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Mark | imdb: 6.2 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama, drama, crime |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:37 |
Wayne Dobie is a shy cop whose low-key demeanor has earned him the affectionate nickname "Mad Dog." After Mad Dog saves the life of Frank Milo, a crime boss and aspiring stand-up comedian, he's offered the company of an attractive young waitress named Glory for a week. At first both are uneasy about the arrangement, but they eventually fall in love. However, the situation becomes complicated when Milo demands Glory back.
Mark | imdb: 7.7 |
Genre | action, comedy, crime |
Country | France, Italy, West Germany |
An aging gangster, Fernand Naudin is hoping for a quiet retirement when he suddenly inherits a fortune from an old friend, a former gangster supremo known as the Mexican. If he is ambivalent about his new found wealth, Fernand is positively nonplussed to discover that he has also inherited his benefactor’s daughter, Patricia. Unfortunately, not only does Fernand have to put up with the thoroughly modern Patricia and her nauseating boyfriend, but he also had to contend with the Mexican’s trigger-happy former employees, who are determined to make a claim.
Mark | imdb: 7.3 |
Genre | comedy, adventure, crime |
Country | France, Italy, Spain |
Duration | 01:51 |
In this Frenco-Italian gangster parody, a shop keeper on his way to an Italian holiday suffers a crash which totals his car. The culprit can only compensate his ruined trip by driving an American friends car from Napels to Bordeaux, but as it happens to be filled with such contraband as stolen money, jewelry and drugs, the involuntary and unwitting companions in crime soon attract all but recreational attention from the "milieu".
Mark | imdb: 6.2 |
Genre | comedy, crime |
Country | Serbia, Slovenia, Luxembourg |
A Montenegrin teenager is sent to Serbia in order to evade blood-feud caused by his father's reckless behavior. Little does he know that even greater dangers await for him. In Belgrade he will face both the avengers who went after him and this metropolis' very own nightlife and foxy ladies. And in cities like Belgrade - women and nightlife can be deadlier than a bullet. People of Montenegro are known for their specific mentality and system of values, not unlike Sicilians, Corsicans or Cretans.
Mark | imdb: 7.1 |
Genre | comedy, crime |
Country | Italy |
Duration | 01:30 |
Inspired by real events, this is a black comedy about 20 years of history of Sicily from 1970s to 1990s, mocking Mafia Bosses and restoring the generosity of the heroes of Antimafia. Its focused on Arturo, a young boy who grows up in Palermo and tries to conquer his beloved Flora.
Mark | imdb: 5.5 |
Genre | comedy, drama, crime |
Country | United Kingdom |
In a misguided attempt to protect his family and pay back gambling debts to the local Mobster, Jimbo robs a fish market, which is coincidentally owned by the same Mobster. On the run, Jimbo is cornered in a local curio shop, where he takes hostage an assortment of colourful characters, including a man who may be his illegitimate father. Surrounded by the Police, the SAS and the Mobster's crew, the young man must find a way out of his precarious predicament with the help of his oddball captives.
Mark | imdb: 6.1 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama, crime |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:29 |
A young pickpocket in the New York subways, living a fast, free, lifestyle is confronted by a woman whom he had a one night affair with, she informs him that she is now pregnant with his child, he must now choose between continuing the lifestyle he lead or take responsibility for his actions.
Mark | imdb: 5.7 |
Genre | action, comedy, crime |
Country | Hong Kong, China |
Wong Kam-Kwei, a gang boss on the decline, overseeing bathhouses and karaoke bars, falls for a small restaurant owner, Mei. He begins to help her business, and learns that Mei is already in love with Leung, a member of his gang. He’s also like a brother to Kam-Kwei. When a rival gang hoping to steal his territory kills Leung, the only thing left for Kam-Kwei to do now is to protect Mei and avenge Leung.
Mark | imdb: 6.8 |
Genre | comedy, crime |
Country | Russia |
Duration | 01:37 |
Arriving in Moscow in search of a better life, the naive provincial woman learns the predatory customs of the stone jungle of the big city. Accused by the metropolitan racket of stealing a family relic, she ends up in jail. According to the laws of the genre and “happy” chance, a virtuous lawyer meets her. The girl not only comes out of prison, but also seeks personal happiness.
