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Crime

Respite

Respite

November 11, 2020

Down and out private-eye Jimmy Baz reluctantly takes on a case to find a missing college student when dead bodies of Muslim men start turning up leading him to believe he is now searching for a serial killer.

Cowardly Violence

Cowardly Violence

November 11, 2020

Cheol-hyeon kidnaps Hae-im to steal away bitcoins for him to be able to pay his debts, and his lover Yeon-mi, who has been neglected by him is also imprisoned in a warehouse. Cheol-hyeon uses violence to achieve his goal with Hae-im and emotional violence to seek love from Yeon-mi. His misogyny goes extreme, rationalizing his violence, uncovering the shocking past of the two women, and attempting to shake up their lives.

Active Shooter

Active Shooter

November 11, 2020

Held up in an office restroom during an active shooter situation, three women find their trust tested when they start looking for holes in a fellow victim's story.

Athigaari

Athigaari

November 11, 2020

Tasked with finding out the truth behind his fellow colleague's death, a police officer begins by reviewing his previous cases. Slowly, he traces the steps of the murderer until he discovers the killer's master plan.

Ein Schritt zu viel

Ein Schritt zu viel

November 11, 2020

Nicole Lehnert came to work at an escort service through her friend Inès. It finances her law degree. Over dinner she met the much older Friedrich Benning - rather by chance. Friedrich's colleague Lars Albers had booked the meal through the escort agency. Nicole likes the charming, successful banker who falls in love with her.. He rents her an apartment and buys her fancy clothes. Friedrich doesn't understand that it will soon be too much for Nicole. She can no longer concentrate on her law studies, does not pass her exams. When Nicole got to know the up-and-coming start-up entrepreneur Josch, who was the same age, her relationship with Friedrich cracked. The drama of mutual dependencies takes a tragic turn.

A Crime on the Bayou

A Crime on the Bayou

June 18, 2021

A Crime on the Bayou is the story of Gary Duncan, a Black teenager from Plaquemines Parish, a swampy strip of land south of New Orleans. In 1966, Duncan tries to break up an argument between white and Black teenagers outside a newly integrated school. He gently lays his hand on a white boy’s arm. The boy recoils like a snake. That night, police burst into Duncan’s trailer and arrest him for assault on a minor. A young Jewish attorney, Richard Sobol, leaves his prestigious D.C. firm to volunteer in New Orleans. With his help, Duncan bravely stands up to a racist legal system powered by a white supremacist boss to challenge his unfair arrest. Their fight goes all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, and their lifelong friendship is forged.

Live and Die in East L.A.

Live and Die in East L.A.

November 10, 2020

After an E.R. doctor treats an injured boy, he is pulled into the world of gangs and street violence in the underbelly of Los Angeles.

Vom Geben und Nehmen - Der Usedom-Krimi

Vom Geben und Nehmen - Der Usedom-Krimi

November 10, 2020

After her divorce from local politician Victor Braydon, Simone Eggebrecht finds stability in her work with the disabled and in her friendship with Wiebke Siehl, who is paralyzed. Simone's plan to build a hotel for the handicapped in a prime location is torpedoed by anonymous acts of sabotage. She hires Patrick Horn as a security guard. When the young man disappears, Simone blames her ex-husband and his party colleague Enno Littmann and involves Commissioner Ellen Norgaard and her colleague Rainer Witt in their War of the Roses.

A Place Among the Dead

A Place Among the Dead

November 9, 2020

An exploration of our cultural obsession with vampires and what they reveal about the human psyche.

Hide and Seek!

Hide and Seek!

November 8, 2020

When some friends decide to have a nice game of hide and seek, things go fatally wrong, awfully fast.

Via Poma. Un Caso Irrisolto

Via Poma. Un Caso Irrisolto

November 8, 2020

Charles Ponzi: The Documentary

Charles Ponzi: The Documentary

November 8, 2020

Charles Ponzi, was an Italian born con artist based out of the United States and Canada. Born and raised in Lugo Italy, he became internationally famous in the early 1920s as a con man for his money-making scheme. This history channel style documentary tells the full story of Charles Ponzi, from his childhood in Italy, through to the heights of his fame in Boston Massachusetts, through to his prison sentence, deportation, and his life after the scheme collapsed. The film is written and narrated by Patrick Boyle, a fund manager and finance professor at King's College London.

Amercement

Amercement

May 21, 2021

Vangelis, a remnant of the rave party generation of the late 90s, sells weed for a living. Wants a steady job, no risks involved. Petros, a smalltime gangster. Wants a family. Demands respect. Katerina unwillingly brings them together under the same roof.

Mafia

Mafia

November 7, 2020

After discovering that his two money launderers, Cleveland and Carlos, had been stealing portions of the money they'd been given to launder over the years, Don Ramos hunts them down.

Cream Scene

Cream Scene

November 7, 2020

A thief suddenly feels the need to save a woman being tied and raped by a masked man. Little does he knows that it was a consensual sadomasochism exercise between the woman and his boyfriend. But little that the woman knows too, that the masked man, is not his boyfriend.

The Day of the Coyote

The Day of the Coyote

November 6, 2020

In a garret overlooking the main square, a professional hitman awaits a very important target. He coldly, efficiently, snaps together the pieces of his sniper rifle.But there’s a screw missing. Time for the universe to have some fun.

Beck 39 - Undercover

Beck 39 - Undercover

November 6, 2020

A young gang member is found dead, and the Beck group's investigation indicates that a drug network is behind it. Klas Fredén has been monitoring the network for a long time, and the Beck group - led by Alex Beijer - is most graciously allowed to work with the murder investigation in parallel. She will soon end up on a collision course with Fredén. Thus, Martin Beck, who is now head of department, is also involved in the case.

Где бабло?

Где бабло?

November 5, 2020

Anna from Ebuhando

Anna from Ebuhando

November 5, 2020

Anna Khamasi Omutsani is a widow. One day, her husband Peter Dianga goes to work and doesn’t return home. Anna’s attempts to contact him on the phone are fruitless. After a restless night, the neighbour girl Abigael knocks on the window and reports that she had seen Peter lying in the stream under the bridge. Men from the community pull his body out. The police pronounce him dead, but do not investigate the circumstances of his death. The Council of Elders, convened under the shade of a mango tree, deals with the existential affairs of the community. The Council decides Peter Dianga’s death was an accident, so he is buried properly, to the right of the door of the house. Anna’s greatest dream is to educate her children – the source of Anna’s quiet yet proud strength.

Shehri Gabru

Shehri Gabru

November 5, 2020

Three unemployed bachelors and two local goons leading their life separately, get a deadline of seven days to pay a large amount of money..