Best crime movies of all time filmaffinity - Page 5
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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81. Mississippi Burning (1988)
Mississippi Burning (1988): In 1964 Mississippi, two FBI agents probe the disappearance of three civil-rights workers amid KKK brutality and local collusion, revealing systemic racism and the moral cost of truth. read more
Genres: Crime, Drama, History
7.5
/10
65
/100
7.8
/10
7.3
/10
82. 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
7.5
/10
90
/100
7.8
/10
8.1
/10
83. Lolita (1962)
Lolita (1962) is a darkly comic, disturbing melodrama about Humbert Humbert’s obsessive, manipulative sexual fixation on 14‑year‑old Dolores “Lolita.” It blends black humor, psychological drama and moral repulsion; warns of adult–minor exploitation. read more
Genres: Crime, Drama, Romance
7.5
/10
79
/100
7.5
/10
7.6
/10
84. Straw Dogs (1971)
Straw Dogs (1971) follows an American mathematician, David, and his wife Amy in rural Cornwall, where petty hostility escalates into psychological torment and brutal violence, forcing moral questions about masculinity and civility. read more
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller
7.5
/10
75
/100
7.4
/10
7.5
/10
85. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Based on a 1972 Brooklyn true case, Dog Day Afternoon follows Sonny’s failed bank robbery to fund his partner’s gender-confirmation surgery, spiraling into a tense, media-fueled hostage standoff exposing compassion, prejudice and human frailty. read more
Genres: Biography, Crime, Drama
7.4
/10
86
/100
8.0
/10
8.0
/10
86. Infernal Affairs (2002)
Infernal Affairs (2002) follows two moles—one cop inside the Triads, one Triad in the police—as their double lives collide. A tense, psychological crime drama about loyalty, identity and deception. read more
Genres: Action, Crime, Drama
7.4
/10
75
/100
8.0
/10
7.6
/10
87. Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within (2010)
Elite Squad 2 returns to Rio as Lt‑Col Nascimento confronts militias tied to politicians after a prison uprising. Violent BOPE raids mix with courtroom politics, exposing corruption, moral ambiguity and social critique. read more
Genres: Action, Crime, Drama
7.4
/10
71
/100
8.0
/10
7.5
/10
88. 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
7.4
/10
93
/100
7.9
/10
8.2
/10
89. Training Day (2001)
Over 24 intense hours a rookie cop rides with a charismatic but corrupt veteran, facing moral tests, escalating violence and police corruption that force him to choose survival or integrity. read more
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller
7.4
/10
71
/100
7.8
/10
7.4
/10
90. The Chaser (2008)
The Chaser (2008) — a tense Korean crime thriller where ex-detective-turned-pimp Joong-ho races about 12 hours to track a psychopathic killer after his women vanish. Gritty, violent, morally ambiguous, and relentless. read more
Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller
7.4
/10
64
/100
7.8
/10
7.2
/10
91. Loving Vincent (2017)
Loving Vincent is a painterly, oil-animated mystery-biography that follows Armand Roulin investigating Van Gogh’s last days. Lush painted frames, conflicting memories and elegiac mood leave his death ambiguous. read more
Genres: Animation, Biography, Crime
7.4
/10
62
/100
7.8
/10
7.1
/10
92. Lucky Number Slevin (2006)
Lucky Number Slevin is a stylish neo‑noir where a mistaken identity pulls an ordinary man into a deadly mob feud. Twisty plotting, dark humor, sleek visuals, tense action and surprising payoffs. read more
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller
7.4
/10
53
/100
7.7
/10
6.8
/10
93. Serpico (1973)
Serpico is a tense biographical drama about NYPD officer Frank Serpico, who exposes widespread police corruption, faces isolation and betrayal, survives a shooting, and helps spark the Knapp Commission. read more
Genres: Biography, Crime, Drama
7.4
/10
83
/100
7.7
/10
7.8
/10
94. Man on Wire (2008)
Man on Wire documents Philippe Petit's 1974 illegal high-wire walk between the Twin Towers, blending archival footage, interviews and reenactments into a heist-like, suspenseful meditation on risk, obsession and friendship. read more
Genres: Biography, Crime, Documentary
7.4
/10
89
/100
7.7
/10
8.0
/10
95. Eastern Promises (2007)
Dark, slow-burning crime drama in London’s Russian underworld: a midwife’s search for a dead pregnant girl’s family draws her into a violent mob, exposing exploitation, shifting loyalties and moral ambiguity. read more
Genres: Action, Crime, Drama
7.4
/10
83
/100
7.6
/10
7.8
/10
96. Sleepers (1996)
Four boys from Hell’s Kitchen endure abuse at a reform school. Years later, reunited as adults—one an assistant DA—they plot a risky, morally gray revenge that tests loyalty and justice. read more
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller
7.4
/10
49
/100
7.5
/10
6.6
/10
97. Dead Man Walking (1995)
Dead Man Walking: Sister Helen becomes the spiritual counselor to death-row inmate Matthew Poncelet. Through appeals, flashbacks and victims' visits, the film probes guilt, responsibility, redemption and the moral cost of capital punishment. read more
Genres: Crime, Drama
7.4
/10
80
/100
7.5
/10
7.6
/10
98. A Perfect World (1993)
A Perfect World is a quiet crime-road drama about escaped convict Butch who abducts nine-year-old Phillip. As pursuers close in, an unlikely, tender bond develops, exploring freedom, loss, redemption and moral complexity. read more
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller
7.4
/10
71
/100
7.5
/10
7.3
/10
99. Funny Games (1997)
Funny Games (1997) is a cold, slow-burn thriller where two polite intruders force a family into escalating sadistic 'games', emphasizing psychological domination, a media critique of violence, and a harrowing, uncompromising ending. read more
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller
7.4
/10
69
/100
7.5
/10
7.3
/10
100. Marnie (1964)
Marnie follows a cold, kleptomaniac secretary whose pattern of romance, theft and disappearance ends when employer Mark stops her, marries her, and forces confrontation with repressed trauma, raising questions of consent and redemption. read more
Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery
7.4
/10
73
/100
7.1
/10
7.3
/10
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