2015-06-24

From hijackings to bank robberies, check out our guide to the best Presto crime movies.

Since the beginning of movies, everyone has loved watching the cops chase the robbers. Thankfully today crime movies are better than ever, bringing maximum tension and maximum thrill. And on Presto’s fully on-demand streaming service there are some great crime movies to chose from. So sit back and enjoy.

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Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit

Chris Pine and Keira Knightley star in this thriller about a lone CIA operative racing against the clock to stop a terrorist attack. How could you not want to see a movie with that storyline?

Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins.

IMDB rating: 6.2/10



Sabotage

Arnie is back in this rip-roaring tale of DEA agents versus drug cartels. It’s high on action and even higher on suspense. Cops versus robbers, thoroughly updated.

Runtime: 1 hr 49 mins.

IMDB rating: 5.7/10



Non-Stop

An Air Marshall receives a cryptic text message demanding money or they will blow up the plane he is on. Liam Neeson saves the day once again.

Runtime: 1 hr 41 mins.

IMDB rating: 7/10

The Two Faces of January

An engaging mystery about a couple and their run-in with a con artist while on vacation. The plot thickens when an unexpected murder complicates their relationship

Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins

IMDB rating: 6.2/10

Now You See Me

An all-star cast (Including Australia’s very own Isla Fisher) star in this thrilling tale of a team of illusionists who rob a bank and the FBI agents who are deemed with figuring out how they did it.

Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins.

IMDB rating: 7.3/10

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Movie Title

Year

Genre

Plot

Director(s)

Runtime (minutes)

Flightplan

2005

6.2

Mystery & Crime, Thriller, Drama, Action & Adventure

Everyone onboard a plane doubts the sanity of a frantic mother (Jodie Foster) who claims her daughter has disappeared in mid-flight. What really happened could be more terrifying than anybody imagined.

Robert Schwentke

94

Deja Vu

2006

7.0

Mystery & Crime, Thriller, Action & Adventure

Obsessed with a beautiful victim, a federal agent (Denzel Washington) travels back in time to prevent a terrorist attack during the New Orleans mardi gras in this sci-fi thriller co-starring Val Kilmer.

Tony Scott

121

I, Robot

2004

7.1

SciFi & Fantasy, Mystery & Crime, Thriller, Action & Adventure

In 2035 technology and robots are a trusted part of life. When that trust is broken only one man sees the real danger ahead: Will Smith, a technophobic cop out to stop robots from ruling the world.

Alex Proyas

110

Awake

2007

6.5

Mystery & Crime, Thriller

During surgery a millionaire (Hayden Christensen) lies on the operating table conscious but paralysed, as he learns of a plot to kill him. Jessica Alba & Terrence Howard co-star in a twisting thriller.

Joby Harold

80

Push

2009

6.1

SciFi & Fantasy, Mystery & Crime, Thriller

A group of Americans with superhuman abilities fight a government agency trying to steal their powers and create an army of psychic warriors. Sci-fi thriller starring Chris Evans and Dakota Fanning.

Paul McGuigan

107

The Butterfly Effect 2

2006

4.4

SciFi & Fantasy, Mystery & Crime, Horror, Thriller, Drama

A young man meddles with the past to try and alter the future. But he soon discovers that his leaps through time have dire consequences in the present. Eric Lively stars in this sci-fi thriller sequel.

John R. Leonetti

88

Dead Calm

1989

6.8

Mystery & Crime, Thriller

Winner of four Australian Film Institute awards including Best Cinematography, a killer abducts and seduces a young woman after leaving her husband to die on the boat whose crew he's just slaughtered.

Phillip Noyce

92

The Shining

1980

8.5

Mystery & Crime, Horror, Thriller, Drama

Based on the bestseller by Stephen King, all work and no play makes Jack - the caretaker of an isolated resort - go way off the deep end, terrorising his young son and wife.

Stanley Kubrick

137

Mr. Brooks

2007

7.4

Mystery & Crime, Thriller, Drama

Mr Brooks (Kevin Costner) is a businessman, philanthropist and loving family man. He's also an insatiable serial killer, so clever that no one has suspected him - until now. A psychological thriller.

Bruce A. Evans

115

Crank

2006

7.0

Mystery & Crime, Thriller, Action & Adventure

A hitman injected with a drug that will kill him if his heart rate drops sets out to get square, with poison in his veins and vengeance in his heart. Jason Statham and Dwight Yoakam pump the adrenalin.

Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor

84

Cactus

2008

5.8

Mystery & Crime, Thriller, Drama

An ordinary man stuck between a rock and a much harder place needs cash. Fast. He accepts a job to kidnap and deliver a pro gambler to his keepers in the Australian outback: No questions asked.

Jasmine Yuen Carrucan

85

The Thomas Crown Affair

1999

6.8

Mystery & Crime, Romance, Thriller

An adventure of a millionaire playboy who steals a priceless work of art and then strikes up a fiery romance with the brilliant female insurance investigator who is on to his game.

John McTiernan

108

Robocop

1987

7.5

SciFi & Fantasy, Drama, Action & Adventure

When a good Detroit cop gets blown away, scientists piece him back together as a crime-fighting cyborg. As a machine, he cleans up the streets but is tormented by nightmares of his own humanity.

Paul Verhoeven

98

Be Cool

2005

5.6

Mystery & Crime, Comedy

After conquering Hollywood in Get Shorty, super-cool mobster Chili Palmer (John Travolta) takes on the far more dangerous music business. Uma Thurman and Vince Vaughn also star in this comedy sequel.

F. Gary Gray

114

Blown Away

1994

6.1

Mystery & Crime, Action & Adventure

A terrorist (Tommy Lee Jones) breaks out of jail in Northern Ireland and heads for Boston to settle an old score. His target is ex-bomb maker Jeff Bridges who betrayed him over a fallout in the IRA.

Stephen Hopkins

115

Into The Blue

2005

5.8

Mystery & Crime, Action & Adventure

When two sexy young divers go on an extreme adventure, the last thing they expect to see below the shark-infested waters is a legendary pirate ship rumoured to contain millions of dollars in gold.

John Stockwell

105

Out Of Time

2003

6.5

Mystery & Crime, Thriller, Drama

How do you solve a double homicide when all the evidence points to you? A top cop becomes the prime suspect when his lover and her abusive husband are murdered. Thriller starring Denzel Washington.

Carl Franklin

101

The Omen

2006

7.6

Mystery & Crime, Horror, Thriller

When horrible events begin to occur around young Damien, a terrible truth must be confronted. Liev Schreiber and Julia Stiles are the not-so-proud parents of a demon child in this chilling remake.

John Moore

105

Sleeping With The Enemy

1991

6.1

Mystery & Crime, Thriller, Drama

A wife fakes her death to escape her abusive husband, relocating to a small Midwestern town with a new identity. She falls in love again, but her obsessive husband isn't far behind. Stars Julia Roberts.

Joseph Ruben

93

Valkyrie

2008

7.1

Mystery & Crime, Thriller, Drama

A loyal German officer decides that he must take action to assassinate Hitler and overthrow his Nazi government using Hitler's own emergency plan.

Bryan Singer

115

U-571

2000

6.6

Mystery & Crime, Thriller, Drama, Action & Adventure

A US Navy Captain and his crew are enjoying time off when they receive word that they must go on a top-secret assignment into enemy waters and infiltrate a severely damaged Nazi U-boat.

Jonathan Mostow

111

Turner & Hooch

1989

6.0

Mystery & Crime, Thriller, Comedy

The world of Scott Turner, a compulsively neat detective, goes to the dogs when he's forced to team up with the only witness to a crime - a drooling junkyard mutt named Hooch.

Roger Spottiswoode

95

Death Defying Acts

2007

5.9

Mystery & Crime, Romance, Thriller, Drama

On a tour of Britain in 1926 Harry Houdini starts an affair with a psychic out to con the famous escapologist. However all does not go to plan. Catherine Zeta-Jones, Guy Pearce and Timothy Spall star.

Gillian Armstrong

92

A Simple Plan

1998

7.5

Mystery & Crime, Thriller, Drama

Three people find $4 million in a downed plane and to keep it, all they have to do is wait. If only it was that simple. Billy Bob Thornton and Bridget Fonda star in a morality tale laced with tension.

Sam Raimi

116

Revolver

2005

6.5

Mystery & Crime, Thriller, Drama, Action & Adventure

Crime boss Ray Liotta puts a contract on a grifter who has taken him down. The grifter (Jason Statham) is protected by two loan sharks who make him an offer he can't refuse in this Guy Ritchie film.

Guy Ritchie

101

Syriana

2005

7.0

Mystery & Crime, Thriller, Drama

An intelligent, intricate espionage thriller which produced a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for George Clooney. When an assassination is bungled it immerses a CIA agent in a Middle East oil conspiracy.

