Best Crime Films of 1991
Bugsy
Bugsy is a character ... with an intelligent script by James Toback and excellent support from Kingsley and Harvey Keitel as gangster Mickey Cohen. [ best crime films - 1991 ]
Billy Bathgate
In this film version ... cameo as Dutch Schultz' former business associate. Billy Bathgate was adapted for the screen by British playwright Tom Stoppard. [ best crime films - 1991 ]
Cape Fear
Martin Scorsese's remake of ... of Cape Fear. De Niro and Lewis were both nominated for Academy Awards for their work in the film. [ best crime films - 1991 ]
Oscar
Sylvester Stallone gives comedy ... Gray). Oscar's stellar supporting cast includes Don Ameche, Chazz Palminteri, Harry Shearer, Eddie Bracken, Yvonne DeCarlo, and Bruce Davison. [ best crime films - 1991 ]
The Marrying Man
Neil Simon forgoes his ... on the crazed love affair and are reportedly inspired by Phil Silvers, Sammy Cahn, Tony Martin, and Leo Durocher. [ best crime films - 1991 ]
Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Smart Story
Helen Hunt stars as ... Smart, the schoolteacher who seduced one of her students into murdering her husband, in this torn-from-the-headlines made-for-TV effort. [ best crime films - 1991 ]
Ricochet
Ricochet, a suspenseful, exciting ... Ricochet is an exiting suspense film with a fine performance by Washington and worth watching despite its disappointing conclusion. [ best crime films - 1991 ]
Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls
Four countries--Great Britain, Belgium, ... is strongest in its elegant ambience and attention to detail; it is least successful in its ham-handed comic interludes. [ best crime films - 1991 ]
Men of Respect
Shakespeare's Macbeth is transplanted ... his domineering wife (Kathie Borowitz), the hit man murders his way to the top, but then faces the consequences. [ best crime films - 1991 ]
A Rage in Harlem
Bill Duke directs this ... kidnapped. But Goldy knows better -- he still agrees to help him but Goldy wants the gold for himself. [ best crime films - 1991 ]
One Good Cop
An honest man struggles ... Beniamino's girlfriend Grace (Rachel Ticotin) is actually an undercover cop who won't stand by as Artie plays Robin Hood. [ best crime films - 1991 ]
Where Sleeping Dogs Lie
When unsuccessful writer Bruce ... a strange border moves in, his input on the novel might be a little too informed for Bruce's taste. [ best crime films - 1991 ]
Mobsters
In this fictionalized account ... elements of the operation, while Lucky Luciano (Christian Slater) and Meyer Lansky (Patrick Dempsey) bring up the business end. [ best crime films - 1991 ]
New Jack City
The ruthless leader of ... message is clearly anti-drug and anti-crime, its main intent to provide a high-powered, modern take on the gangster movie. [ best crime films - 1991 ]
Eye of the Storm
Eye of the Storm ... release in Germany but released straight to video in the United States, is a small, well-made thriller, well-worth viewing. [ best crime films - 1991 ]
Once a Thief
For this 1991 action ... gangster pictures, but in this film, the burglary sequences possess all the astounding grace of his other films' gunfights. [ best crime films - 1991 ]
Let Him Have It
The Derek Bentley Case ... they see at the local cinema. They play-act at being gansters, but with real guns ... and tragic results. [ best crime films - 1991 ]
Zodiac Killers
Acclaimed Hong Kong director ... no one else to turn to, Tieh-lan gets Ben to help her drop off the tape and flee Japan. [ best crime films - 1991 ]
Living to Die
Wings Hauser directed and ... detective who learns that a woman believed dead is actually alive and well and involved in a blackmail plot. [ best crime films - 1991 ]
Breathing Fire
After their bank-robbing father ... threaten the fleeing daughter, a young man and his adopted Vietnamese brother use their kickboxing skills to administer justice. [ best crime films - 1991 ]
Dance with Death
After several strippers are ... a reporter (Barbara Alyn Woods) goes undercover at a seedy club to unmask the killer. [ best crime films - 1991 ]
Quicksand: No Escape
In this made-for-cable thriller, ... to corrupt a city official. When murder ensues, the architect must evade the prying eye of a sleazeball detective. [ best crime films - 1991 ]
Quiet Fire
In this thriller, the ... corrupt) congressman, who is running for a seat in the Senate, is responsible for the death of his friend. [ best crime films - 1991 ]
Mob Justice
The fact-based TV movie ... and Alive is played by Ted Levine, previously cast as the serial killer in Silence of the Lambs (1991). [ best crime films - 1991 ]
American Born
A teenager takes his ... into his own hands and sets out to even the score. American Born stars Joey Travolta and Andy Zeller. [ best crime films - 1991 ]
To Be Number One
Based on a true ... in Hong Kong and is extremely instructive, in sharp contrast with the violent crime fantasies of director John Woo. [ best crime films - 1991 ]
The Tigers
TVB network's five most ... to unmask their misdeed, but Fong, who's still at large and hungry for revenge, is threatening to tell all. [ best crime films - 1991 ]
Red Fists
When the Hong Kong ... fly and the bodies drop in a fast-paced tale of rampant crime starring Yu Rong Guang and Sharon Kwok. [ best crime films - 1991 ]
The Commish [TV Series]
Based on the life ... setting and attitude. The series lasted four full season, plus a limited run of four "movie specials" in 1995. [ best crime films - 1991 ]
