"Dolores Claiborne" is a film adaptation of Stephen King's novel of the same name. Released in 1995, it falls under the genre of psychological thriller. The story revolves around Dolores Claiborne, a woman living in a small town in Maine who becomes the prime suspect in her wealthy employer's murder. As the investigation unfolds, dark secrets from Dolores' past are revealed, shedding light on the complex relationship she had with her late husband and her estranged daughter.

"Freedomland" is a 2006 drama film directed by Joe Roth. The story centers around Brenda Martin, a woman who claims her car was stolen with her young son still inside. As the police launch an intense search for the missing child, racial tensions escalate when Brenda accuses a young African-American man of being the perpetrator. The film explores themes of race, community, and the devastating consequences of misinformation.

Animal Kingdom is an Australian crime thriller, released in 2010, written and directed by David Michaud. Movie stars Ben Mendelsohn, Joel Edgerton, Guy Pearce and Jackie Weaver. Motive of this crime thriller is about a family of malicious criminal Melbourne was inspired by the Pettingill family and the murder of police officers on Welch Street, which happened in Melbourne in 1988. The film was received good feedback from the critics and won a prize at Sundance in 2010. Animal Kingdom is directed by David Michaud, who interested in Melbourne's underworld. He wrote the screenplay under the name J. Working for the Screen NSW Script Development. His friend, producer Liz Watts, saw the potential in the script, pushed the director to rewrite the script several times and eventually produced this movie with a budget of AUD 5,000,000. The film was shot in Victoria, mostly in Melbourne. The scene with the funeral was filmed outside the Church of the Mother of the Lord in the East Ivanho.

"City by the Sea" is a 2002 crime drama film directed by Michael Caton-Jones. The story is based on a true-life murder case and revolves around a New York City police detective named Vincent LaMarca. LaMarca becomes entangled in a complex web of crime and family secrets when he discovers that his estranged son is a prime suspect in a murder investigation.

"Year of the Dragon" is a 1985 crime thriller film directed by Michael Cimino. The story follows Stanley White, a New York City police detective assigned to combat the growing influence of Chinese organized crime in Chinatown. As he delves deeper into the criminal underworld, he becomes entangled in a dangerous game of power, corruption, and cultural clashes.

Brad Pitt plays Jackie Cogan in Andrew Dominik's crime thriller Killing Them Softly, a mobster whose task is to investigate an impudent murder which happened during the illegal poker game organized by mafia bosses. To have a holistic perception of the movie atmosphere just mix-up in your imagination The Sopranos, GoodFellas, Pulp Fiction and put them in a Bush/Obama post-crisis America of last half of 2008; ladle it with some thick layer of political dressing made of pragmatic thoughts and infallible Jackie Cogan's phrases about what happens with people when recession comes and who is responsible for all of this mess. Killing Them Softly is loosely based on George V. Higgins novel Cogan's Trade which he wrote in the period of time 1972 – 1974, when he worked as lawyer, specializing in crime processes involving mafia complicity. This fact leads us to believe that he knows a lot about the shady inside world of gangster's "paradise" which served as a perfectly sharpened background for Andrew Dominik's movie. Filmed for that point in post-Katrina New Orleans Killing Them Softly immerses us in the abyss of despair and hopelessness which enveloped everyone's minds and souls of in America, regardless of occupation – even for thorough-paced gangster – it's time to think about what's wrong with this world. The movie was nominated for the Palme d'Or at 65th Cannes Film Festival in 2012.