Top Crime Movies


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

151. The Equalizer

Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Actors: Denzel Washington, Chloë Grace Moretz, Haley Bennett, Marton Csokas
Plot: A former black ops commander has settled down in Boston - having faked his own death in order to enjoy a normal life. But when a young girl gets herself in trouble, his need for justice brings him out of retirement - even if it means going up against a group of dangerous Russian gangsters.

152. State of Grace

Year of Release: 1990
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Phil Joanou
Actors: Sean Penn, Ed Harris, Gary Oldman, Robin Wright Penn
Plot: After ten years, Terry Noonan returns to Hell's Kitchen where he quickly finds himself kindling an old flame but also getting involved with his brother and the mob. Soon he must decide where his true loyalties lie.

153. Scum

Year of Release: 1980
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alan Clarke
Actors: Ray Winstone, Mick Ford, Julian Firth, John Blundell
Plot: Brutality and violence in a modern prison for youthful offenders.

154. The Ladykillers

Year of Release: 1956
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Alexander Mackendrick
Actors: Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers
Plot: Five criminals, led by the erudite Professor Marcus, plan a daring daylight heist of gold bullion while posing as classical musicians for octogenarian Mrs. Wilberforce, Marcus' landlady. The heist is pulled off without a hitch, but Mrs. Wilberforce soon deduces the quintet's involvement in it, and demands that they return the money and then turn themselves in. Not too keen on this idea, the five criminals resolve to 'do in' the old lady. Killing a sweet, defenseless old widow in cold blood, though, turns out to be a lot harder than the criminals first anticipated.

155. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Sidney Lumet
Actors: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Albert Finney, Ethan Hawke, Marisa Tomei
Plot: Two brothers hatch a scheme to rob the jewelry store owned by their parents and the ensuing results are disastrous.

156. Elephant

Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Gus Van Sant
Actors: John Robinson, Eric Deulen, Alex Frost, Elias McConnell
Plot: A look at what could have been in Littleton Colorado as the camera follows the days of ordinary students in an ordinary school.

157. RoboCop

Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Actors: Peter Weller, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smith, Nancy Allen
Plot: The future Detroit is plagued by crime and the police are threatening to strike. When an officer is brutally shot down, a corporation steps in to create the ultimate in law enforcement: part man, part machine: Robocop.

158. Natural Born Killers

Year of Release: 1994
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Oliver Stone
Actors: Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Robert Downey Jr., Rodney Dangerfield
Plot: A serial killing pair who were victimized sexually as children fall in love, go on a rampage, and kill a lot of people as they run from police.

159. Capturing the Friedmans

Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Andrew Jarecki
Actors: Arnold Friedman, Elaine Friedman, David Friedman, Seth Friedman

160. 3 Iron ( Bin-jip )

Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ki-duk Kim
Actors: Seung-yeon Lee, Hyun-kyoon Lee, Hyuk-ho Kwon, Jeong-ho Choi
Plot: A silent, young drifter breaks into the homes of vacationing families, but instead of stealing, lives their lives while cleaning and repairing small items. When he meets a battered, unloved wife in a mansion, the two begin a relationship and they will let nothing get in their way.

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