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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 Godfather Part III

1671. The Godfather Part III

Crime Drama Thriller
7.5

19902h 42min

United States

Director: Francis Ford Coppola

In the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in 1979 New York and Italy, aging mafia don, Michael Corleone seeks forgiveness for his sins while taking a young protege under his wing.


The Comfort of Strangers

1672. The Comfort of Strangers

Thriller Drama Crime Fantasy
6.3

19901h 47min

Italy, United Kingdom

Director: Paul Schrader

An Italian diplomat's son follows and seduces English lovers in Venice.


I Hired a Contract Killer

1673. I Hired a Contract Killer

Comedy Crime Drama Romance
7.2

19901h 20min

Finland, France

Director: Aki Kaurismäki

After losing his job and realizing that he is alone in the world, a businessman opts to voluntarily end his life. Lacking courage, he hires a contract killer to do the job. Then, while awaiting his demise, he meets a woman and promptly falls in love.


The Hot Spot

1674. The Hot Spot

Romance Crime Thriller
6.4

19902h 10min

United States

Director: Dennis Hopper

Upon arriving to a small town, a drifter quickly gets into trouble with the local authorities — and the local women — after he robs a bank.


Miller's Crossing

1675. Miller's Crossing

Drama Thriller Crime
7.7

19901h 55min

United States

Director: Joel Coen

Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the same woman.


Narrow Margin

1676. Narrow Margin

Action Thriller Crime Mystery
6.6

19901h 37min

United States

Director: Peter Hyams

An L.A. District Attorney attempts to take an unwilling murder witness back to the United States to testify against a top-level mob boss. Frantically attempting to escape two deadly hitmen sent to silence her, they board a Vancouver-bound train only to discover that the killers are onboard with them. For the next 20 hours, as the train hurls through the beautiful but isolated Canadian wilderness, a deadly game of cat and mouse ensues in which their ability to tell friend from foe is a matter of life and death.


Boiling Point

1677. Boiling Point

Crime Comedy Drama
6.7

19901h 36min

Japan

Director: Takeshi Kitano

Masaki, a baseball player and gas-station attendant, gets into trouble with the local Yakuza and goes to Okinawa to get a gun to defend himself. There he meets Uehara, a tough gangster, who is in serious debt to the yakuza and planning revenge.


State of Grace

1678. State of Grace

Drama Crime Thriller
7.1

19902h 15min

United States

Director: Phil Joanou

Hell's Kitchen, New York. Terry Noonan returns home after a ten-year absence. He soon reconnects with Jackie, a childhood friend and member of the Irish mob, and rekindles his love affair with Jackie's sister Kathleen.


GoodFellas

1679. GoodFellas

Drama Crime Organized Crime Psychological Drama
8.7

19902h 25min

United States

Director: Martin Scorsese

The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.

Themes

Loyalty under pressure, Social ascent through crime, Deception and betrayal dynamics, Risk and reward cycle, Selfhood under crime, Crime network tensions

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Wild at Heart

1680. Wild at Heart

Crime Thriller Romance
7.2

19902h 5min

United States

Director: David Lynch

Young lovers Sailor and Lula hit the road to start a new life together away from the wrath of Lula’s deranged, disapproving mother, who has hired a team of hitmen to cut the lovers’ surreal honeymoon short.