Stephen Gaghan

122

Pulp Fiction

1994

8.9

Mystery & Crime, Drama

In a black comedy about small-time hoods and big-time criminals, the lives of seemingly unrelated people are woven together in a wildly entertaining and exhilarating adventure that thrills and amuses. Quentin Tarantino's black comedy about small-time hoods and big-time criminals. One of the most audacious and imitated films of all time, starring John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson and Uma Thurman.

Quentin Tarantino

148

TMNT

2007

6.4

Animation, Kids & Family

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles return to their crime-fighting roots to save New York. Sarah Michelle Gellar, Laurence Fishburne and Patrick Stewart lend their voices to this action-packed sequel.

Kevin Munroe

83

Mulholland Dr.

2001

8.1

Mystery & Crime, Thriller, Drama

A naive actress (Naomi Watts) seeking fame in Hollywood finds something much more sinister. David Lynch's masterpiece is a journey to the dark heart of the American dream that leaves no soul intact.

David Lynch

140

Point Of No Return

1994

5.9

Mystery & Crime, Thriller, Drama, Action & Adventure

An ex-soldier whose life has been disrupted and his emotions disturbed by his experiences at war and in prison, escapes from police custody after attending the burial of his murdered brother.

Vincent Monton

93

The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations

2009

5.6

SciFi & Fantasy, Mystery & Crime, Horror, Thriller, Drama

A young man who can time travel attempts to solve his girlfriend's mysterious death. But is that causing the death of many others? Chris Carmack (The O.C.) and Rachel Miner star in a third thriller.

Seth Grossman

90

The Butterfly Effect

2004

7.7

SciFi & Fantasy, Mystery & Crime, Thriller, Drama

Ashton Kutcher, playing a young man trying to dig up childhood memories, finds a technique that allows him to travel back in time. He finds he is able to change history - with unexpected consequences.

Eric Bress, J. Mackye Gruber

109

Gosford Park

2001

7.3

Mystery & Crime, Thriller, Drama, Comedy

A loathsome industrialist winds up dead at a society-rich hunting weekend in November 1932 at stately Gosford Park, where he and his wife Lady Sylvia host an assortment of upper class guests.A brilliant Robert Altman 'whodunit' starring Helen Mirren and Alan Bates.

Robert Altman

131

Deceived

1991

6.1

Mystery & Crime, Thriller, Drama

When her "perfect" husband is apparently killed, a woman confronts some perplexing mysteries about him. She finds chilling evidence of a plot that threatens her life.

Damian Harris

103

The Hand That Rocks The Cradle

1992

6.5

Mystery & Crime, Thriller, Drama

A couple don't realise that their nanny's husband was the gynecologist who killed himself after being accused of molesting the wife. Now the nanny (Rebecca De Mornay) wants revenge in this thriller.

Curtis Hanson

105

Memento

2000

8.5

Mystery & Crime, Thriller, Drama

A man who can't build new memories (Guy Pearce) tries to solve his wife's murder, the last thing he can recall. In a very clever plot, one story line moves forward while the other reveals the past.

Christopher Nolan

108

Noise

2007

6.2

Mystery & Crime, Thriller, Drama

A troubled cop is pitched into the chaos that follows a mass murder on a train. He must unravel a web of secrecy shrouding a community in a tight drama starring Brendan Cowell.

Matthew Saville

103

Stakeout

1987

6.6

Mystery & Crime, Thriller, Comedy

An FBI agent on a stakeout starts a torrid affair with the woman he's watching while his partner fumes through binoculars. Superb comic timing and chemistry between Richard Dreyfuss and Emilio Estevez.

John Badham

112

Cypher

2002

6.9

SciFi & Fantasy, Mystery & Crime, Thriller, Action & Adventure

A computer programmer who turns to corporate espionage is caught in a spiral where even his own identity is put in doubt. Paranoia drives this hi-tech cyber thriller with Jeremy Northam and Lucy Liu.

Vincenzo Natali

95

Basic

2003

6.5

Mystery & Crime, Thriller, Drama, Action & Adventure

An ex-Ranger now in the Drug Enforcement Agency is drawn into the mysterious disappearance of a reviled Special Forces instructor and part of his elite team. John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson star.

John McTiernan

94

Horsemen

2009

5.6

Mystery & Crime, Horror, Thriller, Drama

A detective discovers a terrifying link between a murder spree and the biblical prophecies of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: War, Famine, Pestilence and Death. Dennis Quaid and Ziyi Zhang star.

