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1) The gambler
Publisher
Paramount
Formats
Description
Both an English professor and a high-stakes gambler, Jim Bennett bets it all when he borrows from a gangster and offers his own life as collateral. Always one step ahead, Bennett pits his creditor against the operator of a gambling ring and leaves his dysfunctional relationship with his wealthy mother in his wake. He plays both sides, immersing himself in an illicit, underground world while garnering the attention of Frank, a loan shark with an interest...
2) The Mexican
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
1 DVD (123 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Jerry has to do one last errand for the mob before they let him find employment elsewhere--he has to go to Mexico and recover a rare and very valuable pistol "The Mexican", which is said to be cursed. While his girlfriend, Samantha, objects to Jerry taking the assignment, he isn't in much of a position to argue. Once in Mexico, Jerry finds the pistol easily enough, but making his way back to the States proves to be an unexpected challenge. Meanwhile,...
3) The guilty
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Description
When an emergency dispatcher takes a call from a kidnapped woman, he starts racing against time to save her but soon realizes that the crime he is dealing with is much more complex than he originally thought.
4) Uncut gems
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2020
Formats
Description
A charismatic jeweler makes a high-stakes bet that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime. In a precarious high-wire act, he must balance business, family and adversaries on all sides in pursuit of the ultimate win.
5) Hustlers
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Formats
Description
A crew of savvy former employees at a New York City strip club band together to turn the tables on their Wall Street clients.
6) Nightcrawler
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
1 DVD (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A pulse-pounding thriller set in the nocturnal underbelly of contemporary Los Angeles. Jake Gyllenhaal stars as Lou Bloom, a driven young man desperate for work who discovers the high-speed world of L.A. crime journalism. Finding a group of freelance camera crews who film crashes, fires, murder and other mayhem, Lou muscles into the cut-throat, dangerous realm of nightcrawling, where each police siren wail equals a possible windfall and victims are...
7) Graduation
Series
Criterion collection volume 924
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Formats
Description
After his daughter is assaulted and is unable to concentrate on her studies, a father resorts to drastic measures to help her pass an exam so she can win a scholarship and go to university in England.
9) War dogs
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Two friends in their early twenties living in Miami Beach during the Iraq War exploit a little-known government initiative that allows small businesses to bid on U.S. Military contracts. Starting small, they begin raking in big money and are living the high life. But the pair gets in over their heads when they land a 300 million dollar deal to arms the Afghan Military.
10) The outfit
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Formats
Description
A tailor must fight off a gang of mobsters in order to survive a fateful night.
Series
Criterion collection volume 804
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
2 blu-rays (237 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Conflict between the fourteen-year-old girlfriend of a gang member and the gang leader leads to tragic consequences.
12) Museo
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2020]
Formats
Description
Two thirty-something men living outside of Mexico City decide to break into a museum and steal artifacts in order to prove they can get past the museum's security system.
Publisher
Kino Classics
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In Tavernier's 1973 filmmaking debut, a tranquil man of Lyons has his life shattered when he learns that his son is wanted for murder. As he stuggles to emerge from his self-willed solitude and create real communication with his son, the police and media add to his burden.
14) Gone girl
Publisher
20th Century Fox Film Corporation
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (149 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
On the occasion of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne reports that his wife, Amy, has gone missing. Under pressure from the police and a growing media frenzy, Nick's portrait of a blissful union begins to crumble. Soon his lies, deceits and strange behavior have everyone asking the same dark question. Did Nick Dunne kill his wife?
15) Stone
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Jack Mabry, a parole officer days away from retirement, is asked to review the case of Gerald 'Stone' Creeson, in prison for arson. Now eligible for early release, Stone needs to convince Jack he has reformed, but his attempts to influence the older man's decision with his wife Lucetta have profound and unexpected effects on them both.
Series
Criterion collection volume 793
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An amoral American art dealer who entangles a terminally ill German form an unlikely bond when the two become embroiled in an ever-deepening murder plot.
Publisher
ClassicFlix
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (250 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
T-men: Two US Treasury agents hunt a successful counterfeiting ring.
Raw deal: Joe Sullivan has taken the rap for Rick who double-crosses him with a flawed escape plan and other means intended to get rid of him.
He walked by night: This film-noir piece, told in semi-documentary style, follows police on the hunt for a resourceful criminal who shoots and kills a cop.
18) American hustle
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Formats
Description
The story of a con-artist and his British partner who are forced to work for an FBI agent, and together they become involved in a sting operation known as Abscam.
20) Black Mass
Formats
Description
In 1970s South Boston, FBI agent John Connolly persuades Irish mobster Jimmy Bulger to collaborate with the FBI in order to eliminate their common enemy: the Italian mob. The drama tells the story of this unholy alliance, which spiraled out of control, allowing Whitey to evade law enforcement while consolidating his power and becoming one of the most ruthless and dangerous gangsters in Boston history.
"Black Mass is a tightly wound piece of work,...
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