The Best Crime Movies of All Time

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New Jack City

1991    Mario Van Peebles    Rated R

Crime    Crime Drama    Drama

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Breakdown

1997    Jonathan Mostow    Rated R

Crime    Crime Thriller    Psychological Thriller

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Le trou

1960    Jacques Becker    Not Rated

Crime    Crime Drama    Drama

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Last Man Standing

1996    Walter Hill    Rated R

Action    Gangster Film    Crime

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The Freshman

1990    Andrew Bergman    Rated PG

Comedy    Gangster Film    Romantic Comedy

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Heist

2001    David Mamet    Rated R

Crime    Crime Thriller    Post-Noir

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Mona Lisa

1986    Neil Jordan    Rated R

Crime    Crime Drama    Drama

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Foxy Brown

1974    Jack Hill    Rated R

Action    Action Thriller    Blaxploitation

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Johnny Dangerously

1984    Amy Heckerling    Rated PG13

Comedy    Crime    Crime Comedy

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The Firm

1993    Sydney Pollack    Rated R

Thriller    Crime Thriller    Crime

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Oliver Twist

1948    David Lean    Not Rated

Adventure    Adventure Drama    Based-on-19th-Century-Literature

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Branded To Kill

1967    Seijun Suzuki    Not Rated

Action    Crime    Crime Thriller

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Tango & Cash

1989    Andrey Konchalovskiy    Rated R

Action    Action Comedy    Buddy Film

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Another Thin Man

1939    W.S. Van Dyke    Not Rated

Comedy    Comedy Thriller    Crime

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The Revenge of the Pink Panther

1978    Blake Edwards    Rated PG

Comedy    Mystery    Parody/Spoof

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Suicide Kings

1997    Peter O'Fallon    Rated R

Comedy Drama    Comedy Thriller    Crime

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The Big Easy

1986    Jim McBride    Rated R

Crime    Crime Thriller    Mystery

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The Sugarland Express

1974    Steven Spielberg    Rated PG

Crime    Road Movie    Chase Movie

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Public Enemies

2009    Michael Mann    Rated R

Crime    Crime Drama    Drama

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Freeway

1996    Matthew Bright    Rated R

Black Comedy    Comedy Thriller    Crime

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Pink Flamingos

1972    John Waters    Rated NC17

Comedy    Crime    Crime Comedy

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Bad Boys

1983    Rick Rosenthal    Rated R

Crime    Crime Drama    Drama

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Bad Santa

2003    Terry Zwigoff    Rated R

Black Comedy    Comedy    Crime

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The Salton Sea

2002    D.J. Caruso    Rated R

Crime    Thriller    Post-Noir

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Bugsy Malone

1976    Alan Parker    Rated G

Comedy    Crime    Crime Comedy

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Clockers

1995    Spike Lee    Rated R

Drama    Urban Drama    Crime Drama

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Sonatine

1993    Takeshi Kitano    Rated R

Action    Action Thriller    Crime

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The Matador

2005    Richard Shepard    Rated R

Black Comedy    Comedy Drama    Crime

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Pépé le Moko

1937    Julien Duvivier    Not Rated

Crime    Drama    Foreign Language Film

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Lord of War

2005    Andrew Niccol    Rated R

Crime    Crime Thriller    Drama

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Grand Canyon

1991    Lawrence Kasdan    Rated R

Crime    Crime Drama    Drama

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Lawless

2012    John Hillcoat    Rated R

Based-on-a-True-Story    Crime    Crime Drama

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Hackers

1995    Iain Softley    Rated PG13

Crime    Crime Thriller    Cyberpunk / Tech Noir

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Brute Force

1947    Jules Dassin    Not Rated

Crime    Crime Drama    Drama

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Affliction

1997    Paul Schrader    Rated R

Addiction Drama    Crime Drama    Drama

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Chopper

2000    Andrew Dominik    Rated R

Based-on-a-True-Story    Biopic    Black Comedy

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The Lincoln Lawyer

2011    Brad Furman    Rated R

Courtroom Drama    Crime    Crime Drama

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The Transporter

2002    Louis Leterrier, Corey Yuen    Rated PG13

Action    Action Thriller    Crime

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Dick Tracy

1990    Warren Beatty    Rated PG

Action    Action Comedy    Based-on-Comics

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The Black Cat

1934    Edgar G. Ulmer    Not Rated

Adventure    Crime    Crime Thriller

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Fallen Angels

1995    Wong Kar-Wai    Rated R

Crime    Drama    Foreign Language Film

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Throw Momma from the Train

1987    Danny DeVito    Rated PG13

Black Comedy    Comedy    Crime

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Payback

1999    Brian Helgeland    Rated R

Action Thriller    Crime    Crime Thriller

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Nighthawks

1981    Bruce Malmuth    Rated R

Action    Action Thriller    Crime

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The Thomas Crown Affair

1999    John McTiernan    Rated R

Caper    Comedy    Crime

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The Mechanic

1972    Michael Winner    Rated PG

Crime    Crime Thriller    Hitman / Assassin Film

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Rocknrolla

2008    Guy Ritchie    Rated R

Action    Action Comedy    Caper

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The Forgotten Ones

1950    Luis Buñuel    Not Rated

Childhood Drama    Coming-of-Age    Crime

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The Lodger

1927    Alfred Hitchcock    Not Rated

Crime    Horror    Psychological Horror

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The Naked Kiss

1964    Samuel Fuller    Not Rated

Crime    Crime Drama    Drama

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Maniac Cop

1988    William Lustig    Rated R

Action    Action Thriller    Crime

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Dragnet

1987    Tom Mankiewicz    Rated PG13

Based-on-Television    Comedy    Crime

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Spartan

2004    David Mamet    Rated R

Crime    Crime Thriller    Political Thriller

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The Hound of the Baskervilles

