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.

Desperado (1995)

The Stranger (1946)

21 Jump Street (2012)

Unleashed (2005)

Capote (2005)

Gridiron Gang (2006)

The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017)

Arlington Road (1999)

To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)

Normal (2026)

Bronson (2009)

The Killers (1946)

Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)

Take the Money and Run (1969)

Crime 101 (2026)

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)

Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020)

Scream VI (2023)

The Woman in the Window (1944)

The Fate of the Furious (2017)

Rebel Ridge (2024)

The Mule (2018)

American Hustle (2013)

Layer Cake (2004)

La Chèvre (1981)

Step Up (2006)

Naked Lunch (1991)

Phone Booth (2003)

We're the Millers (2013)

The Guard (2011)

Queen & Slim (2019)

Roofman (2025)

Game Night (2018)

Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017)

The Getaway (1972)

Mr. Brooks (2007)

Now You See Me 2 (2016)

Batman vs Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2019)

November (2022)

Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)

Running on Empty (1988)

Den of Thieves (2018)

22 Jump Street (2014)

The Crimson Rivers (2000)

West Side Story (2021)

Bad Boys (1995)

Spy (2015)

Nobody 2 (2025)

Batman: Bad Blood (2016)

A Place in the Sun (1951)

Fast & Furious 6 (2013)

The Keeper of Lost Causes (2013)

Cleveland Abduction (2015)

Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)

Soylent Green (1973)

Bullets Over Broadway (1994)

Sexy Beast (2001)

Europa (1991)

Daybreak (1939)

Caliber 9 (1972)