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American Crime Story
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Crome Yellow
Carries a strong pull into anime through migration and folklore.
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The Devotion of Suspect X
Carries a strong pull into television through power and Southern Europe.
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The Shield
Carries a strong pull into books through power and Southern Europe.
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Fargo
Carries a strong pull into books through power and Southern Europe.
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Fargo
2010s
Anthology crime series inspired by the Coen brothers. Minnesota nice meets mortal consequence.
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Crime and Punishment
1860s
A student murders a pawnbroker and spirals into guilt. The psychology of transgression.
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Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju
2010s
Yotarou is a former yakuza member fresh out of prison and fixated on just one thing: rather than return to a life of crime, the young man aspires to take to the stage of rakugo, a traditional Japanese form of comedic storytelling. Inspired during his incarceration by the performance of distinguished practitioner Yak...
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Blue Collar
1970s
Blue Collar is a 1978 American crime drama film directed by Paul Schrader in his directorial debut. Written by Schrader and his brother Leonard, the film stars Richard Pryor, Harvey Keitel and Yaphet Kotto. The film is both a critique of union practices and an examination of life in a working-class Rust Belt enclave.
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Television 2010s
Narcos
The rise of Pablo Escobar and the Medellín cartel. Latin American crime as geopolitical thriller.
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Books 2000s
The Devotion of Suspect X
A math genius helps his neighbor cover up a murder. Japanese crime fiction at its most elegant.
Film 2010s
Victoria
Victoria is a 2015 German crime thriller film directed by Sebastian Schipper. The film stars Laia Costa and Frederick Lau. It is one of the few feature films shot in a single continuous take.
Television 2000s
The Shield
A corrupt LAPD detective navigates crime and consequence. The anti-hero before the wave.
Books 1920s
Crome Yellow
Crome Yellow is a 1921 book by Aldous Huxley, linked to United Kingdom and English. It keeps the reading field grounded in identifiable authorship and place.
Film 2010s
The Bling Ring
The Bling Ring is a 2013 crime film written and directed by Sofia Coppola featuring an ensemble cast led by Emma Watson, Katie Chang, Israel Broussard, Taissa Farmiga, Claire Julien, Georgia Rock and Leslie Mann. It is based on the 2010 Vanity Fair article "The Suspects Wore Louboutins" by Nancy Jo Sales, which deal...