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.
Out of Exile
2023
Troubleshooters
1971
Spartan
2004
Once a Thief
1965
Bayside Shakedown
1998
Doberman Cop
1977
Quiet Please, Murder
1943
Skinwalkers
2002
Algiers
1938
The Garment Jungle
1957
Long Live the King
2019
New Jersey Drive
1995
The Heist
1976
The Murder Clinic
1966
The Defense Rests
1934
New York
2009
Red Finger
2011
Gumrah
1993
Yuma
2012
Porinju Mariam Jose
2019
Common
2014
Lady Reporter
1989
Nail Polish
2021
The Locket
1946
Butterfly Kiss
1995
Gettin' Square
2003
The Cousin
1997
Charcoal
2022
Swamp Water
1941
Maigret Sees Red
1963
Shockproof
1949
Mr. Soft Touch
1949
No Night Is Too Long
2002
Pale Moon
2014
The Evictors
1979
The Laramie Project
2002
Reporting Live
2026
Defiance
1980
No Ordinary Heist
2026
Eye For An Eye
2008
Bullet
1996
The Mystery of Mr. X
1934
Signed, Arsène Lupin
1959
Redeemer
2014
Two to One
2024
Framed
1975