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Best crime movies of all time - Page 3

In the following page, you will see a ranking of the best crime movies of all time. We have gathered the ratings of Imdb, Metacritic, Filmaffinity and crafted our own algorithm and generated the following ratings.

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41. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)

Kill Bill: Vol. 2 follows Beatrix Kiddo’s final vengeance against Budd, Elle and Bill, uncovering her Pai Mei training and the truth about her child. It’s a slower, character-driven, emotionally charged finale. read more

Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller

Metacritic Rating 83 /100 IMDB Rating 8.0 /10 Bmoat Rating 8.2 /10

42. Le Samouraï (1967)

Le Samouraï is Melville’s minimalist 1967 noir about Jef Costello, a methodical hitman whose ritualized life unravels after a job; betrayed, hunted by police and criminals, he seeks the client amid fatalistic solitude. read more

Genres: Crime, Drama

Filmaffinity Rating 7.6 /10 Metacritic Rating 90 /100 IMDB Rating 8.0 /10 Bmoat Rating 8.2 /10

43. Strangers on a Train (1951)

Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train (1951): disturbed Bruno proposes swapping murders with tennis star Guy. After Bruno kills Guy’s wife and frames him, Guy faces manipulation, paranoia, guilt and a tense moral showdown. read more

Genres: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Filmaffinity Rating 7.8 /10 Metacritic Rating 88 /100 IMDB Rating 7.9 /10 Bmoat Rating 8.2 /10

44. The Big Sleep (1946)

Classic film-noir: private eye Philip Marlowe uncovers blackmail, murder and organized crime while protecting a general's daughters; tense, witty, morally ambiguous mystery with twists and hard-boiled romance. read more

Genres: Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery

Filmaffinity Rating 8.1 /10 Metacritic Rating 86 /100 IMDB Rating 7.9 /10 Bmoat Rating 8.2 /10

45. Shoplifters (2018)

Shoplifters (2018): An impoverished Tokyo family survives by odd jobs and petty theft. They take in a found girl; as bonds deepen, secrets and moral dilemmas emerge, testing what truly makes a family. read more

Genres: Crime, Drama

Filmaffinity Rating 7.4 /10 Metacritic Rating 93 /100 IMDB Rating 7.9 /10 Bmoat Rating 8.2 /10

46. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

Bonnie and Clyde (1967) dramatizes the real-life crime spree of lovers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow: romantic thrills, bank robberies and car chases that escalate into brutal notoriety and a harrowing climax. read more

Genres: Action, Biography, Crime

Metacritic Rating 86 /100 IMDB Rating 7.7 /10 Bmoat Rating 8.2 /10

47. Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)

Killers of the Flower Moon: a slow-burn historical crime drama about 1920s Osage murders after oil discovery. Scorsese exposes greed, racism and corruption with haunting performances. read more

Genres: Crime, Drama, History

Metacritic Rating 89 /100 IMDB Rating 7.6 /10 Bmoat Rating 8.2 /10

48. La Haine (1995)

La Haine (1995) sigue 24 horas tensas en una banlieue parisina: Vinz, Saïd y Hubert lidian con aburrimiento, racismo y brutalidad policial; un revólver perdido convierte la rabia en violencia trágica. read more

Genres: Crime, Drama

IMDB Rating 8.1 /10 Bmoat Rating 8.1 /10

49. The 400 Blows (1959)

Truffaut’s The Four Hundred Blows (1959) is a French New Wave coming‑of‑age drama about 14‑year‑old Antoine’s petty crimes, parental neglect and longing for connection, culminating in a stark, open finale. read more

Genres: Crime, Drama

Filmaffinity Rating 8.1 /10 IMDB Rating 8.1 /10 Bmoat Rating 8.1 /10

50. Diabolique (1955)

Diabolique (1955): a slow‑burn psychological thriller at a grim boys’ boarding school where two women kill the sadistic headmaster — then the body vanishes, unleashing dread, guilt and mounting paranoia. read more

Genres: Crime, Drama, Horror

Filmaffinity Rating 8.0 /10 IMDB Rating 8.1 /10 Bmoat Rating 8.1 /10

51. Mystic River (2003)

Mystic River is a bleak, slow‑burn crime drama about three childhood friends haunted by a past trauma; a daughter's murder forces loyalty, guilt and revenge into a wrenching investigation. read more

Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Filmaffinity Rating 8.0 /10 Metacritic Rating 84 /100 IMDB Rating 7.9 /10 Bmoat Rating 8.1 /10

52. The Irishman (2019)

The Irishman is a slow, elegiac crime drama in which Frank Sheeran recalls a life of loyalty, violence and regret—rising in the mob, tied to Jimmy Hoffa—Scorsese’s reflective, patient epic. read more

Genres: Biography, Crime, Drama

Filmaffinity Rating 7.2 /10 Metacritic Rating 94 /100 IMDB Rating 7.8 /10 Bmoat Rating 8.1 /10

53. A Prophet (2009)

A Prophet follows Malik, an illiterate Franco‑Arab in a brutal French prison, who is co-opted by a Corsican mob boss, learns to read, bonds with Ryad, and transforms into a calculating, formidable power player. read more

Genres: Crime, Drama

Filmaffinity Rating 7.5 /10 Metacritic Rating 90 /100 IMDB Rating 7.8 /10 Bmoat Rating 8.1 /10

54. Lilya 4-Ever (2002)

Lilya 4-Ever follows 16‑year‑old Lilya, abandoned and impoverished, lured by promise of a new life but trapped in brutal sexual exploitation. A stark, uncompromising drama about poverty, betrayal and lost innocence. read more

Genres: Crime, Drama

Metacritic Rating 83 /100 IMDB Rating 7.8 /10 Bmoat Rating 8.1 /10

55. The French Connection (1971)

The French Connection (1971) is a gritty, fast crime drama following NYPD detectives Doyle and Russo as they unravel a $32M heroin smuggling ring linked to a Marseille boss. Friedkin's documentary style fuels tense stakeouts, moral ambiguity and a legendary car chase. read more

Genres: Action, Crime, Drama

Filmaffinity Rating 7.3 /10 Metacritic Rating 94 /100 IMDB Rating 7.7 /10 Bmoat Rating 8.1 /10

56. Badlands (1973)

Badlands (1973) is a lyrical crime drama about restless drifter Kit and teenage Holly whose secret affair turns deadly. Shot in melancholic, poetic style, it emphasizes mood, alienation and quiet catastrophe. read more

Genres: Action, Crime, Drama

Filmaffinity Rating 7.3 /10 Metacritic Rating 94 /100 IMDB Rating 7.7 /10 Bmoat Rating 8.1 /10

57. The 39 Steps (1935)

The 39 Steps (1935) - Hitchcock's taut spy thriller: Richard Hannay, framed for murder, races across Britain to solve the cryptic '39 Steps' amid tense chases, dry banter and brisk black-and-white suspense. read more

Genres: Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Filmaffinity Rating 7.3 /10 Metacritic Rating 93 /100 IMDB Rating 7.6 /10 Bmoat Rating 8.1 /10

58. The Usual Suspects (1995)

Lean, twisty crime thriller about an unreliable narrator (Verbal), five small-time crooks, and the legend Keyser Söze. Nonlinear, paranoid, and culminating in a stunning final twist that reframes the story. read more

Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Filmaffinity Rating 8.0 /10 Metacritic Rating 76 /100 IMDB Rating 8.5 /10 Bmoat Rating 8.0 /10

59. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)

Once Upon a Time in America follows Noodles and childhood friends from Lower East Side boys to Prohibition-era mobsters — a melancholic, elliptical epic about memory, betrayal, ambition and regret. read more

Genres: Crime, Drama

Filmaffinity Rating 8.3 /10 Metacritic Rating 75 /100 IMDB Rating 8.3 /10 Bmoat Rating 8.0 /10

60. A Clockwork Orange (1971)

A Clockwork Orange (1971): dystopian crime drama about Alex, a violent teen subjected to state conditioning that removes his free will. Graphic, unsettling, probes morality, punishment and state power. read more

Genres: Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi

Filmaffinity Rating 8.2 /10 Metacritic Rating 77 /100 IMDB Rating 8.2 /10 Bmoat Rating 8.0 /10

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