Best crime films - Charts
Best crime films
101. The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
UK / USA, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Blake Edwards
Cast: Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom
103. Hotel Mumbai (2018)
Australia / USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Anthony Maras
Cast: Armie Hammer, Dev Patel
104. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
USA, Biography / Comedy
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill
105. The Big Lebowski (1998)
USA / UK, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Cast: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman
106. The Young and the Damned (1950)
Mexico, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Luis Buñuel
Cast: Estela Inda, Miguel Inclán
107. Basic Instinct (1992)
USA / France, Thriller / Drama
Directed by: Paul Verhoeven
Cast: Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone
108. The Best Offer (2013)
Italy, Drama / Romance
Directed by: Giuseppe Tornatore
Cast: Geoffrey Rush, Jim Sturgess
109. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)
Sweden / Denmark, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Niels Arden Oplev
Cast: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace
110. Knives Out (2019)
USA, Mystery / Crime
Directed by: Rian Johnson
Cast: Daniel Craig, Ana de Armas
111. A Short Film About Killing (1987)
Poland, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Cast: Miroslaw Baka, Krzysztof Globisz
112. Gone Baby Gone (2007)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Ben Affleck
Cast: Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan
113. Down by Law (1986)
USA / West Germany, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Jim Jarmusch
Cast: Tom Waits, John Lurie
114. In the Heat of the Night (1967)
USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Norman Jewison
Cast: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger
115. Time of the Gypsies (1988)
Yugoslavia / Italy, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Emir Kusturica
Cast: Davor Dujmovic, Bora Todorovic
116. Fantomas Strikes Back (1965)
France / Italy, Comedy / Adventure
Directed by: André Hunebelle, Haroun Tazieff
Cast: Jean Marais, Louis de Funès
117. Boys Don't Cry (1999)
USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Kimberly Peirce
Cast: Hilary Swank, Chloë Sevigny
119. Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (2010)
Brazil, Action / Crime
Directed by: José Padilha
Cast: Wagner Moura, Irandhir Santos
120. In Cold Blood (1967)
USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Richard Brooks
Cast: Robert Blake, Scott Wilson
121. Three Days of the Condor (1975)
USA, Mystery / Thriller
Directed by: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway
122. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
USA / France, Action / Drama
Directed by: Jim Jarmusch
Cast: Forest Whitaker, John Tormey
123. Ocean's Eleven (2001)
USA, Crime / Comedy
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Cast: George Clooney, Matt Damon
124. Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)
USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Richard Donner
Cast: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover
125. Elite Squad (2007)
Brazil / USA, Action / Drama
Directed by: José Padilha
Cast: Wagner Moura, André Ramiro
128. Dogville (2003)
Denmark / Sweden, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Lars von Trier
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Harriet Andersson
129. The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear (1991)
USA, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: David Zucker
Cast: Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley
130. ...And Justice for All (1979)
USA, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Norman Jewison
Cast: Al Pacino, Jack Warden
131. Road to Perdition (2002)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Sam Mendes
Cast: Tom Hanks, Tyler Hoechlin
132. Casino Royale (2006)
UK / Czech Republic, Action / Adventure
Directed by: Martin Campbell
Cast: Daniel Craig, Eva Green
133. The French Connection (1971)
USA, Crime / Thriller
Directed by: William Friedkin
Cast: Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey
135. The Roaring Twenties (1939)
USA, Action / Drama
Directed by: Raoul Walsh
Cast: James Cagney, Priscilla Lane
136. Traffic (2000)
USA / Germany, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Cast: Michael Douglas, Don Cheadle
137. Holy Year (1976)
France / Italy, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Jean Girault
Cast: Jean Gabin, Jean-Claude Brialy
138. Mesrine Part 2: Public Enemy #1 (2008)
France / Canada, Action / Drama
Directed by: Jean-François Richet
Cast: Vincent Cassel, Ludivine Sagnier
139. Scarface (1932)
USA, Action / Drama
Directed by: Howard Hawks, Richard Rosson
Cast: Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak
140. The Thin Blue Line (1988)
USA, Documentary / Crime
Directed by: Errol Morris
Cast: Marianne Leone, Adam Goldfine
142. I, Robot (2004)
USA / Germany, Sci-fi / Action
Directed by: Alex Proyas
Cast: Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan
143. The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz (2014)
USA, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Brian Knappenberger
Cast: David Sirota
145. The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
Germany / France, Action / Drama
Directed by: Uli Edel
Cast: Martina Gedeck, Moritz Bleibtreu
146. I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
USA, Drama / Film-Noir
Directed by: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Paul Muni, Glenda Farrell
147. Strangers on a Train (1951)
USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Farley Granger, Ruth Roman
148. Midnight Express (1978)
UK / USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Alan Parker
Cast: Brad Davis, Irene Miracle
149. Spotlight (2015)
USA, Drama / Historical
Directed by: Tom McCarthy
Cast: Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton
