English-language crime films

The Godfather is a 1972 American epic gangster film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mario Puzo based on Puzo's best-selling 1969 novel. The film features an ensemble cast that includes Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Richard Castellano, Robert Duvall, Sterling Hayden, John Marley, Richard Conte and Diane Keaton. It is the first installment in The Godfather trilogy, which chronicles the Corleone family under patriarch Vito Corleone (Brando) and the transformation of his youngest son, Michael Corleone (Pacino), from reluctant family outsider to ruthless mafia boss.

1974 film by Francis Ford Coppola

Psycho is a 1960 American horror film produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The screenplay, written by Joseph Stefano, is based on the 1959 novel of the same name by Robert Bloch. The film stars Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin and Martin Balsam. The plot centers on an encounter between on-the-run embezzler Marion Crane (Leigh), shy motel proprietor Norman Bates (Perkins) and his disturbed mother. A private investigator (Balsam), Marion's lover Sam Loomis (Gavin) and her sister Lila (Miles) investigate her disappearance.

2004 American film directed by Sam Raimi

Goodfellas (stylized as GoodFellas) is a 1990 American biographical crime drama film directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Nicholas Pileggi and Scorsese, and produced by Irwin Winkler. It is a film adaptation of Pileggi's 1985 nonfiction book Wiseguy. Starring Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco and Paul Sorvino, the film narrates the rise and fall of Mafia associate Henry Hill and his friends and family from 1955 to 1980.

1992 film by Quentin Tarantino

2015 film directed by Peyton Reed

2012 film directed by Marc Webb

2004 film directed by James Wan

2014 film directed by Marc Webb

1997 science fiction film directed by Barry Sonnenfeld

2011 film directed by Justin Lin

2007 film directed by Len Wiseman

Halloween is a 1978 American independent slasher film directed and scored by John Carpenter, who co-wrote it with producer Debra Hill. It stars Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, P. J. Soles, and Nancy Loomis. The film follows escaped mental patient Michael Myers, who was committed to a mental institution for murdering his teenage sister on Halloween in the fictional Illinois town of Haddonfield; 15 years later, he returns to Haddonfield, where he stalks teenage babysitter Laurie Strode and her friends while his psychiatrist Dr. Samuel Loomis pursues him.

1994 film directed by Jan de Bont

2007 film by Tim Burton

1995 film directed by John McTiernan

2016 film directed by Barry Jenkins

2013 film directed by Justin Lin

1996 film directed by Brian De Palma

Scary Movie is a 2000 American parody film. It was directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans and written by Marlon and Shawn Wayans, alongside Buddy Johnson, Phil Beauman, Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer. The film stars Jon Abrahams, Carmen Electra, Shannon Elizabeth, Anna Faris, Kurt Fuller, Regina Hall, Lochlyn Munro, Cheri Oteri, and Dave Sheridan. The film, a parody of the slasher film genre, most notably the I Know What You Did Last Summer and Scream franchises, follows a group of teenagers who accidentally hit a man with their car, dump his body in a lake, and swear to secrecy. A year later, someone, wearing a Ghostface mask and robe, begins hunting them one by one.

1973 film by George Roy Hill

2002 film directed by Curtis Hanson

2018 film directed by Ron Howard

1999 film by Tim Burton

2004 live-action/animated film directed by Stephen Hillenburg and Mark Osborne

2002 film directed by Barry Sonnenfeld

2015 film directed by Christopher McQuarrie

2003 film by F. Gary Gray

1941 film by John Huston

1987 film directed by Richard Donner

2002 film directed by Gore Verbinski

2012 film directed by Barry Sonnenfeld

2001 film directed by Brett Ratner

2011 film by David Fincher

1984 film directed by Wes Craven

2006 film by Darren Lynn Bousman

1994 film directed by Oliver Stone

1980 film directed by Sean S. Cunningham

Misery is a 1990 American psychological horror thriller film directed by Rob Reiner from a screenplay by William Goldman. It is based on Stephen King's 1987 novel and stars James Caan as famed novelist Paul Sheldon, who is held captive by Annie Wilkes, an obsessive fan. The supporting cast includes Richard Farnsworth, Frances Sternhagen, and Lauren Bacall.

1996 film directed by Michael Bay

1997 film directed by Simon West

1963 American film by John Sturges

2007 film directed by Quentin Tarantino

2017 film directed by Matt Reeves

2007 film by Darren Lynn Bousman

1996 film directed by Robert Rodriguez

1943 film by Alfred Hitchcock

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is a 1974 American independent horror film produced, co-composed, and directed by Tobe Hooper, who co-wrote it with Kim Henkel. The film stars Marilyn Burns, Paul A. Partain, Edwin Neal, Jim Siedow, and Gunnar Hansen. The plot follows a group of friends who fall victim to a family of cannibals while on their way to visit an old homestead. The film was marketed as being based on true events to attract a wider audience and to act as a subtle commentary on the era's political climate. Although the character of Leatherface and minor story details were inspired by the crimes of murderer Ed Gein, its plot is largely fictional.

2015 film directed by Guy Ritchie

1993 film directed by John McTiernan

1993 film directed by Renny Harlin

1950 film by John Huston

2004 film directed by Jon Turteltaub

1998 film by Randall Wallace

2013 film directed by Mikael Håfström

1993 film by Tony Scott

1993 film by Jim Sheridan

1946 film by Howard Hawks

1970 film directed by Brian G. Hutton