Best Action & Crime Movies & TV Shows

Life After Fighting

Retired martial arts world champion Alex Faulkner has settled into a simple life, when the disappearance of two of his students leads to an unthinkable discovery close to home. Just when all hope of finding the children is lost, he locates the imprisoned girls and unsurfaces an international child trafficking operation, which draws him back into the fight of his life against those behind it.

Run time: 126m Release: 2024-06-07

Stars: Annabelle Stephenson Anthony Nassif Arielle Jean Foster Bren Foster Cassie Howarth Denise Chan Eddie Arrazola Ethan Browne Luke Ford Ruby Busuttil

Hit Man

A mild-mannered professor moonlighting as a fake hit man in police stings ignites a chain reaction of trouble when he falls for a potential client.

Run time: 116m Tagline: He's not a killer, but he can pretend. Release: 2024-05-16

Stars: Adria Arjona Austin Amelio Bryant Carroll Evan Holtzman Glen Powell Gralen Bryant Banks Mike Markoff Molly Bernard Retta Sanjay Rao

How to Rob a Bank

In this true-crime documentary, a charismatic rebel in 1990s Seattle pulls off an unprecedented string of bank robberies straight out of the movies.

Run time: 87m Release: 2024-06-04

Stars: David Kerley Deborah Horne Ellen Glasser Gavin Langelo Jordan Burtchett Mark Biggins Scott Levine Shawn Johnson Steven Harper Susan Dodd

The Shawshank Redemption

Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.

Run time: 142m Tagline: Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free. Release: 1994-09-23

Stars: Bob Gunton Clancy Brown Gil Bellows James Whitmore Jeffrey DeMunn Larry Brandenburg Mark Rolston Morgan Freeman Tim Robbins William Sadler

The Dark Knight

Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.

Run time: 152m Tagline: Welcome to a world without rules. Release: 2008-07-16

Stars: Aaron Eckhart Christian Bale Gary Oldman Heath Ledger Maggie Gyllenhaal Michael Caine Monique Gabriela Curnen Morgan Freeman Nestor Carbonell Ron Dean

The Godfather Part III

In the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in 1979 New York and Italy, aging mafia don, Michael Corleone seeks forgiveness for his sins while taking a young protege under his wing.

Run time: 162m Tagline: All the power on earth can't change destiny. Release: 1990-12-25

The Godfather

Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.

Run time: 175m Tagline: An offer you can't refuse. Release: 1972-03-14

Stars: Al Pacino Diane Keaton Gianni Russo James Caan John Marley Marlon Brando Richard S. Castellano Robert Duvall Sterling Hayden Talia Shire

The Godfather Part II

In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.

Run time: 202m Tagline: The rise and fall of the Corleone empire. Release: 1974-12-20

Stars: Al Pacino Diane Keaton G. D. Spradlin John Cazale Lee Strasberg Michael V. Gazzo Richard Bright Robert De Niro Robert Duvall Talia Shire

12 Angry Men

The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open and shut case soon becomes a mini-drama of each of the jurors' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other.

Run time: 97m Tagline: Life is in their hands — Death is on their minds! Release: 1957-04-10

Stars: E.G. Marshall Ed Begley Edward Binns Henry Fonda Jack Klugman Jack Warden John Fiedler Joseph Sweeney Lee J. Cobb Martin Balsam

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Young hobbit Frodo Baggins, after inheriting a mysterious ring from his uncle Bilbo, must leave his home in order to keep it from falling into the hands of its evil creator. Along the way, a fellowship is formed to protect the ringbearer and make sure that the ring arrives at its final destination: Mt. Doom, the only place where it can be destroyed.

Run time: 179m Tagline: One ring to rule them all. Release: 2001-12-18

Stars: Billy Boyd Christopher Lee Dominic Monaghan Elijah Wood Ian Holm Ian McKellen Liv Tyler Sean Astin Sean Bean Viggo Mortensen

In the Land of Saints and Sinners

In a remote Irish village, a damaged Finbar is forced to fight for redemption after a lifetime of sins, but what price is he willing to pay? In the land of saints and sinners, some sins can't be buried.

Run time: 106m Tagline: Can you bury your past? Release: 2023-10-06

Stars: Ciarán Hinds Colm Meaney Conor MacNeill Desmond Eastwood Jack Gleeson Kerry Condon Liam Neeson Niamh Cusack Sarah Greene Seamus O'Hara

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F

Forty years after his unforgettable first case in Beverly Hills, Detroit cop Axel Foley returns to do what he does best: solve crimes and cause chaos.

Run time: 118m Release: 2024-06-20

Stars: Bronson Pinchot Eddie Murphy Jameison Walker II John Ashton Joseph Gordon-Levitt Judge Reinhold Kevin Bacon Paul Reiser Taylour Paige Tony Jones

Smile

After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr. Rose Cotter starts experiencing frightening occurrences that she can't explain.

Run time: 115m Tagline: Once you see it, it’s too late. Release: 2022-09-23

Stars: Caitlin Stasey Gillian Zinser Jack Sochet Jessie T. Usher Judy Reyes Kal Penn Kyle Gallner Rob Morgan Robin Weigert Sosie Bacon