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1) Rififi
Language
Français
Description
A story of a successful jewel robbery in which the four thieves betray each other.
Language
English
Description
Two childhood friends grow up and go their separate ways--one a criminal and the other a parish priest. Rocky Sullivan returns to his old neighborhood to find his lawless life style idolized by the young hoodlums there. Jerry Connelly, the parish priest sees his hard work turn unavailing because of Rocky's corruptive influence.
7) Point blank
Language
English
Description
A thief is double-crossed by a crime group called 'The Organization' after pulling a heist. Their mistake was not killing him; now he is out for revenge and the $93,000 that The Organization owes him. Based on Donald E. Westlake's novel.
8) Key Largo
Language
English
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Description
Bogart goes to visit the widow and father of an old war buddy in a Florida island hotel and finds that an infamous gangster has moved in and taken over the place.
Language
English
Description
To avoid jail time, street racer Sean Boswell is sent to live with his father, who is in the military and serving in Tokyo. There he discovers drift racing. After losing a race to Yakuza-connected D.K., the Drift King, Sean has to enter the Tokyo underworld to find a way to pay his debt.
10) Public enemy
Language
English
Description
Classic gangster film tells the story of two brothers, one an honorable war veteran, the other a high-class gangster that sold alcohol during the prohibition.
11) The sting
Language
English
Description
A 1930's ambitious small-time crook and a veteran con-man seek revenge on a crime lord who murdered one of their friends.
12) Gloria
Language
English
Description
An ex-gun moll and showgirl is suddenly forced to protect a child whose parents have been rubbed out by the mob.
14) Each dawn I die
Language
English
Description
A man framed for murder and imprisoned, befriends an inmate.
15) Scarface
Language
English
Description
"An exciting story of organized crime's brutal control over Chicago during the prohibition era. This compelling tale of ambition, betrayal and revenge is a groundbreaking masterpiece that influenced all gangster films to follow."--Container.
16) Yellow sky
Language
English
Description
A band of robbers are running from the law, and they find an almost abandoned town. An old prosecutor and his granddaughter have been living there. Realizing that they have gold, the robbers have a plan of taking it, but one robber turns against them.
18) City heat
Language
English
Description
In the 1930s, a private investigator teams up with his old partner to fight the mob, but they can't stand each other.
19) The killing
Language
English
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Description
"Stanley Kubrick's account of an ambitious racetrack robbery is one of Hollywood's tautest, twistiest noirs. Aided by a radically time-shuffling narrative, razor-sharp dialogue from pulp novelist Jim Thompson, and a phenomenal cast of character actors, including Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Timothy Carey, and Elisha Cook Jr., The Killing is both a jaunty thriller and a cold-blooded punch to the gut. With its precise tracking shots and gratifying...
20) The sting
Language
English
Description
Two con men set out to avenge the death of a mutual friend in 1930s Chicago. They swindle a powerful crime lord, pitting brain against brawn and pistol.