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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 Client

1581. The Client

Drama Thriller Crime Mystery
6.7

19941h 59min

United States

Director: Joel Schumacher

A street-wise kid, Mark Sway, sees the suicide of Jerome Clifford, a prominent Louisiana lawyer, whose current client is Barry 'The Blade' Muldano, a Mafia hit-man. Before Jerome shoots himself, he tells Mark where the body of a Senator is buried. Clifford shoots himself and Mark is found at the scene, and both the FBI and the Mafia quickly realize that Mark probably knows more than he says.


Baby's Day Out

1582. Baby's Day Out

Comedy Adventure Family Crime
6.2

19941h 39min

United States

Director: Patrick Read Johnson

Baby Bink couldn't ask for more: he has adoring (if somewhat sickly-sweet) parents, lives in a huge mansion, and he's just about to appear in the social pages of the paper. Unfortunately, not everyone in the world is as nice as Baby Bink's parents—especially the three enterprising kidnappers who pretend to be photographers from the newspaper. Successfully kidnapping Baby Bink, they have a harder time keeping hold of the rascal, who not only keeps one step ahead of them, but seems to be more than a little bit smarter than the three bumbling criminals.


The Shadow

1583. The Shadow

Fantasy Action Crime
6.1

19941h 48min

United States

Director: Russell Mulcahy

Based on the 1930s comic strip, The Shadow is put up against his archenemy Shiwan Khan, who plans to take over the world by holding a city to ransom using an atom bomb. Using his powers of invisibility and "the power to cloud men's minds", The Shadow comes blazing to the rescue with explosive results.


Fresh

1584. Fresh

Crime Drama Thriller
7.5

19941h 54min

France, United States

Director: Boaz Yakin

Death and violence anger twelve year old drug courier Fresh, who sets his rival employers against each other.


The Last Seduction

1585. The Last Seduction

Thriller Crime Romance Drama
7.0

19941h 50min

United States

Director: John Dahl

A desperate woman steals her husband’s “dirty” money and flees to a small town. There, she starts an affair and quickly finds a new candidate for her schemes. Meanwhile, her furious husband will do anything to get the money back.


A Pure Formality

1586. A Pure Formality

Mystery Thriller Crime Drama
7.5

19941h 51min

Italy, France

Director: Giuseppe Tornatore

Onoff is a famous writer, now a recluse. The Inspector is suspicious when Onoff is brought into the station one night, disoriented and suffering a kind of amnesia. In an isolated, rural police station, the Inspector tries to establish the events surrounding a killing, to reach a startling resolution.


Surviving the Game

1587. Surviving the Game

Action Thriller Adventure Crime Drama
6.2

19941h 36min

United States

Director: Ernest R. Dickerson

A homeless man is hired as a survival guide for a group of wealthy businessmen on a hunting trip in the mountains, unaware that they are killers who hunt humans for sport, and that he is their new prey.


Serial Mom

1588. Serial Mom

Comedy Crime
6.8

19941h 34min

United States

Director: John Waters

Beverly is the perfect happy homemaker, along with her doting husband and two children, but this nuclear family just might explode when her fascination with serial killers collides with her ever-so-proper code of ethics.


Above the Rim

1589. Above the Rim

Crime Drama Thriller
6.6

19941h 36min

United States

Director: Jeff Pollack

Story of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen on hard times and now employed as a security guard.


Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

1590. Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

Comedy Crime
6.5

19941h 23min

United States

Director: Peter Segal

Frank Drebin is persuaded out of retirement to go undercover in a state prison. There he has to find out what top terrorist, Rocco, has planned for when he escapes. Adding to his problems, Frank's wife, Jane, is desperate for a baby.