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Crime Movies For Slow Mornings From The 80S And 90S

Crime movies for slow mornings from the 80s and 90s. Includes Police Story, Sonatine, Menace II Society and more, curated by Moviepiq.

The morning isn't going anywhere. Neither should the film.

Police Story movie poster
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1985 · ★★★½☆ 7.5/10

Officer Chan Ka Kui manages to put a major Hong Kong drug dealer behind the bars practically alone, after a shooting and an impressive chase inside a slum. Now, he must protect the boss' secretary, Selina, who will testify against the gangster in court.

Made to be watched without urgency. The morning pacing is built in.

Sonatine movie poster
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1993 · ★★★½☆ 7.5/10

Murakawa, an aging Tokyo yakuza tiring of gangster life, is sent by his boss to Okinawa along with a few of his henchmen to help end a gang war, supposedly as mediators between two warring clans. He finds that the dispute between the clans is insignificant and whilst wondering why he was sent to Okinawa at all, his group is attacked in an ambush. The survivors flee and make a decision to lay low at the beach while they await further instructions.

Made to be watched without urgency. The morning pacing is built in.

Menace II Society movie poster
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1993 · ★★★½☆ 7.5/10

A young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life.

Made to be watched without urgency. The morning pacing is built in.

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm movie poster
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1993 · ★★★½☆ 7.5/10

Andrea Beaumont leaves her father to return to Gotham, rekindling an old romance with Bruce Wayne. At the same time, a mysterious figure begins to hunt down Gotham's criminals, wrongly implicating Batman in the murders. Now on the run from the law, Batman must find and stop the culprit, while also navigating his relationship with Andrea.

Unhurried in the best way. Sits well with a second cup of coffee.

A Perfect World movie poster
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1993 · ★★★½☆ 7.5/10

A kidnapped boy strikes up a friendship with his captor: an escaped convict on the run from the law, headed by an honorable U.S. Marshal.

Unhurried in the best way. Sits well with a second cup of coffee.

The morning film is underrated. Quiet, unhurried, all yours.

Absorbing without requiring urgency. Fine for a slow start.

Miller's Crossing movie poster
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1990 · ★★★½☆ 7.5/10

Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the same woman.

Unhurried in the best way. Sits well with a second cup of coffee.

Scream movie poster
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1996 · ★★★½☆ 7.4/10

A year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a masked killer who targets her and her friends by using scary movies as part of a deadly game.

Made to be watched without urgency. The morning pacing is built in.

Crimes and Misdemeanors movie poster
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1989 · ★★★½☆ 7.4/10

A renowned ophthalmologist is desperate to cut off an adulterous relationship...which ends up in murder; and a frustrated documentary filmmaker woos an attractive television producer while making a film about her insufferably self-centered boss.

Made to be watched without urgency. The morning pacing is built in.

The Godfather Part III movie poster
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1990 · ★★★½☆ 7.4/10

In the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in 1979 New York and Italy, aging mafia don, Michael Corleone seeks forgiveness for his sins while taking a young protege under his wing.

Unhurried in the best way. Sits well with a second cup of coffee.

Boys Don't Cry movie poster
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1999 · ★★★½☆ 7.4/10

A young transgender man explores his gender identity and searches for love in rural Nebraska.

Made to be watched without urgency. The morning pacing is built in.

These films work because they match where you actually are, not where you think you should be.

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