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English-language crime drama films
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The list English-language crime drama films includes
Havoc, The Basketball Diaries, Higher Learning, Absence of Malice and Kiss of Death.
The list consists of 2,255 members
and 1 sublist.
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Blood In, Blood Out
1993 film directed by Taylor Hackford
Overview: Blood In Blood Out (also known as Bound by Honor and Blood In Blood Out: Bound By Honor) is a 1993 American epic crime drama film directed by Taylor Hackford that has become a cult classic film among ...
Release date: 16 April 1993Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, ThrillerDirector: Taylor HackfordProducer: Jimmy Santiago Baca, Gina BlumenfeldWriter: Ross Thomas, Jimmy Santiago BacaBased on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on step-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo.
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Baby Boy
2001 film directed by John Singleton
Overview: Baby Boy is a 2001 American coming-of-age hood drama film directed, written and produced by John Singleton, and starring Tyrese Gibson, Snoop Dogg, Ving Rhames, Omar Gooding, A.J. Johnson and Taraji P ...
Release date: 21 June 2001Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, ThrillerDirector: John SingletonProducer: Sabrina Gray, John SingletonWriter: John SingletonIn South Central L.A., a misguided 20-year-old African-American man, a "baby boy", faces the commitments of real life. 0
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To Kill a Mockingbird
1962 film by Robert Mulligan
Overview: To Kill a Mockingbird is a 1962 American coming-of-age legal drama crime film directed by Robert Mulligan starring Gregory Peck and Mary Badham, with Phillip Alford, John Megna, Frank Overton, James A ...
Release date: 25 December 1962Genre: Crime, DramaDirector: Robert MulliganProducer: Harper Lee, Robert MulliganWriter: Harper Lee, Horton FooteAtticus Finch, a widowed lawyer in Depression-era Alabama, defends a black man against an undeserved rape charge, and his children against prejudice. 0
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The Green Mile
1999 American fantasy drama film by Frank Darabont
Overview: The Green Mile is a 1999 American fantasy crime drama film written, directed and co-produced by Frank Darabont and based on the 1996 novel by Stephen King. It stars Tom Hanks as a death row prison guard ...
Release date: 6 December 1999Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, MysteryDirector: Frank DarabontProducer: Frank Darabont, David ValdesWriter: Stephen King, Frank DarabontThe lives of guards on Death Row are affected by one of their charges: a black man accused of child murder and rape, yet who has a mysterious gift. 0
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Scarface
1983 crime drama film directed by Brian De Palma
Overview: Scarface is a 1983 American crime drama film directed by Brian De Palma, written by Oliver Stone, and starring Al Pacino. It is a remake of the 1932 film of the same name, in turn based on the novel of ...
Release date: 1 December 1983Genre: Crime, Drama, ThrillerDirector: Brian De PalmaCast: Al Pacino, Steven Bauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Robert Loggia, Miriam ColonProducer: Martin Bregman, Peter SaphierWriter: Oliver Stone, Howard HawksIn 1980 Miami, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug cartel and succumbs to greed. 0
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Road House
1989 American action film by Rowdy Herrington
Overview: Road House is a 1989 American action film directed by Rowdy Herrington and produced by Joel Silver. The film stars Patrick Swayze, Ben Gazzara, Kelly Lynch and Sam Elliott. In the film, a bouncer at a ...
Release date: 19 May 1989Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, ThrillerDirector: Rowdy HerringtonProducer: Tim Moore, Steve PerryWriter: David Lee Henry, Hilary HenkinA bouncer hired to clean up the baddest honkytonk in a Missouri town. Armed with a black belt in karate and a Ph.D. in philosophy, Patrick Swayze sets ... 0
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Paid in Full
2002 film directed by Charles Stone III
Overview: Paid in Full is a 2002 American crime drama film directed by Charles Stone III. The characters Ace (Wood Harris), Mitch (Mekhi Phifer), and Rico (Cam'ron), are fictionally based on the 1980s Harlem drug ...
