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Crime movies

A deep dive into the underworld of gangsters, detectives, and heists where the line between right and wrong blurs.

Subgenres include: Organized Crime, Heist, Con Artist Crime.

The Limey

1401. The Limey

Crime Drama Thriller Mystery
6.9

19991h 29min

United States

Director: Steven Soderbergh

The Limey follows Wilson, a tough English ex-con who travels to Los Angeles to avenge his daughter's death. Upon arrival, Wilson goes to task battling Valentine and an army of L.A.'s toughest criminals, hoping to find clues and piece together what happened. After surviving a near-death beating, getting thrown from a building and being chased down a dangerous mountain road, the Englishman decides to dole out some bodily harm of his own.


Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

1402. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

Crime Drama
7.5

19991h 56min

France, Germany

Director: Jim Jarmusch

A Black hitman who models after the samurai of old finds himself targeted for death by the mob.


Blue Streak

1403. Blue Streak

Action Comedy Crime
6.4

19991h 33min

United States

Director: Les Mayfield

Miles Logan is a jewel thief who just hit the big time by stealing a huge diamond. However, after two years in jail, he comes to find out that he hid the diamond in a police building that was being built at the time of the robbery. In an attempt to regain his diamond, he poses as an LAPD detective.


In China They Eat Dogs

1404. In China They Eat Dogs

Action Comedy Crime
7.3

19991h 31min

Denmark

Director: Lasse Spang Olsen

Arvid is an ordinary bank clerk who lives a rather unassuming life with his dear girlfriend. But his life is turned completely upside down when he bravely manages to avert a robbery against the bank where he works.


Boys Don't Cry

1405. Boys Don't Cry

Crime Drama
7.5

19991h 58min

United States

Director: Kimberly Peirce

A young transgender man explores his gender identity and searches for love in rural Nebraska.


Bang, Boom, Bang

1406. Bang, Boom, Bang

Crime Action Comedy
7.5

19991h 50min

Germany

Director: Peter Thorwarth

Bank robber Kalle Grabowski escapes from prison while his unemployed smalltime crook buddy is sitting around doing nothing after he just lost all their money. A fast paced comedy from German director Peter Thorwarth.


In Too Deep

1407. In Too Deep

Drama Action Thriller Crime
6.2

19991h 35min

United States

Director: Michael Rymer

Drug lord Dwayne Gittens rules Cincinnati with an iron fist. No wonder he's known as "God" on the streets. Determined to break Gittens' stranglehold on the city is undercover cop Jeffrey Cole. But as Cole takes on an assumed identity to penetrate Gittens' criminal empire, he makes a disturbing discovery -- he kind of likes being a gangster.


The Thomas Crown Affair

1408. The Thomas Crown Affair

Drama Crime Romance
6.9

19991h 53min

United States

Director: John McTiernan

Bored billionaire executive Thomas Crown entertains himself by stealing a Monet from a reputed museum with an elaborate diversion. When Catherine Banning, the insurance company's investigator, takes an interest in Crown, he may have met his match, and a complicated back-and-forth game with seductive undertones begins between them.


Bleeder

1409. Bleeder

Drama Crime
6.8

19991h 37min

Denmark

Director: Nicolas Winding Refn

Two stories for the price of one: a video store clerk tries to get acquainted with a waitress; a man beats his pregnant wife, unaware that her brother is a violent racist.


Two Hands

1410. Two Hands

Comedy Crime Thriller
7.1

19991h 43min

Australia

Director: Gregor Jordan

19-year-old Jimmy is just scraping by in the red-light district of Sydney. When local crime lord Pando offers him a shot at working for his syndicate, Jimmy jumps at the chance to deliver a costly package. But, when Jimmy gets jacked by a couple of kids, he's indebted to the dangerous gangster for $10,000. Running out of time, he schemes to rob a bank to save himself and a beautiful girl he desires from a gruesome demise.