Extortion Movies

Various performers and backstage crew come under suspicion when a dancer is found murdered at a burlesque theatre.

After exotic dancer Isis falls in love with up-and-coming politician Osiris, a band of criminals from her past threatens the couple’s future...

Amil Pasic has been working abroad for three years as a freelance photographer. For the first time after a year he comes back to Sarajevo to visit...

TV stars, pro athletes, ex addicts, and two racist hicks from the South end up under one roof in a botched extortion attempt.

A Brooklyn pier racketeer bullies boat-owners into paying protection money but two fed-up fishermen decide to eliminate the gangster themselves...

After being released from jail, "Tarzan" Lira seeks to rebuild his life as a bank employee. Unfortunately, it might not be as easy as he thinks.

After 20 years abroad, Mark Renton returns to Scotland and reunites with his old friends Sick Boy, Spud and Begbie.

This film from Bill Moyers is the first documentary to focus exclusively on people formerly detained in New York City’s notorious Rikers Island...

After moving to Chicago for art school, Sam begins turning tricks to help pay the bills. His longtime, long-distance boyfriend Aaron can't stand to...

A philanderer falls victim to an extortion scheme when four masked strangers demand restitution for his sins.

Glimpses of Chaucer penning his famous work are sprinkled through this re-enactment of several of his stories.

Marinos, Nikos, and Leonidas, along with the tentibossa Sofi, form a small gang that engages in car theft and blackmailing married couples. However,...

A Bronx working girl is drawn into an elaborate extortion plot after being kidnapped by a gang of sophisticated con men who force her, because of her...

In Beijing, a young martial artist's skill places him in position to experience opportunities and sacrifices.

In desperate need of $150,000 for his father's heart transplant, Simen tries to blackmail a dysfunctional robber.

In a misguided attempt to protect his friend from an extortionist, a man hijacks a blackmail scheme and puts himself and everyone he cares about in...

A crooked real estate tycoon tricks a trusting young woman out of her small candy store. When he is found dead, the girl is suspected of the crime.

A female lawyer sets up her own practice but only achieves success as an attorney for the mob.

A shady FBI agent recruits a courier to deliver a mysterious package to a vengeful master criminal who has recently resurfaced with a diabolical plan.

A businessman from Switzerland, Jeff Boyd, dreams of living in Australia where his friend Morton, a crazy bakery shop owner, has already settled...