Best Crime Movies
Heists, mobsters, con artists and the detectives chasing them - crime movies are morality plays with better outfits. This ranking runs from noir landmarks to modern true-crime-adjacent thrillers, ordered by rating and popularity. See where to stream each one and keep score of what you've watched.
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather Part II (1974)
The Dark Knight (2008)
The Green Mile (1999)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
GoodFellas (1990)
Se7en (1995)
City of God (2002)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
Léon: The Professional (1994)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Facing El Chapo (2026)
The Departed (2006)
The Usual Suspects (1995)
Scarface (1983)
Joker (2019)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Prisoners (2013)
The Punisher: One Last Kill (2026)
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
The Shadow's Edge (2025)
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
Memories of Murder (2003)
High and Low (1963)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Casino (1995)
Elite Squad (2007)
No Country for Old Men (2007)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
M (1931)
Bound by Honor (1993)
Heat (1995)
Double Indemnity (1944)
The Sting (1973)
The Hate U Give (2018)
Knives Out (2019)
Rashomon (1950)
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Fargo (1996)
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Rope (1948)
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2011)
Freedom Writers (2007)
L.A. Confidential (1997)
Batman Begins (2005)
Carlito's Way (1993)
Mystic River (2003)
The Untouchables (1987)
Nightcrawler (2014)
Just Mercy (2019)
The Best Offer (2013)
John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride (2016)
The Furious (2026)