Results for "Crime"

Mexican feature film

A band of musicians stage a fake murder as a practical joke for their grumpy, curious neighbor.

Noah Thomas's life takes a dangerous turn when a chance reunion with an old high school friend entangles him in a ruthless crime ring. As he falls deeper into the syndicate's violent world, his budding romance with Shaye Matthews offers a fragile glimmer of hope. Torn between love and survival, Noah must navigate betrayals, escalating stakes, and deadly choices that threaten to destroy everything he values.

A news reporter sparks a war between two criminal organizations, and is targeted by both of them.

On January 8, 2011, journalist and social columnist Carlos Castro, 65, was found dead in a hotel room in New York City (USA). The killer, Renato Seabra, was a young model who had a love affair with him, admittedly in exchange for favors. In December 2012, after confessing to the crime, Renato Seabra was sentenced to between 25 years in jail and life in prison. Using this case as a starting point, director Rui Filipe Torres builds a story about obsession and power between António and Rodrigo.

A terrible crime has happened two days before Bible camp is to begin. The Director's "How to Become a Christian" book has been stolen. Who took it? He calls in a Detective to solve the case. There are only six staff members in the camp and one of them took it. But which one? It's up to the Detective, and YOU, to figure out who is committing the crime of the age in this comedy-drama.

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Idris Elba confronts the reality of knife crime, speaking to those most affected - from the streets to the system - in a quest to uncover how we can break the cycle.

After Tommy Sparrow is severely wounded in a covert CIA operation, he comes home to discover his wife with another man. Tommy’s rage and wounds frighten his seven-year-old daughter Josephine. When Tommy’s wife tells him to leave and never come home, Tommy disappears back into the CIA, employing his skills as a spy to covertly watch his only daughter grow up.Twenty-five years later, Tommy Sparrow finally comes in from the cold – to retirement. Josephine is battling her own destructive nature and the damage done by the disappearance of her father. Tommy carries his scars both inside and out – and while his cold war operations never seem far behind, Tommy’s journey home will surpass any mission he ran with the Agency – because reuniting with Josephine and becoming her father may cost him his life.

Julián Lemar, a best-selling suspense writer, goes on vacation with his family to a cabin in the woods. During a strong storm, the power goes out and a woman shows up desperately asking for help: her husband killed her son and now he wants to kill her. From that moment on, danger and deception are a constant threat and for Julián a hellish night begins until he discovers the truth.

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A modern day adaptation of Dostoyevsky's classic novel about a young student who is forever haunted by the murder he has committed.

A med student goes on vacation to see his family, only to be gunned down. As the only survivor, he seeks revenge for their deaths.

The story of the battle to free Debbie Peagler, an incarcerated survivor of brutal domestic violence. Over 26 years in prison cannot crush the spirit of this determined African-American woman, despite the injustices she has experienced, first at the hands of a duplicitous boyfriend who beat her and forced her into prostitution, and later by prosecutors who cornered her into a life behind bars for her connection to the murder of her abuser. Her story takes an unexpected turn two decades later when a pair of rookie land-use attorneys cut their teeth on her case -- and attract global attention to the troubled intersection of domestic violence and criminal justice.

Two stories intersect, with violence as a common axis. An inside look into the world of youth boxing, full of championship illusions, combined with jealousy and envy.

A young Scotland Yard police academy recruit tries to break up a gang of thieves.

In the middle of summer, the Serafín trader travels to Compostela's lands and directs his steps to the boarding house in which for every time he visits the city, his companions of social gathering are waiting for him. He already has a few misfortunes behind him but the worst is still to come.

Marie Lemaire is poisoned during a dinner that brings together an association of merchants. She is the heiress of her recently deceased husband, François, who was the owner of the largest glass factory in the city. All the guests are potential suspects and the investigators must sort out the real from the fake, detect motives and verify alibis. Olivia Rousseau, one of the guests, ex-mistress of François Lemaire who left her to marry Marie, is dead at her home. In a letter, she declared that she had poisoned Marie and killed herself in the same way.

Seven years ago, Regina (Mimi Rogers) was tried for the death. On the night before she becomes the first woman in over 40 years to be executed in a federal penitentiary, she befriends the lone, curious prison guard Colin Reeves (Billy Zane), who has been assigned to watch over her. By telling Regina's story through flashbacks interwoven with her present situation, the film helps us understand this woman in a unique, disturbing and sympathetic way