Helgeland was in post-production on this film the night of the Academy Awards, and having been nominated for his L.A. Confidential (1997) script he really hoped he would be named the winner. "I knew that they were getting close to finally removing me off this movie," and he thought winning the Oscar would mean they couldn't fire him. He won, Sean Connery tussled his hair backstage while congratulating him, and that was his Sunday night. "And on Tuesday I got fired. So much for the magic of an Academy Award."
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The Outfit 1973
A two-bit criminal takes on the Mafia to avenge his brothers death. Earl Macklin is a small time criminal who is released from prison after an unsuccessful bank robbery only to discover that a pair of gunmen killed his brother.
The Outfit features realistic, serious, exciting, suspense and rough style.
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Heist 2001
Joe Moore has a job he loves. Hes a thief. His job goes sour when he gets caught on security camera tape. His fence Bergman reneges on the money hes owed and his wife may be betraying him with the fences young lieutenant. Moore ...
Heist features twists and turns, suspenseful, serious, suspense and surprise ending style.
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City of Industry 1997
A retired thief swears revenge on the lunatic who murdered his brother and partner while going on the run with the loot they stole.
City of Industry features suspenseful, exciting, serious, realistic and rough style.
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Running Scared 2006
After a drug-op gone bad Joey Gazelle is put in charge of disposing the gun that shot a dirty cop. But things goes wrong for Joey after the neighbor kid stole the gun and used it to shoot his abusive father. Now Joey has to find the kid and the gun ...
Running Scared features twists and turns, rough, suspenseful, bleak and bloody style.
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Road to Perdition 2002
Mike Sullivan works as a hit man for crime boss John Rooney. Sullivan views Rooney as a father figure however after his son is witness to a killing Mike Sullivan finds himself on the run in attempt to save the life of his son and at the same time ...
Road to Perdition features bleak, tense, emotional, serious and suspenseful style.
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Rolling Thunder 1977
A Vietnam veteran Charles Rane returns home after years in a POW camp and is treated as a hero. When thugs invade his home to steal the silver coins he received for his service they mangle his hand and leave him and his family for dead. Rane ...
Rolling Thunder features serious, rough, suspenseful, suspense and bleak style.
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Get Carter 2000
Remake of the British classic. Jack Carter a mob enforcer living in Las Vegas travels back to his hometown of Seattle for his brothers funeral. During this visit Carter realizes that the death of his brother was not accidental but a ...
Get Carter features rough, realistic, serious, suspenseful and suspense style.
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Lucky Number Slevin 2006
Slevin is mistakenly put in the middle of a personal war between the citys biggest criminal bosses. Under constant watch Slevin must try not to get killed by an infamous assassin and come up with an idea of how to get out of his current dilemma. ...
Lucky Number Slevin features surprise ending, clever, suspenseful, twists and turns and tricky style.
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Faster 2010
Driver Dwayne Johnson has spent the last 10 years in prison planning revenge for the murder of his brother. Now that Driver is free to carry out his deadly plan only two men stand in his way- Billy Bob Thornton plays a veteran cop and Oliver ...
Faster features twists and turns, rough, serious, suspenseful and suspense style.
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Welcome to the Punch 2013
When notorious criminal Jacob Sternwood is forced to return to London it gives detective Max Lewinsky one last chance to take down the man hes always been after.
Welcome to the Punch features twists and turns, stylized, serious, rough and exciting style.
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The Drop 2014
Bob Saginowski finds himself at the center of a robbery gone awry and entwined in an investigation that digs deep into the neighborhoods past where friends families and foes all work together to make a living - no matter the cost.
The Drop features tense, serious, captivating, twists and turns and realistic style.
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Reindeer Games 2000
After assuming his dead cellmates identity to get with his girlfriend an ex-con finds himself the reluctant participant in a casino heist.
Reindeer Games features twists and turns, suspenseful, serious, realistic and suspense style.
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Last Man Standing 1996
John Smith is a mysterious stranger who is drawn into a vicious war between two Prohibition-era gangs. In a dangerous game he switches allegiances from one to another offering his services to the highest bidder. As the death toll mounts Smith ...
Last Man Standing features serious, exciting, suspenseful, stylized and captivating style.
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Heist 2001
Joe Moore has a job he loves. Hes a thief. His job goes sour when he gets caught on security camera tape. His fence Bergman reneges on the money hes owed and his wife may be betraying him with the fences young lieutenant. Moore ...
Heist features twists and turns, suspenseful, serious, suspense and surprise ending style.
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Payback: Straight Up 2006
With friends like these who needs enemies Thats the question bad guy Porter is left asking after his wife and partner steal his heist money and leave him for dead -- or so they think. Five months and an endless reservoir of bitterness later ...
Payback: Straight Up features rough, suspenseful, realistic, serious and tense style.
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Heist 2001
Joe Moore has a job he loves. Hes a thief. His job goes sour when he gets caught on security camera tape. His fence Bergman reneges on the money hes owed and his wife may be betraying him with the fences young lieutenant. Moore ...
Heist features twists and turns, suspenseful, serious, suspense and surprise ending style.
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The Departed 2006
To take down South Bostons Irish Mafia the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin a career criminal rises ...
The Departed features tense, captivating, surprise ending, twist ending and serious style.
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Heist 2001
Joe Moore has a job he loves. Hes a thief. His job goes sour when he gets caught on security camera tape. His fence Bergman reneges on the money hes owed and his wife may be betraying him with the fences young lieutenant. Moore ...
Heist features twists and turns, suspenseful, serious, suspense and surprise ending style.
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Heist 2001
Joe Moore has a job he loves. Hes a thief. His job goes sour when he gets caught on security camera tape. His fence Bergman reneges on the money hes owed and his wife may be betraying him with the fences young lieutenant. Moore ...
Heist features twists and turns, suspenseful, serious, suspense and surprise ending style.
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