Best crime movies of all time

What are the best crime movies of all time? Right now the top of this list includes The Godfather (1972), 12 Angry Men (1957) and The Dark Knight (2008).

The crime shortlist that actually clears a high bar — gangsters, heists, neo-noir, and everything in between. Not a vibes list. Scroll the ranking and hit play.

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Ranked by goodrecmovies (goodrecmovies.com)

G

91.3

#1The Godfather

1972 · 175m · Crime, Drama

★9.2(2.3M)#1top 0.02%

1

89.8

1957 · 96m · Crime, Drama

★9.0(1.0M)#2top 0.05%

D

88.8

#3The Dark Knight

2008 · 152m · Crime, Thriller

★9.1(3.2M)#5top 0.14%

Y

88.8

#4You Can See Everything

2026 · 174m · Biography, Comedy, Crime

★9.0(31k)#6top 0.17%

G

88.6

#5The Godfather Part II

1974 · 202m · Crime, Drama

★9.0(1.5M)#8top 0.22%

P

86.7

1994 · 154m · Crime, Drama

★8.8(2.5M)#11top 0.31%

K

86.6

#7Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

2004 · 253m · Action, Crime, Thriller

★8.7(69k)#12top 0.34%

G

85.8

1990 · 145m · Biography, Crime, Drama

★8.7(1.4M)#15top 0.43%

S

84.7

#9The Silence of the Lambs

1991 · 118m · Crime, Drama, Horror

★8.6(1.8M)#28top 0.80%

C

83.5

2002 · 130m · Crime, Drama

★8.6(887k)#42top 1.2%

H

83.3

#11High and Low

1963 · 143m · Crime, Drama, Mystery

★8.4(74k)#46top 1.3%

D

83.1

#12The Departed

2006 · 151m · Crime, Drama, Thriller

★8.5(1.6M)#49top 1.4%

J

83.0

2021 · 164m · Crime, Drama

★8.6(237k)#50top 1.4%

D

83.0

#14Double Indemnity

1944 · 107m · Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

★8.3(184k)#54top 1.5%

F

82.8

1999 · 139m · Crime, Drama, Thriller

★8.8(2.7M)#61top 1.8%

W

82.6

#16Witness for the Prosecution

1957 · 116m · Crime, Drama, Mystery

★8.4(166k)#70top 2.0%

L

82.1

#17L.A. Confidential

1997 · 138m · Crime, Drama, Mystery

★8.2(667k)#87top 2.5%

U

81.8

#18The Usual Suspects

1995 · 106m · Crime, Drama, Mystery

★8.5(1.3M)#98top 2.8%

R

81.7

1950 · 88m · Crime, Drama, Mystery

★8.1(200k)#104top 3.0%

N

81.3

#20No Country for Old Men

2007 · 122m · Crime, Drama, Thriller

★8.2(1.2M)#109top 3.1%

A

81.3

#21A Brighter Summer Day

1991 · 237m · Crime, Drama, Romance

★8.2(16k)#111top 3.2%

S

81.3

1995 · 127m · Crime, Drama, Mystery

★8.6(2.1M)#113top 3.2%

O

81.2

#23On the Waterfront

1954 · 108m · Crime, Drama, Thriller

★8.1(183k)#118top 3.4%

D

81.1

#24The Dark Knight Rises

2012 · 164m · Crime, Thriller

★8.4(2.0M)#126top 3.6%

S

81.1

2015 · 129m · Biography, Crime, Drama

★8.1(543k)#128top 3.7%

T

81.0

#26To Kill a Mockingbird

1962 · 129m · Crime, Drama

★8.2(354k)#131top 3.8%

T

81.0

1976 · 114m · Crime, Drama

★8.2(1.0M)#132top 3.8%

G

80.7

#28Gangs of Wasseypur

2012 · 321m · Action, Comedy, Crime

★8.2(116k)#146top 4.2%

K

80.7

2019 · 145m · Action, Crime, Thriller

★8.4(53k)#151top 4.3%

B

80.6

#30Black Friday

2004 · 143m · Action, Crime, Drama

★8.4(27k)#155top 4.4%

S

80.5

1973 · 129m · Comedy, Crime, Drama

★8.2(308k)#157top 4.5%

C

80.5

#32Cool Hand Luke

1967 · 127m · Crime, Drama

★8.0(198k)#159top 4.6%

I

80.5

#33I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

1932 · 92m · Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

