Crime Soundtracks 2013 List

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Blood Ties R

New York, 1974. Fifty-year-old Chris (Clive Owen) has just been released on good behavior after several years in prison following a gangland murder. Reluctantly waiting for him outside the gates is his younger brother, Frank (Billy Crudup), a cop with a bright future. Chris and Frank have always been different, and their father, Leon (James Caan), who raised them alone, seems to favor Chris despite all his troubles. Yet blood ties are the ones that bind, and Frank, hoping that his brother has changed, is willing to give him a chance -- he shares his home, finds him a job, and helps him reconnect with his children and his ex-wife, Monica (Marion Cotillard). But Chris' inevitable descent back into a life of crime proves to be the last in a long line of betrayals, and after his brother's latest transgressions, Frank banishes him from his life. But it's already too late, as the brothers' destiny is bound together, forever.
Hoyt David Morgan, Zoe Saldana, Billy Crudup, Guillaume Canet, John Lesher, Marion Cotillard, Molly Conners, Christopher Goode
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Gambit PG-13

Centers on British art curator Harry Deane (Colin Firth) who devises a finely-crafted scheme to con England's richest man and avid art collector, Lionel Shabandar (Alan Rickman), into purchasing a fake Monet painting. In order to bait his buyer, he recruits a Texas rodeo queen (Cameron Diaz) to cross the pond and pose as a woman whose grandfather liberated the painting at the end of WWII.
Michael Hoffman, Stanley Tucci, Rob Paris, Andrew Barton Paterson, Graham King, Colin Firth, Alan Rickman, Anna Skellern

Runner Runner R

Princeton grad student Richie (Justin Timberlake), believing he’s been swindled, travels to Costa Rica to confront online gambling tycoon Ivan Block (Ben Affleck). Richie is seduced by Block’s promise of immense wealth, until he learns the disturbing truth about his benefactor. When the FBI tries to coerce Richie to help bring down Block, Richie faces his biggest gamble ever: attempting to outmaneuver the two forces closing in on him.
Anthony Mackie, Ben Affleck, Ben Schwartz, Gemma Arterton, Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Furman, Jennifer Davisson Killoran, Brian Koppelman
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Evidence

Police arrive at an abandoned gas station following a brutal massacre. The only evidence at the crime scene is the victims’ personal electronic devices, including a camcorder, flip Cam, and two cell phones. With nothing else to go on, a detective must analyze the bits of "found footage" to piece together the identity of the killer.
Olatunde Osunsanmi, Anthony Rhulen, Nolan Gerald Funk, Marc Platt, Jake Wagner, Michael Litvak, David Lancaster, John Swetnam
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White House Down PG-13

Capitol Policeman John Cale (Channing Tatum) has just been denied his dream job with the Secret Service of protecting President James Sawyer (Jamie Foxx). Not wanting to let down his little girl with the news, he takes her on a tour of the White House, when the complex is overtaken by a heavily armed paramilitary group. Now, with the nation’s government falling into chaos and time running out, it's up to Cale to save the president, his daughter, and the country.
Roland Emmerich, Jamie Foxx, Bradley J. Fischer, Harald Kloser, Channing Tatum, Laeta Kalogridis, James Vanderbilt, Jason Clarke

Unfinished Song PG-13

A London-set comedy-drama about a grumpy pensioner who joins a local choir.
Vanessa Redgrave, Gemma Arterton, Christopher Eccleston, Paul Andrew Williams, Terence Stamp, Taru Devani, Anne Reid

Pain and Gain R

Based on the true story of a group of personal trainers in 1990s Miami who, in pursuit of the American Dream, get caught up in a criminal enterprise that goes horribly wrong.
Dwayne Johnson, Anthony Mackie, Ken Jeong, Scott Rosenberg, Ed Harris, Rebel Wilson, Michael Bay, Donald De Line

Fast & Furious 6 PG-13

Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel), Brian O’Connor (Paul Walker) and the crew find themselves on the wrong side of the law once again as they try to pull off a high-octane heist on the streets of Europe – with federal agent Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) hot on their tails.
Dwayne Johnson, Vin Diesel, Luke Evans, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Neal H. Moritz, Paul Walker, Sung Kang

Trance R

A fine art auctioneer mixed up with a gang joins forces with a hypnotherapist to recover a lost painting. As boundaries between desire, reality and hypnotic suggestion begin to blur the stakes rise faster than anyone could have anticipated.
Rosario Dawson, Danny Boyle, Christian Colson, James McAvoy, Vincent Cassel

The Place Beyond the Pines R

Luke (Academy Award nominee Ryan Gosling) is in constant motion, a high-wire motorcycle stunt performer who travels from town to town with the carnival. Passing through Schenectady in upstate New York, he tries to reconnect with a former lover, Romina (Eva Mendes), only to learn that she has in his absence given birth to their son Jason. Luke resolves to forsake life on the road and to provide for his newfound family, taking a job as car mechanic with Robin (Ben Mendelsohn). Robin soon discovers Luke’s special talents, and proposes to partner with him in a string of spectacular bank robberies. But it is only a matter of time before Luke will run up against the law – which comes in the form of Avery Cross (Bradley Cooper).

