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In a world of crime bosses, harmless henchman Garry keeps hostages at gunpoint as a threat to those who mean to harm a boss. When Garry's position is threatened, will he betray his moral position and kill the hostage, or do what's right?
A game of cards turns into a deadly duel.
A detective poses as a cleric to save a squire's daughter from marrying a murderer.
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.
Pablo Escobar's $30 billion cocaine empire cost thousands of lives. This is the story of the world's biggest drug kingpin, told by the DEA agents who took him down.
Ronnie a drug addicted debt ridden loser with a heart tries to make a deal with Dennis a high profile dealer who has loaned Ronnie money in the past when Dennis wants Ronnie to do something. he doesn't want to Ronnie has to make a choice
Imagine a world where a steak, tofu, spaghetti or even a doughnut could be deadly. Introducing the Assassins’ Kitchen Academy, where culinary arts meet covert operations.
An aspiring actress, her friend and a drunk attempt at disposing a corpse in the woods. But not everything goes to plan.
Go behind the bars at HMP Frankland, which houses the most sadistic criminals in Britain.
After a meetup goes wrong, a sex worker is killed, and her killer undergoes a series of increasingly bizarre and surreal tasks to rid himself of a haunting spirit.
In 1965, Albert DeSalvo confessed to being the Boston Strangler, who had killed 13 women in a year-long rampage that had terrorized the city. But there have always been doubts about the validity in DeSalvo's confession and conviction. WHO WAS THE REAL BOSTON STRANGLER? Chronicles the controversy surrounding the case, from the fact that the tapes of DeSalvo's police interrogation have never been released to the strange circumstances surrounding the book. "The Boston Strangler', in which the author definitively declares DeSalvo to be the killer, despite having only second-hand information obtained through P. Lee Bailey, DeSalvo's attorney.
When Fri killed her boyfriend Kyle in 2014, she was convicted of his murder. Now she is appealing her conviction, but Kyle’s family want her to stay behind bars.
After financial adviser Lynda Spence disappears, police uncover a woman with multiple identities and links to organized crime.
Two young offenders meet at community service.
Film number 3 of the British Avantgarde BFI tape is a tricky crime short where you never get to see the faces of the actors or any conclusive idea what the story is about (if there is one). It's a quite interesting anthology of typical mystery scenes and shots exposing the genre to its barest essentia
Two reckless villains try to rob a train. Good triumphs over evil, and the mail goes through.
Three couples meet once a month at each others' homes for an evening of vintage horror videos. On the day of the latest gathering, Colin and his wife Barbara have a massive row which ends in violence, when Colin attempts to strangle his wife. Has his life now become just like one of the movies he so loves? One thing is certain...tonight, The All Night Horror Club is in for a shock ending!
Police try to break up a gang that is manufacturing counterfeit coins.
After getting fired from his job, an ambitious loser attempts to rally his two friends together to get revenge on the man who fired him.
Three friends have adventures during a walk of the Circle Line in London.
Three men have the perfect plan to rob a small store. Internal conflicts driving the narrative, will the plan be good enough to outsmart failure?
A grizzled crime scene photographer operating in London must develop his horrors and relive the trauma he experiences everyday
Detective Fuge is given a new case to investigate the kidnapping of actress, Mary Partoski. And he finds out the perpetrators are run by and old associate of Fuges.
The tale of a violent encounter between a Samurai and his wife with a notorious bandit. The three recount their testimonies, each offering up a different perspective on the crime.
The tragic story of a 24-year-old Lee Irving, a young man with learning difficulties lured to his death by four people he thought were his friends.
A Crime film by Director Stuart Budd.
Surviving on the streets of South London drives many to a life of crime, including Samuel. But knowing his next mistake may be his last, he must find the courage and determination to turn his life away from crime. Samuel goes all in on starting a legitimate business, with the help of his newly-found mentor.
A Noir Detective investigates why his flatmate leaves the kitchen so damn dirty!
The Zambouley brothers are having a bad day, a bad hair-hook in hell kinda day. Weenie Cornutti, a slick, scum of the earth type gangster from way back in the day, stole a particular necklace created by one young artist who went by the name of Leonardo DaVinci, problem for our lads was, that this particular necklace had been created using some very dark mojo indeed.
