One Year in a Life of Crime (1989)

Audience Score
73
Their job is stealing, their lives a cruel dead end. Director Jon Alpert takes his cameras undercover for this hard-hitting look at men who live by theft and suffer addiction. Focusing on a year in the lives of three professional criminals, this gritty profile—which includes hidden-camera footage of actual thefts—exposes the "petty" crimes that are paralyzing America.

Movie Details

Original Language:English

Life of Crime Collection

A series of documentaries featuring an unfiltered look at three friends from Newark and their experiences with drug addiction, prison and rehab over nearly 40 years.