Best action crime films - Charts
Best action crime films
1. The Dark Knight (2008)
USA / UK, Action / Drama
Directed by: Christopher Nolan
Cast: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger
3. Lethal Weapon (1987)
USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Richard Donner
Cast: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover
4. The Last Boy Scout (1991)
USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Tony Scott
Cast: Bruce Willis, Damon Wayans
5. Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Richard Donner
Cast: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover
6. The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
USA / UK, Action / Crime
Directed by: Christopher Nolan
Cast: Christian Bale, Gary Oldman
8. Taken (2008)
France / USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Pierre Morel
Cast: Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace
9. Payback: Straight Up (2006)
USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Brian Helgeland
Cast: Mel Gibson, Gregg Henry
10. The Professional (1981)
France, Action / Crime
Directed by: Georges Lautner
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Desailly
11. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
USA, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: David Zucker
Cast: Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley
13. Knockin' on Heaven's Door (1997)
Germany / Netherlands, Action / Crime
Directed by: Thomas Jahn
Cast: Til Schweiger, Jan Josef Liefers
15. Metro Manila (2013)
Philippines / UK, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Sean Ellis
Cast: Jake Macapagal, John Arcilla
16. Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (2010)
Brazil, Action / Crime
Directed by: José Padilha
Cast: Wagner Moura, Irandhir Santos
17. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
USA / France, Action / Drama
Directed by: Jim Jarmusch
Cast: Forest Whitaker, John Tormey
18. Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)
USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Richard Donner
Cast: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover
19. Elite Squad (2007)
Brazil / USA, Action / Drama
Directed by: José Padilha
Cast: Wagner Moura, André Ramiro
20. The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear (1991)
USA, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: David Zucker
Cast: Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley
21. Casino Royale (2006)
UK / Czech Republic, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Martin Campbell
Cast: Daniel Craig, Eva Green
22. The Roaring Twenties (1939)
USA, Action / Drama
Directed by: Raoul Walsh
Cast: James Cagney, Priscilla Lane
23. The French Connection (1971)
USA, Crime / Thriller
Directed by: William Friedkin
Cast: Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey
24. Scarface (1932)
USA, Action / Drama
Directed by: Howard Hawks, Richard Rosson
Cast: Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak
25. Mesrine Part 2: Public Enemy #1 (2008)
France / Canada, Action / Drama
Directed by: Jean-François Richet
Cast: Vincent Cassel, Ludivine Sagnier
26. I, Robot (2004)
USA / Germany, Sci-fi / Action
Directed by: Alex Proyas
Cast: Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan
27. The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
Germany / France, Action / Drama
Directed by: Uli Edel
Cast: Martina Gedeck, Moritz Bleibtreu
30. Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
USA, Action / Comedy
Directed by: Martin Brest
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold
31. Hard Boiled (1992)
Hong Kong, Action / Drama
Directed by: John Woo
Cast: Yun-fat Chow, Tony Chiu-wai Leung
32. Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001)
Japan / USA, Animation / Action
Directed by: Shin'ichirō Watanabe, Yoshiyuki Takei
Cast: Ai Kobayashi, Kōichi Yamadera
33. Trinity: Gambling for High Stakes (1978)
Italy / USA, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Sergio Corbucci
Cast: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer
34. Fort Apache the Bronx (1981)
USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Daniel Petrie
Cast: Paul Newman, Edward Asner
35. How I Became a Gangster. True Story (2019)
Poland, Action / Crime
Directed by: Maciej Kawulski
Cast: Marcin Kowalczyk, Tomasz Włosok
36. Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010)
USA, Animation / Action
Directed by: Brandon Vietti, Kazuyoshi Takeuchi
Cast: Bruce Greenwood, Jason Isaacs
37. Batman (1989)
USA / UK, Action / Crime
Directed by: Tim Burton
Cast: Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson
38. The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003)
Japan, Action / Drama
Directed by: Takeshi Kitano
Cast: Takeshi Kitano, Michiyo Ookusu
39. Man on Fire (2004)
USA / UK, Action / Crime
Directed by: Tony Scott
Cast: Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning
40. The Raid 2 (2014)
Indonesia / USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Gareth Evans
Cast: Iko Uwais, Arifin Putra
42. Cop or Hood (1979)
France, Action / Crime
Directed by: Georges Lautner
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Georges Géret
43. Police Story (1985)
Hong Kong, Action / Comedy
Directed by: Jackie Chan
Cast: Jackie Chan, Brigitte Lin
44. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
USA, Action / Drama
Directed by: Arthur Penn
Cast: Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway
45. Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)
USA, Action / Thriller
Directed by: John McTiernan
Cast: Bruce Willis, Jeremy Irons
46. The Negotiator (1998)
USA / Germany, Action / Drama
Directed by: F. Gary Gray
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey
47. Dirty Harry (1971)
USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Don Siegel
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Harry Guardino