1939    Sidney Lanfield    Not Rated

Crime    Detective Film    Horror

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The Bank Job

2008    Roger Donaldson    Rated R

Based-on-a-True-Story    Caper    Comedy

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The Petrified Forest

1936    Archie Mayo    Not Rated

Crime

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My Blue Heaven

1990    Herbert Ross    Rated PG13

Comedy    Parody/Spoof    Crime Comedy

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Killer Joe

2011    William Friedkin    Rated NC17

Black Comedy    Crime    Crime Comedy

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Machete

2010    Robert Rodriguez    Rated R

Action    Action Thriller    Adventure

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Charley Varrick

1973    Don Siegel    Rated R

Action Thriller    Chase Movie    Crime

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Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler

1922    Fritz Lang    Not Rated

Crime    Foreign Language Film    Police Detective Film

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Without a Clue

1988    Thom Eberhardt    Rated PG

Comedy    Comedy Thriller    Crime

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Rocco and His Brothers

1960    Luchino Visconti    Not Rated

Crime    Drama    Family Drama

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The Thin Man Goes Home

1945    Richard Thorpe    Not Rated

Comedy    Comedy Thriller    Crime

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Close-Up

1990    Abbas Kiarostami    Not Rated

Courtroom Drama    Crime    Docudrama

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Wanted

2008    Timur Bekmambetov    Rated R

Action    Action Thriller    Based-on-Comics

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Odd Man Out

1947    Carol Reed    Not Rated

Chase Movie    Crime    Crime Drama

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The Hit

1984    Stephen Frears    Rated R

Adventure    Adventure Drama    Crime

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Bernie

2011    Richard Linklater    Rated PG13

Black Comedy    Comedy Drama    Crime

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Police Story 2

1988    Jackie Chan    Rated PG13

Action    Action Comedy    Action Thriller

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Hudson Hawk

1991    Michael Lehmann    Rated R

Action    Action Comedy    Caper

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The Man from Nowhere

2010    Jeong-beom Lee    Rated R

Action    Action Thriller    Crime

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2 Days in the Valley

1996    John Herzfeld    Rated R

Crime    Crime Comedy    Ensemble Film

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The Cotton Club

1984    Francis Ford Coppola    Rated R

Drama    Gangster Film    Musical Drama

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Monster

2003    Patty Jenkins    Rated R

Based-on-a-True-Story    Biopic    Crime

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Hannibal

2001    Ridley Scott    Rated R

Cannibal Film    Crime    Crime Drama

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Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead

1995    Gary Fleder    Rated R

Comedy    Comedy Thriller    Crime

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Talk Radio

1988    Oliver Stone    Rated R

Crime Drama    Drama    Psychological Drama

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Werckmeister Harmonies

2000    Béla Tarr    Not Rated

Crime    Drama    Foreign Language Film

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Airheads

1994    Michael Lehmann    Not Rated

Comedy    Crime Comedy    Showbiz Comedy

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Married to the Mob

1988    Jonathan Demme    Rated R

Comedy    Crime    Crime Comedy

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At Close Range

1986    James Foley    Rated R

Based-on-a-True-Story    Crime    Crime Drama

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The Hound of the Baskervilles

1959    Terence Fisher    Not Rated

Crime    Detective Film    Gothic Film

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The Other Guys

2010    Adam McKay    Rated PG13

Absurd Comedy    Action    Action Comedy

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Less Than Zero

1987    Marek Kanievska    Rated R

Addiction Drama    Crime    Crime Drama

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Bully

2001    Larry Clark    Not Rated

Based-on-a-True-Story    Crime    Drama

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The Postman Always Rings Twice

1981    Bob Rafelson    Rated R

Drama    Post-Noir    Crime Drama

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Story of Ricky

1991    Ngai Choi Lam    Not Rated

Action    Action Thriller    Based-on-Comics

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We're No Angels

1955    Michael Curtiz    Not Rated

Buddy Film    Comedy    Crime

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Law Abiding Citizen

2009    F. Gary Gray    Rated R

Crime    Crime Thriller    Drama

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Lady Snowblood

1973    Toshiya Fujita    Not Rated

Action    Action Thriller    Based-on-Comics

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Summer of Sam

1999    Spike Lee    Rated R

Crime    Crime Drama    Drama

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Panic in the Streets

1950    Elia Kazan    Not Rated

Chase Movie    Crime    Crime Thriller

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A Bittersweet Life

2005    Jee-woon Kim    Not Rated

Action    Crime    Crime Drama

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The Glass Key

1942    Stuart Heisler    Not Rated

Crime    Detective Film    Film Noir

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Pusher

1996    Nicolas Winding Refn    Not Rated

Crime    Crime Drama    Crime Thriller

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Tequila Sunrise

1988    Robert Towne    Rated R

Crime    Drama    Crime Drama

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