Robberies, shootouts, revenge, dangerous women, drugs & betrayals

Crime films deal with our lowest instincts & yet we find them impossible not to watch & watch again & again

These are 7 tough crime films that will toughen you up & mysteriously grow your appeal for lowlife & scumbags

Will you go all the way to #1?

Tough Crime Films | 7

Miami Vice

Director: Michael Mann
Cast: Colin Farrell, Jamie Foxx, Gong Li, Javier Bardem, Naomie Harris, Ciarán Hinds, Justin Theroux, Barry Shabaka Henley, John Ortiz, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Luis Tosar, Eddie Marsan, Ana Cristina de Oliveira, Domenick Lombardozzi, Isaach De Bankolé, John Hawkes
Genre: Crime, Action, Drama
Year: 2006

Colin Farrell & Jamie Foxx play the legendary cop duo in this violent, stylish & existential take on the classic Miami set TV series started by Michael Mann himself. Undercover operations, impossible love & loyalty mix up in this beautiful re-imagining. Sonny Crocket & Ricardo Tubbs

Can the friendship of two cops triumph over cold blooded butchering international drug dealers? Can love find a place where everything is corrupted & menacing? Do you have to be a lowlife cop to mix with lowlife criminals?

Tough Crime Films | 6

The Good Thief

Director: Neil Jordan
Cast: Nick Nolte, Nutsa Kukhianidze, Ralph Fiennes, Emir Kusturica, Tchéky Karyo, Saïd Taghmaoui, Patricia Kell, Mark Polish, Michael Polish, James Quattrochi, Sarah Bridges, Marc Lavoine, Julien Maurel, Roland Munter
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Year: 2002

Neil Jordan remakes the Jean-Pierre Melville classic Bob Le Flambeur. Does a casino robber have a heart? Nick Nolte stars as Bob, a compulsive gambler seeking to redeem his downward spiraling life by cleaning up a Monte Carlo casino & getting away with a beautiful & deceitful young woman from Russia

The police target Bob & he knows he can only get away by mixing cards up, creating decoy fake robberies & disappearing quietly. Will Bob make it to a successful escape? Will Bob pay the price of a decadent existence with his life?

Tough Crime Films | 5

True Romance

Director: Tony Scott
Cast: Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper, Christopher Walken, Val Kilmer, Brad Pitt, Samuel L. Jackson, Gary Oldman, James Gandolfini, Tom Sizemore, Chris Penn, Bronson Pinchot, Saul Rubinek, Michael Rapaport, Conchata Ferrell, Maria Pitillo, April Freeman, Nancy Young
Genre: Crime, Romance, Drama, Mafia
Year: 1993

Did you take a good look at the cast names just above? Brad Pitt, Gary Oldman, Christopher Walken, Christian Slater… Sounds unreal!? It’s real!! A stellar cast brings to life this twisted crime film penned by Quentin Tarantino & directed by Tony Scott. Clarence & Alabama, two gorgeous misfits, fall madly in love, steal cocaine & venture to sell it in Hollywood, while the mafia chases them & tries to get their package back