12 Winter(2009)

The Seven-Ups(en)

A tough detective who is part of an elite New York City unit is trying to find out who killed his partner, but uncovers a plot to kidnap mobsters for money.

The Wild One(en)

The Black Rebels Motorcycle Club ride into the small California town of Wrightsville, eager to raise hell. Brooding gang leader Johnny Strabler takes a liking to Kathie, the daughter of the local lawman, as another club rolls into town.

Rehragout-Rendezvous(de)

Bavaria's most laid-back cop returns, juggling parenting and working at the family farm with the reopening of a grisly cold case.

Sauerkrautkoma(de)

When a hilariously dull policeman moves in with his best buddy in Munich, he has to deal with scandals, a corpse — and potential marriage.

The Parts You Lose(en)

An unlikely friendship unfolds between a young deaf boy, Wesley, and a fugitive criminal who takes refuge in an abandoned barn on the family’s rural North Dakota farm.

Overdrive(en)

Master car thieves square off against French gangsters in the South of France with money, women and lives all on the line.

The Organization(en)

After a group of young revolutionaries break into a company's corporate headquarters and steal $5,000,000 worth of heroin to keep it off the street, they call on San Francisco Police Lieutenant Virgil Tibbs for assistance.

Dampfnudelblues(de)

After the forcible transfer to his Bavarian home village, an ex-criminal cop investigates the death of a school principal who he thinks had lots to hide.

How to Rob a Bank(en)

Caught in the middle of a bank robbery, a slacker and a bank employee become the ones who arbitrate the intense situation.

Things Change(en)

Jerry, a misfit Mafia henchman, is assigned the low-level job of keeping an eye on Gino, a shoe repairman fingered by the Mob to confess to a murder he didn't commit. But Gino's mistaken for a Mafia boss, and the two are suddenly catapulted to the highest levels of mobster status. Only friendship will see them through this dangerous adventure alive!

Riot in Cell Block 11(en)

A prisoner leads his counterparts in a protest for better living conditions which turns violent and ugly.

Going in Style(en)

Three kindly old men decide to light up the dimming twilight of their lives with a last blaze of glory – by sticking up a Manhattan bank in broad daylight.

Leberkäsjunkie(de)

While dealing with a burnt-down house, smelly diapers and brutal lack of sleep, a Lower Bavarian police officer faces his worst adversary: cholesterol.

Indemnity(en)

An ex-fireman with PTSD goes on the run when accused of a crime he doesn't even remember committing, leading him down a rabbit hole of conspiracy to the highest degree.

Guglhupfgeschwader(de)

Bavaria's most relaxed village policeman has to face an organized crime syndicate coming after his grandmother's cakes.

Gotcha!(en)

A student on a trip to France is tricked into smuggling secrets across the Iron Curtain by a sexy spy.

Jingle Bell Heist(en)

Two down-on-their-luck hourly workers team up to rob a posh London department store on Christmas Eve. Will they steal each other's hearts along the way?

Cry of the City(en)

Petty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still refuses to help slimy lawyer Niles clear his client by confessing to another crime. Police Lt. Candella must check Niles' allegation; a friend of the Rome family, he walks a tightrope between sentiment and cynicism. When Martin fears Candella will implicate his girlfriend Teena, he'll do anything to protect her. How many others will he drag down to disaster with him?

Johnny Dangerously(en)

An honest, goodhearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's skyrocketing medical bills.

Brute Force(en)

Timeworn Joe Collins and his fellow inmates live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins' dreams of escape keep him going, but how can he possibly bust out of Munsey's chains?

Late Night Shopper(en)

A shoplifter thinks all his dreams have come true when he enters a seemingly deserted supermarket. However, he soon discovers he is not alone and getting out becomes a matter of life and death.

The Dig(en)

A man helps a woman bury a dead body.

River's Edge(ja)

High schooler Haruna befriends loner Yamada, then is drawn into the tangled relationship between him, a model and the girl who loves him unreasonably.

Lie with Me(en)

Roselyn Tyler awakens in her London flat with no memory of the previous night. She discovers that she was drugged and sexually assaulted -- and her roommate is dead. When investigating cop Will Tomlinson can't make the charges stick against the prime suspect, he and Roselyn scheme to put him behind bars. But she soon learns that lies have hazardous consequences.

