Crime
The Red Spectacles (1987) TMDB WikiData IMDb
紅い眼鏡
director: Mamoru Oshii actor: Shigeru Chiba / Machiko Washio
other title: 紅い眼鏡
Summer 1995. With the arrival of the "Age of Cats", the former Kerberos police unit is now disbanded. However one member remains, a stray dog who returns to his old roost after a three-years exile. This wild dog no longer has a master, but now the "Young Lady of Fate" will guide him on his journey.
American Yakuza (1993) IMDb WikiData
American Yakuza
director: Frank A. Cappello actor: Viggo Mortensen / Ryo Ishibashi
When Nick Davis leaves prison after one year in solitairy, he is hired to operate a forklift in a warehouse in the harbor owned by the Japanese Yakuza patriarch Isshin Tendo. The place is assaulted by the Italian Mafia lead by Dino Campanela and Nick rescues and saves the life of Shuji Sawamoto, who is the representative of Yakuza interests in America. Shuji hires Nick to work for Yakuza and becomes his godfather in the family after his oath to join Yakuza. However, Nick is a lonely FBI undercover agent assigned to penetrate the criminal organization. When the FBI discovers that Campanela is organizing a massive attack to destroy the Yakuza, Nick's boss Littman calls off the operation to leave the dirty work to the Italian Mafia. But the connection of Nick with Shuji and his goddaughter Yuko forces him to help his Japanese family.
Nov. 30, 2025 watched
Saw it originally in the cinema in the UK in 1994, thought then it was a superior low-budget action flick with a superior star, then unknown Viggo Mortensen. A lot of action but also character, too. I even got the cinema to give me the promotional cardboard cutout once its run was over.

I'll try not to wait another three decades before seeing it again!
1990s Action AnzuLawson Crime FrankACappello
High and Low (1963) TMDB Douban NeoDB IMDb WikiData
天国と地獄
director: Akira Kurosawa actor: Toshirō Mifune / Tatsuya Nakadai
other title: Anatomia di un rapimento / Himmel og helvede
In the midst of an attempt to take over his company, a powerhouse executive is hit with a huge ransom demand when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped by mistake.
Kontroll (2003) TMDB IMDb WikiData
Kontroll
director: Nimród Antal actor: Sándor Csányi / Zoltán Mucsi
A tale about a strange young man, Bulcsú, and the fellow ticket inspectors on his team who work aboard the subterranean Budapest Metro. A tale about racing along the tracks, and about a mysterious serial killer. And a tale about love.
Thief (1981) TMDB IMDb WikiData
Thief
director: Michael Mann actor: James Caan / Tuesday Weld
other title: Strade violente / Voldens gade
Frank is an expert professional safecracker, specialized in high-profile diamond heists. He plans to use his ill-gotten income to retire from crime and build a nice life for himself complete with a home, wife and kids. To accelerate the process, he signs on with a top gangster for a big score.
Ichi the Killer (2001) TMDB Douban NeoDB IMDb WikiData
殺し屋1
director: Takashi Miike actor: Tadanobu Asano / Nao Omori
other title: Ichi The Killer / Ichi - O Assassino
As sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of.
Mad Love (1985) TMDB
L'Amour braque
director: Andrzej Żuławski actor: Sophie Marceau / Tchéky Karyo
other title: Amour braque - L'amore balordo / Skør kærlighed
After a successful bank robbery, Micky hopes to take back his girlfriend Marie who has been taken from him. On the way to Paris he meets Leon, a neurotic dreamer whom he considers an idiot. Leon can hardly understand what Micky is up to but he follows him everywhere and soon falls in love with Marie.
The Doom Generation (1995) TMDB IMDb NeoDB Douban
The Doom Generation
director: Gregg Araki actor: Rose McGowan / James Duval
other title: Doom Generation / Doom - Geração Maldita
Jordan White and Amy Blue, two troubled teens, pick up an adolescent drifter, Xavier Red. Together, the threesome embarks on a sex- and violence-filled journey through a United States of psychos and quickie marts.
The Mad Bomber (1973) IMDb WikiData
The Mad Bomber
director: Bert I. Gordon actor: Vince Edwards / Chuck Connors
other title: Mad Bomber - L'uomo sputato dall'inferno / Aus der Hölle gespuckt
Los Angeles detectives Minelli and Blake must track down a serial rapist who may know the identity of a mentally disturbed bomber.
Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) TMDB NeoDB Douban WikiData IMDb
Birdman of Alcatraz
director: John Frankenheimer actor: Burt Lancaster / Karl Malden
other title: L'uomo di Alcatraz / Manden fra Alcatraz
After killing a prison guard, convict Robert Stroud faces life imprisonment in solitary confinement. Driven nearly mad by loneliness and despair, Stroud's life gains new meaning when he happens upon a helpless baby sparrow in the exercise yard and nurses it back to health. Despite having only a third grade education, Stroud goes on to become a renowned ornithologist and achieves a greater sense of freedom and purpose behind bars than most people find in the outside world.
Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) IMDb NeoDB Douban WikiData
Odds Against Tomorrow
director: Robert Wise actor: Robert Ryan / Harry Belafonte
other title: Strategia di una rapina / Wenig Chancen für morgen
An old-time crook plans a heist. When one of his two partners is found out to be a black man tensions flare.
This Gun for Hire (1942) NeoDB IMDb TMDB Douban WikiData
This Gun for Hire
director: Frank Tuttle actor: Veronica Lake / Robert Preston
other title: Il fuorilegge / Die Narbenhand
Sadistic killer-for-hire Philip Raven becomes enraged when his latest job is paid off in marked bills. Vowing to track down his double-crossing boss, nightclub executive Gates, Raven sits beside Gates' lovely new employee, Ellen, on a train out of town. Although Ellen is engaged to marry the police lieutenant who's hunting down Raven, she decides to try and set the misguided hit man straight as he hides from the cops and plots his revenge.
Magnet of Doom (1963) TMDB
L'Aîné des Ferchaux
director: Jean-Pierre Melville actor: Jean-Paul Belmondo / Charles Vanel
other title: Lo sciacallo / L'Aîné des Ferchaux
Young boxer Michel Maudet is sacked by his manager after a series of match defeats and is forced to look for a new job. He is engaged as secretary to a millionaire named Ferchaux who is in a hurry to flee the country when he discovers he has been implicated in a high-profile fraud.
The Red Circle (1970) NeoDB TMDB WikiData IMDb Douban
Le cercle rouge
8.3 (7 ratings) director: Jean-Pierre Melville actor: Alain Delon / Bourvil
other title: Le cercle rouge / I senza nome
When French criminal Corey gets released from prison, he resolves to never return. He is quickly pulled back into the underworld, however, after a chance encounter with escaped murderer Vogel. Along with former policeman and current alcoholic Jansen, they plot an intricate jewel heist. All the while, quirky Police Commissioner Mattei, who was the one to lose custody of Vogel, is determined to find him.
Faster (2010) TMDB IMDb WikiData
Faster
director: George Tillman Jr. actor: Dwayne Johnson / Billy Bob Thornton
other title: Vingança Rápida / Sed de venganza
After 10 years in prison, Driver is now a free man with a single focus - hunting down the people responsible for brutally murdering his brother.