Movies tagged as "crime gone awry"

Fargo [1996, USA ] starting from $1.99

A homespun murder story.

Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller Actors: William H. Macy, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare, Kristin Rudrüd, Harve Presnell, Tony Denman, Gary Houston, Sally Wingert, Kurt Schweickhardt, Larissa Kokernot, Melissa Peterman, Steve Reevis, Warren Keith, Steve Edelman, Sharon Anderson Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Fargo is based on true events that occurred in Minnesota in 1987 with the names changed to protect the victims. Jerry works in his father-in-law's car dealership and has gotten himself in financial problems. He tries various schemes to come up with money needed for a reason that is never really explained. It has to be assumed that his huge embezzlement of money from the dealership is about to be discovered by father-in-law. When all else falls through, plans he set in motion earlier for two men to kidnap his wife for ransom to be paid by her wealthy father (who doesn't seem to have the time of day for son-in-law). From the moment of the kidnapping, things go wrong and what was supposed to be a non-violent affair turns bloody with more blood added by the minute. Jerry is upset at the blood shed, which turns loose a pregnant sheriff from MN who is tenacious in attempting to solve the three murders in her jurisdiction.

Pulp Fiction [1994, USA ] starting from $1.99

Girls like me don't make invitations like this to just anyone!

Genres: Crime, Drama Actors: Tim Roth, Amanda Plummer, John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Phil LaMarr, Bruce Willis, Ving Rhames, Maria de Medeiros, Rosanna Arquette, Duane Whitaker, Peter Greene, Eric Stoltz, Paul Calderon, Uma Thurman, Frank Whaley Directors: Quentin Tarantino, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Jules Winnfield and Vincent Vega are two hitmen who are out to retrieve a suitcase stolen from their employer, mob boss Marsellus Wallace. Wallace has also asked Vincent to take his wife Mia out a few days later when Wallace himself will be out of town. Butch Coolidge is an aging boxer who is paid by Wallace to lose his next fight. The lives of these seemingly unrelated people are woven together comprising of a series of funny, bizarre and uncalled-for incidents.

Quick Change [1990, USA ] starting from $1.99

The bank robbery was easy. But getting out of New York was a nightmare.

Genres: Comedy, Crime Actors: Bill Murray, Dale Grand, Bob Elliott, Geena Davis, Randy Quaid, Kimberleigh Aarn, Ron Ryan, Brian McConnachie, Jack Gilpin, Jordan Cael, Rhe DeVille, Marya D. Dornya, Barbara Flynn, Elizabeth A. Griffin, Connie Ivie Directors: Howard Franklin, Bill Murray, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   When a man dressed as a clown enters a bank and trys to rob it, no one takes him seriously at start. But as this New Yorker pulls this daring robbery with the help of his friends, it looks like leaving the bank with all the stolen money is the easy part! All they have to do now is make it out of the city and to the airport. They have plenty of time, but its not that easy as they seem to get out of one problem only to fall into another. Will they make before the cops catch up with them?

Reservoir Dogs [1992, USA ] starting from $1.99

Seven Total Strangers Team Up For The Perfect Crime. They Don't Know Each Other's Name. But They've Got Each Other's Color

Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller Actors: Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Steve Buscemi, Chris Penn, Lawrence Tierney, Randy Brooks, Kirk Baltz, Quentin Tarantino, Edward Bunker, Steven Wright, Rich Turner, David Steen, Tony Cosmo, Stevo Polyi Directors: Quentin Tarantino, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Six criminals, who are strangers to each other, are hired by a crime boss Joe Cabot to carry out a diamond robbery. Right at the outset, they are given false names with an intention that they won't get too close and concentrate on the job instead. They are completely sure that the robbery is going to be a success. But when the police show up right at the time and the site of the robbery, panic spreads amongst the group members and one of them is killed in the subsequent shootout along with a few policemen and civilians. When the remaining people assemble at the premeditated rendezvous point (a warehouse), they begin to suspect that one of them is an undercover cop.