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 Lost Son
1999
Alemão 2
2022
The Oath
2016
The Jericho Mile
1980
The Super Cops
1974
The Pretender
1947
A Day in the Life
2009
Born Reckless
1930
The Long Wait
1954
The Unholy Three
1930
Trenchcoat
1983
Baby
2008
Praying Mantis
1993
The Brain
1962
Running Delilah
1994
Amongst the Wolves
2025
The Law
1959
Wonderland
2003
The Inner Circle
1946
One Last Thing...
2005
The Fat Man
1951
The Last Contract
1998
Convoy
2017
C.I.D.
1956
Sweet Revenge
1976
The Moonshine War
1970
Thick as Thieves
1999
Kill Her Gently
1957
Ranarangam
2019
Puthan Panam
2017
The Cave
2001
Sardinia Kidnapped
1968
Blind Date
1959
Up the River
1930
The Human Jungle
1954
The Spider
1945
Smile Before Death
1972
Harlem Nights
1989
Eye of God
1997
The Baltimore Bullet
1980
Orphans
1987
Big Town After Dark
1947