Crime
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Life on Mars (Series 1) (2006)
Life on Mars Season 1 part of TV Series: Life on Mars
Bharat Nalluri / John Alexander … actor: John Simm / Philip Glenister …
The first series of Life On Mars focuses on Sam's life following the crash and his arrival in 1973. Elements are thrown in to suggest he is mad, in a coma, or travelled back in time. Also during the first series run, Sam is informed that he is DI (Detective Inspector) to DCI Gene Hunt and the rest of the CID department in Manchester in 1973. This revelation is something that Sam finds hard to understand; he spends most of the series working alone, against his team and Gene.
Watched
Oct. 24, 2026
Rewatched in #LifeOnMarsTV watch party on Mastodon.
2000s UK Police Crime
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Peter Knife (1984)
Pedro Navaja IMDb
Alfonso Rosas Priego Jr. actor: Andrés García / Sergio Goyri …
other title: Pedro Navaja / Pedro Navalha
The story of the coolest, street-smart hustler ever to walk the streets of Mexico City, based on the international hit song. The police are after him, his rivals are after him, and all the while the most beautiful women of Mexico are in the cup of his hand.
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House on Haunted Hill (1959)
House on Haunted Hill
★ 7.7 6 ratings
William Castle actor: Vincent Price / Elisha Cook Jr. …
other title: La casa dei fantasmi / Spøgelseshuset …
Eccentric millionaire Fredrick Loren and his 4th wife, Annabelle, have invited 5 people to the house on Haunted Hill for a "haunted House" party. Whoever will stay in the house for one night will earn ten thousand dollars each. As the night progresses, all the guests are trapped inside the house with ghosts, murderers, and other terrors.
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Bronco Bullfrog (1970)
Bronco Bullfrog WikiData IMDb TMDB TheTVDB
Barney Platts-Mills actor: Del Walker / Anne Gooding …
Del and his friends agree to take part in a robbery with a boy fresh from the borstal prison. When Del falls in love with Irene they decide to run away from their nagging parents — and the law.
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Rich and Famous (1987)
江湖情
Taylor Wong Tai-Loi actor: Chow Yun-Fat / Alex Man Chi-Leung …
other title: 江湖情
To pay off his debt as a gambler, a man drags his sister and step-brother into a life of crime and a violent war between rival gang lords.
Watched
Oct. 4, 2026
Thought this was the film on an incomplete loop in the hotel I stayed in Taipei in the early 90s, but now I've seen it, not sure. Maybe it was the sequel, Tragic Hero.