Genre: Drama, Action, CrimeDirector: Charles Stone IIIProducer: Jesse Berdinka, Damon DashWriter: Azie Faison Jr., Austin PhillipsA young man from Harlem, forced to cope with the 1980s drug scene, builds an illegal empire, only to have a crisis of conscience. 0
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Original Sin
2001 romantic drama film by Michael Cristofer
Overview: Original Sin is a 2001 American erotic romantic thriller film starring Antonio Banderas and Angelina Jolie. It is based on the novel Waltz into Darkness by Cornell Woolrich, and is a remake of the 1969 ...
Release date: 11 July 2001Genre: Romance, Thriller, Drama, MysteryDirector: Michael CristoferProducer: Sheldon Abend, Ashok AmritrajWriter: Cornell Woolrich, Michael CristoferA young man is plunged into a life of subterfuge, deceit and mistaken identity in pursuit of a femme fatale whose heart is never quite within his grasp ... 0
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Belly
1998 film directed by Hype Williams
Overview: Belly is a 1998 American crime drama film written and directed by music video director Hype Williams, in his feature film directing debut. Filmed in New York City, the film stars rappers Nas and DMX in ...
Release date: 4 November 1998Genre: Crime, DramaDirector: Hype WilliamsProducer: James Bigwood, Rj HarperWriter: Anthony Bodden, NasTwo young friends involved in organized crime and drug dealing find that their priorities differ. 0
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A Time to Kill
1996 film by Joel Schumacher
Overview: A Time to Kill is a 1996 American legal drama film based on John Grisham's 1989 novel of the same name. Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson, Matthew McConaughey, and Kevin Spacey star, with Donald and Kiefer ...
Release date: 24 July 1996Genre: Crime, Thriller, DramaDirector: Joel SchumacherCast: Matthew McConaughey, Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey, Oliver Platt, Charles S. DuttonProducer: William M. Elvin, John GrishamWriter: John Grisham, Akiva GoldsmanIn Clanton, Mississippi, a fearless young lawyer and his assistant defend a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his ten-year-old da ... 0
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A Bronx Tale
1993 film directed by Robert De Niro
Overview: A Bronx Tale is a 1993 American coming-of-age crime drama film directed by and starring Robert De Niro in his directorial debut and produced by Jane Rosenthal, adapted from Chazz Palminteri's 1989 play ...
Release date: 14 September 1993Genre: Crime, DramaDirector: Robert De NiroCast: Robert De Niro, Chazz Palminteri, Lillo Brancato, Francis Capra, Taral Hicks, Kathrine NarducciProducer: Robin Chambers, Robert De NiroWriter: Chazz PalminteriA father becomes worried when a local gangster befriends his son in the Bronx in the 1960s. 0
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American Hustle
2013 film directed by David O. Russell
Overview: American Hustle is a 2013 American black comedy crime film directed by David O. Russell. It was written by Eric Warren Singer and Russell and inspired by the FBI Abscam operation of the late 1970s and ...
Release date: 13 December 2013Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, CrimeDirector: David O. RussellProducer: Matthew Budman, Bradley CooperWriter: Eric Singer, David O. RussellA con man, Irving Rosenfeld, along with his seductive partner Sydney Prosser, is forced to work for a wild F.B.I. Agent, Richie DiMaso, who pushes them ... 0
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End of Watch
2012 action thriller film directed by David Ayer
Overview: End of Watch is a 2012 American action thriller film written and directed by David Ayer. It stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña as Brian Taylor and Mike Zavala, two Los Angeles Police Department officers ...
Release date: 21 September 2012Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, ActionDirector: David AyerProducer: Tobin Armbrust, David AyerWriter: David AyerShot documentary-style, this film follows the daily grind of two young police officers in LA who are partners and friends, and what happens when they meet ... 0
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Lawless
2012 American crime drama film
Overview: Lawless is a 2012 American crime drama film directed by John Hillcoat. The screenplay, by Australian singer-screenwriter Nick Cave, is based on Matt Bondurant's historical novel The Wettest County in the ...
