Top Rated Crime Movies on Amazon Video - Page 224

Enid Is Sleeping

1990

Enid Is Sleeping

1990
4.7
Enid only looks like she's sleeping. In fact, she's dead. Shortly after Enid caught her husband Harry in bed with her sister June, a row ensued, whereupon June accidently killed Enid. June's problem now is to hide the truth from the authorities, including her police-officer husband Floyd. Then she decides to reveal Enid's demise, albeit rearranging the damning evidence to make the whole thing look like the accident it really was.
Harvest of Fire

1996

Harvest of Fire

1996
5.5
In a small Amish community, three barns are burnt down almost simultaneously. FBI agent Sally Russwell is sent in to investigate this possible hate crime. What she finds however is a community that little trust for outsiders or "The English" as they call them. However, in her investigations, Agent Russell makes friends with one entrepreneurial widow, Annie Beiler who has her own curiosity about this stranger. Together, Annie introduces Russell in-depth to this close knit community bearing many appealing attributes. However, as Sally's investigations continue, she discovers secrets that reveal uncomfortable truths about the religious community that are linked to the arson attacks.
Bloody Wednesday

1988

Bloody Wednesday

1988
4.5
Harry is unable to hold a job due to his mental illness and lives in an abandoned Hollywood hotel haunted by friendly ghosts of the long dead staff. The lines of his mental illness and reality become extremely blurred as some of his strangest events are indeed witnessed by others. As Harry becomes more frustrated by not being able to distinguish fact from delusion he turns to violence.
Daddy-O

1958

Daddy-O

1958
3.6
Phil, a part-time truck driver and singer who wears his pants far too high, meets a feisty platinum blonde who challenges him to a drag race through Griffith Park. When he is caught and loses his license, he meets up with the sketchy Frank Wooster who offers him a job singing in his new nightclub. When Phil discovers that his new job also includes drug running, he must fight to save his friends and himself.
Wives Under Suspicion

1938

Wives Under Suspicion

1938
5
A merciless district attorney prosecutes a case that mirrors his own life.
Nick the Sting

1976

Nick the Sting

1976
6.7
Nick Hezard, a young con man, wants to avenge the death of a friend of his and organizes a swindle trying to cheat Robert Turner, an American businessman he thinks responsible for his friend's death. He succeeds in getting a hundred thousand swiss francs and uses them to carry out the second part of his plan.
Highway 13

1948

Highway 13

1948
5.6
Hank Wilson is a driver for a truck for a big transportation company which is in financial straits. He is in love with Doris Lacy, a waitress at the truck-stop where the company has its truck fleet serviced. Frequent accidents near the place leads the company to hire a private detective to investigate, and when the detective is murdered Hank is arrested as a suspect. The insurance company that covers the fleet has him released and he is sent back to work with instructions to investigate the accidents on his own. The trail leads to the uncle of Doris, and one of the part-owners of the company.
Law and Disorder

1974

Law and Disorder

1974
4.5
In crime ridden New York of the seventies two cops has had enough. They decide to take justice into their own hands. Things turn exciting and humorous. No hoodlum goes safe.
Asalto al cine

2011

Asalto al cine

2011
5.2
The story of four teenagers: Negus, Chale, Sapo and Chata. Childhood friends living in public housing in a rundown area of Mexico City, search to trump idleness. They toy with the idea of robbing a movie theatre. Afflicted by their past and present stance, each find the motivation to complete the deed. The adventure pushes them to face their own realities and jeopardizes the only valuable possession: friendship
Frank Nitti: The Enforcer

1988

Frank Nitti: The Enforcer

1988
5.5
Al Capone may be the most famous Chicago mobster, but his successor, Frank "The Enforcer" Nitti (Anthony LaPaglia), was just as ruthless. This biopic goes to great lengths to accurately trace Nitti's rise to the top of the Windy City's underworld, amid corruption, betrayal and violence. The result is an engrossing glimpse into mob life in the early 20th century.
Identity Theft: The Michelle Brown Story

2004

Identity Theft: The Michelle Brown Story

2004
6.5
A young woman faces a nightmarish battle to restore her good name after a stranger steals her identity and racks up a massive debt.
The Final Comedown

1972

The Final Comedown

1972
6.2
Prejudice transforms a young black man into an armed militant leader, who believes the only answer to racism is violent revolution.
Mean Johnny Barrows

1975

Mean Johnny Barrows

1975
5.5
A Vietnam veteran gets caught in a mob war with a couple of double-crossers.
Gambling with Souls

1936

Gambling with Souls

1936
3.5
Young girls are cheated into rigged gambling games and then forced into prostitution to pay off their debts.
Like Father Like Son

2005

Like Father Like Son

2005
6.2
Life for Dee Stanton is improving at every turn. Her legal career is blossoming and her boyfriend Dominic unexpectedly proposes to her. Things were very different 11 years ago when her husband Paul was jailed for the brutal murders of four girls and Dee was hounded from her home. Dee has kept all this a secret from her 15-year-old son Jamie. Now he has discovered the truth about his father and demands to see him.
Devil's Express

1976

Devil's Express

1976
4.6
Luke and his friend Rodan take a break from the city streets to train in kung fu in China. Whilst there, Rodan steals an ancient amulet which prevents an evil spirit from leaving his tomb. The evil spirit, now free, possesses somebody and follows the pair back to New York City, where it lurks in the subways, killing and mutilating its victims. Can kung fu master Luke right Rodan's wrong and put a stop to the killings?
Active Stealth

1999

Active Stealth

1999
3.5
After Captain Murphy lost some of his men on his last mission to Mexico to bring back a US Senator, he has been plagued with unhappiness and bad dreams. When Murphy is given orders to go back to Mexico to help Mexican people slaving for Salvatore, a rich drug dealer, he must use a new technology plane to get there. The plane is technically advanced with a new protection luxury called 'Active Stealth'. Murphy and his men get aboard the 'Active Stealth', piloted by Hollywood who dreams of being an actor and embark to Mexico. The action never stops from then on when Salvatore sends his men in to block them from getting through.
Trick Baby

1972

Trick Baby

1972
4.7
Two Philadelphia con men try to evade gangsters they have conned and cops who are trying to put them in jail.
Velvet Smooth

1976

Velvet Smooth

1976
3.2
A crime lord hires Velvet Smooth, the head of a detective agency, to find out who is stealing his business.
83 Hours 'Til Dawn

1990

83 Hours 'Til Dawn

1990
6.5
A wealthy man's daughter is kidnapped and placed in a box with air for only 83 hours.