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No one could stop Dillinger and his gang. No jail could hold him. His charm and audacious jailbreaks endeared him to almost everyone, from his girlfriend Billie Frechette to an American public who had no sympathy for the banks that had plunged the country into the Depression. But while the adventures of Dillinger's gang thrilled many, Hoover made Dillinger America's first Public Enemy Number One.
"This is a very good film, with Depp and Bale performances...
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FBI agent Paul Smecker (Dafoe) is on the trail of two vigilante brothers (Flanery and Reedus) whose spiritual sense of right and wrong has turned Boston's streets red with blood. The victims: villains and mob bosses whom the authorities have been powerless to stop. Now, Smecker finds himself torn between whether he should catch the killers ... or join them.
6) Pulp fiction
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Clever, dark film that tells 4 separate stories that are gradually brought together. Involved are two low-rent hit men, their boss and his sexy wife, a prizefighter and a pair of desperate robbers.
9) Snatch
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"A diamond heist gone haywire launches gangster, bookies, and a dog on a rollicking ride through the rugged world of bare-knuckle boxing in search of the missing stone"--Container.
11) Black dragon
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A country boy rescues a gangland boss and finds himself thrust from poverty into the center of the wealthy crime world of 1930s Hong Kong.
13) Bonnie and Clyde
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The story of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, who robbed banks across the country during the Depression era.
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The Departed: Rookie cop Billy Costigan infiltrates the mob to help bring boss Frank Costello down, but Costello has a mole of his own winning everyone's trust within the police department. GoodFellas: one man's life in the Mafia is depicted over a period of three decades. The Aviator: the early life of the eccentric millionaire, movie producer, director, and aviator Howard Hughes is dramatized.
16) The Departed
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In South Boston, the Massachusetts State Police are waging a war on Irish-American organized crime. Undercover cop Billy Costigan is assigned to infiltrate the mob syndicate, which is run by gangland chief Frank Costello. Billy quickly gains Costello's confidence. Colin Sullivan is a hardened young criminal who has infiltrated the police department as an informer for the syndicate. Colin is rising to a position of power within the Special Investigation...
19) The Big heat
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An honest police sergeant risks his life and his job when his investigations lead to the exposure of the crime syndicate that controls the city administration.