★8.2(16k)#167top 4.8%

F

80.5

1996 · 98m · Crime, Drama, Thriller

★8.1(802k)#168top 4.8%

R

80.5

1955 · 118m · Crime, Drama, Thriller

★8.1(40k)#169top 4.8%

C

80.3

1990 · 98m · Biography, Crime, Drama

★8.2(28k)#177top 5.1%

A

80.1

#37American History X

1998 · 119m · Crime, Drama

★8.5(1.3M)#188top 5.4%

G

80.0

#38The Green Mile

1999 · 189m · Crime, Drama, Fantasy

★8.6(1.6M)#191top 5.5%

W

80.0

1949 · 114m · Action, Crime, Drama

★8.1(39k)#193top 5.5%

R

80.0

#40Reservoir Dogs

1992 · 99m · Crime, Drama, Thriller

★8.2(1.2M)#194top 5.6%

M

80.0

#41M

1931 · 99m · Crime, Mystery, Thriller

★8.3(185k)#204top 5.8%

M

80.0

#42The Maltese Falcon

1941 · 100m · Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

★7.9(176k)#205top 5.9%

I

79.9

#43In the Name of the Father

1993 · 133m · Biography, Crime, Drama

★8.1(206k)#207top 5.9%

R

79.8

#44Rocco and His Brothers

1960 · 179m · Crime, Drama, Sport

★8.2(26k)#211top 6.0%

O

79.8

#45Once Upon a Time in America

1984 · 229m · Crime, Drama

★8.3(414k)#215top 6.2%

Z

79.8

#46Z

1969 · 127m · Crime, Drama, Thriller

★8.1(35k)#225top 6.5%

I

79.8

#47Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion

1970 · 115m · Crime, Drama

★8.0(16k)#226top 6.5%

T

79.7

#48Trainspotting

1996 · 93m · Crime, Drama

★8.1(778k)#227top 6.5%

T

79.7

#49Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

2017 · 115m · Comedy, Crime, Drama

★8.1(620k)#228top 6.5%

T

79.7

#50Touch of Evil

1958 · 95m · Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

★7.9(116k)#236top 6.8%

H

79.6

1995 · 170m · Action, Crime, Drama

★8.3(824k)#239top 6.8%

S

79.6

2018 · 121m · Crime, Drama, Thriller

★7.9(97k)#241top 6.9%

C

79.5

#53Catch Me If You Can

2002 · 141m · Biography, Crime, Drama

★8.1(1.3M)#255top 7.3%

L

79.2

#54Léon: The Professional

1994 · 110m · Action, Crime, Drama

★8.5(1.4M)#276top 7.9%

D

79.2

#55Dog Day Afternoon

1975 · 125m · Biography, Crime, Drama

★8.0(296k)#278top 8.0%

L

79.2

#56Le Samouraï

1967 · 101m · Crime, Drama, Thriller

★8.0(68k)#285top 8.2%

S

79.0

#57Strangers on a Train

1951 · 101m · Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

★7.9(150k)#294top 8.4%

N

79.0

#58The Night of the Hunter

1955 · 92m · Crime, Drama, Thriller

★7.9(110k)#295top 8.5%

K

79.0

1956 · 84m · Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

★7.9(108k)#302top 8.7%

R

78.9

#60The Red Circle

1970 · 140m · Crime, Drama, Thriller

★7.9(32k)#315top 9.0%

A

78.8

2018 · 139m · Comedy, Crime, Mystery

★8.2(119k)#318top 9.1%

S

78.8

#62Slumdog Millionaire

2008 · 120m · Crime, Drama, Romance

★8.0(918k)#322top 9.2%

S

78.8

#63Sardar Udham

2021 · 164m · Crime, Drama, History

★8.3(52k)#326top 9.3%

A

78.7

#64A Clockwork Orange

1971 · 136m · Crime, Sci-Fi

★8.2(950k)#336top 9.6%

P

78.7

1973 · 102m · Comedy, Crime, Drama

★8.1(59k)#338top 9.7%

T

78.7

#66The Thin Man

1934 · 91m · Comedy, Crime, Mystery

★7.9(36k)#340top 9.8%

E

78.7

#67Elevator to the Gallows

1958 · 91m · Crime, Drama, Thriller

★7.9(33k)#342top 9.8%

B

78.6

#68The Big Sleep

1946 · 114m · Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

