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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 Ref

1591. The Ref

Comedy Crime Drama
6.9

19941h 37min

United States

Director: Ted Demme

A cat burglar is forced to take a bickering, dysfunctional family hostage on Christmas Eve.


China Moon

1592. China Moon

Mystery Thriller Crime
6.3

19941h 39min

United States

Director: John Bailey

Detective Kyle Bodine falls for Rachel Munro who is trapped in a violent marriage. After she shoots her husband, Kyle relucantly agrees to help hide the body, but his partner is showing an unusual flair for finding clues.


Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

1593. Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

Comedy Mystery Crime
6.9

19941h 26min

United States

Director: Tom Shadyac

He's Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. The Ace is on the case to find the Miami Dolphins' missing mascot and quarterback Dan Marino. He goes eyeball to eyeball with a man-eating shark, stakes out the Miami Dolphins and woos and wows the ladies. Whether he's undercover, under fire or underwater, he always gets his man… or beast!


Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

1594. Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

Action Animation Crime Mystery Drama
7.8

19931h 16min

United States

Director: Bruce Timm

Andrea Beaumont leaves her father to return to Gotham, rekindling an old romance with Bruce Wayne. At the same time, a mysterious figure begins to hunt down Gotham's criminals, wrongly implicating Batman in the murders. Now on the run from the law, Batman must find and stop the culprit, while also navigating his relationship with Andrea.


A Perfect World

1595. A Perfect World

Drama Crime Thriller
7.5

19932h 18min

United States

Director: Clint Eastwood

A kidnapped boy strikes up a friendship with his captor: an escaped convict on the run from the law, headed by an honorable U.S. Marshal.


Carlito's Way

1596. Carlito's Way

Crime Drama Thriller
7.9

19932h 24min

United States

Director: Brian De Palma

Free after years in prison, Carlito Brigante intends to give up his criminal ways, but it's not long before the ex-con is sucked back into the New York City underworld.


Judgment Night

1597. Judgment Night

Action Crime Thriller
6.6

19931h 49min

United States

Director: Stephen Hopkins

Four young friends, while taking a shortcut en route to a local boxing match, witness a brutal murder which leaves them running for their lives.


Demolition Man

1598. Demolition Man

Crime Action Science Fiction Epic Action Dystopian Sci-Fi
6.7

19931h 55min

United States

Director: Marco Brambilla

In 1996, brash L.A. detective John Spartan and maniac killer Simon Phoenix are both sentenced to decades in a cryogenic prison as punishment for a rescue mission gone wrong. When Phoenix escapes 36 years later to wreak havoc on the future, Spartan is awakened to capture his nemesis the old-fashioned way.

Themes

Social control through enforcement, Nostalgia for past culture, Rehabilitation program manipulation, Immoral behavior policing, Order versus freedom tension, Underground resistance vs authority

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
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A Bronx Tale

1599. A Bronx Tale

Drama Crime Coming-of-Age Drama Organized Crime
7.8

19932h 1min

United States

Director: Robert De Niro

Set in the Bronx during the tumultuous 1960s, an adolescent boy is torn between his honest, working-class father and a violent yet charismatic crime boss. Complicating matters is the youngster's growing attraction - forbidden in his neighborhood - for a beautiful black girl.

Themes

Loyalty under threat, Class inequality: mobility limits, Racial tension: neighborhood fault lines, Nostalgia vs violence, Mentorship vs crime, Family duty vs independence

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Killing Zoe

1600. Killing Zoe

Action Crime Drama Thriller
6.4

19931h 36min

France, United States

Director: Roger Avary

Zed is an American vault-cracker who travels to Paris to meet up with his old friend Eric. Eric and his gang have planned to raid the only bank in the city which is open on Bastille day. After offering his services, Zed soon finds himself trapped in a situation beyond his control when heroin abuse, poor planning and a call-girl named Zoe all conspire to turn the robbery into a very bloody siege.