Top Crime Movies


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

411. From Hell

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes
Actors: Johnny Depp, Heather Graham, Ian Holm, Robbie Coltrane, Ian Richardson, Jason Flemyng
Plot: The true life horror story of Jack the Ripper gets a new spin.

412. Thug ( Tsotsi )

Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Other
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Gavin Hood
Actors: Presley Chweneyagae, Terry Pheto, Kenneth Nkosi, Mothusi Magano, Zenzo Ngqobe, Nambitha Mpumlwana

413. Elite Squad ( Tropa de Elite )

Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Portuguese
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: José Padilha
Actors: Caio Junqueira, Wagner Moura, André Ramiro, Maria Ribeiro, Fernanda Machado, Fernanda de Freitas
Plot: In 1997 when the Pope is set to visit a special ops officer struggles to find a suitable
team member to continue the war against the drug lords of South America.

414. To Live and Die in L.A.

Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: William Friedkin
Actors: William Petersen, Willem Dafoe, John Turturro, John Pankow, Dean Stockwell, Robert Downey Sr.
Plot: A pair of L.A. cops are on the trail of a master counterfeiter. When one of them is killed, his partner swears revenge, no matter the cost, and finds the law he once swore to uphold fall apart as he will do anything to avenge his partner.

415. The Score

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Frank Oz
Actors: Robert De Niro, Edward Norton, Marlon Brando, Angela Bassett, Gary Farmer, Paul Soles
Plot: An aging thief is set to retire, but his wily partner brings him back in for one more score: a French scepter in the Montreal Customs House. Joining with brash, young thief the only question is which man is going to outsmart the other.

416. Bound

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski
Actors: Gina Gershon, Jennifer Tilly, Joe Pantoliano, Richard C. Sarafian, John P. Ryan, Christopher Meloni
Plot: Two lovers, Corky and Violet create a plan to steal money from Corky's rich boy friend with the perfect plan to blame on her boyfriend, leaving them scot free as they whisper and listen through shared walls.

417. Monsieur Verdoux

Year of Release: 1947
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Charles Chaplin
Actors: Charles Chaplin, Mady Correll, Allison Roddan, Robert Lewis, Audrey Betz, Martha Raye
Plot: Chaplin stars in this very dark comedy as a "bluebeard" who supports his beloved wife and son by marrying and murdering women of property. Based on an idea by Orson Welles.

418. 2 Days in the Valley

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Herzfeld
Actors: Danny Aiello, Greg Cruttwell, Jeff Daniels, Teri Hatcher, Glenne Headly, James Spader
Plot: Follows a group of disparate souls (many of them criminal) over the course of 49 hours in L.A. including a suicidal director, a hired gunman looking for the perfect Italian seasoning and an art dealer with kidney stones.

419. The Enforcer

Year of Release: 1976
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: James Fargo
Actors: Clint Eastwood, Tyne Daly, Harry Guardino, Bradford Dillman, John Mitchum, DeVeren Bookwalter
Plot: Harry and his new distaff partner, Inspector Kate Moore, must track down a group of tree-hugging terrorists who've kidnapped the city's mayor and are demanding a $2 million ransom. Harry and Kate discover that the mayor is being held on Alcatraz Island and it's only a matter of time before the showdown begins.

420. Street Fighter, The ( Gekitotsu! Satsujin ken )

Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: NC-17
Director: Shigehiro Ozawa
Actors: Sonny Chiba, Goichi Yamada, Yutaka Nakajima, Tony Cetera, Masafumi Suzuki, Masashi Ishibashi
Plot: Terry a tough mercenary and karate master is hired by the Mafia and Yakuza to kidnap the daughter of a wealthy oil magnate. When they refuse to meet his exorbitant price, he survives the attempt on his life and sells his service to protect the daughter instead.

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