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 aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty in postwar New York City transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant youngest son. read more
Genres: Crime, Drama
9.0
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100
/100
9.2
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9.4
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2. Touch of Evil (1958)
A stark, perverse story of murder, kidnapping, and police corruption in a Mexican border town. read more
Genres: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
8.2
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99
/100
8.0
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8.7
/10
3. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
A religious fanatic marries a gullible widow whose young children are reluctant to tell him where their real daddy hid the $10,000 he'd stolen in a robbery. read more
Genres: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
8.1
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99
/100
8.0
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8.7
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4. Rashomon (1950)
The rape of a bride and the murder of her samurai husband are recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, the bride, the samurai's ghost and a woodcutter. read more
Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery
8.1
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98
/100
8.2
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8.7
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5. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
San Francisco private detective Sam Spade takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette, with the stakes rising after his partner is murdered. read more
Genres: Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
8.0
/10
97
/100
8.0
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8.6
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6. 12 Angry Men (1957)
The jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to more carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict. read more
Genres: Crime, Drama
8.7
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96
/100
9.0
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9.1
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7. Mean Streets (1973)
A small-time hood tries to keep the peace between his friend Johnny and Johnny's creditors. read more
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller
6.8
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96
/100
7.2
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7.9
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8. Double Indemnity (1944)
A Los Angeles insurance representative lets an alluring housewife seduce him into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, an insurance investigator. read more
Genres: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
8.4
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95
/100
8.3
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8.7
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9. Pulp Fiction (1994)
The lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster and his wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption. read more
Genres: Crime, Drama
8.6
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94
/100
8.9
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9.0
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10. Taxi Driver (1976)
A mentally unstable veteran works as a nighttime taxi driver in New York City, where the perceived decadence and sleaze fuels his urge for violent action by attempting to liberate a presidential campaign worker and an underage prostitute. read more
Genres: Crime, Drama
8.1
/10
94
/100
8.2
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8.6
/10
11. The Irishman (2019)
Hitman Frank Sheeran looks back at the secrets he kept as a loyal member of the Bufalino crime family. read more
Genres: Biography, Crime, Drama
7.2
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94
/100
7.8
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8.1
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12. The French Connection (1971)
A pair of NYPD detectives in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a heroin smuggling ring based in Marseilles, but stopping them and capturing their leaders proves an elusive goal. read more
Genres: Action, Crime, Drama
7.3
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94
/100
7.7
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8.1
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13. Spotlight (2015)
The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core. read more
Genres: Biography, Crime, Drama
7.3
/10
93
/100
8.1
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8.2
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14. Shoplifters (2018)
A family of small-time crooks take in a child they find outside in the cold. read more
Genres: Crime, Drama
7.4
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93
/100
7.9
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8.2
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15. Badlands (1973)
An impressionable teenage girl from a dead-end town and her older greaser boyfriend embark on a killing spree in the South Dakota badlands. read more
Genres: Action, Crime, Drama
7.3
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93
/100
7.7
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8.1
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16. The 39 Steps (1935)
A man in London tries to help a counter-espionage Agent. But when the Agent is killed, and the man stands accused, he must go on the run to save himself and stop a spy ring which is trying to steal top secret information. read more
Genres: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
7.3
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93
/100
7.6
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8.1
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17. Cool Hand Luke (1967)
A laid back Southern man is sentenced to two years in a rural prison, but refuses to conform. read more
Genres: Crime, Drama
7.9
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92
/100
8.1
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8.4
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18. Leviathan (2014)
In a Russian coastal town, Kolya is forced to fight the corrupt mayor when he is told that his house will be demolished. He recruits a lawyer friend to help, but the man's arrival brings further misfortune for Kolya and his family. read more
Genres: Crime, Drama
7.2
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92
/100
7.6
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8.0
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19. No Country for Old Men (2007)
Violence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon a drug deal gone wrong and more than two million dollars in cash near the Rio Grande. read more
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller
7.2
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91
/100
8.2
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8.2
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20. On the Waterfront (1954)
An ex-prize fighter turned New Jersey longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses, including his older brother, as he starts to connect with the grieving sister of one of the syndicate's victims. read more
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller
8.1
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91
/100
8.1
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8.4
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