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.
Street Corner
1953
The Hunted
1948
The Opportunists
2000
The Wicked Darling
1919
Murder City
2023
General's Son
1990
Plain Clothes
1988
I'm Not a Killer
2019
Hijacked: Flight 285
1996
Their Last Night
1953
Dishonored Lady
1947
Female Jungle
1956
The Concrete Jungle
1982
Ek Villain Returns
2022
The Blue Knight
1973
Amazones
2004
New Blood
1999
Special Delivery
1976
The Tiger's Tail
2006
Peace Hotel
1995
A Family of Bastards
2026
Hit!
1973
One Way Out
2002
Crime Does Not Pay
1962
Death Sentence
1974
Vengeance is Mine
2012
The Big Knife
1955
The First Deadly Sin
1980
Brotherhood
2016
Deadly Hope
2012
Safety Catch
1970
Gangs of New York
1938
Donato and Daughter
1993
Island of Doomed Men
1940
Street Smart
1987
She Made Them Do It
2012
Lady Scarface
1941
Cafe Hostess
1940
Baby Take a Bow
1934
Staten Island
2009
The Riverside Murder
1935
Texas Justice
1995
Blackwater Lane
2024
The Beast to Die
1980
Sudden Danger
1955