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Nick Romano lives in a poor tenement building on the south side of Chicago with his well-meaning but drug-addicted mother, Nellie. She encourages him to pursue his piano-playing talent in hopes that it will bring him a better life. Nellie's neighbors, like the alcoholic ex-lawyer who secretly loves her, help her in keeping Nick away from Louie, the resident drug dealer. But a chance meeting between Nick and Louie could change things forever.
Soon after a veteran returns from war, his cheating wife is found dead. He evades police in an attempt to find the real murderer.
An amoral, psychotic playboy incites three men who are down on their luck to commit a mail van robbery, which goes badly wrong.
When a dismembered hand is found in a city pond, maverick cop Rembrandt Macy is drawn into a chilling investigation. His search for answers leads him into the secret life of the victim, guided by her roommate Nikki. As Macy uncovers a web of corruption, from shadowy dealings at City Hall to a ruthless gang of Asian drug traffickers, he realizes that nothing is as it seems, and that Nikki herself may be hiding dangerous secrets.
Luigi, a middle-aged engineer who, getting increasingly worried about the rising crime rate in his surroundings, follows the advice and example of his sleazy drinking cronies to arm himself with the titular weapon; the problem is that he starts carrying – and, occasionally, brandishing – it with him everywhere.
Spindoe is a British television series which was shown on ITV in the spring of 1968. It was named after the lead character, Alec Spindoe, a South London gangster; the plot of the series showed how Spindoe re-established his gangland empire after he had been supplanted during a term of imprisonment, but found once he had succeeded that he is no longer interested.
Mild-mannered mystery writer D. H. Mercer has become so immersed in his material that his creation, hard-boiled private eye Biff Deegan, constantly appears to him as a hallucination. Intent on getting rid of Biff, and replacing him with a more civilized detective, Mercer soon finds himself in a genuine mystery involving art fraud, murder, and a beautiful lady in peril.
During a police intervention, a macabre discovery is made in the trunk of a car. Josef and Oskar find themselves in the line of fire of a seemingly cold-blooded killer. But things are not what they seem.
After fleeing a drug deal gone bad, vet Matt Benning tries to escape, but finds his previous problems have followed him.
Siegfried Dennery suffers from life-threatening bronchial asthma. Only in a milder climate could he recover. Dennery purchases land on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia. He plans to finance the construction of a hotel by selling his nightclub. But everything goes wrong. A Caribbean contact works for his own gain, and the bank refuses to grant the necessary loan. Dennery comes up with a daring plan: he wants to get money by robbing banks...
Young single mother Emiko (Saori Seto) uses factory worker Shinnosuke (Amane Okayama) for money. They met through an online dating website and Shinnosuke is completely in love with her. Meanwhile, Emiko's ex-husband is demanding money from her.
When a dead body is found on the Tuas Bridge, left right on the border between Malaysia and Singapore, two ICD officers from each country, Officer Megat from Malaysia and Officer Serena Teo from Singapore, must work together to solve the crime. But this case is far more complicated than either of them could have suspected, and they soon learn that the killer’s plan has just begun.
A man investigates the disappearance of his sister with the help of her roommate. He uncovers a trail of prostitution, incest, blackmail...and murder.
Kidnappers demand six million in ransom, but the United Nations does not negotiate with terrorist. One of the best counterfeiters is serving a lengthy prison term and the agent who arrested him needs his help.
Alicia, a promising young PR executive, goes home with a handsome stranger, only for the pair to be attacked by a woman with a knife. Alicia kills the woman in self-defense, but then finds herself framed for murder. Unraveling the mystery, Alicia finds herself plunged into a web of deceit from which there seems to be no escape.
Two best friends have to choose between life in the streets and loyalty when they are indicted with the help of an informant that causes everyone to be a suspect to the Boss.
A desperate mechanic's plan to escape his past unravels when his sister returns home and two violent debt collectors close in.
When his estranged wife is brutally attacked by a burglar, a law-abiding locksmith unconvinced that the junkie charged for the crime is the real attacker starts his own investigation.
It’s 1976, in an Italian province near Naples. Pépé, a young Franco-Italian mobster, commits a murder and calls his childhood friend Stan, who has just returned from vacation, to tell him the news.
A young girl discovers the truth regarding the secrets of her past. Just as she discovers the truth, events take place that change her life forever.
Told from the viewpoint of musician Nico, "Nesseltal' tells the story of a friend's 30th-birthday weekend in a secluded mountain lodge in the Alps. After the group falls out over an alcohol-fueled argument, the story takes a turn for the worse: not only has Nico disappeared, but the group also find themselves confronted by a much more terrible secret that their unfortunate weekend destination holds.
A young woman is murdered right in front of a police station. The inspector at the station suspects her boyfriend, a private detective, who claims he is innocent. Who killed the girl and why?
A district attorney becomes a fugitive from justice after a number of botched drug busts lead to conflict with a miltaristic narc. As the days drag on, he sinks deeper into drugs and paranoia.
Political series based on the fight that broke out after the attack against Augusto Pinochet in 1986, when the dictatorship through its repressive apparatuses began to persecute and assassinate left-wing militants with impunity.
Esther returns to Austria from the United States and a series of murders points to the Zodiac Killer.
Gertie Jones, known among other thieves as "The Chatterbox" because she talks to herself while she works, becomes a rich woman's French maid after learning about her employer's $40,000 diamond necklace. To cover up the scratches left by her tools after she unsuccessfully tries to open the safe containing the necklace, Gertie telephones the police to report an attempted burglary. Jimmy Hartigan, a famous thief, arrives and after he and Gertie fall in love at first sight, he is arrested.
Filmed over a period of twelve months, Murder in The Valleys tells the story behind the largest and most exhaustive criminal investigation in Welsh history and its enduring repercussions. One night in June 1999, three generations of one family were brutally killed in the small village of Clydach, South Wales. For more than twenty years – and despite the conviction of a local builder - the case has deeply divided the community
Follow the stories of individuals who are facing charges for serious offenses such as first-degree murder, manslaughter, domestic terrorism, and aggravated assault. Every piece of evidence may lead to an answer, but the truth is never quite clear until the final moment of reveal.
Follows the Andrea Yates case, exploring how a rogue street preacher's fire-and-brimstone teachings allegedly brought the vulnerable Texas mother under his control, leading to the drowning of her five children in 2001.
When a blogger witnesses a murder and mistakenly records it on camera, a blood chase that leaves a path of betrayal and deceit ensues. Can he get out of the trap? For all thrill seekers, Varanasi Junction will set the standard.
In this global series presented by Michael K. Williams, we embed ourselves inside criminal enterprises to see how contraband moves across borders, and explore the politics behind a hidden economy nearly as big as the one you know.
In hospital, photographer Jinx Kingsley wakes from a coma after a car crash - a failed suicide attempt, prompted by her fiance Leo jilting her to elope with Jinx's lifelong best friend, Meg. The discovery of Leo and Meg's bodies - brutally murdered in the same manner as Jinx's first husband - makes Jinx the prime suspect. Then, with the help of eminent neuroscientist Dr.Alan Protheroe, some memories begin to surface. Memories of desperation and paralysing terror.
