District 9 (2009)

Thelma & Louise (1991)

Summary: Two best friends set out on an adventure, but it soon turns around to a terrifying escape from being hunted by the police, as these two girls escape for the crimes they committed.

Release Date: May 24, 1991

Genres: Adventure, Drama, Crime

Director: Ridley Scott

Writer: Callie Khouri

Runtime: 2 h 10 min

MPAA: R

Production: Pathé Entertainment, Percy Main, Star Partners III Ltd.

Distributor: MGM Home Entertainment, Warner Home Video, National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Philips, MGM/UA Home Entertainment, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Fathom Events, The Criterion Channel, Tubi TV

Countries: United States, United Kingdom, France

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 16,500,000

Domestic: $ 45,360,915

International: $ 105,005

Betrayed (1988)

Summary: An FBI agent posing as a combine driver becomes romantically involved with a Midwest farmer who lives a double life as a white supremacist.

Release Date: August 26, 1988

Genres: Drama, Crime, Thriller

Director: Costa-Gavras

Writer: Joe Eszterhas

Runtime: 2 h 07 min

MPAA: R

Production: United Artists, Winkler Films, CST Telecommunications

Distributor: United Artists, Fox Network, MGM Home Entertainment, TGG Direct, Olive Films

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 19,000,000

Domestic: $ 25,816,139

Southland Tales (2006)

Summary: During a three-day heat wave just before a huge 4th of July celebration, an action star stricken with amnesia meets up with a porn star who is developing her own reality TV project, and a policeman who holds the key to a vast cons...

Release Date: December 07, 2007

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Mystery

Director: Richard Kelly

Writer: Richard Kelly

Runtime: 2 h 25 min

MPAA: R

Production: Universal Pictures, Cherry Road Films, Darko Entertainment, Persistent Entertainment, Academy Film, Destination Films, Inferno Distribution, Wild Bunch

Distributor: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Countries: France, Germany, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 17,000,000

Domestic: $ 275,380

International: $ 99,363

Shaft (1971)

Summary: A crime lord hires black private eye, John Shaft, to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.

Release Date: July 02, 1971

Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller

Director: Gordon Parks

Writers: Ernest Tidyman

, John D.F. Black

Runtime: 1 h 40 min

MPAA: R

Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Shaft Productions

Distributor: CBS, MGM Home Entertainment, Turner Entertainment, Warner Home Video, LowesVideos, The Criterion Channel

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 1,125,000

The Old Guard (2020)

Summary: A covert group of tight-knit mercenaries with an inability to die have fought to protect the world for centuries. But when their abilities are suddenly exposed, they need to eliminate the threat of those who seek to replicate thei...

Release Date: July 10, 2020

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood

Writers: Greg Rucka

, Leandro Fernandez

Runtime: 2 h 05 min

MPAA: R

Production: Netflix, Skydance Media, Denver and Delilah Productions, Marc Evans Productions, Image Comics, Marc Platt Productions

Distributor: Netflix

Countries: United States, France, Iceland, United Kingdom, Morocco, Canada

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 70,000,000

5 - Possibly Woke

Bad Boys II (2003)

Summary: Two loose-cannon narcotics cops investigate the flow of Ecstasy into Florida from a Cuban drug cartel.

Release Date: July 18, 2003

Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime

Director: Michael Bay

Writers: George Gallo

, Marianne Wibberley

, Cormac Wibberley

Runtime: 2 h 27 min

MPAA: R

Production: Columbia Pictures, Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films

Distributor: Columbia Pictures, Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, Fox Network, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Bad Boys

Movie budget: $ 130,000,000

Domestic: $ 138,608,444

International: $ 134,731,112

5 - Possibly Woke

The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017)

Summary: Michael Bryce, a protection agent, is tasked with protecting Darius Kincaid, one of the world's most famous assassins

Release Date: August 18, 2017

Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime

Director: Patrick Hughes

Writer: Tom O'Connor

Runtime: 1 h 58 min

MPAA: R

Production: Summit Entertainment, Millennium Media, Cristal Pictures, East Light Media, TIK Films, Nu Boyana Film Studios, Campbell Grobman Films, TDMP, Netherlands Film Production Incentive, London Studios, Above the Line Set Assistance & Security, Davis-Films, Skydance Media

Distributor: Lionsgate

Countries: United States, Hong Kong, Bulgaria, Netherlands, Canada, United Kingdom, France

Language: English

Franchise: The Hitman's Bodyguard

Movie budget: $ 30,000,000

Domestic: $ 75,468,583

International: $ 107,962,564

Æon Flux (2005)

Summary: Æon Flux is a mysterious assassin working for the Monicans, a group of rebels trying to overthrow the government. When she is sent on a mission to kill the Chairman, a whole new mystery is found.

Release Date: December 02, 2005

Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Director: Karyn Kusama

Writers: Phil Hay

, Matt Manfredi

, Peter Chung

Runtime: 1 h 33 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Paramount Pictures, Lakeshore Entertainment, Valhalla Motion Pictures, Colossal Pictures, Studio Babelsberg, Rai Cinema

Distributor: Paramount Pictures, Paramount Home Entertainment

Countries: United States, Germany, Brazil, Italy

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 62,000,000

Domestic: $ 25,874,337

International: $ 27,447,336

Action Jackson (1988)

Summary: Vengeance drives a tough Detroit cop to stay on the trail of a power-hungry auto magnate who is systematically eliminating his competition.

Release Date: February 12, 1988

Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime

Director: Craig R. Baxley

Writer: Robert Reneau

Runtime: 1 h 36 min

MPAA: R

Production: Lorimar Film Entertainment, Silver Pictures

Distributor: Image Entertainment, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Warner Bros. Television, HBO Max, Warner Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 7,000,000

Domestic: $ 20,256,975

Death Warrant (1990)

Summary: In a violent and corrupt prison, decorated cop Louis Burke must infiltrate the jail to find answers to a number of inside murders. What he finds is a struggle of life and death tied in to his own past.

