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 Nest
2002
Red Corner
1997
The Night Strangler
1973
The Independent
2022
Sapphire
1959
You Shoot, I Shoot
2001
Thadam
2019
Look for a Woman
1982
The Crimes That Bind
2020
Another Public Enemy
2005
The Leopard Man
1943
Beggars of Life
1928
Free Fire
2017
Gangster No. 1
2000
The Emperor of Paris
2018
The Blood of Wolves
2018
Collectors
2020
Grand Canyon
1991
Footsteps in the Fog
1955
The Rover
2014
Mr. Lucky
1943
Little Murders
1971
By Any Means
2026
Mystery Street
1950
Ransom!
1956
The Burning Bed
1984
Greedy People
2024
Blonde Crazy
1931
The Mad Magician
1954
Grand Slam
1967
School on Fire
1988
Bandit
2022
Plunder Road
1957
Iraivi
2016
The Air I Breathe
2007
I Am Elizabeth Smart
2017
The Valachi Papers
1972
The Element of Crime
1984
Affliction
1998
Kajillionaire
2020
No Man of Her Own
1950
Giovanni Falcone
1993
