What crimes are now films?

Answer 1

"The St. Valentine's Day Massacre" (1967)

Al Capone. From 1932's "Scarface" to Brian DePalma's 1987 adaptation of "The Untouchables," the prohibition-era Chicago gangster. "The St. Valentine's Day Massacre" is based on an actual February 14, 1929, strike by Capone against rival gangster Bugs Moran's crew.

"Monster" (2003)

Aileen Wuornos was a victimized vigilante or a pure psychopath and also a prostitute that murdered men. Controversy as to the reasons these murders occurred were dismissed justified because of a forthcoming election. Aileen Wuornos was sentenced to death which was carried out. Most people thought she should have service a life sentence instead of getting the death penalty.

"Reversal of Fortune" (1990)

"Reversal of Fortune" tells the true story of socialite Claus Von Bülow's attempt to overturn a conviction for attempted murder of his wife Sunny by insulin overdose.

"The French Connection" (1971)

Gene Hackman plays "Popeye" Doyle, a New York City police detective obsessed with capturing a French heroin smuggler in this thriller, based on an actual Turkey-France-United States drug-trafficking scheme that exploded in the 1960s.

"Heavenly Creatures" (1994)

Two 1950s New Zealand girls who murder the mother who forbids them to see each other when their close friendship becomes too obsessive.

"Dog Day Afternoon" (1975)

Al Pacino as Sonny Wortzik, a man who attempts to rob a bank to pay for his lover's sex-change operation, only to have everything go wrong on a sweltering New York summer day. As a police standoff drags on for 14 hours, the throng of onlookers begins to root for Sonny as a champion of the oppressed.

"Rope" (1948) and "Compulsion" (1959)

The Leopold & Loeb murder case was one of the most notorious crimes of the early 20th century. In 1924, two wealthy law students kidnapped and killed a 14-year-old neighbor merely to prove their professed Nietzschean superiority. Their subsequent trial (during which it was revealed they were lovers) caused a media frenzy, and the story inspired dozens of works of fiction. While Alfred Hitchcock's "Rope" is merely inspired by the events (turning the killers into two Manhattan students who strangle a friend right before a dinner party), it's a riveting portrait of narcissism.

"All the President's Men" (1976)

Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford play the fledgling Washington Post reporters who uncover the connection between the White House and the break-in at the Democratic National Committee. As intricate as the story itself, the film still manages to be the most exciting "talking head" thriller you've ever seen.

"Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer" (1986)

"Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer" an otherwise normal guy who just liked to murder. Based on the confessions of Henry Lee Lucas who murdered hundreds of victims.

"In Cold Blood" (1967)

The brutal slaying of a rural Kansas family God-fearing Clutters and Perry Smith and Dick Hickcock (Robert Blake and Scott Wilson), two hard-luck drifters who hear that there's a small fortune hidden on the Clutters' farm. "The Boston Strangler (Tony Curtis) A mild mannered man that poses as a serviceman to get into the homes of unsuspecting women of all ages. "Helter, Skelter" 1970'sThe Sharon Tate/LaBianca murders orchestrated by Charles Manson (now in prison for the rest of his life) that mezmerized his hippy followers (some also serving life sentences) into doing the murders for him. "The Onion Field" ... Two police officers held at gun point ... one surviving the other murdered. The surviving police officer had to deal with the guilt he was terrified and rendered useless to help his partner. 'Mississippi Burning' (Gene Hackman) Where 3 young activists (A Jewish young man, one Caucasian and one black were hunted down, murdered and their bodies buried.