Jonas Åkerlund

86

The Juror

1996

5.5

Mystery & Crime, Thriller, Drama

A juror in a major mafia trial regrets doing her civic duty when a psychopathic gangster threatens her son and her friends unless she says 'not guilty'.

Brian Gibson

113

Layer Cake

2004

7.4

Mystery & Crime, Thriller, Drama, Action & Adventure

A drug dealer is given one last job before retiring: find the missing drug-addict daughter of a crime boss. Daniel Craig and Sienna Miller star in a thriller full of double-crosses and hidden alliances.

Matthew Vaughn

101

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

2011

7.1

Mystery & Crime, Thriller, Drama

In this adaptation of John Le Carre's thrilling Cold War-era spy novel, Gary Oldman stars as a retired secret agent who is pulled back into the game to ferret out a Soviet agent in MI6.

Tomas Alfredson

122

The Box

2009

5.6

SciFi & Fantasy, Mystery & Crime, Horror, Thriller

Married couple Cameron Diaz and James Marsden are in the crosshairs of a terrible moral dilemma after a mysterious stranger (Frank Langella) offers them $1 million to commit a simple but shocking act.

Richard Kelly

110

Paranormal Activity

2007

6.3

Mystery & Crime, Horror, Thriller

When things begin to go bump in the night a married couple rig up a video recorder to capture what happens while they sleep. A deliciously scary flick that lingers with you long after the end credits.

Oren Peli

82

Species II

1998

4.2

SciFi & Fantasy, Mystery & Crime, Thriller, Action & Adventure

In the sequel to Species, an astronaut recently returned from a mission discovers a dangerous link between Eve, a clone made from the original alien-human hybrid, Sil, and himself.

Peter Medak

89

Hitman

2007

6.3

Mystery & Crime, Thriller, Action & Adventure

Based on the top-selling video game, a genetically engineered assassin is snared in a conspiracy when his hit on the Russian President goes horribly wrong.

Xavier Gens

90

The Simpsons Movie

2006

7.4

Animation, Kids & Family, Comedy

When accident-prone Homer creates environmental chaos Springfield is quarantined and television's favourite dysfunctional family flee to Alaska. Does he have what it takes to return and face his crime?

David Silverman

83

Not Without My Daughter

1991

6.1

Mystery & Crime, Thriller, Drama

Based on the true story of an American woman who travels with her Iranian husband to his homeland. When he will not allow her to return home, she must find a way to flee the country with her daughter.

Brian Gilbert

111

Raising Cain

1992

5.9

Mystery & Crime, Horror, Thriller, Drama

When a respected psychologist and loving father takes a year off to raise his daughter his multiple personalities emerge. John Lithgow and Lolita Davidovich star in a wicked thriller that won't let go.

Brian De Palma

87

Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind

2002

7.1

Mystery & Crime, Thriller, Drama, Comedy

George Clooney, Julia Roberts and Drew Barrymore star in the comedy thriller that poses an irresistible question: what would happen if a wildly successful TV producer was also a top-secret CIA assassin?

George Clooney

108

Heavenly Creatures

1994

7.5

Mystery & Crime, Drama

New Zealand. A disturbing portrait of two teenage girls whose obsessive friendship leads to a terrible true crime that shocked a nation. This hypnotic thriller from Peter Jackson stars Kate Winslet.

Peter Jackson

95

The Others

2001

7.6

Mystery & Crime, Horror, Thriller

A mother of two ailing children (Nicole Kidman) awaits her man's return from World War II. Chilling events and visions lead her to believe something supernatural is afoot in this creepy ghost story.

Alejandro Amenabar

100

Red Rock West

1993

7.0

Mystery & Crime, Thriller, Drama

(1993) Dennis Hopper, Lara Flynn Boyle. Oscar winner Nicolas Cage stars as Michael, a down-trodden marine vet in this offbeat mystery about an average guy who is mistaken for a professional hit-man.

John Dahl

94

The Prestige

2006

8.5

Mystery & Crime, Thriller, Drama, Action & Adventure

A pair of magicians (Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale) become bitter enemies when their biggest trick goes terribly wrong. Rivalry explodes into obsession, deceit and sabotage in this piece of cinema magic.

