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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.

Blink

1601. Blink

Crime Thriller
6.2

19931h 46min

United States

Director: Michael Apted

Emma is an attractive girl in her 20s who has been blind for 20 years. A new type of eye operation partially restores her sight, but she is having problems: sometimes she doesn't "remember" what she's seen until later. One night she is awakened by a commotion upstairs. Peering out of her door, she sees a shadowy figure descending the stairs. Convinced that her neighbour has been murdered she approaches the police, only to find that she is unsure if it was just her new eyes playing tricks on her.


The Pelican Brief

1602. The Pelican Brief

Thriller Crime Drama
6.6

19932h 21min

United States

Director: Alan J. Pakula

A law student's theory about the recent deaths of two Supreme Court justices embroils her in a far-reaching web of murder, corruption, and greed.


Romeo Is Bleeding

1603. Romeo Is Bleeding

Crime Drama Romance
6.5

19931h 40min

United Kingdom, United States

Director: Peter Medak

A corrupt cop gets in over his head when he tries to assassinate a beautiful Russian hit-woman.


Sonatine

1604. Sonatine

Action Crime Thriller
7.4

19931h 34min

Japan

Director: Takeshi Kitano

Murakawa, an aging Tokyo yakuza tiring of gangster life, is sent by his boss to Okinawa along with a few of his henchmen to help end a gang war, supposedly as mediators between two warring clans. He finds that the dispute between the clans is insignificant and whilst wondering why he was sent to Okinawa at all, his group is attacked in an ambush. The survivors flee and make a decision to lay low at the beach while they await further instructions.


Undercover Blues

1605. Undercover Blues

Comedy Crime
6.0

19931h 30min

United States

Director: Herbert Ross

When fun-loving American agents Jeff and Jane Blue are called back from maternity leave for a special assignment in New Orleans, the spy parents decide to skip the sitter and give their bouncing baby girl the adventure of a lifetime.


True Romance

1606. True Romance

Action Crime Romance Narcotics Crime Passionate Romance
7.9

19932h 1min

United States, France

Director: Tony Scott

Clarence finally finds real love with Alabama and a stolen bag of cocaine that could buy their future. But every mobster with a gun wants it back. To protect the woman he just married, will he give up the score—or go all‑in on a war he can’t win?

Themes

Crime under pressure, Loyalty under threat, Ambition through illicit markets, Deception and risk, Love against danger, Reputation vs survival

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Raining Stones

1607. Raining Stones

Drama Crime
7.3

19931h 30min

United Kingdom

Director: Ken Loach

Proud, though poor, Bob wants his little girl to have a beautiful (and costly) brand-new dress for her First Communion. His stubbornness and determination get him into trouble as he turns to more and more questionable measures, in his desperation to raise the needed money. This tragic flaw leads him to risk all that he loves and values, his beloved family, indeed even his immortal soul and salvation, in blind pursuit of that goal.


Bad Boy Bubby

1608. Bad Boy Bubby

Crime Drama Comedy
7.3

19931h 54min

Australia, Italy

Director: Rolf de Heer

Bad Boy Bubby is just that: a bad boy. So bad, in fact, that his mother has kept him locked in their house for his entire thirty years, convincing him that the air outside is poisonous. After a visit from his estranged father, circumstances force Bubby into the waiting world, a place which is just as unusual to him as he is to the world.


So I Married an Axe Murderer

1609. So I Married an Axe Murderer

Comedy Crime Romance
6.5

19931h 33min

United States

Director: Thomas Schlamme

Just after a bad breakup, Charlie MacKenzie falls for lovely butcher Harriet Michaels and introduces her to his parents. But, as voracious consumers of sensational tabloids, his parents soon come to suspect that Harriet is actually a notorious serial killer -- "Mrs. X" -- wanted in connection with a string of bizarre honeymoon killings. Thinking his parents foolish, Charlie proposes to Harriet. But while on his honeymoon with her, he begins to fear they were right.


In the Line of Fire

1610. In the Line of Fire

Action Drama Thriller Crime Mystery
7.2

19932h 8min

United States

Director: Wolfgang Petersen

Veteran Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan is a man haunted by his failure to save President Kennedy while serving protection detail in Dallas. Thirty years later, a man calling himself "Booth" threatens the life of the current President, forcing Horrigan to come back to protection detail to confront the ghosts from his past.