21. No Country for Old Men
Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ethan Coen
Actors: Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Rodger Boyce
Plot: Situated near the Mexican border on the Rio Grande, a hunter finds dead bodies, heroin, and a stack of cash, in which trouble ensues the discovery.
22. Double Indemnity
Year of Release: 1944
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Billy Wilder
Actors: Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Edward G. Robinson, Porter Hall
Plot: An insurance man allows himself to be drawn in to a someone who is able to convince him to commit murder and insurance fraud which qualifies for an investigation.
23. The Maltese Falcon
Year of Release: 1941
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Huston
Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, Mary Astor, Gladys George
Plot: A private detective gets mixed up in a hunt for a valuable item. As he searches for the loot, plot points are exposed.
24. Rashômon
Year of Release: 1950
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/Crime
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Actors: Toshirô Mifune, Machiko Kyô, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura
Plot: A crime is told from four different points of view, through different people - but which version is the truth?
25. Catch Me if You Can
Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Crime
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Steven Spielberg
Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen
Plot: An FBI agent meticulously tracks a young con artist who always seems to be one step ahead of him whether posing as an airline pilot, doctor, history professor or assistant attorney general.
26. A Clockwork Orange
Year of Release: 1971
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Actors: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates, Warren Clarke
Plot: In a futuristic British society Alex and his Droogs enjoy the finer things in life: sex and violence. When Alex is arrested he volunteers for a new "aversion therapy" with the end result that violence and sex now make him physically ill. Back in society he finds that things are much different.
27. M
Year of Release: 1933
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Crime/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Fritz Lang
Actors: Peter Lorre, Otto Wernicke, Theodor Loos, Gustaf Gründgens
Plot: When the police can't solve a mystery, others are brought in to join the search.
28. Bonnie and Clyde
Year of Release: 1967
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Biography
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Arthur Penn
Actors: Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Michael J. Pollard, Gene Hackman
Plot: The Story of the outrageous bank robbing couple and the romance they shared.
29. Snatch
Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Guy Ritchie
Actors: Jason Statham, Brad Pitt, Stephen Graham, Dennis Farina
Plot: A slew of thieves posing as other professions try to track down a huge, priceless stolen diamond while putting to naive men in the middle.
30. Once Upon a Time in America
Year of Release: 1984
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Sergio Leone
Actors: Robert De Niro, Tuesday Weld, Joe Pesci, James Woods
Plot: Noodles, a Jewish gangster, returns to his stomping grounds where he tries to forget the past and the tragic events that occurred.