Christopher Nolan

125

Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans

2009

6.7

Mystery & Crime

(2009) Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes. Action hero, Nicolas Cage stars as Terence McDonagh, who is a drug and gambling-addled detective in post-Katrina New Orleans investigating the killing of five Senegalese immigrants.

Werner Herzog

The Expatriate

2012

6.1

Mystery & Crime, Thriller, Action & Adventure

When they find themselves stuck in the middle of an international conspiracy, an ex CIA agent and his estranged daughter find themselves targeted for termination. Stars Aaron Eckhart.

Philipp Stolzl

100

Sinister

2012

6.8

Horror

After moving to a house in which a horrific crime took place a writer finds footage of murders. In each film is a mysterious figure whose lust for blood is not yet satisfied. Ethan Hawke.

Scott Derrickson

105

Changing Lanes

2002

6.5

Mystery & Crime, Thriller, Drama, Action & Adventure

One wrong turn deserves another. Affluent Wall Street lawyer Gavin Banek (Ben Affleck) and recovering alcoholic Doyle Gipson (Samuel L. Jackson) are both involved in a fender bender accident that fuel's their intense road rage.

Roger Michell

94

Europa Report

2013

6.5

SciFi & Fantasy, Mystery & Crime, Thriller

When unmanned probes suggest that a hidden ocean could exist underneath Europa's icy surface and may contain single-celled life, six of the best astronauts are sent on a malfunctioning mission.

Sebastian Cordero

86

See Spot Run

2001

5.4

Comedy

(2001) David Arquette, Michael Clarke Duncan. A mailman takes in a stray dog only to learn that it's an FBI drug-sniffing canine that has escaped from a witness protection programme and is now targeted for assassination by a crime boss.

John Whitesell

Hummingbird

2013

7.8

Mystery & Crime, Thriller, Action & Adventure

After returning from Afghanistan disillusioned, damaged and homeless, a special forces commando (Jason Statham) is drawn into the violence and criminality of London's dangerous underworld.

Steven Knight

96

Sexy Beast

2000

7.3

Mystery & Crime, Drama, Comedy

A sadistic thug tries to coax an ex-villain back to London for one last job, resulting in an explosive battle of wills.

Jonathan Glazer

85

Jackie Brown

1997

7.5

Mystery & Crime

A flight attendant is forced to become a key figure in a plot between the police and an arms dealer after being caught supplementing her meagre income by smuggling cash in to the country.

Quentin Tarantino

148

The Shadow

1994

5.9

Mystery & Crime, Action & Adventure

A man becomes a superhero when he assumes a mysterious alter ego: The Shadow. He must take down the last descendant of Genghis Khan who is hatching a plot to conquer the world.

Russell Mulcahy

102

Last Passenger

2013

5.6

Mystery & Crime, Thriller, Action & Adventure

UK. A sociopath hijacks a London train to crash it and take the passengers to the grave with him. Dougray Scott stars in a thriller that stays on the rails with snappy dialogue and relentless pace.

Omid Nooshin

92

8mm

1999

6.5

Mystery & Crime, Thriller, Action & Adventure

A private detective is hired to discover if a snuff film is real. With the help of a streetwise adult bookstore clerk, his search will take him into a dark underworld.

Joel Schumacher

117

Pain & Gain

2013

6.5

Comedy, Action & Adventure

Three bodybuilders turn to crime to improve their lives but things get crazy when the kidnapping caper goes horribly wrong. Mark Wahlberg & Dwayne Johnson star in this true story.

Michael Bay

124

Now You See Me

2013

7.3

Mystery & Crime, Thriller

Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Isla Fisher, Common, Woody Harrelson & Morgan Freeman star in this special effects extravaganza about FBI agents hunting a band of bank-robbing illusionists.

Louis Leterrier

110

The Frozen Ground

2013

6.4

Mystery & Crime, Thriller, Drama

Based on true events, this is the story of an Alaska State Trooper, a serial killer and the girl who holds the secret to stopping the evil. Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, Vanessa Hudgens.

Scott Walker, Gov. Scott Walker

101

Insidious: Chapter 2

2013

6.6

Mystery & Crime, Horror, Thriller

When they once again experience a terrifying haunting the members of the Lambert family realise they are not free of the past. Patrick Wilson & Rose Byrne return for this chilling sequel.

James Wan

101

What Lies Beneath

2000

6.6

Mystery & Crime, Horror, Thriller, Drama

Robert Zemeckis directs Michelle Pfeiffer and Harrison Ford as Dr Norman and Claire Spencer in this supernatural thriller about terrifying secrets that won't stay buried.

