
Kansas City
A pair of kidnappings expose the complex power dynamics within the corrupt and unpredictable workings of 1930s Kansas City.
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1981★ 7.0
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The Wrong Man
1956★ 7.1
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1993★ 7.5
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2026★ 8.0
Nikki's life is shattered when her daughter is kidnapped. Thrust into the criminal underworld while hunted by cops and military, she must fight to rescue her child.

Marlowe
1969★ 6.1
Mysterious Orfamay Quest hires Los Angeles private investigator Philip Marlowe to find her missing brother. Though the job seems simple enough, it leads Marlowe into the underbelly of the city, turning up leads who are murdered with ice picks, exotic dancers, blackmailed television stars, and self-preserving gangsters. Soon, Marlowe's life is on the line right along with his case.

Little Caesar
1931★ 6.9
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2019★ 6.7
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1973★ 6.3
A tough detective who is part of an elite New York City unit is trying to find out who killed his partner, but uncovers a plot to kidnap mobsters for money.

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2008★ 6.6
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1954★ 7.1
A prisoner leads his counterparts in a protest for better living conditions which turns violent and ugly.

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Fury
1936★ 7.5
Joe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to the small town where she lives to visit her, but is wrongly mistaken for a wanted kidnapper and arrested.

Thick as Thieves
2009★ 6.0
A master thief recruits a notorious thief to help him steal two famous Faberge eggs from an impenetrable vault in an effort to pull off one final job and repay his debt to the Russian mob.

The Good Thief
2003★ 6.1
An aging gambler on a losing streak attempts to rob a casino in Monte Carlo. But someone's already tipped off the cops before he even makes a move.

The Batman
2022★ 7.7
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The Blue Gardenia
1953★ 6.5
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