"The Public Enemy" is a 1931 American pre-Code crime film directed by William A. Wellman. The movie follows the rise and fall of Tom Powers, a young man who becomes involved in organized crime during the Prohibition era. Set in Chicago, the film explores the gritty underworld of bootlegging, violence, and criminal activities.

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.

Bonnie and Clyde is a 1967 American biographical crime film directed by Arthur Penn and starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway. The film tells the story of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, a young couple who embark on a crime spree across the United States during the Great Depression. As they rob banks and elude the law, they become folk heroes to the public and symbols of rebellion against a society that has left them behind.

"Cold Pursuit" is a 2019 action thriller film directed by Hans Petter Moland. The movie is a remake of Moland's 2014 Norwegian film "In Order of Disappearance". The story follows Nels Coxman, played by Liam Neeson, who seeks revenge against a drug cartel that killed his son. The film also stars Tom Bateman, Tom Jackson, Emmy Rossum, and Laura Dern.

Whenever you can gather Oscar winner Oliver Stone (director & co-writer) along with John Travolta, Uma Therman, Salma Hayek, and Benicio del Toro plus additional high quality talent together and put them all to work in an action film it just can't get any better than that!avages is definitely a crime thriller with plenty of action and intrigue. Throw in a Hippie named Ophelia, or "O" for short played by Blake Lively (Green Lantern, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants) and her marijuana growing Laguna Beach boyfriends Chon, a former Navy SEAL played by Taylor Kitsch (John Carter, The Bang Bang Club) and Ben, a Berkeley grad (Aaron Johnson from Albert Nobbs, Shanghai Nights). When "O" is kidnapped by a Mexican drug cartel you can see how things could get complicated! John Travolta is a DEA agent hot on the trail of the cartel members when he too gets caught up in the intrigue. Uma Thurman is the mother of Ophelia or "O", desperate to find her daughter. Ransom requires the grass growers to give up all profits they've made the past five year but revenge is a sweeter deal.

Another psychedelic masterpiece from Danny Boyle, Trance (2013) is good enough to stand in one row with his other mind blowing movies: The Beach, Trainspotting and Shallow Grave. There are no doubts in brilliant actors play when it comes to James McAvoy, Rosario Dawson and Vincent Cassel. The story of Danny Boyle's Trance begins when young professional art auctioneer Frank (Vincent Cassel) comes to his hypnotherapist to remember where he hid a precious painting. Session by session the truth reveals: the painting was stolen by Frank himself and hidden in unknown place. Furthermore, Frank has been mixed up with group of criminals, the international work of art thieves. That's why Frank has to remember where he lost a painting as soon as possible – his life is at stake.