In late 1940s Los Angeles, Easy Rawlins is an unemployed black World War II veteran with few job prospects. At a bar, Easy meets DeWitt Albright, a mysterious white man looking for someone to investigate the disappearance of a missing white woman named Daphne Monet, who he suspects is hiding out in one of the city's black jazz clubs. Strapped for money and facing house payments, Easy takes the job, but soon finds himself in over his head.

One False Move

1991

English

7.1

♡ 21

93%

Carl Franklin Director

Bill Paxton as Dale 'Hurricane' Dixon

Jim Metzler as Dud Cole

Michael Beach as Pluto

Billy Bob Thornton as Ray Malcolm

Following a series of drug deals and murders, three criminals -- Fantasia, Ray Malcolm and Pluto -- travel from Los Angeles to Houston, finally arriving in a small Arkansas town to go into hiding. Two detectives from the LAPD, who are already on the case, contact the town's sheriff, Dale Dixon, to alert him of the fugitives' presence in the area. Underestimating Dixon, the criminals have no idea what they are about to face.

High Crimes

2002

English

6.4

♡ 48

31%

50%

Action

based on novel or book

Carl Franklin Director

Morgan Freeman as Charles W. Grimes

Paula Jai Parker as Gracie

Arlen Escarpeta as Guard #2

Amanda Peet as Jackie

A female attorney learns that her husband is really a marine officer awol for fifteen years and accused of murdering fifteen civilians in El Salvador. Believing her husband when he tells her that he's being framed as part of a U.S. Military cover-up, the attorney defends him in a military court.

Out of Time

2003

English

6.5

♡ 81

65%

Carl Franklin Director

Mike Pniewski as Agent White

Eva Mendes as Alex Diaz Whitlock

Nora Dunn as Dr. Donovan

Denzel Washington as Matt Lee Whitlock

Matt Lee Whitlock, respected chief of police in small Banyan Key, Florida, must solve a vicious double homicide before he himself falls under suspicion. Matt Lee has to stay a few steps ahead of his own police force and everyone he's trusted in order to find out the truth.

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One True Thing

Devil in a Blue Dress

One False Move

High Crimes

Out of Time