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Crime films focus on the lives of criminals through realistic or exaggerated portrayals. They fall under subgenres like crime-comedies which blend humor with crime, crime-thrillers which thrill through criminal plots, heist films about robbery schemes, and mob films depicting organized crime. Examples given are Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Silence of the Lambs, Reservoir Dogs, The Godfather, and Goodfellas.
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