Crime Movies of 1998
Crazy Six
In this espionage thriller, an endangered European crime lord's failed attempt at gaining power ... [ Crime movie - 1998 ]
Jerry and Tom
Actor Saul Rubinek made his directorial debut with this crime comedy adapted by Rick Cleveland and from his own 1994 one-act play. Hit man Tom (Joe Mantegna) and his apprentice Jerry (Sam Rockwell), ... [ Crime movie - 1998 ]
Out of Sight
Steven Soderbergh directed this crime caper adapted from the novel by Elmore Leonard. When ex-con Jack Foley ... [ Crime movie - 1998 ]
Nightwatch
Like The Vanishing (1988 and 1993), Nightwatch is an English-language version of a foreign-made film with the original director hired to remake his own movie. Ole Bornedal was ... [ Crime movie - 1998 ]
Hoods
Joe Mantegna and Kevin Pollak star in this drama about Angelo, the son of a powerful crime boss. One day, Angelo and five other low-level gangsters are given an assignment -- they are to murder the son of one of his rivals, who blew up a ... [ Crime movie - 1998 ]
The Conman
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The Newton Boys
Richard Linklater's fifth feature is a major departure from his previous work -- his first ... [ Crime movie - 1998 ]
Blackheart
Ray (Richard Grieco) and Annette (Maria Conchita Alonso) are a pair of confidence artists in this complex thriller. Ray and Annette are looking for a big score, and they ... [ Crime movie - 1998 ]
Dead Broke
The potential witnesses to a mysterious murder all become suspects when a determined detective fails to crack the case in a hard-boiled mystery directed by Edward Vilga and ... [ Crime movie - 1998 ]
Hell's Kitchen N.Y.C.
In this hard-edged crime drama, four kids from the tough New York neighborhood of Hell's Kitchen decide ... [ Crime movie - 1998 ]
The Fixer
A successful business tycoon finds himself targeted by colleagues and clients when he decides to clean up his act and run an honest institution. ~ Sandra Brennan, All ... [ Crime movie - 1998 ]
Hitman's Journal
Vincent (Danny Aiello), aging, war-weary hit man for the Mob, becomes the target of Tommy (William Forsythe), the hot-headed son of the new family boss. While Vincent ... [ Crime movie - 1998 ]
Southie
"Southie" is common usage in Massachusetts for a resident of South Boston. John Shea ... [ Crime movie - 1998 ]
Clay Pigeons
David Dobkin made his feature directorial debut with this comedy thriller about an ordinary guy mistakenly viewed as a serial killer by ... [ Crime movie - 1998 ]
The General
John Boorman, who won the 1998 Cannes Film Festival's Direction award for this film, previously won the same Cannes award almost three decades earlier for his Leo ... [ Crime movie - 1998 ]
Backlash
Gina Gallagher (Tracey Needham) is a federal prosecutor who sends a major drug dealer to prison only to find herself the target of his partners in crime. Their reprisals become too close for comfort when Gina's partner is killed, ... [ Crime movie - 1998 ]
Best Men
Former music-video director Tamra Davis (Guncrazy) created strong characters in this bank-robbery tale, a crime/comedy/drama somewhat reminiscent of the anti-establishment attitudes seen in ... [ Crime movie - 1998 ]
Scarred City
Trace (Stephen Baldwin) is a cop who's just been assigned to a new unit led by Lt. Devon (Chazz ... [ Crime movie - 1998 ]
The Last Don II
This four-hour miniseries is a sequel to 1997's top-rated miniseries, The Last Don,based ... [ Crime movie - 1998 ]
Brown's Requiem
Based on a novel by acclaimed crime writer James Ellroy, this film stars ... [ Crime movie - 1998 ]
Deadly Game
A boy who's looking for trouble finds a lot more than he counted on in this action-comedy. Nathan (Ryan DeBoer) is a 12-year-old kid with a smart mouth and a bit too much attitude for his own good. Not happy at home, Nathan runs ... [ Crime movie - 1998 ]
