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 Batman (2022)

The Gentlemen (2020)

Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (2010)

Papillon (1973)

The Blues Brothers (1980)

Dancer in the Dark (2000)

The Night of the Hunter (1955)

On the Waterfront (1954)

Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015)

Primal Fear (1996)

Dogville (2003)

Infernal Affairs (2002)

Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958)

Drive (2011)

Dogman (2023)

Shelter (2026)

American Gangster (2007)

Hot Fuzz (2007)

The Irishman (2019)

Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010)

See You Up There (2017)

Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look (2026)

Wrath of Man (2021)

Le Trou (1960)

Blue Velvet (1986)

Sleepers (1996)

Mississippi Burning (1988)

Zodiac (2007)

Cool Hand Luke (1967)

The Maltese Falcon (1941)

Le Samouraï (1967)

Training Day (2001)

Donnie Brasco (1997)

Boyz n the Hood (1991)

Touch of Evil (1958)

BlacKkKlansman (2018)

Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)

Ocean's Eleven (2001)

In Bruges (2008)

Better Days (2019)

The Man from Nowhere (2010)

Baby Driver (2017)

Sin City (2005)

Paper Moon (1973)

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)

Bad Genius (2017)

The Young and the Damned (1950)

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019)

Anatomy of a Fall (2023)

Lucky Number Slevin (2006)

Don't Be Bad (2015)

True Romance (1993)

American Psycho (2000)

Wind River (2017)

The Godfather Part III (1990)

Sicario (2015)

The Bad Guys (2022)

Serpico (1973)

Scream (1996)

Inside Man (2006)