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Deep Cover (1992) TMDB IMDb WikiData
Deep Cover
director: Bill Duke actor: Larry / Jeff Goldblum …
other title: Massima copertura / Cobertura Total …
Black police officer Russell Stevens applies for a special anti-drug squad which targets the highest boss of cocaine delivery to LA—the Colombian foreign minister's nephew. Russell works his way up from the bottom undercover, until he reaches the boss.
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Manhunt (1976) NeoDB WikiData Douban TMDB IMDb
君よ憤怒の河を渉れ
director: Junya Satō actor: Ken Takakura / Ryoko Nakano …
other title: 君よ憤怒の河を渉れ / Kimi yo fundo no kawa o watare …
A tough prosecutor is falsely accused of theft and goes on the run to clear his name. He is assisted by the beautiful daughter of a rich man.
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The Killer (1989) NeoDB IMDb WikiData TMDB Douban Skybridge
喋血雙雄
8.6 (12 ratings) director: John Woo actor: Chow Yun-Fat / Danny Lee Sau-Yin …
other title: O Assassino / The Killer (El asesino)
Mob assassin Jeffrey is no ordinary hired gun; the best in his business, he views his chosen profession as a calling rather than simply a job. So, when beautiful nightclub chanteuse Jennie is blinded in the crossfire of his most recent hit, Jeffrey chooses to retire after one last job to pay for his unintended victim's sight-restoring operation. But when Jeffrey is double-crossed, he reluctantly joins forces with a rogue policeman to make things right.
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Long Arm of the Law (1984) NeoDB IMDb WikiData TMDB Douban
省港旗兵
8.0 (5 ratings) director: Johnny Mak Tong-Hung actor: David Lam Wai / Wong Kin …
other title: Hongkong Vice / Le Bras armé de la loi …
A group of desperate Chinese criminals hope to make a quick, effortless score in Hong Kong. Things go afoul, and the gang must hide out until the heat dies down, besmirched with the blood of an undercover cop.
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A Cottage on Dartmoor (1929) IMDb WikiData TMDB
A Cottage on Dartmoor
director: Anthony Asquith actor: Norah Baring / Uno Henning …
other title: Un cottage dans le Dartmoor
A jealous barber's assistant becomes enraged by the attentions the manicurist he's obsessed with and a repeat customer pay to one another.
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Second Wind (1966) TMDB IMDb WikiData
Le Deuxième Souffle
director: Jean-Pierre Melville actor: Lino Ventura / Paul Meurisse …
other title: Tutte le ore feriscono... l'ultima uccide / O Segundo Fôlego …
A gangster escapes jail and quickly makes plans to continue his criminal ways elsewhere, but a determined inspector is closing in.
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Black Lizard (1962) WikiData TMDB IMDb
黒蜥蜴
director: Umetsugu Inoue actor: Machiko Kyō / Minoru Ōki …
other title: Le Lézard Noir / 黒蜥蜴 …
The cunning detective Akeichi must foil a kidnapping plot orchestrated by the notorious jewel thief known as Black Lizard.
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Class of 1984 (1982) IMDb TMDB WikiData Skybridge
Class of 1984
director: Mark L. Lester actor: Perry King / Tim Van Patten …
other title: Os Donos do Amanhã / Classe 1984 …
Andy is a new teacher at an inner city high school that is unlike any he has seen before. There are metal detectors at the front door and the place is basically run by a tough kid named Peter Stegman. Soon, Andy and Stegman become enemies and Stegman will stop at nothing to protect his turf and drug dealing business.
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Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964) NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
Seance on a Wet Afternoon
director: Bryan Forbes actor: Kim Stanley / Richard Attenborough …
other title: Ventimila sterline per Amanda / An einem trüben Nachmittag …
Working-class British housewife Myra Savage reinvents herself as a medium, holding seances in the sitting room of her home with the hidden assistance of her under-employed, asthmatic husband, Billy. In an attempt to enhance her credibility as a psychic, Myra hatches an elaborate, ill-conceived plot to kidnap a wealthy couple's young daughter so that she can then help the police "find" the missing girl.