Watched in #KungFuSat watchparty on Mastodon.
HongKong AlexMan WatchParty PaulineWong Crime
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The Story of a Discharged Prisoner (1967)
英雄本色 WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Patrick Lung Kong actor: Patrick Tse Yin / Patsy Kar …
other title: 英雄本色 / Upright Repenter
Lee Jwo Horng is fresh out of jail after doing time for 15 years. By then his fiancée Betty has already become the mistress of triad boss One-Eye Jack. Lee doesn't want his younger brother Chih Shen to look down upon him, so he decides to keep his release a secret from Chih Shen, and finds accommodation with his friend Ah Han instead. Jack forces Lee to team up with him again for more criminal jobs, but, determined to clean up his act and stay out of trouble, Lee doesn't yield to his pressure. Jack then turns his attention to Chih Shen and lures him to the dark side instead...
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The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
The Thomas Crown Affair
Norman Jewison actor: Steve McQueen / Faye Dunaway …
other title: Il caso Thomas Crown / Thomas Crown & Co. …
Young businessman Thomas Crown is bored and decides to plan a robbery and assigns a professional agent with the right information to the job. However, Crown is soon betrayed yet cannot blow his cover because he’s in love.
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Bullitt (1968)
Bullitt
Peter Yates actor: Steve McQueen / Robert Vaughn …
other title: 布利特 / 浑身是胆 …
Senator Walter Chalmers is aiming to take down mob boss Pete Ross with the help of testimony from the criminal's hothead brother Johnny, who is in protective custody in San Francisco under the watch of police lieutenant Frank Bullitt. When a pair of mob hitmen enter the scene, Bullitt follows their trail through a maze of complications and double-crosses. This thriller includes one of the most famous car chases ever filmed.
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Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
Grosse Pointe Blank
George Armitage actor: John Cusack / Minnie Driver …
other title: L'ultimo contratto / Lejemordernes Træf …
Hitman Martin Blank becomes a moving target after he rebuffs a fellow assassin's invitation to form a union. On the advice of his quirky assistant and neurotic psychiatrist, Martin begrudgingly heads out to Grosse Pointe, Michigan for his ten-year high school reunion, where he soon comes across the woman he jilted on prom night.
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Snatch (2000)
Snatch
★ 8.0 15 ratings
Guy Ritchie actor: Jason Statham / Alan Ford …
other title: Snatch - Lo strappo / Snatch - Porcos E Diamantes …
Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookies, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers, and supposedly Jewish jewellers fight to track down a priceless stolen diamond.
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Disorganized Crime (1989)
Disorganized Crime WikiData IMDb TMDB
Jim Kouf actor: Hoyt Axton / Corbin Bernsen …
other title: Crimine disorganizzato / Im Tresor ist die Hölle los …
Lou Diamond Phillips and Fred Gwynne team up with a gang of professional criminals who have everything it takes to rob a bank. The only things they do have going for them are a cop and his partner, who are dumber than they are! By the time the gang hits the bank vault, it's a safe bet there's going to be organized insanity and disorganized crime!
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Cleopatra Jones (1973)
Cleopatra Jones
Jack Starrett actor: Tamara Dobson / Bernie Casey …
other title: Cleopatra Jones: licenza di uccidere / Ein Fall für Cleopatra Jones …
After federal agent Cleopatra Jones orders the burning of a Turkish poppy field, the notorious drug lord Mommy vows to destroy her.
Watched
Aug. 28, 2026
Fun action flick that doesn't take itself too seriously

Watched in #Comedon watch party on Mastodon
Comedon USA Action 1970s Crime
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo
★ 8.8 30 ratings
Sergio actor: Clint Eastwood / Ely Wallach …
other title: Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo / Den gode, den onde og den grusomme …
While the Civil War rages on between the Union and the Confederacy, three men – a quiet loner, a ruthless hitman, and a Mexican bandit – comb the American Southwest in search of a strongbox containing $200,000 in stolen gold.
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Black Belt Jones (1974)
Black Belt Jones WikiData IMDb TMDB
Robert Clouse actor: Jim Kelly / Gloria Hendry …
other title: Johnny lo svelto / Freie Fahrt ins Jenseits …
Jones is a secret agent who has gone into semi-retirement, concentrating instead on teaching the martial arts to inner city youths. The karate school is run by a kindly old coot named Pops. His gambling debts, however, bring the local thug, Pinky, down on him. To make matters worse, Pinky is then hired by some white thugs who want to get a hold of the property Pops' school occupies so they can build a shopping mall. When things get heavy, Black Belt Jones leaps into action. Only he's not alone. Pops' daughter, Sidney, shows up to lend a hand, proving herself every bit as agile and powerful a martial artist as Jones.
Watched
Aug. 9, 2026
Loved the fashions and especially the car wash final battle!

Watched in #KungFuSat watch party on Mastodon.
USA 1970s WatchParty Karate Crime
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La Haine (1995)
La Haine
★ 8.2 16 ratings
Mathieu Kassovitz actor: Vincent Cassel / Hubert Koundé …
other title: L'odio / Hadet …
After a chaotic night of rioting in a marginal suburb of Paris, three young friends, Vinz, Hubert and Saïd, wander around unoccupied waiting for news about the state of health of a mutual friend who has been seriously injured when confronting the police.
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Deep Cover (1992)
Deep Cover WikiData IMDb TMDB NeoDB
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)
君よ憤怒の河を渉れ
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.