Short feature films (not to be mixed up withactual short films) can be immensely satisfying to watch.

The Killingis instead short and simple, but still very well-executed as a straightforward heist movie.

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Great Shorter Crirmer Movies

Massacre Gun - 1967

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Criss Cross - 1949

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A Record of Sweet Murder - 2014

A young man looking to his side in the film A Short Film About Killing

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Shoot the Piano Player - 1960

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The Killing

James Cagney in The Public Enemy

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Spencer Tracy walks on railroad track in Bad Day at Black Rock

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Pickup on South Street - 1953

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