Full House(fr)

Anthology film with three shorts each featuring a famous detective: Monsieur Wens, Lemmy Caution and Maigret.

The Waiter(en)

A man travels through corporate corruption and his own sin to find his soul.

Augenzeugen müssen blind sein(de)

The Dark Side of Dhaka(bn)

Five individual stories are connected to each other in the basis of their nature. Actually the Dark Side of the capital Dhaka, has been sketched throughout the film. What happens over our eyes in the dark of the night.

The Avenue of Hate(el)

An unconscious driver fatally injures a woman and leaves her helpless to die. The victim was the wife of investigator Kostas Kyriazis, who, six years later, is called upon to solve a similar incident. He will not be able to perform his work without emotional involvement and passion, as he leads to the conclusion that the driver being treated is the same as the person responsible for the death of his wife.

Neighborhood Watch(en)

When a mentally ill young man thinks he witnesses an abduction and the police refuse to believe him, he reluctantly turns to his next door neighbor – a bitter, retired security guard – to help him find the missing woman.

Empire State(en)

In the docklands of East London stands the Empire State, a nightclub full of magic and mystery. Designed like an ocean liner, it's become a battle ground where anything can happen. In the midst of the action, a young boy stows aboard to search for his friend who has disappeared in the entrails of the club.

Caliber 9(it)

Milan, Nowadays: Fernando, son of Ugo Piazza, is a brilliant criminal defense lawyer whose mother, Nelly, has done everything in her power to raise him different from his father, a deplorable gangster.

Human Factor(ru)

The young and principled Daria Karatayeva, an economist at a garment factory, having witnessed major financial violations, enters into an irreconcilable struggle with the leadership. Trying to put the investigation on the wrong track, the criminals set fire to a freight car at the railway station. By sacrificing himself, Darius prevents a fire.

Rainfalls(en)

Taylor Royce is the strait-laced preacher who is an easy mark for his twin brother's femme-fatale wife, Brenda. But she has more than an extra-marital affair on her mind as she manipulates the preacher into stealing money from his church. Events soon spiral out of control as more infidelities are revealed and a random murder spree occurs in the noir-type thriller.

Society's Mistake(hi)

Unusually violent film for its time advocating widow's right to remarry.

The Genius(en)

A ramshackle underground SF satire set and shot in the self-absorbed art world of lower Manhattan, written, produced, and directed by Joe Gibbons, who also plays one of the lead parts. Gibbons plays a mad scientist who's developed a technique for transferring personalities from one person's body to another; he becomes obsessed with an outlaw artist (played by performance artist Karen Finley) who destroys paintings in various galleries as a form of anarchist, anticapitalist protest.

Half a Confession(ja)

Half a Confession introduces itself as a thriller and abruptly changes gears, transforming into a tale of morality with deeper insights into its characters than we had anticipated. It begins when Soichiro Kaji (Terao), a retired detective, walks into police headquarters and confesses to the murder of his wife. We learn that the victim had prematurely developed Alzheimer's after the tragic death of their son, and in her suffering, had asked to die. The police chiefs would be far more content to take him at his word if it were not for a conspicuous hole in his story: 48-hour gap between the alleged murder and his confession. Fearing a public relations nightmare, they are eager to bury the incident and keep the press in the dark.

Meurtres en Arbois(fr)

Hunter in the Dark(ja)

Yataro Tanigawa, a one-eyed hired assassin, impresses yakuza boss Gomyo Kiyoemon with his skill. Gomyo hires Tanigawa as his bodyguard, or yojimbo, to protect him during an inter-clan conflict. Tanigawa quickly rises in stature in the clan, but finds his boss's enemies almost overwhelming.

Revenge: A Love Story(cn)

A serial murderer has brutally killed several policemen and their pregnant wives. After a quick investigation, the murderer is revealed to be Kit, whom the case's detective-in-charge knows from a previous case. Once upon a time, Kit was an innocent boy in a rural village who also has a crush on naïve high school student Wing. After the death of Wing's grandmother, Kit rescues Wing from a foster care facility, and the two quickly fall in love. However, their romance ends prematurely when a local policeman arrests them. The events that follow lay the seeds for Kit's terrifying path to vengeance.