Robert Zemeckis

124

Blood and Wine

1996

6.1

Mystery & Crime, Thriller, Drama

After stealing a million-dollar diamond necklace, it looks like Alex's life is back on track - until conflicts with his wife and stepson escalate, and larceny, greed, love, and lust converge.

Bob Rafelson

96

Smilla's Sense Of Snow

1997

6.4

Mystery & Crime, Thriller, Drama

A beautiful but emotionally chilly half-Inuit glaciologist applies her uncanny understanding of the properties of snow to the fastidious investigation of the murder of an Inuit boy in Copenhagen.

Bille August

116

Speed

1994

7.2

Mystery & Crime, Thriller, Action & Adventure

A L.A.P.D. SWAT team specialist is sent to defuse a bomb that has been planted on a bus. But until he does, they must keep the bus speeding at more than 50 miles per hour - or the bomb will explode.

Jan de Bont

111

28 Weeks Later

2007

7.0

SciFi & Fantasy, Mystery & Crime, Horror, Thriller

The U.S. Army steps in to help repatriate Mainland Britain, but one of the returning refugees carries a terrible secret that threatens to reignite the deadly explosion of bloodlust, carnage and chaos.

Juan Carlos Fresnadillo

96

Die Hard 4.0

2007

7.2

Mystery & Crime, Thriller, Action & Adventure

NYC detective John McClane delivers old school justice to a new breed of techno-terrorists when a massive computer attack on the U.S. infrastructure threatens to shut down the entire country.

Len Wiseman

123

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

2007

5.7

SciFi & Fantasy, Mystery & Crime, Thriller, Action & Adventure

In the second instalment of this popular live-action series, the Fantastic Four meet their greatest challenge yet as the Silver Surfer comes to Earth to prepare it for destruction.

Tim Story

88

Ghost Rider

2007

5.2

Mystery & Crime, Horror, Thriller, Action & Adventure

Motorcycle star Johnny Blaze (Nicolas Cage) sold his soul to Satan (Peter Fonda) to save his father's life. Now he's done a new deal with the devil. If he fails to deliver all hell will be unleashed.

Mark Steven Johnson

105

Perfect Stranger

2007

5.7

Mystery & Crime, Thriller, Drama

A journalist goes undercover to flush out businessman Harrison Hill as her childhood friend's killer. Posing as one of his temps, she enters into a game of online cat-and-mouse.

James Foley

104

The Condemned

2007

6.1

Mystery & Crime, Thriller, Action & Adventure

A death-row prisoner in a corrupt Central American prison is purchased by a wealthy television producer to take part in an illegal reality game show where he must fight to death to earn his freedom.

Scott Wiper

109

Psycho

1998

8.6

Mystery & Crime, Horror, Thriller

After a woman is brutally slayed in one of movie history's most memorable scenes, her sister and a detective come looking for her, uncovering the unspeakable secret of Norman Bates' life.

Gus Van Sant

99

True Lies

1994

7.2

Mystery & Crime, Thriller, Action & Adventure

Harry Tasker is a Special Agent - although to his wife, he's just a boring computer salesman. When his two lives unexpectedly collide, they find themselves in the clutches of international terrorists.

James Cameron, Tony Scott

135

American Gangster

2007

7.8

Drama

Armed with ruthless tactics and a strict sense of honour, crime boss Frank Lucas rules Harlem's chaotic drug underworld. An outcast cop sets out to bring down Lucas's multimillion-dollar empire.

Ridley Scott

150

Untraceable

2008

6.2

Mystery & Crime, Thriller, Drama

A Special Agent is put in charge of a case involving a tech-savvy killer who displays graphic murders on his own website. The more people log on to watch the execution, the quicker the victim dies.

Gregory Hoblit

97

Spiral

2007

6.3

Mystery & Crime, Thriller, Drama

In this psychological thriller, a reclusive artist becomes enamoured with his new subject. But as the man inside is revealed, there is something below the surface darker than anyone imagined.

Joel Moore, Adam Green

86

Butterfly On A Wheel

2007

6.7

Mystery & Crime, Thriller

A married couple realise their nightmare is about to take a deadly turn when they have to face their child's abductor's horrifying challenge - would they kill an innocent man to save their own child?

Mike Barker

91

The Game

1997

7.8

Mystery & Crime, Thriller

A millionaire gets a strange birthday present from his wayward brother: a live-action game with no rules that turns his life into chaos. Or is it a game? Clever thriller starring Michael Douglas and Sean Penn.

