Sin City is a 2005 American neo-noir crime anthology film directed by Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez. The movie is based on Miller's graphic novel series of the same name and features a series of interconnected stories set in the fictional city of Basin City. The film explores themes of crime, corruption, and revenge, and features an ensemble cast of characters, each with their own dark and twisted story.

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.

"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.

"Kill the Irishman" is a 2011 crime thriller film based on the true story of Danny Greene, an Irish-American mobster in Cleveland during the 1970s. Directed by Jonathan Hensleigh, the movie depicts Greene's rise to power and the violent clashes between various criminal factions in the city. It explores themes of organized crime, loyalty, and the pursuit of the American Dream.

"No Country for Old Men" is a 2007 neo-Western thriller film directed and written by Joel and Ethan Coen, adapted from Cormac McCarthy's 2005 novel of the same name. The movie features a drug deal gone wrong, and a hunter named Llewelyn Moss who finds and keeps the two million dollars in cash that resulted from it. A psychopathic killer, Anton Chigurh, is sent to retrieve the money and brutally kills anyone who gets in his way.

When Hollywood screenwriter David Sumner (James Marsden of Superman Returns, Death at a Funeral) and his wife return to her hometown they find tensions are high due to the locals who are threatening the new couple's presence. Amy Sumner (Kate Bosworth from Beyond the Sea, Superman Returns) is David's wife and comes from this Deep South Mississippi community so it makes sense that they would make the trip to this peaceful area to relax while he finishes a screenplay. The two of them soon learn this adventure is all about survival.lexander Skarsgard (Generation Kill) plays Amy's old boyfriend and he definitely wants to get her attention. Other talented cast members include James Woods, Dominic Purcell, Willa Holland, and Laz Alonso. The locals do not like intruders and even though Amy is from this sleepy little town she is no longer welcome, and neither is her "big city" husband. This film proves that a violent movie can definitely be remade and be even more violent and scary than the first.