241. Blue Collar
Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Paul Schrader
Actors: Richard Pryor, Harvey Keitel, Yaphet Kotto, Ed Begley Jr., Harry Bellaver, Lane Smith
242. Shanghai Triad ( Yao a yao yao dao waipo qiao )
Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Yimou Zhang
Actors: Li Gong, Baotian Li, Wang Xiaoxiao, Xuejian Li, Chun Sun, Baoying Jiang
243. Magnum Force
Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ted Post
Actors: Clint Eastwood, Hal Holbrook, Mitch Ryan, David Soul, Tim Matheson, Robert Urich
Plot: A wayward cop is enforcing vigilante justice by assassinating several criminals who manage to escape punishment by slipping through legal loopholes and "Dirty" Harry Callahan is on the case.
244. Young and the Damned , The aka Forgotten Ones ( olvidados, Los )
Year of Release: 1952
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Luis Buñuel
Actors: Estela Inda, Miguel Inclán, Alma Delia Fuentes, Francisco Jambrina, Efraín Arauz, Alfonso Mejía
Plot: In the violent slums of Mexico City, a group of juvenile delinquents survive on the streets. Pedro, a moral young man, is gradually drawn into the corrupt lives by those around him.
245. The Hitcher
Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robert Harmon
Actors: C. Thomas Howell, Rutger Hauer, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jeffrey DeMunn, John M. Jackson, Billy Green Bush
Plot: A driver transporting a friend's car picks up a deadly passenger - a
hitchhiker with a taste for murder. He gets away, but soon is implicated
in the madman's killing spree.
246. Bad Lieutenant
Year of Release: 1992
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Abel Ferrara
Actors: Harvey Keitel, Frankie Thorn, Paul Hipp, Brian McElroy, Frankie Acciarito, Vincent Laresca
Plot: A corrupt New York cop, deep into drugs, gambling and sex - seeks to find redemption as he investigates a young nun's rape.
247. City of Violence, The ( Jjakpae )
Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Seung-wan Ryoo
Actors: Jae-mo Ahn, Kil-Kang Ahn, Seok-yong Jeong, Doo-hong Jung, Seo-hyeong Kim, Su-hyeon Kim
248. Lucky Number Slevin
Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Paul McGuigan
Actors: Josh Hartnett, Lucy Liu, Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, Ben Kingsley, Stanley Tucci
Plot: A man who is meeting his friend in his apartment is mistaken for someone he is not and presented to two separate crime bosses to complete a task. As Slevin tries to convince the men he is not who they say he is, he decides to take on their task.
249. Desperado
Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Actors: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Joaquim de Almeida, Cheech Marin, Steve Buscemi, Carlos Gómez
Plot: A traveling musician is once again mistaken for a hit man and gets embroiled in web of drugs, violence and saving a beautiful woman. The bullets will fly leading to the ultimate one-on-one showdown.
250. The Talented Mr. Ripley
Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Anthony Minghella
Actors: Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Cate Blanchett, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jack Davenport
Plot: An adaptation of the novel by Patricia Highsmith. Young Tom Ripley discovers that his talent is to be someone else. At all costs.
The poor New Yorker in the 50's is trying to bring, Ricky, a son of the wealthy industrialist, back home from Europe. Instead, he kills Ricky and takes his place. He manages to escape the police, friends and relatives, but not his dark self.