David Fincher

123

Sneakers

1992

7.1

Mystery & Crime, Thriller, Drama, Comedy, Action & Adventure

Government agents blackmail a team of computer hackers into stealing national security secrets. Robert Redford, River Phoenix, Sidney Poitier and Dan Aykroyd star in a lighthearted techno-comedy romp.

Phil Alden Robinson

120

From Hell

2001

6.8

Mystery & Crime, Horror, Thriller

While Jack The Ripper rules the streets, terror reigned. His crimes were unspeakable. His blood lust, unquenchable. His identity, unknown ... until a psychic Inspector is assigned to the case.

Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes

117

Broken Arrow

1996

6.0

Mystery & Crime, Thriller, Action & Adventure

A renegade Air Force pilot holds the US Government to ransom over two stolen nukes in Death Valley until the co-pilot he should have killed teams up with a resourceful ranger to foil his plans.

John Woo

104

Die Hard

1988

8.3

Mystery & Crime, Thriller, Action & Adventure

High above the city of L.A., a team of terrorists has seized a building, taken hostages, and declared war. But one man has managed to escape detection - an off duty cop with only a service revolver.

John McTiernan

126

Midnight Express

1978

7.7

Mystery & Crime, Thriller, Drama

The true story of Billy Hayes, an American college student and naive traveller, whose life changes dramatically when caught in a nightmare of his own making in a Turkish jail after smuggling drugs.

Alan Parker

116

Christine

1983

6.6

Mystery & Crime, Horror, Thriller

Born in Detroit, Christine is a red and white 1958 Plymouth Fury with a radio that never dies. Stephen King's dream machine will cost you a one-way ticket to hell if you incur her wrath.

John Carpenter

105

Cujo

1983

6.0

Mystery & Crime, Horror, Thriller

Based on a Stephen King tale, a wayward mother and son are trapped in a broken down car while terrorised by a savage St. Bernard that was bitten on the nose by a rabid bat. A showdown is inevitable.

Lewis Teague

89

Die Hard 2

1990

7.1

Mystery & Crime, Thriller, Action & Adventure

McClane returns as the heroic cop who battles not only terrorist, but also an incompetent airport Police Chief, the tough commander of the army's anti-terrorist squad and a deadly winter snowstorm.

Renny Harlin

118

Firestorm

1998

4.6

Mystery & Crime, Thriller, Action & Adventure

As nature's ultimate inferno threatens to engulf him, Graves is caught in the middle of a deadly situation trying to outsmart a cunning killer and save an ornithologist who is being held hostage.

Dean Semler

85

Johnny Handsome

1989

6.1

Mystery & Crime, Drama

A pretty gangsta with facial deformities is double-crossed during a robbery and sent to prison. There, a sympathetic surgeon makes a deal to give him a new face - a new shot at life ... and revenge.

Walter Hill

89

Angel Heart

1987

7.3

Mystery & Crime, Thriller, Drama

In this steamy thriller, a world weary detective is hired by an elusive mogul to find a missing recording artist, leading him on a journey which unlocks his own dark heart.

Alan Parker

108

Independence Day

1996

6.9

SciFi & Fantasy, Mystery & Crime, Thriller, Action & Adventure

A blockbuster with Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum leading the last stand of the human race on July 4, Independence Day, after giant alien spacecraft invade Earth and destroy Washington, New York and LA.

Roland Emmerich

138

The Ghost Writer

2010

7.2

Mystery & Crime, Thriller, Drama

When a gifted ghostwriter is hired to write the memoirs of former British Prime Minister Adam Lang, he quickly finds himself trapped in a web of political and sexual intrigue.

Roman Polanski, Roman Pola?ski

122

Beautiful Creatures

2000

6.2

Mystery & Crime, Thriller, Drama, Comedy

When two women cover up the accidental murder of one boyfriend, they hatch a scheme to collect a huge ransom. It's a perfect plan until a corrupt detective and an old beau want in on the scam.

Bill Eagles

84

Fun With Dick And Jane

2005

6.1

Comedy

A couple who lose their minds whilst trying to hold onto the elusive American dream turn to crime to get back in the black, and outwit a greedy, corporate executive.

Barry Sonnenfeld, Alec Baldwin

86

The Prophecy

1995

6.6

SciFi & Fantasy, Mystery & Crime, Horror, Thriller

Fed up with God giving all of his attention to humans, the angel Gabriel decides to stage a coup and enlists the help of a recently deceased and inhumanly malevolent army general.

