The Hateful Eight (2015)

"No one to trust. Everyone to hate."

Directed by Quentin Tarantino
Produced by Richard N. Gladstein, Shannon McIntosh, Stacey Sher
Written by Quentin Tarantino
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Walton Goggins, Demián Bichir, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Bruce Dern
Music by Ennio Morricone
Cinematography: Robert Richardson
Edited by Fred Raskin
Production company: Double Feature Films, FilmColony
Distributed by The Weinstein Company
Release date: 25 December 2015 (United States)
Running time: 187 minutes (Roadshow version)
Country: United States
Budget: $44 million
Box office: $131.4 million

"The Hateful Eight" is a mystery crime drama film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. The story is about eight strangers who seek refuge from a blizzard in a stagecoach stopover some time after the American Civil War.

Sicario (2015)

"The border is just another line to cross."

Directed by Denis Villeneuve
Produced by Basil Iwanyk, Thad Luckinbill, Trent Luckinbill, Edward McDonnell, Molly Smith
Written by Taylor Sheridan
Starring: Emily Blunt, Benicio del Toro, Josh Brolin, Victor Garber
Music by Jóhann Jóhannsson
Cinematography: Roger Deakins
Edited by Joe Walker
Production company: Black Label Media, Thunder Road Pictures
Distributed by Lionsgate
Release date: 18 September 2015 (United States)
Running time: 121 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $30 million
Box office: $80.6 million

"Sicario" is an action crime drama film directed by Denis Villeneuve and written by Taylor Sheridan. The story is about a principled FBI agent who is enlisted by a government task force to bring down the leader of a powerful and brutal Mexican drug cartel.

Se7en (1995)

"Seven deadly sins. Seven ways to die."

Directed by David Fincher
Produced by Arnold Kopelson, Phyllis Carlyle
Written by Andrew Kevin Walker
Starring: Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Spacey, John C. McGinley, Gwyneth Paltrow
Music by Howard Shore
Cinematography: Darius Khondji
Edited by Richard Francis-Bruce
Distributed by New Line Cinema
Release date: 22 September 1995 (United States)
Running time: 127 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $33 million
Box office: $327.3 million

"Seven" (SE7EN) is a mystery crime drama film directed by David Fincher and based on a screenplay by Andrew Kevin Walker. The story is about two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, who hunt a serial killer inspired by the seven deadly sins.

Manhunter (1986)

Enter the mind of a serial killer... you may never come back.

Directed by Michael Mann
Produced by Richard A. Roth
Screenplay by Michael Mann
Based on "Red Dragon" by Thomas Harris
Starring: William Petersen, Kim Greist, Joan Allen, Brian Cox, Dennis Farina, Stephen Lang, Tom Noonan
Music by Michel Rubini, The Reds
Cinematography: Dante Spinotti
Edited by Dov Hoenig
Production companies: De Laurentiis Entertainment Group, Red Dragon Productions
Distributed by De Laurentiis Entertainment Group
Release date: August 1986 (United States)
Running time: 124 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $15 million
Box office: $8.6 million

"Manhunter" is a crime mystery thriller film written and directed by Michael Mann and based on Thomas Harris' novel "Red Dragon". The story is about former FBI profiler Will Graham who returns to service to pursue a deranged serial murderer named "the Tooth Fairy" by the media

Hannibal Rising (2007)

"It Started With Revenge"

Directed by Peter Webber
Produced by Dino De Laurentiis, Martha De Laurentiis, Tarak Ben Ammar
Screenplay by Thomas Harris
Based on "Hannibal Rising" by Thomas Harris
Starring: Gaspard Ulliel, Gong Li, Rhys Ifans, Dominic West
Music by Ilan Eshkeri, Shigeru Umebayashi
Cinematography: Ben Davis
Edited by Pietro Scalia, Valerio Bonelli
Production company: Dino De Laurentiis Company
Distributed by Momentum Pictures, The Weinstein Company, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date: 7 February 2007 (France)
Running time: 121 minutes
Country: France, United Kingdom, United States
Budget: $50 million
Box office: $82.2 million

"Hannibal Rising" is a crime thriller drama film directed by Peter Webber and adapted from Thomas Harris' novel of the same name. It's a prequel to the previous three films: Red Dragon, The Silence of the Lambs, and Hannibal. It tells the story of young Hannibal Lecter who moves in with his beautiful aunt and begins plotting revenge on the barbarians responsible for his sister's death.

