Top Rated Crime Movies on Pantaflix - Page 474

Footsteps in the Night

1957

Footsteps in the Night

1957
5.3
Two detectives investigate the strangulation murder of a man whom everyone seemed to like.
Calling Homicide

1956

Calling Homicide

1956
5.7
Cop Andy Doyle investigates a car-bombing murder and the killing of a sleazy modeling agency owner. Are they connected?
Madam City Hunter

1993

Madam City Hunter

1993
4.7
A young lady and her father are threatened by a gang named the Five Fingers. Private eye Charlie comes to the rescue.
Afraid to Die

1960

Afraid to Die

1960
6
On his release from prison a young yakuza, along with his brother, decides to turn his back on criminal life instead of taking over the position of his recently deceased father, boss of the Asahina clan. But their exit proves more difficult than planned when their rival clan steps in to exact revenge.
Stranger Inside

2001

Stranger Inside

2001
4.4
After a stint in a juvenile detention center, Treasure is transferred to an adult prison where her mother, whom she has never met, is also imprisoned. Before long, Treasure encounters Brownie, a lifer and gang leader. Brownie reveals that she is Treasure's mother, and takes the girl under her wing, protecting her from the dangers of hardcore prison life. But some women in Brownie's gang resent Treasure's presence, leading to violent conflict.
Carnival Rock

1957

Carnival Rock

1957
4.4
An ocean-side nightclub owner loves a singer who only has eyes for a gambler.
Dead Above Ground

2002

Dead Above Ground

2002
9.1
Jeff Lucas is already an outcast, but when he makes a horror film instead of a documentary for his class project, the ridicule his classmates inflict upon him soon turns to outright abuse.
Kanto Wanderer

1963

Kanto Wanderer

1963
6.3
Handsome young Katsuta tries to follow the yakuza code, but even his boss doesn't believe in it. Diamond Fuyu is less ethical, and allows the idiotic Tetsu to trick a schoolgirl he fancies, Hanako, into a type of bonded prostitution. Because of gang conflict, the Izu family (to whom Katsuta belongs) has their last gambling den taken over, and he seeks revenge. This brings him back into contact with a former lover who is also a card trickster - she is also Diamond Fuyu's sister, and is now married to Okaru-Hachi, who has mastered a clever card cheating trick called Okaru, which involves the deft use of mirrors.
Mirush

2007

Mirush

2007
6.5
Mirush leaves Kosovo hoping to find his father in Norway, who abandoned the family when Mirush was very young. Now the father runs a restaurant in Oslo, but he is also in deep debt to the Albanian Mafia. Mirush starts to work in his father's restaurant without letting him know that he is his son.
The Godson

1971

The Godson

1971
4.2
An ambitious mobster, Marko, makes the local brothel into a rousing success after double-crossing the mafia Don. This of course angers certain people who come after him.
Home of the Giants

2007

Home of the Giants

2007
4.8
A story about basketball and befriending. Gar is a High School journalist who, while covering the team to the state championship, is best friends with the teams' main "Star" Matt Dunbar. Matt's older brother persuades him to steal money from a drug dealers' home. Gar tags along, but soon things go horribly wrong. One question to ask is "Will the Giants win the big game?
Affair in Havana

1957

Affair in Havana

1957
5.2
While in Havana, a musician gets involved with a crippled man and his beautiful wife... with deadly results.
Chinatown at Midnight

1949

Chinatown at Midnight

1949
5.6
A young man who steals valuable Oriental objects for a crooked antique dealer is hunted down by the police after his latest Chinatown robbery turns violent.
The Beat Generation

1959

The Beat Generation

1959
5.2
A group of beatniks unwittingly harbor a serial rapist. A cop goes after him after his wife is attacked.
Passport to Shame

1958

Passport to Shame

1958
6.2
British melodrama about a cabbie befriending a girl caught up in the white slave trade.
The R.M.

2003

The R.M.

2003
4.6
Jared Phelps (Kirby Heyborne) has completed two years of full-time missionary service for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His mission president has promised him that he will be blessed for his service, and he thinks he has it all worked out. His girlfriend has waited for him. His boss promised that he could have his old job back, and he has already sent his application to BYU. Everything that can go wrong does go wrong. His girlfriend dumps him. His loses his job, and he isn't accepted to BYU. Then, it gets even worse, and he has to decide if choosing the right is worth all the trouble.
The 3rd Voice

1960

The 3rd Voice

1960
5.8
Marian Forbes has been having an affair with her boss and when he drops her for another woman. In an act of jealousy and greed she convinces an acquaintance to murder her former lover and then impersonate him just long enough to get their hands on a large sum of money.
Playgirl

1954

Playgirl

1954
4.3
If you remember Shelley Winters from "The Poseidon Adventure" or "Bloody Mama," you might tend to forget what a knockout she was early in her career. This film will give you the chance to see her as a sexy nightclub singer teaching her just-in-from-the-sticks friend Colleen Miller the ropes in New York City. When Winters finds out that her married boyfriend Barry Sullivan has fallen for Miller, the recriminations...and bullets...start to fly!
The Negotiator

2003

The Negotiator

2003
6.8
After a convenience store robbery, three unidentified men hold a group of people hostage in a hospital. Inspector Ishida and Captain Tohno handle the negotiations while one of their colleagues, Lt. Ando, tries to find out why the men decided to take the hospital hostage. Through flashbacks, relevant information is revealed to the audience. When the negotiations are finished, most things seem to be fine until they lose track of the criminals. Then, the story unveils from a different perspective, its roots in feelings of love and vengeance.
Obsession

1954

Obsession

1954
6.5
Hélène and Aldo Giovanni are a circus trapeze double act and a couple. Aldo is temporarily replaced by former-partner Alexandre when the former is injured. The two get into a fight and the following day Alexandre is discovered dead. Hélène suspects her husband is responsible for the murder.