Hi-Jacked (1950)

Crime
1957
Movie

Plunder Road

7
1957

A spectacular heist starts to unravel as the crooks take it on the lam.

Crime
1953
Movie

Crime Wave

7.1
1953

Reformed parolee Steve Lacey is caught in the middle when a wounded former cellmate seeks him out for shelter. The other two former cellmates then attempt to force him into doing a bank job.

7.2

Crime
1931
Movie

The Public Enemy

7.2
1931

Two young Chicago hoodlums, Tom Powers and Matt Doyle, rise up from their poverty-stricken slum life to become petty thieves, bootleggers and cold-blooded killers. But with street notoriety and newfound wealth, the duo feels the heat from the cops and rival gangsters both. Despite his ruthless criminal reputation, Tom tries to remain connected to his family, however, gang warfare and the need for revenge eventually pull him away.

Crime
1956
Movie

The Wrong Man

7.1
1956

In 1953, an innocent man named Christopher Emmanuel "Manny" Balestrero is arrested after being mistaken for an armed robber.

Crime
1947
Movie

Kiss of Death

7.1
1947

An ex-con trying to go straight must face a crazed criminal out for revenge.

Drama
1951
Movie

The Enforcer

7.1
1951

After years of investigation, Assistant District Attorney Martin Ferguson has managed to build a solid case against an elusive gangster whose top lieutenant is about to testify.

6.6

Drama
1947
Movie

They Made Me a Fugitive

6.6
1947

After being framed for a policeman's murder, a criminal escapes prison and sets out for revenge.

Drama
1955
Movie

The Man with the Golden Arm

7.1
1955

When illegal card dealer and recovering heroin addict Frankie Machine gets out of prison, he decides to straighten up. Armed with nothing but an old drum set, Frankie tries to get honest work as a drummer. But when his former employer and his old drug dealer re-enter his life, Frankie finds it hard to stay clean and eventually finds himself succumbing to his old habits.

6.6

Drama
1947
Movie

I Walk Alone

6.6
1947

Bootleggers on the lam Frankie and Noll split up to evade capture by the police. Frankie is caught and jailed, but Noll manages to escape and open a posh New York City nightclub. 14 years later, Frankie is released from the clink and visits Noll with the intention of collecting his half of the nightclub's profits. But Noll, who has no intention of being so equitable, uses his ex-girlfriend Kay to divert Frankie from his intended goal.

6.9

Drama
1948
Movie

Pitfall

6.9
1948

An insurance man wishing for a more exciting life becomes wrapped up in the affairs of an imprisoned embezzler, his model girlfriend, and a violent private investigator.

6.2

Crime
1955
Movie

House of Bamboo

6.2
1955

Eddie Kenner is given a special assignment by the Army to get the inside story on Sandy Dawson, a former GI who has formed a gang of fellow servicemen and Japanese locals.

6.2

Crime
1941
Movie

Johnny Eager

6.2
1941

A charming racketeer seduces the DA's stepdaughter for revenge, then falls in love.

7.5

Crime
1939
Movie

The Roaring Twenties

7.5
1939

After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie Bartlett becomes a cab driver. Eddie builds a fleet of cabs through delivery of bootleg liquor and hires Lloyd as his lawyer. George becomes Eddie's partner and the rackets flourish until love and rivalry interfere.

6.1

Crime
1958
Movie

Thunder Road

6.1
1958

Unrepentant Tennessee moonshine runner Luke Doolin makes dangerous high-speed deliveries for his liquor-producing father, Vernon, but won't let his younger brother Robin join the family business. Under pressure from both out-of-town gangster Kogan, who wants a piece of the local action, and Treasury agent Barrett, who wants to destroy the moonshine business, Luke fights for his fast-fading way of life.

6.6

Crime
1935
Movie

'G' Men

6.6
1935

James “Brick” Davis, a struggling attorney, owes his education to a mobster, but always has refused to get involved with the underworld. When a friend of his is gunned down by a notorious criminal, Brick decides to abandon the exercise of the law and join the Department of Justice to capture the murderer.

6.1

Crime
1949
Movie

The Undercover Man

6.1
1949

Frank Warren is a treasury agent assigned to put an end to the activities of a powerful mob crime boss. Frank works undercover, posing as a criminal to seek information, but is frustrated when all he finds are terrified witnesses and corrupt police officers.

7.4

Drama
1949
Movie

The Set-Up

7.4
1949

Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.