Release Date: September 14, 1990

Genres: Action, Crime, Mystery

Director: Deran Sarafian

Writer: David S. Goyer

Runtime: 1 h 29 min

MPAA: R

Production: Cannon Films, Pathé Pictures International, The Cannon Group, Pathé Entertainment

Distributor: MGM/UA Home Entertainment, WGN, Warner Home Video, MGM Home Entertainment, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Scorpion Releasing, United Artists

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 4,000,000

Domestic: $ 16,853,487

Surviving the Game (1994)

Summary: A homeless man is hired as a survival guide for a group of wealthy businessmen on a hunting trip in the mountains, unaware that they are killers who hunt humans for sport, and that he is their new prey.

Release Date: April 15, 1994

Genres: Action, Adventure, Crime

Director: Ernest R. Dickerson

Writer: Eric Bernt

Runtime: 1 h 36 min

MPAA: R

Production: New Line Cinema, New Line Productions, David Permut Productions

Distributor: TNT, New Line Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 7,400,000

Domestic: $ 7,727,256

The Hurt Locker (2008)

Summary: During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.

Release Date: July 31, 2009

Genres: Drama, Thriller, War

Director: Kathryn Bigelow

Writer: Mark Boal

Runtime: 2 h 11 min

MPAA: R

Production: Voltage Pictures, Grosvenor Park Media, Film Capital Europe Funds (FCEF ), Summit Entertainment

Distributor: Summit Entertainment, Summit Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 15,000,000

Domestic: $ 17,017,811

International: $ 32,241,955

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

Summary: In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, a woman rebels against a tyrannical ruler in search for her homeland with the aid of a group of female prisoners, a psychotic worshipper and a drifter named Max.

Release Date: May 15, 2015

Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Director: George Miller

Writers: George Miller

, Brendan McCarthy

, Nick Lathouris

Runtime: 2 h 00 min

MPAA: R

Production: Village Roadshow Pictures, Kennedy Miller Productions, Warner Bros., Kennedy Miller Mitchell

Distributor: Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, Studio Distribution Services (SDS), Warner Bros. Home Entertainment

Countries: Australia, United States

Language: English

Franchise: Mad Max

Movie budget: $ 150,000,000

Domestic: $ 154,280,290

International: $ 226,156,977

Fire with Fire (2012)

Summary: A fireman takes an unexpected course of action when a man whom he's been ordered to testify against, after being held up at a local convenience store, threatens him.

Release Date: December 05, 2012

Genres: Action, Thriller

Director: David Barrett

Writers: Tom O'Connor

, Lowell Cauffiel

Runtime: 1 h 37 min

MPAA: 13+

Production: Grindstone Entertainment Group, Cheetah Vision, Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films (EFO Films), Envision Entertainment, Paradox Entertainment, Mandalay Vision, Industry Entertainment, Boss Collaboration, Gosdom Entertainment, Knightsbridge Entertainment, LDMP, Movie Trailer House

Distributor: Grindstone Entertainment Group, Lionsgate Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 10,400,000

Scorched Earth (2018)

Summary: A bounty hunter named Attica Gage tracks down criminals in a post-apocalyptic Earth.

Release Date: February 02, 2018

Genres: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

Director: Peter Howitt

Writers: Kevin Leeson

, Bobby Mort

Runtime: 1 h 36 min

MPAA: R

Production: Lighthouse Pictures, Okanagan Media, Lighthouse Pictures

Distributor: Tubi TV

Countries: Canada, United States

Language: English

The Equalizer 2 (2018)

Summary: Robert McCall serves an unflinching justice for the exploited and oppressed, but how far will he go when that is someone he loves?

Release Date: July 20, 2018

Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller

Director: Antoine Fuqua

Writers: Richard Wenk

, Michael Sloan

, Richard Lindheim

Runtime: 2 h 01 min

MPAA: R

Production: Columbia Pictures, Escape Artists, Hill District Media, Lonetree Entertainment, Mace Neufeld Productions, Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE), ZHIV Productions

Distributor: Columbia Pictures

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Equalizer

Movie budget: $ 62,000,000

Domestic: $ 102,084,362

International: $ 88,315,795

Rush Hour 3 (2007)

Summary: After an attempted assassination on Ambassador Han, Lee and Carter head to Paris to protect a French woman with knowledge of the Triads' secret leaders.

Release Date: August 10, 2007

Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime

Director: Brett Ratner

Writers: Jeff Nathanson

, Ross LaManna

Runtime: 1 h 31 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: New Line Cinema, Roger Birnbaum Productions, Arthur Sarkissian Productions

Distributor: New Line Cinema, HBO Max, New Line Home Entertainment, Warner Home Video

Countries: United States, Germany

Language: English

Franchise: Rush Hour

Movie budget: $ 140,000,000

Domestic: $ 140,125,968

International: $ 117,971,154

The Interpreter (2005)

Summary: Political intrigue and deception unfold inside the United Nations, where a U.S. Secret Service agent is assigned to investigate an interpreter who overhears an assassination plot.

Release Date: April 22, 2005

Genres: Crime, Thriller, Mystery

Director: Sydney Pollack

Writers: Martin Stellman

, Brian Ward

, Charles Randolph

Runtime: 2 h 08 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Universal Pictures, Working Title Films, Misher Films, Mirage Enterprises, StudioCanal, Motion Picture JOTA Produktions

Distributor: Universal Pictures, Kino Lorber, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Countries: United Kingdom, France, Germany, United States, South Africa

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 80,000,000

Domestic: $ 72,708,161

International: $ 90,236,762