23 Crime in fiction

Andru Kanda Mugam is a 1968 Tamil Thriller film, directed and produced by G. Ramakrishnan. The story was written by Maa. Raa. and story were written by G. Ramakrishnan. Music was by K. V. Mahadevan. The film stars Ravichandran, Jayalalithaa, S. A. Ashokan and Nagesh played lead, with Manorama, V. K. Ramasamy and Major Sundararajan in supporting roles.

Chaitanya is a 1991 Indian Telugu-language action road film, written and directed by Prathap K. Pothan. Produced by Sathyam Babu, the film Starred Akkineni Nagarjuna, Gautami, and Girish Karnad in pivotal roles and with music composed by Ilaiyaraaja. It was simultaneously dubbed into Tamil and Malayalam as Madras To Goa.

Chinna Mul Peria Mul is 1981 Tamil thriller film was directed by N. S. Rajbharath and produced by Indra under productions Indra Creations. The soundtrack was composed by Shankar – Ganesh. The film starring Shanthi Krishna, Raja and Sreenath played lead role with A. Veerappan, jayaram, Sumangali and Baby Anju played portraying supporting role.

CID Shankar is a 1970 Indian Tamil-language spy film, directed by R. Sundaram and produced by Modern Theatres. The film script was written by A. L. Narayanan. Music was by Vedha. It stars Jaishankar, A. Sakunthala, and Thengai Srinivasan in lead roles. V. S. Raghavan, R. S. Manohar, C. L. Anandan, Jayakumari, B. V. Radha and M. Bhanumathi played supporting roles. The film was a remake of the 1965 French/Italian co-production Eurospy film OSS 117 Mission for a Killer. Sakunthala became known as "CID Sakunthala" after the film's release.

Crime comics is a genre of American comic books and format of crime fiction. The genre was originally popular in the late 1940s and early 1950s and is marked by a moralistic editorial tone and graphic depictions of violence and criminal activity. Crime comics began in 1942 with the publication of Crime Does Not Pay published by Lev Gleason Publications and edited by Charles Biro. As sales for superhero comic books declined in the years after World War II, other publishers began to emulate the popular format, content and subject matter of Crime Does Not Pay, leading to a deluge of crime-themed comics. Crime and horror comics, especially those published by EC Comics, came under official scrutiny in the late 1940s and early 1950s, leading to legislation in Canada and Great Britain, the creation in the United States of the Comics Magazine Association of America and the imposition of the Comics Code Authority in 1954. This code placed limits on the degree and kind of criminal activity that could be depicted in American comic books, effectively sounding the death knell for crime comics and their adult themes.

Cyberpunk 2077 is a 2020 action role-playing video game developed and published by CD Projekt. The story takes place in Night City, an open world set in the Cyberpunk universe. Players assume the first-person perspective of a customisable mercenary known as V, who can acquire skills in hacking and machinery with options for melee and ranged combat.

Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony is a visual novel mystery game developed by Spike Chunsoft for the PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita and Windows. The game was released in Japan in January 2017, and in North America and Europe by NIS America that September. A Windows version was also released at the same time.

Dry Drowning is a cyberpunk and mystery visual novel developed by Studio V and published by VLG Publishing and WhisperGames for Microsoft Windows on August 2, 2019. It was later released on the Nintendo Switch on February 22, 2021.

Boku Dake ga Inai Machi , localized as Erased, is a 2016 Japanese thriller fantasy mystery film adaptation of the manga series of the same name featuring Tatsuya Fujiwara as Satoru Fujinuma. It premiered in cinemas throughout Japan on March 19, 2016. The theme song is "Hear ~Shinjiaeta Akashi~" by Chise Kanna. The trailer was released on January 14, 2016.

Ethirigal Jakkirathai is a 1967 Tamil-language Indian thriller film produced and directed by R. Sundaram under Modern Theatres. The script was written by A. L. Narayanan, with music by Vedha. The film stars R. S. Manohar in the lead, with Ravichandran, L. Vijayalakshmi, Thengai Srinivasan, V. S. Raghavan, Manimala, Ammukutty Pushpamala and Master Prabhakar in supporting roles. The film was released on 11 August 1967.

Gotham City, or simply Gotham, is a fictional city appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, best known as the home of Batman. The city was first identified as Batman's place of residence in Batman #4 and has since been the primary setting for stories featuring the character.

Higurashi When They Cry , known simply as When They Cry for the North American release of the anime adaptation before 2020, is a Japanese murder mystery dōjin soft visual novel series produced by 07th Expansion that comprises the first two entries of the When They Cry franchise. The series focuses on a group of young friends living in the fictional rural village of Hinamizawa and the strange events that occur there in 1983.

