251. Infernal Affairs II ( Mou gaan dou II )
Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Wai-keung Lau, Siu Fai Mak
Actors: Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Eric Tsang, Edison Chen, Carina Lau, Francis Ng, Shawn Yue
252. Odd Man Out
Year of Release: 1947
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Carol Reed
Actors: James Mason, Robert Newton, Cyril Cusack, Kathleen Ryan, F.J. McCormick, William Hartnell
Plot: Johnny McQueen, leader of an Irish gang, has been planning a heist at the home of Kathleen and her mother. When he thinks he has everything worked out, he puts the plan in motion - and everything goes south. On the run from police, he can't go back home and attempts to hide in the back-alleys of Belfast. Meanwhile, Kathleen decides to look for Johnny herself.
253. Band of Outsiders ( Bande à part )
Year of Release: 1964
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Actors: Anna Karina, Danièle Girard, Louisa Colpeyn, Chantal Darget, Sami Frey, Claude Brasseur
Plot: A trio of young miscreants (two male, one female) plan to rob the girl's caretaker while the boys vie for her affection. Will their plan be successful?
254. And Then There Were None
Year of Release: 1945
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: René Clair
Actors: Barry Fitzgerald, Walter Huston, Louis Hayward, Roland Young, June Duprez, Mischa Auer
Plot: A group of ten people find themselves guest on an island by one Mr U. N. Own - but their host is nowhere to be seen and as, one by one, our group starts dying - the true murdered will be revealed.
255. Fireworks ( Hana-bi )
Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Takeshi Kitano
Actors: Takeshi Kitano, Kayoko Kishimoto, Ren Osugi, Susumu Terajima, Tetsu Watanabe, Hakuryu
Plot: Nishi is a police offer struggling to balance his personal and professional life. As his wife succumbs to Leukemia, a former partner becomes suicidal after suffering an accident that leaves him confined to a wheelchair. Nishi eventually leaves the force, but as he falls deeper into despair, makes questionable decisions to help those he loves.
256. Dressed to Kill
Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Brian De Palma
Actors: Michael Caine, Angie Dickinson, Nancy Allen, Keith Gordon, Dennis Franz, David Margulies
Plot: A woman has an affair with a psychologist, only to fall prey to a brutal murder. A prostitute witnesses her killing and soon becomes the next target.
257. Revanche
Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Götz Spielmann
Actors: Johannes Krisch, Irina Potapenko, Andreas Lust, Ursula Strauss, Johannes Thanheiser, Hanno Pöschl
Plot: Ex-con Alex plans to flee to the South with his girl after a robbery. But something terrible happens and revenge seems inevitable.
258. The Naked City
Year of Release: 1948
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Mystery
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jules Dassin
Actors: Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart, Don Taylor, Frank Conroy, Ted de Corsia
Plot: A blond model was murdered. Lt. Dan Muldoon (Barry Fitzgerald) was given the assignment of the case. Detective Jimmy Halloran (Don Taylor) aids with the legwork. They investigate a myriad of people to resolve the difficult case including a friend of the victim Ruth Morrison (Dorothy Hart).
259. Death Note ( Desu nôto )
Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Adventure/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Shusuke Kaneko
Actors: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Ken'ichi Matsuyama, Asaka Seto, Erika Toda, Shunji Fujimura, Shigeki Hosokawa
Plot: Adapted from a highly popular manga, with original charcters and plot twists developed only for live-action film.
Ace Student Light Yagami finds the death note a notebook intentionally drpped by a rouge "shinigami" death god named ryuk. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies upset with the current justice system light takes matters into his own hands and vows to use the power of the death note to rid the world of all evil, and become "the god of the ne world." A mysterious detective known as "L" quickly learns the serial killer, Nicknamed "kira" by the public, is located in japan. Light realizes that L will be his greatest enemy, and a game of psychological cat and mouse between the two begins.
260. Bernie
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Richard Linklater
Actors: Matthew McConaughey, Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, Gary Teague, Tommy G. Kendrick, Rick Dial
Plot: When a wealthy widow he's been seeing drops dead, a local mortician will do just about anything to convince people she's still alive.
