Best crime movies of all time metacritic
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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1. The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather follows Vito Corleone’s crime empire and Michael’s transformation from war hero to ruthless mafia boss. A slow, atmospheric family tragedy about power, loyalty, corruption and cinematic mastery. read more
Genres: Crime, Drama
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100
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9.2
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9.4
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2. Touch of Evil (1958)
Touch of Evil: a tense film-noir on the US-Mexico border. Mexican officer Mike Vargas investigates a car bombing, exposing racist corruption as cop Hank Quinlan protects his legend, endangering Vargas's wife and forcing a moral showdown. read more
Genres: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
8.2
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99
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8.0
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8.7
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3. Rashomon (1950)
Rashomon (1950) is a stark crime drama that shows a murder through conflicting eyewitness accounts, revealing how memory, ego and self-preservation distort truth. Sparse, haunting, philosophically unsettling. read more
Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery
8.1
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8.2
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8.7
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4. 12 Angry Men (1957)
12 Angry Men (1957): confined jury-room drama where one juror’s lone "not guilty" vote forces reexamination of evidence, prejudice and duty, turning deliberation into a moral, intellectual battle. read more
Genres: Crime, Drama
8.7
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97
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9.0
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9.1
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5. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Depression-era thriller where a fake preacher marries a widow to find $10,000 hidden by her children in a doll. Laughton’s expressionistic, noirish film is a hymn-tinged nightmare about corrupted faith and innocence. read more
Genres: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
8.1
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97
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8.0
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8.6
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6. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
The Maltese Falcon is a tight film noir: Sam Spade, hired by Miss Wonderly, uncovers murder, double-crosses and dangerous rivals all obsessed with a priceless falcon—tense, cynical, stylish. read more
Genres: Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
8.0
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8.5
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7. Breathless (1960)
Breathless: thief Michel kills a policeman, flees to Paris and rekindles a fraught romance with Patricia as police close in. Godard’s jump cuts and improvised style make it a stylish, morally ambiguous French New Wave landmark. read more
Genres: Crime, Drama
7.6
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96
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7.7
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8.3
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8. Mean Streets (1973)
Mean Streets follows guilt-ridden Charlie, a small-time hood in 1970s Little Italy, torn between loyalty, love and ambition as Johnny Boy's chaos forces him toward violent, tragic choices. read more
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller
6.8
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96
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7.2
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7.9
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9. Pulp Fiction (1994)
Pulp Fiction is a bold, non-linear crime drama that interweaves LA stories — hitmen, a boss's wife, a crooked boxer and diner robbers — mixing razor-sharp dialogue, dark humor, stylized violence and moral ambiguity. read more
Genres: Crime, Drama
8.6
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95
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8.9
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9.0
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10. Double Indemnity (1944)
Double Indemnity is a tense film-noir about seduction, greed and moral decay. Insurance man Walter Neff, seduced by Phyllis, plots her husband's "accidental" death; suspicion, betrayal and confession unravel their scheme. read more
Genres: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
8.4
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8.3
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8.7
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11. Taxi Driver (1976)
Taxi Driver: Travis Bickle, an alienated 1970s NYC cabbie, obsesses over Betsy and a child prostitute Iris, spiraling into vigilante violence. Intense, unsettling film. Warnings: child sexual exploitation, graphic violence. read more
Genres: Crime, Drama
8.1
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94
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8.2
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8.6
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12. 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
7.2
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94
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7.8
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8.1
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13. 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
7.3
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94
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7.7
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8.1
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14. 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
7.3
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94
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7.7
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8.1
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15. Spotlight (2015)
Spotlight dramatizes the Boston Globe's investigation into decades of Catholic priest abuse and cover-up, showing methodical journalism, emotional testimony, and a sobering call for accountability. read more
Genres: Biography, Crime, Drama
7.3
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93
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8.2
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16. 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
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93
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7.9
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8.2
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17. 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
7.3
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93
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7.6
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8.1
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18. Uncut Gems (2019)
Uncut Gems follows jeweler Howard Ratner, a gambling-addicted man who gambles on a rare opal to clear debts, spiraling into reckless, high-stakes bets that endanger his business, family and life. read more
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller
6.6
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93
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7.4
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7.8
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19. Goodfellas (1990)
Goodfellas follows Henry Hill’s rise in an Italian‑American crime family, portraying the seductive thrills, brutal violence and ultimate unraveling of mob life with kinetic, darkly comic storytelling. read more
Genres: Biography, Crime, Drama
8.4
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92
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8.7
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8.8
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20. No Country for Old Men (2007)
No Country for Old Men: a bleak 1980 West Texas thriller where Llewelyn Moss’s $2M theft sparks a relentless hunt by Anton Chigurh, while Sheriff Bell mourns moral decay. read more
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller
7.2
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92
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8.2
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8.2
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