Release date: 29 August 2012Genre: Drama, Crime, WesternDirector: John HillcoatProducer: John Allen, Robert Ogden BarnumWriter: Nick Cave, Matt BondurantSet in Depression-era Franklin County, Virginia, a trio of bootlegging brothers are threatened by a new special deputy and other authorities angling for ... 0
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Wild Things
1998 film by John McNaughton
Overview: Wild Things is a 1998 American erotic thriller film directed by John McNaughton and starring Matt Dillon, Kevin Bacon, Neve Campbell, Denise Richards, Theresa Russell, Robert Wagner, and Bill Murray. It ...
Release date: 20 March 1998Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller, DramaDirector: John McNaughtonProducer: Kevin Bacon, Steven BrownWriter: Stephen PetersA police detective uncovers a conspiracy behind a case involving a high-school guidance counselor when accusations of rape are made against him by two ... 0
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Unfaithful
2002 American erotic thriller film directed by Adrian Lyne
Overview: Unfaithful is a 2002 American erotic thriller drama film directed and produced by Adrian Lyne and written by Alvin Sargent and William Broyles Jr., adapted from the Claude Chabrol film The Unfaithful Wife ...
Release date: 10 May 2002Genre: Drama, Thriller, RomanceDirector: Adrian LyneCast: Diane Lane, Erik Per Sullivan, Richard Gere, Olivier Martinez, Myra Lucretia Taylor, Michelle MonaghanProducer: G. Mac Brown, Bruce DevanWriter: Claude Chabrol, Alvin SargentA New York suburban couple's marriage goes dangerously awry when the wife indulges in an adulterous fling. 0
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Training Day
2001 film directed by Antoine Fuqua
Overview: Training Day is a 2001 American crime thriller film directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by David Ayer. It stars Denzel Washington as Alonzo Harris and Ethan Hawke as Jake Hoyt, two LAPD narcotics officers ...
Release date: 5 October 2001Genre: Crime, Drama, ThrillerDirector: Antoine FuquaProducer: David Ayer, Bruce BermanWriter: David AyerA rookie cop spends his first day as a Los Angeles narcotics officer with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears to be. 0
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The Untouchables
1987 American film directed by Brian De Palma
Overview: The Untouchables is a 1987 American crime film directed by Brian De Palma, produced by Art Linson, and written by David Mamet. It stars Kevin Costner, Charles Martin Smith, Andy García, Robert De Niro ...
Release date: 2 June 1987Genre: Crime, Drama, History, ThrillerDirector: Brian De PalmaCast: Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Charles Martin Smith, Andy Garcia, Robert De Niro, Richard BradfordProducer: Raymond Hartwick, Art LinsonWriter: David Mamet, Oscar FraleyDuring the era of Prohibition in the United States, Federal Agent Eliot Ness sets out to stop ruthless Chicago gangster Al Capone and, because of rampant ... 0
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The Silence of the Lambs
1991 film directed by Jonathan Demme
Overview: The Silence of the Lambs is a 1991 American psychological horror thriller film directed by Jonathan Demme and written by Ted Tally, adapted from Thomas Harris's 1988 novel. It stars Jodie Foster as Clarice ...
Release date: 30 January 1991Genre: Crime, Thriller, DramaDirector: Jonathan DemmeCast: Jodie Foster, Lawrence A. Bonney, Kasi Lemmons, Lawrence T. Wrentz, Scott Glenn, Anthony HealdProducer: Grace Blake, Ronald M. BozmanWriter: Thomas Harris, Ted TallyA young F.B.I. cadet must confide in an incarcerated and manipulative killer to receive his help on catching another serial killer who skins his victims ... 0
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The Shawshank Redemption
1994 film by Frank Darabont
Overview: The Shawshank Redemption is a 1994 American prison drama film written and directed by Frank Darabont, based on the 1982 Stephen King novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption. The film tells the story ...
Release date: 10 September 1994Genre: Crime, DramaDirector: Frank DarabontProducer: Liz Glotzer, David V. LesterWriter: Stephen King, Frank DarabontTwo imprisoned men bond over a number of years, finding solace and eventual redemption through acts of common decency. 0
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