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Former bank robber and cop who has always been after that criminal, both are faced a dangerous conspiracy threatening their life. No one could predict that one only insignificant event will ignite the entire chain of catastrophically hazardous happenings leading to potentially "unhappy end". The former enemies, a retired criminal Jacob Sternwood and a gritty copper Max Lewinsky both have learn how to survive invisible threats, which makes them a team. The movie was directed by Eran Creevy, a man behind Shifty (2009), Scoop, Breakfast on Pluto and Wimbledon. He gathered an awesome ensemble in his thriller Welcome to the Punch: Jacob Sternwood is played by Mark Strong (Mindscape, Zero Dark Thirty, John Carter and Green Lantern) while James McAvoy (X-Men: First Class, The Conspirator, Atonement and The Last King of Scotland) stars as Max Lewinsky.

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.

Stream Emilia Pérez on Netflix. Jacques Audiard's 132-minute Spanish-language musical crime drama stars Zoe Saldaña and Karla Sofía Gascón.

"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.

"Lizzie" is a film released in 2018 that tells a fictionalized account of the infamous Lizzie Borden case. Directed by Craig William Macneill, the movie is a psychological thriller based on the events surrounding the murder of Lizzie's father and stepmother in 1892. The story explores the strained relationship between Lizzie and her strict, controlling father, as well as the influence of the family's maid, Bridget Sullivan.

"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.