Top Crime Movies


The Top Crime Movies List is calculated by overall movie ratings and members' "Top Crime List". Lists are calculated daily.

131. Fast Five

Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Justin Lin
Actors: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson, Elsa Pataky
Plot: Ex cop Brian O'Conner and ex-con Dominic Toretto along with Mia Toretto have managed to keep one step ahead of their pursuers, finally ending up Rio de Janeiro where they are faced with only one choice: confront the man who wants them dead and end things once and for all. They gather an elite team of racers, but they will have to elude a hard-nosed Agent Hobbs to pull off their daring plan.

132. Diabolique ( diaboliques, Les )

Year of Release: 1955
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Crime/Horror
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot
Actors: Simone Signoret, Véra Clouzot, Charles Vanel, Michel Serrault, Paul Meurisse
Plot: After a wife and a man's mistress Kill her husband, the body mysteriously disappears as the two women appear cursed.

133. Mona Lisa

Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Neil Jordan
Actors: Bob Hoskins, Cathy Tyson, Michael Caine, Robbie Coltrane, Clarke Peters, Sammi Davis

134. To Catch a Thief

Year of Release: 1955
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Actors: Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, Jessie Royce Landis, John Williams, Brigitte Auber, Charles Vanel
Plot: Light and breezy Hitchcock trifle about a retired jewel thief lured out of
retirement by a copycat criminal. Romance ensues with a beautiful
American heiress against the luscious backdrop of the French Riviera.

135. Capote

Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Bennett Miller
Actors: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Chris Cooper, Craig Archibald, Bruce Greenwood, Amy Ryan
Plot: The Biography of a writer who closely follows the murders of a Kansas family and their reasons for the crime. Capote develops a relationship with one of the killers while traveling back and forth from his home and the jail.

136. Laura

Year of Release: 1944
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Mystery
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Otto Preminger
Actors: Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price, Judith Anderson
Plot: Detective Mark McPherson is investigating the case of Laura - a girl who entranced every man she came across. A striking portrait, along with suspects testimony, paints the perfect picture and he finds himself falling under her spell leading to a startling revelation.

137. The Asphalt Jungle

Year of Release: 1950
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Huston
Actors: Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Jean Hagen, Marilyn Monroe, James Whitmore, John McIntire
Plot: A major heist goes off as planned, until bad luck and double crosses cause everything to unravel.

138. Short Film About Killing, A ( Krótki film o zabijaniu )

Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Polish
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Actors: Krzysztof Globisz, Miroslaw Baka, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Jan Tesarz, Krystyna Janda
Plot: As simple as it is dark and uncompromising on its view of capitol punishment - a senseless, violent murder leads to a cold, calculating execution (both deaths shows in excruciating detail) while the idealistic, young defense lawyer deals with his part in this state-sponsored execution.

139. Infernal Affairs ( Mou gaan dou )

Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Wai-keung Lau
Actors: Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Eric Tsang, Andy Lau, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Edison Chen, Kelly Chen
Plot: A mole is suspected to be the cause of a group of police officers not being able to catch a crime lord.

140. Seven Psychopaths

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Martin McDonagh
Actors: Woody Harrelson, Colin Farrell, Christopher Walken, Sam Rockwell, Abbie Cornish, Tom Waits
Plot: A down-on-his luck screenwriter gets some great inspiration when he finds himself in the cross-hairs of the criminal underworld after a couple of his friends kidnap the Shih Tzu of a gangster.

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