Legend (2015)

"Love, fight, live, rule like a legend."

Directed by Brian Helgeland
Produced by Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Chris Clark, Quentin Curtis, Brian Oliver
Screenplay by Brian Helgeland
Based on "The Profession of Violence" by John Pearson
Starring: Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, David Thewlis, Duffy, Christopher Eccleston, Chazz Palminteri
Music by Carter Burwell
Cinematography: Dick Pope
Edited by Peter McNulty
Production companies: Anton Capital Entertainment, Cross Creek Pictures, StudioCanal, Working Title Films
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date: 9 September 2015 (United Kingdom)
Running time: 131 minutes
Country: United Kingdom
Budget: $25 million
Box office: $38.7 million

"Legend" is a biographical crime thriller drama film written and directed by Brian Helgeland and based on the book "The Profession of Violence: The Rise and Fall of the Kray Twins" by John Pearson. It follows the story of the identical twin gangsters Reggie and Ronnie Kray, two of the most notorious criminals in British history, and their organised crime empire in the East End of London during the 1960s.

Red Dragon (2002)

"To understand the origin of evil, you must go back to the beginning."

Directed by Brett Ratner
Produced by Dino De Laurentiis, Martha De Laurentiis
Screenplay by Ted Tally
Based on "Red Dragon" by Thomas Harris
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Edward Norton, Ralph Fiennes, Harvey Keitel, Emily Watson, Mary-Louise Parker, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Music by Danny Elfman
Cinematography: Dante Spinotti
Edited by Mark Helfrich
Production company: Dino De Laurentiis Company
Distributed by Universal Pictures, Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Release date: 4 October 2002 (United States)
Running time: 124 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $78 million
Box office: $209.1 million

"Red Dragon" is a crime thriller film directed by Brett Ratner and based on Thomas Harris' novel of the same name. It is a prequel to "The Silence of the Lambs" and "Hannibal" which follows a retired FBI agent with psychological gifts who is assigned to help track down "The Tooth Fairy", a mysterious serial killer with the help of criminal genius Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lecter.

Hannibal (2001)

"Break The Silence"

Directed by Ridley Scott
Produced by Dino De Laurentiis, Martha De Laurentiis, Ridley Scott
Screenplay by David Mamet, Steven Zaillian
Based on "Hannibal" by Thomas Harris
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Julianne Moore
Music by Hans Zimmer
Cinematography: John Mathieson
Edited by Pietro Scalia
Production companies: Dino De Laurentiis Company, Scott Free Productions
Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Universal Pictures
Release date: 9 February 2001 (United States)
Running time: 131 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $87 million
Box office: $351.6 million

"Hannibal" is a crime thriller drama film directed by Ridley Scott and adapted from the novel of the same name by Thomas Harris. It's the sequel to "The Silence of the Lambs" in which Hannibal Lecter tries to reconnect with now disgraced FBI agent Clarice Starling and finds himself a target for revenge from a powerful victim.

The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

"To enter the mind of a killer she must challenge the mind of a madman."

Directed by Jonathan Demme
Produced by Kenneth Utt, Edward Saxon, Ron Bozman
Screenplay by Ted Tally
Based on "The Silence of the Lambs" by Thomas Harris
Starring: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine
Music by Howard Shore
Cinematography: Tak Fujimoto
Edited by Craig McKay
Distributed by Orion Pictures
Release date: 14 February 1991 (United States)
Running time: 118 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $19 million
Box office: $272.7 million

"The Silence of the Lambs" is a thriller crime drama film directed by Jonathan Demme and based on Thomas Harris' novel of the same name. The story is about a young F.B.I. cadet who must confide in an incarcerated and manipulative killer to receive his help on catching another serial killer who skins his victims.

Now You See Me (2013)

"Come in close, because the more you think you see, the easier it'll be to fool you"

Directed by Louis Leterrier
Produced by Bobby Cohen, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci
Screenplay by Ed Solomon, Boaz Yakin, Edward Ricourt
Story by Boaz Yakin, Edward Ricourt
Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson, Mélanie Laurent, Isla Fisher, Dave Franco, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman
Music by Brian Tyler
Cinematography: Mitchell Amundsen, Larry Fong
Edited by Robert Leighton, Vincent Tabaillon
Production company: K/O Paper Products
Distributed by Summit Entertainment
Release date: 31 May 2013 (United States)
Running time: 115 minutes (125 minutes - extended cut)
Country: United States, France
Budget: $75 million
Box office: $351.7 million

"Now You See Me" is a crime mystery thriller film directed by Louis Leterrier. The story is about a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances and reward their audiences with the money.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)

"What is hidden in snow, comes forth in the thaw."

