Movies tagged as "true crime"

Assassination of Richard Nixon, The [2004, Mexico, USA ] starting from $1.99

The mad story of a true man.

Genres: Drama Actors: Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, Don Cheadle, Jack Thompson, Brad William Henke, Nick Searcy, Michael Wincott, Mykelti Williamson, April Grace, Lily Knight, Jared Dorrance, Jenna Milton, Mariah Massa, Eileen Ryan, Derek Greene Directors: Niels Mueller, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Fact-based story about a disturbed office furniture salesman (Sean Penn) who in 1972 concocted a plot to kill then-President Nixon by hi-jacking a plane to fly over the White House to drop a gas bomb. At the start of the movie, the man is separated from his wife and stressed in his job where he is made the butt of jokes and is an under-performer. Attempts to get his brother's old tire business resurrected with a black partner is rejected by the banks. When he is officially served with divorce papers, everything comes apart and Richard Nixon's broken promises comes to represent all the evils that have come down on him. A news story about a pilot that landed a helicopter on the White House lawn gives him the idea for his attack. Bolting onto a Baltimore plane, he attempts the hi-jacking.

Bonnie and Clyde [1967, USA ] starting from $1.99

"The strangest damned gang you ever heard of. They're young. They're in love. They rob banks."

Genres: Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance Actors: Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Michael J. Pollard, Gene Hackman, Estelle Parsons, Denver Pyle, Dub Taylor, Evans Evans, Gene Wilder, Harry Appling, Owen Bush, Patrick Cranshaw, Garry Goodgion, Clyde Howdy, Russ Marker, Directors: Arthur Penn Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   A bored small-town girl and a small-time bank robber leave in their wake a string of violent robberies and newspaper headlines that catch the imagination of the Depression-struck Mid-West in this take on the legendary crime spree of these archetypal lovers on the run.

Deranged [1974, Canada, USA ] starting from $1.99

Pretty Sally Mae died a very unnatural death! ... But the worst hasn't happened to her yet! DERANGED ... confessions of a necrophile

Genres: Horror, Thriller Actors: Roberts Blossom, Cosette Lee, Leslie Carlson, Robert Warner, Marcia Diamond, Brian Smeagle, Arlene Gillen, Robert McHeady, Marian Waldman, Jack Mather, Micki Moore, Pat Orr, Directors: Jeff Gillen Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   A man living in rural Wisconsin takes care of his bed-ridden mother, who is very domineering and teaches him that all women are evil. After she dies he misses her, so a year later he digs her up and takes her home. He learns about taxidermy and begins robbing graves to get materials to patch her up, and inevitably begins looking for fresher sources of materials. Based closely on the true story of Ed Gein.

Hillside Strangler, The [2004, USA ] starting from $1.99

They lived to watch you die.

Genres: Crime, Horror, Thriller Actors: C. Thomas Howell, Nicholas Turturro, Allison Lange, Marisol Padilla Sánchez, Jennifer Tisdale, Kent Masters King, Aimee Brooks, Natasha Melnick, Damon Whitaker, Brandin Rackley, Jessica Allegra, Roz Witt, Lin Shaye, Tricia Dickson, Kylie Rachel, Directors: Chuck Parello Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   In the end of the 70's, the dysfunctional Kenneth Bianchi lives with his mother and is obsessed to join the police force. When his application is refused, his mother sends him to Los Angeles to live with his sadistic cousin Angelo Buono. Kenneth unsuccessfully tries to join LAPD, and Angelo convinces him to start a prostitution business with him. They force two girls from Tucson to work for them, but their competitors destroy their business and steals their money. The frustrated Kenneth and Angelo decide to revenge against a prostitute, and Kenneth strangles her, feeling a great pleasure with her death. The two cousins become addicted in death, initially killing prostitutes and then attacking single women, dumping their bodies on the hill.

Karla [2006, USA ] starting from $1.99

The Barbie and Ken of serial killers.

Genres: Drama, Thriller Actors: Laura Prepon, Misha Collins, Patrick Bauchau, Emilie Jacobs, Alex Boyd, Carole Ita White, Fiona Manners, Shawn Hoffman, Adam Lieberman, Cherilyn Hayres, William Duffy, Tanya Lemelle, Tony Shawkat, Kristen Swieconek, Cole James, Directors: Joel Bender Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Based on real events, Paul Bernardo (Collins) and his wife, Karla Homolka (Prepon), kidnap, sexually abuse, and murder three young girls.

Ted Bundy [2002, UK, USA ] starting from $1.99

Not every serial killer fits the profile.

Genres: Biography, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller Actors: Michael Reilly Burke, Boti Bliss, Julianna McCarthy, Jennifer Tisdale, Michael Santos, Anna Lee Wooster, Steffani Brass, Tricia Dickson, Meadow Sisto, Eric DaRe, Melissa Schmidt, Deborah Offner, Zarah Little, Alison West, Matt Hoffman Directors: Matthew Bright, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Docu-drama based on the life of Ted Bundy, a serial killer who killed at least 19 young women during the 1970's (though some sources say as many as 30 to 35 were murdered). Set from his college student years, to his first victims, his capture, escape from prison (twice), his final killing spree to his trial, conviction and execution.

Wonderland [2003, USA, Canada ] starting from $1.99

The 80's - unplugged. The murders - unveiled. The legend - unzipped.

Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller Actors: Val Kilmer, Kate Bosworth, Josh Lucas, Lisa Kudrow, Tim Blake Nelson, Dylan McDermott, Christina Applegate, Eric Bogosian, Carrie Fisher, Franky G, M.C. Gainey, Janeane Garofalo, Ted Levine, Faizon Love, Natasha Gregson Wagner Directors: James Cox, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   John Holmes (Val Kilmer) was a legend of the porn industry and revered in circles as a stud. But in 1981, years after his successful career and star fading, Holmes was a desperate man with his own internal demons to live up to. He's estranged from his wife (Lisa Kudrow), holding onto a relationship with his teenage mistress (Kate Bosworth), and living as a junkie in search of his next fix. But one fateful night left four people dead and John as a key suspect in one of the most grisly murders in Los Angeles. Was he partly responsible for what happened at Wonderland Avenue?