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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 Crying Game

1631. The Crying Game

Crime Drama Thriller
7.2

19921h 52min

United Kingdom, Japan

Director: Neil Jordan

Irish Republican Army member Fergus forms an unexpected bond with Jody, a kidnapped British soldier in his custody, despite the warnings of fellow IRA members Jude and Maguire. Jody makes Fergus promise he'll visit his girlfriend, Dil, in London, and when Fergus flees to the city, he seeks her out. Hounded by his former IRA colleagues, he finds himself increasingly drawn to the enigmatic, and surprising, Dil.


Light Sleeper

1632. Light Sleeper

Drama Crime
6.9

19921h 43min

United States

Director: Paul Schrader

John LeTour is a recovering drug user who suffers insomnia and still deals to a high-end New York clientele, even though he’s trying to move on from the business. John’s professional midlife crisis becomes something more acute — and dangerous — when he re-encounters an old flame while a string of seemingly drug-related murders rocks the city.


Rapid Fire

1633. Rapid Fire

Action Thriller Crime Drama
6.3

19921h 35min

United States

Director: Dwight H. Little

College student Jake Lo is pursued by smugglers, mobsters and crooked federal agents after he witnesses a murder by a Mafia kingpin.


Man Bites Dog

1634. Man Bites Dog

Comedy Crime
7.4

19921h 36min

Belgium

Director: Rémy Belvaux

The activities of rampaging, indiscriminate serial killer Ben are recorded by a willingly complicit documentary team, who eventually become his accomplices and active participants. Ben provides casual commentary on the nature of his work and arbitrary musings on topics of interest to him, such as music or the conditions of low-income housing, and even goes so far as to introduce the documentary crew to his family. But their reckless indulgences soon get the better of them.


Raising Cain

1635. Raising Cain

Thriller Crime Mystery
6.1

19921h 32min

United States

Director: Brian De Palma

Child psychologist Carter Nix is a loving and caring family man, but under this appearance lies a dark and troubled past. Grappling with the consequences of this past on his own psyche and the influence of his returning father and violent brother Cain, Carter becomes involved in a series of murders and kidnappings. Meanwhile, his wife Jenny rekindles an old love affair, placing herself in the crosshairs of her increasingly unstable husband.


Universal Soldier

1636. Universal Soldier

Thriller Action Science Fiction Crime
6.1

19921h 43min

United States

Director: Roland Emmerich

An American soldier who had been killed during the Vietnam War is revived 25 years later by the military as a semi-android, UniSols, a high-tech soldier of the future. After the failure of the initiative to erase all the soldier's memories, he begins to experience flashbacks that are forcing him to recall his past.


Patriot Games

1637. Patriot Games

Drama Action Thriller Crime
6.8

19921h 57min

United States

Director: Phillip Noyce

When CIA Analyst Jack Ryan interferes with an IRA assassination, a renegade faction targets Jack and his family as revenge.


Lethal Weapon 3

1638. Lethal Weapon 3

Action Comedy Thriller Crime Buddy Action
6.7

19921h 58min

United States

Director: Richard Donner

Riggs and Murtaugh pursue a former officer who uses his knowledge of police procedure and policies to steal and sell confiscated guns and ammunition to local street gangs.

Themes

Police procedure under pressure, Trust within partnerships, Organized crime versus law enforcement, Loyalty versus duty, Accountability and credential control, Risk management under threat

Available on

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Split Second

1639. Split Second

Science Fiction Action Crime Thriller Horror
6.0

19921h 30min

United Kingdom

Director: Tony Maylam

In a flooded future London, Detective Harley Stone hunts a serial killer who murdered his partner and has haunted him ever since — but he soon discovers what he is hunting might not be human.


White Sands

1640. White Sands

Crime Thriller Action Adventure
6.0

19921h 41min

United States

Director: Roger Donaldson

A small southwestern town sheriff finds a body in the desert with a suitcase and $500,000. He impersonates the man and stumbles into an FBI investigation.