Crime Movies
A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon (1989)
The year is 1974. A young Hong Kong Chinese, Mark, travels to Saigon to make his fortune. There, he encounters a mysterious femme fatale, the lovely Kit. As he becomes…
Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
Portland, Oregon, 1971. Bob Hughes is the charismatic leader of a peculiar quartet, formed by his wife, Dianne, and another couple, Rick and Nadine, who skillfully steal from drugstores and…
Breaking In (1989)
Professional thief Ernie takes Mike on as an apprentice, but while Mike clearly has “larceny in his heart”, it will take him a long time to get as good as…
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
A renowned ophthalmologist is desperate to cut off an adulterous relationship…which ends up in murder; and a frustrated documentary filmmaker woos an attractive television producer while making a film about…
The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
The wife of an abusive criminal finds solace in the arms of a kind regular guest in her husband’s restaurant.
Mob War (1989)
When the New York City police disrupt a big cocaine deal, the TV news reporters find John Falcone, a local mobster, nearby. They ask some tough questions, and Falcone decides…
An Innocent Man (1989)
Jimmie Rainwood was minding his own business when two corrupt police officers (getting an address wrong) burst into his house, expecting to find a major drug dealer. Rainwood is shot,…
The Punisher (1989)
The avenging angel of Marvel Comics fame comes brilliantly to life in this searing action-adventure thriller! Dolph Lundgren stars as Frank Castle, a veteran cop who loses his entire family…
L.A. Vice (1989)
Detective Jon Louroy Chance investigates a string of murders in Los Angeles and uncovers a ruthless kidnapping scheme.
Prime Target (1989)
A homicide detective assigned to investigate the serial killings of New York policewomen begins to suspect that the serial killer might be a fellow police officer.
Criminal Act (1989)
Two investigative reporters track down reports of giant rats in a city sewer system.
One Man Force (1989)
In this action packed film, an L.A. cop speeds off to get revenge upon the dirty drug-dealing dogs who killed his partner
Sea of Love (1989)
Seen-it-all New York detective Frank Keller is unsettled – he has done twenty years on the force and could retire, and he hasn’t come to terms with his wife leaving…
Night Game (1989)
A police detective tracks a serial killer who is stalking young women on a beach front after each game that a baseball pitcher wins.
Johnny Handsome (1989)
A career criminal who has been deformed since birth is given a new face by a kindly doctor and paroled from prison. It appears that he has gone straight, but…
Arabella: Black Angel (1989)
An insatiable nymphomaniac with a wheelchair-bound writer husband finds that her lurid exploits rejuvenate his creativity and libido, but soon enough, all of her lovers end up being murdered by…
Angel Cop (1989)
In the late twentieth century, the Secret Security Force was formed to stop the actions of the communist terrorist group known as the Red May. Angel, a beautiful, yet cold…
Relentless (1989)
Two Los Angeles police detectives hunt for a serial killer who randomly chooses his victims from a phone directory.
L.A. Takedown (1989)
Michael Mann’s gutsy telefilm tells the tale of two skilled professionals–one a cop, the other a criminal–who aren’t as different as they think. Vincent Hanna is an intense cop on…
The Bounty Hunter (1989)
An ex-cop turned bounty hunter shows up in a small town looking for a man who’s jumped bail. However, the real reason he’s there is to avenge his old friend,…
Nick Knight (1989)
Detective Nick Knight is investigating a series of murders in which the bodies are found drained of blood – but the most recent one doesn’t fit the pattern. Instead it…
Homer and Eddie (1989)
A mentally disabled man gets help from a sociopath when he tries to reunite with his dying father, who years earlier disowned him.
Cold Light of Day (1989)
February, 1983. Detectives are called to a residential address in the London suburbs following reports that the drains have been clogged by human remains. One of the property’s residents, Dennis…
Lock Up (1989)
Frank Leone is nearing the end of his prison term for a relatively minor crime. Just before he is paroled, however, Warden Drumgoole takes charge. Drumgoole was assigned to a…
Cookie (1989)
Cookie Voltecki is the illegitimate daughter of mobster Dino Capisco, who has just finished thirteen years in prison. Since being released from jail, all that Dino wants is to settle…
Turner & Hooch (1989)
Detective Scott Turner has three days left in the local police department before he moves to a bigger city to get some ‘real’ cases—not just misdemeanors. When Amos Reed is…
The Jigsaw Murders (1989)
A jigsaw puzzle is the key in a detective’s investigation of a gruesome murder.
Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
Riggs and Murtaugh are on the trail of South African diplomats using their immunity to engage in criminal activities.
Weekend at Bernie’s (1989)
Two young insurance corporation employees try to pretend that their murdered employer is alive by puppeteering his dead body, leading a hitman to attempt to track him down to finish…
Underground Terror (1989)
An angry New York cop is professionally damaged by an unflattering story about him in the paper, written by a nosy reporter with whom he proceeds to butt heads. Then,…
Action U.S.A. (1989)
After her boyfriend is murdered by the gangsters whose diamonds he stole, a girl is protected by two FBI agents who plan to keep her from sharing the same fate.
Batman (1989)
Batman must face his most ruthless nemesis when a deformed madman calling himself “The Joker” seizes control of Gotham’s criminal underworld.