Top Crime Movies


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

261. Danny the Dog ( Unleashed )

Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Louis Leterrier
Actors: Jet Li, Morgan Freeman, Bob Hoskins, Kerry Condon, Vincent Regan, Dylan Brown
Plot: Danny is a man that has been raised like a dog to become the ultimate fighting machine for his extortionist owner, Bart. After an accident leaves Bart in a coma, Danny is found by a kindly blind piano tuner and his daughter who gradually return his humanity, but his past won't let him go that easily.

262. Dolores Claiborne

Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Taylor Hackford
Actors: Kathy Bates, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Christopher Plummer, David Strathairn, John C. Reilly, Judy Parfitt
Plot: Mother struggles to protect herself and daughter from alcoholic father. After years of separation the daughter returns to defend her mother for murder and become closer.

263. Sergeant Rutledge

Year of Release: 1960
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Ford
Actors: Jeffrey Hunter, Constance Towers, Billie Burke, Woody Strode, Juano Hernandez, Willis Bouchey

264. Yellow Sea, The ( Hwanghae )

Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Hong-jin Na
Actors: Jung-woo Ha, Yun-seok Kim, Seong-Ha Cho, Chul-Min Lee

265. Vera Drake

Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Mike Leigh
Actors: Imelda Staunton, Richard Graham, Eddie Marsan, Anna Keaveney, Daniel Mays, Lesley Manville

266. Detective Story

Year of Release: 1951
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: William Wyler
Actors: Kirk Douglas, Eleanor Parker, William Bendix, Cathy O'Donnell, George Macready, Gerald Mohr
Plot: On one day in the 21st Precinct squad room, assorted characters form a backdrop for the troubles of hard-nosed Detective Jim McLeod.

267. Take the Money and Run

Year of Release: 1969
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Woody Allen
Actors: Woody Allen, Janet Margolin, Marcel Hillaire, Jacquelyn Hyde, Lonny Chapman, Jan Merlin
Plot: Presented in a documentary style about the life of Virgil Starkwell, failed musician and highly inept bank robber.

268. The Lady from Shanghai

Year of Release: 1948
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Orson Welles
Actors: Orson Welles, Rita Hayworth, Everett Sloane, Ted de Corsia, Glenn Anders, Gus Schilling
Plot: A sailer gets mixed up with a gorgeous woman and a murder plot in which he may or may not be involved in.

269. Les misérables

Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Bille August
Actors: Liam Neeson, Geoffrey Rush, Uma Thurman, Claire Danes, Hans Matheson, Reine Brynolfsson
Plot: This version of Victor Hugo's classic novel puts the relationship between
Jean Valjean, convicted of a petty crime and released, only to break his
parole and Inspector Javert, the man who makes it his life's goal to track
him down - to the forefront. The pursuit consumes both men -
professionally and personally - leading up to the student revolution in
France.

270. The Krays

Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Peter Medak
Actors: Billie Whitelaw, Tom Bell, Gary Kemp, Martin Kemp, Alfred Lynch, Susan Fleetwood
Plot: Follows the lives of twin brothers Ronald and Reginald Kray - London-born boys who rose to power in the 1960s as crime lords of the underworld.

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