48. Police Story 2 (1988)
Hong Kong, Action / Thriller
Directed by: Jackie Chan
Cast: Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung
49. A Better Tomorrow II (1987)
Hong Kong, Action / Crime
Directed by: John Woo
Cast: Lung Ti, Leslie Cheung
50. Sin City (2005)
USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Robert Rodriguez, Frank Miller
Cast: Jessica Alba, Bruce Willis
51. The Hire: Hostage (2002)
USA, Short / Action
Directed by: John Woo
Cast: Clive Owen, Maury Chaykin
52. Sherlock Holmes (2009)
USA / Germany, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Guy Ritchie
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law
53. The Man from Nowhere (2010)
South Korea, Action / Crime
Directed by: Jeong-beom Lee
Cast: Bin Won, Sae-ron Kim
54. Desperado (1995)
USA / Mexico, Action / Thriller
Directed by: Robert Rodriguez
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek
55. The Accountant (2016)
USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Gavin O'Connor
Cast: Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick
56. I Saw the Devil (2010)
South Korea, Thriller / Horror
Directed by: Jee-woon Kim
Cast: Byeong-heon Lee, Min-shik Choi
57. The Getaway (1972)
USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Sam Peckinpah
Cast: Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw
58. Police Story 3: Supercop (1992)
Hong Kong, Action / Thriller
Directed by: Stanley Tong
Cast: Jackie Chan, Michelle Yeoh
59. Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008)
France / Canada, Action / Drama
Directed by: Jean-François Richet
Cast: Vincent Cassel, Cécile de France
61. The Boondock Saints (1999)
Canada / USA, Crime / Action
Directed by: Troy Duffy
Cast: Willem Dafoe, Sean Patrick Flanery
62. GoldenEye (1995)
UK / USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Martin Campbell
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean
64. Gangster's Paradise: Jerusalema (2008)
South Africa, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Ralph Ziman
Cast: Robert Hobbs, Kenneth Nkosi
65. Logorama (2009)
France, Short / Animation
Directed by: François Alaux, Herve de Crecy
Cast: David Fincher, Sherman Augustus
66. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Cast: Uma Thurman, David Carradine
67. Hot Fuzz (2007)
UK / France, Action / Comedy
Directed by: Edgar Wright
Cast: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost
68. A Bittersweet Life (2005)
South Korea / USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Jee-woon Kim
Cast: Byeong-heon Lee, Jeong-min Hwang
69. Iron Monkey (1993)
Hong Kong, Action / Comedy
Directed by: Woo-ping Yuen
Cast: Ringo Yu, Donnie Yen
70. Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Land of Demons (1973)
Japan, Action / Drama
Directed by: Kenji Misumi
Cast: 若山富三郎, Michiyo Ookusu
71. The Raid: Redemption (2011)
Indonesia / France, Action / Crime
Directed by: Gareth Evans
Cast: Iko Uwais, Joe Taslim
72. Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994)
USA, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Peter Segal
Cast: Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley
73. The Batman (2022)
USA, Action / Drama
Directed by: Matt Reeves
Cast: Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz
74. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
USA / Japan, Action / Crime
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Cast: Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu
75. Wrath of Man (2021)
UK / USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Guy Ritchie
Cast: Jason Statham, Holt McCallany
76. A Better Tomorrow (1986)
Hong Kong, Action / Crime
Directed by: John Woo
Cast: Lung Ti, Yun-fat Chow
77. Rise of the Footsoldier (2007)
UK, Action / Crime
Directed by: Julian Gilbey
Cast: Ricci Harnett, Terry Stone
79. Confessions of a Police Captain (1971)
Italy, Action / Crime
Directed by: Damiano Damiani
Cast: Franco Nero, Martin Balsam
80. New Police Story (2004)
Hong Kong / China, Action / Crime
Directed by: Benny Chan
Cast: Jackie Chan, Nicholas Tse
82. Nobody (2021)
USA / Japan, Action / Crime
Directed by: Ilya Nayshuller
Cast: Bob Odenkirk, Aleksey Serebryakov
84. Ronin (1998)
UK / France, Action / Crime
Directed by: John Frankenheimer
Cast: Robert De Niro, Jean Reno
86. Sicario (2015)
USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Denis Villeneuve
Cast: Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro
87. Pigs (1992)
Poland, Action / Crime
Directed by: Wladyslaw Pasikowski
Cast: Boguslaw Linda, Marek Kondrat
89. Sonatine (1993)
Japan, Action / Drama
Directed by: Takeshi Kitano
Cast: Takeshi Kitano, Susumu Terajima
90. John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)
USA / Hong Kong, Action / Crime
Directed by: Chad Stahelski
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Riccardo Scamarcio
91. Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Richard Donner
Cast: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover
92. Unleashed (2005)
France / USA, Thriller / Action
Directed by: Louis Leterrier
Cast: Jet Li, Morgan Freeman
93. Live Free or Die Hard (2007)
USA / UK, Action / Crime
Directed by: Len Wiseman
Cast: Bruce Willis, Timothy Olyphant
94. Batman Returns (1992)
USA / UK, Action / Crime
Directed by: Tim Burton
Cast: Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito
96. Midnight Run (1988)
USA, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Martin Brest
Cast: Robert De Niro, Charles Grodin
97. Bullet in the Head (1990)
Hong Kong, Action / Crime
Directed by: John Woo
Cast: Tony Chiu-wai Leung, Jacky Cheung
98. Crime Busters (1977)
Italy, Action / Comedy
Directed by: Enzo Barboni
Cast: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer
100. In the Line of Fire (1993)
USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Wolfgang Petersen
Cast: Clint Eastwood, John Malkovich