Avery is an ambitious rookie cop navigating a local police department ruled by the menacingly corrupt detective Deluca (Ray Liotta). When Avery, just beginning to balance his profession and his family life with wife Jennifer (Rose Byrne) and their infant son AJ, confronts Luke, the full consequences will reverberate into the next generation. It is then that the two sons, Jason (Dane DeHaan) and AJ (Emory Cohen), must face their fateful, shared legacy.
Ray Liotta, Ryan Gosling, Rose Byrne, Sidney Kimmel, Bradley Cooper, Dane DeHaan, Derek Cianfrance, Lynette Howell

Identity Thief R

Unlimited funds have allowed Diana (Melissa McCarthy) to live it up on the outskirts of Miami, where the queen of retail buys whatever strikes her fancy. There's only one glitch: The ID she's using to finance these sprees reads "Sandy Bigelow Patterson"... and it belongs to an accounts rep (Jason Bateman) who lives halfway across the U.S. With only one week to hunt down the con artist before his world implodes, the real Sandy Bigelow Patterson heads south to confront the woman with an all-access pass to his life. And as he attempts to bribe, coax and wrangle her the 2,000 miles to Denver, one easy target will discover just how tough it is to get your name back.
Jason Bateman, Seth Gordon, Scott Stuber, Melissa McCarthy, Amanda Peet, Jon Favreau, Eric Stonestreet, Peter Morgan

Snitch PG-13

Dwayne Johnson stars as a father whose teenage son is wrongly accused of a drug distribution crime and is looking at a mandatory minimum prison sentence of 10 years. Desperate and determined to rescue his son at all costs, he makes a deal with the U.S. attorney to work as an undercover informant and infiltrate a drug cartel on a dangerous mission -- risking everything, including his family and his own life.
Dwayne Johnson, Jon Bernthal, Ric Roman Waugh, Guy East, Susan Sarandon, Barry Pepper, Benjamin Bratt, Nigel Sinclair

Spring Breakers R

Tells the story of four sexy college girls as they plan to fund their spring break getaway by robbing a fast food joint. But that’s only the beginning… At a motel room rager, fun reaches its legal limit and the girls are arrested and taken to jail. Hungover and clad only in bikinis, the girls appear before a judge but are bailed out unexpectedly by Alien (James Franco), an infamous local thug and amateur rapper who takes them under his wing and leads them on the wildest Spring Break trip in history. `Rough on the outside but with a soft soul on the inside, Alien wins over the hearts and dreams of the young SpringBreakers, and leads them on a Spring Break they never could have imagined.
Vanessa Hudgens, Harmony Korine, Ashley Benson, David Zander, Charles-Marie Anthonioz, Jordan Gertner, James Franco, Selena Gomez

Olympus Has Fallen R

When the White House (Secret Service Code: "Olympus") is captured by a terrorist mastermind and the President is kidnapped, disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning finds himself trapped within the building. As our national security team scrambles to respond, they are forced to rely on Banning¹s inside knowledge to help retake the White House, save the President and avert an even bigger disaster.
Mark Gill, Gerard Butler, Angela Bassett, Radha Mitchell, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Antoine Fuqua, Creighton Rothenberger

Gimme the Loot

When a rival gang buffs Malcolm and Sofia's latest graffiti masterpiece with a replica of the NY Mets home-run apple, they're determined to get spectacular revenge - by tagging the real Mets' apple. Over the course of a whirlwind two-day heat wave, these tough teens from the Bronx must hustle, scramble, and steal to execute the scheme that will make them the most famous writers in New York.
Adam Leon, Ty Hickson, Zoe Lescaze, Joshua Rivera, Tashiana Washington

Bullet to the Head R

An unlikely alliance between a cop and a hitman takes place after each watches his partner die. The new partners seek revenge and discover they have a shared enemy and much in common despite being on opposite sides of the law.
Sylvester Stallone, Miles Millar, Alfred Gough, Sung Kang, Brian Kavanaugh Jones, Walter Hill, Alexandra Milchan, Kevin King Templeton

A Good Day to Die Hard R

Iconoclastic, take-no-prisoners cop John McClane, for the first time, finds himself on foreign soil after traveling to Moscow to help his wayward son Jack--unaware that Jack is really a highly-trained CIA operative out to stop a nuclear weapons heist. With the Russian underworld in pursuit, and battling a countdown to war, the two McClanes discover that their opposing methods make them unstoppable heroes.
John Moore, Jai Courtney, Alex Young, Skip Woods, Bruce Willis, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Cole Hauser, Amaury Nolasco

Gangster Squad R

Los Angeles, 1949. Ruthless, Brooklyn-born mob king Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn) runs the show in this town, reaping the ill-gotten gains from the drugs, the guns, the prostitutes and—if he has his way—every wire bet placed west of Chicago. And he does it all with the protection of not only his own paid goons, but also the police and the politicians who are under his control. It’s enough to intimidate even the bravest, street-hardened cop…except, perhaps, for the small, secret crew of LAPD outsiders led by Sgt. John O'Mara (Josh Brolin) and Jerry Wooters (Ryan Gosling), who come together to try to tear Cohen’s world apart.
Anthony Mackie, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Kevin McCormick, Ruben Fleischer, Dan Lin, Will Beall, Sean Penn

Parker R

Parker (Jason Statham) is a professional thief who lives by a personal code of ethics: Don’t steal from people who can’t afford it and don’t hurt people who don’t deserve it. But on his latest heist, his crew double crosses him, steals his stash, and leaves him for dead. Determined to make sure they regret it, Parker tracks them to PalmBeach, playground of the rich and famous, where the crew is planning their biggest heist ever. Donning the disguise of a rich Texan, Parker takes on an unlikely partner, Leslie (Jennifer Lopez), a savvy insider, who’s short on cash, but big on looks, smarts and ambition. Together, they devise a plan to hijack the score, take everyone down and get away clean.
Jennifer Lopez, John J. McLaughlin, Jason Statham, Sidney Kimmel, Clifton Collins Jr., Taylor Hackford, Steven Chasman, Les Alexander