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Cairo Station (1958) TMDB IMDb
باب الحديد
director: Youssef Chahine actor: Farid Shawqy / Hind Rostom …
other title: Stazione centrale / Estação Central do Cairo …
Qinawi, a physically challenged peddler who makes his living selling newspapers in the central Cairo train station, is obsessed with Hanuma, an attractive young woman who sells drinks. While she jokes with him about a possible relationship, she is actually in love with Abu Siri, a strong and respected porter at the station who is struggling to unionize his fellow workers to combat their boss' exploitative and abusive treatment.
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Himizu (2012) Douban NeoDB IMDb TMDB WikiData
ヒミズ
director: Sion Sono actor: Shōta Sometani / Tetsu Watanabe …
other title: Himizu - Dein Schicksal ist vorbestimmt / ヒミズ
Two 14-year-olds from troubled, abusive homes come together sharing misery and pain. In the aftermath of an earthquake, the classmates learn how to survive while relying on one another for emotional and physical support.
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King of Robbery (1996) WikiData TMDB IMDb
悍匪
director: Billy Chung Siu-Hung actor: Simon Yam / Roy Cheung Yiu-Yeung …
other title: 悍匪
After robbing countless Hong Kong jewelery shops, Ye Kuan (Simon Yam) sets out on a murderous rampage killing everything in his path. Police informants, criminals and members of the public — nobody is safe from the Hong Kong Thug.
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Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000) NeoDB IMDb TMDB Douban WikiData Skybridge
Gone in Sixty Seconds
5.8 (5 ratings) director: Dominic Sena actor: Nicolas Cage / Angelina Jolie …
other title: Fuori in 60 secondi / 60 sekunder …
Ex-car thief Randall Raines is forced out of retirement to save his brother Kip after a boost gone wrong. With the help of allies old and new, they race to meet the demands of notorious crime boss Raymond Calitri as the police are in hot pursuit.
May 2, 2026 watched
With this cast & budget, how did they make something so limp?

Watched in the 00s, rewatched in #FridayThrillerClub watch party on Mastodon.
Crime Thriller USA Heist 2000s
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Rififi (1955) TMDB NeoDB Skybridge IMDb Douban WikiData
Du rififi chez les hommes
8.0 (6 ratings) director: Jules Dassin actor: Jean Servais / Carl Möhner …
other title: Guld På Gaden / Du rififi chez les hommes
Out of prison after a five-year stretch, jewel thief Tony turns down a quick job his friend Jo offers him, until he discovers that his old girlfriend Mado has become the lover of local gangster Pierre Grutter during Tony's absence. Expanding a minor smash-and-grab into a full-scale jewel heist, Tony and his crew appear to get away clean, but their actions after the job is completed threaten the lives of everyone involved.
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Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958) TMDB NeoDB IMDb Douban WikiData Skybridge
I soliti ignoti
director: Mario Monicelli actor: Vittorio Gassman / Renato Salvatori …
other title: I soliti ignoti / Os Eternos Desconhecidos …
Best friends Peppe and Mario are thieves, but they're not very good at it. Still, Peppe thinks that he's finally devised a master heist that will make them rich. With the help of some fellow criminals, he plans to dig a tunnel from a rented apartment to the pawnshop next door, where they can rob the safe. But his plan is far from foolproof, and the fact that no one in the group has any experience digging tunnels proves to be the least of their problems.
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Puerto Escondido (1992) IMDb WikiData
Puerto Escondido
director: Gabriele Salvatores actor: Diego Abatantuono / Valeria Golino …
Mario works in a Milan bank. His daily routine is shattered when he witnesses a murder committed by a deranged police commissioner. To save his life, he flees to Puerto Escondido, Mexico. When he runs out of money he teams up with Alex and Anita, a couple of Italians that will lead him on to a series of adventures and encounters with drug dealers, corrupt police officers and other weird characters.