Directed by David Fincher
Produced by Scott Rudin, Ole Søndberg, Søren Stærmose, Ceán Chaffin
Screenplay by Steven Zaillian
Based on "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson
Starring: Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer, Stellan Skarsgård, Steven Berkoff, Robin Wright, Yorick van Wageningen, Joely Richardson, Geraldine James, Goran Višnjić, Donald Sumpter, Ulf Friberg
Music by Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
Cinematography: Jeff Cronenweth
Edited by Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall
Production companies: Scott Rudin Productions, Yellow Bird Films
Distributed by Columbia Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date: 20 December 2011 (Canada)
Running time: 158 minutes
Country: United States, Sweden, Switzerland, Norway, United Kingdom
Budget: $90 million
Box office: $232.6 million

"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" is a mystery crime drama film directed by David Fincher and based on the novel of the same name by Stieg Larsson. The story is about Mikael Blomkvist, a journalist who investigate a sudden disappearance of a woman with the help of computer hacker Lisbeth Salander.

Zodiac (2007)

"There's more than one way to lose your life to a killer"

Directed by David Fincher
Produced by Ceán Chaffin, Brad Fischer, Mike Medavoy, Arnold Messer, James Vanderbilt
Screenplay by James Vanderbilt
Based on "Zodiac" by Robert Graysmith
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr., Anthony Edwards, Brian Cox, Elias Koteas, Donal Logue, John Carroll Lynch, Dermot Mulroney
Music by David Shire
Cinematography: Harris Savides
Edited by Angus Wall
Production companies: Phoenix Pictures, Road Rebel
Distributed by Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros.
Release date: 2 March 2007 (Canada)
Running time: 157 minutes; 162 minutes (Director's Cut)
Country: United States
Budget: $65 million
Box office: $84.8 million

"Zodiac" is a mystery crime drama film directed by David Fincher and based on Robert Graysmith's non-fiction book of the same name. The story is about the manhunt for a notorious serial killer who called himself the "Zodiac" who killed in and around the San Francisco Bay Area during the late 1960s and early 1970s, leaving several victims in his wake and taunting police with letters, blood stained clothing, and ciphers mailed to newspapers. Did somebody actually solve th case?

American Hustle (2013)

"Everyone Hustles To Survive"

Directed by David O. Russell
Produced by Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, Megan Ellison, Jonathan Gordon
Written by Eric Warren Singer, David O. Russell
Starring: Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Jennifer Lawrence
Music by Danny Elfman
Cinematography: Linus Sandgren
Edited by Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers, Alan Baumgarten
Production companies: Atlas Entertainment, Annapurna Pictures
Distributed by Columbia Pictures, Panorama Films, Roadshow Entertainment
Release date: 12 December 2013 (Australia)
Running time: 138 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $40 million
Box office: $251.1 million

"American Hustle" is a 2013 American crime comedy-drama film directed and co-written by David O. Russell. The story is about Irving Rosenfeld, Sydney Prosser and Richie DiMaso, who set up an elaborate sting operation on corrupt politicians.

A Clockwork Orange (1971)

"Being the adventures of a young man ... who couldn't resist pretty girls ... or a bit of the old ultra-violence ... went to jail, was re-conditioned ... and came out a different young man ... or was he?"

Directed by Stanley Kubrick
Produced by Stanley Kubrick
Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick
Based on "A Clockwork Orange" by Anthony Burgess
Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Adrienne Corri, Miriam Karlin
Music by Walter Carlos
Cinematography: John Alcott
Edited by Bill Butler
Production companies: Polaris Productions, Hawk Films

Distributed by Warner Bros., Columbia-Warner Distributors (United Kingdom)
Release date: 13 January 1972 (United Kingdom)
Running time: 136 minutes
Country: United Kingdom
Budget: $2.2 million
Box office: $26.6 million (North America)

"A Clockwork Orange" is a sci-fi crime drama film adapted, produced, and directed by Stanley Kubrick, based on Anthony Burgess's 1962 novella "A Clockwork Orange". It tells the story of charismatic delinquent Alex DeLarge in a dystopian near-future Britain.

Pulp Fiction (1994)

"Just because you are a character doesn't mean you have character."