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
British writer Guy Ritchie made his feature directorial debut with this ... [ Crime movie - 1998 ]
The Hitman
The narrative of The Hitman unfolds following the assassination of a sleazy Japanese businessman ... [ Crime movie - 1998 ]
Next Time
Alan Fraser wrote and directed this drama about an interracial friendship. In 1992, 19-year-old Matt (Christian Campbell) ... [ Crime movie - 1998 ]
Fallen Arches
Ron Cosentino writes and directs this gangland screwball tragedy about a young street smart kid trying to protect his family. Though his mother (Karen Black) is an alcoholic, Duke Romano (Carmine D. Giovinazzo) is ... [ Crime movie - 1998 ]
Recipe for Revenge
The only witness to a ruthless murder, a caterer rushes to the police for protection and instead finds herself accused of the crime. Fortunately, a detective believes her story and sets off to ... [ Crime movie - 1998 ]
Blood Guts Bullets & Octane
Sid (director Joe Carnahan) and Bob (Dan Leis) are two down-on-their-luck, very fast-talking used car salesmen with a lot full of lemons and a gaping hole in their finances, when, at their most ... [ Crime movie - 1998 ]
Fibra Optica
This second feature from writer-director Francisco Athie (Lolo) carries a stylish cyber-candescence throughout, courtesy of techno-twists added ... [ Crime movie - 1998 ]
The Longest Nite
The title of this Hong Kong crime tale translates as "dark flowers," slang for an underworld contract. While a gang war is developing, Macao cop Sam (Tong Leung Chiu-wai) takes on a gunman in a restaurant where bald ... [ Crime movie - 1998 ]
B.U.S.T.E.D.
Goldie and David Bowie star in this fast-paced, gritty crime thriller. The film opens with Ray (writer-director Andrew Goth) and Terry (Goldie) getting ... [ Crime movie - 1998 ]
One Deadly Road
William DeMeo, Frank Adonis and Burt Young star in this tough crime drama set in New York. ... [ Crime movie - 1998 ]
Caught Up
Darin Scott made his directorial debut with this neo-noir crime drama set in South Central L.A. and featuring Cynda Williams in a dual role. Back in L.A. after serving time on drug charges, ... [ Crime movie - 1998 ]
I Got The Hook-Up
Recording star and rapper Master P is the executive producer, screenwriter, and co-star (with A.J. Johnson of The Players Club) of this comedy about two South Central Los Angeles ... [ Crime movie - 1998 ]
Portland Street Blues
A spin-off from Hong Kong's popular "Young and Dangerous" ... [ Crime movie - 1998 ]
Kichiku Dai Enkai
Kazuyoshi Kumakiri makes his directorial debut with this surrealist psychological horror flick about revenge and radical politics. Set during the early '70s, the film centers on a group of radicals holed up in a dingy Tokyo apartment. With ... [ Crime movie - 1998 ]
Crisis
This Mexican political thriller follows the feud of a mobster and a noble politician intent on bringing down organized crime. When congressman Jose Ramirez (Hector Bonilla) has Ramon Alvarado (Manuel Ojeda) arrested and jailed, ... [ Crime movie - 1998 ]
High Voltage
A band of gangster wannabees find themselves in over their heads after they ... [ Crime movie - 1998 ]
Once a Thief: Family Business
Originally shown on The Movie Channel, Once a Thief: Family Business is a re-edited compilation of two episodes of the Once a Thief TV series: "That Old Gang of Mine" and "The Last Temptation of Vic" ~ All Movie Guide [ Crime movie - 1998 ]
Once a Thief: Brother Against Brother
Originally shown on The Movie Channel, Once a Thief: Family Business ... [ Crime movie - 1998 ]
Stolen Heart
Terry O'Brien scripted and made his directorial debut with this low-budget ($100,000) Canadian comedy-thriller set in upstate New York and Ontario, Canada. ... [ Crime movie - 1998 ]