Gregory Widen

93

The Prophecy: Forsaken

2005

4.6

Mystery & Crime, Horror, Thriller

With control of the ancient religious text Lexicon and its enormous power at stake, a group of fallen angels will stop at nothing to capture it and the young woman who possesses it.

Joel Soisson

72

Dirty Pretty Things

2002

7.4

Mystery & Crime, Thriller, Drama

This mystery tells of immigrants trying to live their clandestine lives in London while dealing with the discovery of an organ donor ring that's being run out of the hotel where they work.

Stephen Frears

92

Criminal

2004

6.4

Mystery & Crime, Drama

(2004) John C. Reilly, Diego Luna. Richard Gaddis is a well-dressed conman who partners with another grifter to sell a fake rare currency note to a wealthy collector, but things go awry when they try to deceive each other.

Greggory Jacobs, Gregory Jacobs

83

Blitz

2011

6.2

Mystery & Crime, Thriller, Drama, Action & Adventure

(2011) Jason Statham, Paddy Considine. Detective Sergeant Tom Brant (Jason Statham) is a hot headed police officer from the South East London station, who is assigned to capturing a maniacal serial killer who is targeting police.

Elliott Lester, Rob Hardy

93

Where The Money Is

2000

6.3

Mystery & Crime, Drama, Comedy

(2000) Paul Newman, Linda Fiorentino. Frail bank robber, Henry arrives from prison to a nursing home where his bored nurse Carol and her husband discover he is fighting fit, and together the plan a robbery for a bit of excitement.

Marek Kanievska

84

Shoot 'em Up

2007

6.7

Mystery & Crime, Thriller, Drama, Action & Adventure

As a crazy gunman attacks a pregnant woman, a bystander steps in to help, but when he finds them still on his tail after he delivers the baby, the bystander puts his own unique skills into action.

Michael Davis

83

The Silence Of The Lambs

1991

8.6

Mystery & Crime, Horror, Thriller

Winner of 5 Oscars(R) including Best Picture. A young F.B.I. cadet must confide in an incarcerated and manipulative killer to receive his help to catch another serial killer who skins his victims.

Jonathan Demme

113

Red Dragon

2002

7.2

Mystery & Crime, Horror, Thriller, Drama

Ex-FBI agent Edward Norton agrees to profile a serial killer (Ralph Fiennes). But he needs the help of the notorious Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) who plays along in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse.

Brett Ratner

119

The Black Dahlia

2006

5.6

Mystery & Crime, Thriller, Drama

A thriller inspired by the most notorious murder in Hollywood history and based on the James Ellroy novel. Josh Hartnett and Aaron Eckhart star as detectives, with Scarlett Johansson and Hilary Swank.

Brian DePalma

116

Leaves Of Grass

2009

6.5

Mystery & Crime, Drama, Comedy

A philosophy professor returns home upon receiving news that his twin brother has been murdered by a drug deal gone wrong, but quickly learns that his death has been great exaggerated.

Tim Blake Nelson

100

In Too Deep

1999

6.1

Mystery & Crime, Drama, Action & Adventure

Officer Jeff Cole is given a dangerous mission: infiltrate the syndicate of ?God?, the charismatic and deadly crime lord who rules the city?s streets. But soon he begins to get in over his head...

Michael Rymer

92

House At The End Of The Street

2012

5.6

Mystery & Crime, Horror, Thriller

Horror. Jennifer Lawrence, Max Thieriot. A mother and daughter uncover creepy secrets when they move to a new town.

Mark Tonderai

96

And Soon The Darkness

2010

5.2

Mystery & Crime, Horror, Thriller

When two American girls go on a bike trip in a remote part of Argentina, one ends up missing and the other goes on a frantic search. With danger mounting, she must find her friend before darkness falls.

Marcos Efron

87

Mad Money

2008

5.8

Drama, Comedy

Riotous comedy about three women who concoct a scheme to steal millions from the Federal Reserve Bank. Diane Keaton, Queen Latifah and Katie Holmes have the crime of their lives along with Ted Danson.

Callie Khouri

99

Highwaymen

2004

5.7

Mystery & Crime, Horror, Thriller, Drama, Action & Adventure

A man sets out to avenge the death of his wife by tracking down her murderer - a serial killer who hunts and kills women using his '72 El Dorado.

Robert Harmon

77

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