★7.9(95k)#347top 9.9%

D

78.6

2021 · 152m · Crime, Drama, Mystery

★8.4(46k)#350top 10%

D

78.5

#70Dial M for Murder

1954 · 105m · Crime, Drama, Mystery

★8.1(208k)#357top 10%

K

78.5

2019 · 130m · Comedy, Crime, Drama

★7.9(897k)#364top 10%

B

78.3

#72Batman Begins

2005 · 140m · Crime

★8.2(1.8M)#377top 11%

K

78.3

#73Kill Bill: Vol. 1

2003 · 111m · Action, Crime, Thriller

★8.2(1.3M)#381top 11%

I

78.3

#74The Irishman

2019 · 209m · Biography, Crime, Drama

★7.8(483k)#383top 11%

R

78.3

#75The Roaring Twenties

1939 · 106m · Crime, Drama, Thriller

★7.9(18k)#387top 11%

I

78.3

#76Infernal Affairs

2002 · 101m · Crime, Drama, Mystery

★8.0(140k)#390top 11%

L

78.2

#77The Lady Vanishes

1938 · 96m · Crime, Drama, Mystery

★7.7(62k)#406top 12%

A

78.0

2009 · 155m · Crime, Drama

★7.8(109k)#417top 12%

W

78.0

#79The Wolf of Wall Street

2013 · 180m · Biography, Comedy, Crime

★8.2(1.8M)#427top 12%

F

77.8

#80The Fugitive

1993 · 130m · Action, Crime, Drama

★7.8(352k)#445top 13%

P

77.8

2013 · 153m · Crime, Drama, Mystery

★8.2(968k)#455top 13%

A

77.8

#82The Asphalt Jungle

1950 · 112m · Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

★7.8(34k)#458top 13%

C

77.8

1995 · 178m · Crime, Drama

★8.2(632k)#461top 13%

S

77.7

1983 · 170m · Crime, Drama

★8.3(1.0M)#468top 13%

B

77.7

1973 · 94m · Action, Crime, Drama

★7.7(86k)#472top 14%

K

77.6

#86Kill Bill: Vol. 2

2004 · 137m · Action, Crime, Thriller

★8.0(885k)#477top 14%

G

77.6

#87Ghost in the Shell

1995 · 83m · Action, Animation, Crime

★7.9(178k)#479top 14%

F

77.6

2014 · 116m · Crime, Drama, Thriller

★7.9(19k)#481top 14%

M

77.5

#89Mystic River

2003 · 138m · Crime, Drama, Mystery

★7.9(536k)#488top 14%

T

77.5

#90Time of the Gypsies

1988 · 142m · Comedy, Crime, Drama

★8.1(35k)#493top 14%

E

77.5

#91Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within

2010 · 115m · Crime, Drama, Thriller

★8.0(94k)#502top 14%

N

77.5

2000 · 114m · Crime, Drama, Thriller

★7.9(64k)#503top 14%

S

77.5

1932 · 93m · Action, Crime, Drama

★7.7(34k)#504top 14%

M

77.5

#94Mildred Pierce

1945 · 111m · Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

★7.9(32k)#505top 14%

A

77.4

#95A Bronx Tale

1993 · 121m · Crime, Drama

★7.8(192k)#513top 15%

L

77.3

1995 · 98m · Crime, Drama

★8.1(234k)#533top 15%

O

77.3

#97Out of the Past

1947 · 97m · Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

★7.9(45k)#535top 15%

O

77.3

#98Once Were Warriors

1994 · 102m · Crime, Drama

★7.9(40k)#536top 15%

R

77.1

1948 · 80m · Crime, Drama, Mystery

★7.9(167k)#550top 16%

D

77.1

1955 · 117m · Crime, Drama, Horror

★8.1(74k)#553top 16%

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FAQ

Is Pulp Fiction on the list?

Yes. Pulp Fiction is here, and so are GoodFellas and The Departed.

Does it include film noir?

Yes. Noir counts when it's tagged Crime, so Double Indemnity, The Maltese Falcon and Touch of Evil are on the list.

Is it only American movies?

No. City of God, High and Low, Rashomon and Infernal Affairs are all here.

What decades does it cover?

From the 1930s to this decade.

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