Under the cover of night, a mysterious figure steals a briefcase filled with cash and a cryptic letter. As the enigmatic events unfold, secrets unravel, lives are shattered, and a truth emerges, leaving a trail of deception and despair in its wake.
Student drug-dealer, Jordan, spends his time dealing legal highs to the residents of his University campus.
A lone young man robs a convience store at night. We follow him throughout the night as he tries to make his way home.
Jewel thieves steal a Lady's car and are trailed by a detective.
'Sexton Blake' poses as a gang's messenger to save a kidnapped girl.
A man enters a mysterious office and is given sinister instructions.
A homage to older classic film noir thrillers. A man holding important documents attempts to walk down a mysterious alley.
Programme looking at some of the most disturbing crimes ever committed in Britain.
A man with a bow and arrow goes around murdering people for no discernible reason.
A young private eye is threatened by a dodgy bloke to find a lost cat.
Filmed on and around the Church Road Estate in North West London, where Nines grew up, the short film is a perfect transfer of Nines’ iconic brand of music directly on to celluloid– a gritty, realistic tale filled with humour and presented in his signature, laid-back fashion.
Two 70's cops are assigned to a new police programme solving the crimes of subpar cases.
A drug addict who no longer can get high finds a new dealer that procures him an incredible new drug like nothing he has seen before. But, in time, the highest high becomes the lowest low.
A rehearsal takes place when a woman suspects that there is cheating. But there is also some confusion.
After his mother loses her job, Marcus Redmond searches for a way to get money to go to university, even if it does mean going into dangerous business
Rise of The Footsoldier: Morocco continues the legacy of the franchise's following, with high stakes, raw energy, and explosive action.
Small time Police Detective, Dean Frank, and his newly wed wife, Lucia Frank, Investigate a brutal death of an Actress. We follow Curtis and Morrisey, seeing how and why they killed that girl.
Rookie detective is sent on a new daring case to solve the case of missing condiments across cereal county.
Closer to the truth? In this gripping documentary, a forensic scientist and pathologist reinvestigate two murder-suicides from 90s that may in fact have been double murders.
On the night of Christmas Eve, two burglars break into a town home craving a sugary snack, but they didn't account for something.
After Morgan Foley is arrested on suspicion of murder. He must use all he knows to survive with his freedom.
Ray is out to collect a debt…
The dramatic theft of a £5m gold toilet from an exhibition at Blenheim Palace in 2019 became instantly one of the country’s most high-profile art heists. Now, this BBC investigation reveals how the crime was carried out and explores what’s likely to have happened to the conspicuous golden toilet once it entered the criminal supply chain. Will police recover the gold or any of the ill-gotten gains?
After a gruesome murder of a high ranking criminal causes tension between the 2 major gangs of a lawless city, 2 hitmen on opposite sides are entangled in a brutal gang war of hatred and personal vendettas.
Mike and Joe flea home with 20k, they settle down in a little sushi restauraunt and realise they made a few mistakes.
A Sexton Blake mystery.
A bean loving kid's breakfast is sabotaged by a bean hater, who uses fart powder to make our protagonist fart uncontrollably, which has devastating consequences for the people around him.
This documentary provides a brief history of the creation of the Metropolitan Police Service (The Met) and several famous investigations and scandals of the detectives of "Scotland Yard". From the creation of the Met to its transformation into one of the premier crime fighting institutions in the world, Scotland Yard's history has been marked by its use of innovative technology and bureaucracy to catch criminals and prevent crime. This documentary uses a number of famous cases to showcase the use of new technologies and methodologies to investigate and solve some of the Met's most famous cases. Each case is used to highlight how the Met employed new techniques to investigate criminal activity, and in most cases solve crimes. Some of these new techniques also include the establishment of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), the Flying Squad, the systematic collection and cataloging of fingerprints, and so forth.
4 idealistic Nigerian students kidnap a Nigerian politician to recover stolen millions.
"The Clifton Rapist" stalked the Bristol Downs during the 1970s carrying out a series of sex attacks on women, but it was a young female police officer who caught him and sent him down in a ground-breaking decoy operation.
Dermot Murnaghan examines the crimes of Scottish serial killer and sex offender Peter Tobin, who had a killing history that stretched from Glasgow to Brighton.