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Battles Without Honor and Humanity

Battles Without Honor and Humanity is Kinji Fukasaku's 1973 Japanese yakuza film, the first of a five-part series based...

Classic Japanese Yakuza Gangster

8.1 Great

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Carlos

Carlos is a 2010 crime thriller by Olivier Assayas about Venezuelan militant Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, known as Carlos the...

French True Crime Biographical 2010S

8.0 Great

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Election 2

Election 2 is Johnnie To's 2006 Hong Kong triad film, a sequel also released as Triad Election and selected for the Cann...

Gangster 2000S Sequel Hong Kong

7.9 Good

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Blue Ruin

Blue Ruin is Jeremy Saulnier's 2013 American revenge thriller, a Kickstarter-backed independent film that won a FIPRESCI...

INDIE Crime Drama Revenge Thriller

7.8 Good

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Infernal Affairs II

Infernal Affairs II is a 2003 Hong Kong crime drama by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak, a prequel tracing the moles before Infer...

2000S Prequel Hong Kong Undercover

7.7 Good

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Ash Is Purest White

Ash Is Purest White is a 2018 Chinese crime drama by Jia Zhangke about a woman's loyalty to a gangster across years of s...

Romance Crime Drama Gangster Chinese

7.7 Good

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The Traitor

The Traitor is a 2019 Italian crime drama by Marco Bellocchio about Mafia turncoat Tommaso Buscetta, a key witness in th...

Italian True Crime Biographical 2010S

7.6 Good

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A Hard Day

A Hard Day is a 2014 South Korean crime thriller by Kim Seong-hun about a detective who hides a fatal accident and faces...

Korean Police Thriller Cover Up

7.6 Good

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Drug War

Drug War is Johnnie To's 2012 Chinese-Hong Kong crime thriller, following a police captain's bargain with a meth-ring op...

Police Hong Kong 2010S Drug Trafficking

7.5 Good

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Mesrine: Killer Instinct

Mesrine: Killer Instinct is a 2008 French crime biopic by Jean-Francois Richet about Jacques Mesrine's rise as a violent...

French True Crime Gangster 2000S

7.5 Good

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Miss Bala

Miss Bala is a 2011 Mexican crime drama by Gerardo Naranjo about a beauty pageant contestant trapped inside cartel viole...

Crime Drama Mexican 2010S Kidnapping

7.5 Good

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Exiled

Exiled is Johnnie To's 2006 Hong Kong action crime film set in 1998 Macau, where hitmen confront loyalty before the hand...

Gangster 2000S Hong Kong Hitman

7.4 Good

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A Dirty Carnival

A Dirty Carnival is a 2006 South Korean crime drama by Yoo Ha about a low-ranking gangster trying to climb Seoul's under...

Korean Organized Crime Crime Drama Gangster

7.4 Good

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The Outlaws

The Outlaws is a 2017 South Korean crime action film by Kang Yoon-sung, inspired by Garibong-dong gang cases and launchi...

Korean Action Police Gangster

7.3 Good

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Running Out of Time

Running Out of Time is Johnnie To's 1999 Hong Kong thriller, a 72-hour duel between a dying criminal and a police negoti...

Police 1990S Hong Kong Heist

7.3 Good

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Romanzo Criminale

Romanzo Criminale is Michele Placido's 2005 Italian crime drama, based on Giancarlo De Cataldo's novel inspired by the B...

Italian Organized Crime Gangster 2000S

7.3 Good

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Graveyard of Honor

Graveyard of Honor is Kinji Fukasaku's 1975 Japanese yakuza film, adapted from Goro Fujita's book about real gangster Ri...

Japanese Yakuza Crime Drama Gangster

7.2 Good

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Suburra

Suburra is Stefano Sollima's 2015 Italian neo-noir crime film, based on a Bonini-De Cataldo novel about organized crime...

Italian 2010S Corruption Mafia

7.2 Good

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PTU

PTU is Johnnie To's 2003 Hong Kong neo-noir crime film, set over one night as police search for a sergeant's missing rev...

Police Gangster 2000S Hong Kong

7.1 Good

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Heli

Heli is a 2013 Mexican crime drama by Amat Escalante about a family drawn into drug violence, earning Best Director at C...

Crime Drama Mexican Violence 2010S

6.9 Fair