Diao Yinan’s dark crime drama, set in China’s northern coal country in the depths of winter, takes an atmospheric approach to the shadowy murder mystery.
Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, and Joe Pesci star in Scorsese’s violent, dynamic, exhilarating mob thriller, the greatest American gangster movie since Coppola’s ‘The Godfather.’
Hong Kong crime master Johnnie To takes his brand of sleek, stark action cinema to the Chinese mainland for a story of driven cops and brutal drug smugglers.
Raoul Walsh helped the veteran Warner Bros. actor become a leading man in this tough. smart crime drama, costarring Ida Lupino as a hardened survivor who falls for the veteran crook.
The debut feature from filmmaker Jonathan Glazer is a fierce yet refreshingly understated British gangster film with a ferocious performance by Kinglsey.
Plus ‘Moonhaven’ on AMC+, ‘Hello, Goodbye’ on Netflix, ‘Maggie’ on Hulu, ‘The 355’ on Prime Video, ‘Trigger Point’ on Peacock, and ‘The Northman’ on VOD
This 2014 action movie hit revived a kind of thriller that Hollywood had ignored in the age of superhero movies: simple, streamlined, driven by action scenes that rely on physical prowess rather than computer generated elements. It also turned Keanu Reeves into an unexpectedly terrific action star.
This slow burn crime thriller favors mood and atmosphere over plot and momentum, creating a sense of desperation over a humid, overheated summer night.
