171. I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
Year of Release: 1932
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Actors: Paul Muni, Helen Vinson, Allen Jenkins, Glenda Farrell, Edward Ellis, Hale Hamilton
Plot: Wrongly convicted James Allen serves in the intolerable conditions of a southern chain gang, which later comes back to haunt him.
172. The Outsiders
Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Actors: Matt Dillon, Ralph Macchio, C. Thomas Howell, Patrick Swayze, Rob Lowe, Emilio Estevez
Plot: Young men in Tulsa, Oklahoma struggle with family and social conflicts while trying do discover their places in society.
173. Sitting Ducks
Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Henry Jaglom
Actors: Michael Emil, Zack Norman, Patrice Townsend, Irene Forrest, Richard Romanus, Kelly Rogers
Plot: A pair of small-time criminals rip off the mob in order to fund their dreams of becoming a comedic duo. En route to Miami - where they plan to escape to Costa Rica, they pick up a pair females and a chauffeur/singer and that's where the fun really begins.
174. Angels with Dirty Faces
Year of Release: 1938
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Michael Curtiz
Actors: James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan, George Bancroft, Billy Halop
Plot: A priest tries to stop his old friend, a gangster, from corrupting a gang
of teens any further than they already are.
175. Falling Down
Year of Release: 1993
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Joel Schumacher
Actors: Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall, Barbara Hershey, Lois Smith, Frederic Forrest, Raymond J. Barry
Plot: A recently downsized defense worker wants nothing more than to celebrate his daughter's birthday. As the stress of everyday life slowly takes its toll, he lashes out at the society he fells has failed him.
176. Chopper
Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Andrew Dominik
Actors: Eric Bana, Simon Lyndon, David Field, Daniel Wyllie, Bill Young, Kate Beahan
Plot: Mark 'Chopper' Reed is a small time crook who dreams of becoming a legendary crime figure.
177. Murder on the Orient Express
Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Sidney Lumet
Actors: Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Martin Balsam, Ingrid Bergman, Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Pierre Cassel
Plot: Famed detective Hercule Poirot finds himself on the Orient Express when a
passenger requests his protection. Declining the offer, Poirot then finds
himself investigating a murder when the passenger is found dead the next
day. While the train is stopped due to snow, Poirot has a few hours to
figure out the passengers true identity, interview many passengers and
figure out why it all seems to lead back to a 5-year-old kidnapping case.
178. Sexy Beast
Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jonathan Glazer
Actors: Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley, Ian McShane, Amanda Redman, James Fox, Cavan Kendall
Plot: A gangster recruits a well-known safe-cracker for one last robbery. But, it goes horribly.
179. Lawless
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Hillcoat
Actors: Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Shia LaBeouf, Mia Wasikowska, Guy Pearce, Jessica Chastain
Plot: Franklin County, Virginia during the depression years: a bootlegging gang
must decide what course of action to take authorities discover their
operation and demand a cut of their profits.
180. Animal Kingdom
Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Michôd
Actors: Guy Pearce, Ben Mendelsohn, Joel Edgerton, Luke Ford, James Frecheville, Anthony Hayes
Plot: At just 17, J is caught between his families' criminal enterprise and a detective determined to save him.