Mark | imdb: 7.3 |
Genre | comedy, drama, crime |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:33 |
Ordinary man-in-the-street Arthur Ferguson Jones leads a very straightforward life. He's never late for work and nothing interesting ever happens to him. One day everything changes: he oversleeps and is fired as an example, he's then mistaken for evil criminal killer Mannion and is arrested. The resemblance is so striking that the police give him a special pass to avoid a similar mistake. The real Mannion sees the opportunity to steal the pass and move around freely and chaos results.
Mark | imdb: 5.5 |
Genre | comedy, crime, biography |
Country | United Kingdom |
Set in late-1970's Dundee, Schemers is based on writer-producer David McLean’s early years in the music business. After a run in with a local gangster, a fledgling promoter and his two friends raise their ambitions to booking major bands in order to escape their debt.
Mark | imdb: 3 |
Genre | action, comedy, drama, crime |
Country | India |
Duration | 02:08 |
Rascals movie is a comedy about the joys of conning where Sanjay Dutt and Ajay Devgn play two cool competing conmen trying to out-scheme each other in consistently amusing and surprising setups. But when both fall for the same girl, the competition reaches an all new level as both men constantly attempt to outwit each other to win over the surprisingly elusive Kangana!
Mark | |
Genre | comedy, crime |
Country | Russia |
An ambitious personal growth coach, author of the Predator Psychology manual, unexpectedly finds himself drawn into a confrontation with a millionaire who wants to demolish the garage complex where he keeps his Jaguar. Now he has to prove in practice to the people who believe in him that he is capable of leading them into battle. Called a predator - be ready to show your teeth. A game without rules begins, where kidnapping, blackmail, forgery ... and a giant St. Bernard are used. Problems snowball into a cascade of comedic emergencies.
Mark | imdb: 7.3 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama, crime |
Country | Japan |
Duration | 02:08 |
Unemployed 35 year old Sakurai aspired to become an actor, but failed miserably. He decides to end his own life, but first he goes to purify himself at a public bathhouse. While there, he meets the very prosperous Kondo, who subsequently suffers a fall, erasing his memory. On a whim, Sakurai switches locker keys, steals the man's belongings, and decides to pass himself off as Kondo. What Sakurai does not know is that Kondo runs an illegal business, which brings him into contact with ornery Yakuza members. Meanwhile, Kondo has been convinced that he is actually the failed actor Sakurai and he faces the dismal reality of that life with increasing bewilderment. Fortunately, at the hospital he meets the lovely Kanae who, while yearning for marriage, goes out of her way to help "Sakurai" pull himself together. Eventually Kondo regains his memory, but before he can make a new life with Kanae, he has to solve the many problems caused by the theft of his identity.
Mark | imdb: 6.5 |
Genre | thriller, comedy, crime |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:41 |
In a sleepy bedroom community of LA's San Fernando Valley, the murder of a professional athlete by two hit men sets into motion a chain of events that puts the mundane lives of a dozen residents on a collision course. This clever tale tells the story of two hit men, a mistress, a nurse, a vindictive ex-wife, a wealthy art dealer and his lovelorn assistant, a suicidal writer and his dog, and a bitter cop and his partner.
Mark | imdb: 7.2 |
Genre | comedy, crime |
Country | United Kingdom, USA |
Duration | 01:50 |
A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved Shih Tzu.
Mark | imdb: 5.2 |
Genre | action, thriller, comedy, crime |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:33 |
The Bannen Way is a slick, sexy, action-packed show about Neal Bannen, a charming con-man with a police chief for a father, a mob boss for an uncle and a weakness for beautiful women, who wants to turn his life around and leave the criminal lifestyle forever.
Mark | imdb: 6.7 |
Genre | action, thriller, comedy, crime |
Country | Spain, Portugal, Germany |
Duration | 02:04 |
Mommy's boy Juantxo is engaged. Dragged to the party by his friends Konradin and Paco, he loses his expensive wedding ring inside the body of a prostitute. Mafioso whorehouse owner Villambrosa finds the ring. Meanwhile Villambrosa's rival gangster Souza sends femme fatale Fatima to check things out. Juantxo and his friends are trying to get the ring back and in the process get involved in the war between gangs.
