THE CONSPIRATOR

GENRE:  Crime/ Drama/ Biographical
MADE:  2010
CAST:  Robin Wright, James McAvoy, Tom Wilkinson
DIRECTOR:  Robert Redford
WRITER:  James D. Solomon, Gregory Bernstein

PLOT:  The story of Mary Surratt's trial and attorney, Frederick Aiken, who defended Surratt in court who was charged with conspiring to assassinate President Lincoln.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  The Whistleblower, Philadelphia, A Few Good Men

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U TURN

GENRE:  Crime/ Drama/ Thriller
MADE:  1997
CAST:  Sean Penn, Jennifer Lopez, Nick Nolte, Billy Bob Thornton
DIRECTOR:  Oliver Stone
WRITER:  John Ridley

PLOT:  When Bobby Cooper's car fails on him in a small town in the Southwest he becomes involved with a the beautiful Grace and her husband.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  True Romance, 21 Grams, Wild at Heart

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SCREAM

GENRE:  Crime/ Horror/ Mystery
MADE:  1996
CAST:  Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette
DIRECTOR:  Wes Craven
WRITER:  Kevin Williamson

PLOT:  In a small town a serial killer named Ghost Face is killing off  a group of teens and anyone who gets in the way.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  I Know What You did Lat Summer, Saw, H20

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PLUNKETT & MACLEANE

GENRE:  Action/ Adventure/ Crime
MADE:  1999
CAST:  Robert Carlyle, Jonny Lee Miller, Iain Robertson, Liv Tyler, Alan Cummings
DIRECTOR:  Jake Scott
WRITER:  Selwyn Roberts, Robert Wade, Neal Purvis, Charles McKeown

PLOT:  Plunkett & Macleane agree to work together as highway men by night and socialites by day in order to help each other get what they desire.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Robin Hood, Prince of Persia, Shakespeare In Love

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GUN SHY

GENRE:  Crime/ Comedy/ Romance
MADE:  2000
CAST:  Liam Neeson, Sandra Bullock, Oliver Platt
DIRECTOR:  Eric Blakeney
WRITER:  Eric Blakeney

PLOT:  An undercover DEA agent has one last assignment and a case of uncontrollable bowels, which leads him to group therapy, love, friendship and happiness... on his own terms.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Snatch, The Whole Nine Yards, Miss Congeniality

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CHINATOWN

GENRE:  Crime/ Drama/ Mystery
MADE:  1974
CAST:  Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston
DIRECTOR:  Roman Polanski
WRITER:  Robert Towne, Roman Polanski

PLOT:  Approached by the wife of one of the owners of the Los Angeles Water Department detective Gittes agrees to take on an adultery case when the husband is murdered, leading Gittes into investigating a scheme behind the scenes of the people running the water department.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  The Ghost Writer, L.A. Confidential, Gone Baby Gone

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FRACTURE

GENRE:  Crime/ Drama/ Mystery
MADE:  2007
CAST:  Anthony Hopkins, Ryan Gosling, David Strathairn
DIRECTOR:  Gregory Hoblit
WRITER:  Daniel Pyne, Glenn Gers,

PLOT:  Willy Beachum is a young ambitious attorney headed towards success until he finds himself faced with an unlikely opponent that he must prosecute.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Primal Fear, Philadelphia, A Few Good Men

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THE WHOLE NINE YARDS

GENRE:  Adventure/ Comedy/ Crime
MADE:  2000
CAST:  Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry, Rosanna Arquette, Amanda Peet, Michael Clarke Duncan
DIRECTOR:  Jonathan Lynn
WRITER:  Mitchell Kapner

PLOT:  Nick is your average dentist who just happens to be living in suburbia where the infamous Jimmy "The Tulip" Teduski becomes his neighbor.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  The Whole Ten Yards, The Fifth Element, Hudson Hawk

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MYSTIC RIVER

GENRE:  Crime/ Drama/ Mystery
MADE:  2003
CAST:  Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon
DIRECTOR:  Clint Eastwood
WRITER:  Brian Helgeland, Dennis Lehane

PLOT:  Three boys that are good friends from the same neighborhood grow up with a tragedy and must face yet another when a daughter is murdered.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  The Shawshank Redemption, Arlington Road, Sleepers

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FROM HELL

GENRE:  Crime/ Horror/ Mystery
MADE:  2001
CAST:  Johnny Depp, Heather Graham, Ian Holm
DIRECTOR:  Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes
WRITER:  Alan Moore, Eddie Campbell, Terry Hayes, Rafael Yglesias

PLOT:  Set in London during he Victorian era, Insprector Frederick Abberline a detective with special abilities investigates the murders of Jack The Ripper.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  What Lies Beneath, Perfume: The Story Of A Murder, Se7en, The Ninth Gate

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A FEW GOOD MEN

GENRE:  Crime/ Drama/ Mystery
MADE:  1992
CAST:  Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon, Kiefer Sutherland, Kevin Pollak
DIRECTOR:  Rob Reiner
WRITER:  Aaron Sorkin

PLOT:  When a marine is murdered military attorney Kaffee takes the case and sets out for justice.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Primal Fear, Courage Under Fire, Fracture

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GO

GENRE:  Comedy/ Crime/ Thriller
MADE:  1999
CAST:  Sarah Polley, Jay Mohr, Scott Wolf, Katie Holmes, Timothy Olyphant, William Fichtner, Seth Meyers
DIRECTOR:  Doug Liman
WRITER:  John August

PLOT:  Ronna is about to get evicted and is desperate to make some money, jumping at the chance to make some quick dough by selling drugs, she leaves her innocent friend Claire as collateral at the dealers apartment.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Can't Hardly Wait, Swingers, A Life Less Ordinary

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BOTTLE ROCKET

GENRE:  Comedy/ Crime
MADE:  1996
CAST:  Luke Wilson, Owen Wilson, Ned Dowd
DIRECTOR:  Wes Anderson
WRITER:  Owen Wilson, Wes Anderson

PLOT:  Three friends who have no experience in illegal activities plan a robbery.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  The Royal Tenenbaums, The Darjeeling Limited, Office Space

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THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO

GENRE:  Action/ Adventure/ Crime
MADE:  2002
CAST:  James Caviezel, Guy Pearce, Richard Harris, Dagmara Dominczyk
DIRECTOR:  Kevin Reynolds
WRITER:  Alexandre Dumas pere, Jay Wolpert

PLOT:  Based off the novel by Alexandre Dumas a young trusting man, Edmond Dantes, is imprisoned by his best-friend, after many years in jail and a daring escape Edmond seeks revenge.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  The Man In The Iron Mask, Ben-Hur, Dangerous Liaisons

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SLEEPERS

GENRE:  Crime/ Drama/ Thriller
MADE:  1996
CAST:  Robert De Niro, Kevin Bacon, Brad Pitt, Dustin Hoffman, Jason Patric
DIRECTOR:  Barry Levinson
WRITER:  Lorenzo Carcaterra, Barry Levinson

PLOT:  A group of young boys end up in a harsh detention center when a prank goes wrong killing an innocent man.  Their stay at the detention center leads to them being brutalized and abused, and 10 years later they seek their revenge.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  The Shawshank Redemption, American History X, Liberty Heights, The Count Of Monte Cristo

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