Top Crime Movies


The Top Crime Movies List is calculated by overall movie ratings and members' "Top Crime List". Lists are calculated daily.

371. Kill the Messenger

Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Cuesta
Actors: Jeremy Renner, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Paz Vega, Michael Sheen, Robert Patrick, Tim Blake Nelson
Plot: Based on the true story of reporter Gary Webb: When Webb uncovers a conspiracy involving the CIA and Nicaragua contra rebels and cocaine in California, he is targeted by a precise, vicious smear campaign that drives him to depression and near suicide.

372. Lower Depths, The ( bas-fonds, Les )

Year of Release: 1937
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jean Renoir
Actors: Jean Gabin, Suzy Prim, Louis Jouvet, Jany Holt, Vladimir Sokoloff, Robert Le Vigan

373. Fracture

Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Gregory Hoblit
Actors: Ryan Gosling, David Strathairn, Anthony Hopkins, Embeth Davidtz, Rosamund Pike, Billy Burke
Plot: Willy Beachum a young, successful prosecutor takes a case against Ted Crawford, a structural engineer representing himself in the death of his wife. Although the case seems open and shut, Crawford has a plan - one that seems to point to his innocence and destroy Beachum's career.

374. Detour

Year of Release: 1945
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer
Actors: Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Claudia Drake, Edmund MacDonald, Tim Ryan, Esther Howard
Plot: Al, a down and out piano player, hitchhikes from New York to Los Angeles
in order to be with his singer girlfriend. Fate has other plans for Al
when he steps into the car of a character named Haskel, who promptly
dies in his sleep one night while Al is driving. Afraid the cops will
never believe the truth, Al takes Haskell's money, car, and identity,
and tries to make it to Los Angeles, only to have fate intervene again
when he picks up a mean-spirited female hitchhiker.

375. Little Caesar

Year of Release: 1930
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Actors: Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Glenda Farrell, William Collier Jr., Sidney Blackmer, Ralph Ince
Plot: An up-and-coming gangster makes aggressive plays for more power.

376. Female Trouble

Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: NC-17
Director: John Waters
Actors: Divine, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce, Mink Stole, Edith Massey, Cookie Mueller

377. As Tears Go By ( Wong gok ka moon )

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Kar Wai Wong
Actors: Andy Lau, Maggie Cheung, Jacky Cheung, Alex Man, Ronald Wong, To-hoi Kong

378. Strange Days

Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Actors: Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett, Juliette Lewis, Tom Sizemore, Michael Wincott, Vincent D'Onofrio
Plot: In 1999 L.A. and ex-cop, Lenny Nero, ekes out a living by selling 'squid' recordings - literally letting people experience another life. When a hooker friend is brutally raped and murdered, he is sent a recording of the event and vows to track down the one responsible.

379. Atlantic City

Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Louis Malle
Actors: Burt Lancaster, Susan Sarandon, Robert Joy, Robert Goulet, Kate Reid, Michel Piccoli

380. Elite Squad: The Enemy Within ( Tropa de Elite 2 - O Inimigo Agora É Outro )

Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Portuguese
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: José Padilha
Actors: Wagner Moura, Irandhir Santos, André Ramiro, Milhem Cortaz, Maria Ribeiro, Seu Jorge
Plot: After a prison riot, Captain Nascimiento, now a high-ranking security officer in Rio de Janeiro, is swept into the largest operation against drug traffickers: a bloody political dispute that involves government officials and paramilitary groups.

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