Mark | imdb: 5.7 |
Genre | thriller, comedy, crime, detective |
Country | Spain |
Duration | 01:28 |
Garralda is a troubled college student who only has to pass one last subject to obtain his academic degree. When his teacher catches him copying on a test, he requires him to perform a very unethical task in exchange for passing and thus achieving his goal.
Mark | imdb: 2.6 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama, crime |
Country | USA |
Duration | 02:01 |
Gigli is ordered to kidnap the psychologically challenged younger brother of a powerful federal prosecutor. When plans go awry, Gigli's boss sends in Ricki, a gorgeous free-spirited female gangster who has her own set of orders to assist with the kidnapping. But Gigli begins falling for the decidedly unavailable Ricki, which could be a hazard to his occupation.
Mark | imdb: 5.6 |
Genre | comedy, crime |
Country | France, West Germany |
Tulipe, is an old man who lives alone in an old railway carriage in the Argentueil region of Paris. His main passions are gardening and oil painting, but he also has a secret source of income. His godson discovers that Tulipe is actually a master forger, producing perfect copies of 10 franc notes. His godson’s girlfriend sees this as an opportunity to get very rich – but she must persuade Tulipe to forge 500 franc notes. Assuming Tulipe’s agreement, his godson and his girlfriend buy an expensive new car and luxury villa in provincial France – but there is a cruel turn of fate in store for them when Tulipe strikes up a friendship with a millionaire playboy.
Mark | imdb: 5.3 |
Genre | comedy, crime |
Country | India |
Laxminarayan lives a poor lifestyle in Mumbai along with his widowed mother, Kanta, who wants him to be a successful gangster like Batlabhai, and would like him to kill a few people, make enough money, then get married to Khujli's daughter, Meena. In order to fulfill his mother's wish, Laxminarayan accepts a contract to kill D'Mello Yadav, a Pondi-based gangster, who has stolen a diamond from Batl
Mark | imdb: 5.4 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama, drama, crime |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:39 |
Sam Clayton's marriage to ex-stripper Freddie comes about when she's strong-armed into the match by Red, a club proprietor who once did her a favor. But Freddie falls in love with Jjaks, Sam's brother, and the pair tries to escape the situation together. It isn't long before both Sam and Red catch up with them, resulting in threats against the two of them -- although tension also starts to build between Sam and Red.
Mark | imdb: 6.1 |
Genre | action, comedy, crime |
Country | Italy |
In 1978, $20 million was stolen from a Detroit bank. One of the robbers was caught, one was found dead, and the third disappeared. The money was never found. Seven years later, the robber who was caught was released from jail. He immediately went to Miami, only to be found dead the next day. Now FBI agents Doug Bennet and Steve Forest have been called in to investigate the case while posing as Miami police officers. Somewhere in Miami the third robber is hiding with his $20 million, and he has a seven-year head start on the authorities.
Mark | imdb: 5.5 |
Genre | action, thriller, comedy, melodrama, crime |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:30 |
Trying to get his act together, a con artist gets a job in a credit card company. He falls in love with a fellow employee, he steals a couple of cards, everything is going great. But soon, the chief of security drags him into the big leagues of criminals...
Mark | imdb: 6.4 |
Genre | action, comedy, crime |
Country | United Kingdom, Canada |
Duration | 01:45 |
An out-of-town heist becomes a nightmare for a crew of French burglars when they mistakenly rob the head of the Chicago mafia. Unaccustomed to the ways of the American underworld, it is not long before they have the mafia, the FBI and a couple of street gangs on their backs as they attempt to make their way back to Paris.
Mark | imdb: 5.7 |
Genre | comedy, melodrama, crime, detective |
Country | USA |
Duration | 01:35 |
A writer of BAD detective novels is in full writers' block. He pretends to be the alibi of a beautiful woman who was arrested for murder at first thinking her innocent, but as she shows more and more interesting abilities (such as knife throwing) he begins to doubt his first assessment.