The Quarry
Marion Hansel directed this Belgian-French-Dutch-Spanish drama, adapted from the novel by Damon ... [ Crime movie - 1998 ]
Pizza, Beer & Smokes
Bruno Stagnaro directed this Argentine drama, set in an ... [ Crime movie - 1998 ]
Recoil
A Mafia don launches a vendetta against a detective's family after the police officer kills the crime lord's son during a bank robbery. But the Mafioso gets more than he bargained for when he succeeds in killing the detective's ... [ Crime movie - 1998 ]
Expect The Unexpected
In this "cops and robbers" film, a raid on a jewelry store staged by a band of amateur hold-up artists goes horribly wrong, leading to a shoot-out. The elite Organized Crime ... [ Crime movie - 1998 ]
Brain Drain
A teenage Argentine street gang find themselves targeted for revenge by the overweight street cop whom they wrongfully accused of police brutality. Gang leader Fideo (Nicolas Cabre) was born in the U.S. and speaks fluent English and Spanish; he ... [ Crime movie - 1998 ]
Jin-Roh
Jin-Roh is an animated film which grew from a story and script by Mamoru Oshii, one of the leading creative artists of Japanese animation. However, ... [ Crime movie - 1998 ]
MP Da Last Don
Rap music star and No Limit Records impresario Master P sparked a small revolution in hip-hop filmmaking ... [ Crime movie - 1998 ]
Killers
When a drug deal goes bad, several semi-innocent bystanders must fight for survival in the suspense thriller Killers. Ray (Christopher Maleki) is the leader of a group of bikers looking to make some fast money. ... [ Crime movie - 1998 ]
Her Name is Cat
In this action-adventure story filmed in Hong Kong, Almen Wong is Cat, who left behind a life as a security agent with the Chinese government to become a hired killer for crime boss Sister Shin. However, Cat soon has a falling ... [ Crime movie - 1998 ]
Jekyll Island
A master thief is pitted against a detective who learned all she knows from him in this thriller. Alex Madison (Don Mogavero) is a ... [ Crime movie - 1998 ]
Touching Evil: Series 02
Charming but streetwise Detective Inspector Dave Creegan (Robson Green) is back on the case in this collection ... [ Crime movie - 1998 ]
Cheap Killers
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All Saints Day
Tommy J. La Sorsa's crime comedy All Saints Day concerns Marco, a 24-year-old man who is spinning ... [ Crime movie - 1998 ]
The Yakuza Way
Battle-weary Yakuza courier Kanuma (Riki Takeuchi) dons his snakeskin suit and wraparound sunglasses to visit Los Angeles for what he believes is his last assignment before calling it ... [ Crime movie - 1998 ]
Black Angel
Takashi Ishii directs this noirish gangland drama about a daughter in single-minded pursuit ... [ Crime movie - 1998 ]
A True Mob Story
Andy Lau stars in this Hong Kong crime-drama as Wai Cheung-Dee, a low-level gangster, who, while protecting the son of a Triad boss, accidentally causes the death of one of his loved ones. A broken man, Wai Cheung-Dee is cruelly used by the ... [ Crime movie - 1998 ]
Sleepless Town
A contraband dealer living in Kabukicho discovers that there is ... [ Crime movie - 1998 ]
Sticks
Lenny (Lillo Brancato) supplies the rarest of imported cigars to the city's highest rollers, who pay him dearly for his illicit "sticks." His latest shipment of Fidel Castro's favorite, the Los Mariposas brand, ... [ Crime movie - 1998 ]
Un Buen Novio
A Madrid police officer's dangerous obsession with a local murder known as "The Batiscafo Crime" sets him ... [ Crime movie - 1998 ]
Young Thugs: Nostalgia
Nostalgia deals with the home and school life of a young boy whose world is a mesh of the lovably comic and the brutally violent. Focusing on the emergence of an adult perception in a boy who until now has lived ... [ Crime movie - 1998 ]