Directed by Quentin Tarantino
Produced by Lawrence Bender
Written by Quentin Tarantino
Story by Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary
Starring: John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Amanda Plummer, Maria de Medeiros, Ving Rhames, Eric Stoltz, Rosanna Arquette, Christopher Walken, Bruce Willis
Cinematography: Andrzej Sekuła
Edited by Sally Menke
Production companies: A Band Apart, Jersey Films
Distributed by Miramax Films
Release date: 10 September 1994 (South Korea)
Running time: 154 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $8–8.5 million
Box office: $213.9 million

"Pulp Fiction" is a comedy crime drama film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. The story is about the lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.

The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

"Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free."

Directed by Frank Darabont
Produced by Niki Marvin
Screenplay by Frank Darabont
Based on "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption" by Stephen King
Starring: Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler, Clancy Brown, Gil Bellows, James Whitmore
Music by Thomas Newman
Cinematography: Roger Deakins
Edited by Richard Francis-Bruce
Production company: Castle Rock Entertainment
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date: 14 October 1994 (United States)
Running time: 142 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $25 million
Box office: $28.3 million (North America)

"The Shawshank Redemption" is a crime drama film written and directed by Frank Darabont and which was adapted from the Stephen King novella "Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption". It tells the story of Andy Dufresne, a banker who is sentenced to life in Shawshank State Prison for the murder of his wife and her lover despite his claims of innocence. During his time at the prison, he befriends a fellow inmate, Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding, and finds himself protected by the guards after the warden begins using him in his money laundering operation.

Hard Candy (2005)

"Strangers shouldn't talk to little girls."

Directed by David Slade
Produced by Rosanne Korenberg, Paul Allen
Written by Brian Nelson
Starring: Patrick Wilson, Ellen Page, Sandra Oh, Odessa Rae
Music by Molly Nyman, Harry Escott
Cinematography: Jo Willems

Edited by Art Jones
Production company: Vulcan Productions
Distributed by Lionsgate
Release date: 12 May 2006 (Spain)
Running time: 104 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $950.000
Box office: $7.022.209

"Hard Candy" is a crime thriller drama film directed by David Slade and written by Brian Nelson. The story is about a teenage girl Haley who has a flirtatious online chat with a man whose real name is Jeff. After a time they decide to meet. It turned out that they have much in common and therefore Jeff asks her to go to him. He says he's a photographer who would like to take her pictures. Surprisingly, Haley agrees with this offer.

Fracture (2007)

"I shot my wife... prove it."

Directed by Gregory Hoblit
Produced by Charles Weinstock
Screenplay by Daniel Pyne, Glenn Gers
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Ryan Gosling, David Strathairn, Rosamund Pike, Embeth Davidtz, Billy Burke, Cliff Curtis, Fiona Shaw, Bob Gunton
Music by Mychael Danna, Jeff Danna
Cinematography: Kramer Morgenthau
Edited by David Rosenbloom
Production company: Castle Rock, Weinstock Entertainment, M7 Filmproduktion
Distributed by New Line Cinema
Release date: 11 April 2007 (United States)
Running time: 113 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $45,000,000
Box office: $91,354,215

"Fracture" is a mystery crime drama film directed by Gregory Hoblit. It tells the story of Theodore "Ted" Crawford who is accused of attempted murder on his wife Jennifer. He gets locked in a battle of wits with a young assistant district attorney - William "Willy" Beachum. After Ted is freed on a technicality, the D.A. sets out on an obsessive mission to prove his guilt. Will Willy cope with this task or he must forget about his breath-taking career?

Violet & Daisy (2011)

«Too much sugar can kill you.»

Directed by Geoffrey S. Fletcher
Produced by Geoffrey S. Fletcher, John Penotti, Bonnie Timmermann
Screenplay by Geoffrey S. Fletcher
Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Alexis Bledel, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Danny Trejo, James Gandolfini
Music by Paul Cantelon
Cinematography: Vanja Cernjul
Edited by Joe Klotz
Production company: Magic Violet, GreeneStreet Films
Distributed by Cinedigm Entertainment
Release date: June 7, 2013 (United States)
Running time: 88 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $8,000,000
Box office: $17,186

"Violet & Daisy" is an action comedy drama crime film written, produced, and directed by Geoffrey S. Fletcher. It tells the story of two girls, Daisy and Violet, and their surreal and violent journey through New York City as a contract killers. They always cope very well with their work. But one day, Violet and Daisy meet an unusually mysterious man named Michael. He's their next target. However, things get complicated as this initially easy hit becomes a life-altering encounter.