Crime

  • Heat

    Heat

    Date: 1995 Director: Michael Mann Starring: Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Val Kilmer, Diana Venora Finally, Robert De Niro and Al…

  • Léon

    Léon

    Date: 1994 Director: Luc Besson Starring: Jean Reno, Natalie Portman, Gary Oldman Anglo critics torched Luc Besson’s odd-couple movie for its…

  • A Perfect World

    A Perfect World

    Date: 1993 Director: Clint Eastwood Starring: Clint Eastwood, Kevin Costner, Laura Dern Clint Eastwood’s superb sleeper got short shrift because of…

  • Black Rain

    Black Rain

    Date: 1989 Director: Ridley Scott Starring: Michael Douglas, Andy Garcia, Kate Capshaw Two surefooted New York City cops plunge into a…

  • Colors

    Colors

    Date: 1988 Director: Dennis Hopper Starring: Sean Penn, Robert Duvall, Dennis Hopper, Don Cheadle Put Dennis Hopper, Robert Duvall, and Sean…

  • To Live and Die in L.A.

    To Live and Die in L.A.

    Date: 1985 Director: William Friedkin Starring: William Petersen, Willem Dafoe, John Pankow William Friedkin (“The French Connection”) and William L. Petersen…

  • Dog Day Afternoon

    Dog Day Afternoon

    Date: 1975 Director: Sidney Lumet Starring: Al Pacino, John Cazale, Charles Durning Sidney Lumet could have been making a propaganda movie…

  • The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

    The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

    Date: 1974 Director: John Sergent Starring: Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Marty Balsam, Hector Elizondo, Earl Hindman Before Quentin Tarantino color-coded his…

  • A Clockwork Orange

    A Clockwork Orange

    Date: 1971 Director: Stanley Kubrick Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Warren Clarke, Aubrey Morris, James Marcus “There was me, that is Alex, and…

  • The Detective

    The Detective

    Date: 1968 Director: Gordon Douglas Starring: Frank Sinatra, Lee Remick, Jack Klugman Afair amount of success with singing got in the…