler, Foued Nassah , Jean-Emmanuel Pagni, Frederic Graziani, Alexandre Desplat, Chic Films, Page 114 (Firm), Why Not Productions Inc, and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)

El Djebena, Malik.  #35-114T.  How a does a timid boy become a violent gangster?  Like this.  Sentenced to six years in prison, 19-year-old Malik has his sneakers stolen right off his feet during his first venture into the exercise yard.  Caught between the Corsican and Arab-Muslim factions, Malik--a bilingual, French-born Arab and non-observant Muslim--winds up being seen by the Corsicans as an Arab and by the Arabs as a Corsican.  To survive, Malik works as an errand boy for the sinister Corsican crime boss who dominates the prison, César Luciani.  Malik's intelligence comes to his aid--before long, he can speak to (or eavesdrop on) everyone in the prison.  He does what he must to survive, including studying his boss carefully, warily making and then  implementing his own plans.  When Malik emerges from prison he is a man of the new Europe--albeit a criminal--a polite, industrious, and thoroughly self-made man. 1 videodisc (155 min.) :

MEDIA 10-2992

 

Wall Street 2010, 1987

In this riveting, behind-the-scenes look at big business in the 1980s, an ambitious young broker is lured into the illegal, lucrative world of corporate espionage when he is seduced by the power, status, and financial wizardry of Wall Street legend Gordon Gekko. But he soon discovers that the pursuit of overnight riches comes at a price that's too high to pay. 2 videodiscs (126 min.)

MEDIA 10-3854

 

Wife wanted 2013, 1946

1 videodisc (70 min.)

MEDIA 10-4842

 

The woman in the window 2009, 1944

Nunnally Johnson, Fritz Lang, Edward G Robinson, Joan Bennett, Raymond Massey, Edmund Breon, Dan Duryea, J. H Wallis, International Pictures, Inc, and Shock DVD

A professor of criminology is the pawn in a shocking crime thriller with a surprising twist. 1 videodisc (99 min.) :

MEDIA 10-3093