Popular Crime Movies on Kanopy - Page 48

MIAU

2022

MIAU

2022
10
Honor Diaries

2013

Honor Diaries

2013
8
Honor Diaries is the first film to break the silence on ‘honor violence’ against women and girls. Honor Diaries is more than a movie, it is a movement to save women and girls from human rights abuses – around the world and here in America.
War Don Don

2010

War Don Don

2010
This gripping documentary follows the trial of Issa Sesay, a leader in Sierra Leone's civil war who stands accused of crimes against humanity. Can the trial of one man uncover the truth of a traumatic past?
The Caper of the Golden Bulls

1967

The Caper of the Golden Bulls

1967
5.8
Peter Churchman stopped robbing banks a long time ago and is now living as a wealthy and respected citizen in Pamplona, Spain. But then his former companion Angela appears and blackmails him to help her robbing the Spanish National Bank of Pamplona. He gives in and develops a brilliant plan... Will this be then end of his comfortable life?
Caged Birds

2021

Caged Birds

2021
5.4
Barbara Hug is a young radical lawyer fighting Switzerland's antiquated prison system in the 1980s. Walter Stürm is in and often escaping out of jail becoming known as the Jailbreak King. When the two meet an unlikely alliance is formed.
The Murder at Road Hill House

2011

The Murder at Road Hill House

2011
6.1
In 1860, Inspector Jack Whicher of Scotland Yard is sent to rural Wiltshire to investigate the murder of the three-year-old boy Saville Kent, who was snatched from his bed at night and murdered.
The Upper Hand

1966

The Upper Hand

1966
6.3
In Paris, a gold smuggler is at war with other local gangsters who want piece of the action. Then the mob shows up and makes things worse. And an undercover US Treasury Department agent is trying to infiltrate the smuggling business.
The Phantom

2021

The Phantom

2021
6.2
Carlos DeLuna was arrested in 1993 aged 21 for the murder of Wanda Lopez, and protested his innocence until his execution, declaring that it was another Carlos who committed the crime.
Piccadilly

1929

Piccadilly

1929
6.4
A young Chinese woman, working in the kitchen at a London dance club, is given the chance to become the club's main act.
The Man Who Cheated Himself

1950

The Man Who Cheated Himself

1950
6.1
A veteran homicide detective who has witnessed his socialite girlfriend kill her husband sees his inexperienced brother assigned to the case.
Edge of Doom

1950

Edge of Doom

1950
5.9
A priest sets out to catch the man who killed one of his colleagues.
Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai

2010

Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai

2010
6.7
A tale of two gangsters from the eras of past and present, whose lives enter parallel paths as they struggle to survive within Bombay's criminal underworld.
Death Rage

1976

Death Rage

1976
5.3
A professional killer is lured into a deadly double-cross when he agrees to assassinate a Mafia kingpin.
The Price

2017

The Price

2017
4.9
Seyi, a 24-year-old Nigerian-American, works on Wall Street. Desperate to succeed because of his outsider status-due to class and race-he commits a crime, insider trading, which brings his entire world crashing down on him. Seyi's troubled circumstances force him finally to confront his tumultuous relationship with his ailing father, his romantic relationship with his privileged white girlfriend, and his racial and immigrant backgrounds-with nothing less at stake for him than his soul.
Sisters in Law

2005

Sisters in Law

2005
6.6
Set in Kumba in South West Cameroon Sisters in Law follows Adultery, Rape and Abuse cases led by a Female Judge.
The Price of Sex

2011

The Price of Sex

2011
6.6
The Price of Sex is a documentary about young Eastern European women who’ve been drawn into a netherworld of sex trafficking and abuse. Intimate, harrowing and revealing, it is a story told by the young women who were supposed to be silenced by shame, fear and violence. Photojournalist Mimi Chakarova, who grew up in Bulgaria, takes us on a personal investigative journey, exposing the shadowy world of sex trafficking from Eastern Europe to the Middle East and Western Europe. Filming undercover and gaining extraordinary access, Chakarova illuminates how even though some women escape to tell their stories, sex trafficking thrives.
Next Time I'll Aim for the Heart

2014

Next Time I'll Aim for the Heart

2014
6
Between 1978 and 1979, the inhabitants of the Oise are in fear of a maniac who kills several hitchhikers and escape the police. He was then dubbed "the killer of the Oise" is actually a shy young policeman who will investigate his own murder, only to lose control of the situation.
Buzzard

2015

Buzzard

2015
5.3
Paranoia forces small-time scam artist Marty to flee his hometown and hide out in a dangerous Detroit. With nothing but a pocket full of bogus checks, his Power Glove, and a bad temper, the horror metal slacker lashes out.
The Hound of the Baskervilles

1929

The Hound of the Baskervilles

1929
6.8
One of the last of the silent Sherlock films.
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front

2011

If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front

2011
6.5
Filmmaker Marshall Curry explores the inner workings of the Earth Liberation Front, a revolutionary movement devoted to crippling facilities involved in deforestation, while simultaneously offering a profile of Oregon ELF member Daniel McGowan, who was brought up on terrorism charges for his involvement with the radical group.