Idhu Nijama is a 1948 Tamil-language thriller film directed by Krishna Gopal and produced by S. Soundararajan Ayyengar. The film dialogue was written by V. Seetharaman. The film script was written by S. Balachander as well as the music, an asset to the film. The film starred S. Balachandar, Sarojini and Kumari N. Rajam, playing lead, with V. Seetharaman, Manuel, Pattammal and A. S. Nagarajan playing supporting roles. This film was inspired by the American Classic film Wonder Man (1945). Decades later, Kamal Hassan's Kalyanaraman was heavily inspired by Wonder Man and Idhu Nijama. The film was ran successfully in many centres.

Kakegurui – Compulsive Gambler is a 2019 Japanese film adaptation of a manga series of the same name by Homura Kawamoto and Tōru Naomura. It is directed by Hayato Kawai, distributed by GAGA Pictures, and stars Minami Hamabe and Mahiro Takasugi as Yumeko Jabami and Ryōta Suzui respectively. It was released in Japan on May 3, 2019.

Kshana Kshanam (transl. Moments) is a 1991 Indian Telugu-language road-thriller film written and directed by Ram Gopal Varma. The film stars Venkatesh, Sridevi and Paresh Rawal. The sound track and background score composed by M. M. Keeravani received rave reviews. The film is one of the highest rated Telugu films on the Internet Movie Database. The narrative by Ram Gopal Varma, and the cinematography by Teja and S. Gopala Reddy, received positive reviews.

Kuzhanthaikkaga is a 1968 Indian Tamil-language crime-drama film directed by P. Madhavan and produced by D. Ramanaidu. The film script was written by Thuraiyur K. Moorthi, with music by M. S. Viswanathan. The film stars Baby Rani, Major Sundararajan, R. S. Manohar, S. V. Ramadoss and Padmini playing lead, with S. A. Ashokan S. V. Sahasranamam, Thengai Srinivasan and T. K. Bhagavathi in supporting roles. The film Kuzhanthaikkaga was the remake of Telugu super hit film Papa Kosam. The film was remade in Hindi as Nanha Farista and in Malayalam as Omanakkunju.

Legit is an American sitcom created by Peter O'Fallon and Jim Jefferies. The series premiered on January 17, 2013, on the American cable television network FX and ended on May 14, 2014, on FX's sister channel FXX. The executive producers were Jefferies, O'Fallon, Rick Cleveland, and Lisa Blum.

Mohana Sundaram is a 1951 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film written and directed by A. T. Krishnaswamy. An adaptation of J. R. Rangaraju's detective novel of the same name, the film stars T. R. Mahalingam and S. Varalakshmi. It was released on 21 July 1951, and became an average success.

Nil Gavani Kaadhali is a 1969 Indian Tamil film, directed by C. V. Rajendran. The script was written by Chitralaya Gopu. The film stars Jaishankar, Bharathi, Nagesh, Jayanthi and Vijaya Lalitha in the lead roles. The film was distributed by Reena Films and had musical score by M. S. Viswanathan.

Persona 5 is a role-playing video game developed by Atlus. It is the sixth installment in the Persona series, which is part of the larger Megami Tensei franchise. It was released for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 in Japan in September 2016 and worldwide in April 2017, and was published by Atlus in Japan and North America and by Deep Silver in Europe and Australia. An enhanced version featuring new content, Persona 5 Royal, was released for the PlayStation 4 in Japan in October 2019 and worldwide in March 2020.

Sabash Thambi is a 1967 black-and-white Tamil thriller film, directed by C. P. Jambulingam and produced by K. R. Balan. The screenplay, story and dialogue were written by "Mulla Sakthi". Music was by S. M. Subbaiah Naidu. The film stars Jaishankar and Nagesh in lead roles. L. Vijayalakshmi, S. A. Ashokan, Rathna and O. A. K. Devar played key roles. Thengai Srinivasan was played a quite villainous role.

Sadhu Mirandal is a 1966 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film directed by the duo Thirumalai-Mahalingam. It was produced by A. Bhimsingh, who also wrote the screenplay based on a real incident about a man being murdered for money by two friends in a moving car. The film stars Nagesh and T. R. Ramachandran in the lead roles. It became a critical and commercial success, and was later remade in Hindi as Sadhu Aur Shaitaan (1969).

A Woman's Case is a 1969 black and white Israeli independent underground experimental dramatic art film, the first Israeli film to be screened at the Venice Film Festival, directed by Jacques Katmor, and, usually, categorized as belonging to the bohemian/counterculture and anarchistic New Sensitivity movement. The film was released on DVD by NMC Music. Cinematographer and coscreenwriter Amnon Salomon stated, during an interview, held late in life, that the film's origin is in Katmor's early exhibition, dealing with the female body, and, that no commercial motivations were held by the filmmakers.