150. No Country for Old Men (2007)
USA, Thriller / Crime
Directed by: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem
151. Blue Velvet (1986)
USA, Mystery / Thriller
Directed by: David Lynch
Cast: Kyle MacLachlan, Dennis Hopper
152. White Heat (1949)
USA, Action / Drama
Directed by: Raoul Walsh
Cast: James Cagney, Virginia Mayo
153. It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958)
West Germany / Switzerland, Crime / Thriller
Directed by: Ladislao Vajda
Cast: Heinz Rühmann, Siegfried Lowitz
155. The Fugitives (1986)
France, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Francis Veber
Cast: Pierre Richard, Gérard Depardieu
156. Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory (2011)
USA, Documentary / Crime
Directed by: Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky
Cast: Megyn Kelly, Natalie Maines
157. Lost Highway (1997)
USA / France, Mystery / Thriller
Directed by: David Lynch
Cast: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette
158. An American Crime (2007)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Tommy O'Haver
Cast: Elliot Page, Hayley McFarland
159. The Life of David Gale (2003)
USA / Germany, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Alan Parker
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Kate Winslet
160. Hold-Up (1985)
France / Canada, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Alexandre Arcady
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Kim Cattrall
162. Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
USA, Action / Comedy
Directed by: Martin Brest
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold
163. Primal Fear (1996)
USA, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Gregory Hoblit
Cast: Richard Gere, Laura Linney
164. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Al Pacino, John Cazale
165. Headhunters (2011)
Norway / Sweden, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Morten Tyldum
Cast: Aksel Hennie, Synnøve Macody Lund
166. Taxi Driver (1976)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster
167. Hard Boiled (1992)
Hong Kong, Action / Drama
Directed by: John Woo
Cast: Yun-fat Chow, Tony Chiu-wai Leung
168. I'm the Angel of Death: Pusher III (2005)
Denmark, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Nicolas Winding Refn
Cast: Zlatko Burić, Slavko Labovic
169. Straight Outta Compton (2015)
USA, Biography / Music
Directed by: F. Gary Gray
Cast: Jason Mitchell, Corey Hawkins
171. Infernal Affairs (2002)
Hong Kong, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Andrew Lau, Alan Mak
Cast: Andy Lau, Tony Chiu-wai Leung
172. Shiny_Flakes: The Teenage Drug Lord (2021)
Germany, Documentary / Crime
Directed by: Michael Schmitt
Cast: Maximilian Schmidt
173. In Bruges (2008)
UK / USA, Drama / Comedy
Directed by: Martin McDonagh
Cast: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson
174. Following (1998)
UK, Crime / Mystery
Directed by: Christopher Nolan
Cast: Jeremy Theobald, Alex Haw
175. Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001)
Japan / USA, Animation / Action
Directed by: Shin'ichirō Watanabe, Yoshiyuki Takei
Cast: Ai Kobayashi, Kōichi Yamadera
176. Trinity: Gambling for High Stakes (1978)
Italy / USA, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Sergio Corbucci
Cast: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer
177. The Crying Game (1992)
UK / USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Neil Jordan
Cast: Stephen Rea, Miranda Richardson
178. Fort Apache the Bronx (1981)
USA, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Daniel Petrie
Cast: Paul Newman, Edward Asner
179. How I Became a Gangster. True Story (2019)
Poland, Action / Crime
Directed by: Maciej Kawulski
Cast: Marcin Kowalczyk, Tomasz Włosok
180. Dolores Claiborne (1995)
USA, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Taylor Hackford
Cast: Kathy Bates, Jennifer Jason Leigh
181. The Purity of Vengeance (2018)
Denmark / Germany, Crime / Mystery
Directed by: Christoffer Boe
Cast: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Fares Fares
183. Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
USA, Drama / Mystery
Directed by: Otto Preminger
Cast: James Stewart, Lee Remick
184. On the Waterfront (1954)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Elia Kazan
Cast: Marlon Brando, Karl Malden
185. Interrogation (1982)
Poland, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Ryszard Bugajski
Cast: Krystyna Janda, Adam Ferency
186. Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010)
USA, Animation / Action
Directed by: Brandon Vietti, Kazuyoshi Takeuchi
Cast: Bruce Greenwood, Jason Isaacs
187. Mystic River (2003)
USA / Australia, Mystery / Drama
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Sean Penn, Tim Robbins
189. Batman (1989)
USA / UK, Action / Crime
Directed by: Tim Burton
Cast: Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson
190. The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
UK, Comedy / Crime
Directed by: Blake Edwards
Cast: Peter Sellers, Christopher Plummer
191. The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003)
Japan, Action / Drama
Directed by: Takeshi Kitano
Cast: Takeshi Kitano, Michiyo Ookusu
192. Man on Fire (2004)
USA / UK, Action / Crime
Directed by: Tony Scott
Cast: Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning
194. The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)
USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Brad Furman
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Marisa Tomei
195. The Sicilian Clan (1969)
France, Crime / Drama
Directed by: Henri Verneuil
Cast: Jean Gabin, Alain Delon
196. The Big Sleep (1946)
USA, Film-Noir / Mystery
Directed by: Howard Hawks
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall
197. The Raid 2 (2014)
Indonesia / USA, Action / Crime
Directed by: Gareth Evans
Cast: Iko Uwais, Arifin Putra
199. Straw Dogs (1971)
UK / USA, Drama / Crime
Directed by: Sam Peckinpah
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Susan George
200. Oliver Twist (1948)
UK, Adventure / Crime
Directed by: David Lean
Cast: Robert Newton, Alec Guinness